Jun 10

The Nicki Minaj "Queen" Memes Have Infiltrated Her Kingdom

Nicki Minaj is roughly two months away from dropping her fourth studio album Queen. Before its August 10 release, Black Barbie shared the cover art, which features her adorned in Egyptian garb sitting atop a tree branch.

Like the internet does, it took the Mert and Marcus photo and made it its own. Minaj stumbled across at least three variations of the Queen album cover, including one with an Egyptian “king” photoshopped next to her and one with Superbad actor Micheal Cera taking her place.

On Saturday (June 9), Minaj replied on Twitter to one of the latest incarnations with, “Lemme fkn tell y’all smthn. This wtf we NOT gon do. Block me back bitch and who wrote blacki Minaj? I just wanna talk.”

But that wasn’t the end of it. More alternate Queen covers continued popping up online, including one with Drake’s head placed on a camel’s body.

Check out more below. 

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.47210/title.the-nicki-minaj-queen-memes-have-infiltrated-her-kingdom

Jun 09

Lil Kim Reportedly Files For Bankruptcy

Lil Kim reportedly filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy last month after incurring over $4 million of debt.

According to legal documents obtained by The Blast, the Hip Hop vet has assets totaling $2,573,300 and liabilities in the amount of $4,084,841.60. She also owes $1,845,451 in back taxes.

Although Kim reportedly pulls in $18,286 a month, her bills run her $12,794 a month, leaving her with roughly $5,000 per month. The docs revealed Kim has made $90,678 in income so far this year, $398,000 in 2017 and $823,659 in 2016.

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Queen Bee’s largest debuts include $2 million owed on her New Jersey home, $1,469,105 in unpaid federal taxes from 2004-2017, $376,346.74 owed to the New Jersey Division of Taxation for unpaid taxes from 2004-2017 and $186,000 in unpaid legal bills.

The “Crush On You” rapper offered to pay her creditors $5,500 every month for the next five years and said she’d sell her New Jersey home to repay her debts. But The Blast says that offer was already denied.

Kim’s hearing is set for next month. 

In terms of music, Kim dropped a solo track “Took Us A Break” and teamed up with Remy Ma for “Wake Me Up” last November.

On Friday (June 8), she teased a new video for the Fabolous-assisted joint 3on Friday (June 8).

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Jun 09

Kim Kardashian Shares "Rick & Morty" Birthday Song For Kanye West

Kanye West celebrated his 41st birthday on Friday (June 8) and to commemorate the occasion, wife Kim Kardashian commissioned a song from the lead characters of Rick and Morty.

Kardashian shared the gift — titled “Kanye’s B-Day Song” — to her Twitter account late Friday. It features series co-creator and voice actor Justin Roiland singing about sneaking into West’s bedroom at night.

‘Ye is a longtime fan of the Adult Swim show and has referred to it has his “favorite.”

The polarizing rapper is in the middle of a creative boom. After releasing Pusha T’s DAYTONA on May 25 and his solo album, ye, on June 1, West returned a week later with Kids See Ghosts, his collaborative effort with Kid Cudi.

The G.O.O.D. Music boss is expected to deliver Nas’ next album and a project from Teyana Taylor in the coming weeks. 

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.47207/title.kim-kardashian-shares-rick-morty-birthday-song-for-kanye-west

Jun 09

Kokane Says He’s "The Most Featured Artist In The World" With Over 4K Collabs

Even if his name doesn’t ring a bell, there’s a chance you’ve heard Kokane rap or sing on one of your favorite artist’s tracks.

The West Coast rapper/vocalist rose to prominence in the ’80s and ’90s alongside the Diirty OGz, and other West Coast vets like N.W.A, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube — and he’s collaborated with all of them. Now, Kokane has claimed the title of most featured artist in the world.

“It’s been a long road to become the most featured artist in the world,” Kokane tells HipHopDX. “But to tell you the truth, when I first started in the mid-80s, I never intended to be on so many features years later. My dad Jerry B. Long, Sr. was an original member at Motown Records in the ’60s. He wrote, arranged and orchestrated over 500 music compositions and successful music scores.

“It’s quite ironic that I would follow in my father’s footsteps years later to create my own body of work and become the most featured artist in the world with over 4,000 plus guest appearances.”

