Meek Mill Speaks on Racism in America

Meek Mill recently lost his suit against the Philadelphia police department. He had been unnecessarily detained by a police man in the state, which obstructed the an appearance he was scheduled to make in another state that day, and also affected his Puma deal. In his recent interview with Complex Magazine, he spoke on what role race had to play in his lose. 








"You know how it go in Federal Court. It’s a jury. They pick a jury. I respect the opinion of the jury but most of the people in the jury was White. They don’t really like understand. They might live on a farm, some of these people live in like suburban areas, they don’t understand the culture where I come from. All they gonna understand is, ‘He’s a cop and he’s not a cop.’ They just went with his word. I was basically like, ‘I’m making a good amount of money. Why would I even waste time on suing this cop or taking any action on this guy.’ I don’t dislike cops. I got family that’s cops, friends that’s cops. Why would I even take this amount of time to even do all this? I had to go to court from 9:00 AM to 4:00 AM everyday this week. I just don’t feel it man. That’s some old timer shit. Most of all the people that’s racist [are] 80 years old. They on their way out anyway. I see ten years from now all that shit’ll be erased in the world. That will be like the past.”





I love the last part of his statement. This is the same thing I tell people all the time...Racism is dying out, don't give it too much attention. Most of the whites that are racist in the world right now are in their 60s and 70s: there is no use fighting them, just let them be. In a couple of years, they will die out, and the the future generation of Caucasians (who really don't see color like that) are the ones that are gonna be your bankers, lawyers, and world leaders. So, why bother fighting the Donald Sterling's of the world?

Jhene Aiko Names Her Top 10 Favorite Rappers

I guess she seems to be in music news a lot lately....well, she got an album coming up. In the excerpts of her cover story for Complex Magazine, R&B singer, Jhene Aiko named her top 10 favorite rappers. Check out her list below.

1. 2Pac. I would get in arguments with my best friend who was a Tupac fan. 

2. Eminem. I love Eminem. 

3. Jay Z. My top three will pretty remain the same: Tupac, Eminem, Jay Z. 

4. Kanye West. I jacked Kanye's verse for my mixtape. 

5. Notorious B.I.G. I feel like I have to say Biggie off the top because it's Biggie.

6. Drake. I look up to Drake. 

7. Ab-Soul Of course Ab-Soul and Kendrick are in my top 10. 

8. Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick obviously--I understand him being people's number one. 

9. Kid Cudi. Cudi always does his own thing. 

10. Snoop Dogg. Snoop because he's Snoop Dogg. 

Nas Speaks on Marriage With Kelis

Nas has never really been the type to be let people into his private place, and that has always intrigued people. But when he went through his divorce with Kelis, the public got a fair share of his "business". Since he and ex-wife Kelis separated a couple of years back, he hasn't really spoken on the matter. But, he got with Complex Magazine for their June Cover, and he spilled the beans.

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On when he knew his relationship with Kelis was over
There was a point where we were trying to hold onto a relationship that was finished. She was pregnant and in the studio while we were recording Distant Relatives, and he would move when the music would come on. That was a great feeling for me, just to have that feeling of family. It ended around the time the record was being done.

There were times when it didn’t bother me, and there were times when it bothered me a lot. There were times when I was thinking, ‘Damn. I had this shit all planned out, and now I’ve failed’. That was hard on me, because I don’t like to fail at anything. Accepting that I failed at this relationship—and it was public—messed me up. You ask yourself, ‘How could that person be so cold’? And I’m sure she felt the same way about me. It was ugly.





On whether he knew they weren’t going to make it as a couple
Yeah, but it was a problem I was attracted to. It was rock and roll. I saw Kelis as Courtney Love—but I also saw her as a mahogany queen. I saw us as a beautiful thing. I saw us as inspiration. People weren’t seeing hip-hop artists get married. A lot of people came at me crazy. But I think overall, we were inspiring people to love.


There was a lot that was thrown at her that she couldn’t handle. Like I was saying earlier, there’s a lot that I could tell my kids, but they’ve got to fish it out for themselves. Every night, she was in bed with Harvard. She was sleeping with Harvard. She had all the answers, but I needed something more from her, that she either wasn’t ready or didn’t know how to provide. Plus, she is younger than me and she hadn’t seen all the things I had seen. She was on her journey, I was on mine. In the beginning, I said, “There’s parts of this that might not work,” but there was a beautiful part of it, too. For the most part, I had a great time being married. It was amazing. She’s an amazing woman.



On  Kelis dissing him publicly
She did. Over Twitter [...] the response was not good. There were bad tweets. She was angry. She was lashing out at anyone—and anyone she would lash out at, people automatically thought she was talking about me. My daughter would be calling me, like, “Dad. I’m on my way to school, and they’re talking about you on the radio.” My daughter wanted to tweet back and sh-t, and I told her to take the high road. It was ugly.



On their relationship now
It’s a lot better.





On whether he gets to see his son
That side is not great yet, but it’s working toward being that way. She’s a new mom. I’m busy and she’s busy. From what I see, she’s being a good mom, and it’s working toward a great place. There was a time when I couldn’t see him at all. It was terrible when the divorce was fresh.





On whether he hated her at any point
No. I got to a point where I was like, “Did she always hate me?” and “Did she ever love me at all?” I’ve got to admit, I did feel like that. But she did love me.


[...] A lot of divorces are bad because a woman is just being vindictive. She’s not after the money, she just wants you to hurt the way she was hurt.





On the money he lost in the divorce
It’s f-cked up when money’s involved in divorce. And I don’t give a f-ck. I can’t take it with me, so someone can take the money. Anyone that I’m married to, if I give you my life, I give you my heart, I love you—my money is nothing. You can have it all. It’s just sad that when you’re dealing with love and life and marriage, that marriage is a contract. It’s a business deal. That messes people up.



On whether he ever sees himself getting married again
Not right now. I’m enjoying life and looking at each day like, “This is beautiful.” I’m having a good time. I’m not going to bring anybody in to mess that up. You come around looking like you’re going to mess this good time up, you’re out of here—fast. [Laughs.] I’m not sacrificing my happiness for nobody and their drama. No way.




On his new track titled ‘Daughter’ and how guilty he feels sometimes
This is the first time I’m dealing with a teenage daughter, and it blows me away. I don’t know that you’re ever prepared to be a parent. Once you become one, that’s your responsibility. It’s more like me talking to myself, about how I could have been there a lot more. I beat myself up for not being the best I could be. I would ask her: “Am I a cool dad?” or “Am I a good dad? Did I f-ck up?” And she would say, “Nah, you’re good.” That’s important to me because I started as a teen. I was around 19 when her mother was pregnant. My daughter means a lot to me. It’s just a record that came from the heart. (necolebitche.com)