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The new N.W.A. biopic is fast approaching release and Dr. Dre has been overseeing the project from the beginning. It is set to be released this year but there is still much that is unknown about it but in a new interview with radio host Big Boy Dr. Dre gave out some new info for all who are interested. Dre said he hoped that views would leave the theater “inspired” and  “We wanted to show the ultimate brotherhood, betrayal, it has everything. One of the big things was how we feel about women, because there’s a big misconception. How much we respect our women, and whatnot… We want to show the heart of the guys, and everything we went through during the creation of the record, and everything we went through before the demise of the group.” Dre also talks about how initially he was hesitant about making the film but once he realized how much creative control he would be getting he was completely on board with the project. Hopefully the biopic does everyone justice and is still a great film but for more information on the film as it gets closer to release keep it locked right here. Check out the interview for yourself below.

A little ways back in December Kendrick Lamar did a special performance on the very last episode of the Colbert Report. Everyone thought that this song that Kendrick performed would be on his Album and it got everyone excited. But when the album finally came out that great song was not on it. Now in a recent interview with Complex Terrance Martin, the producer of most of Kendricks latest album, said that the song never truly existed outside of that one performance. Terrance said it was “just a moment” saying there is not even a small bit of recording of that song anywhere. “It don’t even exist nowhere in the world… except on the Colbert Report,” said Martin. Now if you want to check out the performance it is down below but it is a shame we may never hear a recorded studio version of it.

A$AP Rocky’s real name is actually Rakim being named after Rakim Allah from the duo Eric B. & Rakim. Speaking with GQ A$AP Rocky talked about the connection between his new title and Rakim. I’m named after Rakim, and I’m finally facing what it means: I was born to do this shit, and I hope I get to do it for a very long time.” Rocky continued “I’m claiming ownership of my legacy,  look at it: At.Long.Last.A$AP. A-L-L-A. Like slang for ‘Allah.’” Hopefully A$AP Rocky can channel the greats and create another classic album.

Local news in Austin, Texas reported that rapper Yung Gleesh is being charged with sexual assault for an incident that had taken place there. The incident was that a girl was with her friend at her friend’s house when Yung Gleesh and crew arrived and the girl woke up to find Gleesh on top of her at about 6AM. They apparently pulled Gleesh off and there was an argument which ended with the victim having to go to the hospital. Gleesh was gone by the time the cops arrived doing a show but FADER has confirmed that the rapper has been put in custody by Austin Police. We will keep you up to date on this situation as it continues.

XXL recently tried to look deeper into the claims that Dame Dash was trying to purchase Karmaloops with Kanye West which Dame didn’t seem to like very much. XXL claimed to have a source that said that what Dame Dash said was completely false and XXL made sure to post what they thought to be true everywhere online. “Hey Xxl… I think you better smack your source in the mouth… He’s giving you the wrong info and your reporting it to all these good people, And Marc Ecko dont get scared… But you disrespected the wrong dude… I’m on your heels #culturevulture …. Anybody @complex need a job let me know.” Previously, Dame called Mark Ecko “the fashion version of Lyor Cohen.” Dame Dash said.

Kendrick Lamar took his concert to the streets literally last night. K.Dot used twitter to tell his fans to meet him at two different locations in Los Angeles one at 9pm the other at 9:30pm. Fans showed up in droves following Kendrick who was giving them a free concert off the back of a truck performing various songs from his latest album “To Pimp A Butterfly” and his first album “good kid, m.A.A.d. city. Kendrick felt the need to celebrating after finding out that he debuted #1 on Billboard charts which is a great accomplishment.

Jimmy Henchman was formerly the CEO of Czar Entertainment. Henchman was initially given a prison sentence for ordering the murder of a G-Unity affiliate named Lodi Mack back in 2007. This was after Henchman’s son was assaulted by Tony Yayo. Jimmy got a life sentence in 2013 for drug trafficking charges but since prosecutors finally put together that Henchman was the guy who sent hitmen out to kill members of G-Unit they got him another life sentence added onto his original one.  So as of yesterday’s Jimmy will be serving two life sentences.

As we reported before Jay Z has purchased the company Aspiro who owned two music streaming TIDAL and WiMP, for $56 million. Jay has decided that he will turn TIDAL and WiMP into one singular company known simply as TIDAL which will offer both video and audio streaming. The streaming will be a hi-fi experience offering a quality that Spotify, Rdio, and BeatsMusic have still yet to implement into their services which can attract a lot of people who want the very best quality streaming experience. We will keep you up to date on any further information on what Jay does with his new company.

