Watch as ThisIs50 & Young Jack Thriller speak with Fabolous for an exclusive interview.
Fabolous is killing the competition right now! In our interview he talks about who he stunts for, his incident with Ray J, he says he does not watch “Love & Hip-Hop”, new mixtape “Death Comes in 3′s”, 50′s initiative to feed a billion people with SK, his coat drive & much more!
MTV caught up with 50 Cent, Common, and some of today’s most popular new hip-hop acts to find out what their resoltions would be for 2012. A handful of non-hip-hop artists also give their resolutions in the clip.
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New Jersey hip-pop upstart Michael Francis has been releasing some captivating music over the last few months and is definitely garner a lot of attention just under the radar. With the official release of his debut mixtape Cold Heart Chronicles en route, Francis linked up with KarmaloopTV to discuss being compared to The Weeknd, his origins in the art of emceeing and the latest on CHC. Be sure to get your advanced copy Here (the official tape will feature several bonus cuts), cause even dealers need some soulful tunes out here.
Red Cafe stopped by the KarmaloopTV offices to chop it up about working with Ryan Leslie and share his thoughts on some of the hottest new names in the rap game, Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky. “What else?,” the Bad Boy Records signee (who’s been through many-a-contract in his career), also touched on some of the mistakes he made early at the start of his career and gears us up for his debut album which will drop in the new year. Red has had some poppin records over the years so let’s hope he’s found the right situation that will help take his career to the next level. Look for his new mixtape, Hell’s Kitchen, coming soon as well. #ItsFinallyMovin
While in St. Louis performing at S.L.I.M.’s release party, 2 Chainz sat down with Julia Beverly of Ozone Mag to talk about his name change, what he learned from Ludacris & Lil Wayne, & what kind of cars he buys after a long day of ridin’ around and gettin’ it.
-Background Info: Name. Age. Hometown. School or Work? Your role in the music industry. What are you about?
I’m 22 & I’m from Newark, NJ. I graduated from Malcolm X Shabazz in 2007 my role in music is the art of hip hop & I’m solely about speaking what I’ve been threw & what’s around me.
-Explain the title of your latest project “In The Land Of Korruption.”
A while back I’ve created the term “Korruption” which is the act of someone controlling something that isn’t originally theirs, can be anything. As time went by my peers caught on to term & lead me to title the mixtape “In The Land Of Korruption” basically saying that where I’m from is “Korrupted”. In the video “Welcome 2 Da Jungle” it shows a girl entering “Da Jungle”(where I was raised) & it looked as though I was gonna harm her because me & my team were wearing ski mask, but at the end of the video she was “korrupted” & in a result was wearing a mask as well. That was the visual of how it can look to be “Korrupted” in the land of korruption.
-How long did it take you to put “In The Land Of Korruption” together? Any setbacks?
It actually only took me 1 month to put together “In The Land Of Korruption” with the exception of 6 songs, “Leo Life” “Leo I Am” “True Lies” “Text Me In Da A.M” “Living Room” & “Welcome 2 Da Jungle”. Originally Leo Life, Leo I Am, True Lies, & Text Me In Da A.M were suppose to appear on an all original mixtape of mines titled “August Rush” expected on August 20th, 2011(my birthday) but I had my son on August 10th, 2011 so all my focus was on making sure he was healthy. I recorded & released “Living Room” on father’s day to help promote my mixtape “iLive Dat Jungle Life” which was released on May 20th, 2011. As for “Welcome 2 Da Jungle” I recorded that a week after the release of my video “Arguments”. I truthfully wrote that song cause it was suggested to me by my label mate Nimi Hendrix of Secret Society.
-Can you sing at all? If so, why don’t you sing more?
Strange you asked that cause I actually can sing but my voice isn’t strong enough in my opinion to actually sing on a song. I’d be good for back up vocals but as far as being a main voice, not likely to happen
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At his very first CNN Hereoes event, 50 Cent stopped on the red carpet for an interview with the host network in which he talked about he charitable work where he’s using the sales of his Street King energy drink and SMS Audio headphones to buy meals for the hungry. Fif is hoping that his business model will encourage a new generation of entrepreneurs to incorporate a charitable component into their company’s objective.
T.I. chopped it up with MTV about the type of records that fans can expect on his upcoming album, Trouble Man. Tip explains how the theme of the project is based on events that he’s personally experienced and classifies the music as “Intellectually ignorant.”
Alicia Keys stopped by BET‘s 106 & Park to talk to talke about her new hobby on the 1′s and 2′s as DJ AK-47, her baby Egypt and family life with Swizz Beatz, as well as new music she’s working on. Ms. Keys also discusses how she’s been drawn to Tumblr and being the executive producer of the new Broadway play, Stick Fly.
After the 106 & Park announcement that French Montana had inked with Bad Boy Records, Diddy rounded up French and the other players on his rap roster, Red Cafe and Machine Gun Kelly and took a trip down to Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 radio show. The three recent additions spoke live on air with Flex about why they chose to allign themselves with the iconic but sometimes controversial label. After becoming part of the Interscope umbrella and a major overhaul, it looks like Diddy’s imprint is reloaded and ready for another go at mainstream hip-hop prominence. Let’s wait and see what cards Mr. Combs decides to play first in the new year.
