Drake & Common Squash Beef "Man 2 Man"

Despite speculation claiming Drake and Common had harsh words toward one another at last weekend's Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, new reports claim the two hip-hop stars actually squashed recent tensions.

According to new reports, the rappers came face-to-face last Sunday (February 12).

Streetz Iz Watchin has learned that Common and Drake actually squashed their beef at the Grammys, clearing up previous reports that the two rappers almost got into a violent altercation. Apparently, both Drake and Common's entourages happened to be in the same area at the end of the Grammy red carpet, near where artists were being distributed their VIP credentials to enter the Staples Center, according to a source in the latter's camp. Common felt it was awkward for two men that had exchanged words in song to be in the same vicinity without saying anything to each other. With the two eyeballing each other intensely, Common asked Drake, "What's up?" Drake responded with a "What's up?" of his own, and Common tried to approach him with the intent of speaking to the Toronto rapper one on one. (Hip Hop Wired)

Despite some initial confusion, they came together and squashed their problems.

However, Drake's security and other members of his entourage defensively intervened in his progress. Allegedly Drake said, "Yo, I grew up listening to this dude, what's the problem?," while his security was telling Common, "We respect you, this isn't necessary." But Common wanted to talk to Drake "man to man," angered that two rivals would cross paths and just not speak. One of the members of Drake's crew turned out to be his father, Dennis Graham, who told Common the two artists "need to cut this out, y'all are better than this." According to the source, the elder Graham's intervention made Com change his approach, with cooler heads prevailing and the two rappers eventually going off to the side and speaking to each other alone. Holding true to the words he said in an interview moments before, Common and Drake exchanged pounds, and told everyone in their respective camps the beef had been squashed.

Now If we can get Nicki and Kim together.

Source: Hip Hop Wired

Ras Kass Leaves The 4 Horsemen

Before there was the super rap group Slaughterhouse there was The 4 Horsemen. This was a rap group consisting of Ras Kass  Killah Priest, Canibus and Kurupt.

But in a recent video Ras Kass announced he will be leaving the Super Rap group. In a video announcement, Ras explained his departure from the group, stating that the situation got “a little too complicated and out of hand” and “some things I don’t agree with.”

He did not elaborate on the particulars of his leaving the quartet, but said that it’s “not worth the drama that’s constantly popping up.”

The foursome, also known as The HRSMN, first appeared together on the 1998 white label 12-inch single “Abide By.” In May 2011, the group revealed that it would release its official album that summer, but the LP failed to surface. RZA was said to be producing the album, which was also rumored to have a collaborative track with Slaughterhouse.

Ras Kass is currently working on his projects F.I.L.A. and Spit No Evil. Read his full statement below.

It’s been weighing heavy on me for a minute, but I have to make an announcement. After discussing with some of the people in my group and some of my other friends, things have just gotten a little too complicated and out of hand, and some things, I don’t agree with. And so I’m officially resigning out of the Horsemen. It is what it is. I’m not going to make too many more comments about it, but the bottom line is, I’m no longer part of the Horsemen. I have relationships with certain people, but some things are just too complicated and not worth the drama that’s constantly popping up. I stand firmly with dope lyricism, dope people and I think everybody’s talented, but at this particular point, there’s a lot of shit I don’t agree with, so I have to step out of it. All respect to everybody. I’m going to continue doing what I do, making my music and fucking with who I fuck with. I wish everybody the best, but I think this is the best decision for me as an artist and as a man. So there it goes. I am no longer part of Horsemen. One love, that’s it.

This was one of my all time favorite rap groups. How good would it have been to see them and slaughterhouse collaborate? The Lyricism in the song it along would have caused listeners brains to collapse in itself like a supernova.

Buy The Music or Shut the F*ck Up (Who Killed Hip-Hop?)

Music has always been about a matter of taste. I can remember when I was young listening to my mothers music like Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Johnnie Taylor and Lenny Williams. Her and her sisters would be dancing like its 1977, mind you I was born in 1978. The thing I remembered most was her saying "This is real music, I don't know what in the world your listening to" or "Son our music had meaning, your music doesn't say anything". Now I want you to be aware that the music they were referring to as my music was the 80's and 90's hip-hop. The same hip-hop that is now considered to be the "Real Hip Hop", in contrast to the hip-hop today.


