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Tony Yayo Explains Why He Thinks Young Thug Will Be Acquitted

June 16, 2023 by newhiphopnews

The YSL RICO case in Atlanta has been a mess. The sprawling trial originally started with 28 defendants. However, plea deals, severings, and dismissals have reduced the number of men still on trial to 9. Among those is Young Thug, who is widely seen by the prosecutors as one of the ringleaders and anchors of the case. Young Thug has had his own fair share of drama. A few weeks ago, he was admitted to the hospital twice during preliminary hearings for the trial. Despite jury selection beginning in January, no jurors have been formally selected yet.

Additionally, the case has been full of twists. Most recently, a Fulton County deputy was arrested after being linked to a smuggling ring run by YSL defendant Christian Eppinger. Eppinger and the deputy were reportedly in a relationship and had been illegally communicating via Instagram. However, the chaotic nature of the trial is exactly why one rap legend thinks that Young Thug isn’t going to prison.

Tony Yayo Explains Thinking In Young Thug Verdict

Appearing on VladTV, Tony Yayo explained why he believes Young Thug isn’t going to jail. “Thug coming home, man,” Yayo said. “The case … it sounds like a clusterfuck, man. Free Young Thug, man. And you know, it’s like, when you look at the shit, it’s like, he’s a high-profile guy. So, it’s a clusterfuck. You know? Even moving them around, it’s like, he’s high-profile. This is everyday shit, though … It’ll just make the news because you’ll hear ‘YSL.’”

It’s not the first time Yayo has commented on the YSL case. Earlier in 2023, he shared his thoughts about Gunna’s plea deal. “It’s hard to call somebody a snitch without the paperwork,” Yayo said. “But I think when that video came out — because remember Gunna got out and I love Gunna music, I love Thugga music. Gunna got out, you know, got the bad chick with him jumped into $200,000 Maybach everything was all Gucci you know what I’m saying. But two minutes later, what was that? Probably like an hour later, yeah the film in court came out.” Do you agree with Yayo? Let us know in the comments.

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Tyrese Slams DJ Vlad For “Leaching Off Of Black Culture”

June 10, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Tyrese came at DJ Vlad on Instagram, earlier this week, after the founder of VladTV requested an interview with him over DMs. The posts began with Tyrese replying to an interview Vlad did with Boosie Badazz. Tyrese accused Vlad of exploiting peoples’ trauma and “leaching off of Black culture.” In doing so, he shared screenshots of a DM conversation between himself and Vlad.

“Haven’t you used BLACK PEOPLE ENOUGH??? What’s the dudes name who talks off camera who owns VLAD TV?? Can y’all pull his tax returns????????,” Tyrese wrote on Instagram. “How much is he leaching off of BLACK CULTURE???? This dude is already have four people on his show and he randomly keeps bringing MY NAME UP… laughing about my divorce traumas laughing about my crying video and trying to milk my traumas and pains in the Clickbait for his goofy ass show….”

Tyrese At The “F9” Premiere

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 18: Tyrese Gibson attends Universal Pictures “F9” World Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

He continued: “Every time my name is bought up people are looking at him ‘Why you talking shit about my brother Ty’… he just keeps going… You corny AF dude…. 10k for what????? That ain’t even my daily Perdiem …”

Tyrese didn’t stop with that post either. After it started to gain traction online, he shared several media outlets’ articles covering it. He captioned the post: “I keep to myself I never bother nobody…. I’m from the hood…. I’m far from a bitch…. if you keep poking a bear you get your head knocked off……. No more free interviews for CULTURE VULTURES……. He’s worth 5 million and that 5 million came from MY CULTURE……. Since my divorce and traumas are funny…. Let’s keep laughing….. What more do you want from me?? I want EVERY RAPPER and singer who ever gets interviewed by this culture vulture to hit them pockets….. He offered me 10k I could of stuck him for 50k. I realized he’s with the feds and a lot of my people go to jail after they do interviews….” Check out Tyrese’s Instagram post here.

