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Dr. Dre Nearly Brings Snoop Dogg To Tears With Praise For Buying Death Row

November 19, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Dr. Dre left Snoop Dogg emotional while discussing his longtime collaborator’s purchase of Death Row Records. The two both appeared at ComplexCon in Las Vegas for a live taping of an interview on Drink Champs over the weekend. When the topic of Death Row came up, Dre explained how “proud” he was of Snoop for the move.

“Let me tell you something, man. I was so upset when I heard that Snoop was doing the Death Row sh*t at the beginning,” he said. “Like, ‘N****, that sh*t has so much bullsh*t following it.’ But now, I’m so happy about it and so impressed at what my brother’s doing because he’s taken the thing that we created and brought it back to life. I see his vision now. I appreciate it, and I’m proud of it.” The praise left Snoop emotional, responding: “That made me feel good. Thank y’all. Y’all tryna make a n**** cry.”

Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg Perform At The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show

Feb 13, 2022; Inglewood, CA, USA; Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images.

Elsewhere in the interview, Dre and Snoop discussed the upcoming Super Bowl and JAY-Z’s role in selecting Kendrick Lamar to headline the halftime show. Snoop argued that JAY is giving a platform to hip-hop artists that they never had access to before. “He’s creating a wave of artists to have an opportunity to perform,” he said. “If you are a good artist and you are a great artist, your time will come.”

Dr. Dre Speaks With Snoop Dogg About Death Row

The Drink Champs appearance comes as the two prepare for the release of their highly-anticipated collaborative album, Missionary. Check out Dr. Dre’s full praise of Snoop Dogg below.

Dr. Dre praises Snoop Dogg’s vision in revamping Death Row Records.

“I’m so impressed with what my bro is doing. He’s taking all the things that we created and bringing it back to life.. I see his vision, I appreciate it and I’m proud of it.”@SnoopDogg @drdre @Drinkchamps… pic.twitter.com/LNhafI15Z0

— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) November 17, 2024

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Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Reveal How Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Unified The West Coast

November 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre discussed the impact of Kendrick Lamar’s viral diss track, “Not Like Us,” while taping a live episode of Drink Champs at ComplexCon over the weekend. In doing so, they argued that the song unified the West Coast and it’s much more important to focus on that than the feud between Lamar and Drake.

“It unified the West,” Snoop began. “So, it may have been disrespectful, but it’s hip-hop, so it’s part of hip-hop. I chose no sides because I have no individual cause with that. That’s a grown man going against a grown man, but what it did do is unite the West and make everybody out here start looking at each other like how much love we got for each other. It was a Blood war where the Bloods had a peace treaty. You had certain Crip gangs that came together and became real friends as opposed to being enemies. So, that record did a lot for us on the West as far as unite so we should speak on that.”

Dr. Dre Joins Kendrick Lamar At “The Pop Out”

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 19: Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre perform onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch)

As for Dr. Dre, his stance on the song is unsurprising considering he joined Kendrick Lamar on stage at The Pop Out in Los Angeles, earlier this year. Lamar dropped the song amid a fiery feud with Drake, which saw both artists share several diss tracks aimed at one another.

Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Discuss “Not Like Us”

Elsewhere during the Drink Champs episode, Snoop and Dre discussed Lamar’s upcoming headlining set at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Check out Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s full comments on “Not Like Us” below.

During a special live episode of @drinkchamps at #ComplexCon, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre spoke on the overarching impact of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” pic.twitter.com/PR7TkdTJVQ

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Lil Yachty Goes Off On Critics Of His Air Force 1 Collaboration During Fiery ComplexCon Rant

November 17, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Lil Yachty fired back at critics of his Nike Air Force 1 collaboration while speaking at the Sneaker of the Year panel at ComplexCon 2024 over the weekend. Bimma Williams, who was in the crowd for the event, had recently shared a video online calling out Yachty with several insults. He had brought up Yachty’s recent admission about having only just heard JAY-Z’s Reasonable Doubt and The Black Album, while downplaying his credentials as a sneakerhead.

“Everyone has their own take on a sneaker,” Yachty began, as noted by Complex. “So if I want to make an Air Force and I want it to be white and blue—if you don’t like it, that’s cool, but the way he tried to make it seem as if like ‘this n***a can’t make a shoe because he doesn’t respect the culture.’ What the f*ck are you talking about n***a? I’ve been into this sneaker sh*t for 15 years, when I had five cents to my name. I can tell you about any kind of shoe. What are you talking about? You clearly don’t know my history on sneakers and how involved I am in this sh*t.”

