New Mixtape Alert: Tennessee native, Kizzle Castellano "The Boss Back"

by Jay G

 Most people hear Tennessee and think Memphis or Nashville. But like every other state there are surrounding towns and cities that grind just as hard to make the major cities what they are. 
In the town of Whiteville aka Blackville, Guerilla Hustle Inc artist Kizzle Castellano, shows the result of hard work, dedication and grinding. Kizzle stands out on this project amongst the heavy 808 drums and melodic digital sounds. 
His flow displays confidence, growth, and delivers fly lyrics on any track he jumps on. On the track Windows featuring Young Cocky & Hustle J it is reminiscent of a young Juvenile "400 degrees"album. 
With tracks from some of the industries notable producers, Kizzle should have no problem feeding the masses with this hot mixtape.

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#NBD: Wiz Khalifa Announces Marriage to Amber Rose in Least Exciting Way

By Tiffany Lee

                                           
                    Wiz & Amber at the 2013 BET Awards [Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic]

For most people, marriage is one of the most life-changing moments of their existence: the point where a boy becomes a man, a girl becomes a woman, and the rest of your lives can begin. But for rapper Wiz Khalifa, he's just checking it off his to-do list.

With the enthusiasm of sharing what he ate for breakfast, the 25-year-old rapper mentioned offhand on Twitter Monday afternoon that he and baby mama Amber Rose tied the knot.
Wiz Khalifa        ✔ @wizkhalifa

Me and Amber got married today. Weddings this fall. Thought I'd let yall know 😊

4:21 PM - 8 Jul 2013

14,548 Retweets 14,306 favorites

Granted, going to City Hall for a marriage certificate isn't as exciting as what will surely be an outrageously star-studded wedding in the fall, it's still a moment to shed a tear—whether in happiness or in fear that a prenuptial agreement can now be enacted.
An hour after Khalifa's spoiler alert, the 29-year-old model put in her own two cents about her new relationship status, briefly tweeting:
  Amber Rose        ✔ @DaRealAmberRose

Yay me & my Baby are officially married!!! 😍😍😍

5:16 PM - 8 Jul 2013

Nothing says "true love" quite like not one, but three emoticons. She's clearly in it for the long haul.

Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose began dating in 2011, got engaged in March 2012 and welcomed their first son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz in February 2013.

Killer Mike Says "Nah" To Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail" Download

by Andres Vasquez

                            

After seeing the Samsung app's permission settings, Killer Mike says "Nah" to downloading Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail" app.

Killer Mike appears to have an issue with downloading Jay-Z's highly anticipated album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. The Run the Jewels emcee tweeted about this yesterday (July 1), letting followers know that he wouldn't be downloading Jay's album. Attaching a picture of the Magna Carta Holy Grail Samsung app's permission settings to his tweet, Killer Mike said, "Nah, I'm good" to the download. 

As noted, the image showcases the app's permission settings. The Holy Grail app requires permission to users' storage, system tools, location, network communities, phone calls and more. When asked by a fan if this was a real image, Killer Mike confirmed. Below is Mike's original tweet on the matter.
Killer Mike has collaborated with and complimented Jay-Z in the past. He was a guest on The Blueprint 2's "Poppin' Tags." They also appeared together on Outkast's "Flip Flop Rock." In 2011, Killer Mike told XXL that Jay-Z was his "favorite rapper." “Everybody that knows me, knows that my favorite rapper, in terms of who I feel that has pushed the culture, is Jay,” he said, before adding more complimentary statements. “Truthfully he’s my favorite rapper. I just think Jay is an incredible human being. And when I say Jay-Z, I have to qualify that I’m talking about the franchise for Roc-A-Fella. I like the new Jay-Z, he’s dope. But I was inspired by the crew called Roc-A-Fella.”

50 Cent Says Chief Keef Didn't Follow His Advice

by Danielle Harling

                              

50 Cent reveals why he was drawn to helping Chief Keef, says the teen rapper ultimately "didn't listen."

When Queens rapper 50 Cent expressed his interest in working with teen emcee Chief Keef, many were taken aback by Fifty’s decision to serve as what seemed to be a musical mentor to the Chi-Town rapper. During a recent interview with Hartford, Connecticut’s HOT 93.7, 50 Cent spoke specifically on attempting to help Keef and the reason why he chose to do so.

According to 50 Cent, due to his own experiences he felt he knew exactly what moves had to be made to help Keef in his music career, but despite his expertise, the rapper “didn’t listen.”
“I actually was attracted to the Chief Keef thing. Cause I was like, ‘I can help him. I know what to do. Just do this.’ He didn’t listen…He’s a man…So, when I talk to him, [he] don’t have to take it. I’m not his father. That’s his business. It’s certain things that I look at and go ‘If you play your hand this way, you can be good. If you go them other ways, you gon’ have a hard time.’ And them bumps in the road they’re there for you. It’s not like you exempt.”

