Lin-Manuel Miranda delivers "The Hamilton Mixtape" Artists who contributed to the project include The Roots, Miguel, Joel Ortiz, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Dave East, Usher, Snow Tha Product, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Common, Chance the Rapper and more.
1. No John Trumbull (Intro) - The Roots 2. My Shot (Rise Up Remix) - The Roots feat. Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz & Nate Ruess 3. Wrote My Way Out - Nas, Dave East, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Aloe Blacc 4. Wait For It - Usher 5. An Open Letter (Interlude) - Watsky feat. Shockwave 6. Satisfied - Sia feat. Miguel & Queen Latifah 7. Dear Theodosia - Regina Spektor feat. Ben Folds 8. Valley Forge (Demo) - Lin-Manuel Miranda 9. It's Quiet Uptown - Kelly Clarkson 10. That Would Be Enough - Alicia Keys 11. Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) - K'naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, Residente 12. You'll Be Back - Jimmy Fallon & The Roots 13. Helpless - Ashanti feat. Ja Rule 14. Take A Break (Interlude) - !llmind 15. Say Yes To This - Jill Scott 16. Congratulations - Dessa 17. Burn - Andra Day 18. Stay Alive (Interlude) - J.PERIOD & Stro Elliot 19. Slavery Battle (Demo) - Lin-Manuel Miranda 20. Washingtons By Your Side - Wiz Khalifa 21. History Has Its Eyes On You - John Legend 22. Who Tells Your Story - The Roots feat. Common & Ingrid Michaelson 23. Dear Theodosia (Reprise) - Chance The Rapper & Francis and The Lights
As promised Childish Gambino has delivered his highly anticipated new album titled "Awaken, My Love." The eleven-track project has no features. It's available now on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/awaken-my-love!/id1173655524
Awaken, My Love Tracklist:
1. Me and Your Mama 2. Have Some Love 3. Boogieman 4. Zombies 5. Riot 6. Redbone 7. California 8. Terrified 9. Baby boy 10. The Night Me And Your Momma Met 11. Stand Tall
Sevyn Streeter is putting the finishing touches on her forthcoming album "Girl Disrupted." Check out the super smooth single off of it titled "Before I Do."
24 Hours links up with the Taylor Gang boys for a new collaboration titled "What You Like." Listen to the song featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Wiz Khalifa up top.
Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Styles P, together known as The Lox, get things warmed up for their forthcoming album titled "Filthy America ...it's beautiful" by releasing two gems off of it.
Check out "Don't You Cry" and "What Else You Need to Know" above and below.
It's been sixteen years since The Lox released their last album, "We Are the Streets." That's about to change thanks to the new dealJadakiss, Sheek LouchandStyles Phave inked withRoc Nation.
The group announced that's it's third studio album titled "Filthy America ...it's beautiful." will arrive on December 16.
1. Omen 2. Stupid Questions 3. What Else You Need To Know 4. The Family 5. The Agreement (Feat. Fetty Wap & Dyce Payne) 6. Move Forward 7. Savior (Feat. Dyce Payne) 8. Don’t You Cry 9. Hard Life (Feat. Mobb Deep) 10. Filthy America 11. Bad Allegiance 12. Secure the Bag (Feat. Gucci Mane & Infa-Red)
Lil Durk's "They Forgot" hosted by Dj Bandz & Bigga Rankin is out now! Download or stream here on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/otflildurk Directed by Rio Productions.
2016 XXL Freshman emcee and Chicago native, G Herbo, recently stopped by Thisis50 to spot his favorite hip hop verse, which happens to be Lil Wayne's "Money Over Bitches."
Kodak Black is ready to get back to making music after spending the last several months in jail. He's currently free after posting $100,000 bond Thursday, December 1, in a criminal sexual conduct case in South Carolina.
The 19-year old 2016 XXL Freshman emcee, born Dieuson Octave, spent three months in Florida's Broward County Jail after the plea deal his lawyers had worked out with prosecutors for several charges that included drug and firearm possession fell through. It was discovered at the time that he had two additional arrest warrants.
One warrant was out of St. Lucie County, Florida for two misdemeanor counts of cannabis possession.
The second warrant was out of Florence, South Carolina for felony criminal sexual conduct.
Kodak was extradited to Florence following his release from Broward County Jail earlier this week.
After posting bond this afternoon the "I Like Dat" rapper issued the following statement via Billboard.
"I'm happy to finally be going home to my family and friends. I look forward to clearing my name in the very near future. I want to thank God, my family , my team (Vanessa, Phatboy and James McMillan), Atlantic Records, my lawyers and all of my fans for your continuous love and support. I can't wait to get back to doing what I love most - working at being the illest rapper alive."
Kid Cudi is preparing to release his new "Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin" album on December 16th. Here's a collaboration with Travis Scott off of it titled "Baptized in Fire."
U-Godbelieves he's been shorted money owed to him byWu Tang Clanco-foundersRZAand his brotherMitchell Diggs. He's filed a lawsuit, citing several alleged breaches of contract.
TMZ reports that U-God, born Lamont Hawkins, has a laundry list of alleged financial grievances against the brothers.
In his lawsuit the rapper claims:
1. He has not received a dime of the $2 million received from the 2015 sale the album, "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin," to Martin Shkreli.
