Nelly is a man who wears many hats, he is a rapper, fashion businessman, co-owner of NBA Charlotte Bobcats and father to his children and his late sister children. He now has a new role Reality Tv Star. BET will air 8 one hour long episode of a reality show center around Nelly business life and personal life including his relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr. ex girlfriend Miss Jackson.
BET also has two more new Reality Shows first is a 6 episode show staring Keyshia Cole. The series will take a look at Cole emotional journey including her trouble marriage to NBA star Daniel Gibson. The other show stars "Meet the Brown" actors David and Tamela Mann.
In past years it was Jay Z and Lebron who had the opportunity to put together "NBA 2K" soundtrack now it is Pharrell turn. This year track for NBA 2K15 will feature 27 songs including tracks from: Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, Lorde, A Tribe Called Quest, Missy Elliott, Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, Clipse, No Doubt, Public Enemy, Ratatat, Santigold, The Black Keys, Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more. Some of P’s own music like “Can I Have It Like That,” “How Does It Feel?” and “Hunter,” will also appear on the project. “Aerosol Can,” Pharrell’s collaboration with Major Lazer, was chosen for the soundtrack as well.
2014 was an amazing year for Pharrell he released his album "G I R L", he won a Grammy Award for "Producer of the Year", he was nominated for an Oscar for his song "Happy" and he signed a deal with Adidas. Being the curator for NBA 2K15 soundtrack is just icing on the cake.
T.I. says the feud between the two female rapper is complicated and things are bound to get complicated when a new young version of an artist comes around after one who been dominating for so long. Lil Kim has released a verbal assault on Nicki after hearing the Beyonce remix "Flawless" with featured Minaj allegedly taking jabs at Kim. Kim obviously did not like what Minaj was saying so Kim release her own version of Beyonce "Flawless" she raps the title "Queen Bee is hers alone. Am I tripping or did this ho just say my name? "Queen of Rap? F*ck outta here Queen back f*ck outta here/time to get this wack bitch up outta here." Kim then release another track called "Identity theft". Kim alleges the Nicki style is borrowed Kim raps "I gave birth to your style, now try to speak to ya mammy/your team can't f*ck with my family." You can listen to "Identity theft" below.
In a recent interview 50 and his SMS business partner Brian Nohe announced they are close to landing a partnership with a major tech company. 50 and SMS Audio has not been able to compete with Dr. Dre "Beats" but with this new partnership they are going to create a major new product. Nohe believes SMS and Beats can co-exist there certainly enough room for major players in the earphone category. 50 said " Hip Hop and music in general have been the advertisements for high-end products like cars since it became commercially viable. "It's the things we've been doing for a long time without being conscious of it," 50 said. "Like the major companies–Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini–they don't make car commercials because music culture has been their commercial. For all that time, we take those things and create the music videos that would constantly have it have representation to the general public without them spending the marketing dollars."
The Toronto Raptor Global Ambassador, Drake made comment about Kevin Durant and it cost the NBA team $25,000. During the Canadian born rapper annual OVO Fest in Toronto he made a pitch to Oklahoma City, Thunder player Kevin Durant. Drake asked the crowd to show Durant some love in hopes that he would be taken in by the response and one day sign with the Raptors the attempted recruitment was weak and it cost the team $25,000.
Bobby has been accussed of taking Lloyd instrumental beat for "Jackpot" without giving credit to the original emcee. Shmurda used the beat for his hit single "Hot Ni**a" which blew up on youtube. Shmurda was told by Jahlil the track producer that Lloyd never purchased the beat so Shmurda snatched it up."
"Hot Ni**a remix
A remix for Bobby Shmurda "Hot Ni**a" will be release in a couple of weeks. There are plenty of artist who wants to be on the remix including Jadakiss, Chris Brown, Busta, and French Montana.
Drake VS Lil Wayne Tours begin today and one the tour sponsor has unveiled a app that will follow the tour. DvsLW is the name of the app and it will debut on Google Android and Apple iOS. The app will allow fan to select their city, pick a side Drake of Wayne during each rap battle and button mash as if they were playing the lastest Ultra Street Fighter IV video game. You can findthe app in Google Play and the Apple app store.
The Starz television series "Power" premiered last June. The show which is produced by 50 Cent and stars Omar Hardwick, who plays the owner of a New York City Night Club and is also a player in one of the city biggest illegal drug network, Naturi Naughton, Sikor and Lelan Loren make up the rest of the cast. The show is a hit especially among African Americans which make of 71% of its viewers. Nielsen rating show "Power" average 1.082 million viewer up from 754,000 and two quick replay brought the total for the night to 1.769 million. Over last weekend it nearly 2.5 million viewers is the largest total audience for a Staz finale since "Spartacus: War of the Damned" in April 2013. According to the network the show average 4 million viewer per episode when calculating all available viewing platform such as Starz on demand and Starz Play. The show has been renewed for a 10 episode second season. Starz will replay the entire season of "Power" on Encore Black beginning August 12th at 10 pm.
