Cash Money artist Busta Rhymes went back to his Jamaican roots, for the reggae, techno, dance mash-up, and who better to add to the remix than Trinidadian born YMCMB First Lady Nicki Minaj. Read More »
Arguably one of biggest hip-hop concert events on the East Coast HOT 97's Summer Jam went down Sunday night at the Met Life Center in New Jersey. Celebrating 20 years of the ultimate hip-hop experience, New York's Hot 97.1 pulled no stops with an all-star line up featuring some of the household names in hip hop and R&B. French Montana, Kendrick Lamar, the whole TDE crew, 2 Chainz, Asap Rocky, Chris Brown, Miguel, and more, shut down the stage last night and just in case you missed (like us) we have a recap of some of the hottest performances of the night. Read More »
Haaaaannnnnnnn! French Montana didn't pay for guest appearances on his debut solo (yet heavily featured) album Excuse My French? In a recent interview with "RapFix Live" Sway Calloway, French revealed that he is blessed and has tons of friends in the rap game. Read More »
Yesterday, we brought you the semi-baffling news that Paris Hilton was back in the music game and had signed to the Birdman/Mack Maine/Lil Wayne label Cash Money Records. Today, Birdman has opened up about the decision to sign the heiress to a record deal. Read More »
Every once in a while, the news makes you do a double-take. And I just about broke my neck with this one. Paris Hilton has signed to Cash Money records, joining the likes of Lil Wayne, Birdman, Nicki Minaj, Drake and Busta Rhymes (who I may have ever-so-subtly shouted out higher in this paragraph). Read More »
If DC was focused on rap instead of superhumans and vigilantes, this would make an excellent entry into the What If...? series. Back in his grinding, crate-digging, struggling producer days, Kanye West approached Mannie Fresh and Birdman to become an in-house producer for Cash Money. The label that would steadily morph into Lil Wayne-centric juggernaut YMCMB failed to give him a deal, however. Read More »
The Grand Hustle boss and the Young Money front man teamed up for an awesomely trendy new bounce track, "Wit Me". As Weezy and the self proclaimed King Of the South prepare for their summer "America's Most Wanted Tour," they dropped a video for "Wit Me," on VEVO Monday night. Read More »
Lil Wayne and T.I. are the Jadakiss and Styles P of the south on their new track “Wit Me.” Read More »
Lil Wayne has refused to be deterred from his quest to be an honest to goodness skateboarder. And as this montage that he posted on Twitter shows, he's actually getting kind of good. Watch Weezy skate to his song "Tapout" below: Read More »
Today on Facepalm News, Rapper Future claims that the controversy Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Lyric on the remix of "Karate Chop" brought awareness to the suffering of the slain teenager in a positive way. In case you missed it, Future thinks saying "beat the p**sy up like Emmett Till," referencing the brutal murder of an African-American teenager in 1955, is a learning experience. Read More »
Future has released a new version of his controversial song "Karate Chop." The song whose remix gained a lot of notoriety for an offensive lyric about slain teenager Emmett Till by Lil Wayne. The song caused Wayne to eventually be dropped by sponsor Mountain Dew at the request of the Till Family. Pray tell, who does Future pick to replace a rapper who just lost his sponsorship over lyrical controversy? Rick Ross who you may remember as another rapper who lost his sponsorship over controversial lyrics. Read More »
Get your tutus, pink lipstick, and blonde wigs, American Idol judge and Grammy nominated artist Nicki Minaj is gracing the cover of Teen Vogue. Read More »
It's no secret that Lil Wayne and the Miami Heat don't quite like each other. Weezy went on an epic rant against the Heat at a Houston concert earlier this year and the bad blood between Wayne and the team never quite got settled. To make matters worse, Wayne was pictured taking the Chicago Bulls out on the town after their upset victory in Game 1 over the Heat at home. Read More »