Rich Homie Quan tried to use his rapper status to get into Club LIV in Miami this past weekend. But when that did not work for him he decided to get physical with the security. Early Monday morning Quan and crew tried getting through Club LIV’s VIP entrance but the security told them that the club was at capacity so he had to wait in the front of the club in line like everyone else. That is when Quan tried to use his status to gain entry by saying “I’m Rich Homie Quan and I’m a rich millionaire, (expletive). I’m coming through these doors. I’m with Flo Rida.” The security guard says that Quan punched him twice in the face followed by his crew joining in. Right after the fight Quan and crew ran across the street and escaped via speedboat. With Miami Beach police currently investigating the incident they hope to get ahold of the rapper for questioning and possibly get him a battery charge.

In an interview with VIBE T-Pain talked about features on his upcoming mixtape. With features like OG Maco, Bun B, Big K.R.I.T., and most surprising of all Aaliyah. Tons of people have sampled parts of Aaliyah songs to add to their own music but T-Pain has allegedly got his hands on never before heard vocals from Aaliyah. T-Pain says that he has had the Aaliyah track in his inventory for years now but finally feels it is time for the world to hear it on his upcoming song “Girlfriend” which will be on his album The Iron Way.

 

Earl Sweatshirt is not very happy with his management at Sony Music lately. The album he just released, “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside”, on the 23^rd only came out a week after it was announced. That same day Earl took to twitter and expressed how he felt about Sony saying “I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK @SonyMusicGlobal 4 FUCKING UP THE ROLL OUT PROCESS OF MY SHIT. SOMEONE GOTS 2 PAY 4 THEIR MISTAKES !” The day after his music video for his song “Grief” released which was another mistake made by Sony. Earl told NPR Music “I’ve never been behind myself this much. So for them to not treat as importantly as I was treating it was just like — I couldn’t help but to feel a little disrespected, you know?” Hopefully things get straightened out with Earl and Sony and there are no more misunderstandings in the future so Earls fans can get the most out of his content.

 

T.I. had an interview with HHS87 promoting the new movie “Get Hard” where he revealed that the next album in his trilogy album project will be called Traps Open. The reasoning T.I. gives for the name is simply that the album is going to be “unapologetically gangsta” with a heavy trap sound. There is no word about how far along the album is into production but T.I. didn’t mention any features that will be album just yet which doesn’t give us much to go on but T.I. fans can start getting excited for some new music in the near future.

TMZ is reporting that rap artist Lil Twist has been charged with six felonies, which came from a break-in at Kyle Massey’s apartment. The charges on Lil Twist are criminal threats, burglary, grand theft, battery and 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. This incident happened back in November when Twist and crew were hanging out at Massey’s house until they were kicked out but broke back in later beating up Chris Massey, pantsing and stealing his phone and wallet. If Lil Twist is convicted on all counts he could face up to 25 years in prison which is a very long time for someone who is only 22 years old.

It is estimated that about 2,500 of Kendrick Lamar’s fans came out to Compton for his album signing on Saturday that happened in the local Best Buy store. This was Kendrick’s first public appearance in his hometown since his album dropped and people came through. When talking with ABC7 Kendrick said “It feels good to be back in my city, to go out here and see these kids still motivated by my music and by my dreams and aspirations.” Kendrick continued to praise his fans by adding “I wanna say thank you. Thank you for believing in me since day one. I’ve been doing my thing on the underground scene for years, you know, proud to be putting out any albums. These the same people that have been rocking with me so I want to say thank you for believing in me and I believe in you the same, so as long as we believe in each other, I will continue to do this music.”

Timbaland’s new artist Tink is only 19 years old and is already becoming one of hip-hop’s most looked at young artist. During the Fader SXSW showcase, Timbaland told the crowd that he finding and working with Tink was meant to be. Timbaland did a DJ set before bringing out Tink and having these words to say about her “I don’t touch any of my sister’s records. I don’t touch Baby Girl’s records—you know that’s Aaliyah, She [Aaliyah] spoke to me in my sleep and said, ‘She’s the one.'” So Timbaland no more than ever believe that Tink is the next big hip-hop artist but as always only time will tell if this is true.