It’s that time of the night again. We have to keep you hip hop heads on your A game with what’s going on in the world (the hip hop world that is). Check out stories on Ludacris, Fabo and more below.
“That’s some bullsh–,” a disappointed Tip told MTV News Saturday afternoon (August 23) via phone. “I’m beating down the Internet as we speak.”
The MC — who will perform a song from Paper Trail at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7 — obviously isn’t upset with how well “Swagger Like Us” (or “S.L.U.”) turned out or even the immediate positive reaction it’s gotten. He just had planned on presenting his song properly rather than having it just thrown out there. He said it could have been “that much bigger” if he’d had the chance to roll it out in grand fashion.
“Don’t ruin the event,” he lamented. “Wait till the cake comes out the kitchen before you eat it. That’s like a kid who sees his toys before Christmas; it takes away from me and I think it takes away from the fans as well. When it’s time, I’mma give it to you. They leaked my record with me and The-Dream ["Like I Do"] too. Leakage is never a problem I have had. I’m not used to it.”
The internet is a beast these days. I’m sure its hard to protect your tracks when so many people are involved in the process.
While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com’s inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in 2008 he cedes the throne to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months–almost twice what Jay-Z made.
Looks like Curtis has been a busy man making all that paper. Check the rest of Forbes’ 2008 Hip-Hop Cash Kings list after the jump.
DJ Vlad filed a $4 million dollar lawsuit against Rick Ross in Federal Court in New York on Friday (August 15), claiming that the Miami MC orchestrated a “brutal attack” on Vlad (born Vlad Lyubovny) at the Ozone Awards in Houston last Sunday.
“Following a brief conversation between DJ Vlad and Ross in which Ross said, ‘We got beef,’ Ross’ accomplices, who had surrounded DJ Vlad while he spoke with Ross, proceeded to strike and beat DJ Vlad in Ross’ presence and without any protest on Ross’ part,” the suit says. The men then reportedly fled the scene and left Vlad laying on the ground “bleeding profusely” after one attacker shouted, “Yeah, mother—-er, that’s what you get.”
I suppose this sort of thing will happen from time to time. It should be interesting to see how Ross’ team of lawyers try to get him out of this one. Don’t mess with officer Ross.
“I heard that Jay sorta said something about me at the Wimbledon tennis match,” The Game told AllHipHop.com exclusively. “I didn’t see him say it, I didn’t hear no audio so I don’t really know if he was dissing me, if he said something about me. Jay-Z’s a legend, man. I respect his music, [but that] doesn’t really mean I have to respect him if he’s disrespecting me. The Jay that was talking about me at Wimbeldon under his breath, or says anything about me, is the Jay that I’ll go at, and that’s just it.
Doesn’t look like there will be any on-going beef here. Check out the rest of the story at AHH.
“This Holiday the sibling wordsmiths release their line of apparel Play Cloths to select retailers worldwide.” In the midst of their Re-Up Gang touring the boys plan to take some time off of the road to showcase the collection in an undisclosed location during this August’s fashion trade shows in Las Vegas.
I’m interested to see what their line of t-shirts look like. Check out their website in the future once their line drops.
PPFF has posted some interesting news regarding Jay-Z and his upcoming project, The Blueprint 3. Check out what they had to say:
+ Kanye will indeed be producing most, if not all, of the album. Remember back in the day when an artist would do a whole album with one producer for cohesiveness? Think classic Snoop or Jeru with Primo… and fast forward it to 2008.
+ Jay will be leaking the finished version of “Jockin” as soon as he adds a new 3rd verse to the song.
+ Tracks to look for include the aforementioned “Jockin’ Jay-Z” and a new track entitled “Victory” that the rumor mill says is simply amazing.
A full Jay album produced by Kanye, sounds pretty fire to me.
“Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,” his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles, California.
She said no other details were available and asked that his family’s privacy be respected.
Check out a video of Bernie performing after the jump.
Another day, another batch of hip-hop related news all across the world. The first story is from our favorite C.O. Ricky Ross. Check the links below to read the full stories.
Joe Budden is set to release his long-awaited sophomore LP, Padded Room, on October 28, it was announced. The Amalgam Digital release was originally slated to be in stores in September, according to the former Def Jam rapper. Padded Room features 14 tracks and no guest appearances. The LP will be serviced both digitally and in retail stores.
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