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SOURCE LATINO: Voices of Power Across Hip-Hop and Politics Highlight the Power of the Latino Vote at the DNC

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Voices of Power Across Hip-Hop and Politics Highlight the Power of the Latino Vote at the DNC

by Jeanine Ramirez

“I’m just grateful just to be here with all my Latino brothers and sisters and people from all over. Yes. God Bless.” 

– Common

Common joined the Voto Latino fiesta at Chicago’s House of Blues during Democratic National Convention week, helping to energize the crowd and unite voter turnout for the Harris Walz ticket beyond Chicago, where the rapper grew up. 

“I was able to evolve and grow and go see other places, I understood that we was all together, especially my brown brothers and sisters. We were going through some of the same struggles.” 

Improving the lives of all Americans is on the agenda for Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. It’s a message that Democrats hope resonates with the country’s largest minority group. Here’s NY Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez:

“So I’m asking every Latino, the fact that you see the kind of energy and enthusiasm doesn’t translate into getting out to vote. So when you go home you have to knock on doors, make phone banks, talk to everyone, meet voters where they are and make sure that everyone comes to vote. This is an election that is going to be very tight and so we cannot have the luxury of staying home expecting that people will come out to vote.” 

Voto Latino, along with actress Rosario Dawson, took the stage to drive that mission. All week, Latino lawmakers at the United Center spread enthusiasm and a call to action for the historic election. Here’s Harlem Congressman Adriano Espaillat. 

“Electing the first woman president, it’s for my mom. It’s for my daughter. It’s for my 8 month granddaughter. That’s what this is about. The nation finally coming to terms with itself that yes, a woman could lead us. And Kamala Harris is of course a tremendous woman and the platform is a big tent approach to government that includes everybody.” 

According to the 2020 Census, 62.1 million Hispanics live in the United States, representing nearly 19% of the country’s population. Healthcare, education, economics, border policies, and law and order are all on the ballot. Sergeant Aquilino Gonell worked at the Capitol Building on January 6th and warned against another Trump presidency:

“You need to imagine what he would do if he were re-elected. He has taught us already. He has shown us what he’s capable of on January 6th. On January 6th, I was attacked by more than 40 sympathizers of him. I have videos, pictures, medical bills, reports. I had gone to court to hold these people accountable.” 

The Latino vote could be the deciding factor in the election. And Democrats urge Latinos to be present. 

“Let’s just be present in this moment, in this time. It’s a special time.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Brought the Rhymes of Biggie Smalls to the US Capitol

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by: Jeanine Ramirez

“It was all a dream. I used to read Word Up magazine. Salt and Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.” 

– The Notorious B.I.G.

That was back in 2017, on the 20th anniversary of Biggie’s death. But it’s not the Brooklyn lawmaker’s only hip-hop reference. Jeffries, now the House Democratic Leader, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and delivered these Fat Joe lyrics:

“Nothing can stop us. We’re all the way up.” 

His energetic DNC speech garnered news headlines, and the next day, Jeffries posted “Brooklyn Stand Up.” Before Jeffries’ DNC appearance, The Source caught up with the House Minority Leader. 

The Source: Clearly the young people are energized in this race and the youth will be an important part of this election. And they have vowed to make their voices heard. Can you please tell us about some of the strategies and some of the plans and the importance of the youth vote for this election?

Congressman Jeffries: “Well I think that we’ve always had a strong case to make to young people. That the issues that young people care about have been the issues that House Democrats, Senate Democrats, President Biden, Vice President Harris have been working on. Like combating the climate crisis with the fierce urgency of now and delivering the largest investment in combating the climate crisis in the history of the world. Passing gun safety legislation for the first time in 30 years. Because the young people of America deserve a great public school education free of gun violence. And that is what they are demanding. That is what we are working on to deliver. And of course the young people of America care about making sure that their freedom to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions are preserved.” 

All of those issues are at stake in this Presidential election. Democrats are hoping young people will turn out in big numbers and vote blue down the ballot. If so, not only can the Democratic Party win the White House, but they can also become the majority in the House and make Jeffries House Speaker, among other party victories. Here’s NY Congressman Adriano Espaillat. 

“The NY delegation of course, we have Hakeem Jeffries who stands to be the next speaker. We have Grace Meng, who stands to be the next Chair of the Asian American Pacific Caucus. We have Yvette Clarke, who stands to be the Chair of Congressional Black Caucus in the next session. And I’m delighted, God willing, I could be the Chair of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus.” 

– NY Congressman Adriano Espaillat

Jeffries became the first Black Congressional Party Leader in US History when his colleagues unanimously elected him in 2023. With Democratic control of the House, Jeffries would serve as the first-ever Black Speaker. It would be a historic shift in the American story, one that has its roots in Brooklyn and the hip-hop community. 

