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Beanie Sigel Believes Kanye West Needs Someone To Tell Him To “Shut The F**k Up”

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Beanie Sigel recently sat down for an interview with VladTV and reflected on Kanye West and his recent controversies. From what the Philly rapper expressed, these attitudes from Ye should come as no surprise to those who know him, and that doesn’t make them any more excusable. Moreover, he specifically pointed at him not having wise people in his corner who actually look out for his well-being and not his pockets. Of course, part of what made Kanye a compelling artist to begin with was his individualistic and single-minded approach to his craft. However, once the money got split up between many parties, Sigel stated, that’s when people’s true loyalties became clear, to the detriment of victims of the Chicago MC’s attacks.

“Kanye drives his own car,” Beanie Sigel remarked of his former Roc-A-Fella label mate. “Kanye was Kanye. I think when you get to a certain point, they saw money change you, it also changes the people around you, and when you got so many people that’s on your payroll, it’s hard to get honesty from them. Kanye needs somebody around him that’s gonna tell him, ‘Shut the f**k up.’ Like, ‘Chill out, bro,’ and he gotta be able to accept that. He needs somebody that don’t care about his money.”

Beanie Sigel Condemns The “Yes Men” Of Kanye West

Currently, the Yeezy mogul is facing opposition in both the court of public opinion and the court of law. Furthermore, two women including Cecilia Hailey sued the rapper for unlawful termination from his Donda Academy after they criticized his strange policies. Not only that, but the lawsuit also includes accusations of racial discrimination, health and safety violations, and more. One of the wildest examples was Kanye West forcing kids to eat sushi every day and prohibited outside food.

“Ye West, I am so thankful for the opportunity to be at your school, but things are not going the way they should, academically, socially or spiritually,” Hailey stated. “And you need to back down and try again with people who know what they’re doing, who can execute a vision, who can help you understand that we don’t know anything about producing albums, but we know how to educate. These children’s lives are in your hands and this vision, especially if you’re trying to carry out the vision of your mother, is just not working right now.” For the latest on Beanie Sigel and Kanye West, stay logged into HNHH.

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Consequence Reflects On Being “Furious” With Q-Tip For Signing With Kanye West

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Consequence recently reflected on his beef with Q-Tip during an interview with VladTV. He explained that he felt the legendary A Tribe Called Quest rapper betrayed him by signing with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music back in the day. Cons had just left the label on infamously bad terms.

“I didn’t get any records for Cons TV,” Cons said, referring to his shelved sophomore album, “And maybe not even a year later, ironically, Q-Tip was a G.O.O.D. Music artist and saying that there was going to be a Cruel Winter, which never came out. That was the shadiest shit ever. It was! I mean, he and I resolved it, but it was shady as fuck. And from the person who said, ‘Industry rule No. 4080: record company people are shady,’ and you did that to your cousin? A n***a who would’ve done anything for you?”

Consequence With Kanye West

NEW YORK – AUGUST 30: Recording artists Kanye West (L) and Consequence attends the 6th Annual BMI Urban Awards at the Roseland Ballroom August 30, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

From there, he explained that he was about to become a father at the time and needed support from his family. “He knew I was having a baby at the time ’cause this is when Caiden was being born. I was furious, yo. I was fu-ri-ous,” he added. “I was more mad about that than with The Ummah [Q-Tip’s production team with J Dilla and Ali Shaheed Muhammad] not coming out because this is my block. I put in the work for this block to be a block; it wasn’t a block when I got here. Even to this day, that’s why you see me take the positioning that I take. I’m a person who can forgive, but I will acknowledge what has occurred. I’m not the secret-keeper and I’m not sweeping nothing under the rug — those are two things I am not doing as a grown man.”

Consequence has since made amends with both Kanye West and Q-Tip. In a statement released back in 2011, Cons explained that he and Q-Tip sat down and discussed things at length. “After a very intense & extensive meeting, Q-Tip & myself have resolved our public & private issues,” he said. “With so many manufactured ‘beefs’ in Hip Hop, this situation was very real and shows that their can be resolution through humility & dialogue.”

Consequence On Q-Tip Being “Shady”

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Consequence Reflects On Impact Of A Tribe Called Quest

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Consequence says that A Tribe Called Quest “revolutionized” the music business. The rapper spoke about the legendary group’s impact during a recent interview with VladTV. The conversation began with Cons praising Tribe’s 1993 album Midnight Marauders. In doing so, he remarked that the group was “in their bag” at the time.

