50 Cent reached out to Chief Keef back in January, in the midst of both commercial success and legal trouble for the young artist. As 50 has a son only a year younger than Keef, he thought he could help the Chicago rapper to adjust from the streets to the rap game. Unfortunately, according to 50, Keef never took his advice and continues to get into trouble. Check out 50’s opinion of Chief Keef above.
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In this episode Yinka catches up with Katy B to talk about her new single ‘What love is made of’ and breaks down behind the scenes of the music video. She also talks about her upcoming shows and plans for the future.
Above, Maxwell speaks on ‘Gods’, his upcoming album SUMMERS (the second in a trilogy), being 40 and more. Below, Billboard spoke to Maxwell at the Essence Music Festival and scored a pretty big announcement regarding him and Miss Keys:
This is your third time performing at Essence, and your first in support of your upcoming album “SUMMERS.'” Will you perform any new material?
Just “Gods,” that was the only thing I had the time to rehearse just because of logistics. But it makes sense – it’s a huge festival and it’s the first day, right? And we’re starting it and it’s amazing. It s unbelievable to be a headliner and it’s a shock to me that it even still happens. I’m amazed by it because I don’t necessarily go out of my way to make records for people, for radio and all that. I’ve been working with Alicia [Keys], we toured together and she was an opening act for me, and she was a labelmate. Thank God she ended where she wound up going.And you’ve recently indicated that “Fire We Make” might not be the last duet between you two. What else might we expect?
We’re definitely working on an EP that’s sort of Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrrell. We got a thing musically. That’s like my little sister. What’s funny is Swizz [Beatz, Keys’ husband] is the champion of all of it. He’s like, “You guys have a thing when you make music together. We had s really successful tour together when she first came on the scene and she’s like family. She’s someone that I trust. I’m like that, by the way. Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I’m proud to say that I’ve known them for 20 years almost. I’ve written songs with, produced songs with them a lot of times. I don’t deviate form my comfort zone. I feel like when God brings people to you it’s good to keep ‘em around. Not to say I haven’t cut a few fools off [laughs], but for the essential I keep it close.
Big Sean stopped by Philly’s Morning Show with Shamara & Laiya and talk about everything from his ex-girlfriend being the inspiration for his music to the craziest place he’s ever had sex.
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Destiny’s Child stars Michelle Williams and LeToya Luckett chat exclusively to That Grape Juice about their new projects at the Debra Lee BET Awards pre-gala 2013.
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If you recall, he previously said that he’s staying independent until someone pays him $50 million.
The road ahead is wide open once again for T.I. After a decade-long, seven-album relationship with Atlantic Records, Tip is an independent artist again and looking forward to seeing where he’ll land next. – MTV
Raekwon speaks on Hov, books, F.I.L.A. (his upcoming album), O.D.B. and more with Montreality.
I got to sit down w/ Schoolboy Q. We chop it up about his new album Oxymoron (he reveals the theme of the album is taking care of his daughter, and the history of Crips), he reveals Danny Brown, Pharrell, and J.Cole are doing work on the album (J. Cole doing a beat), witnessing Kendrick Lamar’s growth first-hand, his friendship with A$AP Rocky, he reveals that his daughter is narrating Oxymoron, relapsing off of lean, his take on Kendrick saying R.I.P. to Molly in his video and still using the drug.
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How does a 16-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada go from relative obscurity to producing a track on Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail? Well, luckily for Ebony Oshunrinde aka Wondagurl, she has a great ear for dancehall samples and a pretty cool relationship with G.O.O.D. Music and Grand Hustle signee Travis Scott. – MTV
Rap-Up TV goes behind the scenes of The Game’s video for “All That (Lady)” featuring Big Sean, Lil Wayne, Fabolous, and Jeremih. He talks about his new mixtape “Operation Kill Everything,” upcoming album, and tour. Plus, is he still considering a deal with Cash Money?
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[Robinson] Cano left Boras to sign with Jigga’s Roc Nation Sports and CAA in April in a highly publicized deal. “We all know what kind of man he is and what he’s all about,” the Dominican Republic-born slugger told MTV News on June 17 when he walked the red carpet at the 40/40 Club in NYC to celebrate the club’s 10th anniversary. “It’s always good to be around people like him and share those good moments that he’s in to and get some good advice.”
XXL got Young Moe for a quick interview while he was in New York recently. An excerpt is below, read the whole thing here.
I hate handouts, and I work as much as I can to get the real fan base that I’ve got. It’s not super crazy yet, but for each fan, I really work for that shit. Just before I came to New York, I was supposed to be asleep cause we were supposed to get up early in the morning, 4 or 5 in the morning. A girl tweeting me from—there’s like six hoods in Alexandria—she a young girl tweeting me from the projects, telling me—’cause I was around the projects, passing out CDs—so she’s like “Oh my God, I’ve been out here for two hours, I didn’t see you.” So she’s crying, she’s tweeting pictures, she’s in tears, her mother go on her page and tell me, “Yeah, Moe, like you said, “T.I.N.O.,” trust in no one. I told her school comes first.” Man, I got up, I don’t know, one in the morning and went straight to the projects, found out that girl’s door, knocked on the door at like one in the morning and lit the whole house up, and brought smiles to everybody. I really dig for each fan and let them know that this is more than music. I really feel for everybody who struggles. For real. Cause I done been through it.
While on the red carpet at the BET awards, Rasheda took a second to speak with Bossip about her cheating husband. She also spoke on her beef with K. Michelle.
AMxPLUGG got Savage Squad’s Gino Marley on the phone for an exclusive interview. Gino discusses his recently released mixtape with Fredo Santana, Savage Squad Records, Lil Booise, GBSB, Chief Keef, and the Chicago Movement.
Ice Cube of N.W.A., Boyz In The Hood and Friday fame answers “The Questions” in this Okayplayer TV interview, touching on his new movie Straight Outta Compton, squashing his beef with Common, the Kings Of The Mic tour with LL Cool J, De La Soul and Public Enemy–and more.
That Grape Juice chat it up with comedian and actor Kevin Hart about his latest movie ‘Let Me Explain’.
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Robin Thicke speaks on how big his latest single has because, his upcoming single with Kendrick Lamar and more.
Rick Ross sits down with his crew to speaks on his studio session with Jay-z for the recording of “FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt”. He also briefly speaks on the recording of his upcoming album, Mastermind, which is set to drop sometime this year.
Timbaland sits down with Revolt TV and speaks on Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail with details of the recording process, the songs on the album that he worked on and we can expect.
We all saw Kirk Forst wilding out on Love & Hip Hop the other day, now we hear his mistress Mary Jane’s side on Big Tigger’s show on V103. Bambi from NBA Wives also calls in to tell her side.
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Ace Hood came through the studio yesterday, while he’s in town enjoying the L.A. Lifestyle. We got the interview coming soon but you know we had to get some bars from him! Ace goes in crazy over Rich Homie’s “Type Of Way” beat. Ace even took a quick bar to tap the BET watch mishap…”My Rollie trippin, sh*t was worth like 60k.”
This is second clip, DJ Premier speaks on Mister Cee’s recent arrests (and subsequent response), porn (which Just Blaze has an interesting issue with) and more.
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Ciara talks about her relationship with Future, her upcoming album and more on Chelsea Lately.
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With Mr. Rolex by his side, Mike Will Made It speaks on his piece to Hov’s Magna Carta Holy Grail (‘Beach Is Better’).
