Drake performed for ‘New Years Eve With Carson Daly.’
December 21, 2011
‘Sweet’ Was Aimed At Drake – Common Confirms
The Chicago rapper Common came clean on Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning that the song was aimed at Drake. He said that Drake should take it as a personal diss if he was offended by the song.
“Hey, he opened his mouth and said some things. So if he wants it, that’s what he wants, all that subliminal, you can do that too. But you might want to say that now,” he said. “I mean, the verse is about me, but when you hear some stuff on the chorus, it’s like you can’t help but think about dude, and that’s what he felt. So at the end of the day, he fit in that category. He already embraced it, so wear it.”
Common says this stemmed from Drake making comments about himself being the best lyricist. Common doesn’t think Drake is worthy of the title, and has decided to go after rappers who claim this, as he thinks he is worthy of it.
“He’s a very successful artist, obviously. Like I said, I think he’s a talented artist. I give credit where it’s due and I try to speak the truth where I see it. In Hip Hop, there was a lot of that going on,” he said. “Beyond Drake, it’s still some artists I was hearing, some artists I didn’t even know I was hearing. But Drake fits in that category. Any artist could be a target, once you get in and start saying you this and that. When you think about it, KRS-One if you take it there, or when Nas and Jay had a battle, it was about being a doper emcee.
“It’s just about emceeing, and once you step in there, you in the ring,” he continued. “Especially if you’re going to say I’m a champ, I’m the greatest. For me, I’m on ‘Sweet’ saying I’m the greatest, da da da. But there are going to be some cats who come at me, that’s what it is.”
December 20, 2011
Justin Bieber Freestyle’s Over Biggie’s ‘Who Shot Ya’
It seems Justin Bieber has an itch to become a rapper…he’s rapped over Otis along with many other videos that have popped up of him freestyling including one on Tim Westwood’s show. Now he went to Hot 97 in Vegas to freestyle over Who Shot Ya. What do you think about Bieber’s hobby?
December 20, 2011
Cleo Sol Signs To Island Records
Cleo Sol signed her first major record deal yesterday to Island Records.
The West London singer/songwriter first made it big on the underground circuit after producer Davinche noticed her talent and put her on tracks with Tinie Tempah on Tears, Wretch 32’s Dancefloor and Bashy’s Riding For Love.
Her tracks this year, Lovebass, Call For Me and newest single High ft Gappy Ranks have received support by Kiss 100, 1Xtra, Radio 1, Choice and Rinse.
I look forward to seeing what 2012 now holds for Cleo with her new label. Congratulations!
December 19, 2011
Rihanna Racially Abused At Portugese Hotel
Rihanna who is on the last leg of her World Tour, yesterday took to twitter after being racially abused by a man at her hotel in Lisbon.
She tweeted first
“I just met the most racist c*** EVER!!! This man said the craziest shit abt black women called us dogs, sluts, we don’t look like shit.”
she continued
“we don’t belong in the same hotels….needless to say, the #NIGGA in me came out! Bajan accent and all!Lol!Turns out the hotel manager’s black. Oh and he had the NERVE to diss black people in his Tighty whitey’s!!!! SMH…and tbh a lil black wouldn’t hurt him.”
December 19, 2011
Maya Angelou Criticizes Common’s Use Of The N-Word
Mary Angelou the world famous Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet stated her displeasure at the Chicago rapper’s use of the N-Word on his album.
On Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer album, the track The Dreamer features a poem written and recited by Maya Angelou. His lyrics on the track include, “Told my nigga [Kanye West] I’m ’bout to win the Grammys now” and “Niggas with no heart, I’m the pacemaker.”
Common uses the word often in his lyrics which is known well by the hip hop community. Mary Angelou claims she did not know this and has now expressed her disapproval.
“I had no idea that Common was using the piece we had done together on [a track] in which he also used the ‘N’ word numerous times. The word is vulgar and dangerous to the black community. I’m surprised and disappointed. I don’t know why he chose to do that. I had never heard him use that [word] before. I admired him so because he wasn’t singing the line of least resistance.”
Common has said that Angelou knew about him using the word, and that they both agreed to disagree.
“She knows i do use the word. She knows that’s part of me. I told her what ‘The Dreamer’ was about and what I wanted to get across to people. I wanted young people to hear this and feel like the could really accomplish their dreams.”
