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Fabolous released "Ready," featuring Chris Brown more than a month ago, as fans prepared fot the June 18th release of his highly anticipated album Loso's Way 2: Rise to Power. As the release date nears, Fab talked with Rap Up about pushing back the album and which feature artists will appear on the album. Read More »
"Ratchet P*ssy, Bust It Open!" "Excuse My French" Bronx bred; Moroccan born rapper French Montana's first studio album is speaking volumes to the state of the hip-hop game. French's highly anticipate, yet delayed debut album, solidifies his transition from "Mixtape and DVD King", to a full-fledged artist who can hold his own (with the help of great feature artists). Read More »
Montana Mania is in full effect. With just six days until French Montana's debut album Excuse My French drops, French is promoting like never before. The Moroccan born Bronx bred rapper just released a remix for '90's throwback "Freaks' featuring Nicki Minaj. Read More »
Future has released a new version of his controversial song "Karate Chop." The song whose remix gained a lot of notoriety for an offensive lyric about slain teenager Emmett Till by Lil Wayne. The song caused Wayne to eventually be dropped by sponsor Mountain Dew at the request of the Till Family. Pray tell, who does Future pick to replace a rapper who just lost his sponsorship over lyrical controversy? Rick Ross who you may remember as another rapper who lost his sponsorship over controversial lyrics. Read More »
MediaTakeOut.com "confirms" that "God Only Forgives" rapper Rick Ross recently proposed to his girlfriend Shateria L. Moragne-el with a stunning $500,000 diamond engagement ring... and she said yes! Apparently, the longtime power couple is officially engaged! The duo's recently been through some tough times together... Ross' controversial "date rape" inspired lyrics in his new hit single "U.O.E.N.O." led to some dire consequences, including Reebok dropping the Maybach Music Group rapper as their spokesman. Not to mention that the couple was involved in a scary drive-by shooting in Florida earlier this year. Looks like Ross and Moragne-el are able to make it through the good times and the bad - congrats to the happy couple! Read More »
Lil Wayne has lost his PespiCo Mountain Dew contract following backlash for "inappropriate" Emmit Till lyrics. Read More »
Reebok recently dropped Rick Ross over a flurry of controversy surrounding lyrics that seemed to promote date rape in the song "UOENO." However, it appears that the company was merely bowing to public pressure and didn't honestly feel all that bad about it. Ross was recently pictured with Reebok's CEO Uli Becker and Swizz Beatz and it appears that his sponsorship deal may be re-instated. Read More »
Even though his offending lines have been removed from the remix of Future song "Karate Chop," Lil' Wayne is still feeling the heat for his words regarding slain teenager Emmet Till. Till's family is pushing for Mountain Dew to revoke their sponsorship of Weezy F. Baby for his insensitive remarks about Till. Read More »
Rick Ross is back for the first time since his guest verse on Rocko's "UOENO" ignited a firestorm of controversy with track "Ice Cold (feat. Omarion)" off of God Forgives, I Don't. Ross has left his date rape days in the past and returned to typical Ross subjects: luxury items, cigars, guns and (completely willing, he promises) women. Read More »
Mr. All Gold Everything, Trinidad James has new hair, a new record deal, and a new rank as a 2013 XXL Freshman Class inductee. The Atlanta based rapper stopped by New York's Power 105.1 to talk Rick Ross, his Def Jam deal, fashion and more. Read More »
Talib Kweli has never been what you would call softspoken. The activist and concious rapper has always been more than willing to let his feelings be known on any number of subjects. In a recent interview with AllHipHop, he let his feelings be known about a number of recent news stories including the controversy of Beyonce and Jay-Z's Cuba trip and the scandal surrounding Rick Ross' questionable lines in Rocko's "UOENO." Read More »
Rick Ross was recently booted by his sponsor Reebok for dicey lyrics that appeared to be about date rape on the Rocko track "U.O.E.N.O." The song caused its fair share of controversy among women's groups culminating in three apologies from Ross (one of them actually good!) and a decision by Rocko to axe Ross from the songs remix. However, after all of that,Ross buddy French Montana thinks that Reebok should have "Taken It Light" on Ross. Read More »
Rick Ross is making headlines again, as the controversy with his date rape lyrics on Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." continues to simmer. Since being dropped by Reebok, at the request of women's rights activists nationwide, Rick Ross is rumored to be upset at losing out on millions, he allegedly abandoned his Reebok collection, for Air Jordans. Read More »
