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April 3, 2012

Diggy Simmons Explains Reason Behind J. Cole Diss

Diggy Simmons explains the reason behind the J Cole diss on his recent leaked tracked What You Say To Me. In an interview with US radio station 99.1 FM, he claims he recorded the song after J Cole falsely claimed he had relations with his sister Vanessa on his track Purple Rain. Diggy claimed that the song was over a year old, but he felt the need to defend his family, and that the track wasn’t leaked by anyone in his camp.

“[There’s] no big story behind it, it was really just that my sister [Vanessa] over a year ago told me that [J. Cole] was saying that he did this, that and third with her, ‘cus the went to the same college [St. John’s], but they didn’t really know each other like that, so it wasn’t like that,” he said. “She also told me that he subliminally talked about her in a song called ‘Purple Rain,’ which was also false. So it was just me sticking up for my family, that’s all that it really was. I didn’t even leak it, it got leaked last night while I was at the movies…I did that record last year…I was gonna put it out, but I didn’t feel like it was appropriate, but of course, that’s my sister…family over everything. [My dad Reverend Run] had already heard the track and he was like the same thing: ‘Family over everything, that’s your sister,’ so he wasn’t mad at all.”

April 2, 2012

Rocawear Presents Jay-Z From “Marcy to Barclays” Commercial

The first ever Rocawear commercial is a retrospective of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s journey as a kid growing up in the humble projects of Brooklyn aspiring to make music and eventually making history. On that journey, the first business beyond music was the birth of Rocawear. Carter’s Rocawear brand represents his prowess as a business man who continues to challenge himself to be more than merely a musician.

March 29, 2012

Nas x Noisemakers w/ Peter Rosenberg: Michael Jackson’s Phone Call and Jay-Z

At this year’s SxSwPeter Rosenberg held a Noisemakers interview with the hip hop legend that is Nas. The interview touched on the artists career up and downs and Nas opened up on untold stories. He talks about Michael Jackson calling him,

“I don’t care who you are, you’re never ready to hear that Michael Jackson is on the phone. I don’t care how it goes, no one is ready to handle that shit. He’s a spirit, he’s not a man. That was a spirit on the phone.”

At the end of the interview he talks about Jay Z’s significance in hip hop.

March 29, 2012

Drake On Doing A Whole Album With Rihanna

While Drake was in the UK for his tour, Kiss FM interviewed him speaking about his desire to do a whole collaborative album with Rihanna, getting back into acting, the video for Take Care and more.

March 27, 2012

Jay-Z & Kanye West Release Ninth VOYR Episode, “The Band”

Jay Z and Kanye West have released a new clip from ‘The Throne‘ tour showing off their band.

This is one episode from their VOYR series which takes viewers behind the scenes of their tour. The band consists of Omar Edwards (keyboards), Mike Dean (producer/keyboards/guitars) and Million $ Mano (DJ),showing the last day of rehearsals in October 2011.

March 23, 2012

Tyga Addresses Shooting In Omaha, Nebraska on Power 106

Tyga went on Power 106 to talk about the shooting after his concert in Nebraska, which he says stemmed from local acts that had been going on all day. He called in to the station to explain the reason behind it was because he didnt wany opening acts, and this started to generate some bad feeling.

Honey Cocaine was shot in the arm and taken to hospital, but is fine.

“I’m a chill person, but a person wants to be disrespectful… I’m trying to put on a great show for people who pay money to see me. Somebody threw a bottle and nobody want to say who threw the bottle. It’s childish stuff,” he said. “I never really lose my cool, I’m chill most of the time. I never be trying to start drama or something like that. But when you get disrespected as a man, there’s certain stuff that won’t allow.”

“I’m not paranoid about this. You don’t understand… This doesn’t happen, these aren’t fans. This situation escalated because I wanted to do the show,” he explained. “I was dealing with the same people from the beginning of the day, before the show even started. They wanted to cancel the show. There was a bunch of drama going on already.”

