Will Smith pumps up the crowd when he raps the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme song.
Rapper 2 Chainz sits with GlobalGrind’s Sharon Carpenter and talks about his upbringing, along with parents, being smart in school and how the name “Tity Boi” came about.
Founded in 1993 by Sean “Diddy” Combs, Bad Boy Records has been home to some of the most influential artists hip hop has ever seen.
Rap vets like Mase, The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy himself have laid down some seminal classics on the imprint, while Bad Boy rookies like MGK and French Montana will no doubt continue to hold down the label’s tradition of excellence.
Let’s take a look at the 100 best records to come off of Bad Boy.
Parents put their child in a washing machine as a joke and things go wrong.
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers managed to keep their series with the OKC Thunder alive after LA edged Kevin Durant and company in a close game Friday night.
And with so much talk about the Lakers not being a dominant team in the Western Conference anymore, Kobe went off in a post-game interview, expressing how he really feels when he steps in between the lines.
“I don’t give a f*ck what you say,” Bryant told Yahoo! Sports late Friday. “If I go out there and miss game winners, and people say, ‘Kobe choked, or Kobe is seven for whatever in pressure situations.’ Well, f*ck you.”
The Black Mamba then went on to say that he plays for himself and his team and doesn’t worry about what anyone else says or thinks.
“Because I don’t play for your f***ing approval. I play for my own love and enjoyment of the game. And to win. That’s what I play for. Most of the time, when guys feel the pressure, they’re worried about what people might say about them. I don’t have that fear, and it enables me to forget bad plays and to take shots and play my game.”
With so many pressure-packed moments during his extensive career, Kobe says he doesn’t shy away from the clutch moments of a playoff game, but embraces it.
“In the pressure situations, you’ve always got to want to go to the line. You can try to avoid contact, because you don’t want to go to the free-throw line in those pressure situations. Me, I enjoy it.”
The Lakers/Thunder series continues Saturday night for Game 4 in Los Angeles.
Source: basketball.realgm.com
While being interviewed by MTV News, 50 Cent and DJ Drama recollected on 50’s experience being hospitalized. He opened up about how he fell ill due to his small intestine suffering from some sort of blockage, and how being fed through an IV woke him up to change his diet. He was confined to a hospital bed for 2-3 days
During that time, 50 recalled when he received a phone call from his friend and fellow rapper Eminem. Given the circumstances of the situation and the fact that he almost had to undergo surgery in order to fix the blockage, 50 was in a pretty serious and sullen mood about the whole thing. However, his boy Eminem managed to lift his spirits when he called him and cracked jokes on him for potentially dying over “eating a burger.”
While reflecting on the phone call 50 said:
“I’m in a dead serious moment like, ‘Damn, I don’t believe this is happenin’ right now,’ and Em goes, ‘Yo Fif, you were shot nine times man if you die over a burger, this sh*t ain’t gonna go right. People ain’t gonna be feelin’ this.’”
Source: thisis50.com
Most recently, Grand Hustle front man T.I. made a rather eye-raising comment regarding female rap newcomer Iggy Azalea when he stated “Iggy is a free agent.”
It was unsure of what he meant by that statement, but XXL was able to catch up with the Australian native so she could clear up any confusion regarding what label and company she was signed with.
“I wasn’t dropped by Interscope. I’m still managed by [Interscope], but when T.I. came on board and it became a Grand Hustle thing. We were working on restructuring and we worked down to the final deal. There’s things that change when other people get involved. For me, I choose my involvement with Tip because that’s my family over other things, so I’m thankful that I have him and he can kinda get me out of that situation; now it’s just strictly Grand Hustle.”
She then spoke on her relationship with Interscope Records.
“This has been this way for about two months now. Me or Interscope didn’t really feel it was necessary to speak on it because we have a great relationship still. Everyone in that building is my friend and there’s a mutual respect there and nobody wants to do anything that makes anyone feel uncomfortable about anything else. There’s no bad blood between me and Interscope of course, they still manage me. So they play a big part in my career; but I can’t sign something that I don’t feel, you know, is 100% right. So I did what was best for me and they did what was best for them business-wise.”
T.I. also made headlines when he said that he wanted “out” of hip hop.
Source: m.complex.com
