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SOURCE: (AllHipHop News) Today (March 9), the world of Hip-Hop celebrated the life and mourned the loss of one of Hip-Hop’s most iconic figures, Notorious B.I.G..

Brooklyn bred rapper Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was gunned down on March 9, 1997, during a drive-by shooting in front of the Petersen Automotive Museum in downtown Los Angeles, CA.

The rapper died after he was struck by four bullets that pierced the passenger side of the Chevy Suburban, in which he was a passenger.

To date, his murder is still unsolved and no one has ever been arrested for the murder of Notorious B.I.G..

While this anniversary marks 16 years that “Biggie” is not with us in his physical form, his music still lives on today as his catalog makes him one of the greatest selling rappers of all-time.

Amazingly, Life After Death has been certified Diamond by the CIAA and his other albums have reached all reached Platinum status.

Rappers across the world remembered his legacy today Tweeting out their sentiments and thoughts of the iconic rapper.

“Our last night and pict together . Miss you BIG! Love u bro,” Diddy said via Twitter.

“RIP MY G NOTORIOUS GLORIOUS B.I.G.,” Nas Tweeted.

“R.I.P B.I.G

SOURCE: {HIPHOPDX} Lil’ Kim reflects on losing The Notorious B.I.G., 16 years later.

During her rounds at MTV’s “RapFix Live,” Lil’ Kim fielded a tough question from fellow rapper Bun B.

Bun asked Kim, “How was it dealing with the loss of Biggie for you in this industry?”

“Bun B, that’s a very tough question because it took me so long — super long to deal with the loss of a person who was such a huge impact in my life,” said Kim of The Notorious B.I.G.’s death on March 9, 1997.

Kim revealed that, for the first time, she will celebrate on the anniversary of Big’s death at club Glazz in Queens, New York.

“That’s my first event ever on March 9 because I used to get offered events a lot and I said ‘no,’ ” she explained. “I never celebrate that day. It’s so funny because I can always feel when that day is approaching. I get so depressed. I get so sad. It happens before March, in February. I can feel it coming and I used to all say ‘no.’

“So to answer Bun B, I’m just now getting over that fact, and it’s how many years later,” she said.

Watch the interview below:

SOURCE: {HIPHOPWIRED} Soulja Boy is mad about MTV’s Hottest MCs In The Game list. He’s stuck between wanting to write the whole thing off, and hoping he lands on it next year.

Tweeting out his feelings earlier today, the Atlanta rapper called out everybody involved (in all caps).”THAT NEW MTV LIST IS SOME BULLSH-T. IT HAS NO CREDITABILITY [sic] AND THE JUDGE PANEL HAD NO PASSION.” he wrote. “IT WAS FIXED AND BIASED. NEXT YEAR THO.”

How he can blast MTV and then hope to be on their good side with a single tweet is beyond us, but as we’ve been reporting all week, rappers have really been up in arms about their position on the countdown–or lack thereof.

Kanye West  was upset about being No. 7, and announced to the world that he gifted Sway Calloway with his “first TV,” which looked to be about 15 years old, and didn’t even have a remote. Similarly, A$AP Rocky believed that he should’ve been bumped up, and Pusha T just lost it. “I blacked out on a whole crew by myself,” he said during a call to BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Semtex about learning that he wasn’t even on the list. “I don’t belong on no list? And I’m talking ’bout everybody, I blacked out on peoples’ favorites! I had MCs denouncing their fan base, coming back with records talking ’bout, “Well as long as my chicks love me.”

As for the real king of the list, MTV awarded that prize to Kendrick Lamar. He responded pretty well to the whole thing.

 

SOURCE: {HIPHOPDX} 50 Cent laments the change in direction the Hip Hop game has taken.

Many have opined that what is now popular in Hip Hop has changed. In a recent interview, 50 Cent revealed he’s of that school of thought as well.

“I think you miss the things when they’re gone. When you look around and see it’s turned into this little hipster thing, the culture’s not even what it was, initially,” said Fif in an interview with HYPETRAK. “You start to look for something that’s representation of what it was in the past, that you actually loved about it or you what you actually enjoyed. It turned into a fashion show for a little while.”

