Watch Tekashi 6ix9ine star in ad for New York sex shop that doubles as PSA against violence towards women
Daniel Hernandez, aka Tekashi 6ix9ine, has been recently seen in a Valentine’s Day ad for a NYC based sex store called Romantic Depot. This ad which has a special, program called ” dignity and respect,” prevents violence against women.
Lauryn Hill disappoints on Australian tour: ‘She should have cancelled her show’
Article via The Guardian
Clearly unwell, the groundbreaking artist arrived more than an hour late to an anticipated Sydney show many are demanding refunds for
Lauryn Hill’s solo debut was a defining album for people of my generation, and the artist’s Australian tour promised us pure, indulgent nostalgia: Hill would be playing the record in its entirety, to commemorate its 20th year.
Unfortunately on Thursday night in Sydney it was mainly the fans doing the singing – often at Hill’s request, when she couldn’t reach the notes.
What we mainly heard was noise, over a croaky, failing voice.
No stranger to tardiness, Hill’s tour has already drawn criticism in Europe for her late arrivals. This time, she arrived almost 90 minutes late; she was “feeling under the weather,” warned the DJ tiding us over. That turned out to be a euphemism: at times Hill looked close to fainting.
This Sydney show followed less than favourable reviews from the tour opener in Perth, where the Australianreported that her show was “plagued with production problems” and she “complained via hand gestures that her in-ear monitors were failing”.
In Sydney, many are demanding refunds. “She was clearly super sick and should have cancelled her show FULL STOP,” wrote one audience member on the event’s Facebook page. “If I wanted to see back up singers and hear musical coverage over a husky sick voice, I would have gone to the local pub.”
Sydney’s show also seemed to struggle with its production, with Hill wildly gesticulating to sound people throughout. But the big issue was her illness: she seemed to grow physically sicker on stage too, apologising repeatedly and vowing to return to Sydney and “sing like a bird” when her voice was better. “I don’t think I can do the next song,” she said at one point – but gave it her best shot. Calling in sick to work must feel almost impossible when you’ve got a packed out arena that might not be available for a postponed slot.
In one of the album’s uplifting singles Everything is Everything, Hill urges, “Now hear this mixture where hip hops meets scripture”, but live its mellifluous melody was sacrificed for shouty rap. Hill bridged so many gaps in her career: a woman in a rap world dominated by men, bringing a gospel flavour to a hip hop sound, bringing a welcome melody and emotional depth to rap, clearly influenced by Motown and doo wop. But the gap between what appeared to be laryngitis and singing was a bridge too far.
Hill had almost almost lost her voice completely by the time she croaked her way through Doo Wop (That Thing), but this was the moment some of the energy came back too – and we finally saw the Lauryn Hill we were hoping for. She gave it her all, but her throat was clearly in need of respite.
Hill is due on stage in Brisbane on Sunday, before two shows in Melbourne next week. Sending good vibes to her throat between now and then.
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Tekashi 6ix9ine Pleads Guilty to 9 Federal Crime Charges
Article via Pitchfork
Counts for Daniel Hernandez—who is cooperating with authorities—include racketeering conspiracy, firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and more…
Tekashi 6ix9ine (born: Daniel Hernandez) has pled guilty to nine counts in a federal crime case, WNBC reports and Pitchfork can confirm via court documents. Court records show that 6ix9ine entered his guilty plea on January 23. The counts include racketeering conspiracy, multiple firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and more. Pitchfork has contacted attorneys for 6ix9ine.
Previously, Hernandez pled not guilty to all charges back in November 28. According to court records, Hernandez is scheduled to be sentenced by January 24, 2020. The New York Times reports that Hernandez is “cooperating with federal prosecutors.”
6ix9ine was arrested in New York City on November 2018 on federal crime charges. The rapper’s former manager Shottie, real name Kifano Jordan, and their associates Jensel Butler (aka Ish), Faheem Walter (aka Crippy), Fuguan Lovick (aka Fu Banga), and Jamel Jones (aka Mel Murda), were arrested on the same charges.
According to the indictment, viewed by Pitchfork, Hernandez and the other defendants “participated in the operation and management of” the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. The indictment accused the gang members of murder, robbery, assault, the sale of drugs, and more. Two of the charges that Hernandez faced have a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Learn more about 6ix9ine’s legal history in “Untangling Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Legal Cases, Which Could Soon Land Him to Prison.”
My EMI Contract is ‘Servitude’ … And I Want ‘To Be Set Free’
Article via TMZ
Kanye West says his contract with EMI amounts to servitude and claims he’s entitled “to be set free from its bonds.”
Kanye has just filed new legal docs in his lawsuit against EMI and Roc-A-Fella Records. He says the deal he signed with EMI effectively has no time limit … it could last the rest of his natural life.
He notes in California, personal services contracts cannot last longer than 7 years because they amount to “servitude.”
According to the deal, he’s required to deliver a certain number of songs and, until they are delivered, the contract remains in full force and effect. Problem is … that could last 1 year or 80 years.
Kanye wants a judge to cut off the EMI contract as of 2010, which would revert all of the rights of his songs back to him. The year 2010 is important because that’s the 7-year mark of his deal.