“This is in the midst of the crack epidemic,” he said of the time period, “at the same time that the Central Park Five were picked up. This is a completely different time period. [A Tribe Called Quest] have a collective going on, also, where they creatively vibe with The Jungle Brothers, and they creatively vibe with De La Soul — and, basically, revolutionized the way that street kids approached the music business,” he continued. “Because of success, right? And even to this day, the ramifications of those sacrifices, we’re seeing on Front Street.”

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg, and Q-TIp of “A Tribe Called Quest” pose in July 1991 in New York. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Consequence is far from the only one to appreciate the greatness of A Tribe Called Quest. The Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame recently nominated them for induction as well. The organization will announce the finalists for the class of 2023 next month. Other nominees include Missy Elliott, Iron Maiden, Rage Against The Machine, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, and Willie Nelson. As for previous hip-hop acts to make it into the hall, the organization has recognized Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, N.W.A, 2Pac, Biggie, and JAY-Z, among others.

As for Tribe’s aforementioned album, Midnight Marauders, the iconic project was preceded by the group’s singles, “Electric Relaxation” and “Award Tour.” The album features collaborations with Busta Rhymes, Large Professor, Raphael Wiggins, and more. While it received mostly positive reviews at the time of its release, Midnight Marauders has since been lauded as one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. Rolling Stone ranked it at number 201 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Consequence’s Interview With “VladTV”

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Boosie Unleashes On Gunna For “Ratting With Respect”

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Boosie Badazz just dragged Gunna through the mud in his latest interview with VladTV. Moreover, he called the rapper out for his plea deal in the YSL case and treating prosecutors with a lot of respect as he gave information. Court footage from the Atlanta rapper’s deal released after he walked out of Fulton County Jail, and showed him answering politely and affirmatively as an attorney read through the plea statement. With all that in mind, the Louisiana rapper did not hold back when discussing Gunna’s deal and his attitude throughout it, despite him denying any snitching at all.

“They should remix his s**t, ‘Yes ma’am,’” Boosie began. “I been waiting on a song. Man these n***as answering with respect! They rattin’ with respect! We don’t even tell our elders ‘Yes ma’am’ like that no more. You don’t hear people saying ‘Yes ma’am’ like they usually do. But you tell a f***in’ prosecutor, ‘Yes ma’am.’ That made it even worse. You put mayonnaise on the f***in’ sandwich.” Earlier in the clip, Vlad asks Boosie whether he thinks Gunna can make a comeback in the rap game, to which he had an interesting answer.

Boosie Badazz Goes Off On Gunna Ratting With Respect

“I don’t think he can get back to where he was,” he remarked. “‘Cause if you love Thugger, you can’t love Gunna. You live in a f***in’ fantasy world. If you got love for Thugger and you love Gunna, you a f**k n***a or f**k b***h.” Of course, Badazz’s comments on the former YSL affiliate aren’t surprising, considering he was among the first in the game to express scorn for his actions. This was back when he pled guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy in December of 2022.

“Rat THIS WOULD HAVE PUT TEARS N MY EYES MY BROTHER,” Boosie captioned a post of the court footage. “MY ARTIST LIKE WTF IM FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. THAT IM NOT RUNNING A GANG/CRIMINALENTERPRIZE N YOU DO THIS TO BIGDOG UKNOW ITS A GANG .. THE GUNS N DRUGS NOT YOURS.. WELL WHO ELSE WAS NTHE CAR THEY CAN BE FOR SMH.” Regardless of your take, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest on Gunna and Boosie Badazz.

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600 Breezy Sides With Boosie Amid T.I. Beef: “If They’re Friends, He Did the Right Thing”

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600 Breezy just sided with Boosie in his beef with T.I. over the latter snitching on his fallen cousin, which made Boosie pull their collab album. Moreover, Breezy’s thoughts came from an interview with DJ Vlad on VladTV in which he explained his stance. Of course, it should be noted that the Chicago rapper has his own history with the Atlanta trap pioneer. As such, his comments come with a bit of personal bias. Regardless, he had some earnest thoughts on the situation and spoke to the two MCs’ friendship before all of this.

“As a friend, I feel like people need friends like that,” 600 expressed. “And he ain’t saying that they ain’t friends no more, but you need people to tell you when you’re wrong. Or tell you how they feel about certain situations. If they friends, Boosie did the right thing. ‘Cause he didn’t get up there and be like, ‘Oh, he ain’t do nothing wrong, we still doing the album,’ this and that. He got up there and told, ‘Man, f**k that s**t, I feel like he a rat. He told, this and that, and we ain’t doing the album no more.’ You know, ‘you cool,’ but I can’t- you know what I’m saying?”