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Lance “Un” Rivera Says Cam’ron Was Traumatized By Biggie Comparisons

May 31, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Lance “Un” Rivera says that Cam’ron was traumatized by getting comparisons to the legendary New York rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. Rivera discussed Cam’s career and reuniting with him for the film Percentage, during a new interview with VladTV.

“I enjoy [Cam]’s creativity, we clashed a lot creatively,” he said. “‘Cause I had this thing with Cam — and I heard that he kinda traumatized Juelz with the same process … I always challenged Cam on when he thought he was better, I challenged him [and said,] ‘You hadn’t gotten better. This is sub par to me.’ And I wasn’t taking anything away from him. Cam [would say,] ‘Biggie woulda did it this way.” Rivera also described him as a “gold artist” rather than a “platinum” one.

Cam’ron On The “Down & Out” Music Video Set

Cam’ron during Cam’ron on the Set of “Down and Out” Music Video – April 21, 2005 at Meat Packing Distict in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by John Ricard/FilmMagic)

“He’s a legitimate gold artist like Redman and Method Man and all of these other guys, so Cam didn’t wanna put in the work or listen to what it took,” Rivera continued. “Puff had to tell Big, ”Machine Gun Funk’ is not gonna get you to an album.’ Nas had to do Lauryn Hill ‘If I Ruled The World’ to get to that level. Jay didn’t really start making big records until Pharrell. Everything else was still this underground rapping choruses. Nah, if you wanna sell millions of records, here is what we learned and this is how we do it. That’s why Puff was so successful.”

Cam’ron had begun his career with Rivera and his Untertainment imprint. Under that label, he released his debut album, Confessions of Fire in 1998. However, Untertainment lost a distribution deal with Epic in 2000, causing the company to absorb Cam’ron’s contract. By the end of the legal dispute, Cam ended up signing with Roc-A-Fella Records.

Lance “Un” Rivera With “VladTV”

Elsewhere in the interview, Rivera theorized that Dame Dash being from Harlem played a role in Cam’ron’s decision to sign with him.

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Boosie Badazz Defends DJ Vlad: “How The F**k He The Police?”

May 28, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Rapper Boosie Badazz appeared in an episode of the Baller Alert podcast released Friday. He discussed how guests on VladTV often end up incriminating themselves, which many fans have blamed DJ Vlad for. As a result, the DJ has now been dubbed “the police” by various upset fans. During the interview, the podcast’s host asked Boosie why DJ Vlad is accused of being “the police.” He responded by sticking up for the VladTV host, claiming that it’s not the DJ’s fault if his guests overshare.

Boosie, who appears frequently on VladTV, explained, “I’ve never incriminated nobody on there. I’ve never said nothing to start a beef on there.” The podcast host went on to claim that Boosie knows how to “handle himself” during his appearances. “Yes, and you should know how too if you’re a criminal or you’re a rapper,” he responded. Boosie added, “Sometimes rappers go on [VladTV] and forget they are criminals. You can’t blame him! What the f**k? How the f**k he the police if he ain’t send me to jail?”

Boosie Says He’s “Never Incriminated Nobody” On VladTV

Known to be outspoken about his beliefs, Boosie has shared some additional takes over the past few months. In a recent interview with VladTV, he revealed his thoughts on XXXTENTACION’s murderers’ defense lawyers claiming Drake orchestrated the rapper’s attack. “You get life if you kill a rapper,” he stated. “You ain’t gettin’ no years. Most of the time, especially if you’re this color [Black], you’re getting years. That’s just how it is. That s**t had me dying laughing, bro,” he then added. He also claimed, “Yeah, they was reaching. I said, man, ‘I know they ain’t finna subpoena no f***in’ Drake.’”

