Chicago, IL – Minister Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam, continued his connection to Hip __hop during a sermon in Chicago at the NOI’s Mosque Maryam, where he heaped praise on local hero Chance The Rapper and battle rap star Loaded Lux.
The sermon was part of the annual Saviours’ Day celebration on Feb. 26, which honors the birth of the NOI’s founder, Master Wallace Fard Muhammad. Over the course of the four-hour ceremony, Farrakhan covers plenty of ground including critiques of the American government and crime in urban environments.
The NOI’s Facebook page posted a portion of the address where Farrakhan spoke on Chance The Rapper’s Grammy Awards wins and also gave a little light to Loaded Lux. Before speaking of Chance and Lux, Farrakhan asked rappers in attendance to make their presence known ahead of launching into his praise.
“Chance? He a bad lil’ fella,” said Farrakhan to the crowd about Chance’s Grammy wins last month. “He won because he had a rap more significant, more acceptable, more revered by those who judge. So when you see Mr. Chance come back home, you might be a little arrogant, you don’t wanna give him his props.”
Farrakhan continued with, “See when you a rapper and somebody can spit it, somebody can take you to the mat in what they call freestyle, like what’s my man’s name? Loaded Lux!”
Lux and Farrakhan crossed paths in 2015. Lux shared a picture of their meeting with the caption “What a moment!”
What a moment! @louisfarrakhan #Yougongetthiswork #Beloved2
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The full Saviours’ Day address can be viewed here.
HipHopDX – This week in Hip Hop, Nicki Minaj finally responds to Remy Ma’s diss song “SHETHER” with “No Frauds” featuring Young Money cohorts Drake and Lil Wayne. Also, Drake continues to promise that More Life is on the way and lastly, Hip Hop remembers The Notorious B.I.G.’s legacy.
Remy Ma Waves The White Flag In Nicki Minaj Beef But Nicki Drops A “Diss Song” Anyway
Remy Ma’s Nicki Minaj diss song “SHETHER” got snatched off the internet (and not because of Nas), then she went on an apology tour rescinding the track, declaring that she’d rather come together in the name of women empowerment.
Nicki didn’t care about any of that and released three songs: “No Frauds” featuring Lil Wayne and Drake, “Regret In Your Tears” and “Changed It” which also features Weezy. “No Frauds” was the obvious song aimed at Remy while “Changed It” included a few subtle jabs that the Queens rap star highlighted with a lyric video via Twitter.
Most reactions to “No Frauds” said it is hardly a diss song and is merely a money play by creating a song that could easily be played on radio, unlike Remy’s “SHETHER” since it lifted Nas’ “Ether” beat and was never cleared.
So, while Nicki can run up a check with all three songs, Rem has been handicapped from accomplishing the same feat and has been generously given 72 hours to create a hit song by the self-professed Queen of Rap. This all despite the multi-Platinum selling rapper taking forever and day to respond to Remy’s decimating diss track.
It’s safe to say Safaree had nothing to do with “No Frauds.” He disappointedly called her out for the way the songs were structured on Twitter.
Stop letting these producers come and give u structured songs that dont sound like you then you add a 12bar rap to it #nevausetoworklikethat
— @IAMSAFAREE (@IAMSAFAREE) March 10, 2017
Read more here.
“More Life” Is Coming, So Drake Says
Drake was allegedly dropping More Life this weekend after it being delayed over and over again. The playlist’s rumored tracklist was revealed recently but the songs are somewhere being held hostage on 40’s hard drive until March 18…allegedly.
Over it.
Read more here.
We’ll Always Love Big Poppa
March 9 marked 20 years since The Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in Los Angeles at 24 years old. To remember his treasured legacy, Diddy, Faith Evans, Lil Cease and Nas, among others paid tribute to the highly regarded Hip Hop luminary. The HipHopDX staff also curated a piece to accent how Biggie’s music transformed their lives.
The rapper born Christopher Wallace was killed in a drive-by shooting on LA’s Wilshire and South Fairfax Avenue intersection and the murderer has yet to be publicly identified.
Big’s mom, Voletta Wallace, spoke about her son’s death and revealed she knows who killed her son that fateful night and believes the Los Angeles Police Department knows as well. The case remains unsolved.
“I have a very good idea who murdered Christopher and I genuinely believe that the LAPD know exactly who did too,” she said. “They’ve done their investigation, but they just refuse to move forward. I don’t know why they haven’t arrested who was involved. It seems to me that it’s one giant conspiracy, and someone is definitely being protected somewhere down the line.”
Nevertheless, his honor has been celebrated not just within Hip Hop. Brooklyn’s Met Food Supermarket celebrated his life with grocery bags and New York Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries gave a speech to show his appreciation.
Read more here.
DXclusives: Young Dolph, Ugly God & Blockhead
Young Dolph spoke with Features Editor Ural Garrett at a late-night afterparty in the Hollywood Hills this week and when asked about his nasty public feud with Yo Gotti, he dismissed it as old.
