This week in Hip Hop, Eminem set the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards ablaze with his scathing freestyle aimed at Donald Trump. The annual award ceremony took place last weekend in Miami where Cardi B was an award show favorite. Also, Nelly is facing rape allegations after an encounter with a woman who says the “Hot In Herre” rapper took advantage of her on his tour bus.
Eminem Calls Out Donald Trump With A Scathing Freestyle
Eminem boasts this weeks biggest story when he unleashed a biting freestyle aimed at Donald Trump for this years BET Hip Hop Awards Tuesday (October 10) evening.
While condemning the 45th U.S. President, he also gave a shout out to ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who essentially spearheaded a protest that has sparked countless conversations about race, the mistreatment of blacks in America, police brutality and freedom of speech.
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LeBron James and J. Cole showed appreciation for Em’s freestyle (along with pretty much everyone else — except Vince Staples).
Watch Eminem’s freestyle here.
2017 BET Hip Hop Awards Love Cardi B
The 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards took place in Miami this year and Cardi B was the clear winner of it all — right along with Eminem.
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Cardi took home three awards for Hustler of the Year, Single of the Year and Best New Hip Hop Artist, with boyfriend Offset right by her side. Her performance of “Bodak Yellow” has been described as her most poignant and “her most confident performance of the No. 1 record to date,” by HipHopDX’s Editor-In-Chief Trent Clark who watch everything go down.
Other than that it was pretty lackluster. 6lack did have the best cypher though.
Watch Cardi B’s live performance of “Bodak Yellow” here.
Nelly & The Gaslamp Killer Face Rape Allegations
A 21-year-old Washington college student went to Auburn police after allegedly being raped by Nelly in his tour bus October 7. The young woman says she met him at a club and claims he attempted to have sex with her without a condom despite her objections.
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Nelly denied all allegations on his Twitter.
The victim has since asked investigators to end the investigations because she feels she can’t win against such a powerful name.
Many sexual assault victims have been coming forward following the ousting of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein who allegedly repeatedly abused his power. Weinstein’s controversy has seemingly set off a firestorm, prompting other women to share their accounts of alleged assaults.
Recently, a Twitter user named Chelsea claimed The Gaslamp Killer drugged and raped her and her friend at the same time. She came forward with her story via Twitter and DX got a chance to speak with both alleged victims.
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“Honestly, this is so despicable and horrifying,” Chelsea told DX in a written statement. “This is very very true, something I have been tormented with for years. I will never forget the vivid brief memories of his gross body being on top of me as faded in and out of consciousness. I would like to point out that I was 20-years-old at a time. This was a man in his 30s preying on minors.”
GLK denies all allegations.
Read more about Nelly’s rape case here.
DX Reviews
Belly — Mumble Rap — 4.3
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A Boogie With Da Hoodie — The Bigger Artists — 3.3
Trippie Redd — A Love Letter To You 2 — 3.1
The Cool Kids — Special Edition Grandmaster Deluxe — 3.9
#DXCLUSIVES: OMB Peezy, DJ Prince Paul & Eminem Editorial
OMB Peezy Talks “Humble Beginnings,” Substance In Rap & Dream Collab With Boosie Badazz
OMB Peezy recently performed at Los Angeles’ The Roxy while on tour with Tee Grizzly and DX’s Shirley Ju got the opportunity to speak with the budding Alabama rap star who just signed a deal with 300 Entertainment.
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In an industry with so many rappers of the same ilk, Peezy explains how he plans on standing out.
“I ain’t gonna ride no wave,” he says. “I’ma build my own wave. ‘Cause soon as that wave that you riding crazy to the muthafucka surface, that shit dead. You gotta have your own wave. You ain’t going to be able to do nothing else. Soon as that shit die down, you gon’ be so used to that wave you was riding … it’s over. That’s why I gotta build my own shit. Street shit.”
Prince Paul Delivers Revision Of 2003’s “Politics Of The Business”
Prince Paul didn’t like his 2003 project Politics of the Business and decided to give it a revamp. Speaking with Kyle Eustice, Paul explained why.
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“This is the first time that I can think of that an artist has taken an album mad years later and just redid the whole thing because they didn’t like it,” Paul tells HipHopDX. “Usually they just live with the record and they move on. They go, ‘Oh, I’ll make my next one.’ But I was like, ‘Nah I’m gonna revise.’”
Why Eminem’s BET Hip Hop Awards Freestyle Was A Major Win For America
Following the airing the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday (October 10), over 2.1 million tweets popped up talking about Eminem’s “The Storm” freestyle. DX’s Kyle Eustice penned an editorial about what made it a win for America.
Read the full op-ed piece here.
