I guess this can be our lighthearted Sunday story: Ja Rule and his daughter — Brittney Asja Atkins — posted pics on Instagram with documented her happy first day in college. In addition to being free from prison, this has to be a damn good day in a progressively great year for Mr. Atkins. Check out a few more pics below.
Chris Brown Is Apparently Repping The Bloods, As Seen In His Latest Graffiti (PICS)
Plenty more pictures below. From TMZ:
Another brilliant move by Chris Brown — the singer has affiliated himself with a dangerous street gang in L.A. called the Pirus (a subset of the Bloods) … and he’s bragging about it all the way to Hawaii.
Sources tell TMZ, Brown was in Honolulu Thursday, where he hired a guide to take him and his entourage around to places where they could legally spray paint.
Keeping it “legal” was responsible, but then Brown tagged up his signature monster artwork with the phrase “Fruits Piru,” an apparent reference to the Fruit Town Piru gang … next to the phrase, “F*** police.”
Brown’s even been claiming Piru on Twitter. He’s gotten so cocky, he called out Jay Z for not letting Beyonce collaborate with him, and bragging he’s not worried about Mr. Z because he’s got Blood ties.
Dialekt (@Dialekt671) Feat. Xy (@IamTheRealXy) – Fortress
Australian emcee Dialekt drops off his latest visual featuring Xy. ‘Fortress’ is out now.
Wiz Khalifa Performs ‘Look What I Got On’ At Converse Event In New York
This all went down at Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Check out the new song in all of its CDQ glory here.
Harriet Tubman’s Great, Great Grandniece Blasts Russell Simmons In Open Letter
Waka Flocka Flame – Big Homie Flock Intro
Taken from Trap Music: Squad Life Edition Part 8, which I believe is supposed to have dropped by now.
All Access: Canelo Vs. Mayweather (Episode 1)
All Access give you both sides of the coin as we see the fighters living the life and working hard for it during the training in the first episode leading up to Canelo Vs. Mayweather.
The fight goes down September 14th.
Jazzyfatnastees – Keep It Movin’
Things just got really retroactive with the return of the Jazzyfatnastees in the form of the new tune ‘Keep It Movin’……new album before the year is out, perhaps?
Mike Tyson Comes Clean About His False Sobriety During News Conference
Mike Tyson breaks down about sobriety when asked about reconnecting with Teddy Atlas at the ESPN Friday Night Fights post-fight press conference in Verona, New York.
Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
Miley Cyrus pretty much goes Kendrick (slight overstatement) on her detractors with her latest single. Bangerz drops October 8th (check out the artwork above).
OG Ron C, DJ Candlestick & JAY Z – Purple Grail (Mixtape)
OG Ron C is back with a special Texas blend of Hov’s latest album. Tracklisting and download link below.
Download: OG Ron C, DJ Candlestick & JAY Z – Purple Grail (Mixtape)
1. PURPLE GRAIL INTRO
2. TOM FORD
3. HOLY GRAIL
4. LA FAMILIA
5. F_CKWITHMEYOUKNOWIGOTIT FEAT RICK ROSS
6. BEACH IS BETTER
7. PURPLE GRAIL WEAKSTYLE
8. PART II (ON THE RUN) FEAT BEYONCE
9. SUNSHINE CHOPNOTSLOP REMIX
10. OCEANS FEAT FRANK OCEAN
11. SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA
12. DP3 (UGK REMIX)
13. JAY-Z BLUE
14. PURPLE GRAIL WEAKSTYLE 2
15. PICASSO BABY
16. HEAVEN
17. NICKELS AND DIMES
18. VERSUS
19. CROWN
20. BBC FEAT. NAS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, BEYONCE, SWIZZ BEATS, PHARRELL & TIMBALAND
21. F.U.T.W.
22. #PURPLEGRAIL OUTRO
ARTWORK: Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis & Left Brain – MellowHigh
The next project to come out of the Odd Future gate, the trio’s MellowHigh will be dropping on October 31st.
Compton Menace – Murder (Mixtape)
Hosted by Ben Frank, Compton Menace lets go of a new project that includes features from the likes of Ace Hood, Mistah Fab, Wiz Khalifa and more. Stream, tracklist and download link below.
Maino – Own It (Remix)
I haven’t listened to Mack Wild’s latest, but apparently, Maino did and thought he could do better.
Kendrick Lamar Calls Into ‘106 & Park’
So, either Bow Wow inexplicably avoided the topic that everyone wanted to talk about or he was given a gag order from TDE. Whatever the case, Kendrick Lamar only spoke on his many upcoming BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations instead of what we were much more interested in hearing.
MGMT Performs On David Letterman
MGMT appeared on late night and performed ‘Your Life Is A Lie’, taken from their upcoming album (due sometime before year’s end), but all I really want to know is this:
Mysonne – What Do I Say To My Sons (Trayvon Martin Tribute) (Video)
Mysonne asks a powerful question in a pretty dope record. The unfortunate reality of America.
Kid Ink Announces U.S. Dates For ‘Spaced Out’ Tour
Unless you’re in Massachusetts, don’t expect to be seeing Kid Ink near the Atlantic anytime soon (to perform, anyway), but other U.S. concertgoers can check out the below dates for the next Kid Ink show.
Marques Houston – Only You (Video)
‘Only You’ is the new single from Marques Houston off of his upcoming album Famous, in stores August 27th.