Consequence starring on "Love & Hip Hop," along with Joe Budden have been at odds after words were exchanged. A Hot 97 video was released, showing Budden confronting Consequence below.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Nas Admits Rap Beefs Can Go Too Far: "Once You Say It, You've Got To Ride W/ It" [Video]
"No," Nas laughingly said when asked if hip-hop artists apologize to rap foes if they meet up face-to-face at the Grammy Awards ceremonies. "Once you say it, you've got to ride with it. You know? You gotta be true. You know, hip-hop is really standoff, it's really competitive, it's really about who's number one all the time and sometimes it gets out of hand. Definitely. Yeah." ("Chelsea Lately")A couple weeks ago, Dipset's Vado stood behind the popularity of hip-hop battles.
"You know, it's like the NBA. Regardless of how good the players are, what's the NBA without the dunking contests? When they have their battles, that's good for the sport--great actually. Hip hop is not only songs, it's art. Hip hop is rap battles, graffiti, break-dancing battles--it's a whole thing. We got to give them a piece of that any chance we get. When we have our rap battles, we give them a piece of more hip hop." (VIBE)Last fall, Bad Boy Records rapper French Montana cited G-Unit's 50 Cent and his knack for beefing at the start of his career for ultimately leading to his decline.
"You should avoid beef if you trying to make money. People get scared when you try to beef with people. In general, [even in street shit] nobody want to stand next to you if somebody about to shoot you, unless you have a a big lick [Ed. Note--A "lick" means a hustle.] They [used to] do that with 50 because 50 was the bank. They knew he was going to win. People ain't doing that [anymore] ... [The rap game's not built like that anymore]. No, it's over for that. It's gone, big time. They'll get you out so fast." (Complex)A couple years ago, Brooklyn rapper Maino spoke on the media taking hip-hop beefs and battles too seriously.
"I think people put too much emphasis on hip-hop beefs" Maino told Sway referencing the Lil Kim/Nicki Minaj flap. "Like, hip-hop beefs and hip-hop battles always had that. It's a part of the culture it's always gonna be artists that don't agree. Ya understand. And you might have to take it to the mic or whatever. As long as it just doesn't get out of hand, you know what I mean. As long as it doesn't end up like 'Pac and [Notorious] B.I.G. [...] I don't think people give us the credit for being as responsible as we are, because I don't think people want it to go that far." (RapFix)
Footage Of Tupac Greeting Buckshot During Recording Session Surfaces
Video footage of Tupac Shakur and Buckshot interacting during the recording of "One Nation" has surfaced.
It's widely known fact that Tupac Shakur had enlisted Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and other members of the Boot Camp Clik to collaborate on an album titled One Nation prior to his death. Now, vintage footage of 'Pac interacting with the Brooklyn crew has surfaced,In a recently released video clip via Nah Right, Tupac can be seen greeting the B.D.I. Thug, Duck Down Records co-founder Dru Ha and other members of the Duck Down roster. In the video, 'Pac briefly addresses the camera, saying that One Nation would be an album that unites East and West coast emcees.
"We're working on a new project called One Nation. It's gonna be an East coast/West coast collaboration," 'Pac says in the video.
The footage was released by Tupac's personal videographer Gobi M. Rahimi, who is currently working a film titled 7 Dayz which documents the legendary emcee's final week before his untimely death in 1996.
Last year, Buckshot told DX that he was in the process of recording the spiritual sequel to Tupac's Killuminati. Additional clips of Tupac recording music for One Nation can be seen over at Nah Right.
Uncle Luke Pens Letter To Rick Ross
Posted by: Big Homie
In today’s Miami New Times, Uncle Luke penned a letter to Rozay for his “Luke’s Gospel” column. Amen?
Dear Rick Ross:
As someone who survived several rap beefs, I’m going to give you some advice. You need to seriously address the threats and attempts on your life. You have worked hard to become a big name in hip-hop. You’ve paid your dues and you’ve grown lyrically since the release of your debut album, Port of Miami, in 2006. You’ve arrived, buddy.
But all this gangster bullshit is jeopardizing your career. No club or arena is going to risk people getting shot. You can forget about doing any tours or CD signings. And if you can’t make money, watch how fast Warner Bros. Records turns on you. I know from experience how venues and the music industry would like to black ball you.
