Month: May 2013

Was Jay Laying the Woody to an Underage Fox Boogie?

Remember Foxy Brown? Well she’s made some shocking allegations about Jay Z that will blow your mind! Now, many music insiders are calling the 90′s female rapper crazy…but we’re leaving it to you to decide.

Buss this…

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Foxy Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, has revealed that her ticket to rap success came at a price — and that it all happened while she was underage. She says the man who put her on to the rap game, Jay Z (then 27-years-old), took her virginity when she was just 15-years-old — adding Hova (who she says has a ‘horse dick’) funded her shopping trips and pampering at hair and nail salons while she was still in high school…all to get into her panties!

But that’s not all!!! Foxy claims Jay Z is an undercover tranny chaser. She says she learned that after a tranny began calling and harassing her, not long after Jay Z gave her gonorrhea. WTF?!?! Foxy says one of her sex sessions with Jay Z was all caught on tape. That’s when Foxy says she and Jay weren’t alone. Their company was the real “Wanda” from In Living Color…Mr. Jamie Foxx. According to Foxy, Jay Z signed her to “multiple gag orders for where she, Jamie and Jay engaged in a threesome” and that not long after the incident the tape was ironically robbed from her home. Foxy insists Jay Z had everything to do with that robbery.

Wait…there’s more!!!

Besides alleging that Jay Z chases tranny’s, Foxy says there was one constant man in Hova’s life. According to Foxy, Jay Z and Larry Johnson were ‘fuck buddies.’ This doesn’t seem so far fetched given the fact that Jay once shared an apartment with the NBA baller who once repped Rocawear.

During her no holds barred account of her experience with Jay Z, Foxy was reported to clearly display a strong disliking for Jay’s wife, Beyonce.

Here’s what Foxy had to say about Mrs. Hova:

“Now he is with Beyonce…Fuck that halitosis-infected heffa.”

If true, this is beyond sad. Know why? Because we’re talking about a victim here…not just a victim of an STD, but a then teen who fell victim to statutory rape. If you recall Jay Z blacklisted R Kelly after the singer was accused of child molestation. If Foxy’s allegations are true, how is Hova any different?

What are your thoughts about this?

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LOS       ANGELES – Hip-hop may need a checkup.

The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in  recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related  causes. Since 2011, hip-pop pioneer Heavy D, singer and rap chorus specialist Nate Dogg and New York rapper Tim  Dog all died of ailments in their 40s. Kris  Kross rapper Chris Kelly was found dead  last week in Atlanta of a suspected drug overdose at 34.

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Some of the genre’s elder statesmen say they’re worried about the culture’s  focus on youth, current emphasis on freewheeling partying and “you only live  once” ethos, as popularized by Drake’s 2011 hit “The Motto.”

“Hip-hop being a lifestyle culture … a part of American culture, you have to  be mindful that somebody is going to grow old, age,” said rap pioneer Melle Mel. “At some point somebody has to realize that hip-hop has to learn how to grow up.  It’s way too juvenile, and it’s been that way for too long.”

The 51-year-old rapper, who memorably warned in 1982’s “The Message” about  urban youth who “lived so fast and died so young,” said he suffers chronic  bronchitis from being around marijuana and cigarette smoke when he was  performing. Of course, heavy drug use in hip-hop or rock is hardly new: Cowboy  of his Furious Five group died in 1989 “basically from getting high,” Melle Mel  said.

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In this Feb. 23, 2013  photo, Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performs …  more >

“It’s not really worth it to literally party yourself to death. It’s like  committing suicide,” he added. “You have to choose between what makes you feel  good and what makes you think you feel good.”

Other influential rappers who’ve died in their 30s in the last decade include  Southern rap pioneer Pimp C and Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol Dirty Bastard, both from drug  overdose.

As some of the genre’s more well-known figures hit their late 30s and 40s,  they’ve figured out ways to keep up appearances in public while also keeping  their health. 50 Cent said he rarely drinks alcohol anymore. That “bottle full  of bub” he’s holding in nightclubs nowadays isn’t what you think.

