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Although The Houston Texans’ standout player Arian Foster is currently focused on his NFL career, the running-back is also moonlighting as a Hip-Hop artist.

 

Foster, who scored two touchdowns in Houston Texans’ 30-10 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday (September 7), is working on material with rap legend Bun B.

 

During an interview with NewsFixNow.com, Bun B. revealed that Arian Foster, who signed a $43 million deal with the Texans in March, is passionately working on his rap career during the off-season.

 

“It’s not something that he really focuses on during the season cause he wants to make sure the Houston Texans get every dime they paid for out of him,” Bun B. explained. “He’s very focused and very determined to make sure he gets his best effort when the season’s on the line.”

 

And that’s fine for Bun B., who is a huge fan of the Houston Texans, a team that had their best year in 2011, with a record of 10-6.

 

“I’m just having a ball right now. The teams looking good I’m excited about what the future holds,” Bun B. said.

 

Lupe Fiasco extends an olive branch to Chief Keef and apologizes for his comments.

 

The past few weeks have been dominated by news ofLupe Fiasco and Chief Keef’s back-and-forth, culminating in Keef threatening to smack Lupe on Twitter. Now, in a recent video from Fake Shore Drive, it appears as if Lu has extended the olive branch to the budding Windy City rapper.

 

At a recent live show, Lupe Fiasco apologized to Chief Keef for his recent comments that he’s afraid of “theculture that [Chief Keef] represents.” He indicates that he’s not in a position to judge another man, and at the end of the day, hopes Chief Keef will be successful in his career.

 

“I’m far from where I wanna be, I’m far from being a stand-up human being, I’m far from being a knowledgeable and wise young man as well,” he said. “I’m somewhere in the middle. I ain’t no saint, but with that said, I love my brother. I want to see him succeed and do his thing, and that goes for everybody anywhere everywhere in the world. Shout out to the big homie Chief Keef.”

 

Snoop Dogg gives Barack Obama the thumbs up in the 2012 Presidential Election.

 

It’s election season, and while many Hip Hop artists have been relatively quiet as to their candidate of choice, a few emcees are finally speaking out. Now, according toXXL via Rolling Stone, rapper Snoop Dogg has thrown his weight behind President Barack Obama in the election. 

 

In a recent press conference for his new documentaryReincarnation, the currently known at Snoop Lion stumped for President Obama in his bid for re-election. Snoop commended Obama’s policies over the past four years, saying that many of them helped undo much of the social and economic turmoil created by former President George W. Bush’s policies.

 

“Let me begin, Obama for four more years, man,” he said. “Bush fucked up for eight years, so, I mean, you gotta at least give him eight years. He cleaned half the shit up in four years, realistically. It ain’t like y’all gave him a clean house. Y’all gave him a house where the TV didn’t work, the toilet was stuffed up – everything was wrong with the house.

 

He continued, “He had to come in and get your thing together, then he knocked down our most hated, the most wanted, the one who had our terror on orange or red or whatever color it was on [Osama bin Laden] – he went and found him, the one Bush couldn’t seem to find, the one who seemed to fly away in the dead of night and all that…so give him [another] four years to get his thing together and finish this deal out. You heard what Clinton said. You loved Clinton, didn’t you?”

 

Jay-Z and Beyonce are hosting an online fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election.

 

It’s no secret that both Jay-Z and Beyonce have voiced their support for President Barack Obama over the past four years. Now, the musical power couple is looking to provide support for the POTUS in his upcoming bid for re-election.

 

According to Obama’s re-election website, Beyonce and Hov will be hosting a online fundraiser for the POTUS. Donors who contribute an amount of $3 or more will be automatically entered for a chance to meet President Obama, Beyonce and Jay-Z at a special event in New York City, with airfare and hotel costs covered.

 

In the past, both Jay-Z and Beyonce have publicly supported the Obama administration’s social and economic policies. The two have even lent their musical talents to Obama’s campaign, with Jay rocking free shows on the campaign trail and Beyonce singing at his inauguration.

 

Lil Wayne introduces his line of Beats By Dre headphones at a star-studded event.

After his performance with 2 Chainz at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, Lil Wayne hosted a launch party for his Beats Pro headphones at the Playhouse nightclub in Los Angeles.

In attendance were, of course, Dr. Dre and Interscope head honcho Jimmy Iovine. The event was full of star power, however, with Wiz Khalifa, A-Track, DJ Drama, Machine Gun Kelly, French Montana, and more.

After the event, Wayne released his new song “No Worries,”  which he performed at the VMAs, on iTunes.

Gucci Mane’s altercation with a woman in Atlanta in 2011 will cost him over six figures in punitive damages.

