Sometimes Hip Hop can move at a pace too frantic for even the most devoted fan to keep up with. Albums and mixtapes are released at breakneck speed, careers are made and broken with the swipe of a pen, and somewhere in between all the madness actual music (the quality of which vacillates between excellent and god awful) is being made. Twitter provides a nice summary of everything 140 characters at a time. And if youâre the type that would rather not be bothered with stepping into the Twitterverse to catch up on the latest in Hip Hop, weâve filtered through the top rapperâs tweets and consolidated all the weekâs events into one convenient feed.
This week, Kanye West sends a simple Motherâs Day greeting, Danny Brown gets excited when English soccer club team Arsenal wins the FA Cup and we look through the vaults for an interesting tweet from BeyoncĂ©âs sister Solange.
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Solange On Almost Killing BeyoncĂ©âs Boyfriend Back In The Day
#wheniwaslittle I tried to kill my sisters teenage boyfriend (not a secret scince she blabbed about it on letterman) I had a GREAT plan. đ
â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 8, 2009
Itâs not exactly a Tweet that was Tweeted this week but it still relates to the recent happenings of Jay Z, Solange and Beyonce and it was kind of funny and scary. Back in 2009, Solange shared a little story with her followers. When she was little, she tried to kill BeyoncĂ©âs teenage boyfriend. She had a great plan. She also ended the tweet with a scary smiley face. Solange didnât give details to why sheâd try to kill Beyâs teen ex but it looks like the plan was never executed. Isnât everything making sense now?
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Nicki Minajâs Upcoming Album Is Based On A True Story
Plus. Itâs a true story. The entire album is a true fucking story. Itâs time
â Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) May 16, 2014
Nicki Minajâs fans remember everything. Two weeks ago, Nicki had Tweeted that she had something important to share in two weeks and a couple days or so. Well, her fans began wildly Tweeting her begging for her single or the singleâs artwork or anything to be released. Young Moneyâs first lady told her fans that she may release the artwork but they were going to have to wait on the single because the wait will be worth it. She also included that the song is based on a âtrue story.â âThe entire album is a true fucking story,â she continued to Tweet. Weâll be on the lookout, Nicki.
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Statik Selektah Provides Solid Career Advice
Salute your peers when they win. Compliments donât ever get old. #RAPMOTIVATION
â Statik Selektah (@StatikSelekt) May 17, 2014
Statik Selektah has maintained relationships with artists from new and older generations. His attitude towards his colleagues is simple. âSalute your peers when they win. Compliments donât ever get old,â he tweeted. The positive mentality is something that others could be lacking and possibly halting their music careers. If you think about it, it goes beyond rap. Giving props and providing support to your coworkers in any industry is something that should be practiced more often.
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Danny Brown Is A Soccer Fan
Yâall acting like I didnât go to a Arsenal game this year!!!! ⊠I gave em that Bruiser love .. Now we champs!!! pic.twitter.com/NowXGtKtyB
â Danny Brown (@xdannyxbrownx) May 17, 2014
Soccer isnât exactly the most loved sport for Americans. Itâs really comes down to only two, basketball and football. Who knew that Danny Brown was a fan of Arsenal, a team in the English Premier League? He even attached a picture for proof and that heâs really a fan and not a bandwagoner because Arsenal just won the FA Cup, after nine years. His fans, who were also fans of the soccer team, tweeted him at the end of the game when they realized that he was rooting for Arsenal. Danny Brownâs fan base just got wider and more international.
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Chance The Rapper Calls Out Sick For Hangout Music Fest Set
We regret @chancetherapper is unable to perform today due to illness. @moontaxi is stepping up with a 2nd set at 7:15 #HangoutFest
â Hangout Music Fest (@Hangoutfest) May 17, 2014
Last month, Chance The Rapper cancelled his second Coachella set due to health problems that sent him to the hospital. It was later revealed that the cause of his illness was a âcombination of the flu virus and tonsilitis.â On Saturday afternoon, Hangout Music Festival announced that Chance will not perform âdue to illness.â There is no clarification on whether the illnesses are related but so far, the Chicago emcee and newly inducted XXL Freshman has had to cancel a handful of shows. On his last illness, his manager said that âChance was running a 104 degree fever and could not speak due to the inflammation of his throat.â Letâs hope itâs less serious this time around and that Chance gets the rest he needs.