So what does this say? What is the purpose of this article? What it says is that each generation thinks and believes that the music they grew up on is more better, more authentic and more real than whatever the popular music of the day is. The purpose of this article is to tell people who say music today is less meaningful, less real, less authentic and is bitching and complaining saying real hip-hop isn't getting the light it deserve to either "Buy the Music or Shut The F*ck Up."

I have been in many arguments on-line with these E-Thugs always complaining that the real hip-hop is no longer here, that today's music is garbage and the industry only focuses on certain artist and and certain kind of hip-hop they repeatedly say they wish the old days were here. Here is the problem. You are the reason that the hip-hop you like is gone, you are the reason why it no longer ranks on the charts. In one breathe you bitch and complain about it not getting light, but in the second breathe you say you no longer buy albums and will download it or cop the bootleg.

You are the ones failing your so-called real music. For example, there has been a major riff between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim fans. Kim fans say Nicki music is garbage, its wack and not real hip-hop. I see them all over the internet arguing with Nicki fans. But when Kim drops a single I don't see the support for her music from her fans, it never reaches the top 10 nad barely the top 100, her Black Friday mixtape made no noise outside the drama surrounding it. They claimed it sold over 100,000 copies in 18 hours but that claim was found to be false. Now when Nicki drops a single it reaches the top 10 in less than 24 hrs, and it's #1 within 48hrs.

I'm not saying Nicki music is better than Kims, or Kim's music is better than Nicki's but what I am saying is that Nicki fans support her music. If they quit spending time arguing on-line wasting energy on someone they don't like and support the artist they do, then it would be no issue with arguing on-line. For example, Nicki recent song "Stupid Hoe" has been garnering a lot of negative and positive attention in the last week or so, it has broken records reaching 4.8 million views within 24 hours. I bet alot of the 4.8 million views came from people who don't like her. It has received more dislikes than likes and here could be a reason why.

As you can see in the picture above  TeamKim soldiers have been instructed to go on Nicki video and unlike it. A Lil Kim fan even went out of her way to create 6 youtube account just to dislike. But what Kim fans have done is given Nicki many extra clicks in that 4.8 million to break the record, and put money in her pocket. Who knows how many more Kim fans have done this. That energy spent on making those extra accounts could have went to buying a kim single off Itunes, or her sharing Kims music to another person to help get the word out about her music, or create more accounts and click on Kims official Vevo youtube account.

Let me end with this. Talib Kweli once said (This is not verbatim) the argument about whats real hip-hop or not is not relevant. Because at the end of the day, our album is on the same shelf, at the same store under the same genre both trying to sell.

So you wanna know why the music you love is gone, because you don't support it. So quit complaining "Buy The Music or Shut the F*ck Up"

Lil Kim Threatens to End Nicki Minaj Career This Week

 


The Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim’s beef has been dominating the scene since the Young Money Rapstress blew up and has sparked fan wars of epic proportions. So it comes as no surprise that Lil Kim will want to best her rival at the slightest opportunity. Especially since Nicki is the top chick in the game who keeps on winning.

Take a look at Lil Kim’s latest reveal.


According to reports from Julia Beverly, owner and founder of Ozone Magazine Lil Kim’s publicist sent her an email as follows.



This comes a number of days after Nicki released the video for her VEVO recording breaking hit, Super Hoe which took the internet by storm. Jones was recently outed by a member of her enoturage as having a ghostwriter, and does not actually pen her own raps.

It remains to be seen if Kim can deliver on her threat to end Nicki’s career. We will have to wait and see

What news do you think Lil Kim could have that would end Nicki Minaj career?

Source: Nickie Leaks.com

Does Drake Really Want to Fight Common?

New York Bad Boy recording artist and "Mafioso Rapper" French Montana has recently revealed some interesting news in the Drake vs Common Saga. He says the Young Money Canadian born rapper wants to literally fight Common physically.

Personally I'm all for rap beef as long as it stays on wax, but getting physical is a whole different story. I am somewhat disappointed because these are two of the most admirable rap artist in the game, and I am fans of them both.

French goes on to say he believes the drama started over Serena Williams. here is what he had to say.

