Interscope executive Larry Jackson revealed on his Instagram that Chief Keef’s sophomore album Bang 3 will arrive in stores on June 10th.
My adopted son @chieffkeeffsossa is trying to meltdown my phone on a Sunday. Enough with the pranks! I’ve got a knuckle sandwich for you when I see ya. Bang 3 is officially coming on 6/10. Stop askin’ about it, pleaseeee!
UPDATE: So, Uncle Junebug was able to beat the odds by about a week, and today, the news is in that he has officially passed on. R.I.P.
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Above is an Instagram video of Daz Dillinger confirming that he (along Snoop Dogg and family) has lost his Uncle Junebug, who has passed away from colon cancer at the age of 70.
Yesterday, TMZ had reported that he was in fact taking his last breaths due to his illness. Our condolences go out of the family.
Some slime-filled photos from this year’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards that went down this past weekend. Courtesy of Rap-Up.
Nicki Minaj treated her little brother Micaiah to a dope 16th birthday party, which held a New York Knicks theme and featuring family and friends (and some birthday messages from Lil Wayne, Carmelo Anthony, Diddy, Tyga and more. Check out the pictures from the party above.
Above, you can various various pictures (from Instagram) showing Benzino being visited by The Source co-founder Dave Mays, Stevie J and his significant other. From MTV:
Rapper and reality television star Benzino was shot on Saturday while on the way to his mother’s funeral and now his nephew is under arrest facing an intent to murder charge.
Benzino, who was born Raymond Scott, was driving southbound on Route 3 in Duxbury, Massachusetts as a part of his mother’s funeral procession, when his nephew, 36-year old Gai Scott pulled up alongside him and fired multiple shots into his vehicle according to WCVB in Boston.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz issued a statement that confirmed that there has been “growing family tension” between Benzino and his nephew, who fired multiple shots into the rapper’s SUV shortly before noon yesterday. Both men, were headed to the funeral. “At some point when the cars were side by side, Gai Scott fired several shots into the red Dodge SUV being driven by Raymond Scott,” the statement read.
Various news reports are saying that Benzino is either with “non-fatal injuries” or “in critical condition”.
According to Noisey, Gucci Mane made 1.3 million off of music sales from iTunes last year. You can read how here.
The clip where he speaks on it is above. From AllHipHop:
On his Shot97 Radio show, Star reveals that Jay Z once sold him cocaine to him back in the 80s.
Star states he’s “not trying to play Jay Z out” by revealing these stories about Jay Z drug past. According to Star, the man with 13 #1 album had a quality product in the 80s, but competition was stiff:
“Back in the late ‘80s, I went to this man on a few occasions, hand-to-hand. He had the good sh*t. Now his sh*t wasn’t as popping as the West Indians over in the 90s and in Flatbush. Them Shower Posse n*ggas must have had that shit shipped in from Columbia or some f*ckin’ where.”
Star does say Jay Z was a generous drug dealer “extended credit to a coke head in the wee hours” when Star was short on payment.
You can check out the tweets above (as well as the original, offending Instagram post). Spotted on Huffington Post:
Joe Budden, an American rapper and member of the hip hop group Slaughterhouse, is receiving some social media attention, and it’s not because of his music.
On Friday, Twitter user Fateh Singh posted a photo he came across on Budden’s Instagram account depicting a man wearing a turban and standing in an airport security line. Budden’s accompanying caption read, “Not on my watch Homeboy!”
Many Twitter users joined in the dialogue, expressing their anger over Budden’s photo.
After getting into a rather lengthy back-and-forth with one specific Twitter user (which you can see above), he eventually relented and took down the image. In addition, more recent tweets show that he has apologized during continued dialogue on the issue.
Ariana Grande must have an upcoming video with Chris Brown in the pocket, judging from a recent snapshot leak on Twitter. Earlier, she revealed what looked like a dance rehearsal (obviously for said video, now that we see them both) with the VA singer (who is currently incarcerated/possibly headed to D.C. to face his assault charges).
Above shows the official artwork for the next single from MIA’s Matangi; if you move past that within the gallery you’ll see some sneak snapshots of MIA and Janelle Monáe, who are both taking part in a campaign for Audi’s A3 (according to Audi, we can expect as official premiere come 3rd April).
The pictures above show two different things:
1. Drake and Rihanna were spotted at TRAMP nightclub in full relationship mode, evening holding fans so the fans and media know it’s real;
2. Drake also appeared in West London to promote his new OVO pop-up store at Browns Focus.
That’s about it. Enjoy Drake win in the above gallery.
