Hip Hop News Round Up (02/07/12 - 04/07/12)

Video: Mac Miller ft. Joey Bada$$ & Casey Veggies – America

The young boys celebrate the 4th with “America.”

Props to illRoots.



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NEW MUSIC: ASHANTI F/ FRENCH MONTANA & MEEK MILL – ‘NO ONE GREATER’



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hang it up girl!

NEW MUSIC: TRINA F/ LOLA MONROE & SHAWNNA – ‘BAD BYCHHHH’

Who said female rappers can’t get along? Three of hip-hop’s leading ladies unite on Trina’s new song “Bad Bychhhh.” The Diamond Princess trades bossy bars with LoLa Monroe and Shawnna on the female empowering anthem.



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Birdman & Slim Cover Billboard



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...they are not attractive wow

NEW MUSIC: TEAIRRA MARI – ‘UNFINISHED BUSINESS’ [MIXTAPE]

Teairra Mari sets off sparks this Fourth of July with her new mixtape Unfinished Business, hosted by DJ Scream. The R&B seductress serves up 11 tracks including remixes to Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like,” Drake’s “Crew Love,” and Kirko Bangz’ “Drank in My Cup,” plus a cover of Janet Jackson’s ’90s hit “Come Back to Me.” 2 Chainz (“U Did That”), Snoop Dogg (“Go DJ”), Rabbit (“Mercy”), and Teairra’s Division1 boss Rico Love (“Click Flash”) make the guest list. Download/stream below.



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NEW MUSIC: LOLA MONROE – ‘FLY AWAY’



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EXCLUSIVE: Imprisoned Former Cash Money Rapper Turk Gets October Release Date

New Orleans rapper Turk, once a member of Cash Money Records’ biggest group the Hot Boys, will finally be released from prison.

Turk, who served almost nine years after being convicted for weapons violations, will finally be released from the Forrest City, Arkansas federal prison, on October 12, 2012.

Turk, born Tab Vigil Jr., was part of The Hot Boys from 1996-2001.

As a member of the group, Turk was featured on #1 albums like Get It How You Live!, Guerrilla Warfare and released a solo album titled Young & Thuggin’.

But Turk’s career took a tragic turn for the worst, in 2004, during an incident in Memphis, Tennessee.

S.W.A.T. team members raided an apartment Turk frequented and a gunfight ensued, leaving two officers injured.
At the time of the trial, it was hotly contested as to whether or not Turk, who was hiding in a closet, was the shooter, or if the officer who was hit was struck by friendly fire.

In October of 2005, Turk was convicted on federal weapons and drug possession charges.

Now that his prison sentence is behind him, the rapper is planning a new book titled “The AutoThugoGraphy of Turk.”

During his nine years incarcerated, Turk also completed a screenplay about his life titled “Reckless,” that he hopes to see make it to the big screen.

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Video: Meyhem Lauren ft. Sean Price – Grown Man Palettes (Dallas Penn Edition)

Dallas Penn returns with another epic unofficial/official fanboy video. No action figures this time, just some carefully selected vintage footage and creative editing (0:41) to bring Meyhem and P’s verses to life.

Meyhem Lauren’s Respect The Fly shit is out now.



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VIDEO: BRIANNA PERRY – ‘BACK DER’



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I love her!

A$AP Rocky Clarifies September Release Date For “LongLiveA$AP” Album

While talking to The Source during the event’s “red carpet” Rocky clarified, “It’s not September 11; I was joking on the radio.”

“I was playing. It is September, though,” he continued. “The thing is, I do what I want and that’s it but personally I’m not going to rush.” When asked if he had another date in mind Rocky responded, “Not a precise one but I’m looking at the 20th to the 23rd.”

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He seems pretty dumb irl

NEW MUSIC: DJ DRAMA F/ 2 CHAINZ, MEEK MILL, & JEREMIH – ‘MY MOMENT’



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PHARRELL ON JAY-Z PROJECT: ‘I’M SWORN TO SECRECY’

Pharrell was celebrated by his peers at the 25th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on Friday. Before accepting the Golden Note Award, Rap-Up TV caught up with the man of the hour on the red carpet.

With his production partner Chad Hugo and i am OTHER artist Leah LaBelle by his side, the Neptunes hitmaker revealed some of his projects in the pipeline including Mary J. Blige, Miguel, Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, and Jay-Z.

When asked about his work with the Roc Nation mogul, he would only say, “I’m sworn to secrecy.”

He did, however, have plenty to say about his protégée Leah. “She’s incredible,” gushed Pharrell. “We couldn’t believe it and when we chased it down and when we finally talked, it was like, ‘Cool.’ And she sings her ass off.”

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NEW MUSIC: AKON – ‘KONKRETE JUNGLE’ [MIXTAPE]

Lady Gaga may have afforded Akon an early retirement, but that hasn’t deterred his musical aspirations. The platinum hitmaker feeds the streets with his latest mixtape Konkrete Jungle, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and Evil Empire.

