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Chris Brown goes on Instagram to vent about Donald Trump
Chris Brown took to Instagram to vent his frustrations over Trump’s views on race, and to ask for future protestors to go to Trump’s rallies in larger numbers. “Man, this shit is getting crazy,” Brown said. “Black people getting assaulted at rallies where you’re supposed to talk at… Trump and all that bullshit. What you need to start doing, all these black people, go together. 40-50 deep, see what they do then. Keep touching us motherfucker.” Along with the video, Chris Brown posted a long rant about Donald Trump and the rhetoric he has used on the campaign trail. “Fuck Trump and fuck the pigs!” Brown wrote. “To see this evil shit is so wrong! God will have his revenge! Trust me! Without our black culture, Asian culture, Latin culture
Read moreJoe Young: The RAPstation Interview
Joe Young initially got his start as a party promoter in Germany, and by being surrounded by the hip-hop/rap scene. As any respectable artist would, he draws inspiration for his lyrics and writing from everyday life. “I write songs based on real life situations, from either myself or my homies. I try not to listen to other artists for inspiration like that.” Most recently, he was just in the studio and recorded a song with the one and only DMX. Please visit https://soundcloud.com/joeyoungofficial/dmx-ft-big-moeses-joe-young-moe-wings to check out the brand new track now! As for music that he listens to outside of his creative process, it’s a lot of older stuff like Dr. Dre and Wu-Tang Clan. But as soon as he begins work in the studio, he says, “I focus on myself and
Read moreMetro Boomin in the studio with Kendrick Lamar & Big Sean
In a recent interview with Benji B on BBC 1 Radio, Metro Boomin revealed that he had been in the studio with two heavy hitters, namely Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean. “I never ever really talk about things like this, but we in the UK so…I met Kendrick and we were in the studio, he picked a bunch of beats out,” he says. “That was great. He’s a great guy, we vibed out for the day.” Metro also went on to say that he’s “been working on a bunch of stuff for Big Sean’s new album.” Metro has been a big dog himself in the past year, executive producing Future’s Purple Reign mixtape, producing several tracks on Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo, and a multitude of other songs. The St. Louis producer also took to Instagram to post
Read moreiSHi: The RAPstation Interview
It might surprise some to learn that Swedish producer iSHi, despite working with hip-hop artist Pusha T most recently, listens to a little bit of everything. In the past he’s worked with hip-hop artists like Tinie Tempah, Lupe Fiasco, and Pusha T, but he will tell you himself that he listens to all types of music. “I actually listen to classical music like Mozart pretty frequently. People probably expect me to listen to just hip-hop, and I definitely listen to it, but it’s not all I listen to. Music overall has been a big part of my life,” he says. The producer and songwriter got his start early on, even attending music school where he first familiarized himself with the drums and later picked up on piano. The reason behind his choice to learn piano? He fell in love wi
Read moreKanye West has no plans to release anymore CDs
Today (March 7), West took to Twitter to let the world know that he is thinking of killing all future releases on compact discs and sticking exclusively to streaming for the rest of his career. “I was thinking about not making CDs ever again… Only streaming,” he Tweeted. “The Yeezus album packaging was an open casket to CDs r.i.p.” He soon seemed to confirm his own decision, saying, “uuuuuuum, so there it is… No more CDs from me.” West eventually returned to Twitter once more to question why people won’t just let him live his life. “question… Why do people not want me to be me?” he tweeted. “I want people to be the best version of themselves and I will be the best version of me. Growing and learning but not being told to
Read moreChief Keef may be retiring from the rap game
Chicago based rapper, Chief Keef, has implied he is retired from rap via Twitter. A fan who noticed Sosa’s lack of music tweeted at the rapper, “Did you forget you were a rapper ?? You wayuyyyy behind on music drop something.” Keef then responded, “I’m retired you didn’t know? To many n-ggas sound jus like me or saying shit like almighty would.” Keef’s response prompted another fan to tweet, “FINNA HAVE SHOOTOUT @ MY SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU RETIRING.” The Chicago native quickly responded with, “Nooooooooooooo. Go be something everything but a rapper or a scammer be a ball player or a lawyer or a doctor.” Keef isn’t the only rapper calling out his copy cats lately. Just last week, Future was performing in New York City when he
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