In the April/May issue of KING magazine, triple O.G. journalist, Ben Detrick focuses on rappers slowly approaching the big 4-0. Age slow, homies.
YN Edit: I didn’t photoshop this. Sorry, SC! Ha!
This week, our favorite son of a gun slices and dices 50 Cent’s haunting track.
“I use to skate at Skate Key, niggas use to hate me/ Played the beef safely, and they ain’t never steak me.” What y’all know about Skate Key?
“Shut Ur Bloodclot Mouth”
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Last Week: Tuesdays With Cory: “Amazing”
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That Kriss Kross money must be longer than a muthafucka. In the second installment of Living The Life (Cribs Edition), Janet’s boy toy shows off the outside of Buckingham Palace his mansion and his DJing skills.
PREVIOUSLY: Living The Life: Beatmaking 101
BEFORE THAT: Living The Life: Twitter Update
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Looks like Shaffer is channeling his inner Marv Albert with this unreleased cut, “Bite You”.
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Fast shout to: Herfection
First the Fat Boys break up and now this. According to the NY Daily News, Damon Dash’s wife Rachel Roy, has filed for divorce after four years of marriage.
The breakup is the latest legal mess for the has-been hip-hop titan, whose empire – which he once pegged at “about $50 million” in a New York magazine profile – has crumbled under massive debt, bad business deals and one suit after another.
Dash, who in 2005 sold his stake in Rocawear to Jay-Z for $20 million, owes $2 million in state taxes, and a bank has started foreclosure proceedings on his two Tribeca condos. A Manhattan judge even ordered the city to seize his luxury Chevrolet Tahoe SUV last year when he couldn’t make the $714.99 monthly payment. He’s also being sued by law firms and landlords for not paying his bills.
Good grief, Dame. WWJD?
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“I think they all represent different movements. B.o.B from Yung L.A., they’re light years away. No pun intended I think that it’s great that the city is still growing, that the movement is alive and well. It gives me great honor and great pleasure to be able to present so many of these acts and to be responsible for the cultivating of their careers.”
Nonetheless, The Juiceman > OJ Da Juiceman. Aye!
Don’t know if this runs in the magazine or only online (I’d say most likely the latter) but it’s cool to see the house that Wenner built build with this reclusive rapper. Zev Love X (That’s when I knew the nigga) is as off the rocker as usual and promises to keep pullin’ the okey doke at shows.
“I tell you one thing: when you come to a Doom show, come expecting to hear music, don’t come expecting to see. You never know who you might see. It has nothing to do with a visual thing. Use your mind and think. I might be there. Next time I do a show, I might tell everybody to close they eyes. Use your own mind’s eye. That’s better than a camera phone, know what I’m sayin’?’ ”
Sounds like dude’s too lazy to show up to gigs and would rather jerk the promoters. Pause! Ha!
Say word. We all know my homie Jon Caramanica sleeps with Diplomats boxers on so it’s only fitting on the day that Prey IV Reign drops, Jim Jones get a big profile in the NY Times. That’s right, the Capo in the paper of record. This guy’s come a long way from slappin’ kufis. I mean he’ll still do that… you know what I mean.
Here’s a quote you don’t see Jomo say every day.
“I don’t want to be around the action-packed stuff now. I just want to be a rapper. I want to be like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice and them. I’m living a cliché. I don’t want the bad part. I want the fluffy part sometimes.”
Jim Jones, Longtime Sidekick, Moves His Rap Act To Center Stage
Freddie Gibbs is one of the most authentic voices in contemporary hip-hop. With his ability to tell real stories and create unique atmospheres, he has conquered an ever-widening audience.