Lil Yachty Performs During Austin City Limits Music Festival

Lil Yachty performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker. Park on Friday, October 6, 2023. © Jay Janner/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

Fans on social media have been having mixed reactions to Yachty’s remarks. “Yachty crashing out over someone’s opinion since he knows them sh*ts wack. Who cares if someone don’t like em just like how he don’t like certain shoes. Next time try to make em better so you won’t be criticized and cry about it,” one user responded to the comments on Instagram. Another wrote: “I’m a fan of bimma, Yachty, and the shoe…but as a man Yachty was doing too much here.”

Lil Yachty Defends His Nike Air Force 1 Collaboration

In other news, Snoop Dogg also made headlines at ComplexCon by discussing the NFL’s selection of Kendrick Lamar as the headliner for the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. Check out the viral clip of Yachty defending his sneaker collaboration at ComplexCon below.

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Snoop Dogg Defends JAY-Z For Picking Kendrick Lamar As The Super Bowl Headliner

November 17, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Snoop Dogg has come to the defense of JAY-Z and his selection of Kendrick Lamar as the headliner for the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. Discussing the upcoming event during a live episode of Drink Champs at ComplexCon 2024, Snoop explained that JAY is giving a platform to hip-hop artists that they never had access to before.

“What we need to think about is that before JAY-Z got control of the Super Bowl wasn’t no n**gas performing. So let’s go back to the essence of the beginning of bridge,” Snoop said. “He’s creating a wave of artists to have an opportunity to perform. If you are a good artist and you are a great artist, your time will come. I was never crying about it or mad about it when Dr. Dre called me and asked me to get his back. I was there for him, but I didn’t feel like I was supposed to be there, I was in demand to be there. This is a big event. People looking at everything when they picked the person to perform, you should just be honored that hip-hop is being able to be seen on that platform for all of us and not hate on the next.”

Snoop Dogg Performs At The Super Bowl Halftime Show

Snoop’s defense of JAY-Z comes after Lil Wayne and many of his supporters voiced their disappointment that he wasn’t given the opportunity. Wayne has complained about the NFL’s selection of Kendrick Lamar on several occasions in recent months. Performing at his Lil Weezyana Fest, earlier this month, Wayne described headling the event as something that was “ripped away” from him.

Snoop Dogg Reflects On The Super Bowl Halftime Show

Despite losing out on the Halftime Show, Wayne has signed on as a weekly guest on NFL GameDay Morning. Check out Snoop’s full thoughts on the Super Bowl Halftime Show below.

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Travis Scott Announced As ComplexCon’s Artistic Director

October 12, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Complex recently announced that Travis Scott will have a much larger role for their ComplexCon in Las Vegas on November 16 and 17 than we originally thought. They already announced him and his Cactus Jack collective as headliners for Sunday (November 17), preceded by his good friends Playboi Carti, Opium, and Metro Boomin on Saturday (November 16). However, it turns out that La Flame is now the Artistic Director for the event as a whole, per a press release that details the moves below. He will curate the music, art, and streetwear extravaganza with his Cactus Jack brand, which will also bring exclusive merch designs and, more likely than not, sneaker drops and other collabs.

Not only that, but Travis Scott will bring “CactusCon” to life for Complex‘s event even when folks visiting the festival are chilling in their hotel. The Resort World will transform into “Cactus Jack Hotel,” and ComplexCon will also seemingly immerse itself into his universe. What’s more is that the Houston superstar has more accolades and achievements on the way. BET will honor him with the “I Am Hip-Hop” award at the 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards, which will air very soon this month.

Travis Scott At The VETEMENTS Paris Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 Show

Travis Scott Artistic Director Complex Con Festival Hip Hop News — PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Travis Scott walks the runway during the Vetements Paris Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)

“Travis Scott is a visionary artist who continues to push the boundaries of music, culture, and live performance,” BET‘s Executive Vice President of specials, music programming, and music strategy, Connie Orlando, shared in a statement. “With his unmatched creativity and relentless passion, he has redefined what it means to be a captivating, inspiring entertainer within the hip hop genre. We look forward to celebrating him at BET Hip-Hop Awards 2024.” With all this in mind, it seems like Travis will close out another great year with a festival following his and Complex‘s vision, which is a fitting celebration.

Meanwhile, Travis Scott is also expanding his already huge resumé thanks to a modeling gig at a VETEMENTS fashion show for Paris Fashion Week. We wonder whether or not we will see him on the runway again in the future. Either way, there’s a lot coming up for Cactus Jack fans to celebrate and enjoy.

