…and it’s actually pretty damn good. The track is titled ‘Gave Ya’, and — while much of the track is done in falsetto — is does show that Columbus Short has fairly strong singing chops. You can check it out below…is there an R&B career on the horizon?
In related news, other, more negative parts of Columbus Short’s personal life seems to be coming to light as well in the wake of his recent arrest after beating up some guy in a bar, and (allegedly) his own wife.
Because everyone else has probably covered King Bey’s latest hit, so why not include the supposedly-reformed Kesha in the mix as well…
Young Chop releases the first single off his upcoming EP which is set to drop later this year. You can buy this single now on iTunes.
RKZ latest track is a flip of IAMNODOBI’s ‘Inspiration/Motivation’, creating a perfect mix of ambient Soul and Hip-Hop.
New Grime from Jon E Clayface and Ten Dixon, courtesy of MAS Media.
I don’t know anything about this guy, but — apparently — everyone else here does (he’s been in a recent Geico commercial). So while I go and wiki dude’s bio, check out his latest video (which reminds me of DMX’s ‘Ruff Ryders Anthem’…expect that it’s intentionally funny).
The latest visual from Blizzard’s Testing The Water, out now.
Some slime-filled photos from this year’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards that went down this past weekend. Courtesy of Rap-Up.
VIDEO: Rodman dressed like a drag queen during Legends of Basketball Tour 2014 in Argentina http://t.co/aUT5OJ7Lmc pic.twitter.com/0m333wolmi
— Sportando (@sportando) March 30, 2014
Bruh.
While this isn’t really a surprise, I admittedly thought that he left the whole drag queen thing in the last decade. Dennis Rodman was spotted playing in a Legends of Basketball Tour in Argentina in full “uniform”. Check out some footage of the game below:
Nicki Minaj treated her little brother Micaiah to a dope 16th birthday party, which held a New York Knicks theme and featuring family and friends (and some birthday messages from Lil Wayne, Carmelo Anthony, Diddy, Tyga and more. Check out the pictures from the party above.
Nas held down an entire weekend at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of both the Hip Hop World Festival as well as Illmatic‘s 20 year anniversary….not only that, he was backed by DJ Green Lantern and the National Symphony Orchestra. YSDWYSD got footage of the event, with Nasir performing ‘The World Is Yours’ above and ‘You’re Da Man’ and ‘Live At The BBQ’ below.
Above, you can various various pictures (from Instagram) showing Benzino being visited by The Source co-founder Dave Mays, Stevie J and his significant other. From MTV:
Rapper and reality television star Benzino was shot on Saturday while on the way to his mother’s funeral and now his nephew is under arrest facing an intent to murder charge.
Benzino, who was born Raymond Scott, was driving southbound on Route 3 in Duxbury, Massachusetts as a part of his mother’s funeral procession, when his nephew, 36-year old Gai Scott pulled up alongside him and fired multiple shots into his vehicle according to WCVB in Boston.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz issued a statement that confirmed that there has been “growing family tension” between Benzino and his nephew, who fired multiple shots into the rapper’s SUV shortly before noon yesterday. Both men, were headed to the funeral. “At some point when the cars were side by side, Gai Scott fired several shots into the red Dodge SUV being driven by Raymond Scott,” the statement read.
Various news reports are saying that Benzino is either with “non-fatal injuries” or “in critical condition”.
Sam Smith brought his talents overseas, being the latest performing act on last night SNL. Above, he performs his current single ‘Stay With Me’; below, ‘Lay Me Down’. In The Lonely Hour is on the way, folks.
The girls that got blessed with a feature from Nicki Minaj (before reportedly biting the hand that fed them) is now signed to Capital Records. Now, they have released an official video for the infamous track ‘Boss Ass Bitch’.
According to Noisey, Gucci Mane made 1.3 million off of music sales from iTunes last year. You can read how here.
Loso spoke with RealTalkNY on a few topics, including Dubai (where he shot ‘Young OG’) and the next release from Soul Tape 3. He also revealed that the somewhat long-awaited Loso’s Way 2: Rise To Power should be arriving sometime this Summer.
Trollstation’s latest release comes in lieu of today’s honoring of our mothers.
The clip where he speaks on it is above. From AllHipHop:
On his Shot97 Radio show, Star reveals that Jay Z once sold him cocaine to him back in the 80s.
Star states he’s “not trying to play Jay Z out” by revealing these stories about Jay Z drug past. According to Star, the man with 13 #1 album had a quality product in the 80s, but competition was stiff:
“Back in the late ‘80s, I went to this man on a few occasions, hand-to-hand. He had the good sh*t. Now his sh*t wasn’t as popping as the West Indians over in the 90s and in Flatbush. Them Shower Posse n*ggas must have had that shit shipped in from Columbia or some f*ckin’ where.”
Star does say Jay Z was a generous drug dealer “extended credit to a coke head in the wee hours” when Star was short on payment.
East London rapper Locksmyth gives Charlie that fire in the streets! – Charlie Sloth
UPDATE: FUSE’s recap of what happened that night (below) = way better than than watching the clip on its own.
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It all went down in Lisbon, Portgual this past Thursday, after 130+ shows done around the world. Above, King Bey gives an emotional thank you to the fans for an enormously successful tour before bringing out JAY Z for a show-closing rendition of their collaborative hit ‘Drunk In Love’ (below).
Simply put, you need to stop what you’re doing and purchase the BBK general’s latest project (if you haven’t already done so).
This was during his appearance as guest host on a Washington, D.C. radio station (The Russ Parr Morning Show). It was mostly jokes as far as his response, aside from the fact that he only sees this as the beginning (I doubt their respective ladies — Beyoncé and Rihanna — will be jumping into the fray….but it would be hilarious).
You can check out the tweets above (as well as the original, offending Instagram post). Spotted on Huffington Post:
Joe Budden, an American rapper and member of the hip hop group Slaughterhouse, is receiving some social media attention, and it’s not because of his music.
On Friday, Twitter user Fateh Singh posted a photo he came across on Budden’s Instagram account depicting a man wearing a turban and standing in an airport security line. Budden’s accompanying caption read, “Not on my watch Homeboy!”
Many Twitter users joined in the dialogue, expressing their anger over Budden’s photo.
After getting into a rather lengthy back-and-forth with one specific Twitter user (which you can see above), he eventually relented and took down the image. In addition, more recent tweets show that he has apologized during continued dialogue on the issue.
Courtesy of REVOLT TV:
During the week of the album’s release, the “Who Do You Love” artist took the REVOLT lenses with him as he hit up Los Angeles’ Power 106 radio station, stopping by Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio program to discuss the success of his debut album, which went on to move an impressive 61,000 units in the following week.
But YG wasn’t just there for an interview with the on-air power players, he was also joined by his mother and grandma, who expressed just how proud they are of their baby boy. It’s a special moment, that’ll call for anyone to immediately play My Krazy Life’s heartwarming closer “Sorry Momma”—a record that finds a rueful YG promising to do right by his momma.
You can also enjoy the interview with Big Boy below.