"I think it was over [Serena Williams] or something like that," French said speaking on Drake and Common's feud. "Shout-out to Serena Williams. I'm staying out of that. With them, you've gotta look at it like it's hip-hop, it's competition, it's good for the music. I think Drake wants to fight. Yeah, I think Drake wants to fight. He said he can't wait to run into him. Man, I'm gonna hit him. I'm gonna let him know [we don't want him fighting]. Shout-out to Drake." ("The Angie Martinez Show")

Common and Drake were both in Park City, Utah this weekend to perform and enjoy festivities at the Sundance Film Festival but, as could be expected, the two rappers didn’t make time to hang with each other. MTV News caught up with Common for a quick chat, during which he maintained that the beef between himself and the Toronto rapper had come to a stalemate. “I kinda addressed it so much on record, I feel like I really don’t have any more to say about it. I think it’s just part of a hip hop battle, that’s all really,” Common said.

So who would win in a fist to cuff fight between Common & Drake?

Lil Kim's IRS Team Respond to Ghoswriting Allegations

Yesterday, I brought to you before any other hip-hop website or blog that former IRS member Antonio "Dutchy" Walker claims that he was a Ghostwriter for the veteran Brooklyn femcee Lil Kim. He provided proof by showing a unsigned contract between him and Queen Bee Entertainment, Lil Kim's record label. He said he decided to come forward because he was not paid for his services

 

Well in response to Dutchy claims Lil Kims "Song Writer" @CLSDASH AKA The Prince of Brooklyn says that Dutchy was nothing more than a hype man. He took to twitter last night to defend Kim tweeting "The only person who work with Kim with the music is ME!!! And she write her own rhymes. End of Story.See pics below

This Tweet from Kim confirms what @CLSDASH says and shows that he writes with her in the studio see pic below.

Now I wouldn't be doing my job If I didn't mention that at one time @CLSDASH had in is twitter profile his writing credits to Lil Kim's hit song "Lighters Up" See picture below.

That has now been deleted.......see pic below

So what does this all mean? Hell I don't know, its starting to get to confusing. I was always told whenever there is smoke there is fire. There are 3 sides here, Dutchy side Dash side and the truth. What makes the Dutchy story somewhat believable is that Kim has been sued for this same thing several times before, but who knows. All I know is her fans are ready for her to drop an album,  they might not even care who writes it. So what do you think? Who do you believe Dutchy or Dash?

Did Ghostwriter "Antonio Walker" Expose Lil Kim?

Okay so people have believed for years that Lil Kim has had  ghostwriters. Even though she has said she doesn't have one or never had one. It has always been believed that Biggie her mentor wrote songs for her. I mean any hip-hop head has heard the "Queen Bitch" Phantom Tape with Biggie spitting the song. And in an interview the Brooklyn Femcee has admitted that The Late Great Notorious B.I.G penned music for her.

Fast forward to 2012. Well apparently one of her alleged ghostwriters is now revealing all. The whole conversation was sparked between Antonio Walker AKA "Dutchy" Walker" twitter name @therealestdutch and a close associate of mine. You don't have to take his word for it, he actually shows the alleged contract.  I'm not sure what sparked it all, but it was enough to put her on blast.

Here are the photos of the contract between Antonio & Queen Bee Entertainment. We don't see his signature on the contract so this is all speculation, But if this is true it can be damaging, For her career, and him legally for divulging this information. So what do you think? Do you believe him or not?

Is Common Dissing Drake Again?

The war of words between rap veteran Common and Young Money's Drake have ceased to end with the G.O.O.D. Music affiliate once again getting at him in a new freestyle.

 In his freestyle, Common took it to Drizzy's homeland by referencing Canada.

Common keeps his lyrical tiff at bay in the most recent round of subliminal shots against Drake. Common and V-103 held a private playback and Q&A session last night in Atlanta with radio personality Ryan Cameron at Vanquish lounge. As part of the evening's revelry, Cameron held up cue cards with words he wanted Common--always the adept freestyler-- to rap about over "The Light." When a certain Canadian rapper's name was called out, a very dapper Common playfully rapped, "You can ask why, people wanting me to keep dissing Canada Dry/I can't do that," a nod to his Drake name-calling on the "Stay Schemin (Remix)" "I'm talking too long with this amateur guy/ You ain't wettin' nobody n---a, you Canada Dry", Common lashed out in his original diss. (RapFix)

Coincidentally, Common said he had no interest in continuing his battle against Drake a few days ago.