600 Breezy Speaks On T.I. & Boosie Beef

Still, Breezy acknowledged that his past issues with T.I. might color his assessment of this situation. Regardless, he spoke further on how the rapper’s past actions and convictions resulted in surprisingly little federal jail time. Even though many in the rap game sided with T.I., 600’s comments point to a more amicable interpretation of the conflict. However, it hasn’t stopped the “Live Your Life” star from continually going at Boosie after this story first blew up.

“Let a motherf***er know that the paperwork was present,” he said while calling out Boosie for not showing up to one of his shows on request to show him evidence. “I’ve been waiting on one special invited guest to show up, but he ain’t showed up yet. But he ain’t here to see my paperwork. So come on if you got something to say. I wanna see who wanna see, you hear me?” No matter your take on the situation, log back into HNHH for the latest on T.I., Boosie Badazz, and 600 Breezy.

Freeway Says Dissing Nas Admid His Jay-Z Beef Was “Painful”

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Freeway says that dissing Nas during the rapper’s infamous beef with Jay-Z was “painful.” Speaking with VLAD TV, Freeway explained that he was a big fan of the Queens rapper at the time.

“I love Nas, I gotta just let y’all know that,” Freeway said. “That was painful for me. ‘Cause when I was a young boul, they used to call me the Philly Nas. I had this song and I had this hook, ‘They love to hear the story how the thugs live on worry/ Ducking down the car seats, heat is mandatory.’ Like, I LOVE Nas.”

“But like I said, When it come time to ride for the team, I’m riding for the team,” Freeway added. “At that time, we in the middle of it. And it’s time to show and prove. And I’m letting people know what it is: I’m riding for the team. You got a problem with Big Homie, you got a problem with all of us.”

From there, Freeway explained that he and the Queens rapper eventually met after Jay-Z and Nas patched things up. While leaving the music video for “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is),” Freeway let Nas know how big of a fan he is of his work. Nas returned the praise. “When we got outside, I was like ‘Look Nas, I know I dissed you; but I love your shit, I used to listen to your shit as a young boy’,” Freeway recalled. “He was like, ‘Free, I love your shit too, I ain’t even gon’ front, I be listening to you too.’ I was happy we had that moment and I got to tell him how I really felt. That was major for me.”

Jay-Z and Nas’ beef was one of the most famous feuds in hip-hop during the early 2000s. Nas’ song, “Ether,” remains among the most iconic diss tracks in history. Four years after its release, the two mended their relationship publically on stage at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey during Jay-Z’s ‘I Declare War’ tour in October 2005. In the years since, they’ve collaborated on multiple occasions.

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Quentin Miller Says He “Never Got Positive Vibes” From Meek Mill

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Quentin Miller recently reflected on the infamous beef between Drake and Meek Mill while speaking with VladTV. Miller admitted to the outlet that he hasn’t had one “good experience with Meek Mill.”

When asked about seeing everyone involved reunite to squash their beef, except for him, Miller answered, “I mean yeah it just felt like it was all worthless, it was all pointless.”

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 20: Rapper Quentin Miller attends TIDAL X: 1020 Amplified by HTC at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 20, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for TIDAL)

He continued: “Honestly the Meek thing – I never had a good experience with Meek Mill. I remember one time Rick Ross had me and Mack, Wedding Crashers, had us pull up to The Promise Land… and Meek just so happened to be there and he was just mugging me the whole time.”

From there, he explained that he didn’t feel slighted by Meek not inviting him, as he didn’t expect anything else. But he admitted he was upset with DJ Drama and Drake.

“I never got positive vibes from Meek,” he continued. “So, I don’t really expect nothing from Meek. But it’s really the Drama and Drake situation. Even Drama and Drake linking back up for the Jack Harlow video and everything. Shout out to Jack Harlow. I don’t got no issues with Jack Harlow.”

He added: “But it’s just like damn how do y’all do the reunited, we all good without QM? Like I’m literally at the center of the whole shit. Then he went on his interview with Rory and Mal and he was just talking about me in past tense like, ‘You know hey man, he was the only one,’ and, ‘Sorry it happened.’”

“So that was kind of lame to me. I felt more about it for Drama than I did for Meek,” Miller said, before adding, “I don’t expect nothing from Meek. I get the message from day one. You don’t fuck with me, you don’t care about about me. It is what it is. I don’t expect shit from that guy. But from Drama, that was strange. And I’m still cool with Cannon. It’s still love with Lake. They’ll check on me every now and then.”

Check out Quentin Miller’s interview on VladTV below.

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