Source: Burak Cingi / Getty Logic continues to put on for the culture. The just divorced rapper announced that he will have the all eight Wu-Tang Clan members on his upcoming LP. The Maryland native is clearly excited about delivering his fourth studio album. He took to Instagram Live and gave his fans some insight on YSIV . “You know how sometimes like you not supposed to give secrets about your album but then you tell everybody you got the entire Wu-Tang Clan featured on your album?” Bobby Tarantino went on to further gloat on how strong Young Sinatra IV will be. “I’m going to be honest. This is going to be one of the best albums I ever made. This sh*t is so boom-bap. It’s so Hip-Hop” he revealed. While he continues to keep the project under wraps he recently treated some of his biggest fans to an exclusive listening session in Los Angeles over the weekend. “ Yesterday I flew over 25 of my biggest fans from all over the country to LA and played them my new album YSIV! Everyone dressed up Sinatra style to listen! Thank you all so much for coming and I’m glad you loved the album! #RattPack “. YSIV is slated for a September 28 release. Let’s hope it’s the banger he claims it is. Via Hip-Hop N More Photo: Getty
A fter spending nearly three decades behind bars for a crime that he didn’t commit, a Brooklyn native is turning the pain from his experience into something positive. John Bunn , 41, is advocating for education in prisons and launched a program that provides inmates with books, CNN reported. John Bunn was wrongfully convicted of murder as a teenager and exonerated after 27 years of fighting for his freedom. He says the power of reading saved him. Now, he's building libraries in prisons. https://t.co/Xt7iFmbIGI pic.twitter.com/zdjnFVXQaA — CNN (@CNN) September 15, 2018 In August of 1991—when Bunn was 14-years-old—police officers came to his Crown Heights apartment and took him to the 77th precinct for questioning in relation to the murder of a Rikers Island corrections officer, the news outlet writes. Although Bunn told officers that he had nothing to do with the crime, he was put in a line up with adults, wrongly identified as the individual responsible for the murder, and placed behind bars. He was charged with murder and robbery and sentenced to nine years to life. From that day on, he and his family tirelessly fought for justice. Going to prison was a tough journey for Bunn. He reportedly dealt with abusive guards who he claims attacked him because of the nature of his case. He developed depression and anxiety. Bunn struggled to communicate with his family while he was imprisoned because he was illiterate. That barrier motivated him to learn how to read and write. He started reading children’s books and dictionaries and worked with teachers to develop his skills. That experience fueled his passion for education and he then went on to get his GED in prison. Reading became an escape from his situation. “I wrote my mother one day … and I said, “They can lock my body, but they can’t trap my mind,” he told CNN. “The power of reading made me feel that way. I felt trapped without a voice for so long, but the power of reading could take my imagination, and take me to anywhere in this universe.” In May 2018—with the help of a non-profit called the Exoneration Initiative—he was exonerated. Shortly after being released from prison, Bunn launched his own non-profit called A Voice 4 The Unheard. Through the organization, he’s focusing on growing the libraries at Riker’s Island and putting literature into underserved schools. His organization has donated over 20,000 books. “There’s no greater feeling than me feeling like I’m existing for a purpose, and this is what gives my life purpose right now. Through my nightmare, I found my dream,” he said. Organization’s like Bunn’s are needed. According to the Literacy Project Foundation , three out of five people in U.S. prisons have trouble reading. SEE ALSO: Everything We Know About The National Prison Strike Museum May Be Built To Memorialize Black Prisoners Whose Bodies Were Found In Texas [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3825344″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Kanye West ‘s album rollout for Graduation is something that should be taught in every music history class. The Chicago native dropped his third studio album on September 11, 2007, in an event that is still talked about pretty often for something that happened eleven years ago. Though he wasn’t exactly a small-time rapper at the time, Kanye was the underdog in his highly publicized competition with 50 Cent , who both released their albums on the same day. 50 didn’t retire afterward as advertised, but Mr. West ended up raking in a whopping 960K in first week sales and beating out Curtis ‘ 690K. This solidified Ye’s spot at the top of the hip-hop game and skyrocketed his whole career–every album that followed for Kanye, to this day, has reached #1 on Billboard charts. While it’s nearly impossible to say one thing that Kanye West is known for or best at, his visuals as a whole are a pretty good start. From fashion, to design, to music videos, Ye is always thinking about how things look just as much as he’s considering how they sound. With that being said, the music videos from Graduation are some of Kanye’s most iconic, most viewed, and most talked about. In honor of the project’s eleven year anniversary, let’s take a walk down memory lane and remember how all 6 of the music videos off of Graduation fare today. 6. “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” is arguably one of the best songs on the album–and one of the best tracks in Ye’s entire discography–but the same can’t really be said for the video. While it’s a good example of the always beautiful and deliberate display of colors that the rapper is known for throughout his work, it’s a very simple video as far as Kanye visuals go–not a bad thing, just not as memorable as a lot of his visual concepts are. 5. “Homecoming” The video for “Homecoming” was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. A tribute to his hometown Chicago, the all black-and-white Hype Williams -directed visual is a pretty straight forward look at the people, landmarks, and monuments of the windy city. Though the music video does it’s job paying homage to the Chi, a song with such heavy visualization and allusions could have benefitted from a colorful, illustrative video. 