You have the Gangster Disciples breathing down your neck because you’ve named-dropped Larry Hoover, the gang’s founder, in your music. Unlike the record and book publishing industries, these bad dudes don’t understand the concept of public domain. They see you getting rich forever by rapping about their leader, and they don’t like it. That’s why they’re on YouTube talking about how you need to go see them and cut a check.
It’s a shame you can’t enjoy life without spending part of your earnings on heavy security or risking your freedom by purchasing an arsenal. Remember, that’s what landed T.I. and Lil Wayne in prison. You don’t want that to happen to you. However, those are the consequences of rapping about being something you’re not.
Hip-hop has a rich history of college guys who never committed a crime rapping about moving kilos of cocaine and taking out snitches. Every gangster rapper takes on the role of a real hood legend to build up street cred. But I don’t want you to fall into the trap of believing you are really a gangster.
Trust me, you don’t want to go out like Biggie Smalls or Tupac. It’s time you squash your beefs.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Signs The World Is Coming To An End: 5 Men Murder A Transgender Rapper!
Hip-Hop goes and does what Hip-Hop wants. These times are changing and changing fast. These days you have rappers wearing dresses or even lipstick. Maybe oppose, but they don’t go around killing the people! I got a report from out of Milwaukee where they did just that. Killed a transgender rapper! Now, the details are kinda murky. Some claim it was a women, but the murderers are charging they killed a man. I will say this, they are saying that the gender of the person didn’t have anything to do with the death, but I doubt that.
Ebony Young, also known as Evan Young aka Yung LT, came up missing on New Year’s Day and they are now looking for her body in a landfill. If you look at the vid at the end of the page, Yung LT ended up looking a bit different than the picture above.
Apparently, Young was killed as a part of a gang initiation from a young 19-year-old. Here are key parts of the report.
Five men were charged Wednesday in the death of a Milwaukee rapper who went missing on New Year’s Day and turned out to be the victim of a gruesome gang homicide, complaints say.
Investigators were searching for the victim’s body Wednesday at an area landfill.
The missing rapper is identified in the criminal complaint as Ebony Young, a female. The victim had previously been identified as Evon Young, 22, also known as Yung LT, during the public plea for information about his whereabouts.
One of the defendants charged Wednesday told investigators he believed Young was a male, and other witnesses all referred to Young as a male. The charges, in two separate complaints, do not suggest in any way that Young’s transgendered status played any role in the defendants’ motivation for the attack.
According to the complaints:
Young’s roommate, Billy R. Griffin, 26, had initially told police that Young got into a car with someone on Jan. 1 and never returned. But in the complaint, he admits that Stewart, 27, Mcalister, 19, Ron Joseph Allen, 37, and Devin Lattrez Seaberry, 23, members of a street gang, had come to his house and said Young could not be trusted. They told Griffin he would be readmitted to the gang if he killed Young.
Instead, the complaints say, the others took Young to the basement, choked Young with a chain and taped a plastic bag over Young’s head while Mcalister held a gun. After Young passed out, the group beat Young with tools. Griffin said he couldn’t take watching and returned upstairs but later heard the others say they wanted to make sure Young was dead, then three gunshots.
The group later cleaned his basement with bleach, he told police, rolled Young’s body up in a sheet and took it to Stewart’s car, then to a trash bin at 8100 N. 84th St.
When police later went to that scene, they found a chain, some burned clothing and evidence a fire had been set in the garbage container.
Stewart told police that the confrontation at Young’s house began with an argument over whether Young had assisted someone else in burglarizing the residence. Stewart told police that Young eventually admitted that role to Griffin.
Stewart also admitted to police that he tried to get Griffin to kill Young before the group took on the task, and that after the suffocation, strangulation and beating, Mcalister shot Young three times with a .22-caliber handgun.
Crazy. One dude is smiling. Killing somebody is crazy, but killing them like they are accused of doing is just insane.
Here is a Yung LT song called “Room Full.”
EXCLUSIVE: Kurupt Speaks on New Solo Album “Equinox”; Says DPG Album in the Works
On Wednesday, AllHipHop.com
sat down with one the West Coast’s most respected lyricists, Kurupt, to
discuss his new music and the new DPG album in the works.
