According to Billboard… 50 Cent’s four-year-old headphone company SMS Audio will be partnering with Reebok and Marvel for upcoming headphone launches, an announcement that came yesterday via a feature on the Rap Star in Fortune.

Billboard continues… The company already has exclusive contracts with Disney World and Disney Land, as well as the Star Wars franchise. “We believe those relationships, in a corporate sense, are just as good a strategy,” the company’s president Brian Nohe told Fortune. 50 added, “Beats is Nike, and we’re Adidas.”

The rapper still has a roster of celebrities who endorse his headphones, however, including Carmelo Anthony, Timbaland and most recently New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski.

If your in the “ATL” don’t miss out on the James Evans event… April 18th… Frank Ski and Company…

According to The Wrap… Kanye, Common, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jeremy Piven have all been named as potential stars in Chiraq, Spike Lee’s upcoming project for Amazon… Of course… Kanye West and Common are both from Chicago… So that would be a real plus…

The moniker “Chiraq” is based on the city’s recent history of heightened gun violence…

Kendrick Lamar continues to hold down the # 1 spot with ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

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!

MC Lyte’s “LEGEND” album, her first in over eleven years, merges the classic sound of what made her initially popular together with the new, edgy, compelling sounds of the 21st century. LEGEND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE DAY IN VINYL FORMAT ONLY (with digital downloads for album purchasers) at independent record stores nationwide as a part of Record Store Day. Details, online pre-order options, listening parties, shows and appearances are at
www.mclyte.com. Future distribution of the album will be available through select media and brand partners at select hi-profile events worldwide.

Together with the assembly of 10 amazing musicians, this project puts the edge, truth and melody back into Hip Hop. From hard hitting kicks and snares that represent the genre of Hip Hop to the new pad sounds and synths that take the listener beyond this moment and the heavy bass lines that give way for Lyte’s showcase of pure lyricism, LEGEND is a perfect combination of what WAS and what IS and it’s ALL MC Lyte . . . current but still way ahead of her time.

“The comeback in itself is an art. On LEGEND, however, MC Lyte doesn’t appear to have any jet lag,” says THE SOURCE MAGAZINE in its review and exclusive premiere:

http://thesource.com/2015/04/02/mc-lyte-to-release-new-album-legend-avail-for-one-day-only-4-18/

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