Nardwuar the human serviette does what he does best and interviews R.A. The Rugged Man. Catching up with the artist in Vancouver’s Fortune Sound Club, Nardwuar hits R.A. The Rugged man with a series of detailed and interesting off-the-wall questions. Check out the video below to see how it all went down.
Talib Kweli sits down with DJ Vlad for a one-on-one interview and discuses what he thinks about Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse. Kweli reminds everyone of Hip Hop’s competitive nature and speaks on the West Coast’s aggressive and lyrically driven roots courtesy of Death Row Records and artist like Kurupt. The Brooklyn emcee also tells the camera he believes Kendrick Lamar’s I’m the “King of New York” line was really a quote from rapper Kurupt and craftily used to get his message across without crossing any lines. With a reasonable justification under his belt as an excuse, the Compton native would only have to explain that the former Death Row signee is simply an early inspiration and it was a quote used to pay homage.
Interestingly enough, Talib also makes it clear he believes that it’s too early for anyone to believe Kendrick Lamar is the greatest of all time. Before wrapping things up, Kweli addresses his tweet following the release of “Control” regarding New York artists emulating down south music.
Skee.TV breaks into the vault to bring you a new series entitled “Throwback Thursday.” This weeks episode features TDE artist Kendrick Lamar. In this short clip from 2010, DJ Skee catches up with an optimistic, young and driven Kendrick Lamar during a late night studio session for his acclaimed mixtape Overly Dedicated. Having always been a creative and lyrically driven artist, the Compton native shares his focus with Skee on recording new material and his passion for rhyming. Lamar makes it clear to Skee.TV cameras that it’s all about the music before any business and industry politics. NBA star Kevin Durant and rapper Privaledge also make cameos.
Future paid a visit to The Angie Martinez Show on HOT 97 radio and opened up on a number of topics. Future shares his thoughts on being successful as a writer and is reluctant to share on-the-air some of the more expensive purchases he’s made in the past in order to avoid any potential complications with his child support. The auto-tuned enthusiast also makes it clear to Angie that singer Ciara is “the one” for him. Future also reveals to Angie that he’s been in the studio with Pharrell and currently is sitting on three collaborative songs he’s looking to sell.
Loso drops by Streetsweeper Radio with DJ Kay Slay and tackles a number of topics for the listeners. Fab reassures fans his Loso’s Way 2 LP is on the way and talks dropping mixtapes for the fans to keep his name fresh in their minds. The Brooklyn MC also gives details behind his recent collaboration with Chris Brown and touches on not being a fan of reality television.
A$AP Ferg links up with The Breakfast Club on Power 105 for an exclusive one-on-one interview. The A$AP Mob member discusses the origins of his alias and shares his experience with riding along on Wiz Khalifa’s Under The Influence of Music Tour. Ferg shares his appreciation for the amount of weed they’re given from state to state and addresses his eyebrow raising comment about Teyanna Taylor at Summer Jam. Fergenstein also breaks down the early days of A$AP and reveals why a deal with Diddy was never worked out.
TDE’s ScHoolboy Q visited Sway In The Morning on Shade 45 and decided to kick an off-the-top freestyle over five instrumentals for the “5 Fingers of Death Freestyle” segment. However, before getting into his raps, Q talked with Mr. Calloway about his recent world premiere for his new “Collard Greens” music video on MTV’s RapFix Live.
Caroline D’Amore sits down with Paris Hilton for an exclusive one-on-one sit interview on Heartbeatz Radio. Hilton opens things up by giving details on her late night music video shoot for her new single “Good Time”. Produced by Afro Jack, Paris shares that she was up until 6 a.m. working alongside Lil Wayne to create a fun and energy packed party visual which fans can look forward to seeing very soon. The heiress and entrepreneur also talks her new deal with record label Cash Money and gives insight behind the first time she had the pleasure of meeting Lil Wayne. Paris also speaks on her new joint venture with Amnesia Ibiza which will showcase her skills as a DJ at the club’s “Foam & Diamonds” party every Wednesday until August 21. Always one to stay busy, Hilton breaks down her 17 product line, touches on her passion to stay creative and explains how she manages to stay hands-on and still balance a heavy work load. Before calling it a wrap, Paris also reveals to D’Amore that her latest business venture includes a new line of hotels with the first location currently being constructed in the Philippines.
Currently headlining the Space Migration Tour, Pittsburgh’s Mac Miller sits down with Hard Knock TV and takes the opportunity to open up on a number of personal topics. Miller reveals he found himself in a “dark space” during his previous Macadellic tour and plagued by the idea that he was possibly on his way out. However, Mac reassures fans he’s in a better place now and gives insight behind some of his aliases like Larry Fisherman and Larry Lovestein. The MTV reality star also discusses his pop collaboration with Ariana Grande, his music maturing and his methods used for dealing with fame.
Revolt TV catches up with G.O.O.D. Music signee Pusha T to get his thoughts on Kanye coming out at OVO Fest and subsequently performing alongside Drake. It’s no secret that Drake and Pusha T are not exactly on the same page have and in the past have thrown a few jabs at one another. In the short clip below, Pusha states that Kanye “seemed happy” being out there with Drake and condescending tone follows up his earlier comments with “I mean it’s all good…hopefully it’s good for music…I mean maybe they’ll like do some great music together.” Though Pusha T states otherwise, it would appear that the drama between him and Drake is still relevant or perhaps the truth is that the situation just remains unresolved. You be the judge and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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