Everyone has been accepting the ASL Ice Bucket Challenge; however, due to Mayweather’s insulting comments toward 50 Cent, he came up with a new challenge for Mayweather. 50 Cent challenged Floyd to read a page from a Harry Potter book out loud, from start to finish with no mistakes. In return, 50 Cent will donate $750,000 to whichever charity Floyd desires.
Lecrae, a faith-based rapper, challenges the hip hop community. Lecrae asks that rappers examine their lyrics before demanding justice from others in regards to the Ferguson situation.
“Dear Hip Hop, we can’t scream ‘murder, misogyny, lawlessness’ in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.” — Lecrae (@lecrae) August 19, 2014
Kid Cudi Collaborated with Guizeppe Zonatti on a pair of puffy red sneakers. The only problem is that Cudi’s vision doesn’t seem to be appealing to his audience. But maybe that is the point because Cudi could be going down a road of his own creating a style that can catch on and blow up in the near future.
Ab-soul released his album back in June and now has just come out saying there will be a tour and he has 40 dates set for the tour so far. The official poster for the tour says “More dates to be announced” So if you were looking forward to seeing Ab-soul live in concert the next three months he will be all over North America.
Kendrick Lamar who is said to be working on his next studio album after his debut, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, has many songs with the producer Flying Lotus. In an interview with Pitchfork Lotus said “I went on tour and he recorded to a bunch of my songs. I don’t know if he’s gonna use them or not, but he recorded a bunch of stuff, which is why there’s no Captain Murphy album out yet. He took all my beats.”
Kendrick has said that he feels no type of pressure going into his sophomore album after the success of his debut album.
French Montana, during a Billboard interview, admits to dating Khloe to build up his fan base. Reality star Khloe later responds to the interview with a tweet stating, “It's amusing to me that Y'all think I don't see it. I was the first one to see it. I just don't care”.
Kid Ink sued after his dog attacked the pizza delivery man. Pizza delivery man, Garnik Nazarian, claims the dog bit his arms, legs, face and other parts of his body. According to the lawsuit, Nazarian's injuries are so bad; he won't be able to deliver pizzas for a long time to come. So, in addition to medical bills and pain and suffering, he wants lost profits (TMZ).
When asked about his current relationship with Atlantic Records, Lupe Fiasco said “I can’t wait to get off. Even with that said, I’m coming with the biggest records of my career over the next two albums just to set myself up for that post- Atlantic Records career. I’ve had a very interesting run for various reasons. I don’t even think about it anymore. I just go ahead. I rock with my homies at the label who are my homies...but that executive level don’t f*** with your boy too heavy. And it’s good, it is what it is
Although Earl Sweatshirt has claimed to not have seen Taylor Swifts new video “Shake it Off”, he finds that having twerking women as Swift dances among them has already been done by other artists and criticized. After posting a tweet saying claiming Swift’s video to be “inherently offensive and ultimately harmful”, Earl states that the video “is perpetuating black stereotypes to the same demographic of white girls who hide their prejudice by proclaiming their love of the culture."
There have been reports that the duo has been seen in the studio together. A NY post article had a secretive quote from a source saying they were working on a track called “Piss on My Grave” Plus that Kanye was in attendance at Paul’s recent show in the Dodger Stadium. Another tabloid call The Sun said a source close to Kanye said “Kanye and Paul have known each other for a long time but have become more friendly lately. There’s every chance they’ll head into the studio together.” So all of this should really be taken with a grain of salt but if this information is true Kanyes next project could be something special.
Meek Mill going to remain In Jail until at least October 11th as talked about in a story on nbcphiladelphia.com. After going before a judge today (August 18) Meek Mill asked to be released from jail so that he could return to his career to support his son and others in his family. But the judge then instead ordered the rapper to take anger management and parenting classes. This whole jail stay stemmed from Meek posing with a gun in a music video while he was on probation which he has been on for the last five years. He was then sentenced to three-to-six months in jail.
