Mercston freestyles over old school garage tune Melody by Master Steps. – GRM Daily
Chris Brown Reportedly Suffers Seizure
From TMZ:
The L.A. City Fire Dept. rushed to a Hollywood recording studio early Friday morning, after getting a 911 call that Chris Brown had a seizure … TMZ has learned.
The call came from Record Plant recording studios in Hollywood at 1:09 AM. When EMTs arrived … we’re told Chris refused treatment and also refused to be transported to the hospital.
We do not know if it was indeed a seizure, but we’ve learned Chris did suffer from seizures as a child.
Kevin Gates Ft. Yung Mazi & Bloody Jay – Anybody Get It (prod. Zaytoven)
Kevin Gates gets with ATL’s Yung Mazi and Bloody J for “Anybody Get It”, which I can’t say I know the origin of. Produced by Zaytoven.
Mike WiLL Made It: The Billboard Cover Story
David Peisner interviewed the biggest producer in rap right now for Billboard’s cover story this month. You can read the whole thing here, an excerpt is below.
Will’s first hit came in 2011, on Meek Mill’s high-energy “Tupac Back” (featuring Rick Ross), which reached No. 31 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 21 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart and has sold 176,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The more he worked, the more Will realized he wanted to be what he calls “a real producer,” not simply a guy hunched over his laptop making beats and then sending them out.
“I started bringing some weird, different beats, and rappers were just like, ‘What the hell is this? You got something else?'” he recalls. “I realized they can’t really rap on that because it’s not sounding like nobody else’s [material].” When he brought Future the beat for “Ain’t No Way Around It,” the rapper wasn’t interested. “I played him that beat 10 times. Every day I went into the studio like, ‘This beat is it!,’ and he was like, ‘Nah, I don’t like it.’ Finally, it was two in the morning and he was like, ‘Bro, you got some beats?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I got that same beat. I’m telling you, put some melody on it. It’s going to be crazy.'”
Rhye – 3 Days (Video)
Taken from the group’s latest effort Woman, out now:
A cavalcade of found footage cabaret.
@itsMaxsta Feat. @LittleNikkiSays – Wanna Go (Video)
Check out the latest visual for Maxsta’s latest, the Little Nikki-assisted ‘Wanna Go’, released 22nd September.
The Truth With Elliott Wilson (OVO Fest 2013)
The Truth goes international as Elliott Wilson travels north to Toronto for the 4th annual OVO Fest. As he speaks with fans waiting to enter the festival grounds, YN gets to the heart of OVO’s significance for Drake himself, the city of Toronto, and the world of hip-hop. Check out what the people have to say, plus a recap of the appearances that made this year the biggest yet.
@LittleTorment – Top 5 UK Rappers (@LinkUpTV)
Little Torment breaks down the top 5 UK rappers with Link Up TV. Thoughts?
Mac Miller, Action Bronson & Tyler, The Creator Perform In L.A.
Hip-Hop Heisenberg got some footage of the Space Migration Tour in the City of Angels, where Action Bronson and the show’s headliner Mac Miller (who brought out Odd Future head Tyler, The Creator) hit the stage.
Goodie Mob Performs On The View
Goodie Mob pushes forward on their promo run, their latest stop being with the ladies on The View. Age Against The Machine drops August 27th.
Usher Wins Courtroom Custody Battle Over Kids (Video)
From USA Today:
Usher and his ex-wife, Tameka Foster Raymond, faced off in an Atlanta courtroom this afternoon. It was an “emergency” hearing called in the wake of this week’s pool accident involving their son, Usher V, 5.
Tameka was asking for the couple’s custody agreement of a year ago to be changed.
Usher’s camp wanted the petition dismissed so that he can retain custody of Usher V and his brother, Naviyd, 4. The children are “thriving,” Usher’s lawyer, John Mayoue, told the court, noting that Usher V is “expected to be discharged on Sunday” from an Atlanta hospital.
After nearly two hours, Usher emerged victorious. The judge ruled to dismiss the petition.
And when it ended, Usher and Tameka hugged.
But the afternoon’s courtroom drama included emotional testimony, with Tameka at one point breaking down after the 911 pool accident call was playing, saying, “The whole scene was chaos!”
She tried to point a finger at Rena Oden, Usher’s aunt who is often with the kids and who was there on Monday when Usher V got his arm stuck in an underwater drain. “I don’t believe she had any control over the kids!” Tameka told the court.
A frustrated Tameka admitted that she doesn’t really know what goes on with her sons. “I don’t know where my children are. I don’t know who my children are with … I don’t know the phone number to the house where they are. I’ve never seen the house. I don’t know a lot.”
Elle Varner Performs At ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ Anniversary
Page 31 was on hand as Elle Varner celebrated the one-year anniversary of her debut album Perfectly Imperfect at OZ Studios in Midtown, Manhattan. Throughout the event Elle Varner performed her unreleased record, Number One Song as well as album favorites such as Damn Good Friends, Refill, Leaf and Not Tonight. In addition Elle Varner let the fans in attendance listen to her upcoming single featuring Wale titled Rover (I’m Coming Over) which features sensual lyrics backed by a heavy 808.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Jin Jin & The Ragdolls – FIre Me Up
The lovely Jin Jin is gearing up to release the visual for her latest single ‘Fire Me Up’, and has released some behind the scenes footage of what went down.
Oprah Speaks On Paula Deen
While she did speak on the topic of the N-word before, Extra got a pretty detailed (and arguably more conservative) response from the billionaire mogul on the topic of her friend Paula.
Ca$his – Layin’ in the Cut (Video)
Taken from Ca$his’ upcoming County Hound 2. Produced by Eminem & Rikanatti.
Christine And The Queens (@QueensChristine) – Starshipper
Some French Soul for your Friday evening/Saturday morning. You can get their latest EP here.
A$AP Rocky – Thuggin’ Noise (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)
Rambo (@RamboDaG_300) – Street Ties (Video Preview) @ClipstarTV
For his birthday, Rambo drops a preview video for his song “Street Ties”, due to come out very soon. Shot by the homie Clipstar.
Nicki Minaj Twerks On Top Of Her Limo
Nicki Minaj felt like twerking this morning and took her talents on top of her limo before she loaded her private jet.
LIVE STREAM: Usher’s Custody Hearing
An emergency custody hearing for Usher and his ex-wife Tameka Foster’s two children right now you can watch it here.