“I want to live a good long healthy life. So I’m health-conscious,” the  37-year-old rapper-actor said. “You never see me drink. If you did see me with a  bottle, it had ginger ale in it.”

Though he’s still a heavy marijuana smoker, Snoop Dogg said he stopped drinking alcohol at  clubs six years ago after suspecting that a woman put the sedative Rohypnol — widely known as a “date-rape drug” — in one of his drinks.

“I used to drink alcohol as a fashion statement. If you in the club, they  bringing you bottles, bringing you drinks. And you’re just drinking because  you’re drinking. I don’t do that anymore. I drink water or cranberry juice,” he  said. “I’m not cheap. I just don’t want to do this to my body anymore. I want to  survive.”

Snoop, 41, said his focus on health comes  from his desire to remain competitive and relevant to a genre that’s largely  focused on youth.

“Because when we perform, we don’t have as much energy,” he said. “So now  we’ve got to get up and work out, do push-ups or jumping jacks, or whatever  we’ve got to do to keep ourselves looking good and feeling good. Because one  thing about an old man — he don’t ever want to feel like he old. So to me that’s  my personal push is to be able to compete with the youngsters and to be able to  dance with them so to speak. … Because when they welcome you into their world as  far as being on a song, you’re not old. You’re accepted.”

For producer and rapper RZA, hip-hop’s emphasis on youth stems from an urban  culture that since the ‘80s has had trouble planning for the future.

“They said we should be dead or in jail by the age of 25. And I think we live  like that,” the 43-year-old Wu-Tang Clan founder said. “But what happens when  you make it past 25? What happens when you make it to 30? What happens when you  make it to 40? Are you prepared for life now?”

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Lil Wayne says he’s “100 percent” despite his recent rash of health problems on “RapFix Live,” while Birdman says Mannie Fresh will not be involved in the next Big Tymers project.

Lil Wayne says he’s healthy. Even though he’s been suffering a string of seizures the last several months, the YMCMB artist-executive said he is not worried about his health. “I’m good,” the mogul told “RapFix Live.” “I’m 100 percent. So everybody know, I don’t know that it happened.”

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Sway, who conducted the interview that also prominently featured Birdman, asked Wayne what the seizures are like. “I go to sleep,” Wayne told him. “Wake up in the hospital. I hope it stops happening…No warning or nothing. I don’t feel sick. I get headaches real fast, but I don’t get no headaches or nothing.”

Wayne also said that he is following his doctor’s advice in order to stay healthy.

Even though Wayne provided several updates about his health, Birdman was the focus of the majority of the interview. The Cash Money Records co-founder said that his oft-delayed Bigger Than Life album is coming out in September. He added that he just needs “to sharpen up a few” of its songs and record more material with Drake and Wayne for the project.

Birdman also said that original member Mannie Fresh will not be a member of the reconfigured Big Tymers, which may feature Drake. Lil Wayne had previously said that there was a possibility that the group may return with a new lineup.

The interviewed concluded with brief commentary and freestyles from T.RONE, Lil Chuckee and other members of YMCMB.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge has scheduled a September trial for entertainer Flavor Flav on felony charges he chased and threatened his longtime girlfriend’s 17-year-old son with a butcher knife.

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A court spokeswoman says the case is set for Sept. 30 in Clark County District Court for the 54-year-old former rap and reality TV star. His legal name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr.

He could get up to 12 years in prison if he’s convicted.

Drayton pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Nevada state court to felony assault with a weapon and child endangerment charges stemming from a family argument last October.

His attorney didn’t immediately respond to messages.

A local judge who heard the teen testify last month decided there was enough evidence for Drayton to stand trial in state court.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials with PepsiCo Inc. apologized during a meeting Wednesday with relatives of civil rights icon Emmett Till who were offended by a rapper who had a promotional deal with the company, the Rev. Al Sharpton said.

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Sharpton said a statement that the morning meeting he brokered at company headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., was “positive.”

