Filmmaker Michael Moore is calling for an economic boycott of Georgia over last week’s execution of Troy Anthony Davis. “I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, [and] to never do business in Georgia,” Moore said on his website this week. The award winning filmmaker and author is even threatening to pull all his books from stores in Georgia. Read more at the AJC.com . RELATED: Killer Mike Goes In At Troy Davis Rally! [VIDEO] Troy Davis Executed Big Boi & Killer Mike Protest Troy Davis Execution [VIDEO] After #TroyDavis, Then What? A Message From Troy Davis
Although protests did not prevent the execution of Troy Davis on Wednesday night, Atlanta MCs Big Boi and Killer Mike were two of the thousands of protesters that rallied outside the Georgia State Capital and marched to the jail in Jackson, Georgia where the execution took place. Reverend Al Sharpton was also among the many supporters that took a stand for justice at the rally. As we previously reported, Davis was executed at 11:08 pm Wednesday night for the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. Watch Big Boi, who is originally from Savannah, speaking about Troy Davis from outside the prison: SOURCE RELATED: Troy Davis Executed Killer Mike Goes In At Troy Davis Rally! [VIDEO] After #TroyDavis, Then What? A Message From Troy Davis Parole Board Stands By Their Decision To Execute Troy Davis! OutKast Signing With L.A. Reid’s Epic Records Mike Bigga AKA Killer Mike Talks New Album, ATL Face Tats & More [EXCLUSIVE] EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Big Boi Talks Solo Album, OutKast Label Drama
‘Everything I’ve experienced is someone else’s experience,’ he tells Mixtape Daily of starting from ‘ground zero.’ By Rob Markman SL Jones Photo: MTV News Fire Starter: SL Jones Little Rock, Arkansas, native SL Jones didn’t start out wanting to rap, but moving to Atlanta and hanging around acts like Outkast and Killer Mike can provide plenty of inspiration. “I started out as a graphic artist, so I love to draw, and then I went to Atlanta with a passion for drawing, and when I got there, I found my passion for music,” Jones told Mixtape Daily. After making the move three years ago, SL began recording music that found its way into the hands of Killer Mike, thanks to a studio engineer who worked at Outkast’s Stankonia Studios in ATL. Mike took Jones under his wing and added him to his Grind Time crew, a collective that also includes Maybach Music Group’s Pill. The first order of business for Jones was to drop his 2008 debut mixtape, C.O.L.O.R.S. ” C.O.L.O.R.S was just me wanting to exist,” he said. “I remember that year in particular, Weezy had emerged, and he was just killing everything, and I was like, ‘Maaaan.’ I know I’m just as good as anybody out here, but how could people take you seriously if you don’t have one project out?” Still, for a young spitter, hanging around more established acts can skew one’s perspective. Though he was hardly established, Jones was experiencing things that most rap rookies don’t get a chance to. It was important for him not to get caught in the hype. “I’m in the studio, I’m around everybody. I’m around Outkast, Killer Mike. He done took me on tour with him, I done been around the country twice,” SL said. “At what point do you just go back to ground zero and say, ‘I gotta work for mines.’ Everything I’ve experienced is someone else’s experience.” On his latest mixtape, The Number 23 — which serves as a nod to his native 23rd and Wolfe streets in Little Rock — SL hooked up with tape host and producer DJ Don Cannon and continued to carve out his identity. “That meant a whole lot, because Don watched me grind,” he said. “It wasn’t like I came out of nowhere and just came with a check like, ‘Hey, Don, do this for me.’ ” For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines . Related Artists SL Jones Killer Mike
Hip-Hop Wired caught up with Big Boi this week as he discussed his new endorsement deal with Crown Royal whisky, “The Crown Life.” The hip hop legend and one half of OutKast also gave an update on the supergroup with him, Pill and Killer Mike as well as few more insights inside the world of the ATLien. Peep the interview below: RELATED: Big Boi, Killer Mike & Pill At Crown Royal Black Event [PHOTOS] RELATED: ATL’s Own Pill Talks About Deal With Rick Ross’ Maybach Music [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Mike Bigga AKA Killer Mike Talks New Album, ATL Face Tats & More [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Big Boi Talks Solo Album, OutKast Label Drama
Fresh on the heels of his BET Awards nomination for Best New Artist, Miguel’s second single, “Sure Thing” has reached the #1 spot on Billboard song charts. The single, produced by Happy Perez and co-written by Miguel, appears on his critically acclaimed debut album All I Want Is you . Miguel recently took part in TheUrbandaily.com’s “Face-To-Face” series having an intimate sit-down with fellow R&B sensation Marsha Ambrosius . The two singers talk about everything from their first sexual experiences to what it really means to be in love. Make sure to catch them by clicking below! RELATED POSTS: Marsha Ambrosius Says She’s Never Been In Love [VIDEO] Marsha Ambrosius Beatboxes For Miguel [VIDEO]
With all of the hoopla over the impending rapture tomorrow it was nice to come across someone speaking about religion in a way that the common person can relate to. Mike Bigga (formerly Killer Mike) released his latest album PL3DGE on Tuesday and it definitely earns a slot in our “Best Albums of 2011..So far” list. One song in particular that stands out to me is “God Is In The Building 2″, the follow up to “ God Is In The Building” from I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind 2 . While the entire song is rewind worthy the first verse is timely given the trending topic of the day. It’s hot like Haiti down in Hades/ The false prophet say the Lord has forsaken us Black babies/ To make it off a island in Mercedes/ We gone sell it white as Michelangelo’s Christ/ babies need rice The baby need beans/ to feed our babies beans we might have to flip a bean I have sold my people dope/ yet provided them with hope/sinner and saint/ Yeah, I did ‘em both Yea I sold a brick/ on a basketball court/ and bought the uniforms for the basketball coach Can’t wash a way the blood so I put rings on my fingers/ 25 carats symbolize my redeemer And my redeemer’s blood is/ capable of taking Chris Dudus making him a savior of others My God will take a Sual (and) Fashion (Form) him a Pual/ so only God can judge me/ and to hell with all ya’ll. Take a listen, read the lyrics and hopefully if we’re all still alive on Monday go and cop his album.
