Tag: Nipsey Hussle

Yella Beezy Pays Homage To The Late, Great Nipsey Hussle With Bars Over “Summertime In That Cutlass” [WATCH]

Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been on fire out here with his recent singles “Bacc At It Again” and “Rich MF.” He pulled up on Justin Credible and DJ Sourmilk to spread that fire on the Power 106 #LIFTOFF with a freestyle.

Paying homage to the late, GREAT Nipsey Hussle, Beezy spit bars over Hussle Man’s vibey “Summertime in That Cutlass” instrumental.

“Anybody that Goddamn diss me end up swimming with the fishes / That’s Goddamn chicken, better stop now b*tches / I ain’t got time for these b*tches,” he raps.

Peep the Texas native’s Freestyle 085 below.

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Mustard Delivers His Debut Album ‘Perfect 10’ [STREAM]

Trying to supplement your summertime playlist? Look no further than Mustard’s debut album ‘Perfect Ten’, which is out now!

Coming on the heels of his two strong singles in the Migos-assisted “Pure Water” and the YG, Tyga, A$AP Rocky, and A$AP Ferg collaboration, “On God,” the South-Central beatsmith gives his fans music that was made for sunshine and warm weather.

The 10-track project also includes features from Ty Dolla $ign, Future, Ella Mai, 1TakeJay, and Roddy Ricch on the project. Furthermore, ‘Perfect Ten’ boasts a feature from the late, GREAT Nipsey Hussle, who appears on the title track spitting vivid bars and a captivating monologue.

Stream the album below.

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List Of 2019 BET Award Winners [PEEP]

The stars came out last night at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles for the 2019 BET Awards. It was a star-studded gala that saw Cardi B become the first female artist to win “Album of the Year,” the late, GREAT Nipsey Hussle get the “Humanitarian Award” and “Best Male Hip-Hop Artist,” and the icon Mary J. Blige get her “Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Check out all the winners below.

— Video of the year: Childish Gambino, “This Is America”

— Best female R&B/pop artist: Beyoncé

— Best male R&B/pop artist: Bruno Mars

— Best female hip-hop artist: Cardi B

— Best male hip-hop artist: Nipsey Hussle

— Best new artist: Lil Baby

— Best group: Migos

— Best collaboration: Travis Scott featuring Drake, “Sicko Mode”

— Album of the year: Cardi B, “Invasion of Privacy”

— Viewers’ choice award: Ella Mai, “Trip”

— Lifetime achievement award: Mary J. Blige

— Humanitarian award: Nipsey Hussle

— Ultimate icon award: Tyler Perry

— Dr. Bobby Jones best gospel/inspirational award: Snoop Dogg featuring Rance Allen, “Blessing Me Again”

— Best actress: Regina King

— Best actor: Michael B. Jordan

— Best movie: “Blackkklansman”

— Youngstars award: Marsai Martin

— Sportswoman of the year: Serena Williams

— Sportsman of the year: Stephen Curry

— BET HER award: H.E.R., “Hard Place”

— Video director of the year: Karena Evans

— Best international act: Burna Boy (Nigeria)

— Best new international act: Sho Madjozi (South Africa)

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New Music: Trae Tha Truth – “Nipsey” [LISTEN]

Houston’s Trae Tha Truth is a man with a lot of respect in his city and has even received a key to it. Similar to the late, GREAT Nipsey Hussle, Trae does a lot of work in his community to make it a better place. Trae is working on his next album that will be dedicated to Nip, which is set to include his latest track “Nipsey.”

“Damn I never pictured you leaving, can’t stop the grieving,” he raps. “Every time I see your kids in my vision, you who they needing.” Though many have come forward with their own tributes to Neighborhood Nip, it’s hard to deny that Trae’s hits especially close to home. Expect nothing less from the one dubbed “The Truth.”

Listen below.

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The Late, Great Nipsey Hussle To Be Honored With A Humanitarian Award At The BET Awards [PEEP]

Long Live Nip!

It’s still unreal that Nipsey Hussle is no longer with us and every time I think about him it’s surreal. During his time on Earth, Nip did a lot of positive things along with putting out great music. BET Networks will be honoring Nip for his work with a Humanitarian Award at the 2019 BET Awards.

Neighborhood Nip was a activist, philanthropist, businessman, an overall man of the people, and a lot more. His work will be posthumously honored, after he dedicated years to working to uplift his South Los Angeles community.

“As a prolific artist and leader, Nipsey Hussle was zealous about driving change for the betterment of his community, empowering and employing those in need and being an influential and highly respected leader,” said Connie Orlando, Executive Vice-President, Head of Programming at BET. “We are forever grateful, humbled and honored to have experienced his presence and we are invested in doing our part to ensure that the marathon will indeed continue. It is an immense honor for us to recognize him with this year’s Humanitarian Award.”

Previous Humanitarian Award recipients include Chance the Rapper, Denzel Washington, Al Sharpton, Steve Harvey, and Dwyane Wade.

The 2019 BET Awards will air live from Los Angeles on Sunday, June 23rd at 8 p.m. EST. They will be hosted by Regina Hall and include performances from Cardi B, Migos, Mustard, H.E.R., Lil Nas X, and more.

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YG Releases New Album ‘4Real 4Real’ & Dedicates It To The Late, Great Nipsey Hussle [STREAM]

After pushing back the initial release of the album due to the loss of the late, great Nipsey Hussle, YG comes back and drops ‘4 Real 4 Real’,  which is dedicated to Nip.

Before dropping the album the Compton rapper gave fans two tracks “Stop Snitchin” which he unveiled at Coachella and “Go Loko” and did not disappoint with what followed.

