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September 2015

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Nas To Receive W.E.B DuBois Medal From Harvard University

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Nas will be honored at Harvard University today (Sept. 30) when he receives the W.E.B Dubois Medal. 

Other honorees include Muhammad Ali, Marian Wright Edelman, who is the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, Charlayne Hunter-Gault who is the first black woman to enroll in the University of Georgia, president of Ariel Investments and chairman of the board of Ariel Investment Trust Melody Hobson and artist Carrie Mae Weems.
Source AllHipHop

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DJ Chip Banks Interview

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ChipBanks
 

DJ ChipBanks, born Charles Colvin Jr, is a DJ and music producer. The Youngstown-born native has coined the “ChipBanks Xperience” sound, bringing a hot, new and energetic sound to any venue when he DJs Live.. In just five years, ChipBanks constructed a registry of memorable events from working with the likes of Covelli Centre, Deyor Center, Stambaugh Auditorium, Rich Center for Autism and even owned his own Venue Downtown Youngstown and is also the Co Founder of StarLyfe Entertainment LLC. You can now find DJ ChipBanks still following his dreams and passion, and DJing in North East Ohio at the hottest venues. You can follow @ChipBanks on Twitter, Instagram & FaceBook. 

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Rich Homie Quan Under Investigation by Child Protective Services 

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Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Georgia authorities saw the video of RHQ’s 1-year-old on his lap as he puffed away, and they were alarmed. Child Protective Services and the Fulton County Police Department have now teamed up to investigate.
Our sources say CPS wants to sit down with Quan and ask a slew of questions … notably, what was he smoking? They also want to know if this was a one-off or his standard operating procedure. 
Law enforcement tells us the probe goes beyond RHQ’s fitness as a parent … he could face possible criminal charges, including endangering a child and reckless behavior.  

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Did Usher Remarry??

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According to one source, the duo planned on marrying before 100 guests in Atlanta but decided to elope instead. Following their secret nuptials, the newlyweds celebrated their honeymoon in Havana, Cuba.
  

I have an incredible partner and manager,” he gushed to Billboard in October 2014. “She has helped me through some of the hardest times in my life and my career. She’s someone who’s been able to support and understand all of who I am. Not just as a dancer or as a performer or as a singer, but as a humanitarian and a business man and as a person.” 

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SCARFACE WILL RECEIVE THE 2015 “I AM HIP HOP” AWARD AT 2015 BET HIP HOP AWARDS

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 The “I Am Hip Hop” Award, recognizing legends in hip hop music, returns to honor legendary rapper Scarface. Scarface is undoubtedly one of the most prolific rappers of all time. Hailing from Houston, TX he sharpened his skills growing up listening to Public Enemy and NWA, groups that not only peaked his lyrical delivery but his social consciousness. In 1991, he recorded and released his first big hit, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me,” with the Geto Boys; a song in which Rolling Stone rated as the #5 Best Hip Hop Song ever to be recorded. Scarface went on to deliver twelve stellar and critically acclaimed solo albums with the most recent, Deeply Rooted, debuting in the Top 10 of Soundscan’s Top Albums Sales chart (#8), Top 10 on four Billboard Charts (#2 Rap, #3 Indie, #3 R&B/Hip Hop, #8 Digital) and Top 20 on The Billboard 200 (#11). Scarface recently penned and released his memoirs, Diary of a Madman earlier this year.

 

Previous “I Am Hip Hop” Award honorees include Doug E. Fresh (2014), MC Lyte (2013), Rakim (2012), LL Cool J (2011), Salt-N-Pepa (2010), Ice Cube (2009), Russell Simmons (2008), KRS-One (2007) and Grandmaster Flash (2006).

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‘Empire’ Season 2

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     TV’s latest, greatest family dynasty that rules the new Empire on FOX returns for a second season. The hip-hop drama outrageously dressed as a primetime soap turned out to be the surprise breakout hit of last season, showing impressive ratings growth every single week. Led by a refreshingly diverse cast, the show has mainstream appeal – and that’s a big deal.

