Congrats to Lil Wayne, He is Engaged.

Valentine’s Day is the celebration of love. The day where cupid flys around and shoots his arrow in hopes of making matches, and it appears that he was successful with Lil’ Wayne, as he announced news via Twitter of his engagement to, his now fiancée, Dhea. After being in a relationship for almost a year, he tweeted:

Well! This is very exciting news for the YMCMB founder, and of course we couldn’t be more happier for him. Team Civil sends the both of the love birds the best of luck and the wellest of wishes. Check out photos of the happy couple below.

Weezy F. Baby and the F is for Fiancé!

Young Money Signs Christina Milian, Weezy Takes Shot at Jay-z & Kanye West

Lil Wayne announced the signing of a new member to Young Money Saturday night (February 11) while performing alongside Drake during the annual Cash Money Grammy weekend party. The YMCMB head Honcho also took the time to honor the memory of the late, great Whitney Houston, who passed away earlier that night, and to take jabs at Jay-Z and Kanye West.


“I got the beautiful Christina Milian with me,” Weezy said while onstage, backed by the likes of manager Cortez Bryant, Young Money president Mack Maine, Corey Gunz, Lil Twist and others. “Young Money, Christina Milian.”

Lil Tunechi also took the time to thank his team for their contribution to the label’s success, but not before asking for a moment of silence for Whitney Houston, who was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. after being found in her hotel room in Hollywood, California, just hours before mentor Clive Davis’ annual Grammy party was scheduled to take place. The event was cancelled.

The evening wasn’t complete until Wayne took time out to throw some jabs at Hov, rapping at the end of his announcement about signing Christina Milian, “I met a red-bone, I took the girl home/I asked her what she wanna watch, she said, ‘surely not The Throne,” to roars from the crowd.

Lil Wayne is up for a couple of Grammys, including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One.” Stay tune to StreetzIzWatchin for a full recap of the Grammys Sunday (Februabry 12).

Drake Being Sued by Ex Over Marvin's Room

File this one under ‘when drunk dialing goes wrong!’ Ericka Lee, Drake’s alleged ex-girlfriend and muse behind his hit song “Marvin’s Room“, is suing the rapper over her vocals being used on the smash hit record. Erika is the inspiration for the record and is the voice heard on the voice mail monologues. She was credited as a “vocalist” on the song under “Syren Lyric Muse” but has never received any compensation for her work.

She is claiming that Drake acknowledged her contributions via text messages, which she has saved. Reportedly, they read “U basically made that song” and “It’s sh*t without you.” Big mistake, Drake!

Lee filed  a lawsuit against the rapper on  July 11, claiming, “My works and voice are used on this work.” About six weeks later, Drake’s label, Cash Money Records made its own claim, saying that the song authored was an “employer for hire.”  According to the complaint, Drake later sent a text message to Lee that offered her two percent of “publishing royalties.”

By November, Ericka claims that Drake agreed to meet up with her in Los Angeles to discuss, but when he didn’t keep his word, she hired a lawyer. When Drake found out, he allegedly spazzed out and started making threatening phone calls.

“What the f–k is your problem?” he said to her, according to the complaint, then offering her “4-5%” of publishing monies plus a $50,000 payout to go away.”




Lee is demanding that a judge declare her as co-writer of the song. She’s also seeking damages and disgorgement of profits on allegations of breach of fiduciary duties and unjust enrichment. Lee is represented by Neville Johnson, who previously filed a lawsuit against Drake on behalf of a Playboy Enterprises for sampling an unauthorized sound recording it owned on “Best I Ever Had.”

It looks like Ms. Lee has a good lawsuit on her hands. Drake should have just paid her upfront. Now it looks like it’s going to cost him a lot more money. Crazy how the same lawyer who successfully sued Drake before is back at it.  Hey, you know what they say, “Mo’ money Mo’ problems!”

Drake A King Among Kings

Back in October, Drake tied Diddy with the most #1 singles on the Billboard Rap Songs chart. Now with “Make Me Proud” landing at #1 last week, Mr. Graham has surpassed Puff with 11 #1s.

Drake – Best I Ever Had
Forever (Eminem, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Drake)
Say Something (Timbaland Feat. Drake)
Drake – Over
Drake – Fancy (Feat. T.I. & Swizz Beatz)
Right Above It (Lil Wayne Feat. Drake)
Aston Martin Music (Rick Ross Feat. Chrisette Michele & Drake)
Moment 4 Life (Nicki Minaj Feat. Drake)
I’m On One (DJ Khaled Feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne)
Drake – Headlines
Drake – Make Me Proud (Feat. Nicki Minaj)

Is Nicki Minaj The Reason Females Are Getting Record Deals?