Boosie also recently advised his followers not to become gangsters. “Never become no street n***a,” Boosie told his IG Live viewers. “Don’t ever become no gangster, bro. Always gotta have n***as with you, always gotta be trying to protect yourself, looking over your shoulder. S**t don’t even be worth it, bro,” he said. Boosie also went on to claim, “this ain’t the life you want.”

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Charlamagne Reflects On Getting Yelled At By Diddy

May 23, 2023 by newhiphopnews

VladTV recently interviewed Charlamagne Tha God, and The Breakfast Club host opened up about the time Diddy gave him an earful for his on-air comments. The comments made by Charlamagne surrounded the promotion of Diddy’s 2010 album with Dirty Money, Last Train to Paris. “I’ll never forget Diddy yelling and screaming at me,” he shared, “This is before I recognized, truly, the power that the platform was commanding.”

Charlamagne continued, “This is when he dropped the Last Train to Paris album and I gave him ‘Donkey of the Day’ for that album. I’m like, ‘Yo, this shit is shake weight music.’ Once again, being an asshole because people loved that album! But I’m just f*cking with him.” The host revealed, “He came to the station hot. Like, ‘Go out the back door, Charlamagne’ type shit.” He went on to say, “I remember when I finally had a conversation with Diddy about it … Shawn Prez put us on the phone. And Diddy was like, ‘Bro, you can’t do that on my first week.’”

Charlamagne Trashed Diddy’s Album

Charlamagne went on to claim Diddy said, “‘I’m a big boy, I can take criticism of the music, but not on my first week when I’m tryna get these first week numbers up. You come out and you shit on my project like this, people might not go check for the project.’ And that was one of the first times I was like, ‘Oh shit, he’s right, you know?’”

In the interview, Charlamagne also di s cussed the recent departure of his fellow Breakfast Club host, Angela Yee. “She left Breakfast Club because she got the opportunity to do her own nationally syndicated show,” he revealed. “Way Up With Angela Yee is a nationally syndicated show it comes on 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. right after The Breakfast Club, and I think that would be hard for anybody to pass up … Angela Yee never got the opportunity to host her own show on terrestrial radio,” the host explained.

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03 Greedo Apologizes To J. Cole For Past Criticism

May 22, 2023 by newhiphopnews

03 Greedo has apologized to J. Cole for previously calling his music “trash.” In a post on Twitter, Sunday, he retracted his criticism from a 2018 interview with VladTV. Greedo remarked that Cole “kills every fuccin feature.”

“Dear J.Cole i was 103% inaccurate about you being [trash],” he wrote. “You kill every fuccin feature. So id like to take my 2018 statements bacc @JColeNC is top tier. I was just trying to express myself believing n***as with street images don’t get counted as lyricist.” Fans praised Greedo for making amends with Cole in the replies to his post.

03 Greedo At SXSW

03 Greedo at Billboard Presents The Stage at SXSW held at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park on March 16, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Todd/Billboard via Getty Images)

As for Greedo’s original comments, he went in at length on the KOD rapper. “I don’t like anything from J. Cole, whether his album is coming out or not,” he said at the time. “I didn’t even know that n***a was dropping an album, to be real. I saw some news and saw J. Cole name and I got mad — I always get mad. I hate that n***a music. I don’t hate him personally, I wouldn’t like beat him up or try to start something. [His music] is trash. J. Cole not like that bro, but looking at you [DJ Vlad], you’re the kinda guy he makes music for, you feel me?”

He added: “The plain old background guy — ‘I’m chilling, I want a calmed down life,’ you know what I’m saying? I’m making music for the n***as who done lost somebody in the system, lost somebody in the streets, n***as who wanna show that we really got a heart even though we out here thuggin.’ I don’t relate to that shit — he ain’t getting no fucking hair done or haircut. That man look crazy. So he gon’ have these young n-ggas that look up to him walking around like that. Got my lil’ nephews and shit looking crazy. No, n-gga, you should be dressed to impress.”

