Everyone has been hearing rumors about Lil Wayne wanting to abandon Cash Money Records, Styles P was one of many to discuss his opinion of the rumors: “I know how it feels to be on a label and want to get off a label and not be there. “I’ve been in them situations. So I know for a fact that you, me or anyone else doesn’t know all of the details. You could just go off of what you, what’s pretty much in front of your face. But that don’t mean you get to see what’s in the locker room.”
Though it seems as though Lil Wayne is seeing hard times with his album releases he is still finding time to get into the studio and record. But this time he has been spotted with Atlantas hot group right now the Migos. There is no telling what they are actually working on it could be a song for Waynes Sorry 4 the wait 2 mixtape or even his Carter V but only time will tell. Migos and Lil Wayne both posted photos of them in the studio and hopefully they are cooking up something both of their fans can really enjoy.
Another young rapper from Chicago has been eyed by Interscope Records recently after they signed Chief Keef back in 2012 taking a huge gamble and eventually letting him go. But now they have signed a young female rapper from the city named Dreezy, at just 20 years old she is going to shake up the hip-hop scene in Chicago. With her being excited about her signing she has released a new song called “Boss” for all the fans.
Young Thug got some people looking at him confused when he threw up a Crip gang sign in a new DeJ Loaf video and the song is called “Blood” plus Thug usually raps about being around Bloods. A West Coast rapper named Glasses Malone took it upon him to call Young Thug out on twitter after seeing the gang sign and saying it was disrespectful. The next day Young Thug responded stating that he is cool with both gangs. "To all my crip Broda's it's all love to me bro," Thug said. Then he continued in another post "I'm just thinking about my motherfuckin' Crip partners. I don't want my niggas to feel a certain type of way because I love them, ya dig?" and that’s that hopefully nothing more arises from this misunderstanding.
“IDFWU” has been blowing up the clubs ever since it dropped but we have now learned that the hit single from Big Sean was actually supposed to be for Justin Bieber. The songs producer Mike Free said it was actually created with Bieber’s vocals in mind. "Originally I think Justin Bieber was supposed to have it; he had posted a video of a snippet and everything, where it was him doing the song. They ended up not taking it and Big Sean got the song, and I’m glad, because we ended up getting a really strong record for hip-hop." Mike said. Bieber even gave the track a name which was “Turn Up” but thankfully this never came to light and we got one of the best diss-anthems of the year because of it.
Macklemore says that his music is treated differently because he is a white rapper: "This is something I've talked about, I've thought about, I've talked about it, these are some things that have come up. Why am I safe? Why can I cuss on a record, have a parental advisory sticker on the cover of my album, yet parents are still like, 'You're the only Rap I let my kids listen to?' Why can I wear a hoodie and not be labeled a thug? Why can I sag my pants and not be labeled a gang-banger? Why am I on Ellen's couch? Why am I on Good Morning America? If I was Black, what would my drug addiction look like? It would be twisted into something else, versus maybe like, 'Get back on your feet!' To me the music industry, the privilege that exists in the music industry is just a greater symptom of the privilege that exists in America. There's no difference, this is just a byproduct. This is just an offbrand of what's happening in America. People see me, they resonate with me, America's predominantly white. There's relatability. It took a long time for me to get to a point where I was noticed at all. I was an underground rapper for over a decade. But once we got that viral video, once we build up enough momentum organically through word-of-mouth, through the underground, it hit...I got put in that hero box. It's because of privilege. It all boils down to privilege. White privilege is what I'm talking about."
Nicki Minaj is going to be featured in a Rolling Stones issue of 2015, where she will talk about her personal life: "One of my goals was to give people a glimpse into my personal life, because it's something I've kept very private. I struggled with, 'Do I express these feelings?' And I decided there's no reason for me to hide. I'm a vulnerable woman, and I'm proud of that.”
Nicki Minaj also talks about her views on abortion: "It'd be contradictory if I said I wasn't pro-choice," she says. "I wasn't ready. I didn't have anything to offer a child."
After being asked about Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne, Suge Knight replied with the following: “Double shouts out to Lil Wayne for being free. Lil Wayne is somebody I got a lot of love for and a lot of respect for. It ain’t about picking him up it’s about having his back. Cause of Wayne, most people got they passes. So, they better [patch] it up. And Drake, as long as you stay down with Wayne, you ain’t gotta worry about the last dance with the dancer.”
Master P is offering a reward to whoever has any information that will allow them to solve the murder of Charles Fambrough: "Somebody come forward [or] whoever got anything to do with this or you know somebody,” Somebody sitting around bragging at home thinking it's a joke, it's not a joke. You took somebody away from there loved ones that really miss that person should be here with their family.”
The west coast duo YG & DJ Mustard having been having a successful run together but it seems as though some beef is brewing between the two. The thing that kicked off the beef was DJ Mustard taking to instagram telling people to stop asking him about YG and that the rapper hasn’t even paid him yet for his entire album “My Krazy Life” YG responded back saying that he was never paid for DJ Mustard album or Mustards iconic drop on all of his beats “Mustard On The Beat, Hoe” The two then seemed to decide to settle the beef in person and not over the internet. The last thing YG posted was a pic of his call log showing that Mustard isn’t picking up his calls.
Ludacris proposed to his longtime girlfriend Eudoxie Agnan while on a private plane to Costa Rica. Luda had the words “Eudoxie will you marry me” painted on the grass and as the plane was coming in for a landing he told her to look out the window. The two have been dating since 2008 and Luda made sure to post pictures on his instagram for the fans to see.
Producer Swizz Beats and Singer Alicia Keys have welcomed their new baby boy Genesis Ali Dean into the world a couple days back on December 27th. Alicia took to her instagram and posted "The joy of joy is joy!! It's a boy!!
50 Cent took to instagram to give his thoughts on the upcoming show “Empire”. He suggested that the show was a rip off of his own show called Power. 50 even posted a pic of his lead actor next to a pic of Terrence Howard asking the ladies to compare the two. This seemed to be a light hearted jab by 50 and it doesn’t look like it is going to turn into anything too serious. Power which is the 50 Cent executive produced show will be heading into its second season soon.
The Fader thinks the reason he was unable to visit Bobby Shmurda was because the government “hates rappers”: "The government hates rap and the government hates rappers. They construct a narrative and add rationalizations to make it seem true. They recruit guiltless and loveless people to whom truth is meaningless and convince them to say what they want to say. These people are jealous of a brother on the way up."
Tyler, The Creator was asked about his religious views in a recent interview: "It's an actual thing, it's an object so it's not not to believe," after being asked whether he believes in The Bible. "Like I can pick it up 'cause it's right there. I've never met the dude, I have no idea," he said. "I've seen a opossum, I'm afraid of a opossum."