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Hackers stole 5.6 million government fingerprints

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On Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management said hackers stole 5.6 million fingerprints it had on file. That’s significantly higher than the agency’s original estimate of 1.1 million fingerprints.This is extremely sensitive information that poses an immediate danger to American spies and undercover law enforcement agents.

As an OPM spokesman told CNNMoney in July: “It’s across federal agencies. It’s everybody.”

Hackers now have a gigantic database of American government employee fingerprints which can be used to positively identify the true identities of those employees.

Anyone with these records could check to see if a diplomat at a U.S. embassy is secretly an employee of an American intelligence agency. That person could then be targeted for arrest or assassination.

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Diddy #1 on Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings List

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 1. Diddy – $60 million

2. Jay Z – $56 million

3. Drake – $39.5 million

4. Dr. Dre – $33 million

5. Pharrell – $32 million

6. Eminem – $31 million

7. Kanye West – $22 million

8. Wiz Khalifa – $21.5 million

9. Nicki Minaj – 21 million

10. Birdman – $18 million

11. Pitbull – $17 million

12. Lil Wayne – $15 million

13. Kendrick Lamar – $12 million

14. J. Cole – $11 million

15. Snoop Dogg – $10 million

16. Rick Ross – $9 million

17. Tech N9ne – $8.5 million

18. Ludacris – $8 million

19. T.I. – $6 million

20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – $5.5 million

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Rick Ross facing Lawsuit after Woman said She Was Raped by His Associate 

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According to TMZ, a ‘Jane Doe’ as she’s being referred to in the lawsuit, claims that she met up with Rick Ross and his entourage at the W hotel in L.A. over Grammy weekend. They were headed to the Canibus Cup. They headed to the marijuana convention in a van– the woman claims Ross was in the van, as Thaddeus “Black” James, a DJ, 3 security guards and the driver. She was handed a drink, which she drank, and after starting to feel dizzy she passed out.
She says she came to, two hours later, and was in the van with Black. She says she then headed to Black’s hotel room, before passing out once more. She woke up the next day at 8 AM, and after a self-exam she realized her clothes had been removed and she was sexually assaulted.
The woman believes Black is the one that raped her, however she’s also holding Ross liable. She says Black is Ross’ agent, and it was Ross’ van, thus he should have been supervising.

  
 

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Emmys 2015: Regina King Wins Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series/Movie

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Regina King won the 2015 Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie for her role in American Crime. 
  
“I should have brought one of this papers all the comedy people had! I was not expecting this,” said King while accepting the award. 
“I’m just going to listen to all the love that surrounds me.” 

  

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Lil Wayne Ordered to pay $2Million to Private Jet Co.

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Lil Wayne (real name Dwayne Michael Carter) took a major loss in the courtroom this week when a judge ordered him to pay $1.8 million to a company called Signature Group. Signature leases private jets to the rich and famous. According to the lawsuit, which was filed a year ago, Wayne failed to make payments during the first two years of a three year deal with the company.

  
Wayne says he never signed a contract with the company. The judge disagreed.
In addition to paying $1.8 million to Signature Group, Wayne must also fork over $200,000 to cover attorney fees. 

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Toni Braxton Will Play Herself in Biopic

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Toni Braxton Photo Credit: Kingsmen Media

The movie will be based on Braxton’s 2014 book, Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir, which describes everything she’s been through since she burst onto the scene with her cute, pixie haircut and distinctive deep, sultry voice. 

According to reports, Braxton will actually play herself in the movie and will also serve as an executive producer. Production will begin later this year. 

  

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UNCLE SNOOP RETURNS TO THE BIGGEST STAGE IN HIP HOP TO HOST THE BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” 2015

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Third time’s the charm as entertainment icon Snoop Dogg aka Uncle Snoop and BET Networks team up again for the biggest night of hip hop, electrifying cyphers, powerful performances and legendary tributes that encompass the BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” 2015! Highly respected with more than 20 years in the industry, Uncle Snoop continues to set trends and pave the way for both new and established artists. At last year’s “Hip Hop Awards,” Uncle Snoop wowed the audience with his hilarious monologue and skits as well as witty, OG banter throughout the show. An entertainment icon, Snoop is affectionately known as Uncle Snoop in the music industry for the leadership and guidance he provides to both established and up and coming artists. With more than 20 years in the business, Uncle Snoop has become an international name for his work in music, film, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. 