 

A judge has ordered Gucci to pay almost $60,000 to a woman named Diana Graham, who was pushed out of the rapper’s moving Hummer in January of 2011, after she refused a proposition for sex.

 

In October of 2011, Gucci Mane pled guilty and eventually served six months in jail for his role in the incident.

 

Graham eventually sued Gucci for mental anguish, pain and emotional distress.

 

TMZ.com reports that Graham won a default judgment, because Gucci Mane failed to show up in court, in addition to submitting false testimony.

 

If Gucci Mane does not settle the debt, Diana Graham has a court order that allows her to seize the rappers assets, including bank accounts, cars to settle the debt.

 

Lil Wayne files suit against Quincy Jones III, claiming he did not approve the use of his songs in a documentary.

Lil Wayne has filed suit against Quincy Jones III for violating copyright by using his music in the 2009 documentary The Carter.

According to TMZ, Quincy used the songs “Lollipop,” “Let the Beat Build,” “A Mill and “Dontgetit” from Weezy’s platinum album Tha Carter III without permission. He claims that Jones and QD3 producers didn’t bother to ask for approval in using the tracks.

Wayne initially was on board with the documentary, allowing the cameras to follow him around. But he then sued over the film for its “scandalous portrayal” of him and was later countersued.

The Young Money captain is suing for unspecified damages and an order prohibiting producers from using his music.

Days after Lil Jojo was gunned down, Chief Keef takes a completely opposite stance on the rapper’s death.

 

When Lil Jojo was gunned down earlier this week, Chief Keef simply laughed in response on Twitter. According to Keef, however, the tweets were not his own.

 

In a new set of tweets that have since curiously been deleted, Keef lamented Jojo’s passing, writing, “Man, been thinkin bout this chicago street shit a lot. My prayers go out 2 Jojo’s family on their loss.”

 

Keef then denied culpability in both the shooting and his earlier controversial tweets. “i didn’t know him but he young jus like me. i can assure everyone that i had nothin 2 do with this tragedy tho. my twitter acct was hacked.”

 

The Chicago rapper did a tweet addressing the situation:

 

 

With the final message addressing the situation, Keef took the opportunity to plug his album:

 

 

Chief Keef laughs at the death of a fellow rapper, while Tyga launches a porn site. HipHopDX posted an editorial about Christianity and its connection to Hip Hop.

 

This week, Chief Keef put himself in a whole lot of trouble, laughing at the death of a fellow rapper and striking up some beef with Lupe Fiasco, who in turn announced his impending retirement. Tyga launched his new porn site, as well as an adult film in which he plans to appear and direct. Additionally, HipHopDX investigatedthe connection of Christianity to Hip Hop, exploring how some in the culture reject religious themes in music.

 

Chief Keef Laughs At Death Of Fellow Rapper, Threatens To Smack Lupe Fiasco

 

Chief Keef stirred up some trouble this week. The 16-year-old rapper took to Twitter following the death of contemporary Lil JoJo, with whom he had beef due to his affiliation with Lil Reese. Keef laughed at JoJo’s passing, writing, “Its Sad Cuz Dat Nigga JoJo Wanted To Be Jus Like Us #LMAO.” His sights soon turned to Lupe Fiasco, who had previously mentioned that he was fearful of the culture that Keef represents. From there, Fiasco tweeted that he was going to retire from the game, pointing to Keef’s behavior as a conduit to his reasoning. The stunt didn’t come without consequences: Keef, who later said he was hacked, is now being investigated by the Chicago police for his connection to JoJo’s murder, and Pitchfork pulled its video showing Keef being interviewed at a gun range.

 

Tyga Launches A Pornography Site, Plans To Direct & Appear In Adult Film

 

Tyga is expanding his entrepreneurial pursuits. This week, the Young Money rapper announced the launch of his adult website RackCityXXX.com, a play off his hit single “Rack City.” In addition to the site, which charges $24.95 per month in membership fees, Tyga plans on directing and appearing in his own pornography film Rack City: The XXX Movie, which will feature his original music and appearances from London Keyes, Eva Angelina, Havana Ginger, Kristina Rose, Jada Fire, Austin Taylor and more. “This movie really takes ‘Rack City,’ the song that I made, into the world of triple-X film. It’s a real movie that people will enjoy, and I’m proud of it,” he said of the film. “I just felt like now was a time that I wanted to be involved in the sexual part of it—how far can I actually go without actually doing porn?”

