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 you’re the type that would rather not be bothered with stepping into the Twitterverse to catch up on the latest in Hip Hop, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s tweets and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, the principal at Nicki Minaj’s former high school declined her request to speak to the students and Iggy Azalea denies the sex tape rumors that have been floating around.
Nicki Minaj Rejected From Former High School
“That school changed my life and I wanted to pay it forward to the students there now. I was really looking forward to it,” said Nicki Minaj after getting her request to speak to students denied by LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts’ principal. Nicki Minaj wasn’t the only one that was disappointed. Her fans chimed on Twitter with their own disappointment at the situation and had only great things to say about the “Anaconda” emcee. Her alma mater might not want her to inspire their students, but there’s another school in New York that has offered her a chance to inspire theirs.
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Ja Rule Asked For NFL Ray Rice “Life Ban”
Ja Rule didn’t agree with the extent of the punishment the Baltimore Ravens gave Ray Rice after TMZ released the full video of the football player striking his then-fiancee now-wife Janay Palmer. At the time, the Ravens revealed that they had terminated Rice’s contract. Slightly after the tweet, the NFL revealed that Rice had been suspended indefinitely. Although “suspendd indefinitely” doesn’t mean “life ban,” it was like the NFL heard Ja Rule whisper in their ear.
Kid Cudi Throws The First Pitch At Cleveland Indians Game
Earlier this week, Kid Cudi threw the first pitch at a Cleveland Indians game against the Minnesota Twins at Progressive Field. He even wore a personalized jersey with his last name “Mescudi” on the back and the numbers “00” and met the Indians mascot, Slider. If you’re wondering how his pitching skills were, you can see for yourself here and don’t worry, it was way better than 50 Cent’s first pitch.
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Lupe Fiasco & ScHoolboy Q Agree To Collaborate
ScHoolboy Q showed Lupe Fiasco some love when he tweeted that The Cool, Lupe’s sophomore album, was one of his favorite albums ever. The Cool, released in 2007, is a concept album based on a song off his debut album Food & Liquor. Lupe told Q he was honored, and told him to stop by so hey could “finish off my #TDE collab list.” Earlier this summer, Lupe told Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg that to him, “the whole TDE team is the illest team.” So far he’ s already worked with Ab-Soul and it looks like he just got the green light to work with ScHoolboy Q next.
Just Blaze Reveals Favorite Produced Track On The Blueprint
It’s hard to chose your favorite track off Jay Z’s 2001 musical opus The Blueprint, which just celebrated its 13-year anniversary. It’s even harder to choose your favorite track if you’re a producer on the album with multiple credits. When producer Just Blaze was asked what his favorite The Blueprint track that he produced was, he replied with the fan favorite (all of them are fan favorites) “U Don’t Know.” The triumphant intro with mixed with a command from Hov –”Turn my music high high high high-er”– easily makes the confident track one of the album’s standouts.
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“Fuck Bono” Says Tyler, The Creator
Note to Apple: Don’t get between a man and his beloved iTunes music library. On September 9, hell broke loose on social media when iPhone users discovered that U2’s Songs Of Innocence album was placed in every iTunes account, including theirs. Odd Future’s Tyler, The Creator was mad and took it out on U2’s lead vocalist, Bono. “Fuck Bono” was a common theme among the many tweets that were typed and sent out. “WOW ITS KINDA SICK THAT THEY ARE ON PEOPLES PHONE OUT OF NO WHERE……HMMM….I KINDA LIKE THE IDEA KINDA……FUCK BONO.” Check the rest, here.
Iggy Azalea Rejects Sex Tape Rumors
According to porn company Vivid’s Steve Hirsh, the sex tape could “make more money than Kim Kardashian’s tape with Ray J.” Which sex tape you might ask? A tape that was released involving Iggy Azalea and Houston rapper Jefe Wine. Iggy and her camp originally denied that there’s such a tape and later, TMZ reported that her camp acknowledged that there may be a sex tape. Iggy hasn’t updated her comment after denying it. Whether you like Iggy or not, having someone release an intimate moment is a completely invasion of privacy. I’m with Iggy on this one. Read the rest of her original Twitter statement, here.
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50 Cent Volunteers For Feeding America
Since 2012, 50 Cent has been a celebrity supporter of domestic hunger-relief organization Feeding America. He participates on the entertainment council that helps “raise awareness about the serious issue of hunger in America through public support via media relations, cause-marketing programs, and public policy initiatives.” Other celebrities that have joined the cause include Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jennifer Aniston.
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz Gives Big Sean A Shout Out
Big Sean released four new tracks after announcing his management deal with Roc Nation. Among those were the Kanye West and DJ Mustard-produced angry-letter-to-his-ex-fiancee “I Don’t Fuck With You” and another song titled “Jit/Juke.” In “Jit/Juke,” Big Sean throws in a nod to Fall Out Boy that everyone who was a teen in 2005 remembers. He referenced the chorus to “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” the single that shot Fall Out Boy to mainstream success. The band’s bassist Pete Wentz took notice and made sure to share Sean’s track with his three-million followers on Twitter.
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Immortal Technique Calls Out Floyd Mayweather
Immortal Technique is never one to hold back his opinions. When Floyd Mayweather commented on the Ray Rice controversy, the emcee made sure to call him out. Mayweather said, “I think there’s a lot worse things that go on in other people’s households, also. It’s just not caught on video, if that’s safe to say.” He, who has had his own issues with domestic violence allegations, apologized the next day saying, “Domestic violence is something I don’t condone.”
