Up In The Skies: 2 Chainz Unveils Album Title With Blimp

2 Chainz is one of the many rappers out in Los Angeles this weekend for NBA All-Star Weekend, but his time on the West Coast involved a little work too. The T.R.U. MC announced his fifth solo album, Rap Or Go To The League, by getting his own blimp made for the festivities.

Tity Boi shared a video of the blimp’s unveiling on Instagram, documenting his arrival at the airport in San Bernardino. In the caption of his Instagram video, he also provided an explanation for the LP’s title.

“With the height of racial tensions across America I felt I should do my part in explaining some of the brain washing formulas used in my community , this album not only touches on those who did succeed thru entertainment but those who didn’t !” he wrote. “Welcome to Rap or Go TO THE LEAGUE ! My 5th solo studio album and project that shows continued growth , success , and motivation which is playing a role in the shift of the trap paradigm ✌?⛓ #ROGTTL @airsignusa.”

With the height of racial tensions across America I felt I should do my part in explaining some of the brain washing formulas used in my community , this album not only touches on those who did succeed thru entertainment but those who didn’t ! Welcome to Rap or Go TO THE LEAGUE ! My 5th solo studio album and project that shows continued growth , success , and motivation which is playing a role in the shift of the trap paradigm ✌?⛓ #ROGTTL @airsignusa

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Rap Or Go To The League will be the follow-up to 2 Chainz’s The Play Don’t Care Who Make It EP, which dropped earlier this month. The 4-track project was a surprise release as opposed to this upcoming LP, which the Def Jam artist is clearly putting a lot into promotional weight behind.

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Kanye West Joins Kid Cudi For Surprise Performance At NBA All-Star Weekend Event

Los Angeles, CA – Fans at Adidas’ 747 Warehouse event in Los Angeles got a huge surprise when Kanye West showed up for a quick performance. ‘Ye joined Kid Cudi on stage to perform “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” during the NBA All-Star Weekend show on Saturday (February 17).

The appearance was West’s second public performance since his hospitalization in 2016. Last November, he similarily popped up at a Cudi show in Chicago.

West’s appearance during the NBA All-Star weekend event comes just a few days after he briefly returned to Instagram. Yeezy reemerged on social media on Valentine’s Day (February 14), sharing a post directed at his wife Kim Kardashian-West. The next day, he deactivated his account once again.Prior to his brief online comeback, West had been absent from social media since May 2017 when he deactivated his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Although he’s been out of the public eye, the G.O.O.D. Music founder has reportedly been working on a new album for months. According to TMZ, West was actually seen leaving his Calabasas studio with A$AP Rocky before the surprise appearance at the Adidas event.

 

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Nipsey Hussle Talks Sacrifice & Donald Trump During 1st Episode Of “Soulful Sundays”

Los Angeles, CA – HipHopDX kicked off its new Soulful Sundays series on Sunday (February 18). Hosted by DX Editor-In-Chief Trent Clark, the inaugural episode features Los Angeles-bred rapper Nipsey Hussle.

The two Hip Hop aficionados pull up a stool at the soul food restaurant Comfort LA where they discuss a bevy of topics, including Nipsey’s deal with Atlantic Records and the sacrifices he had to make in his personal life to get to where he is today.

“It’s a big sacrifice, truthfully,” Nipsey tells DX. “From your relationships, family life, how much time you get to spend with your people, your kids — you gotta really put work in. As a major label artist that has a full team, it’s a lot of work. Even more so, after you finish your songs, you gotta to the marketing side of it and work on marketing as well. You gotta go to the executive side and be an executive as well. so you gotta cut some corners in other places in order to fulfill all the roles.”

Nipsey, who just released his debut studio album Victory Lap, also touched on his 2016 single with YG, “FDT (Fuck Donald Trump).” He acknowledged YG for coming up with the idea.

“Conceptually, I gotta give credit to YG on that just because we really got on the phone to do a collab project,” he explains. “So, we got in. [DJ] Mustard was there. We did like four or five records. After the fourth or fifth record, he came in the studio and was like, ‘Hey man, whatchu think about a Donald Trump record?’ 

“He starting humming like ‘Fuck Donald Trump’ just right then and there in the studio. I’m like, ‘Yeah that sounds cool. Go lay it.’ He go to lay it, and we he come out the booth, we hear it back on the speakers and everybody in the studio looking around like, ‘Damn. Is this something right here?’ … Everybody kind of got like, ‘Damn that might be it.’ I’m really proud of that record. It was before it became cool to say, ‘Fuck Donald Trump.’”

Soulful Sundays airs every other Sunday at 9 a.m. PST.

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Twista Gets Into Fight Outside NBA All-Star Weekend Party

Los Angeles, CA – Twista got into an altercation after leaving Michael Jordan’s party during NBA All-Star Weekend on Saturday (February 17). The veteran MC was caught on video putting a man in a headlock while another person repeatedly punched the restrained man.

The scuffle was allegedly prompted by the man heckling passengers on a shuttle and harassing women, according to TMZ. Twista was riding the shuttle from the party to a parking lot around 1:30 a.m. PST. and intervened on behalf of the women. The man reportedly responded by challenging the Chicago Hip Hop legend to a fight.

Although the altercation was relatively tame, at least from what was filmed, it was another example of violence breaking out in Los Angeles (host of the 2018 NBA All-Star Game) over the weekend.

As HipHopDX previously reported, gunfire broke out at Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap release party over the weekend. At least one man was injured in the shooting and taken to Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, according to police officers at the scene.

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Birdman Releases “Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story” Documentary

Birdman’s Cash Money Records documentary has been released. Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story is available now on Apple Music following months of delays.

The project was originally announced in August 2016 and was scheduled to drop in the fall. That release date was then pushed back to May 12, 2017, which also came to pass with no film. No updates about the documentary emerged until last week when a new trailer for the film was uploaded online.

#before anythang #out now?#cashmoney

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Before Anythang is the first production by Cash Money Films, the film imprint of Cash Money Records. The movie, which is narrated by Birdman, documents his life and provides insight into how his powerhouse label was created.

“This in-depth documentary explores the journey of one of the most successful rap label owners and entrepreneurs in modern music history,” a press release for the film reads. “From the death of his mother when he was a small child to learning how to hustle at the feet of his father; from the streets of New Orleans to traveling the world, Bryan [Williams] created the world he envisioned as a boy. His is the great American success story. From humble beginnings emerges the legend, this is the story of how it all began.”

#before anythang #OUT NOW #cashmoney

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Watch Before Anythang exclusively on Apple Music here.

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