PepsiCo and Lil Wayne ended their commercial relationship last week over vulgar lyrics the rapper included in a song that referenced Till, a black teen who became a civil rights icon after being killed while visiting Mississippi. Sharpton had urged company officials and the family to meet this week.

The company also faced criticism recently over a Mountain Dew commercial by rapper Tyler, the Creator, of Odd Future that critics say promoted racial stereotypes and violence against women. That ad has been pulled.

Rick Ross also recently lost his deal with Reebok after his lyrics appeared to glorify rape by describing a scenario in which he had his way with a woman incapacitated by drugs.

Sharpton says his National Action Network and the Till family will work together to help rappers become “more engaged and conscientious of civil rights history.”

The Till family thanked Sharpton in a statement texted to The Associated Press and noted, “We look forward to on-going and meaningful collaborations which bridge the music community, corporations, grassroots organizations and youth.”

The company declined to comment beyond what had already been issued by Sharpton and the Till family.

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The Chicago rapper-producer performed the highly-anticipated song last night at the annual Met Gala in New York City.

Kanye West’s god complex continues. The rapper-producer debuted his new song “I Am (A) God” yesterday at the annual Met Gala in New York.

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The song, as performed last night, is a tribute to West’s pregnant girlfriend Kim Kardashian, according to reports.

Kardashian accompanied West to the event and was reportedly smiling during West’s performance of “I Am (A) God,” a song likely culled from his forthcoming album. West is also expected to perform “I Am (A) God” when he appears on “SNL” May 18 . The song gets its title from The Bible passage Psalm 82, which includes a line that, “You are gods.”

Hey, haters: Leave Kim Kardashian alone! That’s the message  that Kanye West shared with the A-list list  attendees inside NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as he performed a new song  during the annual Costume Institute Gala. With his seven-months-pregnant  girlfriend looking on, the rapper, 35, debuted a track that was “an ode to Kim .  . .about how awesome she is,” an insider explained to Us. “The  audience was jamming to it. Kim was smiling and loving it.”

PHOTOS:  Met Gala 2013 looks — over 80 celebs!

Another fan? Supermodel Coco Rocha, who shared a Vine of West’s performance. “Kanye telling Kim not to worry  what anyone says that she’s awesome. Quite touching really.”

Kim Kardashian instagrammed  this photo at the 2013 MET Gala. Credit: Courtesy of Kim  Kardashian

By all accounts, Kardashian, 32, had a fantastic night. The reality star  emphasized her baby bump in a Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci gown: A long, floral  print gown with high slit plus matching, built-in gloves and sandals. Sharing  her own snapshot of West’s performance, she returned the compliment: “Baby  you’re AWESOME.” Among other instagram snapshots, Kardashian shared a huge group  shot, where the famous couple are surrounded by other revelers (some of them  flipping off the camera playfully). “Night at the Musuem,” Kardashian wrote in  lieu of a caption.

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Ja Rule was released from prison this morning (May 7).

Fellow Queens rapper N.O.R.E. broke the news on Twitter saying, “Just spoke to @Ruleyork everybody tell him welcome home!!!”

Ja’s official fan site, RuleYork also confirmed the news:

The Rule York team is very proud and excited to announce that Ja Rule has been released from prison! Let’s give him a warm welcome. Ja Rule’s Twitter handle is @ruleyork. Follow him and send him some welcoming tweets. We will be giving you more details of his release shortly. Stay tuned!

He is currently on house arrest.

Layzie Bone is the latest member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to have a brush with the law, after police discovered outstanding warrants and cuffed the veteran emcee.

Founding Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Layzie Bone was arrested this morning. The Cleveland, Ohio native was arrested in Calabasas, California after he had what TMZ called, “an encounter” with police at a local hotel.

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Upon running the former Ruthless Records artist’s information, police discovered that L-Burna had two outstanding warrants for his arrest, related to traffic violations. TMZ reports that both warrants were from missed court dates.

