Killer Mike Says He Was Selling Cocaine at 16

Atlanta rapper, Killer Mike made this revelation recently during his his interview during a radio interview (on Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club show). He was talking about how his 16 years old son wanted to go into real estate business to start making money, and he said at his son's age (16), he was already on the streets selling Cocaine.

"At my child's age (16), I was selling cocaine. You know what I mean. And that's dramatic, and it sounds good on rap records, but that's no place for a child to be. You know what I mean. By 12-13 years old, I had already figured out getting on a bus, going to a neighborhood, trapping off, getting back home...I don't want that for our children, and the only way that can happen is if we start to be raising confident children, who are not insecure because they don't have Nikes. You know what I am saying. If we start raising the children to have a perspective to understand that I can get a lawnmower and cut grass all summer, or I could shovel snow, and I could start to accumulate wealth."


Word!

You can watch the full interview below. He talks about selling cocaine at 16 around the 55 minute mark.

Bun B Speaks on Trinidad James New York Comments

Rap music has always been an ego thing, so it is no surprise that a little tension is sparked between rappers every now and then. The Kendrick Lamar King of New York line (which I feel was very disrespectful to the region) created a lot of tension a couple of months ago when Big Sean's Control dropped. I am not sure if Trinidad James made his own disrespectful remarks about New York from the heart, or he just wanted the result of what his words would bring- Attention. Anyway, he said...






“I remember when New York ran this shit, dog... What happened? I remember when New York rap was the shit. And us in the South, us bammas, we was like ‘what the fuck’ and we just did our own thing. But now we run y’all musically." (Comment made during a concert in Brooklyn, New York)










Maino and a couple of New York artist didn't find his remarks so funny, but I really respect how Bun D (a Southern Legend) addressed the issue.



"Hip Hop left New York in the late '70s, early '80s and went out to the world and I came back," Bun B said. "I threw Hip Hop out into the world in 1992 and [A$AP Rocky] came back. So, once you give it to the world, when it comes back to you, you can't be mad at how it comes back to you because you sent it out there in the first place. We can't be critical, too critical of situations because we have to keep everything in its proper perspective. Hip Hop started in New York, so if you're an emcee...you're already trying to be like New York, so it don't make sense for somebody to say New York tryin' to be like them. We're all students of the culture. We're all taking in information and giving it back out. It's just starting to look different than maybe it looked originally. It's starting to sound different than maybe it sounded originally. I can understand his viewpoint. There's some validity to that, but that's happened in Hip Hop before, where other regions have been so enamored by what's happening from here, that we want to be a part of it. You can look at Hip Hop fashion today and everybody in Hip Hop really dressing like Europeans. Nobody's talkin' about that. You're either dressing like a European or a Japanese person. We sent Hip Hop to Europe and Japan and that's how it came back. Now, we're taking notes from their influence and giving it right back to somebody else. That's how it's supposed to be. If you're in Texas and all you doin' and all you know and everything in your life is just Texas, then you've blocked yourself out of a lot of great things in this world. That goes for every region. Hip Hop started out as a regional thing. It was very segregated. Like everything else in this world that involves segregation and division, we've got to tear that down."  (MTV)


Nuff said!

Young Jeezy Puts Atlanta Penthouse Up For Sales

Young Jeezy, or Jeezy as he is now known, just put up his downtown Atlanta Penthouse up for sale. The 3,140 square-foot spot is going for $1.1 million. It has 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 20 foot ceilings, ultra-modern decor, a closet, panoramic view, and a private elevator.

Check out some pics of the penthouse below-

"Mike WiLL Made It" Is Taking Over

If you have been very observant, you would have noticed a soft female voice at the end of some hit songs on radio silently saying- "Mike Will Made It." Mike WiLL Made It is actually the name of an Atlanta based music producer currently on the rise. He started out making beats for Gucci Mane's mixtapes back in 2010, but he has risen very fast since then. When I list some of his hit records, you will understand what I mean. He also has a great working relationship with fellow ATL bread rappers, Future and 2 Chainz.





Really, it is his sound I like. He has a very distinctive catchy sound that would definitely get your attention. His first major hit was the beat for Rick Ross and Meek Mill's 2011 hit, Tupac Back. But his production is even more refined in this day and time. Songs like Juicy J's Bandz A Make Her Dance, and Kelly Rowland's Kisses Down Low shows that the 24 year old music producer is here to take over the scene.


Check out his crazy production catalogue below-

Tupac Back- Rick Ross and Meek Mill (2011)

Turn On The Lights- Future (2012)

Neva End Remix- Future feat, Kelly Rowland (2012)

No Lie- 2 Chainz feat. Drake (2012)

Bandz A Make Her Dance- Juicy J feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz (2012)

Mercy (co-produced with Kanye West and Mike Dean)- Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz (2012)

Pour It Up- Rihanna (2012)

Show Out- Juicy J feat. Big Sean & Young Jeezy (2013)

Bugatti- Ace Hood feat. Rick Ross & Future (2012)

Kisses Down Low- Kelly Rowland (2012)

Body Part- Ciara (2012)

Love Me- Lil Wayne feat. Drake & Future (2012)


What a catalogue; and I believe the kid still has a lot to come in 2013.