Aug 02

Vibe Cover: Rick Ross, Wale & Meek Mill – The Future Of Rap Crews

MMG’s finest, Rick Ross, Wale, and Meek Mill are on the cover of Vibe’s August/September 2012 issue. Inside the mag, the crew talked about why they are the future of rap game and what Rick Ross does to make them all succeed.
Read some highlights and watch behind-the-scenes below.

Wale on their genre:
“Our genre prides itself so much on finding new shit that we don’t appreciate nothing no more. They’re so busy telling ni–as that they’re not great or not future legends, that they anoint ni–as that haven’t done nothing! I’m not taking nothing away from Chief Keef, but they just jumped so fast! Y’all was just on A$AP hard! I sold 165,000 in the first week in the face of ni–as that blatantly didn’t want to see me win. But y’all concerned about who’s next…We’re like some type of rock ’n’ roll super group. Ross wants us to be bigger than him; he’s setting it up for us to be bigger. I wanna win so bad for Ross, because I see how hard he goes. This ni–a don’t sleep ’cause he wants ni–as to win so bad.”

Meek Mill on his image, career plans and Rihanna rumors: READ MORE

Aug 02

Rocsi Diaz Dishes On Misconceptions People Have About Her And Life After 106&Park

Rocsi Diaz popularity doubled since it was announced that she and Terrence J were leaving BET’s 106&Park. In a recent interview with YRB magazine, Rocsi shared some misconceptions people have about her as well as her plans after she leaves the show and advice to the “next Rocsi”
Read the excerpts below and go to YRB for the full article.

THE MISCONCEPTION OF WHO I AM “I’m not what people think I am. People see a persona on television and they tend to think that is how people really are, when in actuality, we are all just human beings. I’m a very spiritual, humble and down-to-earth person. There is so much more to me than what meets the eye.”

WHERE MY PASSION LIES NOW “My passion lies in READ MORE

Aug 02

Eminem Talks His New Album, Relationship With 50 Cent And Slaughterhouse

Eminem recently called in Detroit radio station Channel 955, to talk about upcoming Slaughterhouse album and what he’s been up to lately.
And it seems like, he’s got a lot of plates on his table and new projects. Despite being somewhat in the hiatus musically, Eminem is still one of the most popular artists to date. He also became the first artist to have 60 mln fans on Facebook.
Read some of the highlights of the interview below.

On Slaughterhouse and his new album:
“I actually started my album, but I haven’t fully went in yet, because I’ve been finishing up this Slaughterhouse record. I kinda been really hands-on with this album for, like, the past year. This has kinda been a pet project for me. I kinda been executive producing, producing, co-producing, mixing, just very hands-on with it and just really involved. We’re actually finishing up today. We’re handing the album in today.[Comes out] August 28. [..] Oh my album? I don’t have a date yet.”

On his relationship with 50 Cent: READ MORE

Aug 02

Azealia Banks And Nicki Minaj Got Beef? What’s Going On?!

So here’s how it started. Last week, reports surfaced that Azealia Banks were invited on Nicki Minaj’s tour. Azealia then took it to Twitter to express her disappointment due to not being able to make it.

“I got invited to tour with Nicki Minaj in Europe,” she tweeted. “But I can’t go because I have to finish my album during that time.”

Well, later on rumors started spreading around that Nicki supposedly claimed she didn’t even know who Azealia was and she never invited her. And then Nicki tweeted this!

“#ManTheseBitchiesDelirious!”

Azealia didn’t stay quite and addressed Nicki on Twitter, saying the following: READ MORE