Source: Jerod Harris / Getty Vince Staples And Snoop Dogg Discuss Their Long Beach Roots Though the slew of rappers we all know and love from Southern California mostly hail from places in the Los Angeles area like Compton, Vince Staples and Snoop Dogg both want you to know Long Beach is a totally separate entity–I mean, it does take 45 minutes to get from one to the other. With that being said, both rappers’ LBC roots are important to their identities both as people and as artists, which they came together to discuss at a ComplexCon(versations) panel. Check out the full video to see them discuss hip hop, their different entertainment avenues, and what makes the people from Long Beach grow up so tolerant.
Nas, T-Boz, and director Hype Williams gathered at ComplexCon to revisit ‘Belly’ on its 20th anniversary to discuss the impact it had on the industry. Was this one of your faves? Why haven’t we gotten more movies from Hype?? Johnny Nunez/Wireimage
Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty DJ Akademiks got hit with the snitch tag by the Internets. However, the Everyday Struggle co-host insists he is not the confidential informant in the federal case against Tekashi69 and his now former Treyway affiliates. Akademiks was accused by a Hip-Hop blog of being the loose-lipped informant, which went as far as saying Tekashi’s former manager and co-defendant Kifano “Shotti” Jordan’s lawyer is who fingered him as the snitch. Worth noting, Shotti is one of the voices heard allegedly plotting to harm his former client on a federal wiretap . However, TMZ heard from the lawyer , Scott Leemon, who claims he never said such a thing. Akademiks also spoke to TMZ, and vehemently denied the claim. Akademiks told TMZ he has “zero connection to this criminal case against Daniel Hernandez & other co-defendants. I view them as good people to me.” He added, “All these charges are a shock to me and do not involve me. I have never been questioned or much less cooperated in this. I am just a news reporter.” Also, no, he’s a not a news reporter. But what Akademiks did do is recklessly bring up Casanova’s name on Twitch. This, despite the Brooklyn rapper squashing his beef with Tekashi69 months ago. hes on Twitch… pic.twitter.com/6MzQAlqTHK — Mig-L (@M1guelCh1nes) November 28, 2018 Sometimes it’s best to say nothing at all. That’s probably something Tekashi69 is thinking about as he sits in a cell thinking about what went wrong as he faces life in prison. Addressing all the lies https://t.co/5Amti8hmQr — DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 29, 2018
Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty DJ Akademiks got hit with the snitch tag by the Internets. However, the Everyday Struggle co-host insists he is not the confidential informant in the federal case against Tekashi69 and his now former Treyway affiliates. Akademiks was accused by a Hip-Hop blog of being the loose-lipped informant, which went as far as saying Tekashi’s former manager and co-defendant Kifano “Shotti” Jordan’s lawyer is who fingered him as the snitch. Worth noting, Shotti is one of the voices heard allegedly plotting to harm his former client on a federal wiretap . However, TMZ heard from the lawyer , Scott Leemon, who claims he never said such a thing. Akademiks also spoke to TMZ, and vehemently denied the claim. Akademiks told TMZ he has “zero connection to this criminal case against Daniel Hernandez & other co-defendants. I view them as good people to me.” He added, “All these charges are a shock to me and do not involve me. I have never been questioned or much less cooperated in this. I am just a news reporter.” Also, no, he’s a not a news reporter. But what Akademiks did do is recklessly bring up Casanova’s name on Twitch. This, despite the Brooklyn rapper squashing his beef with Tekashi69 months ago. hes on Twitch… pic.twitter.com/6MzQAlqTHK — Mig-L (@M1guelCh1nes) November 28, 2018 Sometimes it’s best to say nothing at all. That’s probably something Tekashi69 is thinking about as he sits in a cell thinking about what went wrong as he faces life in prison. Addressing all the lies https://t.co/5Amti8hmQr — DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 29, 2018
Peter Rosenberg linked up with Michael B. Jordan at ComplexCon and talked everything from Black Panther to Creed II and getting more politically active this year. Michael Tran/FilmMagic
As you may be aware, Whoopi Goldberg isn’t too big on fashion with clothes, but she loves her some shoes. Here she is with Complex picking out her favorite sneakers. John Lamparski/WireImage
Source: COMPLEX / Complex When he is not acting, Caleb McLaughlin is trying to ball. The teenage star recently went sneaker shopping with Complex and shared his love for kicks and hoops. In the almost nine-minute clip Lucas from Stranger Things was joined by Joe La Puma at A Ma Maniere in Atlanta. The two kicked it about basketball, his role on the popular Netflix series and of course shopped the store for sneakers as he sported his favorite signature shoe, the Nike Kyrie 4 “Red Carpet”. As a huge fan of the Golden State Warriors, he detailed his enthusiasm for the addition of DeMarcus “Boogie” Cousins. “Who wouldn’t want him as a center? The Warriors starting five [are] all all-stars so you couldn’t get any better.” Surprisingly his support of the team also finds him in Steph Curry’s Under Armour models. “It’s my everyday shoe now”. His also let out his inner novice as he recalled getting seeded the very limited atmos x Nike Air Max 1 “Elephant” shoe. “It’s a blessing if you’re a sneakerhead. I don’t remember how many pairs they have, but I know they’re one of the exclusive pairs. I remember getting them that day. I was in a sneaker store and people were looking at me like, “Oh, shoot.” At first I didn’t know what they were called and I was like, “Yeah!” They were like, “You know they only came out today and that’s it?” I was like, “Sure.” When asked about Kanye’s line he made it clear he is not here for the 500’s aka the Desert Rats. “These are not my favorite YEEZY” he explained. As with every other episode Caleb eventually got to shopping and treated himself to a nice re-up of three pairs of Pharrell x adidas HU NMD’s, Travis Scott Air Force 1’s and the Justin Timberlake Air Jordan 3’s. You can view the rest of the episode and find out how Russell Westbrook became his style icon below. Via High Snobiety Photo: Complex
Image via Complex Star Replaces Joe Budden On Everyday Struggle Joe’s out. Star’s in. Just like that, season 2 of Complex’s hit hip-hop debate show, Everyday Struggle, is back at it with Akademiks, Nadeska and a new diabolical hater host to replace the previous host of like-description. Star wastes no time getting right in Ak’s azz about being a Drake d!¢krider. Peep the full episode below. Star is on Akademiks neck 10 minutes in jskskdkdk Everyday Struggle could be back. — Continue reading →
André 3000 is one rapper who doesn’t mind laying low. Aside from a few guest appearances, the one half of OutKast stays out of the spotlight. If you’re waiting for the next OutKast album, you might have to bury the idea. In an interview with Complex, André Benjamin said he’s trying to distance himself from […]