UPDATE #2: We now know what the issue is…Avicii is in need of gallbladder surgery. He was also forced to cancel his appearance at this year’s Ultra Music Festival.
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UPDATE: TMZ is now reporting that Avicii was discharged from the hospital, but is no longer a guest at the SLS.
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From TMZ:
Avicii won’t be hitting the stage tonight in Miami — the superstar DJ has been hospitalized … TMZ has learned.
Avicii was supposed to do a show at Hyde Beach at the SLS Hotel in Miami Beach … but less than an hour ago DJ Cassette told the crowd he was in a hospital.
It’s unclear right now what’s wrong with Avicii.
Our sources in Miami say just a couple of hours ago Avicii was fully expected to perform — so it appears the problem was sudden.
Avicii’s SLS gig — a warm up for this weekend’s Ultra Music Festival — was so highly anticipated, the hotel was re-branded with his name.
I went 2 the link & I Didn’t even have 2 it’s enough good people out here #godblessher #fuckcancer her dream is way more worth than our money!
Some good rapper news for your Sunday, spotted on Vlad TV:
A young woman named Gilliane Chrisphonte started a fund raiser at GoFundMe.com in order to help raise money to battle her Lymphoma. Meek Mill — in cooperation with popular charity Robin Hood — donated to the young woman himself, as well as posting a link to her fund page on his Instagram, helping her to surpass her $12,000 goal.
Mill has chosen not to publicize exactly how much he gave.
Styles P is preparing for the release of his new album Phantom And The Ghost, which drops April 29th. You can check out the tracklisting (and the slew of features) for the project below.
1. “Never Safe”
2. “Creep City” (Feat. Sheek Louch)
3. “Deeper Self”
4. “World Tour” (Feat. Vado)
5. “Don’t Be Scared” (Feat. The Bull Pen)
6. “Sour” (Feat. Jadakiss & Rocko)
7. “Never Trust” (Feat. Chris Rivers)
8. “Rude Boy Hip Hop” (Feat. Raheem DeVaughn)
9. “Other Side” (Feat. Shae Lawrence)
10. “For the Best”
11. “Smoke All Day” (Feat. Dyce Payne)
12. “We Gettin’”
13. “Same Scriptures”
14. “So Deep”
From TMZ:
Chris Brown may be yanked out of L.A. County Jail next month, shackled and put on Con Air bound for Washington D.C. … where he will stand trial for allegedly assaulting a man.
The judge in the D.C. assault case has signed an order — obtained by TMZ — commanding the honchos at L.A. County Jail to release Chris to the U.S. Marshal.
The Rihanna judge has already ordered Chris to stay in the slammer until his April 17 D.C. assault trial, but the judge never determined how he would get there.
Even though the D.C. judge imposed the order Wednesday … it’s not a done deal. The Rihanna judge must sign off before the U.S. Marshal is able to grab the singer.
Chris’ lawyer, Mark Geragos, opposes the order and says Chris is more than willing to voluntarily fly to D.C.
Veteran R&B star Usher is back in the saddle, and recent pics are showing him developing magic with fellow hitmaker Rico Love. Check out the pics above and look forward to whatever crack they cook up.
Above, Shakira appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her single ‘Empire’, taken from her self-titled new album (her interview with Fallon is also included below)…
…speaking of which, Hits Daily Double is reporting that analysts have her new project set at 70,000-75,000 units sold in it’s first week.
You know what, I was going to clown this, but after some thought I realize that this is debatable: do you feel that Bow Wow, which his music catalogue, sales and awards accolades, can call himself a legend in the game?
#PointOfNoReturn RT @aliyforever1: @KeyshiaCole what will the name of this album will be !
— Keyshia Cole (@KeyshiaCole) March 26, 2014
Thanks to a fan’s inquiry, we now know that the upcoming project from Keyshia Cole will be titled Point Of No Return. And she’s already hard as work on it, too, because she’s been in the studio with none other that R. Kelly (below):
UPDATE #2: WCVB is stating that he was shot by his own nephew. His injuries are non-fatal.
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UPDATE: The Urban Daily states that witnesses spoke to NewsCenter 5…they have also posted a comment from Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz (below).
“The incident was between two vehicles whose occupants knew each other. The driver of a Bentley shot the driver of a red Dodge SUV, who exited his car and was taken to the Duxbury police station by a passerby. The injured red Dodge SUV driver, who officials say was in his 40s, was then transported by ambulance to the hospital.The Bentley driver has been arrested and will be arraigned Monday on a charge of armed assault with intent to murder.”
