NWA: Straight Out Of Compton Movie

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On August 14, 2015 an biopic film NWA: Straight Out Of Compton will be released. 25 year ago Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy E of "NWA" started a gangster rap movement and now there is going to be a film to us how it all begin. After nearly five year of planning the cast has finally been confirmed. Ice Cube wanted his son Oshea Jackson Jr. to play his part, Marcus Callendar will play Dr. Dre and Jason Mitchell will play Eazy E. Jason Mitchell is the only actor with film experience he has appeared in four different film, "Contraband" was his biggest role.

Rapper Eve get married in Spain

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On Saturday Eve married longtime beau Maximillion Cooper, Gumball 3000 car race co-founder.  Eve, 35, met English born entrepreneur Cooper in 2010 when she participated in a Gumball 3000 international rally.   Cooper said "I am so happy to make Eve my wife" "The whole experience has been amazing and we are both happy to have tied the knot."  This is Eve first marriage and and second for Cooper who has four children with his ex-wife Gumball 3000 co-founder Julie Brangstrup.

Kanye West return to Tennessee Festival “Bonnaroo”

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Kanye last performance at the "Bonnaroo" was in 2008 and the crowd was upset with Kanye because he showed hours late around 4:30 am for his performance.  Kanye blamed the festival organizers and the group Pearl Jam for running long with their preceding performance. In 2014 the crowd still remember the 2008 performance.  At least a half dozen "South Park" signs were dotted throughout the crowd and all parodying the headline via the "Fishsticks" episode with on featuring a full size cut out of Ye and his animated Aqua man suit.  Graffiti variation of "F**k Kanye" began popping up in various places such as wall, barriers and port-a-potties.
The set was the same as his US tour and he still wore a face obscuring mask, both side of the stage deck in white sheets, with the back wall featuring a massive video screen that stretched from floor to ceiling. Kanye too still held a grudge from 2008, during the outro of "Heartless" Kanye started yelling "where the press at? F**k the press!" He continued touting his work ethic and his commitment to his craft.  Kanye said "he was feeling humble in a way that gave him strength" "What you see now is only the beginning"  Which eventually escalated to "I am the No 1 muthaf*king rock star on the planet.  After the outburst the crowd boos and it look like a mass exodus.

Jay Z appears in “Beats” ad

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Jay Z and Dr. Dre has come together to film a new commercial for "Beats" by Dre.  Jay add his vocals to "The Game Before Game" campaign. The ad which is 70 seconds long celebrates the World Cup being hosted in Brazil and feature the song "Jungle Remix" by X Ambassador and Jamie N. Commons and a guest appearance by Jigga.  The track can be downloaded at beatsmusic.com

Love & Hip Hop star Steve J is out on bond

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Reality star Stevie J has been released from Georgia Fulton County Jail after posting bond. Stevie was arrested earlier this week because he allegedly owes $1 million in child support to his ex girlfriend and mother of two of his children Carol Bennett. In 1999 Stevie was order to pay $6,600 a month and in 2011 it was raise to $8,600 a month, although he repeatedly missed payments his lawyer said Stevie does not owe anything close to 1 million.  The star make just under $200,000 for appearing on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, he also receive income from music royalties.  He has produce music for Jay Z, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey and others. After being released Stevie said "It feels great I'm home with my wife (LHHATL star Joseline Hernandez)" I'm just ready to get this behind me."

Kanye West is being sued for $800,000

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Robert Poindexter, producer of The Persuaders is suing rapper Kanye West for $800,000 in punitive damage for illegally using a sample from The Persuaders song "Trying Girls Out (the composition)" He used the sample for his "Girl Girls Girls " remix off his "Freshman Adjustment 2"  The sample was also used for Jay Z version which appears as a bonus track on "The Blueprint".  A previous suit was thrown out earlier this year because Kanye refused to respond to the lawsuit.  Former child star Ricky Spice from the group "The Ponderosa" sued West last year for using his voice from  1971 "Bound" without his permisson for the Yeezue track "Bound 2."

Dame Dash said “don’t worry about my pockets”

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There has been public speculation that multi-millionaire Dame Dash is broke.  There is a report that claim Dash owes $2 million in taxes and that he abandon his upstate New York mansion. The Shark Tank star has address the issue about him being broke by saying "It's incomprehensible for me to hear another dude talk about another dude's pockets."  "How can I be broke and I got all these companies."  He think a general problem in the black community is too many worried about another n***as pockets.  Dash was asked if his relatively low-profile with some of his business leads to people to wonder about his finances Dash said "Why, ‘cause I’m Black?”“Everybody Black that own a company gotta be out in front of the camera for that company,” he said. “It’s ridiculous. You know why? Because they think Black people only have the ability to sell their celebrity, they don’t think they can sell their skill. A Black person can be rich without the celebrity? Yeah, I can do things from behind the scenes. They can’t even comprehend that. That’s what it be.

