R&B singer and song writer The Dream took to Vald TV to discuss his opinion on a few popular artists taking over music right now. Dream spoke on two of OVO’s top representatives; first clearing up the alleged controversy surrounding himself and The Weeknd, an artist he says he respects. The Dream’s final opinion came in the defense of Drake and his singing, hit the jump to see his response!
You Be The Critic: Are You Feeling The Lyrics In The “What Happened” Record?!
Today Maino and Jadakiss made a song that speaks to how a lot of NY’ers feel about NY Hip Hop. The question, since the record is ‘keeping it 1 Hundo’, do you like it?!
Justin Bieber Denies Use Of The N-Word In Controversial New Track
Late last night, a track purporting to be from Justin Bieber hit the web, streamed through a YouTube account that appeared to be his as well. The issue with the song is the young, white singer was dropping the n-word…a major no-no. However, Biebs and his team have shot back, saying not only is the song fake, but the YouTube account was fake as well. The song has since been taken down.
(Video) Just Blaze Weighs In On Kendrick Lamar Naming Himself, ‘King Of NY’
EVERYBODY has an opinion about Kendrick Lamar’s verse in, “Control.” Just Blaze says, “Kendrick said some crazy statements…” Were they all bad…NO! “Naming names,” he adds is where the controversy comes in! AGREEED 100%! That’s the main reason Kendrick has made such a buzz with this record. The verse was fire, but with it being Big Sean’s record and his name being in it at the same time…it would not be as BIG! Agree? Yes or No, hit the jump and give your thoughts…after checking out what else Just Blaze had to say about Kendrick naming himself, ‘King of NY.”
Petition Created To Encourage Rolling Stone To Donate Profits From Their Boston Bomber Cover To Boston Victims
Rolling Stone magazine created a ton of controversy last week when they revealed the cover of their August issue, featuring Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looking like a young rock star. Many felt in glorified the actions of the alleged terrorist, and have since sought out petitions (some successfully) to ban the magazine from various stores. Now it’s gone even further, and Jack Osbourne has created a petition on Change.org to urge the mag to donate all profits made from the current edition’s sale (retail and advertising revenue) to the victims, surviving family members and first responders adversely affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. The petition has generated more than 25,000 signatures in quite a short period of time. Let’s see if Rolling Stone responds. Do you think this is a good idea?
