Busta finally let go his new single off his upcoming album The Conglomerate, produced by Pharrell. Flex premiered it tonight on Hot 97.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis On ‘The Colbert Report’
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Above: Mack & Lew give advice to major music labels and talk about hip hop’s homophobic and misogynistic past. Below, they perform ‘Can’t Hold Us’.
Mac Miller On The Angie Martinez Show
Mac Miller reveals who he’s sleeping with on The Angie Martinez Show.
Future Performs At K.O.D.
With the likes of Birdman, Flo Rida, B.o.B., Ace Hood and the misses (Ciara) in the building, Future entertains the crowd at the King Of Diamonds in Miami.
Fantasia – BlogXilla Interview (Global Grind)
Fantasia talks about her new album Side Effects Of You while BlogXilla continues to flirt with the American Idol Winner.
Police Say Cocaine & Heroin Were Involved In The Death Of Chris Kelly (Kris Kross)
We recently posted that the cause of his death may have been a drug overdose. In addition to the above headline, Chris ‘Mac Daddy’ Kelly also called into Atlanta’s Streetz Morning Grind radio shortly before his death, and you can listen to that above. From TMZ:
According to the [police] report, paramedics initially responded to Kelly’s Atlanta home around 3 PM EST — after his mother called 911 asking for medical assistance.
When help arrived, paramedics found 34-year-old Kelly lying on the living room couch — unresponsive and with “no life signs.” The medics attempted to revive Kelly, to no avail.
Kelly was immediately transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later.
After the death, cops spoke with Donna Kelly Pratt — Chris’ mother — who told police … the night before Kelly’s medical emergency, he had taken a mixture of heroin and cocaine — commonly known as “speedballs.”
Donna told police she had personally taken Kelly home to recover from the drug use … just as she had done several times before. Donna told cops Kelly had felt nauseous all morning before passing out.
According to the report, Kelly’s mother and Kelly’s uncle both told investigators the rapper had an “extensive history of drug use.”
Jermaine Dupri also recently wrote a letter to the fans regarding Kelly’s death.
YSC (@Chase_YSC x @Stunnab_YSC) – Me And My Bro (Video)
YSC drops off a new visual for a record off their debut project Stunna Season. Directed by LCD Vision.
SNEAK PEEK: Birdman, Lil Wayne, Future, Mack Maine & Nicki Minaj – Tap Out
YMCMB was recently in Beverly Hills to shoot the visual for Birdman & his Rich Gang’s ‘Tap Out‘, and some dope photographer (Derick G?) got some pics of what went down. Check those out below.
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Nardwuar Vs. ?uestlove
The human serviette links up with The Roots’ ?uestlove in Vancouver for his usual brand of thorough interviewing.
Nicki Minaj Back To Sending Disses To Mariah Carey On Twitter
From TMZ:
Minaj just unloaded on Twitter, following a series of heated exchanges on "American Idol" last night. During the show, Mariah spit a little trash talk Nicki's way ... and taunted her for never having a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Nicki took some shots back at Mariah on the show -- at one point breaking out a cotton swab and telling Mariah to clean out her ears.
But moments ago, Nicki continued the war on Twitter (check it for yourself) ... telling critics to ask themselves "Why a woman SO successful at her age, is still so INSECURE, and bitter."
Minaj also made a reference to reports that "Idol" producers were recently looking to replace Mariah with former judge Jennifer Lopez:
"All dem #1s but JLo phone ringin? Lol. I guess having a personality, being a secure woman, and giving genuine critique still trumps that." So far, no response from Mariah.
Fat Trel – Wowzers Freestyle
To tell you the truth, it’s really not that difficult to outdo a Lil’ Wayne track these days. Fat Trel doesn’t take too much effort in doing so for the ‘Wowsers’ track.
Rick Ross – Box Chevy (Video)
Rick Ross attempts to create a movie for his visual to ‘Box Chevy’, taken from the upcoming project Mastermind. I could’ve gone for just a regular video instead of this….
CRWN: Tyler, The Creator Ep. 3
In the third CRWN clip, Tyler admits how close he is with his childhood friends, that he acted like a fanboy to Frank Ocean and how stoked he was when Pharell Williams sang his verse.
Jay-Z “100$ Bill”
The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby is available to stream here. Below, Jay-Z drops off his solo record that will appear on said soundtrack, which drops May 7th.
Gucci Mane – So Icey (Part 2)
Earlier, L.A. Leakers premiered the sequel track to what was the song that really started off Gucci’s career (as well as his beef with Young Jeezy). I would presume that this song will appear on Trap House 3, which drops May 21st. You can check it out below.
Kanye West Announces Album Release Date?
Earlier this morning Kanye tweeted “June Eighteen.” Obviously many are speculating that this could be the release date of his forthcoming album, you know, since it’s done…..it could be the day his daughter is born.
@RealRapman Feat. @KinGZioNmusic – Blue Borough (My Ends) (Video)
The latest from Rapman, courtesy of Link Up TV.
Sho Shallow (@ShoShallow) – Sanctuary (Video)
Check out the latest visual from Sho Shallow, courtesy of Rap Up UK.
Ms. D (@officialmsd4) Covers Imagine Dragons’ ‘Radioactive’
Courtesy of Dropout UK.
Dropout UK met up with Ms. D and she sang us ‘Radioactive’ by Imagine Dragons. Oh such sweet velvety vocals! We’re sure you’ll agree!
UPDATE: Rapper Chris Kelly Of Kris Kross Dead At 34
UPDATE — Taken from CBS Atlanta:
A spokeswoman with the Fulton County Police Department said unless the medical examiner finds something different, it appears Kelly died of a drug overdose. They based that off of evidence collected at the scene and witness accounts.
So So Def (along with Kelly’s mother) have released an official statement as well:
“It is with deep sadness that we announce that our beloved Chris Kelly has passed away on May 1. To millions of fans worldwide, he was the trendsetting, backwards pants-wearing one-half of Kris Kross who loved making music. But to us, he was just Chris – the kind, generous and fun-loving life of the party. Though he was only with us a short time, we feel blessed to have been able to share some incredible moments with him. His legacy will live on through his music, and we will forever love him.”
– Donna Kelly Pratte (mother) & The So So Def Family
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Chris Kelly, from the 90s rap group Kris Kross, was found unresponsive Wednesday evening inside his Atlanta home, WXIA-TV reported.
He was pronounced dead at Atlanta Medical Center around 8 p.m. eastern. The cause of his death has not been released.
IN THE STUDIO: Drake Works On ‘Girls Love Beyonce’
October’s Very Own liberates some footage of Drake working on ‘Girls Love Beyonce‘ in the studio.
Iggy Azalea – Hard Knock TV Interview (Part 1)
In part 1 Iggy talks to Nick Huff Barili about race in hip hop and the comments that Scarface made in a recent Hard Knock Tv interview stating that hip hop is white now and is controlled by white executives that don’t care about the culture.