Some songs of note Ye released in 2010 and after include megahit “All of the Lights,” along with “Power” and “Monster” from his “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” album, “Otis” and “Ni**as in Paris” from the “Watch the Throne” album, “Bound 2” from Yeezus and “Famous” from “The Life of Pablo.”
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You Guys, Cardi B Just Confirmed She and Offset Are Working Things Out
Article via Cosmopolitan
It’s been an eternity two months since Cardi B and Offset split up—prompting Cardi to wax poetic about his penis every so often—but Cardi is done with the single life and is getting back together with her mans.
After her New York assault case was postponed to April, someone caught Cardi leaving the courthouse and asked her the status of her and Offset’s relationship. Dressed head to toe in fur, she responded, “We’re working it out, baby.”
According to TMZ, Cardi is heading down south to Atlanta to move back into their home, where she apparently hasn’t been since leaving him last year after accusing him of cheating.
At the time of their breakup, Cardi was totally honest about why she had to take a break from him. She told her followers:
“So everybody been bugging me and everything, and you know I’ve been trying to work things out with my baby father for a hot minute now. And we are really good friends and we are really good business partners—and you know he’s always somebody that I run to to talk to, and we got a lot of love for each other, but things just haven’t been working out between us for a long time. It’s nobody fault, it’s just like, I guess we just grew out of love but we are not together anymore.”
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Elfen’s Neosoul Hip Hop New Music Tuesday January 27th 2019
It just amazes me how I can find good music just surfing on YouTube! I found this hip hop instrumental Banga on a YouTube tutorial on how to wash your LOCS! His name is Lakely Inspired. The song is called Alone. Take a ride press play. Or get ya mind fucked cause this song will surely send your mind to ecstasy………
Elfen’s What’s Old To You Is New To Me Underground Hip Hop Monday
This weeks What’s Old To You Is New To Me Underground Hip Hop Monday artist of the week is Marlowe.
“An artist afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.”
Over a half-century later, the axiom remains true for hyper-kinetic hip-hop innovators, North Carolina’s L’Orange and Solemn Brigham—the hard-boiled duo behind the fun house fever dream, Marlowe.
Released on Mello Music Group, Marlowe is a triumph of ambition, a rap bricolage blending prohibition and civil rights-era samples with Asian psychedelic rock flourishes. Solemn Brigham controls the microphone like a general who can’t help but be right. His flow is a blitzkrieg. It’s an Olympian sprint, gliding over snares and kick-drums like hurdles. He’s a showman seeking revolution—resolute in his desire to strike equilibrium between awareness and entertainment.
Solemn applies the fictional protagonist’s search for the truth towards different ends. His crimes are existential yet specific, rooted in the injustices of the past and the attempt to redress them in the present. He’s an artist perennially seeking something to fight for, channeling energy from the music of the civic rights era, stealing timeless rhythms and inflection from classic funk and soul. An old soul with original ideas, tapping into the eternal reservoir of Sam Cooke to Ice Cube, Otis Redding to Chuck D, Curtis Mayfield to KRS-One.
Over the course of 17 tracks, Solemn hurls sharp darts at counterfeits trying to crack his religion, the onslaught of time, and prevaricating rappers—all while paying homage to those who paved the road for him. He bounces off the beats like a trampoline placed in a speakeasy, doubling up on the vocals, burrowing into dense cryptic tangles of slang and then stretching them out with melodic ease.
With dazzling cinematic mise en scene, L’Orange crafts a world that sounds like an old-time medicine show dropped into 90s Brooklyn, with Solemn summoning the holy spirit of Big L. Cymbals crash, drums pound, fuzzy guitars ride out, a bronze rain of horns cascade. This is gorgeous celestial dust, high-powered fuel with every syllable meticulously ordained. Marlowe cracked the case, but how they did it can only become clear under deeper investigation.
Solemn got some killa rhymes. Just click play and you can decide if this album Is garbage or a head banga!!
Marlowe Bio ———> https://www.mellomusicgroup.com/products/marlowe-lorange-solemn-brigham-marlowe-lp
Young Jeezy & Jeannie Mai Form The Latest Rumored Couple
Jeannie Mai has been living her best life since her divorce.
Article via HotNewHipHop
Young Jeezy may have scooped up the newly-single Jeannie Mai. A recent photo featuring the pair posing with two other couples prompted fans to speculate about their relationship status. It shows Malika, who uploaded the image, sitting in front of her partner O.T. Genasis. Next up are Trey Songz and Lori Harvey, whose relationship has been confirmed publicly. Then, comes Jeannie Mai posing in front of the “Bottles Up” artist. Although Jeezy and Mai could simply be friends, social media users are expressing some excitement at the prospect of romance.
The Real host has previously admitted to dating someone who had been a guest on her show. Young Jeezy is part of that group. This doesn’t prove an actual courtship, but viewers have noticed Mai’s fondness of rappers. Check out the clip below for this take.
Mai recently navigated through a high-profile divorce with Freddy Harteis. Their relationship lasted a decade and came to a bitter conclusion in 2017. “One thing he always said, and I love this quote and I really believe it, my ex said, ‘You don’t truly know a person until they don’t get what they want. That’s when they show you who they are,” Mai recalled during an interview with The Breakfast Club. “You wouldn’t think that the person you were married to and were with for 10 years and taught you the quote would be the best number one example to prove it,” she added.