In the second part of Hard Knock TV’s interview with DJ Mustard, the West Coast producer of the moment revealed an original, much different version of Rick Ross’ ‘Sanctified’ (that he co-produced with Kanye West and Mike Deam). Aside from that, he’s also spoke on working with J. Cole, his mother, striving to achieve awards like Pharrell and more.
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The album will be called House Slippers and will be distributed through Ortiz’s new solo deal with Penalty Records (why not Shady?). Courtesy of Complex.
During Drake’s appearance yesterday on NBA Countdown, Drake explained that the infamous picture was taken before the game and he was actually wearing was a Kentucky Wildcats shirt with James Young’s logo (see below).
Wale gave the people in NYC a preview of new product for his Wrkng Title line last night at Greenhouse. EMETakeover caught up with Wale for a quick interview where he talked about his future plans and fashion.
Invasion Alert general Sox spoke with NKE Media on the Grime scene, Birmingham, his forthcoming effort Chilling & Winning and more. He also gave his opinion on Vybz Kartel recently being handed a life sentence.
T.I. & Iggy Azalea recently appeared on Hot 97’s morning show to promote The Family Hustle and The New Classic, respectively. Interestingly enough, Iggy also spoke on some issues she had with Funk Flex (and other female emcees).
Smoke DZA is the latest guest on Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds’ podcast. DZA spoke on his new Dream.ZONE.Achieve LP, the early days in Harlem and more. Check it out below.
Sean C & LV sat down with Sway on his morning show to promote their new project, Loud Dreams Vol. 1. They spoke on their A&R days, working with Big Pun and their involvement on Jay Z’s American Gangster.
While in the UK, Nas sat down with Zane Lowe over on BBC 1 Radio. He spoke on the impact of Illmatic, producers, his writing process, lost rhyme books, opening up for The Fugees and more.
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Lord Jamar shared his blunt opinions about Justin Bieber and the recent turbulence he’s inflicted on his image. Lord Jamar honestly doesn’t care about what Justin does with his personal time, and understands that Bieber is still young and stuck in that “wild and free” stage. He does believe, however, that Beiber is “leeching off black music,” and that he’s used the black image to expand his fanbase to a wider audience.
Jamar thinks that Bieber glorifies the lifestyle, image, and overall respect and swag that rappers carry with them, and therefore he is doing what he has to in order to obtain that image for himself. It looks like Bieber is just another guest in the “House of Hip-Hop,” according to Jamar’s statements.
Knucklehead — who dropped out from Texas Southern — talks about how August Alsina’s gold single “I Luv This Shit” came about. Courtesy of The Facts Remain.
Pharoahe Monch speaks on J Dilla, the hip-hop legacy, Talib Kweli, new project & much more! – ThisIs50
JUKEBOX:DOPECONTENT spoke to Edinburgh, Scotland artist Show N Prove on how he got started in music, his influences, the current heater ‘If Only‘ (featuring Shakka), forthcoming projects and more. He also revealed that he has a collaboration with Daley in the vault (which we can’t wait to hear!).
You can check out more from this artist here.
50 Cent stops by DJ Drama’s show on Shade 45 during his promo run. The G-Unit head spoke on Animal Ambition, leaving Interscope, Ja Rule and more; he also confirms that Street Immortal is still dropping on June 3rd.
When Kevin Gates spoke with MTV recently, he talked about his history with Young Money and how Birdman inspired him to build his music career on his own.
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Nas has been making several moves in lieu of Illmatic‘s 20-year anniversary, and his latest stop was on Bill Maher’s show. In addition to “participating” (not really) on the political panel and pushing Illmatic XX (out April 15th), he also spoke on poor communities, DeSean Jackson and more.
Nick Cannon is currently on the promo circuit for his upcoming comedy album White People Party Music, and one of his stops was at David Letterman’s talk show. While there, he spoke on one of his promotional efforts, a Caucasian alter-ego that has seemingly put some folks up in arms (the term “reverse racism” was apparently used). You can check out more below.
Eminem stopped by Big Boy’s Neighborhood to promote his upcoming Monster tour with Rihanna….the below clips have the Detroit icon speaking on his “return” to music (he never really left) and wanting to diss Kanye West and Lil Wayne in the past.
T.I. stopped by The Arsenio Hall Show to promote his new season of The Family Hustle. He also spoke on Bill Cosby comparisons, the Desean Jackson controversy, his daughters dating, and more.
Some of the more humorous things learned from this interview: the breakfast is so bad that Tyler, The Creator has American bacon FedExed to him, he’s working on his sophomore album (!) and there are some wild European cities that he’s performed in.
Sage The Gemini returned to The Breakfast Club to discuss his debut album Remember Me, relationship, and more. – TeamYee
Coco visited The Breakfast Club to discuss her line of pleasure products, fitness app, relationship with Ice-T, plans to have a baby soon, upcoming NYC burlesque show ‘Coco & The Vanity Vixens’, former reality show Ice Loves Coco, spotlight on their relationship, Las Vegas Peepshow, first time meeting Ice, dealing with the rumors and negativity, talk show deal, and more. – TeamYee
Roc-A-Fella co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke is currently doing a 5-year bid in jail for drug trafficking and conspiracy. While on RapFix, Dame Dash spoke on the lack of support Biggs is receiving while behind bars. You can show support by copping some gear here.
Wale sits down with MTV and speak more on his Every Blue Moon brand (that he launched a few months ago) that will include artists and designers.
“Every Blue Moon is my imprint. It’s not just for recording artists. We’re collaborating with painters. I’ve collaborated with [visual artist] Jay West. He’s not signed to me, but I’ve collaborated with him. We’re gonna do a lot of stuff in the fashion world, as well. I’m working with my man Brock Korsan, he’s A&Ring the project, along with Dallas Martin. And I’m doing a lot of things with Nicky Diamonds. I just wanna affect the culture and wanna be able to support young people with goals that aren’t just limited to rapping and producing.”