4. “Stronger” Another gift from Hype Williams, “Stronger” gives us a visual initially shot over 9 days in Tokyo, Japan. The guerrilla-style visual is futuristic, which fits the theme of Graduation as a whole, but specifically the sounds of Kanye and Daft Punk on the track. The original storyline for the video features West playing a man in a motorcycle gang, who gets into a bar fight with Japanese rivals. West ended up not liking the video, abandoned the storyline, and edited the visual to obtain “the hottest shots possible,” adding more footage in New York City. 3. “Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)” In “Flashing Lights,” a Playboy model drives out to the desert, strips down, and pops open the trunk of her car to reveal a bound-and-gagged Kanye West before pounding him with a shovel. This video is some incredible foreshadowing for the genius to come from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‘s visuals, and it’s most definitely a bright highlight in Ye’s catalogue of impressive music videos. 2. “Good Life (feat T-Pain)” The music video for “Good Life” is something special. It was directed by Jonas & François with animation by So-Me, and is jam packed with colorful writing, creativity, and fun. This visual is the perfect representation of living the good life and evokes the same feeling the song itself does, watching Kanye and T-Pain happily sing along to their smash hit. 1. “Good Morning” Those who hold Graduation– or any Kanye album for that matter–close to their heart are bound to disagree on which visuals come out on top, but there’s no denying how iconic the music video for “Good Morning” is. Starring the famous Dropout Bear, the video was directed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami , who also designed the album artwork and the cover art for its singles.
Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Kanye West ‘s album rollout for Graduation is something that should be taught in every music history class. The Chicago native dropped his third studio album on September 11, 2007, in an event that is still talked about pretty often for something that happened eleven years ago. Though he wasn’t exactly a small-time rapper at the time, Kanye was the underdog in his highly publicized competition with 50 Cent , who both released their albums on the same day. 50 didn’t retire afterward as advertised, but Mr. West ended up raking in a whopping 960K in first week sales and beating out Curtis ‘ 690K. This solidified Ye’s spot at the top of the hip-hop game and skyrocketed his whole career–every album that followed for Kanye, to this day, has reached #1 on Billboard charts. While it’s nearly impossible to say one thing that Kanye West is known for or best at, his visuals as a whole are a pretty good start. From fashion, to design, to music videos, Ye is always thinking about how things look just as much as he’s considering how they sound. With that being said, the music videos from Graduation are some of Kanye’s most iconic, most viewed, and most talked about. In honor of the project’s eleven year anniversary, let’s take a walk down memory lane and remember how all 6 of the music videos off of Graduation fare today. 6. “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” is arguably one of the best songs on the album–and one of the best tracks in Ye’s entire discography–but the same can’t really be said for the video. While it’s a good example of the always beautiful and deliberate display of colors that the rapper is known for throughout his work, it’s a very simple video as far as Kanye visuals go–not a bad thing, just not as memorable as a lot of his visual concepts are. 5. “Homecoming” The video for “Homecoming” was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. A tribute to his hometown Chicago, the all black-and-white Hype Williams -directed visual is a pretty straight forward look at the people, landmarks, and monuments of the windy city. Though the music video does it’s job paying homage to the Chi, a song with such heavy visualization and allusions could have benefitted from a colorful, illustrative video. 4. “Stronger” Another gift from Hype Williams, “Stronger” gives us a visual initially shot over 9 days in Tokyo, Japan. The guerrilla-style visual is futuristic, which fits the theme of Graduation as a whole, but specifically the sounds of Kanye and Daft Punk on the track. The original storyline for the video features West playing a man in a motorcycle gang, who gets into a bar fight with Japanese rivals. West ended up not liking the video, abandoned the storyline, and edited the visual to obtain “the hottest shots possible,” adding more footage in New York City. 3. “Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)” In “Flashing Lights,” a Playboy model drives out to the desert, strips down, and pops open the trunk of her car to reveal a bound-and-gagged Kanye West before pounding him with a shovel. This video is some incredible foreshadowing for the genius to come from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‘s visuals, and it’s most definitely a bright highlight in Ye’s catalogue of impressive music videos. 2. “Good Life (feat T-Pain)” The music video for “Good Life” is something special. It was directed by Jonas & François with animation by So-Me, and is jam packed with colorful writing, creativity, and fun. This visual is the perfect representation of living the good life and evokes the same feeling the song itself does, watching Kanye and T-Pain happily sing along to their smash hit. 1. “Good Morning” Those who hold Graduation– or any Kanye album for that matter–close to their heart are bound to disagree on which visuals come out on top, but there’s no denying how iconic the music video for “Good Morning” is. Starring the famous Dropout Bear, the video was directed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami , who also designed the album artwork and the cover art for its singles.
