The letter, which was verified by The Roots’ Questlove as having truth to it, details a collaboration that was in the works at the time featuring some truly legendary hip-hop names representing the East, West, and South.
“I’m doing a record now called ONE NATION it’s a group album with me, Greg Nice, Buckshot, Smiff & Wesson, Outkast, The Outlawz, Scarface & E40,” Shakur revealed in the letter thought to be addressed to a friend.
There is an active criminal investigation underway in Georgia in the Bobbi Kristina case … it centers on possible foul play and the target is her boyfriend … TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us … Bobbi Kristina had certain injuries that have piqued their interest. We do not know the nature of the injuries. Multiple sources tell TMZ there is a history of violence between Bobbi Kristina and boyfriend Nick
We’re told police are looking into a possible altercation more than an hour before Bobbi Kristina was found submerged in a bathtub.
“I think what me and Tim did, our music was so ahead of its time and its still ahead of its time and its not even coming from a cocky or conceited way, I look at Tim and say, ‘What were you on? What were we on? Musically, It can’t be duplicated. Those records are timeless, now when you play them it don’t sound dated. Talent is talent and it’s timeless. That’s just my take on it.” (“Sway In The Morning”)
“Is she influenced by Foxy Brown? Certainly,” the DC native said. “That’s where a lot of her style comes from—Salt-N-Pepa, all of that. That era of hip-hop was her heyday, those are the woman she identifies with.”
The 44-year-old also gushed about Lil’ Kim’s influence not only on Cookie but on hip-hop in general.
“Kim is everything. Today it’s Nicki Minaj, but Nicki Minaj got everything from Kim. Kim came on the scene and made everything change for women—she made it feminine and sexy and hardcore. She was a champion, and she’s certainly Cookie’s champion.”
source: Vogue
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s grandmother Cissy Houston is expected to travel to Georgia to join her family at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, ET has learned. Cissy, who is 81 years old, is expected to be there through the weekend.
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