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Tyler, The Creator Calls BuzzFeed Employees, âCrybabiesâ
@fucktyler â BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) May 14, 2014
When Tyler, the Creator invaded the offices of BuzzFeed, he came in wearing a Batman mask and began to yell while the websiteâs employees sat still in their chairs. They may have looked up once or twice but mainly took to Twitter to share with the Twittersphere the kind of shenanigans Tyler was pulling. One employee tweeted, âTyler the Creator just walked into the office, started screaming, and then shot someone with a Nerf gun. Casual Wednesday.â Another employee tweeted, âI just asked @fucktyler where Frank Ocean is. âI donât know. Iâm not his fucking boyfriend.â Tyler knew his slapstick humor wasnât appreciated when he tweeted about the crybabies who didnât like him being âcolorful.â According to their HuffPost Live interview, he and the rest of his crew members ended up having a good interview at BuzzFeed, despite the supposed lack of energy.
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Kanye West Sends A Simple Motherâs Day Greeting
hi Mom pic.twitter.com/rP0xlyt4Eq
â KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 11, 2014
Kanye West is known for being extravagant. He got his fiancĂ©e and mother of his child Kim Kardashian a wall completely covered with cream-colored roses, hydrangeas and peonies for her first Motherâs Day. Itâs been almost seven years since his mother Donda West passed away and on Motherâs Day, âYe sent out a simple tweet that says âhi Momâ with a picture of a cityâs skyline with hovering clouds attached. Donda West passed away in 2007 due to heart disease after complications post-plastic surgery. Her death deeply affected Kanye and lead him to create 808s & Heartbreak, a year later.
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Tech N9ne Reacts To Having The #1 Album This Week
SAID WE TAKIN OVER IT! THANK YOU TO OUR FANS FOR MAKING THIS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COLLABOS ALBUM! http://t.co/19i0ldP8Ht
â Tech N9ne (@TechN9ne) May 14, 2014
Every Wednesday, HipHopDX releases the current Hip Hop album sales numbers and rankings on the Billboard 200. This week, Tech N9neâs collaborative album, Strangeulation, debuted at #5 on the chart and doubled as the #1 Rap album of the week. In his tweet, he thanked his loyal fans for helping making an Independent album debut in the top 10 on its first week. He previously told HipHopDX that this album had the most preorders ever out of all of his albums. He estimated about 10,000 preorders. Not too shabby for an independent artists whoâs been dubbed by Forbes as one of Hip Hopâs highest paid artists.
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ScHoolboy Q Quits Not Smoking
Fuck u Iâm in L.A Iâm smokin for da first time fuck being sober Iâm over it
â ScHoolboy Q (@ScHoolBoyQ) May 17, 2014
It looks like one of our favorite West Coast smokers ScHoolboy Q quit smoking. That all ended today. Q is back in Los Angeles for one night, to perform at Power 106âs summer concert PowerHouse, and it looks like heâs looking forward to lighting one up. Not sure how long the TDE member was planning on being sober but his hometown must hold a power over him that he simply cannot resist. Or maybe he was just stressed from being sober. Because itâs a lot of work.
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Game Privately Settles The LAPD And Hollywood Nightclub Racist Matter
After having a long & positive meeting today with @mrtoxicdayparty & the @lasfinestonline teamâŠ. We have privately settled the matter.
â Handsome Ass Nigga (@thegame) May 17, 2014
Game has had it tough with nightclubs lately. First, it was the altercation at Supperclub and recently, he talked to TMZ and accused Los Angeles nightclub Lure and the LAPD of joining forces to keep minorities out of the clubs. He was boycotting Toxic, a day party that Lure holds, on social media and now it seems that heâs resolved the matter privately. Game claims to have spent more than $250,000 at the club so he doesnât feel like he or anyone else he rolls with should be treated that way.
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