Greedo Retracts His Comments

Elsewhere in the 2018 VladTV interview, Greedo slammed Cole’s comments on rappers who drink lean. He also trolled the Dreamville founder for his “Wet Dreamz” music video. “Wrap your shit up and go,” he said. “That shit lame, bro. I don’t like that shit.”

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Boosie Badazz Reacts To Webbie’s Crop Top Outfit

May 3, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Boosie Badazz has a lot of extremely strong opinions that he isn’t afraid to express. Generally, he’s always got a tough exterior on. However, that wasn’t the case when he found out that he beat cancer. In a very emotional post, Boosie spoke freely about his feelings on the matter. “CANCER FREE! GOD [is] GREAT, BUT HE [TESTS] YOUR FAITH ALL THE TIME!” he tweeted. However, the rapper found out some not-so-great news at the same time. Since he had last seen him, Boosie’s cancer doctor had passed away without him knowing.

The Louisiana native took some time to say some kind words about the late doctor. “Thank [you], Dr. Wood, for always making me laugh when I was down. [You] were the best,” Boosie said. “I remember you rubbin my head when I was cryin before surgery. You ask me why I was crying n I told U I was thinkin about all the wrong I’ve done n my life n you said Mr. Boosie, God forgives.” It appears that Dr. Wood’s kind encouragement will stick with Boosie even though the doctor has passed.

Boosie Can’t Co-Sign The Crop Fit

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In a new clip from VladTV, Boosie provided his opinion on fellow rapper Webbie’s fit. The picture of Webbie, which is from a photoshoot, shows him in a crop top with exposed underwear. As anyone who follows Boosie knows, he has very strong opinions on anything that comes across as slightly feminine on a man. At least that’s what can be inferred from previous comments he’s made. This time was no different; however, he did at least try to give Webbie the benefit of the doubt.

“Players f*ck up. Players f*ck up all the time. I was pissed. He was showing his tattoo bro!” Boosie says, sounding annoyed. He goes on to say that he had to turn his phone off after he saw it. “Webbie, bro. I had to turn my phone off. He just slipped, bro,” the rapper continued. “He do that every concert. I don’t know why the f*ck they took the picture like that.” What do you think of Boosie’s opinion on Webbie’s look? Would you rock a crop top? Let us know in the comments!

Boosie’s Apology To T.I.

April 28, 2023 by newhiphopnews

From what both parties indicated, it seems like the feud between Boosie Badazz and T.I. is now over. Moreover, the Baton Rouge rapper recently appeared for yet another sit-down interview with VladTV, and spoke earnestly on the subject. Not only that, but he revealed that he apologized to the Atlanta trap artist and detailed some of his though process and emotions. Specifically, he expressed feeling like the two were able to get over their spat like “bosses.” While the heat between them simmered over time, it’s always great to get a solid confirmation of a reconciliation.

“It just went like two bosses of handling it, man,” Boosie started his remarks. “First of all, we got kids who love each other. First we wasn’t agreeing and we was going back-and-forth and you know he spoke how he felt and I spoke how I felt. He felt me and I felt him. I gave him an apology.” Many believed that the two made up when onlookers spotted them at the St. Louis international airport. However, the “Wipe Me Down” MC said that they talked over the phone before that link-up.

Boosie Breaks Down His Apology & Reconciliation With T.I.

“After we kept going back-and-forth, the things he was doing for me in my life at the time, I kinda felt bad,” Boosie continued concerning T.I. “I kinda felt bad he was doing some real s**t helping me in a lot of ways but I told him I still stand on what I stand on. When he explained it to me, we got by it. We got by like bosses supposed to get by. We ain’t let the internet or none of that bring us out of character.”

For those unaware, this pair sent shots at each other after Boosie labeled T.I. a “rat” for allegedly snitching on his dead cousin. In fact, the former canceled a joint album they were working on. After the “Live Your Life” star clarified the situation (granted, after calling Boosie out multiple times), it seems they came to an understanding. With that in mind, maybe we’ll get that collab tape after all, but only time will tell. Regardless, stick around on HNHH for the latest on T.I. and Boosie.

