Yesterday at the first stop of Rock The Bells, Common sat down with HipHopDX to speak about his upcoming EP & features. Check below what he had to say.
“I got my man Vince Staples on a song,” Common said in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “I like him. He’s cold on the mic. When I heard him rapping, I was like, ‘This dude can really rhyme.’ It made me want to write.”
For the looks of it, Waka Flocka & Gucci Mane are back at it on Twitter; this time, Frenchie (Waka’s artist), OJ Da Juiceman and Wooh Da Kid (also Waka’s artist) joined in the conversation. AllHipHop reports:
So, it seems like “Stringer Bell” of the IC found this was going on. All out Twitter beef with Gucci, Waka, OJ da Juice Man, Frenchie and more.
Now, there seems to be a couple key things going on.
– Frenchie accused Gucci of stealing from his artists.
– Frenchie also said that Gucci was paying the lawyer fees of the killer of Slim Dunkin, Young Vito.
– Then somebody said that Deb Antney (Waka’s mom) was stealing from OJ Da Juiceman
– Then Gucci claims he was offered $250k to buy Waka out of his deal and Gucci says he laughed at that foolishness. He apparently wants like $1 million for his prized possession.
-Gucci seemed to suggest that French Montana was sleeping wit Deb. I’m not sure about that though.
It looks like Kat Stacks has fired Q from Worldstar and is looking for new management, judging from a Tweet she sent out a few hours ago. [Jon’s edit: if this is in fact true, then what about those tattoos? Were they even real?]
The first single taken from IAMNOBODI’s forthcoming project — Elevated — released 1st October.
This — of course — happened two days after a real intruder was arrested at Buckingham Palace. From BBC:
Armed police pointed their guns at Prince Andrew and ordered him to “put your hands up and get on the ground” after mistaking him for an intruder in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
For a tense half a minute the Queen’s 53-year-old son was in danger of being shot dead by officers paid to protect him and his family.
An internal inquiry is now being carried out into the extraordinary incident, which took place last Wednesday, after Scotland Yard confirmed Prince Andrew was mistaken for an intruder.
Royal protection officers were said be “jittery” after a genuine intruder had been found in the Palace’s state rooms two days earlier. A suspected accomplice was also arrested in a street outside the Palace.
Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express, a royal insider said: “Everyone is talking about these two incidents and can’t quite believe what has happened.
“The fact that this guy was able to wander off unchallenged and not be spotted by anyone is bad enough. But then to mistake the Duke for another intruder is almost incomprehensible.
“There is a high turnover of the police on duty at the Palace, but you’d think anyone would know what Prince Andrew looks like.
“It’s fair to say that to describe the Duke as unhappy and the two officers as highly embarrassed is the biggest understatement of the century.”
Prince Andrew said this afternoon he is “grateful” that the police have now apologised.
He said in a statement: “The police have a difficult job to do balancing security for the Royal Family and deterring intruders, and sometimes they get it wrong.
“I am grateful for their apology and look forward to a safe walk in the garden in the future.”
The official new visual for Bieber’s artist drops September 17th.
From The L.A. Times:
The crooner is expected to be tapped to perform at the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVIII next February, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. An announcement could come as early as this Sunday.
Neither the NFL, which produces the Pepsi-sponsored halftime show, or Fox, which is carrying the Super Bowl this season, would comment. An NFL spokesman would only jokingly say that Janet Jackson and Miley Cyrus have been ruled out as performers.
This year’s game is being played in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Jimmy and Ariana Grande team up to perform rap hits like “99 Problems” and “Thrift Shop” with a Broadway twist.
Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan, dropped in to perform an acoustic version exclusively for SBTV of ‘Flatline’ and showcase their amazing vocal talents. – SBTV
On the promo run for Alive, the above clip shows Jessie J performing ‘It’s My Party’ on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Eminem (who is apparently trying to be the blonde rebel without a cause again) appeared on College Football Live to premiere a teaser for the visual to ‘Berzerk’.
Atlnightspots Reports:
Florida rapper “Sheikh,” makes it clear Rick Ross’ protege is not welcome back to his part of state.
The guy that knocked out Gunplay, Sheikh is part of Money BAG Entertainment. It’s a street savvy crew of businessmen in the Tampa area known for throwing some of the city’s best parties. The rapper and his associates control much of the Hip Hop scene’s celebrity draw. In layman’s terms, this rapper’s MBE crew have been responsible for paying aritsts like Young Jeezy, Rich Homie Quan, Gunplay, and many more int he past. Rick Ross and Maybach Music will lose money not messing with this guy that knocked out GP.