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Travis Scott and Cactus Jack To Curate COMPLEXCON, Bringing CACTUSCON To Las Vegas

October 11, 2024 by newhiphopnews

ComplexCon, the pioneering festival and exhibition of convergence culture that curates the very best in style, music, art, and food, announced today that Travis Scott will be the event’s 2024 Artistic Director and Sunday night headliner, bringing “CactusCon” to ComplexCon Las Vegas, a nod to his creative collective, Cactus Jack.

Under Scott’s creative direction, Cactus Jack will infuse its iconic style throughout ComplexCon. Scott will also design exclusive merchandise only available at the festival. The multi-platinum, diamond-certified recording artist, producer, and style icon’s role builds upon ComplexCon’s history of working with the most prominent and innovative artists such as Takashi Murakami, to push artistic and experiential boundaries.

Scott, whose CIRCUS MAXIMUS TOUR is officially the highest-grossing rap tour of all time, will also headline Sunday evening for a highly anticipated performance that will mark a triumphant homecoming to the festival he helped inaugurate in 2016.

After a wildly successful run in its hometown of Long Beach, ComplexCon will head to Sin City for the first time ever on Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17, taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This year’s show will grow 4x in size, spanning over 1,000,000 sq ft, with an unprecedented number of brands, exclusive drops, activations and experiences.

Attendees will have the opportunity to shop hundreds of exclusive releases from today’s most sought-after brands and cultural creatives, including 032C, Ambush, Asics, Awake NY, BYREDO, Cactus Plant Flea Market, Ecko Unltd., EDGLRD, Fox Racing, Fragment, Futura Laboratories, Glo Gang, HELLSTAR, Hidden NY, Holiday, Infinite Archives, Kids of Immigrants, Malbon Golf, Mastermind, Mitchell & Ness, Mowalola, New Era Cap, Nike, Oakley, Online Ceramics, PDF Channel, Psychworld, Rick Owens, Satoshi Nakamoto, Saucony, Sp5der, Stash, Thug Club, Undefeated, Vans, Vetements, WWE, Zippo and more.

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Travis Scott And Playboi Carti Tease “OOCactus” Concert With New Snippet

August 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Travis Scott and Playboi Carti have devoted fanbases. Seriously, fans love these two artists. They are among the most revered names in the genre, mainly due to the ways in which they experiment with it. And pretty soon, fans will get a chance to witness their shared experimentation in a concert setting. On August 7, Travis Scott and Playboi Carti announced that they will be putting on concerts at the upcoming ComplexCon. Branded “OOCactus,” the concerts will take place on November 16-17, 2024.

Travis Scott and Playboi Carti have appeared on the same bill multiple times in the past. Both of them were at Rolling Loud Europe in July, and Carti joined Scott for a L.A. performance as recently as 2023. The two artists have a kinship, which is what makes their joint announcement all the more exciting. The fun didn’t stop there, though. Scott and Carti decided to tease a snippet of a brand new song minutes after the joint concerts were revealed. The snippet doesn’t have a title, but the snippet is everything fans could want. Lush synths carry the first portion of the snippet, before thundering drums kick in and Travis Scott can be heard vocally riffing.

Travis Scott And Playboi Carti Previewed A New Collab

Travis Scott and Playboi Carti have a storied track record together. The former appeared on “Love Hurts” from Carti’s breakthrough tape, Die Lit, as well as “Green and Purple” and “BACKR00MS. ” Playboi Carti has returned the favor by dropping memorable bars on Scott’s “FE!N.” The “00Cactus” concerts are also an encouraging sign for those who have spent years waiting on Carti’s third studio album. The rapper has been teasing the release of the tentatively titled MUSIC since 2021. There have been dozens of snippets and teaser singles, including the aforementioned “BACKR00MS” with Scott.

Cardo, a frequent Carti collaborator, confirmed that the album is coming soon. The producer claimed that he was putting the finishing touches on it after nearly four years of work. “Me and him have been working on this album for a good four years,” he said in July. “[I’m] gaining some kind of different kind of energy and inspiration from what he’s doing. Seeing what levels he’s going on. That’s how we’re creating all these fun records.” Hopefully fans get to hear new Carti and Travis Scott music at ComplexCon.