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Cassidy Says He’s Not Interested In Battling Meek Mill

April 25, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Cassidy says he has no interest in taking on Meek Mill in a rap battle, despite their past beef. He discussed the state of his feud with his fellow Philadelphia rapper during an interview on Vlad TV. In doing so, Cassidy explained that he doesn’t view Meek Mill as a battle rapper and that he has so many other things going on in his career, that he probably wouldn’t be interested either.

“Salute to Meek, but, he ain’t battle rap,” he said to outlet. “Like, maybe he battled back in the day to try to get on, like to try to get people familiar with what he do. There’s a bunch of people that did that. But still, they wouldn’t consider themselves battle rappers.”

Cassidy At Drake’s Till Death Do Us Part Rap Battle

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 30: Cassidy attends Drake’s Till Death Do Us Part rap battle on October 30, 2021 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

He continued: “Maybe that’s the cloth he was cut from back then, but it’s been so much time, and him doing other shit, and on music, and then a different bag, that I’m not even sure if he’s interested in battle rapping. … We kinda already had our own little battle, but I’m not interested in battling nobody. Long as the business is right, they could pick whoever I battle.”

The beef between Cassidy and Meek Mill began over a decade ago at this point. Back in 2013, things reached a high point when the two traded a series of freestyles aimed at dissing one another. Despite his animosity with Meek Mill, Cassidy recently revealed that he once tried to sign him. During a recent interview with the African Cultural Art Forum (ACAF), he explained that he simply couldn’t offer Meek what he needed at the time. “It wasn’t like I was super connected to the machine,” he said. “I was moving towards the independent direction. So I was offering him distribution, but more in like an independent way, [however] maybe he wanted to be more on the major side.” Check Cassidy’s discussion with Vlad TV below.

Cassidy On Battling Meek Mill

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OutKast Have Lost Out On $100 Million Amid Hiatus, Big Gipp Claims

April 18, 2023 by newhiphopnews

OutKast has lost out on $100 million in pure revenue from performing live, Big Gipp estimated during a recent interview. Speaking with VladTV, the Goodie Mob rapper explained why he believes Andre 3000 has mostly stepped away from music since the release of 2003’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

“What people don’t understand is when he did ‘Hey Ya,’ it put him into the stratosphere next to an artist like Lenny Kravitz,” Big Grip said. “Now, you in that Rock & Roll hierarchy. People are looking at you like, ‘Wow, you just went and damn near did some shit like The Beatles and put some rap shit on it!’

OutKast At The 46th Annual Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES – FEBRUARY 8: Musical Artists Big Boi (left) and Andre 3000 of Oukast pose with their six Grammys backstage in the Pressroom at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards held on February 8, 2004 at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

He continued: “So, the industry was like, ‘Boy, if you give us 10 more of these hoes, whew!’ It was almost like coming from just being a famous rapper to now you in them Lenny Kravitz boots. It was like, ‘Oh, shit. This is a whole nother’ thing.’ So, all of the press that came along with him being able to turn into this artist, and having to take on the workload of having to be an artist at this stage, it made him be like, ‘Damn this shit.’ That’s why it took him so long to go on stage and perform the album because it was so big at the time, bro. They probably turned down $100 million just on shows.”

Outkast did reunite in 2014 for a 20th-anniversary tour, during which they performed at 40 festivals worldwide. One of the highest-paying opportunities Outkast reportedly turned down was the Super Bowl halftime show in 2015, a decision that boiled down to creative differences. “We had two songs, ‘The Way You Move’ and ‘Hey Ya,’ and Dre didn’t want to split the songs up. He didn’t want to cut the songs. He wanted to do both songs. They was like, ‘Y’all can’t do it,’” Big Boi recalled during an appearance on ESPN’s The Dan LeBatard Show at the time.

Big Gipp On OutKast’s Missed Opportunities

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