December 16, 2011
Snoop Dogg In Trouble For Blazing A Blunt In The Middle East
It has been reported by TMZ that he has been threatened with a lawsuit when performing at a concert in 2009 in Beirut. He was seen at the afterparty smoking weed, which is illegal in Lebanon. He also featured footage of this in his music video, That’s Tha Homie.
Concert promoter Roger Kalaouz is unhappy after Lebanese authorities found out about the weed smoking, and opened a criminal investigation into his company. He claims it has left his reputation, ‘severely damaged.’
Kalaouz is now seeking damages of $280k, and has sent letters to Snoop’s people. He also wants as part of the deal for Snoop to book 2 concerts in the Middle East through him.
December 16, 2011
Jay Z Compares Having Kids To Running Roc Nation
Jay Z spoke to MTV News in New York about becoming a father soon.
“I think running a label is a bit like having kids,” he told MTV.
He is known to let his artists take the lead, and has an off hands approach when it comes to them.
“When you know someone needs more help, you help them,” he explained. “When you see that someone can make it on their own … you see Kanye or J. Cole, you see that sort of talent — you let that talent be. You let that talent find its way.”
“Of course you’re not gonna let any harm befall it,” he added. “You pretty much let people find their way.”
“I’m just really here to provide opportunity. I’m not here to do anything else.”
December 14, 2011
Canibus Retracts J Cole Diss
I posted recently that he released a track dissing J Cole, now he has taken back what he said. I think Canibus may be slightly confused…
“I’ve seen thousands and thousands of comments about this J.Cole track and all of the negativity it’s stirring up. After 48 hours of it, I feel confident enough to say that it’s unanimous; hip hop has spoken up, loud and clear, it’s a Cole World right now and you’re a reigning champ J. [Cole]. I take full responsibility for my actions and I apologise for stepping over the line. It comes off as tacky and unsophisticated and it’s just not G. I love hip hop too much to further justify my selfish behavior. I made this video in an effort to turn around and man up for my mistake.
You said you were a fan of mine at one time; you big’d me up on many occasions; you don’t owe me nothing Cole. I was out of line for what I did and I’m sorry for creating a fiasco at a time when hip hop really needs someone like you to look up to.
You got my support; I just hope the hip hop community can get pass this quickly and go back to what satisfies them and makes them happy. I’m not a hater I just went too far and I hope hip hop can forgive me for my foolishness. I’m going to go sit my old ass down somewhere now. Happy holidays…. It’s a Cole World, kid.”
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A Dutch Magazine Has Made Racist Comments About Rihanna
Poor Rihanna first a man racially abuses her at a hotel in Lisbon and now this. The Dutch Magazine Jackie ran a style piece on her, which is common enough in the magazine and blogging world. The piece firstly was entitled ‘De Niggabitch.’ It said,
“She has street cred, she has a ghetto ass and she has a golden throat. Rihanna, the good girl gone bad, is the ultimate niggabitch and displays that gladly, and for her that means: what’s on can come off. If that means she’ll be on stage half naked, then so be it. But Dutch winters aren’t like Jamaican ones, so pick a clothing style in which your daughter can resist minus ten. No to the big sunglasses and the pornheels, and yes to the tiger print, pink shizzle and everything that glitters. Now let’s hope she won’t beat anybody up at daycare.”
After readers were outraged the edior-in-chief responded with an apology, claiming it was never meant to offend anyone.
Dear readers,
First: thanks for all your responses. We are of course very fed up over this and especially very shocked. However I’m glad that we’re engaging in a dialogue on this page — not everybody does that. Thanks for this. Other than that I can be brief about this: this should have never happened. Period. While the author meant no harm — the title of the article was intended as a joke — it was abad joke, to say the least. And that slipped through my, the editor-in-chief’s, fingers. Stupid, painful and sucks for all concerned. The author has been addressed on it, and now I can only ensure thatthese terms will no longer end up in the magazine. Furthermore I hope that you all believe therewas absolutely no racist motive behind the choice of words. It was stupid, it was naive to think thatthis was an acceptable form of slang — you hear it all the time on tv and radio, then your idea of what is normal apparently shifts — but it was especially misguided: there was no malice behind it. We make our magazine with love, energy and enthusiasm, and it can sometimes happen that someone is out of line. And then you can only do one thing: apologize. And hope that others wish toaccept it.
From the bottom of my heart I say it again: we never intended to offend anyone. And I mean that.
Regards,
Eva Hoeke
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