Have you seen the part II of the Love & Hip Hop reunion. On the show a huge brawl broke out between Stevie J, Joseline Hernandez, Benzino and Althea. After that brawl ended Joseline attack Waka Flocka wife Tammy Rivera and she pulled Tammy ponytail of her head. Waka who was on tour at the time of the taping of the reunion show was not to happy that his wife was attacked. Tammy recently posted a picture letting people know that Waka was back. In the photo Waka had a firearm in his possession and it is in violation of his current probation. Someone tipped of the Feds and they have allegedly been in touch with Waka attorney, Tammy post could land her hubby in jail.
Mahan sued Jay Z for co-writing credits on allegedly 45 songs. Jay Z has now reportedly filed a law suit to have Mahan’s. “After 14 years of silence, petitioner’s claims (and his attempt to use the federal courts as part of his shakedown scheme) are outrageous and wholly without merit. More significantly, for purposes of this motion, the claims are plainly barred by the three-year statutes of limitations contained in the Copyright Act, and have been for more than a decade,” Jay told Billboard.
Eminems hit single “Rap God” earned a world record from Guinness World Records for having the most words in a hit single. With an astonishing 1,560 words in 6 minutes and 4 seconds with the song being so long for a hit really did help but the fast delivery got Em the top spot.
Having college courses about your music isn’t something songwriters ever strive for, but artist like 2Pac and Bruce Springsteen have achieved it at accredited universities. There is now a college course that centers on the lyrics of Kendrick Lamar called “Good Kid, Mad Cities,” It is being offered this fall at Georgia Regents University. The Professor Adam Diehl says he chose the album because of its focus on social issues. Things like gang violence, child-family development in the inner city, drug use and the war on drugs. A lot of the topics in Kendrick album are hot topics in society today.
During his Yeezus Tour at a concert in Perth, Australia Yeezy took a moment to talk about his highly anticipated collaboration with Adidas. Kanye went on to say “I feel good because we’ve been working hard. We got the new Yeezys, the Yeezy IIIs coming in November. And this is just the beginning,” There are still no images of the new kicks but if they are anything like the previous ones they will sell out very quickly.
Due to his shocking tweets last week, Cee-Lo has been uninvited to headline Gretna Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Green’s comments were said to be “not acceptable”. However that was not the only statement the festival committee had to say, “Our community does not condone these disparaging remarks delivered by Cee Lo Green, and we feel this entertainer does not represent what our festival is about and has achieved over the past 20 years.” Others didn’t respond to well to Cee-Lo’s remarks, he will no longer be performing at a Washington DC Navy-sponsored concert and TBS has cancelled his reality TV show The Good Life.
Fabolous posted his opinions regard the ALS challenge to Twitter saying: "Such a follow, do what everybody else think is cool so that's what ima do generation... Shit is sick…,” “Ice bucket challenge became a viral thing to do to look cool.. Bet they cool asses ain't donate a penny.. “
In regards to Joan Rivers’ death, he also tweeted the following: “For instance all these RIP Joan Rivers shoutouts.. Do u hav remorse or care for her death or just doin it cuz it's cool to do?”
A member of Migos had lost his gold chain in the crowd, resulting in a fight. Sources say one of the Migo members had gotten their chain snatched from their neck during a performance. After having the chain taken, the member went right for the crowd to retrieve it; fortunately, police were able to stop the fights before anyone got injured.
Chris Brown owns up to his mistakes during an interview with Billboard, “I realize that what I do for a living opens my life to public scrutiny and that I have a responsibility to everyone because of that exposure, I can say that I am only human and I have made mistakes. I can say that I try to live my life in the most true, honest way that I can. I am not perfect, no one is. No one is harder on me than me. No one can please everyone. No one can live in the past and expect to grow. I have been moving forward and hope that I am not defined by just a few moments in my life but all of the moments that will make up my life.”
