DJ Mustard Enlists Travis Scott & YG For "Dangerous World"

Travis Scott’s Astroworld and YG’s Stay Dangerous shared a release date on Friday (August 3), and now they’re sharing the stage on a new single.

DJ Mustard has recruited the two artists for a track combining the titles of their respective albums. The final product, “Dangerous World,” provides a little extra music to fans of Scott and YG on the heels of their highly anticipated LPs

Listen to Mustard’s “Dangerous World” above.

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Ludacris Steps In To Pay Woman’s $375 Grocery Bill

Atlanta, GA – Time-tested MC Ludacris isn’t a stranger to giving back to those in need (his Ludacris Foundation stays highly active with each passing year) and his latest act of southern hospitality has one Georgia woman singing his praises.

Like thousands of fellow Americans, Therra Gwyn-Jaramillo had recently fallen onto hard times. The self-admitted social media oversharer revealed on Facebook she had recently cut back the posts after her husband died of brain cancer in 2014, was left to take care of her disabled brother, several rescue animals, $4,000 in home repairs and a delayed freelance check put her under the gun. (“There wasn’t a part of my life that wasn’t destroyed – emotional, physical, financial,” she told CBS News regarding this story.)

So when a friend blessed her with a $250 Whole Foods gift card, Gwyn-Jaramillo took full advantage until she realized she had gone over budget at the checkout register. That’s when a “nice-looking man” stepped in to foot the entire bill.

“I had zero interaction with him before he decided to buy my groceries,” a then tearful Gwyn-Jaramillo recalled. “I tried to put things back and he said, ‘I said I got this. All of this. Don’t put anything back!’ He started putting the stuff I was going to put back onto the conveyor belt. I was stunned.”

Naturally, the cashier and several other customers recognized the hometown Hip Hop hero but the understandably frazzled woman was clueless to his identity.

“I finally managed to say ‘What is your name?’ and introduce myself. He said, simply, ‘Chris,’ and shook my hand,” she recounted. “I talked to him through my tears and finally asked, ‘Who ARE you?’ she asked. “He looked at me and said ‘Just a person. Just a guy.’ I kept thinking, ‘Does he know? Does he know he’s an angel?’”

After the cashier informed her of the ID to her angelic donor, Gwyn-Jaramillo said she belted out a “WHAT?” and proceeded to launch into a “white-woman’s rendition” of his 2001 hit, “Rollout (My Business)” while jokingly saying it undid any sympathy from the onlooking black people.

“This event taught me something I thought I already knew. It taught me the true power of being kind to strangers. He’s probably done this hundreds of time. But I couldn’t forget it,” Gwyn-Jaramillo concluded while vowing to pay the Luda act forward down the line.

Read Gwyn-Jaramillo’s equally telling Facebook post down below.

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Kendrick Lamar Becomes 1st Rapper Not Named Eminem To Have A 300-Week Billboard Charting Album

Released in October 2012, Kendrick Lamar’s classic studio debut album good kid, m.A.A.d. city put the Compton native on his current trajectory to be on the receiving end of Pulitzer Prizes, among countless other accolades.

In the original album review, HipHopDX called the album “a shot at history,” which has turned out to be a prophecy fulfilled.

Billboard recently discovered that the soon-to-be six-year-old album (which currently — and astonishingly — sits at No. 116 on the Billboard 200) spent its 300th week on the chart. It’s only the fourth Hip Hop album to do so, with the other three belonging to none other than Eminem. (2010’s Recovery (now at 312 weeks), 2002’s The Eminem Show (now at 354 weeks) and 2005’s Curtain Call: The Hits (now at 403 weeks.)

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Overall, 22 albums have hit the 300-week mark, with the frontrunner being Pink Floyd’s iconic The Dark Side of the Moon (937 weeks) and second place finisher Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legend: The Best Of… a.k.a. the most ubiquitous reggae project of all time.

It should also be noted that Kendrick had a near consecutive run throughout those 300 weeks; it only fell off the Billboard 200 during the Dec. 6, 2014-dated chart.

Relive the magic of good kid, m.A.A.d. city down below.

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Lil Pump Criticizes Lollapalooza For Cutting His Set Short

Chicago, IL – Lil Pump wasn’t happy about his set getting cut short at Lollapalooza 2018. In a video shared on social media, the “Gucci Gang” creator voiced his displeasure with festival officials for shutting down his performance in Chicago on Saturday (August 4).