 

Editorializing Hip Hop’s Difficulty With Christianity

 

This week, HipHopDX posted a series of taboo subjects in the culture, focusing on race and the misnomer of Hip Hop as “black music,” as well as the obsession with the Illuminati. We also focused on Hip Hop’s struggle with accepting Christianity in music, honing in on rappers including Mase, No Maliceand up-and-comer Lecrae. Some grapple with the label of “Christian Rap,” but the editorial investigates the value of religion and its themes in relation to the culture. Read the full editorial here.

 

Jay-Z opines on Occupy Wall Street by saying the message is confusing.

Though Jay-Z was photographed with Russell Simmons some months back wearing an “Occupy All Streets” t-shirt, Hov has revealed that he’s never backed the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Jay cited a lack of a central vision as the reason for his hesitation. “What’s the thing on the wall, what are you fighting for?” asked Hov in an interview with The New York Times.

“I’m not going to a park and picnic — I have no idea what to do,” said Jay, recanting what he said in a conversation with Simmons.

“I don’t know what the fight is about. What do we want? Do you know?” questioned Jay rhetorically of the movement.

The Brooklyn emcee continued, asking for specificity from the movement. “I think all those things need to really declare themselves a bit more clearly because when you just say that ‘the 1 percent is that,’ that’s not true,” said Jay. “Yeah, the 1 percent that’s robbing people, and deceiving people, these fixed mortgages and all these things, and then taking their home away from them, that’s criminal, that’s bad.”

“Not being an entrepreneur. This is free enterprise. This is what America is built on.”

It was 16 years ago today (September 7) that iconic rapper Tupac Shakur was assassinated in Las Vegas, Nevada, following Mike Tyson’s fight with Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand.

 

Over a decade and a half later, Young Noble, the seventh and final member added to the Outlawz by Tupac himself, has announced that he will be dropping a project on November 13.

 

In commemoration of the passing and in honor of Tupac, Young Noble will release his new video for the song, “Son of God”, on September 13, the day that Tupac died.

 

“It’s just really a feeling I had, and I felt like people needed to hear it, but what I think I’m saying on it is relevant to the Outlawz to myself and to Hip-Hop in general, and so I put it out there and the feedback has been phenomenal,” Young Noble told AllHipHop.com of his “Son of God” record.

 

Although Tupac passed away on the 13, fans of the late West Coast legend will remember that he was actually shot on September 7.

 

Including the 13th day of the month, the rapper survived for seven days after the shooting incident, a period of time that ironically corresponds with his prophecy of the Makavelian 7 Day Theory.

 

“It’s a weird date for us; 16 years ago that was a crazy time in our life. Every year, we don’t forget it, the fans don’t forget it, and every year we try to make it a positive date, so I’m gonna drop the ‘Son of God’ video on that date,” Young Noble explained to AllHipHop.com.

 

Tupac borrowed from Machiavelli, a 16th century Italian philosopher who proposed staging one’s death to evade enemies and gain power. His book, Discourses Upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy, said, “a prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to deceive.”

 

Conspiracy theorists have been known to speculate on how and why Tupac decided to use the Makavelian 7 Day theory, and ultimately leading many of them to believe that Tupac is still alive.

 

Some claim that he faked his death to get away from his enemies or the Illuminati.

 

When asked how he came to the title of “Son of God” and what it means to him, Young Noble says he reverted to his roots and his teachings from Tupac.

 

“I think that God definitely has been coming through my pen to try to put some positive inspiration out to the people. It’s coming out like that, and I just wanted to put my heart and soul into the music and taking it back to the roots and really studying our history and everything that ‘Pac was trying to teach us,” Young Noble recalled.

 

“‘Pac was an ambassador of truth, and he represented hope, from getting shot, to shooting at police, and you know all his trials and tribulations, man. And for him getting locked up for stuff that he didn’t even do, and just coming out as a warrior. He wasn’t holding his head down, kept his head up high, and represented what he represented. He was an ambassador for truth, not just for the West or the East, but for the earth,” he added.

 

In addition to the album, Young Noble and DJ Outlaw will be releasing a mixtape that precedes the “Son of God” project called Outlaw Nation, set for release on October 15.

 

Busta Rhymes says that Tupac inadvertently dissed A Tribe Called Quest at The Source Awards.

While The Source Awards may have gained infamy for its role in the beef between Death Row and Bad Boy Records, an incident at the 1994 ceremonies nearly led to a feud between two different crews from opposite coasts. In a recent interview with This Is 50’s Young Jack Thriller,Busta Rhymes recalls how Tupac Shakur accidentally insulted the members of A Tribe Called Quest.

Bussa Bus revealed that Tupac accidentally cut off Tribe’s acceptance speech for the Best Hip Hop Group of the Year at the ’94 Source Awards when he jumped the gun on his performance. The members of Tribe were initially ready to go to war with the Oakland rapper over the perceived slight, but tempers quickly cooled after Pac explained the misunderstanding to Busta. He added that Pac and Tribe had been attempting to coordinate a televised meeting on BET following the incident, but were unable. 

