Thehomeofhiphop reports:
According to sources, last night MMG’s own Gunplay was performing at Club Underground in Tampa, Fl. Gunplay allegedly got into it with some local Tampa rappers. While attempting to leave, rapper Gunplay was struck, which resulted in him getting knocked out!! As you can see in the picture, Security had to carry him out!
Looks like we will finally get Pusha T’s debut album My Name Is My Name. Kanye West’s company DONDA revealed Pusha’s artwork for his debut studio album. The artwork is designed by Joe Perez, and it features a black-and-white bar code; the below artwork features a black & white portrait shot of Pusha T. You can check out his new single — the Chris Brown-assisted ‘Sweet Serenade’ — right here.
Director DGainz started his Rags To Riches series earlier this year by releasing unreleased footage of Chief Keef before he got his Interscope deal; now, he turns his attention to another Chicago artist — Lil Durk — before he got his deal with Def Jam. DGainz follows Lil Durk as he goes to the Chicago radio station WGCI, plays basketball with his homies and more. Lil Durk’s upcoming project Signed To The Streets, drops September 17th.
Drake has broken his silence about the “Control” verse in a sit down interview with Billboard; he said that he “went about my day, went and got dinner and kept it moving” after he heard the “Control” verse. You can read except below.
“I didn’t really have anything to say about it,” Drake says of the verse, which has so far inspired responses from A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$, former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and too many others to count. “It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick’s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.”
The full cover story appears in the latest Billboard issue which you can buy it here.
Radio rip. Teddy Music’s forthcoming Rehearsals will be available to purchase 1st September (preorder here).
Rick Ross, Birdman, Ace Hood and YMCB crew are up to no good in their new visual for a record( off the Rich Gang which is available now on iTunes) as they put on the Jason mask to rob the brink truck somewhere in Miami. This motion picture directed by Dre Films.
Wiz Khalifa stopped by Sway In The Morning to speak on Blacc Hollywood, his new shoe with Converse, married life, fatherhood and more.
Juicy J returns to The Breakfast Club to speak on the flack he is getting for providing scholarships to strippers (through WorldStarHipHop, no less), his new album Stay Trippy, Miley Cyrus and more.
El-P is the latest on Mass Appeal’s video series where producers pick random records out and try to make a finished product. Warped records, barely-working turntables and broken samplers don’t prevent him from making his usual dystopic-sounding mesh of audio.
Ever since A$AP Rocky came on the rap scene, we’ve seen him rock Jeremy Scott Adidas. Now, he has linked with the designer to make his first formal Jeremy Scott release.
A$AP Rocky’s first foray into footwear is a part of the Star & Bars collection, which was initially released February 2012. Titled the Adidas Originals JS Wings 2.0 Black Flag, A$AP Rocky & Jeremy Scott got inspiration for the new kicks from Rocky’s DONDA-designed LONGLIVEA$AP artwork.
No date is announced yet for the release of this shoe, but we will keep you updated.
From ESPN:
NBA veteran Lamar Odom was arrested early Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to police.
Odom was taken into custody at 3:54 a.m. local time after he was spotted driving “in a serpentine manner at 50 mph” on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley, the California Highway Patrol report said.
The police report stated that Odom continued to drive when authorities tried to pull him over before he eventually stopped. Odom showed “objective signs of intoxication and was unable to perform field sobriety tests as explained and demonstrated,” the CHP report said. At the Van Nuys jail, Odom refused all chemical tests and was booked without incident at 5:01 a.m., CHP officials said.
Multiple media outlets reported Odom’s arrest earlier Friday.
Odom made headlines earlier this week for alleged drug use. A source told ESPN that Odom was staying at a Los Angeles hotel and friends were trying to help him deal with a drug problem. TMZ had reported that he was missing for 72 hours after a fight with his wife, Khloe Kardashian Odom. Odom’s agent refuted a TMZ report Sunday.
Odom spent last season with the Los Angeles Clippers and has been pursued in free agency this summer by the Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers.
A few weeks ago I went to Angel Park in Alexandria for Black Cobain’s second annual Spillionaire Cookout, presented by the Board Administration and Young Millionaires. Aside from a brief visit from Alexandria PD, the whole thing was definitely a good time with free food, festivities and more. So a big thanks go out to Cobain, the Whole Board and all of YM for sure.