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Roc Nation Is A Watch The Throne Sequel Seriously In The Works? Kanye West is slowly making his way back into the hearts of some people that had hopped off the Ye train over his recent outbursts. While he’s on a mission to repair his relationship with Drake before the week’s end, everything about Kanye’s relationship with Jay Z is still pretty much up in the air–at least as far as the public is concerned. On Saturday, Kanye tweeted that a follow-up to Watch The Throne –his 2011 collaboration album with Jay Z–is “coming soon,” and the reactions were all over the place. Some people were excited, a lot of people were confused, and most were just wondering if Hov knows about this project at all. Could the former brotherly pair be back in one another’s good graces? Would Kanye dare make a Throne 2 with someone other than Jay? Check out some of the best replies below that sum up how the internet is feeling about the possibility of Watch The Throne 2 . Throne 2 will come right after Detox by Dre — Stephan (@slcrudu1906) September 9, 2018 pic.twitter.com/Zus67MTghi — TBD (@geish_) September 9, 2018 If “Throne2” is ten tracks of Jay Z frantically shaking Kanye in the studio yelling “what the fuck is wrong with you,” then I'd love to write a review about it — Trey Alston (@treyals) September 9, 2018 “throne2 coming soon” pic.twitter.com/9s9MAKS4ba — jaytranada (@_jaytrent) September 8, 2018
Araya Diaz/Getty Images Ty Dolla Sign And Jeremih Unite With Lil Wayne For “New Level” Jeremih and Ty Dolla Sign have officially joined forces, and they’re teaming up with Lil Wayne on a new song called “New Level.” This new track is expected to appear on Jeremih and Ty’s highly anticipated joint album MihTy, which is set to drop later this year. Ty Dolla previously announced on his Twitter page the project would be released today (Aug. 24); however, that message has since been deleted–so we probably shouldn’t hold our breath. MihTy will also include the previously released single “The Light,” and feature some of the biggest and hottest names in the game today. This includes people like French Montana, Wiz Khalifa, and Kehlani. Just ask HitMaka, who is probably producing a good portion of the joints on the project. MihTy Feats Lil Wayne French Montana Chris Brown Wiz Khalifa Maliibu Miitch And maybe a couple more — HitMaka! (@_Hitmaka) June 9, 2018 Back in June, Jeremih spoke to Power 106 Los Angeles about what we all can expect from the collaboration. He said, “We soakin’ the sheets up. For all the ladies, for all the fellas to ride to. This a little mixture of everything if you ask me. It’s R&B and hip-hop vibe.” Hopefully we’ll get some more info about MihTy’s release date soon, but until then, we’ve got “New Level” to vibe to.
Source: Microsoft/Xbox Microsoft’s Xbox Live subscription service is getting a significant upgrade according to reports. The company is rumored to launching a new service that will not only offer access to its online gaming service but will come with a console as well. The new contract-based service according to Windows Centra l is called Xbox All Access and will come with a console, Xbox Live and Xbox Live Gamepass. Codenamed Project Largo initially, Microsoft has been rumored to be working on launching the service for months. Microsoft will offer in a bundle both the Xbox One S or the Xbox One X with Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for either $22 or $35 monthly fee. Taking a page out of wireless carrier playbook who have similar plans with their expensive handsets would be a smart move for Microsoft according to game-industry analyst Michael Pachter. The Redmond software company lost its top spot to Sony in console wars, and Nintendo is quickly gaining ground on them thanks to the Nintendo Switch . The subscription service will be available at Microsoft retail stores, Microsoft is also trying to get PC makers on board with the service as well. When launched the service will only be available in the US hence why it was announced at this years Gamescom 2018 convention in Germany and if its successful could hit other markets in the future. If you wanted to purchase an Xbox One S straight up, it could cost you $299 and if you want the more powerful Xbox One X $499. Add in a $59.99 Xbox Live yearly subscription and Xbox Game Pass subscription for $9.99 you are shelling out some serious cash. This could be a lifesaver for those who want to join the Xbox community and give the company the shot in the arm it needs to compete with Sony who is looking to have another healthy year thanks to its impressive line up of games coming this year well into 2019. — Photo: Microsoft/Xbox
Source: StarterCAM / StarterCAM Zone 6’s own, Young Nudy speaks on new project, ‘Slime Ball 3’, saving trap music, dislike of jewelry and taking rappers girlfriends.
Source: StarterCAM / StarterCAM Zone 6’s own, Young Nudy speaks on new project, ‘Slime Ball 3’, saving trap music, dislike of jewelry and taking rappers girlfriends.
Source: ATLPics / Radio One Young Thug’s, Young Stoner Life Records just released their label compilation album, ‘Slime Language’ and today Thug delivered the first official visual from the project, “Gain Clout”. During the music video, Young Thug is bathed in retro fashion and memorabilia, with beautiful women peaking in random scenes. Watch below. Lalaa Shepard @lalaashep
