Video: Drake Backstage Interview At 106 KMEL’s Summer Jam 2010

Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by Danny M.

Chuy and Sana G interviews Drake backstage at 106 KMEL’s Summer Jam 2010 in the video above. They talk about his shows, if he is happy with where he is at right now, how his life has changed, music, liking older women, and plenty more.

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Nicki Minaj Featured In Paper Magazine

Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by Danny M.

Nicki Minaj sat down with Paper Magazine recently and discussed her fashion sense, being inspired by her old arts school and how she foresaw her success before it happened in an article titled “Scene Stealer”. Peep a few excerpts below via Necole:

On Her Style Being A Mistake:
“It happened like a lot of things I do — as a mistake,” Minaj explains. “Like the freegin’ clip in my hair in the ‘My Chick Bad’ video with Ludacris. My hairdresser was curling one side and using a clip to hold my hair. I was like, ‘Leave it.’ They all looked at me like I was insane — but that’s something I do. It’s the same thing with my cadences: I’m probably running out of breath or something crazy, and it’s like, ‘This is not going to work.’ But then I’m like, ‘Let me listen,’ and it winds up being magical and I just keep it and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I love it.’”

On How attending performing arts school Opened Her Eyes:
“I saw gay kids, I saw white kids, I saw grunge and pink hair and piercings,” she recalls. “I think because of that, I didn’t put limits on myself or what I was going to put in my raps. I really just wanted to be diverse.”

On her introduction to Hip Hop:
I remember having my older cousin keep repeating Slick Rick’s ‘Children’s Story’ so I could learn it. I wanted to know Left Eye’s rap on ‘Waterfalls.’ When Jay-Z rapped about ‘calling an audible,’ I knew what he meant. That’s what excited me about rapping. We’re talking about our hood, but you can be intelligent and witty with it, you can do whatever. I just like when people show their intelligence within hip-hop.” [however] “My first manager told me, ‘Stop playing around with your words, stop being funny, nobody’s going to take you seriously. You shouldn’t sound smart”

On How She Will Not Lose:
“Three years ago, all my underground hip-hop heads thought I was crazy when I said this would happen but… it will happen,” she says perfunctorily.”I’m going to be in Tokyo, Paris–I’m going to go everywhere you can imagine. I’m going to own London. I mean, the sky’s the limit and you watch what I say. I refuse to lose. I don’t know how to lose.”

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Video: Mack Maine Interview With Big Mouths

Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by Danny M.

Nate Russ from Big Mouths talks with Mack Maine during Caribana in Toronto and they discussed women, being president of Young Money, BB gun wars, Mannie Fresh, his upcoming album, Twitter, Nicki Minaj vs Kim Kardashian, and plenty more.

Spotted at hustleGRL

Previously: Video: Mack Maine Interview At Big Special’s House

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Video: Lil Twist Interview With StarCam At The Lottery Ticket Premiere

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Danny M.

StarCam chats with Lil Twist at the Lottery Ticket movie premiere about being the voice for Lil Wayne while he is jail, his new single with Bow Wow, loving the ladies, what makes a good rapper, how he got his name and working with Drake.

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Audio: DJ Greg Street Speaks To Nicki Minaj On V-103

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Danny M.

Below, you can listen to DJ Greg Street speak to Nicki Minaj from two nights ago about being female rap’s savior, her upcoming Pink Friday album, rappers fearing Lil Wayne and more!

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Video: Lloyd Speaks About Lil Wayne, Drake & Nicki Minaj

Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Danny M.

Lloyd speaks about his relationship with the YMCMB family in an interview with Rap-Up, which you can check out in the video above!

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Mack Maine Speaks On The “Bitch I’m From New Orleans” Video

Posted on 29. Aug, 2010 by Danny M.

In the video above, Mack Maine speaks on the “Bitch I’m From New Orleans” track he did with Lucci Lou and T@. He also speaks on the music video they shot for it, and what New Orleans is like now. You can download the song here, view behind the scenes footage from the video shoot here, and view some photos from the video shoot here!

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