Paparazzo receives apology and handshake from Kanye West… According to Billboard… West was sued by Daniel Ramos after the 2013 attack outside a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport and the case was scheduled to go to trial next week. Ramos’ attorney Gloria Allred wrote in a statement issued Tuesday (April 7) that the case had been settled and West had apologized to her client.
West’s attorney Shawn Holley did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment. Mr. Ramos’ attorney Gloria Allred wrote that other details of the settlement will not be released.
Many say the Hip Hop game lacks creativity… Well… SKAM2? only knows creativity…
Since dropping underground classics alongside a young Marshall Mathers, the multi talented artist, SKAM2?, has mastered other artistic pursuits, whereby becoming one of the most sought after illustrators in the industry, providing iconic artwork for the aforementioned Detroit rapper, as well as A Tribe Called Quest, Dizzy Wright, La Coka Nostra (Ill Bill & Slaine), Sa-Roc, Blu, and DJ EFN, among countless others.
On “LOT3R (Lord of the 3 Rings),” SKAM2? merges his pen game–both as a wordsmith, and visual artist, to showcase the next leak off his forthcoming project, Flying Monkey Murder Cirkus (FMMC). With Dizzy Wright (Funk Volume) on the intro, SKAM2? offers a time-lapsed glimpse into the design process of the cover art. Press play, and watch the Cirkus come to life, while he chronicles some of his darker visions over the guitar drenched instrumental, produced by, Kato.
In promotion of FMMC, SKAM2? is launching an online contest with 2DopeBoyz (U.S. residents only), where you can enter to win a signed limited edition print of the cover art…good luck. FMMC drops on April 15th, stay tuned!
The Diggin’ In The Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) has something new on the horizon… A studio… And this studio will become a big deal to the Hip Hop community… And here’s why… Some might consider Diggin’ the greatest Hip Hop crew ever… Some might also say Wu-Tang has that tittle… And that’s fair… But here are some reasons why Diggin’ might get the nod in the ‘best ever Hip Hop crew category’…
Diggin’ is composed of dudes that can really spit… No surprise there… Lord Finesse /Big L /Fat Joe /Diamond D /OC /& AG… Not to mention Showbiz dropped lyrics for the Showbiz and AG album… There’s more…
The producers… Buckwild /Lord Finesse… you see where I’m going with this… Diamond D / & Showbiz… And then the DJ’s… Lord Finesse /Buckwild /Diamond D… Now D.I.T.C.’s name will be associated with an almost completed D.I.T.C. Studios… This studio will become a landmark for HipHop enthusiast everywhere…
The launch of the Adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams Supercolor Superstar collection, was held at the Hackney West Reservoir in London… According to Complex… More than 200 people attended the event, decked out in their finest three striped apparel and sneakers, and chose their colour to help light up london.
‘Straight Outta Compton’ is building momentum with the upcoming release set to hit the theaters in August… The film from director F. Gary Gray stars Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell and O’Shea Jackson Jr. The rap group’s founding members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are both onboard as producers.
Music mega stars team up to launch the music streaming service “Tidal”
The main selling point for Tidal over anything else is the quality… Tidal’s main claim is that it will offer CD quality streaming using the “Free Lossless Audio Codec” or FLAC – ALAC… The specs say that you’ll get the full CD sampling rate of 44 kHz, 16bit and at a bitrate of 1411kbps.
The service competes with other high-def audio companies like Deezer Elite and Spotify Premium, as well as the likely soon-to-be-relaunched Beats. According to Billboard, the competition is steep: Spotify boasts 15 million subscribers, Deezer has six million and currently Tidal is the smallest at 540,000.
T.I. RELEASES NEW TRACK “I GO HARD” FT. KAT
FROM NEW COMEDY FILM GET HARD
In line with Get Hard’s release in US theaters, multi-talented Hip Hop icon T.I. has released his thematic track from the film “I Go Hard” ft. Kat. The song is also available now on iTunes. After catching T.I. play a role in the film itself, fans can hear “I Go Hard” in the end credits of the film.
About Go Hard: When millionaire hedge fund manager James (Will Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell (Kevin Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assumptions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison. Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to “get hard” and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things – including each other. Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart join forces in the comedy “Get Hard,” also starring Tip “T.I.” Harris, Alison Brie, and Craig T. Nelson.
VA is always present in the hip hop arena… Joey Gallo brings us his new release III I IX… a treat for hip hop fans… III I IX is all about beats and rhymes… Gallo links up with Canayda on “Hunger” to flex the vocal skills over a dope track… and Chance Fisher on “Humidors”…
Finesse came thru to talk about everything. He covers the start of his career and the role Guru played in it, the creation of DITC, discovering Big L, working with Biggie, working on Chronic 2001 and Detox, and much more!