“Artists are writing about fashion and that part’s like, it’s crazy, that part was never a core of the actual art,” continued Fif, possibly referring to artists such as Kanye West and A$AP Rocky, two fashion aficionados. “It was so many different [things]. You had to offer different walks, different perspectives. Your album was supposed to be better than the other guy’s album. The competitive portion. That’s why so often you got involved in battling, they called it beefing. They changed the terminology to beefing after Biggie and Tupac, but these guys aren’t Biggie and Tupac.”

Watch the interview below:

SOURCE: {HIPHOPDX} Pusha T continues to taunt YMCMB, saying he “blacked out” on the crew.

Tensions have been mounting between Pusha T and members of YMCMB over the past year. Now, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper and Clipse alum has taken another jab at Lil Wayne’s crew.

In a recent interview with DJ Semtex via You Heard That New, Pusha Ton discussed MTV’s “Hottest MCs in the Game,” saying that he’s not upset that he was not included on the list. Regardless, he does believe the fact that he single-handedly “blacked out” on the YMCMB camp during 2012 warrants some form of distinction.

“I’m not out of my mind over the list, but I think I’ve had a stellar year. When you look at what I did this year, I did some incredible things,” he explained. “There’s not a record bigger than ‘Mercy’ – what, 25 weeks at number one? Twenty-five weeks at number one, and I was on that. The ‘Don’t Like’ record? That was definitely a club favorite…’New God Flow,’ that probably might be the Hip Hop record of the year.”

He continued, “Let’s just look at what I did to people out here: I blacked out on a whole crew [YMCMB] all year. All year long, I blacked out on a whole crew by myself, all year long. Nobody stood next to me and blacked out with me; I blacked out on a whole crew by myself. Like, I don’t belong on no list? And I’m talking about everybody, I blacked out on peoples’ favorites…I had emcees denouncing their fan base, denouncing their fan base and coming back with records talking about, ‘As long as my chicks love me.’ I did that…I don’t belong on no list? It’s cool, I’ve just got to work harder.”

Recently, Pusha discussed his on-going feud with Drake, saying that he’s “ready for anything and anybody.” He is also working on his G.O.O.D. Music solo debut My Name is My Name, due out later this year.

Check out the full interview below.

 

SOURCE: (AllHipHop News) The $4 million dollar Atlantic City branch of Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club is closed for good according to the Press of Atlantic City.

The local publication reports that the upscale sports bar shut it’s doors back in October when its lease ended. That was the same month that Hurricane Sandy hit the Atlantic City area, and as a result the club experienced significant water damage.

“There was a big hole in the roof as well,” stated the club’s spokesman Ron Berkowitz. “With the end of the lease and with Sandy, we decided we had a good run, and it was time to move on.”

Since opening in October of 2005, the 40/40 Club had been become a major site in A.C. for hosting parties and events that catered to Hip-Hop crowds. Some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment like Beyoncé, Terrell Owens, and Nicki Minaj were seen at the venue.

The Atlantic City 40/40 did receive some bad press in 2009 when video footage of bouncers allegedly beating two men outside the club surfaced online. DJ Fah D, who did a one year residency at the nightspot in 2011, told the Press of Atlantic City that the crowds at 40/40 decreased after the incident took place.

While the Atlantic City 40/40 location will no longer be available the two New York City sites (West 25th Street in Manhattan, Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn) are still open.

The Manhattan 40/40 recently underwent a $10 million dollar renovation, and its grand reopening in January of 2012 was a star-studded event attended by Spike Lee, Swizz Beatz, C.C. Sabathia, Selita Ebank, and billionaire investor Warren Buffet among others.

There were also reports that 40/40 owners were working with the Delaware North Corporation to open satellite sites in airports across the country, but in 2012 their bid to open in Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport was denied.

 

SOURCE:(AllHipHop News) Apparently femcee Lil Kim is sick and tired of talking about rap rival Nicki Minaj. Kim called into the Hot 97′s The Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg Show this week to introduce her new artist Tiffany Foxx, but the second question Rosenberg asked Kim was about Minaj.