“Actually, there were some local opening acts and I told them they couldn’t perform. It’s a tour, and I don’t want no opening act performances. That’s what y’all saw on YouTube and stuff. Stuff was going on all day, but I could have left Omaha and said, I don’t care about y’all, I’m going to leave.”

March 22, 2012

Wu-Tang Clan Discusses Return To Music

Wu-Tang Clan have been strong fixtures in hip hop for 20 years, experiencing the highs and the lows, the commercial and critical success, and through all this have remained a strong force in the game.

They discussed this in a recent interview on ThisIs50.com. “This is my foundation,” explained RZA. “If my brothers is ready to rock and roll, I’m ready to rock and roll. Music? Man. It’s magical, baby.”

“We reached the people, yo. I don’t care what nobody say,” offered Inspectah Deck. “A lot of motherfuckers’ll tell you Wu-Tang’s irrelevant, out of date, or whatever the case. I’m just more or less…the movement that’s behind us, is bigger than us now.”

March 18, 2012

Charles Hamilton Releases Diss Track Towards J. Cole

Charles Hamilton disses his previous ally in this track, claiming it was him who set up J Cole’s deal with Roc Nation, and how he used to badmouth Jay Z.

“I remember when I met you, you was dissin’ Jay / Shit bothered me anyway / It’s not that I didn’t like him, I just heard rumors / And I heard you was my junior / Throwin’ up the Roc sign / I assumed that you knew what it meant / Apparently, you didn’t / Nigga you was fishin, barely was livin’ / And I’m the one who put you in your new position / Just remember, nigga.”

He also claims that Cole didn’t write his original rhymes..

“Every residual check belongs to me / Nigga this is a check, do a song with me / And this time, write it / You ain’t the nicest, nigga I was just excited.”

March 18, 2012

Cash Money Records Sued For Not Paying Royalties

EMI is suing Cash Money for stopping quarterly payments they had agreed to make in 2009 as part of a settlement. Allegedly Cash Money owes EMI $491,000 for samples from EMI’s catalog.

“Because Defendant has ignored numerous communications from EMI regarding Defendant’s contractual obligations, EMI once more is being forced to commence a lawsuit against Defendant to recover royalty payments,” states the complaint. “The sales of Defendant’s products have far exceeded the payments that EMI has received.”

“It is clear from Defendant’s conduct that it has no intention of honoring the Agreement.”

It’s not new for Cash Money as they have had constant lawsuits over the past few years.

March 15, 2012

Drake On The Cover Of GQ Magazine

Drake hits the style bible issue for the cover of GQ magazine.

Drake lets GQ into his mansion giving them a tour and an intimate interview. He talks about his family, especially his dad, Take Care and his love life.

“Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along. We laugh. We have drinks together. But I spent too many nights looking by the window, seeing if the car was going to pull up. And the car never came.”

“He had a spell there when he was fucking tons of girls…but that just wasn’t right for him: “There’s just a time where it was like, just getting pussy. Where I was in that sort of ‘I’m young, I’m going to disconnect from my emotions and just do what everyone else tells me I should do and just be a rapper and have my fun.’ And for me as a person, it just doesn’t work. I just need something else. The seconds after a man reaches climax, that’s like the realest moment of your life. If I don’t want you next to me in that fifteen, twenty seconds, then there’s something wrong.”

“I’m actually really happy,” the fame dome has its challenges, and much of the music on his latest album, Take Care, reveals a conflicted soul. “I’m trying to find the same feelings that I had for women when I had very little going on, which is tough,” he says. “When I was in my mom’s house, I had nowhere to go, no real obligations. My girlfriend at the time, if she was mad at me, my day was all fucked-up. I didn’t have anything else. And that made for some of the best music, I think, to date. Records where I felt small. That feeling is hard to capture when you’re sitting out here in a space like this.” He gestures to the pool, the tennis court, the volleyball court, the stables. “It’s really difficult for me to find something that makes me feel small.

Read the full interview here