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  1 Click to share on LinkedIn Click to email this to a friend (AllHipHop News)  The appropriation and exploitation of Black music has been a topic of conversation since the days of Jazz’s dominance. Recent years have seen the subject repeatedly brought up in Hip Hop circles. Atlanta-based producer Mr. Collipark offered his opinions about the issue in an interview with DJ Smallz Eyes. [ALSO READ:  Lupe Fiasco Says Cultural Appropriation Of Hip Hop Is A Myth (VIDEO) ] “Black music has been f**ked. It’s f**ked, it’s raped, it’s whored out from the core,” states Mr. Collipark. “From a street level all the way up to corporate. It used to be we could sit down here on the street level and be mad at corporate… Now 90% of the motherf**kers involved in Black music ain’t got no business here. That starts even with the DJs.” Collipark goes on to discuss how a less talented performer with financial backing can reach a greater leve...

For the most part Meek Mill’s baby momma Fahimah Raheem keeps a pretty low profile. That’s why when she started liking Nicki Minaj’s ex Safaree Samuels Ig posts, there was no way the ish was gonna go unnoticed. Mill got wind of the ‘innocent’ likes and blasted Raheem in a post of his own: Word is once Meek saw what was going on he started blowing up Raheem’s phone non-stop. Raheem claims liking the posts was innocent, for the most part I’m really trying to believe her, but COME ON NOW. You know damn well what you were doing. Raheem clapped back at her baby daddy’s antics in a message of her own: Is she right? Should it matter whose pics she likes on IG if Mill is content with the baddest in the game? Hmmm….

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West recently talked about his longevity in the music industry and how much he respects former Roc-A-Fella Records owner Damon “Dame” Dash . Speaking to “The Breakfast Club” this week, Kanye dished on siding with longtime pal Jay Z instead of Dame during the Roc split in the mid-2000’s. “He presented me to the world,” Ye said referring to Dash. “I wouldn’t have a record deal if it wasn’t for Dame Dash. I wasn’t [loyal to him] and this was an extremely visionary move on my part to roll with Jay Z. I’ve mentioned Dame a lot in raps but the story’s not done. It’s been moments where I was wildin’ out and Jay would be like, ‘Okay, Ye, you got to sit these couple plays out’ and it was the moment when Roc-A-Fella [Records] split. It made more sense, career-wise, to roll with Jay even though Dame had supported me. Then I wonder, where would we be if I had rolled with Dame? Would I have been more successful, less successful? I can’t say.” (“The Breakfas...

Young Money’s Tyga can breathe a sigh of relief following publicized scrutiny about his alleged romance with teen celebrity Kylie Jenner after receiving a co-sign from rap star Kanye West . Talking to “The Breakfast Club,” Kanye jokingly sided with Tyga and downplayed their age gap. “I think he got in early, I think he was smart. [laughs] They’re closer in age than a lot of relationships I know. I knew Tyga was smart, you know? [laughs] Yeah, I can’t speak on their whole relationship.” (“The Breakfast Club”) This week, Tyga denied ditching his ex-girlfriend Blac Chyna for the 17-year-old reality television personality. “No, I’m not dating Kylie. I’m not dating her. I want to clear that up. I want to be clear to everybody that I didn’t leave my family to be with Kylie. That’s ridiculous. Me and Chyna we broke up, almost close to a year now, because of the decision we made and things in our relationship that wasn’t going right, so we decided to split to raise an emotion...

Russell Simmons speaks on "jail culture" and the prison-industrial complex while responding to Geraldo Rivera's recent comments on Hip Hop. After being approached by TMZ while in Hollywood, California this week, Russell Simmons was asked to share his thoughts on Geraldo Rivera’s comments about Hip Hop being “destructive culturally.” According to Simmons, who Rivera referred to as “a dear friend” during his interview with Huffington Post Live, the real problem lies with the prison-industrial complex and “jail culture.” In regards to Rivera, the Def Jam Records co-founder suggested that due to his recent loss on “Celebrity Apprentice,” the Fox News contributor needs to stay relevant in some way or another. “Geraldo, the prison-industrial complex got people so twisted,” Russell Simmons said. “For 40 years, they’ve been locking up diseased drug addicts, educating them on criminal behavior, and dumping them back in the hood. The poetry is a reflection of w...