Working with executive producers Queen Latifa and Irva Gotti, Ja Rule’s reality tv show is said to be broadcasted on MTV. Ja Rule’s show revolves around his home life with his family consisting of his three children. “Family tradition will never be the same again b*tch” Ja Rule says in an announcement of the reality show.
Kendrick can be seeing a million dollar lawsuit in the near future for a song on his mixtape Section.80. Willie Jones III and Eric Reed are claiming that Kendricks song Rigamortis unlawfully uses their 2010 song “The Thorn.” Jones and Reed say they were never paid for the use of the song nor were they given credit. The two want more than a million as well as all profits and rights to “Rigamortis”. We will see how this works out and if they can even be complicated for a song on a mixtape that was released for free online.
Suge Knight said during an interview with TMZ “Even if I did, I don’t think that’s really important, who pulled the trigger and who I seen pulled the trigger, I think that I’m doing extremely well. I’m happy to be doing well and whatever happens, happens.” Knight believes that confrontation is inevitable and he believes that he just has to stay positive and be more aggressive then the people you want to deal with.
When on radios Hot 107.9 promoting his new album Jeezy said that he and his crew should not have been arrested. He also said that he could of bailed out sooner but he wanted to stay until he made sure his whole crew was bailed out. “When the smoke clears and everything’s said and done, man I can promise you and I can assure you that me and my whole crew we gon’ be good.” Jeezy said. He also went on to donate $1 million to the Jay Morrison Academy which seems like a good look when there is so much negativity surrounding him.
Being a huge fan of Kanye, Chance the Rapper got to meet Kanye for the first time over the past weekend at Jay Z’s Made in America festival. Chance claims to be Kanyes biggest fan and expressed his excitement on instagram saying “Anyone who knows me knows how big of a moment this was for me. I’ve been his biggest fan since 04 and I’m pretty sure I’m still his #1 fan. Thanks to J for hookin it up. Thanks to Gizmo for all the good luck yesterday. #IMetKanye.” Chance also went on to twitter saying “We talked about Chicago and what we could do for it.” Both theses creative geniuses together can only be a good thing for hip hop.
Chance The Rapper is the headliner for The Verge Campus Tour 2014 which begin on September 26th at Cal Poly Pomona. Other performers on the tour includes Jason Derulo, Travis Scott, Kygo, Young & Sick and Sweater Beats. There will be more artist announced in the future. The tour is more than just a concert there education, technology, entrepreneurship, creativity and fashion. Student will also have the opportunity to land internships and post-grad job as well. See The Verge Campus Tour dates below.
Verge Campus Tour 2014
9/26/14 Pomona, CA @ Cal Poly Pomona (Closed Show) + & 10/1/14 Boulder, CO @ Colorado University: Boulder / & 10/4/14 St. Louis, MO @ St. Louis University + %^ 10/5/14 Dallas, TX @ Southern Methodist University (Closed Show) 10/8/14 Ypsilanti, MI @ Eastern Michigan University +^ 10/9/14 Indiana, PA @Indiana University of Pennsylvania 10/10/14 New Brunswick, NJ @ Private College Show + % 10/11/14 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Private College Show 10/13/14 Lexington, KY @ University of Kentucky 10/14/14 Blacksburg, VA @ Virginia Tech 10/16/14 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania @ Lehigh University 10/17/14 Waterville, ME @ Colby College 10/18/14 Kutztown, PA @ University of Kutztown 10/19/14 Kingston, RI @ University of Rhode Island 10/22/14 Charlotte, NC @ University of North Carolina: Charlotte 10/23/14 Kent, OH @ Kent State University 10/25/14 Lewisburg, PA @ Bucknell University * 10/26/14 Morgantown, WV @ West Virginia University
During an interview with AllHipHop.com Jim Jones said Eminem is one of the greatest emcees but wouldn’t put him in his top 5 list of favorite rappers. Jones went on to say “I wouldn’t put Eminem in my category cause he’s wicked with the rhymes and all that type of sh*t, but my music got to reflect on the lifestyle I live, It gotta make me feel a certain type of way,”