“Lollapalooza, listen up, man” he said. “That was some fuck shit. Y’all stopped my whole set because everybody was fucking mosh-pitting too hard. People were fainting. I stopped the show and got everybody that was fainting and they still cut my set off ’cause everybody was mosh-pitting too hard. I was ’bout to cause a riot.”

Pump’s set was marred by rowdy fans and festivalgoers passing out in the crowd. Video from the event showed a raucous scene.

Check out some of the reaction to Pump’s brief Lollapalooza appearance below.

Somewhere down here is a Lil Pump show. However, the set keeps being stopped due to fainting at the front of the stage area. #Lollapalooza

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Hip Hop Week In Review: Travis Scott’s "Astroworld" Arrives

HipHopDX – This week in Hip Hop, Travis Scott’s long-awaited album Astroworld was finally released. Also, a mysterious post appeared on Rich The Kid’s Instagram and lastly, Kendrick Lamar popped up at the same tattoo shop in Japan as Post Malone.

Travis Scott’s Astroworld Is Here

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On Friday (August 3), Travis Scott released his third solo album Astroworld.

Its release was promoted with gold, oversized Scott heads popping up in various places, including Amoeba Music in Hollywood. When the cover art for Astroworld was released with the recognizable golden head, it all made sense.

After the cover art debuted, transgender model Amanda Lepore noticed she was removed from the final cut, which was shot by photographer David LaChappelle. This spurred accusations of Scott being transphobic. However, he wasn’t the reason Lepore was removed. LaChappelle reps revealed Scott wasn’t even aware of the album cover’s original version.

Stream Travis Scott’s Astroworld here.

R.I.P. Rich The Kid?

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Rich The Kid had all of his fans worried when a cryptic post reading “R.I.P. Rich The Kid” appeared on his Instagram this week.

Apparently, it was the work of hackers who gained control of the “Plug Walk” rapper’s account and allegedly demanded $750,000 to return the account.

Read about Rich The Kid’s hacking incident here.

Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Get Tattoos

Posty @kendricklamar ✌? #postmalone at @tokyothreetides @bangxganji #tokyothreetides ??(? @xo_emmagram_xo) #ポストマローン と #ケンドリックラマー #kendricklamar さんご来店!

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What are the odds two Hip Hop stars end up at that same tattoo shop on their respective travels overseas? Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone both stopped by Three Tides Tattoo in Tokyo, Japan this week and exchanged pleasantries after running into each other.

Read more about Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone getting tattoos in Japan here.

DX Reviews

Tre Capital — Hero

Young Buck — 10 Plugs

B.o.B. — NAGA

N.O.R.E. — 5E

YFN Lucci Yung Bleu — Lucci Vandross

– Kool G Rap 38 Spesh — Son Of G Rap

Jaden Smith — SYRE: The Electric Album 

– Denzel Curry — TA13OO

The Internet — Hive Mind

Wiz Khalifa — Rolling Papers II

Jay Park — Ask About Me

Yung Bans — Yung Bans, Vol. 5

DXclusives: Black Star, Will Smith, Diggy Simmons Masta Ace

6 Best Moments From Nas Black Star’s Show That Resurrected ’90s Hip Hop Nostalgia

HipHopDX’s Kyle Eustice saw Nas and Black Star’s show out in Colorado and shared the six best moments from the event, including Mos Def’s performance of “UMI Says.”

Experience the other six best moments from Nas and Black Star’s show here.

Not Up For Debate: Will Smith Has The Greatest Instagram Ever

Ever since Will Smith revved up his Instagram account, no other content creator has been able to compare. It’s obvious, he has the best Instagram ever.

Read how Will Smith came to dominate Instagram here.

Diggy Simmons Initially Shied Away From Rap Because Of His Famous Hip Hop Family

Diggy Simmons released his first mixtape in 2009 and explains his long musical hiatus in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX.

“I always could rap and always liked to rap, but I strayed away from it completely,” Diggy says. “I didn’t want people thinking I was doing this just because my family.”

Read the full interview with Diggy Simmons here.

Masta Ace Explains How His “SlaughtaHouse” LP Impacted Eminem

Masta Ace’s SlaughtaHouse holds a special spot in Eminem’s heart. Masta Ace explains to DX’s Kyle Eustice what SlaughtaHouse means to Em in an exclusive interview.

“He [Eminem] told me that my album SlaughtaHouse was a very important album for him and his crew the guys,” Ace explains. “He was running with D-12. He said that’s the album they used to play all day driving around in a beat-up car. So, that album has a special place for him because of the time, you know, simpler times.”

Read the full interview with Masta Ace here.

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