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Diddy, Jay Z, Dr Dre & Drake top Forbes Highest Earning Hip Hop stars of 2016

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Diddy is the highest earning Hip Hop star in the US for the second year in a row. Other than 2014 when Dr Dre beat him to the top spot, he has been the highest earning in at least 5 years. Forbes today released it’s annual Hip-Hop Cash Kings List, and Diddy, Jay Z, Dr Dre, Drake and Wiz Khalifa made the top 5. See the top 20 below…

  1. Diddy ($62 million)
  2.  Jay-Z ($53.5 million)
  3. Dr. Dre ($41 million)
  4. Drake ($38.5 million)
  5. Wiz Khalifa ($24 million)
  6. Nicki Minaj ($20.5 million)
  7. Pitbull ($20 million)
  8. Pharrell Williams ($19.5 million)
  9. Kendrick Lamar ($18.5 million)
  10. Birdman ($18 million)
  11. Kanye West (17.5 million)
  12. DJ Khaled ($15million)
  13. Asap Rocky ($13 million)
  14. J Cole($14 million)
  15. Lil Wayne ($14 million)
  16. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ($14 million)
  17. Snoop Dogg ($12.5million)
  18.  Eminem ($11million)
  19. Swizz Beatz ($10.5 million)
  20. Ludacris and Rick Ross (Tie) ($10million)

Hip-Hop Veteran And Lyricist Mode 9 To Drop His 8th Album, “Insulin” This August

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Highly revered hip-hop veteran Babatunde Adewale better known as Modenine has joined the league of Nigerian artistes who have chosen August as the most eligible month to drop an LP. Modenine has announced that he will be releasing a new album “Insulin” on the 16th August.

The rapper has dubbed his album release date as “SUGAR FREE DAY”. Modo  also alleges that his upcoming album will be his last solo album for Nigeria.

The rapper berated the fact that his LP’s does not receive the much needed acceptability and patronage by the acclaimed Nigerian hip-hop community. He said sadly they are just there for the hype. READ  New Music: Modenine – No Matter What ft. Maka (Prod. By Black Intelligence) Watch out Modenine has been featured on a DJ Jimmy Jatt upcoming single “Greatest” which will also feature Ghanaian rap star M.anifest and Navio.

Naughty By Nature Looking For Money For Their 25th Anniversary Album …Asks Fans To Donate $100k

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Naughty By Nature, one of the hottest rap groups in the 90’s, have launched a KickStarter Campaign to fund their 25th anniversary album…They are hoping to raise $100k to put out their 25th anniversary album and are going directly to the fans. They are offering fan experiences for whoever donates. So far, they’ve raised $23,000

“I Don’t Get Awards Because Of Politics In The Industry” – Burna Boy

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Burna boy, has opened up on why he does not consider himself a part of the Nigerian music industry.According to him,there is too much politics.
Speaking to The Fader magazine, he said:

He said, “It’s political, man. To be honest, I don’t really feel like I’m a part of the industry. Check out awards, I don’t get awards because the powers that be don’t really like me. I’m not like everyone else; I won’t do what everyone else does. They don’t like
it.Everything is really political, too much politics in the industry and I’m not a very good politician.
So I don’t really involve myself in all that. I just drop hit songs, and my fan base keeps increasing.“If I was a part of the industry then I wouldn’t have shit today. Think about it. It would just be one of the songs you hear in the club and then that’s it.“But right now, you see, I don’t have the most Twitter followers or the most Instagram numbers or whatever, but the things that I do the people with one million followers can’t do it.”

Brandy, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte & Yo-Yo Reunite & Perform ‘I Wanna Be Down’ At BET Hip-Hop Awards (Video)

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Can you believe it’s been 20 years since the debut of Brandy’s first single?

In celebration, Brandy took the stage alongside Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Yo-Yo to perform the remix of  “I Wanna Be Down” at the 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

Their reunion performance aired during the show’s broadcast a few hours ago.

Read more at http://www.lovebscott.com/music/brandy-queen-latifah-mc-lyte-yo-yo-reunite-perform-i-wanna-be-down-at-bet-hip-hop-awards-video

M.I Acknowledges Phyno As King

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For those thinking all thoughts  about M.I dissing other rap acts who sprung up after him, you may have to drop such thoughts as M.I clearly has no beef with Phyno, olamide and the new cats that have sprung up .

When M.I left the music scene five years ago, many indigenous rap acts like Olamide, Phyno, Illbiss and others came up and took the shine and people beign raising up issues of him not wanting their shine .

But just when everyone thought M.I was no longer coming back, he made a rebound with new single, ‘King James’ where he rapped about being the one and only king of rap.

After the song went viral, many attributed the song to mean him dissing other rappers.

But today, Thursday, Oct.10 is Phyno’s birthday and M.I did something most people wouldn’t expect.

He took to social media and wrote a short tribute to Phyno where he referred to the Igbo rapper as “King Phyno”.

“Happy birthday King Phyno.. They won’t know how far you have come!!!! I do.. And I celebrate your hustle your strength and your kingship.. Long may you reign…”