During the interview, Kurupt elaborated on his mixtape “M.B.P. (Money
B**ches Power),” which is hosted by DJ Nik Bean. According to Kurupt,
he has a full length album called Equinox that is also on the way.In Kurupt’s own words, the music he has been putting together is “classic Kurupt.”
“Its fun, my mixtape now is really introducing me Kurupt again, introducing some new artists to the game and hittin ‘em with that classic Kurupt and some new. I’m real excited to see what people think and I’m def shooting some more videos for the project too,” Kurupt told AllHipHop.com. “‘Number One’ is definitely a standout where I flipped the Jeezy and Neyo record and its talking about things that are going on right now in our lives currently – that’s with me, Snoop and Daz. I love rocking the mic and I love MC s**t. I have one produced by The Rejectz that features E-40, I can’t lie that’s one of my favorites.”
Kurupt, who inspired by other rappers that are still performing and younger artists that look up to the rapper and his historic run on Death Row Records in the 90′s, as part of Tha Dogg Pound.
But today, Kurupt remains as relevant as ever.
One example of that relevance came earlier in the week, when Kendrick Lamar told “The Ricky Smiley Morning Show” that Kurupt was one of the major influencers of his style, as he developed his sound.
“This is what I do this is my life, I’m a rapper. This is what I would do whether or not I get paid or not. I love being a rapper, I love rapping on the mic, doing shows.” Kurupt said when asked what keep him inspired after all these years. “Also I get inspired by seeing other people do well. Like people like 2 Chainz, Snoop and Kendrick and people like that, seeing them succeed as well or having inspired them, that’s what keeps me going. All that type of stuff, seeing Kendrick and people who generally have love me for my music and people who came up on my music and hearing people say they were inspired by me, that’s what all my work is for. “
For all those DPG fans out there waiting on a new project, Kurupt also explained that there is a DPG album on the way. They worked on putting a release together over the last year, while on tour with Snoop Dogg.
“We’re working on a new DPG album. ‘That’s My Work Volume 2′ mixtape as well. Snoop got us on tour the majority of the year, we toured with Snoop where we worked on the album and the mixtapes. We ready to drop another classic, we in motion right now. [Snoop] Dogg keeps us on top of the world doing what we love,” Kurupt said.
Check out Kurupt’s most recent video for the track “Power” below:
Chief Keef's Manager Says Incarceration Is "A Wake-Up Call"
Chief Keef's manager says the rapper has learned a valuable lesson from his recent conviction.
Chicago up-and-comer Chief Keef has had his fair share of negative press over the past year. Now, in a recent interview with The Best of Both Offices, the 17-year-old rapper's manager comes to his defense.Chief Keef's manager Rovan “Dro” Manuel said that he believes the Finally Rich rapper's recent two-month sentence for probation violation has been "a wake-up call." Manuel thinks the conviction has already helped Keef to learn from his actions and forge a new attitude.
"I think he [will learn a lesson]. I got a message from him that he’s had a wake-up call," he explained. "This is a wake-up call for him. It wasn’t even his fault that it happened, but it happened. I think he’s gonna come out a different person. I think he’s gonna come out with some new music, a new attitude…he’s gonna get out and do some shows, and hopefully go up the charts."
Manuel also said he feels that the Chicago Police Department wrongfully portrayed the young rapper as a criminal. He explained that Keef is very much a product of his Chi-Town environment, which has been plagued poverty and crime for decades.
"[The biggest misconception about him is] he’s a bad person, I guess, in the eyes of the Chicago [Police Department]," he said. "He’s not the first to put reality-based lyrics [in his music], as far as like talking about what’s going on in the inner-city for real. I think that it’s kinda messed up that they wanna blame him for all the murders, all the crime and all this other stuff that’s going on in Chicago. Keef is a minor. You can look back 18 years in the same neighborhoods where he was growing up and see that they were doing the same damn thing...he’s got a lot of stuff he needs to learn. It’s not like he came from a neighborhood where it’s 90-percent Jewish and schools are teaching him this-and-that. He didn’t come from that."
As previously mentioned, Chief Keef was sentenced to two-months in an Illinois juvenile correctional center for violating his probation by appearing in a video interview at a gun range.
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