A video surfaced today on WSHH, where Sheikh clears the air of all rumors on his fight with Gunplay. He wanted to make it clear that his actions were only a reaction to clear disrespect from Rick Ross’ said gunman.
“[He tried] to take the stage,” says the MBE aritst of what happened. He continues, “I mush him in his face, tell him to go sit down. He leave the stage. He come back. Do a song, know what I’m saying, and I tell him okay, do your song, but when you come off the stage, I’m going to crush you.”
I’m not surprised about this. Earlier this week, Meek released a Cassidy diss record ‘Kendrick You Next’ over various instrumentals. Naturally, Cassidy didn’t waste any time and headed into the studio for his response.
I don’t really understand why Meek gave him another 15 mins of fame.
With less then a week before the big fight next weekend in Vegas. You can watch Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez prepare for their September 14th showdown.
CBS News:
Police in Dallas are investigating a shooting that injured an 8-year-old boy. The violent incident happened around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday night at the La Bella Palms apartment complex, located in the 9400 block of Royal Lane, near Abrams.
The child — identified by family members as Donald Maiden Jr. — was shot in the face around his jaw and taken to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. CBS 11 News has learned that he is now out of surgery and in critical but stable condition. He is expected to survive his injuries.
Witnesses pointed authorities to a pickup truck that was parked nearby. Officers arrested 46-year-old Brian Cloninger in connection to the shooting. He has been charged with injury to a child, and sits behind bars with a $2.2 million bond.
Maiden’s grandmother said that the boy was outside playing with other children when he ran inside to get some toys. The child was shot as he went back outside. “He hit the ground when the guy shot him,” said grandmother Sharon Locklin. “Then, he got up and ran to the house and asked his mom for water, and his mom saw all the blood coming out.”
Residents said that they do not know what may have led to such unexpected violence. “I’m coming to pick up my son from work and I come back to this. What is going on? They say a kid mouth was shot off,” said startled neighbor Mae Anderson. “I’m like, who would do this? What bad stuff could he have done for someone to do that to him.”
Officials are interviewing witnesses to try and determine a possible motive for the shooting. Maiden’s family members said that the suspect had pointed a gun at the apartment complex maintenance man earlier on Tuesday.
Maiden is a third-grade student at Merriman Park Elementary School. Family members said that the celebrated his birthday on Sunday.
Detectives had previously reported that another child was arrested for this incident, but that no longer appears to be the case.
French Montana drops a new song, produced by the Audibles. Apparently Montana did six track with the production team while out in Las Vegas.
Source: Xclusive Zone
I’ve heard this blend on 1Xtra; now we have the official audio of Fekky’s latest single with Tempa T.
Fans of this song can look forward to a preview of Em’s ‘Berzerk’ visual during Notre Dame vs. Michigan.
JayKae steps up for his highly anticipated debut Warm Up Session. – SBTV
RealTalkHipHop.org interviews Pusha T where he talks about choppin it up with Big Sean and Common and working with Kanye at a family oriented label at Fight Studio in Toronto before his show on May 31, 2013. Making “Alone In Vegas” with wild animals, how Ric Flair personifies rap with his attitude, showmanship and style and summer fashion trends.
According to The City Paper’s Julian Kimble (via DCist) Southeast DC rapper Pacman (from Congress Heights) and Landover, Maryland’s Peso wish to travel to North Korea for their next music video. With the help of Forest Hills Tenleytown Music Group, Pacman and Peso now have a Kickstarter page, with $870 of their $6,000 goal raised. The page claims that they don’t” endorses any government, policy, ideology, etc.” I doubt they’ll ever make it, but it certainly makes for a bizarre story. I bet the music is interesting too.
Also, you can check out some of Pacman and Peso’s music here.
A previously recorded song by Yoko Ono and RZA got a live treatment also featuring Sean Lennon and the rest of the Plastic Ono Band. The studio version of the song has just been released on iTunes and on vinyl via two websites. According to Ono “Profits of the download and vinyl sales will go to The Children’s Literacy Society, which provides after-school enrichment programs for at-risk children in Staten Island, NY.”
A new Doe B track featuring King South from DJ Smallz’ latest Southern Smoke Tape. See if you can guess what “Dirty Diana” is. Shout out to TNT
