Hip-Hop will take over the land down under for 2013 Supafest Music Festival in Australia next month. 50 Cent, T.I., Young Jeezy, J. Cole, Akon, Ne-Yo, Fozzie Bear, and more are slated to headline Australia’s largest urban music festival taking place from April 25 to 28. Head over to Supafest.com for full line-up and ticket details.
Having recently made national headlines for awkwardly kissing a Daytona 500 reporter on pit lane, polymath rapper 50 Cent remains focused on driving the success of his many entrepreneurial ventures. The Queens, New York native has been seen tirelessly working to keep his promotional boxing company afloat while his fledgling headphones label, SMS Audio, looks to compete with similarly positioned, rapper-funded brands. However his longtime fans from the days of G-Unit Radio mixtapes couldn’t be less concerned with his recent portfolio expansion as his fifth studio album and its mid 2013 release date is much more exciting. With each minute of his time just as valuable as the next, 50 Cent scheduled a video interview with our sister-site Hypetrak in his Manhattan artist to discuss, among many things, his past, present and future. In Part 1 from last week the rap mogul spoke on his responsibilities at SMS Audio, the difference between this upcoming album and his critically-acclaim debut, as well as today’s artists current fixation with fashion. In Part 2 of Cut From A Different Cloth, 50 speaks on society’s love to see the greats perish, rappers from the digital age and why his projects are now measured against his past efforts rather than the current landscape of music.
Watch part one of 50 Cent’s interview with HypeTrak after the jump.
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With the recent 10-year anniversary of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and the 8-year mark of it’s follow-up The Massacre, The Source teams up with DJ Spintelect for a mix of Fif’s best tracks and verses.
Curtis performd New Day last night while escorting Billy “The Kid” Dib to the ring, accompanied by Maino. Dib is one of50 / SMS Promotions’ featherweight fighter hailing from Australia, whom recently lost to Russian boxer Evgeny Gradovich which you can watch highlights of here.
Curtis appeared on ESPN’s First Take as today’s special guest and joined the debate desk with Skip Bayless. He spoke on his relationship with Floyd Mayweather and revealed that Mayweather ducked Pacman. Fif also spoke on what boxing could learn from the MMA and his upcoming album, Street King Immortal. UPDATE: Curtis also sat down with ESPN for an off-air interview when he spoke on joining Kendrick Lamar on stage in NYC, his upcoming album Street Immortal, the possibility of a (original) G-Unit reunion and more. Take a look at some quotes after the jump.
And then you roll into New York to jump on stage and sing with Kendrick Lamar.
Hey, I’m active. I’m moving around. For me, it’s all about getting back in motion. I’m getting my feet back into what got me here: music.How is the latest CD, “Street King Immortal,” coming along? I know you’re still working on it.
At that show with Kendrick, I performed two songs — “We Up” and “Major Distribution.” “We Up” likely will be on my next CD. I’m going to hit the tour after that. Music is the reason I’ve been able to be a part of this brand extension. I turned down some film projects to open time to hit the road. It’s like hitting the restart button.What about a reunion of G-Unit?
The original G-Unit, maybe. We might do something. I’ll be honest with you. Some of these new artists on the label I don’t think are working as hard as they could. I don’t know how hard they want to work or how much they want it. I could see the original coming back together though.
Check the full interview here.
Concrete Loop had the opportunity to hit up one of Kendrick Lamar‘s Metro PCS / Hot 97-sponsored shows at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom on Tuesday night (February 26). The 25-year-old gave a simple and light-hypnotizing show, with just a DJ, a mic and high, cool energy to turn up the crowd.
The Compton-native performed a mixture of songs like “Cut You Off (To Grow Closer)” from his mixtape Overly Dedicated to “A.D.H.D.,” an uptempo track off of his first studio album Section.80. He also performed his verse off A$AP Rocky’s single, “F*ckin’ Problems.” But of course, Lamar topped the night off with performances of fan-favorites, “Poetic Justice” and “Swimming Pool (Drank).” Although we attended the first show, Lamar had a second show immediately after where he brought out 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, A$AP Rocky and Schoolboy Q.
Check out the entire concert in the USTREAM video above. If you’re thinking of seeing him live in concert, then it’s definitely worth it. Aside from there being no hype men in sight to annoyingly echo his lyrics, we were more surprised that his set started and ended relatively on time! That could be a first in hip-hop history! Lol Great showmanship, Kendrick Lamar and kudos to you!
K. Dot took over the Roseland Ballroom in New York City last night for he 5th anniversary of Hot 97′s metroPCS 5 Boro Takeover Tour. The highlight of the show: Kendrick brought of 50 Cent for “We Up” and A$AP Rocky for “Fuckin’ Problems.” Here’s a video recap of it if you weren’t at the show.
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K. Dot performs at Manhattan’s Roseland Ballroom as a part of Hot 97′s 5 Boro Takeover Tour. FOr those not there, you can watch it down bottom. UPDATE: Live stream is over but you can check the entire performance here (starts at 1:04:30 mark) and here. UPDATE: After the jump, I’ve included clips (courtesy of miss info) of 50 Cent jumping on stage for a performance of “We Up” and A$AP Rocky doing the same with “Fuckin’ Problems”.
The description left on the YouTube is priceless:
At the Daytona 500 50 Cent went crashing and burning as he tried to lean in and take sports journalist Erin Andrew to the candy shop.
Pure tears.
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50 Cent calls into DJ Whoo Kid’s Shade 45 radio show to talk about his “We Up” track with Kendrick Lamar and Kidd Kidd, Lil Wayne’s Miami Heat rant and much more.
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