Young Jeezy has recruited the help of the richest man in Hip-Hop to bring you the remix of his first single. Jay gets his Game on with this and drops a few names, including past rival Prodigy. Bump Quotables: “I put Mike Jack on stage at Summer Jam, Billie Jean, I put Prodigy in his place on that Summer Jam screen.”
The Nappy Roots recently took time out to discuss their upcoming album The Humdinger. “We taking a different approach to making music. We’re not gonna let major labels control us, tell us what to do. It’s our job and responsibility as artist to call the promoters, the radio stations,” Skinny DeVille said.
The biggest rapper in the country right now Lil Wayne has hooked up with Black Wall Street affiliate Nu Jerzey Devil to deliver a track that lets the ladies know what it is. Bump Quotables: “Start from the block and end up with a neighborhood, cops kinda hot but the work and the labor good.”
Hip-Hop superstar Ludacris has done his part to drum up support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, with a song hyping up the man. Bump Quotables: “Never should of hated, never should of doubted him, with a slot in the president’s Ipod, Obama shouted him!”
Abkco Music Inc. recently filed a lawsuit against rap star Lil Wayne and Cash Money for allegedly releasing an altered version of the Rolling Stones’ classic “Playing With Fire” without permission. Abkco claim Weezy’s song is “a clear derivative of the Rolling Stones song with the original lyrics altered in a recognizable way”.
New video from the ex-correctional officer.
Rumors that Miami rap star Rick Ross was once a correctional officer have been confirmed, after TheSmokingGun.com released records proving the allegations. According to the records, Ross graduated from the Florida Department of Corrections training academy and was a C.O. from 1995-1997.
“Real Rap” sees Lil Wayne talk about the friends and family he has lost over the years. Weezy thanks the Lord he’s still living the life. Bump Quotables: “Thank god I had dreams of being a man, yeah, and fuck a man with a badge, cause he ain’t shit to a man on the edge.”