“That’s old news,” he told Garrett. “It’s old. I just got time to play with it. I didn’t have time to play with it first. I found a little time to play with it.”
The Memphis rapper’s life was supposedly threatened in Charlotte on February 25 over CIAA weekend with 100 bullet shots to a van he was reportedly occupying. It’s a subject he’s unable to talk about at the moment. Thanks to the van’s bullet proof encasing, he survived and now he’s releasing a new album titled Bulletproof.
Editor-At-Large Shirley Ju caught up with Houston’s Ugly God this past weekend and they chopped it up about the controversial “mumble rap” topic. He calls the word “disrespectful.”
“I like using Lil Yachty as an example, that’s a homie of mine,” he says. “They’ll talk so much stuff about his music, and then he’ll drop more music. And they’ll talk shit about that. What doesn’t make sense to me, if you feel like he’s trash, why the fuck would you listen to something else he dropped? If you hate it, you wouldn’t even pay any mind or even pay attention to him.”
Producer Blockhead spoke with Media Manager Kyle Eustice and revealed the title of his forthcoming album as Funeral Balloons and explains why he’s not a horrible person.
“I think people have a misconception about me as a human being,” he says. “I’m not a serious person. I don’t really give a shit about much, so when I write, it was just me blathering in a funny fashion. [In the blog,] I would take ridiculous, harsh stances on trivial things and try and make them funny. Some people would read that and think I was passionate about these pointless things and feel some sorta way about it. Next thing you know, I’m arguing with strangers on the internet.”
March 9 marks the anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.’s Los Angeles murder. It has now been 20 years since he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. His death, however, is shrouded in mystery as no one has been charged with the homicide. There’s a sense Biggie (real name Christopher Wallace) knew he was in danger. On March 5, 1997, four days before his murder, he said he had hired security guards because he feared for his safety during an interview with KYLD’s The Dog House in San Francisco. It turned out his intuition was right on.
While stopped at a red light at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Fairfax Avenue, a dark Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up alongside Wallace’s SUV. The driver rolled down his window, drew a 9 mm blue-steel pistol and fired at the GMC Suburban. Four bullets hit Wallace and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later. He was 24 years old.
The phenomenal catalog of music he left behind immortalized him in Hip __hop culture forever. Several members of the Hip Hop community took to Twitter and Instagram to express their love and respect for the fallen Brooklyn MC, including widow Faith Evans, Questlove, Common, Nas, Talib Kweli, DJ Premier, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony manager Steve Lobel (who organized “Notorious Thugs” from Life After Death), Danny Brown, DJ Cease (who was Big’s DJ and in the car at the time of the murder), and of course, P. Diddy. Check out the posts below.
The Greatest 20 Years Later! 👑Love You BIG!! Miss You Bro… #RipBig 🙏🏾
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#wemissyouBIG #BIG20
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One of the BEST to ever touch the mic! 20 years later, may God continue to bless the soul of the only Christopher we acknowledge. Mr. Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka Biggie aka Big Poppa aka Frank White aka Notorious BIG!
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Notorious Day. March 9th. Brooklyn! We did it!
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20 YEARS…LOVE YOU BIG…
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"i learned of his tragic death from @angiemartinez on hot97 upon arrival from LA after winning 4 soul train awards.. i haven't seen those awards as they are sadly connected to a great joy followed by an incredible sadness. your influence lives on and brooklyn will never forget" #brooklyn #gemini #badboy #biggiesmalls #notoriousbig #20yearanniversary #restinpeace
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Greatest rapper of All time died on March 9th .. God bless his soul R.I.P. B.I.G. .. because of him now at least I know what beef is
— Danny Brown (@xdannyxbrownx) March 9, 2017
R.I.P. to the Notorious B.I.G. – You are missed!! pic.twitter.com/MVdU8cVQCq
— Cypress Hill ™ (@cypresshill) March 9, 2017
My MONTHLY party #BowlTrain rolls on the track tonight at @BrooklynBowl paying tribute to one of the illest: 20 years ago today we lost one of the best ever: #NotoriousBIG tonight I spin the music of #BIG #BadBoyRecords & the production of #Diddy & #TheHitmen making music for 25 years. Come On Down! #RipBiggie #WeMissYouBig
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the ONE.
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RIP…u are missed badly..this game is a big ?…#biggie
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Where’s the Biggie party in NY tonight ? Might need to hit a 2 step to Juicy right quick
— Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) March 9, 2017
#Repost @bryanmichaelcox with @repostapp ・・・ B. I. G. P. O. P. P. A.
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20 years ago 3/9/97 we lost one of the best #ripbiggie To many real ones to name #uwasentthere comment if u no anybody in this pic from 1996 #weworking #bonethugs #diddy #steviej #notoriousthugs #biggiesmalls #badboy 🙏🎤👑