Nicki Minaj, not only is she the hottest female rapper to come along since Missy Misdemeanor Elliott. But she is also one of the hottest rappers out right now. It's undeniable, but many critics say its easy to be the best female rapper in the game when your the only female rapper in the game.

Now, aside from that being a total slap in the face to the Queen of the South Miami based femcee Trina and other mainstream & underground female rappers. It's comments like that, that pidgeon hold females in the rap industry. Ask any female in the game or attempting to get in they will tell you its a male dominated industry and not only are other female rappers their competition, but also their male counterparts.

I mean if you look at the majority of her awards she's won, they haven't been for best female this or best female that, it's been for best rap album, best rap video, best rap single, best new artist etc. She's being pitted against juggernauts of the hip-hop game like Jay-Z, Eminem, Kanye West, even her boss and label mate Lil Wayne and Drake.

What impact has Nicki Minaj had on the female rap game? Whether if we like to admit it or not , there has been a void in female rap for a very long time. There have been numerous articles written asking if female rap is dead. Yes! Trina has been one in a very few who has been consistent in rap. However, her efforts have not been strong enough by themself. But don't think she is going un-noticed. From the writers here at The StreetzIz-Watchin Trina we love you and thank you for not letting the light of female rap completely dim.

Nicki has a line in her song entitled "Still I rise" where she says  "They don't understand these labels, look at numbers and statistics I lose you lose, ma is just logistics, anyway, real bitches listen when I'm speaking, cause if Nicki win, then all ya'll gettin' meetings". Basically what Ms. Minaj has pointed out is that when it comes to record labels it's all in the numbers, with all the hype she has, with all the awards she wins, after all of that, if she doesn't sell records then all the female rappers will lose out on potentially labels giving them notice.

Since her success, record labels have been openly noticing and signing other female rappers. Harlem raptress Azealia Banks just inked a deal with UMG, the same parent  label Nicki is signed to. Just recently Iggy Azalea a female rapper who's been putting in work for a while, but really blew up in the public eye after remixing Nicki Minaj's Roman In Moscow signed with Interscope Records. Kreayshawn the controversial white female rapper and leader of "White Girl Mob" got signed to Sony music. Lola Monroe the 1st lady of Wiz Khalifah Taylor Gang signs a deal. Even some veteran female rappers who found it hard to spark a new deal have been getting re-signed.

Now I'm not saying none of the ladies couldn't have done it on their own, but Nicki Minaj and all her success has sure made it easier for them to be seen and considered.

So Kudos to Nicki Minaj, the heroine of female rap

Below is a tweet from Blogger Necole Bitchie in respond to Iggy and Azalea getting record deals

Below is a fan made video about Nicki Minaj's Impact on female rap and commentary from fellow female rappers in the industry.

Video provided by @_MirandaRights

Do you agree that Nicki Minaj is responsible for helping revive female rap? Yes or No?

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?

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

Has Common recorded "The Bitch in You" Pt 2?

If you are an old head when it comes to hip-hop then you may remember the Common Vs. Ice Cube beef in the early 90's. Common caught the wrath of Ice Cube and the Westside connection over his classic song "I used to love her". Those two went back and forth until the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan intervened and help squash the beef.

 

Well In 2012, Common is beefing with Drake. This is all fun and lyrics even though some people are trying to suggest it could turn into something more. Well, I am hearing rumors that Common has braced for a Drake reply and recorded (or will record) “The Bitch  In Yoo” Part 2 for Drake.  If this is true, I am assuming it is under the anticipation that Drake may return with a diss. Based on what Baby of Cash Money  recently proclaimed, I don’t see Drake having much more to say. Also, I think quiet as kept, people realize that this could be a brand problem for Drizzy, not a Hip-Hop one. IF “The Bitch In Yoo” Part 2 comes out do you think it would measure up to the original? Based on “Sweet,” I think so. Maybe Drake should take the beat first and run with it!

Do you call this real beef? 

Nicki Minaj Performing at 2012 Grammy Awards

Awards season is upon us, and on Wednesday night (January 11) Nicki Minaj was confirmed as a performer at the 2012 Grammys. Minaj shared the news by simply retweeting TheGRAMMYs Twitter announcement, “Happy to welcome @nickiminaj as a first-time performer on our GRAMMY Awards stage on Feb. 12! #GRAMMYs.” She’ll have plenty of help from some of this year's other nominees.

Mnaj is nominated in four categories, including Best New Artist, where she'll be up against Bon Iver, Skrillex, J. Cole and the Band Perry. While many of the most decorated acts typically perform on the show, there is no word yet on whether the night's leading nominee, Kanye West, who has seven nods, will play on the show.