“Miley Cyrus is the new Madonna,” Mike WiLL Made It proclaimed on the set of his new video, “23,” which also features the singer, Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa.
The chart-topping producer truly believes in the former Disney star’s talent. While on set in Brooklyn, Mike gave VIBE his honest thoughts on Miley’s much-talked about MTV VMA performance.
“She did her thing… a lot of people are scared. She’s young, she’s 20, and she had fun. [Miley] turnt up,” he says. “When you’re on top, you’re going to get flack for anything. At least she went up there and had fun and did what she wanted to do. She went up there and did her vision. That’s what it’s really all about.”
After accompanying her to the awards show at the Barclays Center on Sunday night (Aug. 27), the two spent the next day on set at Brooklyn’s Bishop Ford High School to film their new video.
Mike WiLL Made It’s upcoming album, Est. In 1989 Pt. 3., is set to drop later this year.
Check out the debut single from Mons Montis (Herman Båverud Olsson, Viktor Paulsrud and Julia Hjertström). Lyrics included below.
LYRICS:
walked out in a storm
swept by the forces
trying to go
I want to ignore
but life chases me so just let me go
where? why? when? how?
my body´s filled with dynamite
I´m lost in life
the result of war
errods my skin
bones and parts that sore
I want to recall
find a desert
from years of discord
where? why? when? how?
my body´s filled with dynamite
I´m lost in life
From the band’s latest album Save Rock And Roll…..it definitely does us all much more justice to check out all of the videos in the storyline.
Chevy Woods brings nothing particularly new to the table for Rich Homie Quan’s hit.
River Tiber (pronounced “River Tye-ber”) was started by 23-year-old singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Tommy Paxton-Beesley. Multitracking all the instruments, vocals, samples and sounds on his recordings, River Tiber has emerged as an original voice in Toronto’s music scene, with a dark, gritty electronic sound that continues to evolve.
Joined onstage by fellow musicians John Mavrogiannis, Thadeus Garwood, and David Lewis, River Tiber comes alive as an inventive musical performance.
Tech N9ne shuts down The Backroom on BET’s freestyle series.
‘Keep On Dancing’ is the first single of the upcoming album The Art Of Sampling. The single will be released on September 13th.
Didn’t know (didn’t listen), but Uncle Murda apparently had some low-brow bars for Fabolous on his response to Kendrick Lamar…..now, we get to hear Loso’s soldier Freck return fire.
Check out upcoming tour dates from Black Yaya below.
Black Yaya is the new pop project from David Ivar, frontman and songwriter for Herman Dune. He has written a completely fresh batch of songs, in his own inimitable style but reworked by electronic producer Yuksek, who is releasing Black Yaya under his label Partyfine.
“Paint A Smile On Me” EP will be released on 9th September.
Black Yaya Fall tour
08/30 Larmer Tree Gardens,UK – END OF THE ROAD
09/01 Brighton,UK – The Hope
09/02 London,UK – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
09/03 Bristol,UK – Thunderbolt
09/04 Manchester,UK – Ruby Lounge
09/05 York,UK – The Basement
09/06 Newcastle,UK – Think Tank
09/07 Wakefield,UK – The hop
09/08 Leeds,UK – Brudenell Social Club
09/11 Lille,FR – La Péniche
09/12 Rennes,FR – Mondo Bizarro
09/15 Zurich,CH – El Lokal
09/16 Munich,GER – Ruby Garden Session
09/17 Köln,GER – Arty Farty
09/18 Hamburg,GER – Hasenschaukel
09/19 Berlin,GER – Monarch
09/20 Dresden,GER – Thalia
09/21 Freibourg,GER – Swamp
09/22 Saarbrücken,GER – Sparte 4
09/24 Paris,FR – La Gaîté Lyrique
09/25 Bordeaux,FR – Comptoir du Jazz
09/26 Barcelona,ES – Els Quatre Cocos
09/27 Madrid,ES – Charada
09/28 Ourense,ES – Torgal
Gillie Da Kid drops a visual for his spin on Rocko & Rich Homie Quan’s street anthems.
World-renowned Celine Dion has returned to music and is gearing up for the release of her new single — ‘Loved Me Back To Life’ — which drops September 2nd. Check out a teaser for the track above.