Similarly to 50 Cent, who notoriously feuded with everyone from Rick Ross to Ja Rule, Chief Keef has also found himself in an unfavorable light due to issues with fellow artists including Windy City lyricist Lupe Fiasco and pop star Katy Perry. That’s likely one of a handful of career similarities that may have led to 50 Cent referring to the Chief Keef project as his own.
Fifty even offered up advice to artists like Keef as he spoke on the evolution that can take place once an artist stops being conscious of their actions and surroundings.

“Chief Keef’s project is the 50 Cent project,” he revealed. “It’s the same project. In the beginning, he’s completely influenced by the environment. That’s the nightmare. He’s gonna go through what actually happened. And he’s gonna get bumped around. If you catch on and you start to actually say, ‘What’s the [roof] of the situation? I want to be at the highest point I can actually take it in this actual situation.’ And you stop being conscious of your actions and things that’s going on around you then you can actually evolve into something significant.”

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Ace Hood Was "Shocked" His Watch Fell Apart At BET Awards

by Soren Baker

                             

Ace Hood says he fired his jeweler after his bezel fell off during an on-camera interview at the red carpet of the 2013 BET Awards.

Ace Hood probably wanted people to look at his watch. But the Florida rapper likely didn't want his timepiece to garner the type of attention it did on Sunday (June 30).
When Ace Hood touched his timepiece while being interviewed by Bow Wow on the red carpet at the 2013 BET Awards, the bezel fell off. The rapper says he was stunned. "When you spend so much money on a watch, certain things are not supposed to happen," Ace Hood says during an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106. "My jeweler, I definitely had to fire the jeweler. He going through it, man."



The "Bugatti" rapper says during the Power 106 interview that he couldn't believe what was happening while he was talking to Bow Wow, especially given how much the timepiece cost. "I spent $60,000 on that watch, man," Ace Hood says. "I was just as shocked as everybody else was when it did happen. It never happened to any of my other watches or anything. I looked up. I ain't even know what it was. I figured it was my bracelet. It wasn't no thing, though."




As he was realizing what was happening on the red carpet, Ace Hood says he had a conversation with himself regarding his watch. "For it to happen right then in that moment, I was like, 'You could have happened anywhere else. I just performed. I just ripped down the stage, everything. But you chose to let it be there,'" Ace Hood says. "That's how I know the Devil be working."
Even though Ace Hood says he knows people were making fun of him because of the incident, he says it just makes for a good story. "It's no biggie to me," says Ace Hood, whose Trials & Tribulations album is slated for a July 16 release date. "It ain't even that serious...Things happen, man. We all got stories...This'll be a story that we'll always remember forever." 

Game Hopes will.i.am & Pharrell Can Solve Dispute Without Legal Battle

by Justin Hunte

                              

Exclusive: Game weighs in on the legal battle between his friends, label-mates and collaborators, will.i.am and Pharrell Williams. He also reminds that world that Will is from "Compton," so look out.

In the midst of a brewing legal war between Grammy Award-winning veteran Hip Hop artists and producers will.i.am and Pharrell Williams, a mutual friend was asked to weigh in. As news broke of The Neptunes/N*E*R*D front-man counter-suing his Interscope Records label-mate over trademark rights to his i am OTHER creative venture. Last week, Will and his attorney took reported legal action against Pharrell on using the i am OTHER name. This weekend, HipHopDX spoke to superstar emcee Game, a label-mate, friend, and collaborator to both artists.

"will.i.am is from Compton. Did you know that? [The lawyers] didn’t. So that’s what it is, man," began Game, who hails from the same city as the Black Eyed Peas co-founder. "As we grow older, our career, ourselves as human beings and adults our life takes us on different roller coasters—sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes away from the norm. will.i.am is just a guy who in his Hip Hop career has ridden every roller-coaster in the world. He’s been everywhere, man."

Adding some additional context, Game, who has Eazy-E tattooed on his body, continued, "[will.i.am] was first [discovered Eazy E] before he was signed to anybody else—with Ruthless Records—and that’s why we did that track 'Compton,' and I had fun, man." The pair notably made the 2006 song "Compton" from Game's sophomore album, The Doctor's Advocate. He hopes to further the pair's collaborative discography, "I been talking to Will lately, trying to get back in [the studio] with him."

"I know him and Pharrell got a little [legal dispute]. I don’t know what that’s about, I’m going to stay out of it." Playing both sides, Game also stated his allegiance to Pharrell, with whom he worked on 2011's R.E.D. Album single "California Dream." "Pharrell is my man, Will always been good to me. I hope they able to solve it without no legal bullshit. But it is what it is, man."

Game last released his fifth studio album, Jesus Piece is late 2012.

Additional Reporting by Jake Paine.

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