The 13 free tracks feature remixes of Ca$h Out’s “Cashin’ Out,” Future’s “Same Damn Time,” and most interestingly, Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” with appearances from Fabolous, E-40, and Busta Rhymes.

Akon will release his long-delayed album Stadium on September 11.

Hear him rumble in the Jungle.



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Maybach Music Group’s Self Made 2 Debuts at No. 4 on Billboard

The release from the Warner Bros. signed group, which also boasts Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley, and Omarion, hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in its first week, selling 94,000 copies in its first week, far exceeding the predicted sales from last week’s one day total. That amount also surpasses what they crew was able to move last May, with Self Made, Vol. 1, which sold 59,000 units in its first week.

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VIDEO: JADEN SMITH – ‘GONZOES’

Jaden Smith steps in the booth and spits some venom on “Gonzoes.” The 13-year-old son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith takes aim at his haters and ex-girlfriend (WAT?!) on the fiery record. Even his younger sister is not safe.

“Now Willow is the star, man, how weak is that? Pink hair, high socks, can’t compete with that,” raps the “Karate Kid” star.

Hear Jaden like you’ve never heard him before.



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Funk Master Flex Goes Crazy On Charlamagne

Man, these cats in the radio world go harder than the rappers! Flex goes IN on Charlamagne Tha God of Power 105.



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...unecessary tbqh

Wiz Khalifa ft. 2 Chainz – Its Nothin

This leaked prematurely back in April but now here is the official version of Wiz Khalifa and 2 Chainz’s collaboration off O.N.I.F.C..



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Wiz Khalifa Says Lola Monroe is The Best Female Rapper in Hip-Hop

Wiz Khalifa thinks he has the best rapstress around in former eye candy model, turned rapper and first lady of his Taylor Gang label, Lola Monroe.

When asked if she was the “Iggy, Nicki-type Taylor Gang member” during a recent interview, Wiz responded by saying:

“She’s iller than any female artist I’ve ever heard in my life. She’s so much better than any female…just her lyrical ability.”

With no intent to personally diss the other ladies in the game, Wiz just simply put out the fact that he believes he’s found the next best thing.

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Lol whatever as if anyone cares what Wiz Khalifa thinks about rap music

Video: Aesop Rock – ZZZ Top



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dope

A$AP Rocky Says “Eff” SpaceGhostPurrp

A$AP Rocky has finally responded to his former producer SpaceGhostPurrp’s accusations that he stole his style. Check out what he told MTV News on the red carpet at the BET Awards.

“Eff him, f-ck him, straight up. He’s one of those cats, like a lot of guys just hang around me, try to get hot, [then] when they dip off, they start trying throw dirt on the young blood,” said Rocky after being prodded about the feud with SpaceGhostPurrp. “They can’t stop the pretty motherf—ker.”

“At the end of the day, he know what it is. And he trying to lie to people, pumping that we (A$AP Mob) took styles from them. I mean if you really look at it, the proof is in the pudding, he’s corny. Stick to makin’ beats, that’s all I gotta say.”

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VIDEO: TYLER, THE CREATOR AND DOMO GENESIS – ‘SAM IS DEAD’



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Former Three Six Mafia Member Crunchy Black Shot

Crunchy Black, a former rapper with The Three Six Mafia, has been shot, according to reports.
The rapper has been hospitalized for this injuries, but details have not been made public.
Crunchy, real name Darnell Carlton, came to prominence in the 90′s and 2000′s with Three Six Mafia. He left the collective in 2006.
MTV published the following picture of the rapper in recovery.



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Hope he gets well soon

NEW MUSIC: BIG BOI F/ UGK AND BIG K.R.I.T. – ‘GOSSIP’



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XXcLusive: Soulja Boy Talks Getting Emotional During Whitney Houston Tribute at 2012 BET Awards

One of the most memorable images from this past Sunday’s BET Awards didn’t happen on the stage. During the moving tribute to the late, great legend Whitney Houston, the camera panned to the audience—which was moved and filled with emotions—and for a few seconds, focused on Soulja Boy.

The 21-year-old MC had a stream of tears flowing down his face. It was a touching moment for all those tuning into the Awards ceremony on Sunday night (July 1).

XXLMag.com recently spoke to Soulja about being overcome with emotion by the tribute for the iconic singer.

“Yeah man,” Soulja—via phone from LA—began to recollect yesterday. “When I was standing there and they started to do the tribute, I started to think about Whitney Houston. When her mother came onstage, I thought about how a mother was singing about her daughter that was no longer here. A daughter that had died.

“That’s really tough,” he added. “Then I started thinking about my younger brother that recently passed. I got his name tatted on my arm. [His passing] feels like it happened yesterday. So those things are hard to watch.”

Soulja, who was only two-years-old when Whitney scored her chart topping 1992 single off the Bodyguard soundtrack, “I Will Always Love You,” says he was a huge fan of Houston.

“Whitney…this is a woman who you see in photographs with Michael Jackson,” he said. “This is a woman who was friends with Michael Jackson, she had so many hits of her own, she worked with other legends, she did a lot. It was touching moment at the BET Awards.