Hot 107.9 ‘s very own DJ Drama has done it again, this time teaming up with Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous and Roscoe Dash on the new Drumma Boy-produced hit “Oh My”. The track is the first single from Drama’s upcoming album, Gangsta Grillz: The Album Part 3 . Check it out! RELATED: Gucci Mane On Ice Cream Face Tat: “I Didn’t Expect The Controversy” [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Mike Bigga AKA Killer Mike Talks New Album, ATL Face Tats & More [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Kirko Bangz Discusses “What Yo Name Iz” On Gangsta Grillz [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Lil Wayne Says Brett Favre Sent Him Encouraging Words In Prison [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Diddy On Gangsta Grillz “There’s A Whole Lot Of Swagger Jacking Going On” [AUDIO] RELATED: Busta Rhymes Talks Longevity, “Look At Me Now” & More On Gangsta Grillz [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Atlanta Rapper Pill Talks Gangsta Grillz & More [EXCLUSIVE]
Atlanta’s own Killer Mike recently changed his name to Mike Bigga to portray a more positive image for his young fans. The Adamsville native dropped by Hot 107.9′s Gangsta Grillz radio recently and spoke to DJ Drama about a host of topics ranging from his name change to his upcoming new album, PL3DGE, which drops on April 19. Drama also asked Mike about why so many Atlanta rappers have been getting face tats recently. Mike also talked about what it took to mend his friendship with OutKast’s Big Boi, who appears on PL3DGE , as does Mike’s Grand Hustle compatriot T.I. on the song “Ready Set Go.” The two friends first appeared together on Bone Crusher’s “Never Scared” Check out DJ Drama’s exclusive interview with Mike Bigga below! RELATED: Yung LA Addresses Duck Tattoo Drama & Drug Rumors [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Yung LA Gets Duck Tattoo On His Face Covered Up [VIDEO] RELATED: Yung LA Gets Duck Tattooed On His Face [VIDEO] RELATED: VIDEO: Killer Mike & Dr. Cornel West Discuss The N-Word RELATED: Gucci Mane’s Tattoo Artist Will Not Do Big Facial Tats Anymore RELATED: T.I. Sentenced To 11 Months In Prison, Says He “Screwed Up” [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Atlanta Rapper Pill Talks Gangsta Grillz & More [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: VIDEO: Atlanta Rapper Pill Signs With Asylum, Graces Cover Of Creative Loafing
BOSSIP recently caught up with Mike Bigga (aka Killer Mike) , and while talking about his new album PL3DGE ( in stores April 19 ), we got into an interesting conversation about Black History and the Hip-Hop generation. Asked what the significance of Black History is today, here’s what Mike had to offer: Black History is important because Black people in America have no culture. Prior to Desegregation, we had culture. We had our own communities, we had our own businesses, we had our own system within which we took care of ourselves. With the dissemination of segregation, we gave up our culture in exchange for being fully integrated. Black communities are not policed by Black officers. The Black people who live in these communities don’t shop at Black stores because there are none, hence the Black dollar leaving the community and never coming back. And without that strong economic base, you don’t have a strong foundation for families, politics, commerce or culture, period. What Black people have lost is a sense of culture. A lot of people think having a Black president is enough. But we still have a [Congressional] Black Caucus, meaning we don’t have enough Black members of Senate or Congress for us not to need a caucus. We don’t have enough representation in local politics. Most of us are happy to have a Black President as a hood ornament, but most of the decisions he makes don’t affect you on a daily basis. So we still have a long way to go. But then, what is Hip-Hop’s roll in Black History? Flip through to check out five Black History facts every Hip-Hop head should know, courtesy of Mike Bigga.