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Jim Jones Gives Drake His Flowers While Choosing The “Best Album Of The Year”

December 2, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Jim Jones has declared For All The Dogs Scary Hours Edition his best album of the year. Jones gave his answer at last month’s ComplexCon. “That extendo clip that Drake just dropped got real spooky on n-ggas,” Jones explained. However, he also gave props to Too Good To Be True and Utopia. The six-song deluxe EP recently helped push the Drake product back to the top of the Billboard album charts. Despite the success of the album, last week only marked its second week at No. 1. It displaced Stray Kids’ ROCK-STAR, which tumbled to No. 7.

Furthermore, For All The Dogs has also reached platinum certification in recent weeks. However, the RIAA has yet to confirm this. For All The Dogs was able to hold off another resurgence from 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which spent another week at No. 2. Ironically, the first track of Drake’s EP shouts out Taylor Swift. “Taylor Swift the only n-gga that I ever rated. Only one could make me drop the album just a little later. Rest of y’all, I treat you like you never made it,” Drake raps on “Red Button”.

Jim Jones Goes After Dee-1

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However, Jones doesn’t have love for everyone. In early November, Jones appeared to go after New Orleans rapper Dee-1. “I don’t care about what [Dee-1] said. That boy don’t know me. I know his trick. He using my name for fame. It’s all good … I do more in one month for people than he’ll ever do in his whole life. I really give back to the people, I don’t care about none of the rhetoric he talking about,” Jones said. His comments came after Dee had called him out.

Despite this, Dee-1 appeared unfazed. “Jim Jones, I love you; Meek Mill, I love you; Rick Ross, I love you. The world wants it to become something negative and unhealthy, but let’s make sure we use this as an opportunity to educate and to communicate… And if that means we can be friends at the end of this — cool. If we can’t ever be friends — cool, all good. Just go be a better man of God and I’ma try to be the best man of God I can be, and it’s gucci,” Dee-1 said in response.

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Lil Yachty Blesses Fans With Two Unreleases Song Snippets

November 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Lil Yachty has been having one of the best years in hip-hop right now. Overall, he got a lot of praise for his album Let’s Start Here. Furthermore, he found himself at the center of Drake’s inner circle. For All The Dogs is an album that reportedly had a lot of Yachty influence. Moreover, Yachty has dropped a ton of great rap tracks which has helped showcase his versatility. At this point, fans are looking forward to what the artist might do next. This is especially true as a new album should be on the way.

One of the best ways to tease your music these days is through snippets. Snippets can sometimes make their way to social media through leaks. However, they can also materialize in more organic ways. For instance, artists will post these snippets on social media all of the time. Yachty has done this before, although his two most recent snippets actually came at ComplexCon. In the video down below, you can watch him play the two aforementioned snippets for some fans. As you can imagine, the fans were very excited.

Lil Yachty Shows Off More

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Yachty seems to have the pulse of what the fans want these days. Sure, there are those who still don’t care for his music. Additionally, there are some who hate his comments about hip-hop and artistry. However, if one thing is for certain right now, it is that he is doing his thing and doing it well. After being roasted by critics and fans back in 2016, he has evolved into a tastemaker of sorts. He is evolving before our eyes and it has been fun to witness.

Let us know what you think of these snippets, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists.

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Offset Was Reportedly Named In A Battery Lawsuit For A 2021 Incident With Security During ComplexCon

November 8, 2023 by newhiphopnews

So far, 2023 belongs to “Say My Grace” rapper Offset. Throughout the year, he’s made a surprise appearance on Amazon Music Live, secured a McDonald’s signature meal collaboration alongside his wife, Cardi B, and dropped his highly anticipated sophomore album Set It Off. Unfortunately, he’s also endured some hardships: the ultimately passing of his former group mate, Takeoff, an intense legal battle with his former record label, and now there could be another court showdown.

According to Rolling Stone, Offset has reportedly been named in a lawsuit stemming from an incident with security during ComplexCon 2021. Paperwork obtained by the platform alleges that Offset (real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus), his musical associate YRN Murk (real name Demetrius Deandre Carter), and one unnamed individual assaulted an attendee during the event (held on November 7, 2021).

The plaintiff, Daveon Clark, alleged that Carter initiated the melee after event staff purportedly deterred Carter from entering a roped-off space due to capacity limitation. Clark went on to say that he was forced to engage in a physical exchange out of self-defense, which Cephus allegedly joined in. Attendees captured video of the alleged incident.

In the filing, it notes, “During this altercation, CSC security guards failed to prevent the attack and instead exacerbated plaintiff’s position by restraining him, allowing defendants Offset and YRN Murk to continue their physical attacks while plaintiff was prevented from protecting himself,”

Clark is seeking real and punitive damages due to the physical and emotional damages the alleged incident caused.

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