Beyonce will perform at the 2014 VMA Award and she will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, the VMA highest honor. The award take place on August 24 at The Forum in INglewood, CA. Beyonce will join a cast that include Britney Spears, Madonna and, Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson. Beyonce has recieve the most nomination with eight total, the video include "Pretty Hurts and "Drunk In Love.
Iggy Azalea and Eminem both have seven nomination. Here is a list of more nominees:
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – 'Fancy' Beyoncé ft. JAY Z - 'Drunk In Love' Pharrell Williams - 'Happy' Sia - 'Chandelier' Miley Cyrus - 'Wrecking Ball'
Hip Hop Video
Eminem - 'Berzerk' Drake ft. Majid Jordan - 'Hold On (We're Going Home)' Childish Gambino - '3005' Kanye West - 'Black Skinhead' Wiz Khalifa - 'We Dem Boyz'
Male Video
Pharrell Williams - 'Happy' John Legend - 'All Of Me' Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell - 'Sing' Sam Smith - 'Stay With Me' Eminem ft. Rihanna - 'Monster'
Female Video
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - "Fancy' Beyoncé - 'Partition' Lorde - 'Royals' Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - 'Problem' Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - 'Dark Horse'
Pop Video
Pharrell Williams - 'Happy' Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - 'Fancy' Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz - 'Talk Dirty' Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - 'Problem' Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - 'Wake Me Up'
Rock Video
Imagine Dragons - 'Demons' Arctic Monkeys - 'Do I Wanna Know' The Black Keys - 'Fever' Lorde - 'Royals' Linkin Park - 'Until It's Gone'
MTV Artist To Watch
Sam Smith - 'Stay With Me'
5 Seconds of Summer -'She Looks So Perfect' Charli XCX - 'Boom Clap' Schoolboy Q - 'Man Of The Year' Fifth Harmony - 'Miss Movin On'
Collaboration Video
Beyoncé ft. JAY Z - 'Drunk In Love' Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - 'Problem' Pitbull ft. Ke$ha - 'Timber' Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga - 'Loyal' Eminem ft. Rihanna - 'Monster' Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - 'Dark Horse'
MTV Clubland Award
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - 'Turn Down For What' Zedd ft. Hayley Williams - 'Stay the Night' Calvin Harris - 'Summer' Martin Garrix - 'Animal' Disclosure - 'Grab Her!'
The 5th annual North Coast Music Festival will take place on August 29th-31st at Union Park in Chicago it will end the 2014 summer music festival season. This years North Coast Music Festival will be headline by Snoop Dog and Kid Cudi. The festival is know for showcasing Electronic music but Hip Hop artist have been invited to perform in the past including Wu-Tang Clan, Big Boi, Lupe, Nas, Common and Wiz Khalifa.
Jermaine Dupri is no longer Mariah manager the two have went their seperate ways after working together for many years. Dupri was the executive producer for Mariah latest album "Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse. The album did not do so well, only 58,000 copies were sold in its opening week. Dupri said "I put my all into every project, But when I'm not allowed to do what I do, then I know it's time for me to move on." "Mariah and I enjoy working together and will continue to make great music together in the future. Mariah is
Rapper Liv has been accused of being Jay Z mistress. The up and coming rapper has denied having sex with Jay, but in her song "Sorry Mrs. Carter" she doe imply that Jay wanted to and that he still thinks of her today when he supposed to be with Beyonce. In her song she also say her and Jay have an emotional connection that Bey would never understand.
The song some what sample Outcast song "Sorry Mrs. Jackson". Watch video below.
On Monday rapper Drake performed at OVO Fest in his home town of Toronto, Canada. During his performance the Canadian rapper sung his new single "Days in the East" which Drake allegedly said was about his tumultuous relationship with Rihanna. As Drake performed the song on a screen behind him flashed a fiery red and the number 6 flashed on the screen three times. After each time a picture of Rihanna face appeared. Drake and Rihanna has been seeing each other on and off for a couple of years. After the concert Drake took to Instagram and posted a picture of him standing on stage in a silhouette with a red flaming 6 on the screen behind him. The caption of the photo said "All I know."
Los Angeles rapper YG performed a concert in Edmonton, Canada over the weekend. During the concert YG lost his voice and could not continue the show the crowd got upset and started tossing bottles at the stage. The rapper responded to the concert goers by jumping into the crowd causing melee, the crowd then began to throw other object onto the stage so the concert was cut short. Club security got into physical altercation with individual at the concert. The promoter said the club could lose its license because of the riot and that is why a lawsuit may be filed.
In a recent radio interview Atlanta based rap group Migos discussed Tupac and Biggie and what rap would be like if they were still alive. Migos member Quavo believes in today rap music there is a lot of biting and borrowing something that was not prevalent in the 90's. Quavo said "“A lot of rappers wouldn’t be out today,” Quavo said. “Yep. Because a lot of them doing what they doing. Or doing what they did. And, you know, they didn’t really too much like folks doing they style. Taking they style. Like back then when people was taking the style they was getting in trouble about it. You was getting exposed about it. You had to come with it. You know what I’m saying? Now everybody bite off each other, feed off each other. I ain’t saying nothing bad, but they wasn’t allowing that in the 90s. You was with one side and one side only.”
The group went on and talked about their own music. They said "we put everything into their music, like everyday life."
