YG Names His 10 Essentials He Can’t Live Without [WATCH]

YG connected with GQ to name 10 things he can’t live without.

Amongst the things he can’t go without is blacno tequila, his Chanel de Bleu cologne, JBL bluetooth speaker, of course a red bandana, and his designer “locs,”saying, “the world is full of fake muthaf*ckas and I don’t like looking at fake muthaf*ckas in the eyes.”

Watch below to find out what else.

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TDE’s Top Dawg Calls Kendrick Lamar’s GQ Interview Offensive (News)

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TDE’s CEO Top Dawg expressed his disapproval with the way Kendrick Lamar was perceived in his GQ feature.

In 2004, I founded Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) with the goal of providing a home for west coast artists and a platform for these artists to express themselves freely and to give their music to the world. From our beginning in 2005 with Jay Rock, to developing Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul, to most recently singing Isaiah Rashad and SZA. We, as TDE, have always prided ourselves in doing everything with heart, honor, and respect.

This week, Kendrick Lamar was named one of GQ’s 2013 Men Of The Year, an honor that should have been celebrated as a milestone in his career and for the company. Instead, the story, written by Steve Marsh, put myself and my company in a negative light. Marsh’s story was more focused on what most people would see as drama or bs. To say he was “surprised at our discipline” is completely disrespectful. Instead of putting emphasis on the good that TDE has done for west coast music, and for hip hop as a whole, he spoke on what most people would consider whats wrong with Hip Hop music. Furthermore, Kendrick deserved to be accurately documented. The racial overtones, immediately reminded everyone of a time in hip-hop that was destroyed by violence, resulting in the loss of two of our biggest stars. We would expect more from a publication with the stature and reputation that GQ has. As a result of this misrepresentation, I pulled Kendrick from his performance at GQ’s annual Man Of The Year party Tuesday, November 12th.

While we think it’s a tremendous honor to be named as one of the Men Of The Year, these lazy comparisons and offensive suggestions are something we won’t tolerate. Our reputation, work ethic, and product is something that we guard with our lives.

Update:

GQ‘s Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson responds:

“Kendrick Lamar is one of the most talented new musicians to arrive on the scene in years. That’s the reason we chose to celebrate him, wrote an incredibly positive article declaring him the next King of Rap, and gave him our highest honor: putting him on the cover of our Men of the Year issue. I’m not sure how you can spin that into a bad thing, and I encourage anyone interested to read the story and see for themselves. We were mystified and sorely disappointed by Top Dawg’s decision to pull him at the last minute from the performance he had promised to give. The real shame is that people were deprived of the joy of seeing Kendrick perform live. I’m still a huge fan.” —Jim Nelson, GQ editor-in-chief

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Big Sean Models For GQ’s Fall Style Manual (Pictures)

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Big Sean was featured in GQ’s November Fall Style Manual issue. Sean wears tailored shirts, sweaters, sports jackets, and fedoras by designers including Ermenegildo Zegna, J. Crew, Banana Republic, and Paul Stuart.

Hip-hop sensation Big Sean is featured in GQ’s October issue. Showcasing the 15 Freshest Style Moves for this fall, the 25 year old rapper demonstrates his signature flare in a stylish photo shoot, and then sits down with GQ to set the record straight about his reputation. “It’s fucking crazy that people think I’m just this ass man, talking about ass-quakes and ass-shakes all day,” he says. With his second album, “Hall of Fame,” he tells GQ “I wanted to get my points across, instead of just showing how good I can rap.”

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A$AP Rocky Covers GQ (Video)

Pretty Flacko A$AP Rocky is featured in next month’s issue of GQ.

“I wanted to model when I was younger,” he says. “I was always into clothes and shit.” It’s a fact that’s constantly reinforced by his lyrics (Drop-crotch Jeremy Scott pants, bitch it’s Hammer time) and by menswear blogs that practically worship him. “I’m the man on those things,” Rocky gloats. “I don’t really look at them. Well, I guess I do, but only when I’m looking at myself. I inspire me.”