A lawsuit against New Zealand’s National party has been issued by Eminem for the use of his song “Lose Yourself” off of the 8 Mile soundtrack. They used the song for an ad for the Prime Minister John Key and Em is seeking damages for copyright infringement according to Associated Press. The National Party believes they are innocent in the matter and will be defending this action also saying that other organizations have used the song without any legal ramifications.
In an interview with Noisey Russel and Rick Rubin talked about Chuck D being reluctant to return to music and the beginnings of Public Enemy and Def Jam. Simmons talked about the political impact of the group saying “Public Enemy changed everything about Black America, everything. They made Farrakhan popular. They helped make the Million Man March. They put red, black, and green shit around niggas’ necks instead of chains. They did everything. They were amazing.”
According to XXL Rick Ross has announced the release date of his next studio album “Hood Billionaire” which was originally set to release today September 15th. But now the album is slated for a November 24th release date according to a press release form Def Jam who are the ones releasing the album
Kendrick has got his next studio album on everyones radar so every little detail is being analyzed 100 times over. The single is said to be called “I” and is supposed to drop on (9/23) with and eventual album drop that should come before the years end and it cannot come soon enough for Kendrick fans. Then the CEO of Kendricks record label has tweeted out about the matter saying “Be Patient…I wont let yall down…. Kdot and @jayrock coming soon….#TDE”.
Gucci Mane reportedly hit an Army staff sergeant on the head at a night club. Sources say the sergeant had walked up to Gucci Mane’s VIP section asking for a picture with the rapper when Gucci Mane assaulted him with a bottle of Vodka.
“Rather than accommodating the admiring fan, Davis, for no explicable reason, instead, hit the victim over the head with a vodka bottle and then hurriedly left the club. The victim sustained a deep laceration to his forehead which required 10 stitches,” said District Attorney Paul Howard.
After being asked for his opinion on Drake during a presentation with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg, Gambino said, “I don’t hate Drake at all. I really like Drake, if not for no other reason than he makes me better. He really does, for real, I think he’s a really good writer and rapper. Right now, I definitely think I’m better than him, but only because I’m working harder than him right now. If he came in right now like, ‘Let’s rap,’ I’d be like, ‘Oh, I’mma kill you.’ But like right now. Maybe he’s got something up his sleeve.”
Nicki explains why she feels her newest album The Pinkprint is more advanced than her previous albums. “I don’t think any of these songs could have been on my last album, I’ve grown as a writer. I’m braver in terms of speaking about things I didn’t feel comfortable sharing two years ago.”
Nicki Minaj isn’t the only artist to have recent issues with CBS. Last week, Rihanna’s song “Run This Town” was supposed to play during a CBS broadcast; however, CBS has scheduled the song for next Thursday. Rihanna took it to Twitter to show how displeased she was:
“CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday? NO, Fuck you! Y’all are sad for penalizing me for this.”
“The audacity…”
At Kanye’s show today September 15th in Brisbane, Australia he brought up the incident saying the comments are not worthy of the attention they received. Kanye was quoted saying “bullshit blown out of proportion,” He added that he should not be the object of criticism saying “I’m a married, Christian man with a family, Pick another target.” West also addressed the handicapped fans at todays show saying that people can only remain seated if they could prove to him that they need to be.
Sir Mix-A-Lot back in 1992 had his big hit “Baby Got Back” which was all about women with curves. With 2014s Nicki Minaj hit using the hit in “Anaconda” Mix couldn’t help but share how he thought people have changed in the years between to two hits. “When I did ‘Baby Got Back,’ women with curves were not accepted,” Mix-A-Lot says in an interview with Billboard. He goes on to say that the African American community has always loved women with curves and that the woman shouldn’t be ashamed if they got them which he thinks Nicki Minaj is creating a movement with.
Rick Ross is getting his album ready for release after his label mate Meek Mill had to push his back. Ross went to twitter to tease his fans that his first single would release today using the hashtag #HOODBILLIONAIRE and with Meek Mill, Stalley, and Wale all having albums coming up you can really see MMG is wasting no time with giving their fans content.
Kendrick in an interview with Rolling Stone said “There was a lot left out of good kid—it could have been a 30-track album,” Kendrick also said there would be a few songs that tie in with his last album in the new one. Plus he says not to expect too many features on the album saying “I have so much to say, it’s almost selfish of me.” So Kendrick’s new album is looking like its shaping up to be something very refreshing once again amongst other rap coming out these days.
Emcee Glasses Malone Defends Ray Rice’s recent actions:
“If you hit someone, be prepared to get hit back. Women are fighting for rights to be equal. They think they are men. Now, I’m looking at Rice and his wife and they look like they are intoxicated. She actually slaps him. They got in the elevator and she got in his face. Whatever they’re doing, that’s their couple thing. She hit him and he backed up. She rushed into him and he threw a check and then hit her. My point is, I get it, in your mind. Women are saying, ‘oh you’re stronger than us.’ Then stop saying we’re equal. We don’t think it’s okay for men and women to fight. So suspend him for two games. But to take away his pay and indefinitely suspend him when there’s worse things that’s happening in the NFL, I don’t know if that’s really fair. I mean, if she got over [it] and married this man, she must have understood the place they’re in and she loves him. So for the rest of the world to come up with the act of chivalry—chivalry died with the Women’s Rights Movement. It’s dead. All of these things link together and they leak into situations like this. Why would a woman physically challenge a man if you know he’s stronger?”
Once Tyler realized all IPhones had the new U2 album, he posted angry posts on Twitter and Instagram. “FUCK YOU BONO YOU OLD FUCK I DONT WANT YOU ON MY PHONE…”
“GET OFF MY FUCKING PHONE. YOU COULDNT COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL MARKETING IDEA? FUCK @U2 I DONT WANT YOU. FUCK BONO. I DIDNT ASK FOR YOU IM MAD”
The Ready to Die Album was released twenty years ago today. Diddy made sure to mention the anniversary of the album on Twitter today.
“20 years later and you still the baddest motherfucker! Ready to die 20th anniversary! Take that take…”