“There was a time before The Source Awards were actually on TV, I was filming Higher Learning, we were staying in Oakwood Apartments in West Hollywood…[2Pac] was living in there, too,” he recalled. “The Source Awards happened – I think it was at the Paramount Theater…and Pac was on that award show [performing]. Tribe had got the award for Best Hip Hop Group of the Year. I don’t know if Pac’s people at the time knew that Tribe was still getting their award and still doing their acceptance speech, but they pressed play while they were doing their acceptance speech, so it looked like he went out there and started performing on some, ‘Fuck the award’ shit, ‘I’m just gonna do my shit on top of them niggas’…so it looked crazy from the front…it looked like a crazy disrespect to Tribe.”

He continued, “The beef started immediately and fortunately, it didn’t get to no physical shit, but I don’t know if too many people knew about this at the time when it went down or even after, but it was a big misunderstanding…me and Pac had a conversation about that, and Pac made it clear to me that he didn’t mean to do that, that it wasn’t his fault and he didn’t understand why or how it happened that way…Pac was actually trying to see how we could coordinate getting a public truce going on BET…I was actually trying to coordinate that and I was communicating to [Q-Tip] via Pac, Pac via Tip – the vibe was amazing. Everybody was like, ‘Yo, no doubt, no problem’…it just didn’t happen because of circumstances, obviously, and Pac passed before we got that to happen.”

B.G. Knocc Out, Kid Frost, Lil Eazy-E and the Gangsta Rap icon’s mom honored the N.W.A. founder this weekend in California.

In honor of what would have been Gangsta Rap pioneer Eazy-E’s 48th birthday, a small gathering took place in Downey, California on Friday September 7. The late rapper and founder of N.W.A./Ruthless Records was honored by family, friends and former business associates at a small private event, according to Sergio Hernandez of Ruthless Propaganda, who provided HipHopDX with this information.

Guests included Eazy’s mother Kathie Wright, his son, artist Lil Eazy E, B.G. Knocc Out, Kid Frost, Rhythm D, Loesta, Dirty Red and DJ Speed.

The event was videotaped, with footage being made available soon. Ruthless Propaganda is already at work on a documentary on the Compton, California icon.

Born September 7, 1963 Eazy-E died on March 26, 1995 due to complications from the AIDS virus.

Drake lets it be know that Justin Timberlake and Sade are at the top of his wish list.

 

Drake has worked with some of music’s brightest stars, from Kanye West and Jay-Z to Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj.

 

Still, Drizzy has unfulfilled collaborative desires.

 

At the MTV Video Music Awards, where Drake took home a “Best Hip-Hop Video” Moonman for “HYFR,” Drake explained that he would like to collaborate with Justin Timberlake and Sade.

 

“I would love to do a collaboration with Justin Timberlake, and [Noah “40” Shebib]…he produced with Sade, and I would love to do a song with Sade,” said Drake.

 

Drake has been trying to collaborate with Sade since 2009, having hoped to get this elusive singer on his debut album Thank Me Later. Many artists, such as Jay-Z, have tried and failed to get Sade to lend vocals to their tracks.

 

Big Sean recounts how Kanye West and Jay-Z came to be on a track with him.

As “Clique,” which features Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Big Sean, makes its rounds online, Big Sean remains amazed that he and the Throne ended up on a track together.

In an interview with MTV News, Sean spoke on the track, which is the latest single from G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer Album, and will be featured on Big Sean’s next album.

“I did the chorus in London to the beat and ‘Ye liked it or whatever [but] I was the first one to do my verse. So I did my verse first, sent it back to him, and didn’t hear anything back for a while [but] then people were talking about it,” explained the Detroit rapper.

Big Sean continued, saying that he started hearing positive feeback from a number oe people, including 2 Chainz. “Then I get a call a little bit later after that, and somebody told me that Hov is on the record and I was like, ‘damn,’ ” he said. “They were like Hov and ‘Ye hopped on it, so I’m thinking, ‘Ah, they’re probably gonna take my verse off even though I laced it’ — you know, the Throne, Kanye and Jay … but then I get the call like, ‘Nah, it’s you Kanye and Jay-Z.'”

Sean explained the conflicting feelings he had upon hearing the news. “I remember the first thing I thought was, ‘Damn, I’m excited as hell,” and then I was like, ‘Damn, I wish I ain’t have to do my verse first,” he added, laughing. “But I think it’s well-represented and it’s on the G.O.O.D. Music album and it’s on my next album too.”