    "I hate when personal things become public 'cause everyone [speculates] on things they don't really know," 50 Cent says.   Opening up about his thoughts on the current feud between Lil Wayne and Cash Money , 50 Cent sat down with MTV recently and explained why he's happy to have total control over his own albums' release dates as a newly independent artist.   "I enjoy the freedom of being able to set the date," he said. "To say, 'It's gonna come out on that date 'cause it says it's gonna come out on that date.' Everybody else can catch up."   Addressing Wayne's release date woes at Cash Money, 50 offered his perspective on the rift.   "I'm surprised to see Wayne going through that because of the relationship between him and Baby," he said. "I think it'll work itself out. I hate when personal things become public 'cause everyone [speculates] on things...

Chicago Dance Crash, photo by Emily Coughlin. February 19, 20 & 21, 2015  | 8:00PM     "Crash brings a compelling mixture of ballet, breakdancing, hip hop, martial arts and dangerous acrobatics into seamless alignment." - Chicago Tribune “…a marvelously cohesive and physically fearless group.” – Chicago Sun-Times Named the Readers Choice “Best Dance Company” in 2009 and one of the best companies to debut in the last two decades by NewCity, Chicago Dance Crash has risen to be a formidable stable in Chicago’s dance scene. The self-professed fusion company, directed by Jessica Deahr, merges street forms, hip-hop, breaking, martial arts, modern, jazz and ballet with a high degree of athleticism. Perhaps known best for their full evening dance-theater works – Tribulation and the Domination Squad (2005), Ghost Play (2006), Gotham City (2012), The Cotton Mouth Club (2013), Tron (2104) – and for their Keeper of The Floor dance battles, the Crash’s Dance Ce...

"What's worse than you being broke and brainwashed to feel like you gotta kill another brother to get by? " Joey Fatts says of his past.  Fresh off the release of a new EP, Joey Fatts recently stopped by the HipHopDX offices and opened up about everything from his reaction to hearing of A$AP Yams' passing to the lessons he learned from his own history as a part of a gang. Detailing how his mother moved his family away from her neighborhood in Compton to avoid passing on her own criminal past, the  Ill Street Blues  rapper reflected on his progress from gang-life to his current status as a rapper. "My mama is a Blood," Fatts said in a clip that debuted as a part of today's DX Daily . "She from Lueders Park. My mama, she a Blood. That's why we moved to Long Beach 'cause she was trying to get us out the life. We ain't never been Crip so she failed at that. All in all, like I said, I'm fortunate that we went t...

The reporter says he is saddened by the effects of Hip Hop culture. Geraldo Rivera made some bold claims in a recent Huffington Post Live segment. After describing himself as a "militant moderate" Rivera went on to say “Hip Hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years." The Fox News contributor stated that not everybody can be successful in the music industry and urban trends like sagging pants and tattoos prevent young people from having a career in other avenues of life. Rivera – the recent runner up on Celebrity Apprentice – blamed cultural leaders like Russell Simmons for creating such an outlying lifestyle. “I love Russell Simmons, he's a dear friend of mine,” Rivera says. “I admire his business acumen. At some point, those guys have to cop to the fact that by encouraging this distinctive culture that is removed from the mainstream, they have encouraged people to be so different from ...