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This is all taken from Rash Entertainment, so I can only take it for what I see until we see some additional sources:
Word came down from the wire in Boston that rapper and reality star Benzino was shot while attending his mother’s funeral. It’s being reported that the Love & Hip Hop Atlanta cast member is in critical condition.
Allegedly, Benzino was shot 3 times while driving away from the funeral.
A few days earlier, Benzino announced the passing of his beloved mother via twitter and family and friends were quick to send their condolence.
“God knows I have been through alot in my life, BUT EVERY INCH OF GOOD, KINDNESS AND LOVE IN MY SOUL IS BECAUSE OF THIS WOMAN. A BIG PART OF ME IS LOST NOW AND I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME, MA WORDS CANT EXPRESS MY LOVE FOR YOU.I WILL MISS EVERY BREATHING MOMENT, I DON’T KNOW HOW I WILL CONTINUE KNOWING YOU ARE NOT HERE. Im lost.”
“Be strong @iambenzino I love you big Bro,” Stevie J. posted to IG, before reposting Benzino’s collaged photo of his mother with the captions “Rest In Peace #MommaZino”
Before Fat Trel’s upcoming mixtape Gleesh drops on April 1st, he reveals the track listing for his new project. Gleesh features new songs from Wale, SluttyBoyz & Rich Hil.
01. Fat Trel – Datz Kool [Prod. By Boss Major]
02. Fat Trel – How U Feel [Prod. By Harry Fraud]
03. Fat Trel – Walkin Thru My Hood [Prod. By Butla Beatz]
04. Fat Trel – Rich As F*ck [Prod. By All Star]
05. Fat Trel – Shoot (Remix) (Feat. Rick Ross) [Prod. By Young Chop]
06. Fat Trel – In My Bag (Feat. Wale) [Prod. By No Credit]
07. Fat Trel – Fresh (Feat. Rockie Fresh) [Prod. By Sloan & Rozart]
08. Fat Trel – Buku Chips [Prod. By DJ Tree Gotti]
09. Fat Trel – Treez & Liquor (Feat. Rich Hil) [Prod. By All Star]
10. Fat Trel – She Fell In Love [Prod. By Izze The Producer]
11. Fat Trel – Gotti 4 Real [Prod. By DJ Tree Gotti]
12. Fat Trel – Thot Street (Feat. Stalley) [Prod. By Sloan]
13. Fat Trel – Real (Feat. P Wild & Boosa) [Prod. By Bass Hedz]
14. Fat Trel – What We Doing (Feat. Tracy T) [Prod. By Famous]
15. Fat Trel – Rest In Peace [Prod. By All Star]
The supposed Tweet above had all social networks in a “frenzy” (I guess, I wasn’t really paying attention). Trey Songz has since come forward, claiming Photoshop…you can see all of that in the above gallery as well.
In related news, August Ass-o-lina is also taking shots at Trey during 2 Chainz’ recent 2 Good 2 Be T.R.U. tour stop in VA (he’s an opening act). You can see that in the gallery, too…if you recall, Alsina made his feelings known about his peer during a recent interview with Rap-Up (well, without giving any real details on what caused the rift, anyway).
The below excerpt (from an interview with The New Yorker) shows Kobe Bryant’s stance on Trayvon Martin (this was brought up following this photo, which showed the Miami Heat showing support of the Martin case):
“I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American,” he said. “That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, we’ve progressed as a society, then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.”
The below breakdown of what has happened since the comments were made were spotted on Tavern Keepers:
The Urban Daily called Bryant a jerk and added “Over the span of Kobe Bryant‘s career… we’ve seen him do and say some very smug, cavalier and even cornball things at times but the comments that he made regarding the Miami Heat’s support after Trayvon Martin was killed… by far takes the cake!”
The director of Project Islamic H.O.P.E. called for a boycott of Bryant.
The managing editor of NewsOne Now took to Twitter to slam Bryant as being part of the “Michael Jordan School of Don’t Say Jack, Don’t Do Jack. Just Cash Checks. Man, please”
This is in addition to other individual criticism on Twitter, Instagram, etc.
Above, Kobe stands his ground via his Twitter. This is a funny country, man.
SLIGHT UPDATE: It looks like she’s really taking Chainz to court for millions (see above). Interested to see where this ends up.
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The woman that was in 2 Chainz’s newest vlog #IsThisYoThot has responded to the video via her Instagram page. In addition, the below excerpt can be seen in her bio:
Tina – This Is My Only Page! For the record I’m not a thot, I reset my account because I had family on it. Tauheed Epps aka 2 chainz you will definitely be hearing from my lawyer.