Noisey, today brought three previously unreleased handwritten poems from Tupac himself to light. The poems were written before Pacs rise into fame when he was just 17-years old. Released by Pacs first manager Leila Steinberg the three poems are titled “Things That Make Hearts Break,” “Cupid’s Smile II” and “A Love Unspoken.” These rare poems give us a glimpse into the rappers mind before he got heavily into the rap game.
Wiz Khalifa after years of being only thought of as the stoner rapper would like to be defined by other aspects of his music. In a recent interview Wiz opens up about this subject talking about what it is like to always be referred to as a “weed head” and how he wants to eventually get into movies without bring that image along with him. “I was just talking with one of my homies yesterday, I kind of want to break the stigma of everything I do is like a ‘stoner this’ or a ‘weed head’ that, which is cool, that’s what I built my marketing and my brand, but at the end of the day, everyone who is successful in film or in music gets high and they don’t look at them as the stoner. Once I get past that point I think I’ll make more movies so to people it doesn’t look forced or look like I’m trying to change lanes or change gears. It’ll just be people ready for me to do that anyway.” So don’t expect Wiz to quit smoking anytime soon but be ready for him to stop mentioning it so much.
Katt Williams and Suge Knight have both been charged with stealing a photographer’s camera. A press release stated “the two men are suspected of stealing the camera of an independent on Sept. 5 outside a studio in Beverly Hills.” The bail for Katt is set at $75,000 and the bail for Suge is one million. If they are convicted Williams can face up to seven years in custody and Suge can face 30 to life in state prison.
After a fight between Benzino’s Fiances and Joseline Hernandez the couple was fired from the show. Benzino’s Fiance Althea and Joseline got into a violent fight during the “Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta” reunion show. Althea filed a lawsuit against Joseline after the fight saying she was high on crack when she started the fight. Even though Althea was the one who was attacked first the show’s producers sided with Joseline and Stevie J and fired the opposing couple Benzino and Althea.
In a video released today by Lil Wayne the rapper explains that he has been working very hard on his album and that it only got held back because he had too much content and didn’t want to keep any of it from his fans. So Wayne announced that the album would be split into two parts and the first part will be arriving on December 9th with the second part most likely coming in early 2015.
The couple who have been together since April of 2013 have called it quits. According to E! News, an anonymous source came forward saying that the couple was no longer together and it has been that way for a few weeks. The reasoning was said to be that the both of them had very busy schedules so that’s what played a huge role in the split. This also does come after news that Rocky has been hard at work on his follow-up to his last album Long Live A$AP.
Nas was on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. discussing his families past in an episode that aired just yesterday. Nas actually reads a bill of sale for his great, great, great, grandma which was $830 in which Nas says “I got more than that in my pocket right now.” Nas’ great, great, great grandmothers name was Pocahontas and was only 15 years old when she was sold to a man named Benjamin Franklin Little. “
Eminem took to instagram to show off his upcoming album “ShadyXV” artwork as well as saying “Back to basics! Here’s the cover #SHADYXV out 11/24,” Along with the release date and the album art Eminem also gave a tracklist and also gave some more light on what we can expect on the album. Since this year celebrates the 15 –year anniversary of Shady Records the album will be a two-CD compilation that features an disc of greatest hits and a disc of new material from Eminem, Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil, D-12, and Yelawolf.
Birdman says Tyga knows where he stands in comparison to Drake; however, he’s not really sure what the beef is between the two: “Tyga know where he stand in this game compared to Drake,” Birdman says. “Numbers don’t lie. Let’s just keep it 1,000. I got all the love and respect for Tyga. That’s been my little bro... My intake is—I’m family orientated, either you’re in or you’re out. If you out, you’re an outcast to me. If you’re in, we family. It’s on you to choose your side, man. To me, it ain’t no on and off switch with me. You with us or you ain’t, you know? You gotta choose your side. But it’s always respect for Tyga. I got nothing but respect for Tyga.”
“I still don't feel like I have the respect I deserve. I'm the best rapper ever and I need to be respected," he says to Huffington Post.
Danny Brown then discusses his upcoming album, "It's probably going to be a shorter release than normal because I'm trying to glance perfection with this one," he said. "With previous projects I had to branch out and show my range. But with this one, I feel like people know what I can do and what I'm capable of, so now it's just time for me to show that I can make perfect. I just got to back up on this next album, and consistently prove that I'm always the most witty, the most unpredictable. I got the best stories, the illest punchlines, the hottest interviews.”
After Daylyt made comments about homosexuality, he and Big Kannon had beef. “The type of shit that this nigga do I don’t accept. And now it’s spilling over to our shit. It’s spilling over to the Writers Bloque shit. Until further notice, Writers Bloque is putting him on probation until me and him have a fade. That’s just the simple and plain of it, and here’s why. See, I knew about the Diddy shit … I laughed at it because I know Daylyt do crazy shit. I consider dude like a brother. I be telling him, ‘You can’t be doing all that. You can’t be doing that.’ He assured me, ‘On my mama, I’m not gon’ do it. I’m not gon’ do it again.’ I told him I had problems with it…” Although Big Kannon says it is not because of his comments, but because he kept lying about the reason for their beef: “Here’s my thing, you blatantly lied to me, you blatantly looked me in my eyes as a man and lied. I don’t wanna battle you. I don’t wanna even talk to you. The only thing I need you to do is accept the fade. Accept the fade. I’m not playing. I’ve never, never been so heated in my life, bro.”
Juvenile has recently made his way back to Cash Money Records. While talking with MTV, he confirmed the signing:
"It's already done, man. I signed the paperwork a couple days ago," Juvenile said when asked whether he would ever consider signing with Cash Money Records again. "I'm signed back, Rich Gang. I'm about to get my little tattoo and everything. It's all love, I'm back. I'm here to stay, too, for everybody out there. I'm not going anywhere," he said. "I talked about it to [Birdman]. You start where you finish. It's a done deal, people. I'm officially signed back to Cash Money, Rich Gang. It's a big bubble, man."
Kanye West has reportedly turned down an offer from a Vegas casino that would of made him the highest-paid performer in Vegas. That would of put him over Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, and Britney Spears. As reported by TMZ it was a written formal offer where Axis at Planet Hollywood offered the rapper a huge $500,000 per show. This made the offer $4.5 million for only nine days of performing in which Axis stated Kanye would perform three shows a week for three weeks. Just so you can compare Britney spears makes $475k a show, J.Lo makes $375k per show, and Celine Dion makes $495k per show.
Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter V” will not be out come October 28th as expected. Lil Wayne was reportedly supposed to host a pre-album release party in New Orleans. But the lack of a track listing or pre-order on iTunes pretty much told us what was up. Today the Young Money president gave conformation that they are looking for another release date for the album. That is all the information given about the album’s delay but always check back for more information to arise.
Nicki Minaj’s upcoming album “The Pinkprint” according to a press release by Billboard has hit another setback. The original release date for the album was November 24thbut now it has been pushed back and will be arriving on December 15th. The album will be lead with Nicki’s singles “Pills N Potions” and “Anaconda” with the next single “Only” featuring Drake, Wayne, and Chris Brown dropping today.