 

Chief Keef is being evicted(?) from mansion

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Rapper Chief Keef was caught on camera June 10th moving out of an mansion he was renting in Highland Park, IL.  The owner of the house Dr. Bal K. Bansal said on camera that Chief was not being evicted he just decided to sell the house.  A report claimed that an eviction process had began in February and in March another report stated that Chief was over $30,000 in debt. On May 7th a hearing culminated in a court order mandating the forcible entry and detain essential to an eviction. Bansal said that Keef was "a good tenant" but neighbors did not agree.  One of the neighbor Ken Cooper claims that drugs could be smelled emanating from the mansion and that the police was called constantly.  Check out the video below.

Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97 respond to Public Enemy Chuck D

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Like so many other Chuck D had condemned Hot 97 for their recent Summer Jam event.  Chuck had made comments about the racial slurs being used and the performers at Summer Jam.  During a segment of "The realness" Rosenberg responded by asking Chuck D "who made you president?"  "and what he's doing to support Hip Hop?"  Rosenberg said that "Chuck D has always hated radio when they were black owned and now you hate Hot 97.  Rosenberg also told Chuck that "Hip Hop is doing pretty well.  "We had some amazing artist out there selling tons of album".  "Is Hip Hop perfect? Absolutely not." But was it perfect when Chuck D was active in the game? Absolutely not."  Rosenberg said "we love you, you're a father of this game you contributed".  No one owns Hip Hop it is a collective culture and we all do our best to support it.

The is drama brewing for the upcoming BET Awards

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There is drama brewing for the upcoming June 29th BET Awards show.  It is believed that the performance line up for the show is changing to accommodated bigger name star.  Hip Hop singer August Alsina was in talks to perform on the award show until last week.  It seem thing has changed since Chris Brown was released from prison.  Stephen Hill (BET Awards head) immediately contacted Chris Brown people wanting to arrange a surprise performance of his songs "Loyal" and "Show Me".  If he is schedule to perform fresh out of prison it will definitely bring in viewers. It is said that August thinks his and Chris Brown energy is similar and it's his time now and producers need to make a choice.  There is two female at the center of attention too. It is said that Nicki Minaj who is reintroducing herself do not want newcomer Iggy Azalea to performer at the award show.

Master P said he did not know about an appointed court date

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A report has surface stating that Sony Miller, Master P estrange wife was granted full custody of their children beause Master P did not attend a scheduled custody hearing.    The rap mogul said he was not aware of a custody hearing and he was never served papers, at the time of the hearing he was at his daughter school speaking with her principal.  He said his daughter  Italy is failing all her classes and she has a whole lot of unexcussed absences.  Italy live with her mother and she is not getting the proper guidance. He said "while he is out of town helping at risk kids he have to come home to deal with negativity in my own family".  How can a judge grant custody to an unfit mother whose only motive for gaining custody is to get more money.  He claims her attorney are only involved to seek financial gain, no one is really looking out for the best interest of our kids.  Sonya at one point allegedly said that she was tired of the kids and that is why
Master P went and got them. Master P said "I'm not perfert and I can't change anyone but myself.  I'm going to put this in god hands, keep praying for my family and keep doing the right thing."  Master P is also upset with gossip media they are constantly coving story without getting the real facts.

Public Emenmy Chuck D is tired of the double standard

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Chuck D  was speaking about radio station Hot 97's Summer Jam when he said he is tired of the double standards when it come to using racial slurs especially the n-word.  It seem like  the the station thinks it is ok to use the n-word throughout the festival.  He said "if there was a festival and it was filled with anti-semitic slurs or racial slurs at at anyone but Black people, what do you think would happen?" "Why does there have to ve such a double standard?".  Chuck thinks this years performers at Summer Jam which includes Iggy Azsalea, the Roots, Wiz Khalifa and New York acts Nas, 50 Cent and Nicki Minaj is "just a sloppy representation of the art form, the worst representation know to man." "There needs to be a greater representation of the culture and the community on that radio station."  Chuck hope to fulfill his goal to change the face and sound of urban radio by the end of the year.  He do not want to be the grim reaper but people have to
stand up we need some change.

A$AP Mob make fun of Slowbucks incident

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On June 5th while appearing on The Funkmaster Flex Show A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg made fun of the Slowbucks Summer Jam incident.  The two rapper freestyle over Notorious B.I.G "Who Shot Ya?" Here is what they rapped
Ferg: When you getting Slow bucks, come at your name/and I come off flipping like Flex and Dame/but n*ggas don’t know, I stay flexing on your Dame/that b*tch gave me the as* she gave me the brain/
Rocky:  Until 50 Cent run up and take yo’ chain
Ferg: He ain’t gon do that to me, ’cause I got that thang/
Rocky: Oh sh*t, I heard he with the G-Unit gang.
Below is a video of the A$AP Mob free-style
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