De'Von Pickett was in Philadelphia preparing for Nicki Minaj’s forthcoming "The Pinkprint" tour. Two members of Nicki Minaj’s team were stabbed in Philadelphia today (February 18), according to a Tweet from the rapper. "One was killed,” Nicki Minaj wrote on Twitter today. "They had only been there for two days rehearsing for the tour." De’Von Pickett, 29, died from his wounds, while Eric Parker, 27, is recovering and is in critical condition, according to TMZ .  Pickett and Parker were in in the Pennsylvania city preparing for Nicki Minaj’s “The Pinkprint Tour.” The two were reportedly involved in an altercation at the Che Bar & Grill in the West Oak Lake section of Philadelphia today.  “We believe that both of the victims, as well as the perpetrator, were all inside of this bar and that’s when an argument started," Chief Inspector Scott Small said, per NBC Philadelphia . The suspect reportedly fled t...

The arrest is tied to Vanilla Ice's work on his "The Vanilla Ice Project" television show.  Vanilla Ice was arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft in Lantana, Florida today (February 18), according to TMZ . The rapper allegedly stole furniture, bicycles and a pool heater, among other items, from a vacant home in the Sunshine State at some point within the last month.  The charges are tied to an abandoned house Vanilla Ice was renovating for his The Vanilla Ice Project television show, which he has hosted since 2010.  The owner of the house did not approve of the removal of the items, leading to the arrest of the rapper, whose given name is Robert Van Winkle. After police obtained a search warrant, they searched Vanilla Ice’s Palm Beach County residence and found several of the items in question, Variety says. The items have been returned to the owner and Vanilla Ice has reportedly been cooperative during the inv...

Drake has the #1 album in the country and nearly breaks the Gold record mark in his first week. After news broke that his surprise album release set a new benchmark for first-week album streams on Spotify , the official sales numbers are in and Drake's  If You're Reading This It's Too Late   is the #1 album in the country. Drake's latest first-week album sales are more than double that of the #2 album on the Billboard 200 and his record-breaking stream count boosted his Total Activity Count even further. In the same week that his fellow Young Money label-mate Nicki Minaj fell out of the Top 10 entirely with The Pinkprint , Drake's is the only Hip Hop or R&B album currently in the upper tier of the chart. More than a dozen spots below, J. Cole's album regained three of the five spots it lost last week while Ne-Yo's   Non-Fiction   fell eight. Lower down the charts, Rae Sremmurd has managed to stay in the Top 40 with just ...

The 48 Laws of Power (1998) is the first book by American author Robert Greene . The book is a bestseller , selling over 1.2 million copies in the United States, and is popular with prison inmates and celebrities. Contents 1 Background 2 Criticism 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links Background Greene initially formulated some of the ideas in The 48 Laws of Power while working as a writer in Hollywood and observing that today's power elite shared similar traits with powerful figures throughout history. In 1995, Greene worked as a writer at Fabrica, an art and media school, and met a book packager named Joost Elffers. Greene pitched a book about power to Elffers and six months later, Elffers requested that Greene write a treatment. Although Greene was unhappy in his current job, he was comfortable and saw the time needed to write a proper book proposal as too risky. However, at the time Greene was rereading his favorite biography about Julius Ca...

Willie Lynch letter This speech was said to have been delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712.  Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there. [beginning of the Willie Lynch Letter] Greetings, Gentlemen. I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, I shall thank you, the gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to help you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies, where I have experimented with some of the newest, and still the oldest, methods for control of slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my program is implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King,...

Margaret Garner (called Peggy) was an enslaved African-American woman in pre- Civil War America who was notorious – or celebrated – for killing her own daughter rather than allowing the child to be returned to slavery . She and her family had escaped in January 1856 across the frozen Ohio River to Cincinnati , but they were apprehended by U. S. Marshals acting under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 . Margaret Garner's defense attorney moved to have her tried for murder in Ohio , to be able to get a trial in a free state and to challenge the Fugitive Slave Law as well. Her story was the inspiration for the novel Beloved (1987) by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison , which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Oprah Winfrey , as well as for her libretto for the early 21st century opera Margaret Garner (2005), composed by Richard Danielpour . Contents   1 Early life 2 Escape and trial 3 Sent South 4 Memorialized 5 See also 6 Cita...