“We know that he went from negative to positive,” Jeffries said. “And emerged as one of the world’s most important hip-hop stars.” 

And with this election, Jeffries could emerge as one of the nation’s most potent Democratic stars.

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Travis Scott Officially Cleared From Miami Case As Authorities Drop Trespassing Charge

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Travis Scott no longer has to worry about his case stemming from a Miami arrest, as all charges are now officially off the table according to a new TMZ report published Friday (August 30). Moreover, for those unaware, authorities arrested him back in June on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing. La Flame’s legal team, including attorney Bradford Cohen, previously filed a motion to dismiss the trespassing charges after the court already dismissed the disorderly conduct ones. According to this new report, a source reportedly close to the prosecutor’s office explained to the outlet that the lack of clear “no trespassing” signs put him in the clear.

“After arguing the motion to dismiss and the state realizing that there was no path to maintaining the charge, they decided to drop the case in its entirety,” Travis Scott’s lawyer reportedly told TMZ Hip Hop. “Although not a serious charge, and one that should not have been filed, we are pleased with the result.” This yachy incident in Miami back in June also accused him of disorderly conduct, and those charges were already previously dismissed before this recent update.

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Travis Scott At Fanatics Fest NYC 2024

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 17: Travis Scott speaks onstage at the Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at Jacob Javits Center on August 17, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)

In other Travis Scott news, his role in the great rap war of 2024 is more under scrutiny than ever, but this might all be an overreaction. For example, you probably already heard that Drake launched his “100 GIGS” website and @plotttwistttttt IG burner to share loads of loosies and previously unreleased content. One of his recent drops was a video of the “SICKO MODE” duo partying together to one of their collaborations at a party. Some fans still think that they have newfound beef with each other, but this feels more like an unsubstantiated misinterpretation with each passing day.

Meanwhile, Travis Scott fed fans in quite the satisfying manner with his Days Before Rodeo reissues. The mixtape’s emergence on streaming services paired with digital deluxe editions that shared even more deep cuts with die-hards. We’ll see if this is his last big move of the year or if there’s still more on the way for 2024. Either way, you won’t find us complaining.

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Lil Tecca Pens An Earworm About Poor Relationships With “BAD TIME”

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Queens, New York rapper, singer, and producer Lil Tecca is continuing to tease his next album with “BAD TIME”. It’s potentially the fifth offering from what will presumably be called Plan A. At this moment in time, the 22-year-old has not announced an official release date nor the tracklist for it. However, Genius is predicting it to hit streaming platforms this September, so we will see what happens. In some other potential news, with “BAD TIME” being out we may have a hint as to what the cover art for Plan A could be. It features a white background with a minimalist cheetah skin clock.

Prior to this, Genius had a full cheetah skin for the artwork. We aren’t really sure what that could all mean, but we are just trying to find some more information on what could be a great Lil Tecca project. We say that because a majority of the singles have been hitting thanks to some truly sticky melodies and flows. “BAD TIME” features more of the same while the “500lbs” artist raps about being in a constant rotation of bad relationships. Based on all of these relationship cuts we have gotten it could be fair to say that Tecca is making more of a melodic/R&B type of vibe.

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“BAD TIME” – Lil Tecca

Quotable Lyrics:

Check my phone, now the ho say she miss me
Smokin’ this gas got me feelin’ risky
When it come to a freak, I ain’t even picky
Just off this fit, turn her to a pick me
I stay with my twin, Mordecai and Rigby (Oh my)
You worried ’bout Tec, I give a n**** fifty

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Tyrese Believes Snoop Dogg Is A More Famous Rapper Than Jay-Z

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Tyrese was the latest guest on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, and we’re sure that it will make for another explosive episode. In fact, the former even proclaimed that it will make about as much of a splash as the Katt Williams interview did, which is certainly a tall order. However, one thing that might be more controversial and debatable than this assessment relates to one of their many discussions. At one point during their conversation, the duo landed on the topic of Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z, and decided to debate which of the two hip-hop superstars is more of a globally famous celebrity.

“Who’s a bigger rapper globally? Most famous of the two. Jay-Z or Snoop Dogg?” Tyrese asked. “If Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg were in a mall in Moscow, who would shut the mall down? [Snoop Dogg is the] biggest f***ing superstar in the world. That’s my big homie. Long Beach, West Coast, I wish a motherf***er would.” We know that Snoop and the actor/singer are very good friends, with both of them supporting each other through some tough personal hardships over recent months.