“Let me tell you something. I’m about to shut you down right now,” Kim directs at Rosenberg. “This is about Tiffany Foxx. And this about I.R.S., Queen Bee.”

Rosenberg tried to defend his question saying that he most likely would have faced criticism for not bringing up the subject, but Kim gave the radio host some advice on how to handle his possible critics.

“You don’t have to succumb to the bullshit,” says Kim. “I’m not going to sit here and keep talking about it.”

Rosenberg then offered to mediate the long-standing feud between the two female rap stars.

“I’m going to bring everyone together,” says Rosenberg.

“What? No you’re not. You don’t even believe that yourself,” responds Kim. “You don’t even like her. So stop it.”

Rosenberg had an infamous spat with Minaj in 2012. After Rosenberg made comments about her song “Starships” at Hot 97′s Summer Jam, Minaj and the rest of Young Money pulled themselves from the show.

[ALSO READ: Peter Rosenberg Responds to Nicki Minaj Controversy, ‘Not Sorry’]

In the interview, Kim then goes on to scold Rosenberg for trying to create tension between female rappers instead of focusing on their talents.

“This is the reason why females can’t do this. You have a nice shot at helping to introduce somebody who is a new artist and very special,” says Kim. “And you wanna bring in some mess. Don’t do that.”

Tiffany Foxx has been working with Lil Kim for several months. The St. Louis native recently released the video for her song “Twisted” featuring a verse from Lil Kim and an appearance by pop singer Miley Cyrus. “Twisted” is off Foxx’s debut mixtape Yellow Tape.

[ALSO READ: Tiffany Foxx & Lil Kim get a surprise visit from Miley Cyrus at Video Shoot]

Lil Kim and Tiffany Foxx continued their media tour yesterday when they stopped by MTV’s RapFix Live. Kim talked about getting over the death of Notorious B.I.G., missing the opportunity to appear on Sisqó’s “Thong Song,” and he new business relationship with former Chairman and CEO of EMI Records Charles Koppelman. Foxx ended the showfreestyling along with Black Star emcee Talib Kweli.

You can watch footage of the full Hot 97 interview and Foxx’s new video for “Twisted” below.

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SOURCE: (AllHipHop News) Kim Kardashian returned from Paris’ fashion week with a nearly devastating pregnancy scare.

According to New York Post Page Six, Kanye West’s baby mother was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday following her return.

An anonymous insider claims the Keeping Up With The Kardashian media mogul was experiencing complications before her plane even touched down in Los Angeles:

“Kim started feeling ill on the plane from Paris, and called friends as soon as she landed,” an insider said. “She was rushed to her doctor Tuesday night in tears. She thought she was having a miscarriage.”

Luckily those feelings were a false alarm as Kim and her unborn seed were released from the hospital around 12:30 a.m. after obtaining doctors clearance.

While the reality star might have escaped a miscarriage this time, sources claim doctors informed Kim that her hectic lifestyle is detrimental to her child and a source revealed she’s “not respecting her pregnancy”:

“She’s running around, working out seven days a week. She’s working with two different trainers to control her weight, including Tracy Anderson and a pregnancy trainer.”

Kim Kardashian needs to look no further than her gal pal Beyonce on the dangers a hectic lifestyle can have on a baby. In her recent documentary, Life Is But A Dream,Beyonce revealed she experienced a miscarriage in late 2010 at a time where she was writing for her 2011 album 4, opening Cosmetology centers and performing.

[ALSO READ: Kim Kardashian Speaks on Friendship With Beyonce, Divorce and Pregnancy]

Check below for footage of Kim Kardashian speaking with The Associated Press on the difficulties of pregnancy:

SOURCE: {HIPHOPWIRED} Last night, Nate Robinson stunted on every sneaker head in the world. The Bulls point guard hit the court rocking a pair of Nike Air Yeezy 2s.

Robinson started the game against the Los Angelese Spurs wearing the black and solar red colorway of  Kanye West’s signature shoe, but he didn’t keep them on them for long though. By the start of the 2nd quarter, he switched kicks in favor of a pair of white and red Air Jordan 12 retros. The Bulls were also rocking a special Latino themed jerseys that switched out the “Bulls” lettering for “Los Bulls.” Actually, “Los Toros” would be more accurate, but that wasn’t our call.

