Last night, a public memorial service for Heavy D was held at the Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, NY. Afterwards at the family’s home, the rapper’s brother Floyd Myers spoke to MTV about the last convo he had with his brother the day before he passed, his health, legacy and more.
A private funeral service will be held tomorrow. Support Heav and his daughter Xia Meyers’ fund at RememberHeavyD.com.
B.o.B donates $10,000 to Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless and challenges other rappers to do the same.
Big Sean spoke with Seattle’s KUBE 93 radio yesterday and gave his reaction to Luda’s “Bada Boom“. On the track, Luda threw subliminal shots at him and Drake. In other news, both have just been added as performers during this Sunday’s American Music Awards.
Isiah Thomas’s son DJ Zeke Thomas will be stopping by Steph Lova & DJ G$Money radio show , along with other guest Agalar the Don from Dipset Birdgang and The OG Bun B will be calling in.
Google launched their online music store yesterday in Los Angeles. Later that night, Busta Rhymes and Drake performed at Mr. Brainwash Studios. There’s no official footage of the concert, but here’se two 30 second clips that hhnm came across found.
Trina stopped by Breakfast Club on NY’s Power 105.1 this morning. She gave an ever interview and spoke on her new artist, love life, sex, and lots of stuff in between.
Drake returned to Hot97 to sit down with Angie Martinez after spending an evening at Best Buy in Harlem, which also led to cancelling an appearance on David Letterman.
Part 1. Drake spoke on the crazy in store signing lines in Toronto and Harlem.
Part 2. Drake on Take Care criticism, Rihanna and lavender showers.
Part 3. More critic talk and singing with William Morris Agency.
Fat Joe had in an interview with Cable News Network, he discusses his 100 lb weight loss, the inspiration behind it and shares a few health tips of his own.
MTV2’s Sucker Free Countdown recently followed Stalley to Massillon, Ohio (his hometown) to celebrate the release of Lincoln Way Nights, which is available now on Itunes. In the first clip, Stalley takes MTV2 to the Massillon vs. McKinley game at Hall of Fame field in Canton, Ohio to watch the biggest high school football rivalry in the country. In the second clip, Stalley takes the crew around his hometown of Massillon to show them where he grew up and the effect Massillon has had on his music. In the final clip, Stalley talks about linking up with Rick Ross for the first time and MMG as he prepares to play a show in Akron, OH. More footage after the jump.
Last night LL Cool J stopped by Conan O’Brien’s show to share a few of his fitness tips, plug his book’s music and acting career.
Hit-Boy sits down with MTV and let them know he is very pleased with the success of his No. 1 single with Jay-Z and Kanye West. “
The crazy thing about the ‘Paris’ record is that record just came out of nowhere, pretty much,†Hit-Boy told MTV News last week. “I did other records that were talked about being singles and all types of stuff, so I was hyped over those records.†Instead, the superstar duo chose to run with “N—as in Paris,†a brash celebration of success over a bouncy beat, mashed up with Will Ferrell sound bites. Though it was Hit-Boy who came up with the initial version of the track, he credits ‘Ye with the addition of the former “SNL†funnyman. “Genius. That’s just the genius that ‘Ye is. He always comes up with these ideas that just takes music to a whole ‘nother level,†Hit-Boy gushed. “Just something that’s never been done before.â€
A couple of choice quotes below:
“[Hip-hop] is the greatest gay market in the world. The hip-hop community is most likely owned by gay. I happen to think there’s a gay mafia in hip-hop. Not rappers — editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows. This is the f—ing gay mafia, man. They’re in power … So why wouldn’t a guy come out and say, ‘Yo, I’m gay’ and get that type of love? Like Lady Gaga, I don’t know if she’s gay, but she’s running with that gay s— for real. And she’s winning. It’s 2011 going on 2012. If you’re gay, rep your set.â€
He continued:
“I think I’ve done songs with gay rappers. I’m pretty sure of that. I’m pretty sure the football n—-s is gay, the basketball n—-s is gay — n—-s is gay. There’s millions of gay people in the world. Girls, too. Once again, I’m not a fan of that s— either. I’m a fan of ‘Yo, I’m gay, what the f—?’ 2011, you gotta hide that you’re gay? Be real! Like, ‘I’m gay, what the f—?’ If you gay, you gay. That’s your preference. F— it if the people don’t like it.â€
During the grand opening of his Beats By Dre pop-up store in SoHo last week, Dr Dre discusses working with Kendrick Lamar, Slim The Mobster and taking a break from music. I guess no Detrox.