“With the huge success of the first two shows, I’m excited to host my third BET ‘Hip Hop Awards’ this year,” said Uncle Snoop. “We’re gonna do it big with more surprises and more performances—you’re not gonna wanna miss this!”  

  

For a second year in a row, Drake leads the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2015 with twelve impressive nominations for ‘Best Live Performer,’ ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ ‘Album of the Year,’ ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)’ and as a featured artist for two ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured verses,’ ‘Best Hip Hop Video,’ two ‘Best Hip Collabo, Duo or Group’ and ‘People’s Champ Award’ nods. Followed by Big Sean with 10 nominations; Nicki Minaj with 9 nominations; Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole in a close tie with eight nods.

See below for the complete list of BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” ’15 Official Nominees:

 

Best Hip Hop Video

Big Sean F/ Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign – Play No Games

Big Sean F/ Drake & Kanye West – Blessings

Fetty Wap – Trap Queen

Kendrick Lamar – Alright

Nicki Minaj F/ Beyoncé – Feeling Myself

 

Best Collabo, Duo or Group

Big Sean F/ Drake & Kanye West – Blessings

Big Sean F/ E-40 – IDFWU

Fetty Wap F/ Monty – My Way

Nicki Minaj F/ Beyoncé – Feeling Myself

Nicki Minaj F/ Drake & Lil Wayne – Truffle Butter

 

Best Live Performer

Drake

J. Cole

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Nicki Minaj

 

Lyricist of the Year

Big Sean

Drake

J. Cole

Kendrick Lamar

Nicki Minaj

 

Video Director of the Year

Alan Ferguson

Benny Boom

Chris Robinson/Lil Chris

Colin Tilley

Director X

 

DJ of the Year

DJ Drama

DJ Envy

DJ Esco

DJ Khaled

DJ Mustard

 

Producer of the Year

DJ Mustard

J. Cole

Kanye West

Mike Will Made-It

Pharrell Williams

Timbaland

 

MVP of the Year

Big Sean

Drake

Future

J. Cole

Kendrick Lamar

Nicki Minaj

 

Track Of The Year

Alright – Produced By Pharrell Williams & Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar)

Blessings – Produced By Boi-1da & Vinylz (Big Sean F/ Drake & Kanye West)

Commas – Produced By DJ Spinz & Southside (Future)

IDFWU – Produced By DJ Dahi, DJ Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane (Big Sean F/ E-40)

Trap Queen – Produced By Tony Fadd (Fetty Wap)

 

Album Of The Year

Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise

Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late

J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly

Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint

Wale – The Album About Nothing

 

Who Blew Up Award

Bobby Shmurda

Dej Loaf

Fetty Wap

Rae Sremmurd

Tink

 

Hustler Of The Year

Dr. Dre

Drake

J. Cole

Jay Z

Nicki Minaj

 

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)

A$AP Rocky

Dej Loaf

Drake

Kanye West

Nicki Minaj

 

Best Hip Hop Online Site

Allhiphop.Com

Complex.Com

Hotnewhiphop.Com

Rapradar.Com

Worldstarhiphop.Com

 

Best Club Banger

Big Sean F/ E-40 – IDFWU (Produced By DJ Dahi, DJ Mustard, Kanye West & Key Wane)

Dej Loaf – Try Me (Produced By Dds)

Fetty Wap – Trap Queen (Produced By Tony Fadd) 

Future – Commas (Produced By DJ Spinz & Southside)

Rich Homie Quan – Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) (Produced By DJ Spinz & Nitti Beatz)

 

Best Mixtape

Future – 56 Nights

Future – Beast Mode

Future – Monster

Lil Wayne – Sorry 4 The Wait 2

Travis Scott – Days Before Rodeo

 

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

Drake – Blessings (Big Sean F/ Drake & Kanye West)

Drake – My Way Remix (Fetty Wap F/ Drake)

E-40 – IDFWU (Big Sean F/ E-40)