"I don't think I had anything to prove," Common says. "I just felt like somebody stepped and challenged me, so I had to step into the ring. He said some things that I thought were directed at me, so I had to address it back." Now that it's all out in the open, Common is ready to move on. "I feel like I said what I had to say, and I'm just going to let it be at that point," he says. "Now, if something else happens, then I'll just have to act accordingly. But right now, I feel like, man, I said what I needed to say about this situation on record." (Rolling Stone)

Nicki Minaj Releases "Stupid Hoe" Video

Nicki Minaj has recently released a buzz song from her upcoming album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded that was slated to be released on Valentines Day 2012, but the date has been pushed back To April 3rd 2012

What can I say, this video is pretty much what I expect from the lyrics and the beat. It is very eccentric, wild, fun and zaney. They say videos sometimes make the song better and in this case I agree, I wasn't really feeling the song when it first came out, and Nicki has definetly made better songs, but this video is very active and fun. From the leopard print skimpy outfit being locked in the cage, to her holding her leg all the way behind her head.  One thing for sure is that Lil Kim fans won't like it and i'm sure they will think it's terrible, but were all entitled to our opinion, it's hip-hop.

Here is the video tell me what you think

DJ Whoo Kid Almost Stabbed by Suge Knights Crew

G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid recently revealed a past run-in he had with former Death Row Records co-owner Marion "Suge" Knight and why he almost got stabbed for playing 50 Cent's music at a Los Angeles nightclub.
Whoo Kid claims after he spun 50's "Realest Killaz," which features an unreleased 2Pac verse, Knight had his 34th Street Gang goons out for vengeance.

    "Suge Knight took it upon himself to 'find me' that day -- the promoter got tricked, too. The promoter gave me the five G's and once I got to the stage, of course, at the time 'In Da Club' was the biggest record, so of course the first record I played was 'In Da Club.' So as soon as I played 'In Da Club,' the whole club turned and looked at me...[then] the promoter came up to me and was like, 'We gotta get you out of here -- Suge Knight's in the front. We're trying to call the cops so he don't come in, but he wants to come in' [Then] we started running out the back, I'm jumping in the van, and then for some reason - I don't know where, but [affiliate] C-Lo got the dirtiest looking gun I ever seen in my life, so I'm looking up and I see the 34th Street Gang running up to us with knives, so I'm like, 'Holy sh*t, I'm about to get stabbed for some 50 sh*t!' I'm like, 'Yo, get the gun!' By the time [C-Lo] grabs it...the police come -- [C-Lo] throws the gun all the way to the back of the van. The cops grab the 34th Street Gang, and we peel off." (This Is 50)

Harlem Femcee Azelia Banks Inks Deal with UMG

 The latest New York rapper with an online buzz has inked a major label deal. It was announced today that Harlem bred Azealia Banks has signed with Universal.
“I am now officially signed to Universal Music,” the rapper/singer tweeter earlier today (January 18). “Wow I just wanna drink a million bottles of champagne and do a million bell kicks right now.”
The rapstress has gained most of her notoriety for the song “212” and its video, which was uploaded to YouTube in September and has 2.5 million views. Hype surrounding her name continued to bubble when Kanye West who she is only 1 out 5 people he follows on twitter tweeted about her last month, claming the 20-year-old would be “the future of music.”
Banks had previously been signed to XL Recordings, based in the U.K., where she has had her greatest success Billboard chart-wise, but parted ways with the label without releasing an album.
Her excitement on Twitter following the announcement persisted. “Lol, my mom says first thing I have to buy her with my money is this Sean John comforter set she’s been eyeing at Macy’s. Classic,” she wrote.
The femcee also hinted that she hopes to release an album in either May or June.

Funny side note Azealia has indicated that she would love to collaborate with her now label mate Lil Kim, and has recently been at a war of words on twitter with her other label mate fans Nicki Minaj. All I can say is where's the popcorn this is going to be good

Papoose Says Nas won Jay-Z/Nas Beef with Ether

Brooklyn rapper Papoose recently offered his opinion on who ultimately won the early 2000's rap battle between Nas/Jay-Z, admitting "Ether" delivered a knockout punch to Young Hov.
Naming their battle as one of hip-hop's greatest, Pap said Nas was the unanimous winner.