Most civilians wouldn’t dare rock their Yeezy’s 2 to hoop in considering it sold at retail for $250 and quickly sold out. You can be find a pair at Flight Club for a resale price of almost $3,000 or head on over to eBay and drop about $2,000 for a pair.

Last year, Robinson was seen playing ball in a pair of Yeezy 2s in the platinum and wolf grey colorway in one of his State of Nate videos, but it was outdoors and not an NBA court.

Check out photos of Robinson in the Air Yeezy 2s, and his J’s, in the gallery. Oh, and if you care, San Antonio beat Chicago 101 to 83.

SOURCE: {HIPHOPDX} Kanye West is upset he ranked at #7 on MTV’s annual “Hottest MCs” list.

MTV has become the target of Kanye West’s wrath because its annual “Hottest MCs in the Game” list.

The Chi-Town rhymer called in to Hot 97’s DJ Enuff to discuss MTV’s list, on which he placed at #7. Yeezy said he is upset with his placement at the lower end of the list, saying that the decision was influenced more by his personal life than his music. He also vocalized his disappointment in Sway Calloway, saying, “I gave Sway his first TV…and he ain’t even remember that.”

“Yeah #7 bothers me. I think that Wayne is the #1 rapper in the world…him and Jay and Em and certain people are trust the greatest rappers of all time,” he said. “For me, I feel like in order for them to put me at #7, they had to bring up things that they didn’t like – [like] the Cruel Summer album. And I’m like, that’s a compilation, it ain’t all rappers on G.O.O.D. Music…they want to diss me and be like, ‘He didCruel Summer and he can’t say he ain’t a part of it because he’s on eight records’…[their decision is] definitely not based on a body of work.”

He continued, “What happens is with these types of judges and people who review this, when you come in [the game], I had the pink polo and the backpack, then I’m checking all the boxes of that A Tribe Called Quest era and J Dilla and all that, so they want to champion it. They don’t like Givenchy Kanye, they don’t like Kanye in a kilt, they don’t like Kanye in a relationship. I don’t think it’s like them going bar for bar. I said, ‘He lucky I ain’t have Jay drop him from the team.’ Ain’t no bar in the entire past 12 months that’s hotter than that bar…I couldn’t believe it. I gave Sway his first TV. He came over to my crib in Newark, New Jersey…doing beats with Jay and Beans and all them, I was getting a new TV, and I gave Sway his first TV…and he ain’t even remember that.”

This isn’t the first time that Kanye’s been caught ranting in the past month. In addition to targeting theGrammy Awards and Justin Timberlake’s single “Suit and Tie,” the Louis Vuitton Don recently took aim at major clothing labels, saying “name brands [are] always fighting for your soul.”

 

SOURCE: (AllHipHop News) Music mogul’s Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine have officially launched a new streaming music service titled “Daisy” backed by $60 million in funding.

The pair’s company Beats Electronics secured the investment from Access Industries and a group of private investors, who will launch “Daisy” sometime in late 2013.

“Daisy” is being launched off of the streaming service MOG, which Beats Electronics in 2012 for an undisclosed sum.

[ALSO READ: Dr. Dre’s Company Beats Electronic Acquires Streaming Service MOG]

“Beats was always about helping people re-discover the magic in the experience of listening to music,” Jimmy Iovine said. “Now that we are well along the way to addressing the quality of audio playback with Beats headphones and speakers, Daisy allows us to re-introduce the same magic into the process of music discovery and consumption.”

In addition to being well capitalized, “Daisy” will benefit from the investment group’s years of experience in music and subscription-based services.

This investment group brings significant expertise in music and subscription business, complimenting and extending the advantages already bestowed upon “Daisy” from its close relationship with and initial investment from Beats.

“Beats has the vision, the brand, the management team and now the investor group to effectively change the expectations and experiences of a music subscription service,” said Access Industries’ Len Blavatnik. “I’m looking forward to taking on this exciting challenge together.”

Former Topspin head Ian Rogers will be Chief Executive Officer of “Daisy” and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor will serve as the music service’s Chief Creative Officer.