Kendrick Lamar – Classic Man Remix (Jidenna F/ Kendrick Lamar)

Lil Wayne – Truffle Butter (Nicki Minaj F/ Drake & Lil Wayne)

 

Impact Track

Big Sean F/ Kanye West & John Legend – One Man Can Change The World

Common & John Legend – Glory (From The Motion Picture “Selma”)

J. Cole – Apparently

J. Cole – Be Free

Kendrick Lamar – Alright

 

People’s Champ Award

Big Sean F/ Drake & Kanye West – Blessings

Fetty Wap – Trap Queen

Future – Commas

Kendrick Lamar – i

Rae Sremmurd – No Type

Rich Homie Quan – Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)

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Facebook Working on the Dislike Button 

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Founder and chief executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook is developing a ‘dislike’ button for Facebook.“It’s important to give people more options than just ‘like’ to help express empathy and sympathy … Not every moment is a good moment” says Zuckerberg

My initial thoughts were, ‘Who the heck wants to have something they said be disliked?!’ The internet can be a cruel world at times. Trust me, I’m in the media daily so I’ve developed a thick skin to negativity, but sometimes it CAN be a challenge to not come to digital blows with some folk. Apparently I was only echoing the thoughts of a Facebook engineer from 2012 when he responded to why Facebook didn’t have a dislike button:

“While many users love the idea of Facebook adding a dislike button, I don’t think there are many users who are dying to have their own content disliked,” the engineer wrote. “While there are posts where a dislike button could be used to express sympathy or commiseration, I would estimate that the vast majority of its uses will be just ambiguous negativity that would be demoralizing to the poster.”

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2015 Triumph Awards Red Carpet PHOTOS!!! 

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In a year defined by civil rights cases that have galvanized the country, the National Action Network (NAN) and Reverend Al Sharpton are partnering with TV One to present the first-ever television broadcast of The 2015 Triumph Awards.

  
Hosted by Tichina Arnold, the esteemed ceremony was filmed on Saturday, September 12, 2015 in Atlanta, GA,  recognizes the positive impact this year’s honorees have made upon society. Among the honorees are civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery; award-winning singer and humanitarian John Legend; recording artist and philanthropist Tyrese Gibson; Emmy-award® winning comedienne, actress and producer Wanda Sykes; and Chief Diversity Officer and Global Director of Education and External Relations for Intel Rosalind Hudnell. The awards special will premiere exclusively on TV One this October.

 
Tyrese Gibson  
Estelle

  
Terri J. Vaughn   
Donnie Simpson

   

 Syleena Johnson

  
Patrick-Ian Polk

 
 

Carl Payne   
Chante Moore

  
Nicole Beharie   
 Eva Marcille

   
Stokely Williams 

    

Jazmine Sullivan 

  
Wanda Sykes  
 

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50 Cent Sued for $200 Million 

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Johnson claims he sent a copy of his manuscript for Tribulation Of A Ghetto Kid to Nikki Turner at G-Unit Books in 2005. He believes the work eventually got into the hands of 50 and later became the premise for his hit show.
According to the suit, there are several similarities between Power and Tribulation. The main characters each have “goatees” and both project’s central supporting character (Tommy in Power) have short tempers.

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Prince Drops New Album on Tidal

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The Labor Day weekend has brought a new Prince album to the public. The bad news is that you’re out of luck unless you’re a TIDAL customer. HIT N RUN (Phase One), Prince’s 35th studio album, is a TIDAL exclusive.Prince has been defensive over the ownership of his work for a few decades and recently likened record contracts to “slavery.” So, it’s not too much of a surprise that HIT N RUN dropped on a streaming service with a pro-artists platform.

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BET Changes Hip Hop Awards Date

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Snoop Dogg Photo credit: Kingsmen Media 

“Russell Simmons made a high level call to a BET executive respectfully requesting a date change due to “Justice Or Else” and BET mutually obliged and changed the date to October 9th,” a source told AllHipHop exclusively.Minister Louis Farrakhan has been touring the country heavily promoting the March and Hip-Hop acts have been involved. Most recently, Eminem had dinner with the minister in Detroit.

Source: AllHipHop

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