"To keep it real with you, there was a lot of great battles, but I've got to say, I can't even say great battle but just to see somebody get annihilated? I've got to say Jay-Z and Nas," Pap said in an interview when asked to name his favorite rap battle. "That was decapitation, man. ... It's not rocket science what happened. That's one of the great battles, there's other ones too though, in hip-hop history. I can go on and on, but that's one that stands out. ... It wasn't an age thing but a lot of people were sleeping. Like, 'It's over! Jay-Z killed him!' I was like, 'Aight, watch.' I knew it was coming, man." (Hot 93.7)

Just last month, Nas revealed if he ever mentions "Ether" around Jay since they have since squashed the beef and collaborated on various songs together.

"That's what hip-hop has always been. We have our own. It's a culture thing. It's a community thing, but it's also a young people thing, and it's also, it's just the way. It's the way things are. That's how it's always been in hip-hop," Nas said. "[Do me and Jay talk about 'Ether?'] Not really. I mean, I think right now anybody who's made it from the '80s era, the '90s, got into hip-hop and still stickin' around and still here, still feelin' great about life... I think that's enough. I think anybody today, any peer of mine is just appreciative of the life that we've made for ourselves. We didn't know anything. We didn't know that this was gonna be the outcome, that we'd be around at this time doing what we're doin'. I think everybody's just on that page." (XXL Mag)

In September, The LOX's Jadakiss compared Jay's "Takeover" to Nas' "Ether" response.

"I didn't really like the "Takeover" beat. But the words--you know what the words are! It's like the Declaration of Independence on the battle tip. What he's saying is crazy. I like the 'laaaaayyyyymmmmme' part. It was heavy, but Nas' "Ether" sits on the mantle when it comes to battle songs. From the production, to the way he formatted it, to what he was saying--he touched everything. It was an A-Plus grade." (VIBE)

Rap veteran Rah Digga recently told SOHH Nas' "Ether" is one of his biggest records to date.

"Supernatural was also a big battle rap artist back in the day. I was up on him. It's really just a little bit of everybody. I really liked a lot of the rap battles that took place in hip-hop. You also have Jay-Z and Nas. Although I don't know if I would technically call that a rap battle, I like when there's competition. It just brings something out of people that you don't get in typical songs. "Ether" is one of the best songs that Nas ever made. It just brought out a whole other animal [in Nas]." (SOHH Guest Star)

Diddy & Shyne Squash The Beef

After holding a grudge toward his former Bad Boy Records boss Diddy for over a decade, rapper Shyne claims he is back on good terms with the music mogul.

According to Shyne, they had a conversation and ironed all of their issues out.

"As far as Puff is concerned, that's been a long time coming," Shyne exclusively told MTV News of the conversation he and the Bad Boy CEO had earlier this month. "He had reached out to me twice while I was in the pen, but I just wasn't ready for it." Shyne wouldn't elaborate on the details of his and Combs' conversation, but he did walk away from the call in a much more positive place. "For me, the conversation was a confirmation of what I felt. Son kept it super tall, and that's what it's about. When a man says, 'Listen, as a man, I make mistakes and I own that.' What could you do?" Well what can they do? Surely the two can get back into the studio, but Shyne didn't dish on any new musical developments. He did reveal that the two plan to have a second conversation, this time in person. "I just feel real good about moving on with our relationship. Me and son, we gonna get together in Paris -- I'm in Paris right now. We gonna get together in a couple of weeks, and we gonna sit at the roundtable." (MTV)

In summer 2010, Shyne said he did not understand Diddy's lack of support during their 2000 court battle 
over a nightclub shooting.

"I don't know whether he was nervous, afraid," Shyne says of Puffy. "When you're afraid and you're emotional, that's a different survival tactic. Those are the people that do anything, regardless of character and integrity, to preserve and protect themselves, regardless of who they hurt. I guess maybe that was the situation. Never been in a situation like that, where he facing years, and he got hundreds of millions and all that shit at stake. But where I'm from, doesn't matter. You lose everything for your comrade. Again, if you're in battle, I'll catch a bullet, too. It ain't like, Yo, he's dead. Don't make no sense for me to die, too. Nah, I'ma die, too! So you hope or you take for granted that all men are the same. But I know all men are not." (XXL Mag)