SOURCE: (AllHipHop News) Philadelphia’s Fox 29 is reporting that murder charges have been filed against an accused suspect in the February 28th drive-by shooting that took place near Bad Boy recording artist French Montana’s tour bus.

[ALSO READ: Shots Fired At French Montana’s Tour Bus, 1 Person Dead]

According to police, the suspect, Frank Biggs, was the passenger in the black sedan identified at the scene. Biggs reportedly gave investigators a full statement about the shooting that left Jowann King, 26, of Flushing, New York dead and another person injured.

Biggs is now facing murder, attempted murder, and aggravated assault charges.

French Montana was not injured during the shooting. The “Pop That” rapper has made several public statements over the last week insisting that he nor anyone associated with him were the targets of the shooting which included Maybach Music Group’s Meek Mill who was on the tour bus with Montana at the time of the shooting.

[ALSO READ: Rapper French Montana Addresses Deadly Shooting; Police Seek Dark, Four Door Sedan]

Philadelphia police officials have confirmed that they have no evidence that the shooter was aiming to harm Montana or his entourage. No motive for the shooting has been revealed yet.

SOURCE: {HIPHOPDX} Beanie Sigel will face an even longer prison sentence for last year’s drug charges.

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel has been sentenced to additional time in jail for last year’s drug arrest.

According to Philly.com, Beans was sentenced to an additional six to 23 months in jail stemming from hisAugust 2012 arrest for possession of a controlled substance. The former Roc-a-Fella emcee is currently serving out a sentence for tax evasion.

As DX reported last year, Sigel was arrested for possession of codeine, prescription pills and a small amount of marijuana. Police were tipped off when the car in which Beans was travelling at the time began swerving between lanes and tailgating another car.

During the initial search, police also found a loaded handgun in the center dashboard of the car. Although the gun charges against Sigel were later dropped, the driver of automobile Gerald Andrews was sentenced to two-and-a-half to five years in prison for possession of a firearm.

As previously mentioned, Beanie Sigel is currently serving a two year sentence for failing to pay more than $728,000 in federal taxes dating back to 1999.

SOURCE: (AllHipHop News) The triple homicide shooting that claimed the life of Oakland rapper Kenneth “Kenny Clutch” Cherry is nearing completion but not before some complications.

Prime suspect, 26-year-old Ammar Harris challenged his extradition from to Nevada from California on Monday (March 4th) after being captured last Thursday (February 28th).

Harris was arrested at a Studio City apartment complex in Los Angeles.

[ALSO READ: Suspect In Kenny Clutch Shooting Revealed]

Harris’ defense attorney relayed his client’s request for police and/or other Nevada authorities be summoned to Los Angeles, California to identify him as the correct fugitive.

A possible way to challenge state to state extradition would be for Harris and his attorney to prove Harris was not in Nevada at the time of the murder.

A highly unlikely scenario since the arrest warrant states the police used interviews as well as Taxi cab dashbord and casino camera videos to tie the self-described pimp to the Haze nightclub Cherry attended on February 21st.

According to the arrest warrant obtained by The LA Times, the video footage shows Harris leaving the nightclub at the same time Cherry was leaving the casino lobby. Shortly after, Harris walked over tot he driver side of the Maserati Cherry and his passenger, Freddy Walters were in. Harris, in his Range Rover chased after Cherry after he sped off. A Luck Cab dashboard cam revealed that after a heated chase on Las Vegas Boulevard “the Range Rover pulled into the path of the Maserati, a horn sounded, and approximately one second later, as the Range Rover was next to the Maserati, a gunshot was fired,” according to the arrest warrant.

[ALSO READ: Young Woman Emerges As “Person Of Interest” In Kenny Clutch Murder Case]

Another way for Harris to successfully beat extradition would be to prove he did not fire the shot that killed Cherry.

Not much more of a plausible option as the only person with Harris in the car was identified as 22-year old Yenesis Alfonzo. However, Las Vegas police have stated Alfonzo is no longer a person of interest.

Harris faces three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, plus counts of discharging a firearm into a vehicle and discharging a firearm out of a vehicle. The Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfso said he would not rule out seeking the death penalty for Harris’ alleged actions.