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Tyrese & Shannon Sharpe Debate Whether Snoop Dogg Or Jay-Z Is The Most Famous Rapper

As for Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z, they don’t cross over often, but they do share a lot of common collaborators, institutions, and goals. For example, they will both appear in Pharrell’s upcoming LEGO film alongside other MCs like Kendrick Lamar, playing fictionalized mini-figure versions of themselves. Elsewhere, they don’t have much of a collaborative history or strong links, but they definitely respect each other to the highest degree as rap legends. After all, they are arguably the two biggest faces of the genre and represent it – for better or worse – at the highest mainstream commercial levels.

Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg had previously joked about not being invited to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation brunch, so maybe that informs a bit of this “Who’s more famous?” discussion. “They know when I walk in, my outfit is going to turn everything out. So they like, ‘Keep that n***a away,’” he said during a podcast interview. Jokes aside, we wonder if we will see these two hip-hop icons link up in some way in the near future, or if their paths will focus more on their individual exploits.

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Baby Keem Trolls Kendrick Lamar With Hilarious Viral Meme Referencing Drake Beef

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Kendrick Lamar is many things: a great rapper, a family man, an entrepreneur, and a bonafide anime villain that probably strokes his cat’s fur as his plan for world domination goes perfectly according to plan. This last interpretation is what many fans realized during his historic battle with Drake, and even his cousin Baby Keem agrees. Moreover, the pgLang affiliate retweeted a very popular Twitter meme about K.Dot: “Kendrick the type of n***a to disappear after the bus passes.” It’s funny to think about Kendrick witnessing all the memes around his Drizzy beef, but it’s even funnier to imagine Keem’s online trolling and participation.

Furthermore, this is the first “interaction” concerning Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar that we’ve publicly witnessed since… their joint Vegas performance that went down this February, maybe? Still, that doesn’t mean that the Melodic Blue creative’s name didn’t pop up during the great rap war of 2024. For example, a Kendrick reference track for Keem’s “BULLIES” resurfaced during this period, sparking more debate around ghostwriters and protégés that Drake fans were already engaging in extensively at the time.

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Baby Keem Jokes About Kendrick Lamar, His “Boogeyman” Cousin

What’s more is that both Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar have big plans for the future… Or at least, that’s what most of us fans want to believe. First up is the former, who’s been teasing his follow-up to his 2021 LP for a while now. It seems like we’re closer than ever to its release, but without any official teases, singles, announcements, or promotions yet, it’s hard to tell exactly when or how it will manifest. Still, The Melodic Blue was so good that it earned a significant benefit of the doubt on our behalf, albeit one whose expiration date is dangerously close. I mean, it’s been three years… Will we have to get to five before we start rioting?

As for Kendrick Lamar, he supposedly has something big planned after his Drake beef, but that’s just hearsay from his camp. He’s literally done nothing more than just drop his OVO disses, announce his Juneteenth concert, and release the “Not Like Us” music video. As such, Baby Keem is probably right in assuming that the Compton lyricist would embody that one Spider-Man 3 meme to a tee. Let’s just hope that he also has that ability in the inverse, and that he will pop out again in the near future.

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Travis Scott Achieves Remarkable Milestone With “ASTROWORLD” Amid Impressive Run Of Feats

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Travis Scott can say that his 2018 album ASTROWORLD was just the second to do this. According to an Instagram repost from RapTV, every song from La Flame’s third studio LP is now officially platinum by the RIAA. In an ironic twist, the only other artist to do this is Cardi B with her controversial debut, Invasion of Privacy. Not to rag on Travis Scott fans, but it just seems that he can never be first when it comes to awards and accomplishments. Cardi B’s album did this in a shorter window of just under four years. Travis has now done it in just over six.

Obviously, this is still such an amazing feat, which is actually one of many as of the last couple of weeks. Not too long ago, we have learned that the rerelease of DAYS BEFORE RODEO is looking at around 217,000 units in its first week with 190,000 of those being pure sales. It’s outpacing many new releases and could go number one the charts if he can beat out Sabrina Carpenter. Furthermore, Travis Scott was just celebrating another milestone for an older record of his, “goosebumps”.

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Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD Is Still Doing Numbers

 
 
 
 
 
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The Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight cut featuring Kendrick Lamar just achieved diamond status, making it his second song to do so. There’s always been a constant debate amongst the hip-hop community, as well as Scott’s fan base as to what his best work is. More OG fans may say Rodeo, but with this otherworldly accomplishment, the campaign to push ASTROWORLD to the top of the heap may become fiercer than it already is. It certainly has his biggest songs on it and some of his most lush production to date, which is saying a lot. We are welcoming the debate, so let the war begin.

What are your thoughts on every song off of Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD going platinum? Are you surprised that this happened, why or why not? Were you shocked to learn that Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy was the only other album to do so? Do you think La Flame will achieve this feat with any of his other projects? Where do you rank ASTROWORLD in his discography? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Travis Scott. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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