“Like I said, it was hard for me to watch her mama speak on her,” he continued. “The realization that [Whitney’s] not here. To have her mother come out there and sing like that, it was very appropriate. You have to give legends those huge, touching tributes.”

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Side-eyeing anyone that judges him for getting emotional tbh...

NEW MUSIC: NAS F/ LARGE PROFESSOR – ‘LOCO-MOTIVE’

Nas gets back to his nasty roots on “Loco-Motive,” the latest release off his upcoming album Life Is Good, due July 17. God’s Son links with Large Professor on the No I.D.-produced record, which he dedicates to his “trapped in the ’90s ni**as.”



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ALBUM COVER: 2 CHAINZ – ‘BASED ON A T.R.U. STORY’



2 Chainz rocks two chains on the simple cover of his upcoming album Based on a T.R.U. Story. Due August 14, the Atlanta rapper’s Def Jam debut features the Drake-assisted single “No Lie,” plus an appearance from Nicki Minaj.

Fresh off his collaborations with Kanye West, Ciara, Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber, the in-demand MC will hit the road with Nicki on the U.S. leg of her “Pink Friday” tour, kicking off July 16 in Chicago.

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NEW MUSIC: BOW WOW – ‘GOLDIE (REMIX)’



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who is still trying to make Bow Wow happen? Please respond!

LUDACRIS SHAKES THINGS UP IN ‘JINGALIN” VIDEO



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Eve Talks New Album Lip Lock, Hopes to Release LP in Fall

Now, after years away from the musical limelight, instead focusing on acting, the Philadelphia native is mounting her comeback.

“I wanted to really take what people loved of me and fell in love with in the beginning, with the Ruff Ryders and all of them, and combine it with where I am now,” she told Time about her upcoming album Lip Lock, which she says is finished and hopes to release in the Fall. “As far as my ear with music now, because I traveled so much, I think musically my ear has grown. And then lyrically obviously I think I’ve grown. Hopefully people will feel that. Hopefully my core audience won’t feel like I’ve left them behind. That was a big deal for me, to make them feel like they’re involved in my growth.”

E-v-e said that she has been dealing with push backs for the album’s release. “I need another word for frustration,” she said of the process. “I’ve completely gone past frustration 100 times. It’s like with anything that you create—you just want to put out. Because it’s been so long for me, music has changed so much. It’s beyond frustration. I just really can’t wait till this record is out.”

The reason the music hasn’t come out yet isn’t because she wasn’t ready, or it wasn’t finished, though. “It was delays on the label side—I’ve switched management, I’ve switched labels, I’ve switched lawyers,” she continued. “And this was over years. And now I feel like the dust has finally settled and the team that I have now is the right team. Sometimes that’s all it takes, for the stars to be aligned and the dust to settle. And I think we’re there now.”

Eve will be performing as part of the Ruff Ryders reunion at Rock The Bells this year. “It’s gonna feel great to be on that stage,” Jadakiss said of the opportunity in June. “Of course I do a bunch of shows with Styles and Sheek, but to actually have Eve up there is gonna be great. We haven’t been on stage since the Ruff Ryder/Cash Money tour, so I think it’s gonna be crazy.”

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Cam’Ron Disses Mase, But Why?

Cam’ron has never been one to mince his words and when he goes in, he stays in. Pause. But, the latest victim is Mase. On the new song with Jim Jones and Lil Tunechi, Cam’ron struck! Its only a have a bar, but here it is.



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G-Code 4:20 ft. Action Bronson – Italian Mobsters



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only here for that DeNiro, Pacino pic tbqh

Are VIDEO VIXEN Yoncee & Joe Buddens' Ex Tahiry The NEWEST ADDITIONS To Season 3 Of "Love & Hip Hop"?



Now that Emily B. & Chrissy have officially left the original "Love & Hip Hop," there's a few openings for the video vixen/stripper/rapper girlfriend types. Now, we're told video vixens Yoncee (left) & Tahiry (right) will be added as castmembers to the third season of the show. Deets inside....

Rumor has it that video vixen Yoncee (shown above) will be joining her BFF Tahiry (another possible replacement) on season 3 of "Love & Hip Hop." Though Yoncee's manager, Keely Michelle, issued an abrupt "No Comment" to TheYBF.com about whether she'll be popping up on the show, Yoncee seems to be on her own small-scale self-promotion campaign soliciting interviews from websites.

In case your wondering where you've seen Ms. Yoncee, she starred in Ne-Yo's new steamy video "Lazy Love," Nas' "The Don" and the new 2 Chainz featuring Drake "No Lie" video. She's also featured in the current Summer issue of King Magazine. Not sure where the "love" portion comes in, but if we learned anything from the additions of Kimbella & Erica Mena, we put money on it Yoncee has slept with somebody's man...or is rumored to have done so.

Video Vixen/Booty Model Tahiry became Twitter (in)famous after beefing publicly with her on-again off-again boyfriend, rapper Joe Buddens. He's aired her out on many ocassions. And she's done the same to him--blasting him for allegedly begging her to marry him after he got jealous of her being with other rappers and ball players.



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