50 Cent Covers Smooth

50 Cent covers Smooth Magazine’s new 2011 June/July 10th anniversary issue which the rapper is rumored to have shot Dominican beauty Rosa Acosta in If you recall back in ‘09 50 covered Smooth with Rick Ross’ baby moms Tia whom he also plaued photog for. On stands soon. – ICE

What Pissed Amber Rose Off About VIBE Magazine

And the Vibe Magazine vs. Amber Rose debacle continues.

As previously reported, Amber Rose posted an explicit laced vent on twitter last week accusing Vibe of publishing a story and interview that wasn’t accurate. “Just read “my” interview in @VibeMagazine half of the story was untrue & ridiculous! F##K that Cover F##K @VibeMagazine yall wrote a bunch of negative bullshit that I never said or did.”

Earlier today, Vibe’s EIC Jermaine Hall posted a message to Vibe’s website, sticking by the validity of the article published in the magazine. A snippet of the interview was also posted which details a bit of a struggle with completing the interview with Amber Rose. After briefly talking about her sexuality with the Vibe writer (who’s also bi-sexual), her manager expressed that she wanted her to shy away from questions regarding her being bi-sexual since she is in a current relationship with a man. For some reason or another, the interview wasn’t completed and Amber later requested another writer as she felt the first one, Tracy Garraud was trying to hit on her.
Read more after the jump.

The conversation turns, however, after the reporter mentions that like Amber Rose, she too is a proud bisexual. They talk about their shared crush on Disney’s Princess Jasmine, but then Rose’s manager chimes in: “I don’t want any girlfriend talk. She’s in a relationship with a man right now, so can we talk about that?”“We can talk about it,” Rose says. “It just has to be written very tastefully because when people think of bisexuals they think of nasty, freaky girls that have threesomes all day.”

Time is up. When Rose departs for her meeting, her manager asks if she could borrow VIBE’s Town Car.

A call to arrange another interview with Rose, results in her manager quickly hanging up.

Later that afternoon, a VIBE editor contacts Rose’s manager. The manager is concerned about some of the people contacted for secondary interviews. She also suspects that the reporter is trying to have sex with her client. Rose, her manager says, isn’t comfortable talking to the reporter again, so VIBE agrees to let another contributor conduct the follow-up interview with Rose.

That’s about all that Vibe teased from the article before prompting their readers to pick up the issue on June 7th, however, Animal New York got their hands on the issue and posted an excerpt from a second person interviewed. The anonymous source painted her as somewhat of a nympho who had no regards to her boyfriend’s work ethic.

The high-profile relationship took a turn in Hawaii during Kanye’s recording sessions for his cathartic fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. West Booked an entire Honolulu studio indefinitely for 24-hour slots while a cast of artists joined him for long days of business. Rose allegedly didn’t take to the all-work, no-play atmosphere. “In Hawaii [Amber] was being obnoxious in the studio like, ‘What the f*ck? I wanna f*cking eat,’” says an anonymous source. “Kanye got so mad because here he is trying to record and she keeps talking about, ‘Let’s go back to the house, I wanna f*ck. We haven’t f*cked in two days.’ I left the room for 10 minutes and when I came back he [told her], ‘Yo get the f*ck up out of here!’ She left the room crying.

I’ve personally never seen a magazine publish information from an anonymous source (a weekly tabloid or blog maybe?) so it’s understandable why Amber Rose would be pissed, however I do think she could have went about vocalizing her distaste in the cover story a little differently.

At the end of the day, Amber Rose gets tons of press from her outburst and Vibe Magazine sells a lot more covers.

Beanie Sigel Apologizes To Jay-Z

Better late then never,After dissing Jay-Z nearly a year and half ago, Beanie Sigel tells XXL that he’s ready to bury the hatchet.

“What Mike Epps say? ‘Gangstas fuck up too, Whatever I felt this dude Jay did wrong to me, it can’t outweigh the one thing he did do for me – he gave me an opportunity. Dude gave me an opportunity. A lot of people don’t get opportunities. He gave me that. That outweighs everything. I need that in black and white. I got caught in the moment and put my feelings out there. I should have never done that.”

South Beach Officials Seek To End ‘Urban Beach Week’ After Wild Shootout

From AllHipHop:

Hip-Hop music is once again in the cross-hairs of activists in Miami, after a deadly shooting on South Beach early yesterday morning (May 30th), that left one man dead, three police officers hurt and four bystanders injured.

Police officers open fired into the driver’s car, after he allegedly struck an officer with the vehicle and tried to run over several others, during a wild, three block chase down Collins Avenue as Urban Beach Week concluded.

An investigation has begun into the police officers actions, because a gun was not found in the car, or on the victim.

Read more after the jump.

South Beach Police chief Carlos Noriega said during a press conference yesterday that there may have been other passengers who fired at police, then exited the car.

Noriega also acknowledged that police may have been responsible for shooting and wounding the four innocent people on the street during the incident.

In total, seven people, including three Miami Beach police officers, were sent to the hospital and treated for minor wounds.

According to the Miami Herald, there were so many police officers from various agencies on South Beach during the Urban Beach Weekend event that investigators are still trying to determine what department and which officers fired their weapons.