Earlier today YG shared a post on Twitter explaining why he feels his album promotion ahead of its release:

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4 Real 4 Real is YG’s fourth studio following Stay Dangerous which he released a little under a year ago. The 14 track album is packed with features from Meek Mill, Kamaiyah, G-Eazy, DaBaby, Ty Dolla Sign and more!

Stream the full album below.

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Ty Dolla $ign On How He Connected With J. Cole For “Purple Emoji”, Reflects On & Talks New Music With Nipsey Hussle & More [WATCH]

After dropping off some new vibes “Purple Emoji” featuring J.Cole, Ty Dolla Sign came through to talk new music and more of what is on the way with Justin Credible and DJ Sourmilk!

Power 106’s first Liftoff concert went down this past weekend and headliner Mustard brought out all the West Coast homies, YG, Tyga, Dom Kennedy to name a few as well as Ty. Dolla Sign shares what it means to him to be on the stage in Los Angeles along with day one homies.

Monday, May 22nd Ty delivered all new music “Purple Emoji” with none other than Mr. Dreamville himself, J.Cole and details how he got him on the track and what went down during this particular studio session.  On the topic of new music, YG’s upcoming release 4 Real 4 Real is slated to drop Friday, May 24th which is one to keep an eye out for. J Creddy asks “What can you tell us about YG” which Ty goes on to sen praises saying

Yg is one of the best we got, one of the realest we got, he does a lot for the community. I mean, you would hate to see how bad I beat him on the pool table, but when it comes to rap and being a good community guy, he’s the greatest. 

Speaking of community guys, DJ Sourmilk gets the “Paranoid” rappers thoughts on Nipsey Hussle and what Nip meant to him stating“Nip was my brother before rap.”  Catch the full interview below and hear what he had to say about the late great Nipsey Hussle, watching his music video with DJ Khaled “Higher,” working on music with Nipsey and more.

Watch below.

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New Video: DJ Khaled – “Higher” Feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend [WATCH]

The Marathon continues.

DJ Khaled unleashed his new star-studded album ‘Father of Asahd’ less than 24 hours ago, which includes the highly-anticipated Nipsey Hussle and John Legend collaboration “Higher.”

Khaled gets right back to it as he unleashes the video for the inspirational single and perhaps the last video Nipsey Hussle was a part of. Shot in a Inglewood parking structure, the Eif Rivera-directed clip is dedicated to Nip and shows the late, GREAT rapper rocking a blue suit as he raps prophetic words.

Watch below.

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New Video: Joyner Lucas – “Devil’s Work” [WATCH]

Have you ever wondered why the good ones gotta die young with so many others still breathing who breathe evil and would’ve been better options to leave Earth? Well, that’s exactly the premise of Joyner Lucas’ new song “Devil’s Work.”

The new, powerful track comes accompanied with a video that shows the rapper in a church with a funeral setting as he mourns those good ones that have left us like 2-Pac, Nipsey Hussle, Aaliyah, Selena, and more. Joyner offers to bring back some of the aforementioned names in exchange for mutha fuckers like Donald Trump Dump.

Watch and listen below.

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Hit-Boy Remembers Nipsey Hussle, Talks Creation Of “Racks In The Middle” & More [WATCH]

Hit-Boy was the producer who produced Nipsey Hussle’s last release before his tragic death. He stopped by the Power 106 #LIFTOFF to discuss the creation of “Racks In The Middle,” what Nipsey Hussle meant to him, the studio sessions with Nip, his new collaborative project with SOBxRBE and more.

After a couple of years without working Nipsey Hussle, the two united for a studio session for Hit-Boy’s first compilation album soon to come. Hit-Boy says Nip loved “Racks In The Middle” so much that he asked to take for his own single. The two began working on the track to which Hit-Boy says was an emotional process where the both cried before the song released.

“I shed a tear for Racks In the Middle when Nip was still here.”

Hit-Boy has had a colorful career producing for others like Drake, JAY-Z, Kanye West, Beyoncé, and many more.

Watch the full interview below.

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The City Comes Out To Celebrate Nipsey Hussle At The STAPLES Center [RECAP]

Long Live Nipsey Hussle.

Nipsey Hussle was loved and that was shown today at his “Celebration of Life” memorial service that was hosted at the STAPLES Center. Nip’s funeral service was only the second to take place at the STAPLES Center, the other being Michael Jackson’s.

Over 20-thousand people attended the two-hour ceremony amongst those were JAY-Z, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, YG, Snoop Dogg, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, G-Eazy, Gunna, Dom Kennedy, Jay 305, The Game, and many more.

Lauren London, his brother Blacc Sam, his sister Samantha Smith, his father Dawit Asghedom, mother Angelique Smith, Snoop Dogg, YG, and others read tributes for Nipsey.

Check out some of the clips below.

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Rest easy Nip.

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Barack Obama Pens Tribute Letter To Nipsey Hussle [PEEP]

Real BIG.

Former President of the United States Barack Obama paid tribute to Nipsey Hussle by writing a letter to the late, GREAT one. The letter was read by Karen Civil at his “Celebration of Life” memorial service today at the STAPLES Center.

Obama wrote:

Dear Friends and Family of Nipsey:
I’d never met Nipsey Hussle, but I’d heard some of his music through my daughters, and after his passing, I had the chance to learn more about his transformation and his community work.
While most folks look at the Crenshaw neighborhood where he grew up and see only gangs, bullets, and despair, Nipsey saw potential. He saw hope. He saw a community that, even through its flaws, taught him to always keep going. His choice to invest in that community rather than ignore it — to build a skills training center and a coworking space in Crenshaw; to lift up the Eritrean-American community; to set an example for young people to follow — is a legacy worth of celebration. I hope his memory inspires more good work in Crenshaw and communities like it.
Michelle and I send our sympathies to Lauren, Emani, Kross, and the entire Asghedom family and to all those who loved Nipsey.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama

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