Layzie Bone was released on $80,000 bail from the Lost Hills Sheriffs Station earlier today. Last year, Layzie’s band-mate Krayzie Bone was arrested and incarcerated for DUI offenses.

Last week, HipHopDX reported that currently Tha Dogg Pound and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are working on a Thug Pound collaborative album. Kurupt, praising Layzie in particular, acknowledged the two group’s onetime beef in the mid-1990s.

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There appears to be a riff happening in Hip-Hop group Naughty by Nature. Late last night a tweet from frontman Treach’s Twitter account said that fellow Naughty member, Vinnie, was “fired” from the group, and in a follow-up tweet Treach went on to call Vin Rock a few expletives as well.

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Later the certified Naughty by Nature Twitter account tweeted a link from Vinnie’s Instagram page. The picture including the caption “Sitting Vin!” and a quote by Native American resistance fighter Sitting Bull that read:

Warriors are not what you what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others.

According to the group’s website, Treach, Vinnie, and DJ Kay are scheduled to perform in Durham on May 18th and in North Carolina on May 24th. There is no official statement on Naughty by Nature’s site or Twitter feed about the break up or Treach’s tweets.

Naughty by Nature have been performing as a unit for nearly 25 years. Their first major hit was 1991′s “O.P.P.” They went on to release other huge records like “Uptown Anthem” from the Juice soundtrack and the Top 10 single “Hip Hop Hooray.”

The group officially stopped recording together in 1999 as each member went on to pursue individual careers. Treach and Vinnie reunited for 2002′s IIcons, but it was not until Anthem Inc in 2011 that all three members were associated with an album as Naughty by Nature. The group has been touring around the world together for years.

Calls made to Naughty by Nature’s management were not responded to at the time this article was published. AllHipHop will update this story as more details emerge.

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Funk pioneer George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic says he loves the Chicago rapper’s “I Don’t Like.”

George Clinton found an interesting musical link. The Funk pioneer said he compares Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” to Funkadelic’s “Get Off Your Ass and Jam,” a 1975 song Clinton wrote that has been sampled by Public Enemy, Tupac and Schoolly D, among others.

“I love that record,” Clinton said of Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” during a VladTV interview. “[Chief Keef has] got

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the attitude. It’s like, ‘Shit! God damn! Get off yo’ ass and jam!’ ‘That’s that shit I don’t like,’ and they do it with such conviction.”

Clinton also discusses the extensive number of rap artists who have incorporated his work, citing the music of Public Enemy, Erick Sermon, Digital Underground, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. “[Dr.] Dre, they did the West Coast version of P-Funk,” Clinton said.

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Lil Kim has been sued by a former business manager who charges the Queen Bee cost her millions in failed business deals.

Andrew Ro of International Rock Star Corp says he lost millions on Lil Kim after he had a number of products for the BK rapper to endorse, including perfume, energy drinks, vodka, clothing and even a honey maker. Ro says Kim wanted to be paid extra to attend meetings, which made it close to impossible to make the deals successful.

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Ro said Kim refused to promote a perfume line and even stopped taking calls from the company.

According to TMZ, Kim send Ro a cease and desist letter to put a halt to all business deals in progress, charging that the IRS tricked her into these deals.

Ro claims Kim caused his company to lose $15 millions.

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Trick Daddy not opposed to making amends with Lil Wayne, but says “he would have been in the hospital for a different reason than a seizure” if he really wanted issues with the rapper.

Miami rapper Trick Daddy may be willing to hash out his differences with fellow artist Lil Wayne following their April incident at King Of Diamonds, but the rapper didn’t have the most pleasant of words for Wayne during a recent chat with TMZ.

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“If I [wanted to start shit with Lil Wayne] he would have been in the hospital for a different reason than a seizure,” Trick Daddy revealed to TMZ while speaking on a possible sit-down.

Trick Daddy’s willingness for a sit-down, one that Birdman suggested, with the Young Money rapper comes as a result of a mid-April incident that resulted in a member from Trick Daddy’s camp allegedly throwing a lit cigarette into Lil Wayne’s hair as the rapper attempted to leave Miami’s King Of Diamonds. Security was quick to diffuse the situation before both camps engaged in anything physical.

