This week in Hip Hop, the world saw Donald Trump become America’s 45th President of the United States and the protests that came with it. Taxstone found himself in jail over the Irving Plaza shooting involving Troy Ave and Eminem praises a freestyle spit by Royce Da 5’9.
Donald Trump’s Inauguration & Hip Hop Reactions
As of January 20, 2017, Donald Trump has become America’s 45th Commander-In-Chief and a lot of people (he did lose the popular vote) aren’t too happy about it, especially in Hip Hop.
As President Barack Obama prepared to leave the White House Friday, many expressed gratitude toward him while some kept it light.
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Joey Bada$$, 2 Chainz and Flo Rida were all reportedly asked to perform for the Prez at his inauguration concert only to be turned down, except for Chrisette Michele.
Michele accepted Trump’s offer and Questlove offered her some dough NOT to perform.
Wonder why Trump just didn’t ask ‘Ye to perform?
Read more here.
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Taxstone Arrested For Alleged Involvement In Troy Ave Irving Plaza Shootout
Taxstone’s DNA was reportedly found on the gun used in the Irving Plaza shooting and now he’s in jail for it.
Police believe they’ve found Taxstone’s fingerprints on “the trigger, hand grip and magazine” of the handgun used in the homicide of Troy Ave’s bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter.
His bail was set at $500,00 and has been denied.
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Read more here.
Eminem Goes Crazy Over Royce Da 5’9 Freestyle
Royce Da 5’9 spit a freestyle so crazy Eminem told him to die.
Royce’s bars over the instrumentals to Phresher’s “Wait A Minute,” as well as DJ Khaled and Jay Z’s “I Got The Keys,” is what sent Em over the edge.
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“Really? Ur an asshole,” a revealed text to Royce from Eminem reads. “Those fuckin freestyles u put out r devastating. Incredible. I hate u. Die.”
Big Sean had a similar reaction to Em’s verse on “No Favors,” a cut off his forthcoming album I Decided.
“When I heard Eminem’s verse, I played it back over and over again,” Sean said in a recent interview. “I think I was just sitting in the studio [in shock].”
Read more here.
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DXclusives: Soulja Boy vs. Chris Brown, A.K., Candice Pillay & P La Cangri
Reasons why the Soulja Boy vs. Chris Brown fight won’t be happening gets the rundown by Ural Garrett.
Those reasons include: no venue, no true promoter, no confirmed method of watching and above all else, Chris Brown isn’t even talking about it anymore. He’s too busy promoting Black Pyramid and his single with Usher and Gucci Mane, “Party.”
HipHopDX also got a moment with Sonny Digital associated artist A.K. recently and he exclusively talks about the project he’s gearing up to drop this year.
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“The project name is Audio Art because everyone has an artform of something they do,” he said. “That was the whole idea behind the name from. I’m shooting the February the 21, which is my birthday. If not, the 28 which is my mother’s birthday. I’m trying to speak to the youth and keep our culture alive. Cause it’s like, if nobody is talking about it, then it’ll be lost. You can see where Hip Hop is going now. If we don’t teach the kids or even guide them in the right. My gift is music and that’s always been my plan.”
Shirley Ju got a chance to catch up with Grammy Award-nominated songwriter Candice Pillay and she gushed about her first encounter with Dr. Dre and Rihanna.
“I was such a fan of Dre,” she said. “I grew up with his poster on my wall. Rihanna is just a dope person. She’s really cool, also really down to earth. She’s like a homie to me. They’re just really good people, and you get to work with people on the same level musically. To me, it’s just all part of my plan. I’ve always known that I was going to do this since I was a kid. It’s just the next, the next thing.”
Lastly, radio personality, rapper and businesswoman P La Cangri caught up with DX to talk about working in the industry as a woman among some men who want more than a business relationship.
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“That’s been one of the most difficult things and learning how to deal with men with finesse and still have them on your team helping you move your career and move your music forward without having to compromise your dignity,” she said. “I think there’s a way of handling this without offending anybody or having to do what some women choose to do and that’s their issue. The problem that I run into is you go into a meeting and you’re meeting with someone and you’re having this incredible meeting about music and all of a sudden, it turns into some kind of sexual thing that wasn’t part of the conversation. And then you get aggravated and you look for blame in the man because he came on to you, but that man is letting you know that there has been 10 other women before me that have slept with him or have done something compromising. So I’m the weirdo because I won’t. It’s not that I’m a weirdo. It’s that like I said, I don’t choose to exchange my dignity for a contract or for money.”