Kokane says ’90s Hip Hop ushered in the “hook game” era, and more artists like he and Nate Dogg were being heavily requested all over the world to bring G-Funk vocal styles  to the mix.

“Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records and Above The Law’s Gregory Hutchison gave me my start,” he explains. “They introduced my many styles and characters on platinum and gold albums in the ’90s. After those encounters, artists from all over the world requested my hooks and rap verses, and it’s gone on for the last 28 years.

“I knew I was the most featured artist about eight years ago when my wife and team researched this matter, and pulled up all the artist that I’ve collaborated with over the years. I was already at 3,500 features in 2010. Even today’s Top 100 Billboard artists didn’t reach 1,200 collabs. Now, it’s super official.”

Although Kokane says Google will provide 99 million results saying he’s the most featured artist in the world, the next step is getting the Guinness Book of World Records to recognize his achievement.

“We are getting close to solidifying this matter in their history books,” he says. “Since this is a new lane and this accomplishment has yet to be discovered until now, we will continue to press forward toward Guinness Book of World Records to seal this matter. I’m more than confident that it’s coming. But in the meantime, I’m very satisfied with the Google results.”

Over the years, some of Kokane’s favorite collaborations include N.W.A’s “Niggaz 4 Life” intro, Above The Law’s “Kalifornia,” Eazy-E’s “Any Last Werdz,” Ice Cube’s “Spitting Pollaseeds,” Dr. Dre’s “La Niggaz” from 2001, J. Dilla’s “It’s Gangsta,” Snoop Dogg’s “Stacey Adams,” Busta Rhymes’ “Ass On Your Shoulder” and Cypress Hill’s “Legalize It.”

The Pomona, California-bred rapper isn’t limited to West Coast artists. He’s also on Prince Paul’s Politics Of The Business from 2003 and Tech N9ne’s 2010 cut “Hard Liquor,” which was produced by Dre and Blink 182’s Travis Barker.

Kokane admits if Nate Dogg was still alive, things would be different.

“If I stop making records for the next two or three years, some of these artist would probably come close to my stats,” he says. “But since I don’t plan on retiring any time soon, I’ll keep this crown on my head for a while.

“I will say this for the record — if Nate Dogg was still here, he would’ve gave me some problems. Me and the homie Nate would’ve been tied on collabs. Rest well Nate. Gone too soon.”

For now, 1,000 of his collabs can be found here. The remaining 3,000 plus are expected to be listed soon.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.47208/title.kokane-says-hes-the-most-featured-artist-in-the-world-with-over-4k-collabs

Jun 09

Ne-Yo Unveils "Good Man" Album

After months of teasing the project, Ne-Yo has released his new album, Good Man. The 20-track project finds the veteran RB singer collaborating with artists like PARTYNEXTDOOR, Stefflon Don and Eric Bellinger.

In a recent Instagram post, Ne-Yo explained his intentions behind the album and offered some encouraging words for his fans.

“I hope you all enjoy the journey put to music,” he wrote. “Caterpillar, Cocoon, the struggle and eventually the joy of spreading love’s wings as a fly ass butterfly. We are all a work in process. Work hard.”

#GOODMAN the album is available RIGHT NOW (link in bio). I hope you all enjoy the journey put to music. Caterpillar, Cocoon, the struggle and eventually the joy of spreading love’s wings as a fly ass butterfly. We are all a work in process. Work hard. #goodmanseason #neyo #newmusicfriday

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Good Man marks Ne-Yo’s seventh studio album and follows 2015’s Non-Fiction, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 upon its initial release.

Check out the Good Man album stream, cover art and tracklist below.

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1. Caterpillars 1st” (INTRO) Lyrics
2. 1 More Shot
3. LA NIGHTS
4. Nights Like These f. Romeo Santos
5. U Deserve
6. Summertime
7. Push Back by Ne-Yo, Bebe Rexha Stefflon Don
8. Breathe
9. On Ur Mind f. PARTYNEXTDOOR
10. Back Chapters
11. Hotbox f. Eric Bellinger
12. Over
13. Without U
14. APOLOGY
15. Ocean Sure f. Candice Boyd Sam Hook
16. “The Struggle…” (Interlude)
17. GOOD MAN
18. Pour Me Up
19. Won’t Be Often
20. Reset the Night

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