Trick Daddy was also one of several South Florida-based artists to criticize Lil Wayne following ill remarks the rapper made in regards to the Miami Heat.

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Diddy partners with WWE’s Be a STAR initiative to combat bullying.

Diddy has a new cause. The mogul appears in a new video for WWE’s Be A STAR anti-bullying initiative.

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The man born Sean Combs calls bullying a “very serious” issue in the 60-second clip. “No matter the form or the location, it’s gotta stop,” Diddy, a Be a STAR ambassador, says in the video. “Remember, we’re all in this together. So, look for help. It’s out there. If it’s not you being bullyied, help somebody who is…Be a star and stand up to bullying.”

WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon released a statment celebrating Diddy’s partnership with Be a STAR. “WWE is proud to continue its partnership with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and join together to put an end to bullying,” McMahon said.

Diddy isn’t the only rap connection to Be a STAR, though. The businessman wears a shirt from Damion “D-Roc’s” Butler’s Invisible Bully clothing line in the video. Butler was one of the late The Notorious B.I.G.’s best friends.

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The Till family commends Mountain Dew for dropping Lil Wayne. The Emmett Till family’s campaign to see action taken against Lil Wayne found success yesterday when Mountain Dew dropped Lil Wayne as a sponsor. Today, the Till family reacts publicly to the news and now hopes to put the saga behind them.

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According to AllHipHop, Airickca Gordon-Taylor, Executive Director of Mamie Till Mobley Foundation, made the following statement in reaction to the news.

“Back in February, when I first heard the lyrics, I was in utter shock, disappointment and sadness. Just as Mamie Till Mobley didn’t endure the pain of losing Emmett Till alone, many people have stood in solidarity with our family, even if it wasn’t the most popular stand to take.

“The road less traveled is surely not the easiest but standing for your principles provides the endurance needed to fight for human and civil rights. This decision was monumental, we commend Mountain Dew for taking action towards better social responsibility, and now I finally feel that we can exhale and focus on our beloved Mamie Till Mobley’s charge… Let’s get on with the business of positive thinking and living.”

Simeon Wright, an eyewitness to the kidnapping of Emmett Till also made a statement in reaction to the news.

“This is beyond my expectations, I’m pleased that it happened and it shouldn’t waited for public outcry. Anything that belittles or degrades the memory of Emmett Till shouldn’t be in the public square,” He said. “Racism is still out there. Whatever you listen too, whatever you do, get an education. ‘Don’t let this system destroy you.’”

Mountain Dew responded to the lyrics in a statement, calling them an “offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand.”

Thursday, a Till family spokesperson said that Lil Wayne’s statement “falls short of an apology.” On Wednesday, Wayne made an official apology to the Till family in a public statement.

The whole controversy surrounds lyrics that Lil Wayne made on Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix)” in which Wayne rapped that he “beat the pussy up like Emmett Till,” referring to the 1955 beating and subsequent murder of a Mississippi teenager for allegedly flirting with a White woman.

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After a week of mourning and speculation that Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly died of a drug overdose, funeral services have officially been planned for the former childhood star from the rap duo Kris Kross.

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While cocaine and heroin are likely to be the deadly combination that took the life of Chris Kelly, police have not revealed the toxicology results yet.

In addition, Kelly’s mother told police that Kelly had become sick after using the deadly combination of drugs often called “speed-balling.”

The Murray Brothers Funeral Home in Atlanta, Georgia will hold a public viewing for Kelly in the afternoon and evening on Wednesday (May 8).

The funeral services will take place on Thursday (May 9) at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church.

Chris Kelly’s passing comes just weeks after he re-united with fellow Kris Kross member Chris Smith for the So-So Def 20th Anniversary All-Star concert.

The group was said to be joining a possible So-So Def reunion tour in the coming months.

Chis Kelly was just 34 year-old.