Urban Beach Week has been a lightning rod for controversy since it was founded on South Beach in 2001.

There have been several high-profile shooting deaths during Urban Beach Week, while police have been accused of racial profiling during the event, which draws as many as 200,000 tourists.

“I think we need to take back the city for the residents,” said Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin. “It’s just not right that people live in fear.”

Libbin and other officials are seeking to and Urban Beach Week and replace the popular Memorial Day event with a more multicultural gathering, which could include a new Jazz festival.

LRG Founder Dies At 34

Spotted on VladTV…

Jonas Bevacqua, Co-founder and Creative Director of LRG, one of the most successful streetwear brands, has passed away. Famed producer 9th Wonder broke the story on Twitter and the hip-hop and fashion community are devestated at the loss. The young entrepreneur was found dead in his Los Angeles home earlier today from what is believed to be a heart attack.
Our thoughts go out to his friends and family.

The Cool Kids New Album Info


The Cool Kids are preparing the July 12th release of their long-awaited full-length LP on Green Label Sound, with features from Ghostface, Bun B, Mayer Hawthorne, Asher Roth, Travis Barker and more.
1. Rush Hour Traffic
2. GMC
3. Boomin’ (feat. Tennille)
4. Sour Apples (feat. Travis Barker)
5. Penny Hardaway (feat. Ghostface Killah)
6. Bundle Up
7. Gas Station (feat. Bun B)
8. Get Right
9. Swimsuits (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)
10. Roll Call (feat. Asher Roth, Chip Tha Ripper, Boldy James)
11. Summer Jam (feat. Maxine Ashley) (Prod. by Pharrell Williams)
S/O nahright.com

Kreayshawn Speaks On Million Dollar Rumor

Lol.
“[As far as the deal with Sony] nothing is finalized yet. But we’ve definitely been taking a whole bunch of meetings for the past week. We took meetings with every label. They’re not the only people we met with. We’ll make an announcement when everybody is ready, but right now, that’s basically just a rushed ahead rumor. It’s not that exciting. Whatever we end up choosing, it’s going to be a well-thought out decision.”

Stones Throw Video Contest

CONTEST: MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEO FOR STONES THROW. The rules are simple. Pick any song from Stones Throw’s catalog. Edit your own video using any footage you want, upload it to Vimeo.com, and add it to our Vimeo group:
http://vimeo.com/groups/stonesthrow15

You can do anything you like as long as it’s CREATIVE – shoot new footage, animation, found footage, or combination. Our deadline is July 1, 2011.

30 after that, I’ll announce the winner, taking into consideration view count, comments, and most importantly which video I like best. Semi-finalists will get a $200 credit to be used on stonesthrow.com and the winner will get a $1000 check and a chance to direct an upcoming video for the label.

B.I.G.’s Daughter Graduates High School

From MTV:
Poppa would have been proud. Yesterday the heir to the Notorious B.I.G. throne, young Tyanna graduated from high school at an undisclosed location. The younger Notorious was saluted by family and friends including Lil Cease who was on hand to hold his best friend down.
“Congrads to my babygirl @tyanna810 4 a big acomplishment 2day… I’m truly am proud of u & I’m alway here 4 u!!” Lil Cease tweeted to Tyanna.
Last year B.I.G.’s daughter attended her prom where she revealed her affection for Hip-Hop, noting her favorite rapper was Kid Cudi. But no one top’s her dad on a list of her all time great MCs.
I just miss him. I can’t pick just one thing” Tyanna told HHNlive. “I was so young when he passed away. One of my favorite songs [of his] is “Warning”. I love that song.”

New RapRadar.com Mixtape Gil Scott-Heron, Tribute

In tribute to the passing of Gil Scott-Heron, we present what we feel are the best hip-hop songs that have sampled from his extensive catalogue. Enjoy the music and then educate yourselves on the man’s musical legacy. His impact on our culture is irreplaceable.(rapradar.com)

1. This Can’t Be Real—Freeway feat. Marsha Ambrosious
2. Why Is That—Boogie Down Productions
3. The People—Common feat. Dwele
4. My Way Home—Kanye West feat. Common
5. Angel—Game feat. Common
6. Take A Look Around—Masta Ace
7. Ready 4 Whatever—2Pac
8. Black Is Back—Jungle Brothers feat. Q-Tip
9. Mr. Nigga—Mos Def feat. Q-Tip
10. What A Nigga Know (Remix)—KMD
11. Make Me Hot—Little Brother
12. Lord Jazz Hit Me One More Time—Lords Of The Underground
13. Coming From—Slim Thug
14. Who Will Survive In America—Kanye West

link

S/O Rapradar.com

Bun B Currently Completing in Gumball 3000

The Trill OG is currently on the road again for the prestigious Road Race around the World. Lets keep Him in our prayers he finishes the race safe and sound. The video is from last year. God is Good.

On Thursday 26th May over 100 amazing vehicles will set off from London on a 3000 mile journey across 10 countries all the way to Istanbul. Closing roads and city centres (think the ‘Tour de France’ with cars). From London the route incorporates Paris, Barcelona, Monte Carlo (attending the Monaco F1 race), Milan, Venice, Zagreb, Belgrade and Sofia before crossing the finish line in Istanbul on Wednesday June 1st.