2. His Wu Tang contract calls for him to receive 2 annual payments for group merchandise being sold. That deal is not being honored.
3. Royalty payments for his contributions to 12 Wu Tang Clan albums stopped coming 6 years ago.
U-God wants a complete accounting of all Wu Tang revenue streams. He is seeking$2.5 million.
Lil Twisthas been sentenced to one year in jail, followed by three months of probation for attacking a robbing former "Zoey 101" actorChris Massey, according to theNew York Daily News.
On November 7, 2014, Twist, born Christopher Moore, was at Kyle Massey, Chris' brother's home when there was an argument.
The 23-year old rapper reportedly slapped Chris and was asked to leave. but later came back later with four friends and forced his way into Kyle's apartment.
Chris Massey
Chris was attacked, beaten with brass knuckles, kicked, choked and robbed of a Rolex.
Massey, 26, was treated for bruises and had to get stitches for a cut over his eye.
On Wednesday, November 30, Twist pleaded no contest to one count each of first-degree residential burglary, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft and first-degree robbery in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Prosecutors objected to the plea deal.
“It was not a negotiated plea,” Los Angeles County District Attorney spokesman Ricardo Santiago told the Daily News.
Twist tweeted that everything has been left in that hands of a higher power.
"Just left court. TMZ bout to break the news I'm sho!! It's over but not really, GOD got me!!"
Just left court . TMZ bout to break the news I'm sho!! It's over but not really, GOD got me !!
Kanye West is back home with his wife Kim Kardashian and their 2 children following his release from UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday, November 30.
West had been receiving treatment at the Los Angeles facility since Monday, November 21, following a mental health emergency.
TMZ reports that the rapper suffered a nervous breakdown triggered by the November 20th anniversary of his mom,Donda West's, 2007 funeral.
West cancelled a Los Angeles concert that night. The next day it was announced that he pulled the plug on the remaining dates on his "Saint Pablo Tour."
He will continue to receive psychological and medical treatment his personal physician, Dr. Michael Farzam.
There are no plans for the "Heartless" hit maker to return to the stage anytime soon.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 30, 2016 at 11:30am
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A Charlotte police officer who shot and killed a black man at an apartment complex, touching off several nights of unrest in the city, will not face charges, a North Carolina prosecutor announced Wednesday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg District Attorney Andrew Murray said Officer Brentley Vinson's actions in killing Keith Lamont Scott were justified.
Scott's family has said he was not armed.
However, at a lengthy news conference Murray displayed a nearby store's surveillance video showing the outline of what appeared to be a holstered gun on Scott's ankle, and he gave extensive details about other evidence that Scott was armed.
Plainclothes officers had gone to the complex about 4 p.m. on Sept. 20 looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they saw Scott — not the suspect they were looking for — inside a car with a gun and marijuana, department spokesman Keith Trietley has said in a statement.
Keith Lamont Scott, right, with his wife and son.
Officers saw Scott get out of the car with a gun and then get back in, police said. When officers approached, they said, Scott exited the car with the gun again. At that point, officers deemed Scott a threat and Vinson fired his weapon.
Scott, 43, was pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center. An autopsy report from Mecklenburg County authorities says Scott died of gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen.
Vinson, who is also black, had been with the department for two years at the time of the shooting. He has been on administrative leave which is standard in police shootings.
Officer Brentley Vinson
Scott's family has said he did not have a gun, but detectives recovered a firearm at the scene, police said.
At a Wednesday news conference, Murray played a nearby store's surveillance video that appeared to show the outline of a gun in a holster on Scott's right ankle.
Body camera and dashcam recordings released earlier by the police department did not conclusively show that and city officials were criticized for the length of time it took to release police video of the shooting.
Scott's final moments also were recorded by his wife, Rakeyia, in a video shared widely on social media. She can be heard shouting to police that her husband "doesn't have a gun." She pleads with the officers not to shoot before a burst of gunfire can be heard.
The shooting led to two nights of violent protests, including a fatal shooting in downtown Charlotte the next night. The unrest gave way to several more days of largely peaceful demonstrations, and the city instituted a curfew for multiple nights.
In October, police in North Carolina's largest city invited the Police Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C., to review its policies and procedures following the shooting.
The foundation has done similar reviews elsewhere, assessing police in St. Louis County, Missouri, after the unrest in Ferguson, and analyzing the response to the terror attack in San Bernardino, California.
The case was among a series across the country since mid-2014 that has spurred a national debate over race and policing.
A trial is underway in Charleston, South Carolina, for a since-fired white patrolman, Michael Slager, facing 30 years to life if convicted of murder in the death last year of a black man, Walter Scott, shot while running from a traffic stop in April.
A Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile during a July traffic stop remains free as a manslaughter case against him proceeds.
Deaths of other unarmed black males at the hands of law enforcement officers have inspired protests under the "Black Lives Matter" moniker.
The Black Lives Matter movement traces its roots to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012, and gained national ground after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 30, 2016 at 10:47am
Houston rapper Kirko Bangz has shown a lot of promise over the last several years, but he's yet to release a full album. Here's a new song that will hopefully be the lead in to that debut. For this one Kirko he recruits Z-Ro for a song titled "Money On the Dresser."
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