Legendary front man for the hip-hop supergroup “Black Moon” and one of the masterminds behind “Duck Down Records”, Buckshot stopped by VladTV for an exclusive interview. In this clip, Buckshot discusses some of his new business ventures and creative projects that he is currently working on. He talks about creating a Hip-Hop Heaven series featuring some of the juggernauts of the culture, including Biggie, 2Pac, Aaliyah, Sean Price. He goes on to talk about the massive success of Duck Down Records, setting the blueprint as one of the first independent labels for rap artists.

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Mr. Twitter fingers has done it again.

President Donald Trump has been taking heavy criticism from posting tweets degrading and sexualizing two reporters. After both women were critical of Trump, he responding critiquing their looks and sanity, mentioning very little about their respective merit and ability to report the news accurately.

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Pittsburgh up and comer Jimmy Wopo discusses his humble beginnings in music and how his buzz grew organically. Wopo has a truly insightful conversation when he discusses his struggle as a rising artist who still is living in the projects. He makes it clear that although he has experienced some form of success, most of his family, including his daughter, still lives in the hood. Wopo also discusses rap beef and how Chicago rap beef impacts the streets and also the culture.

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Up until recently, parties from the hip-hop industry have largely kept their distance from Kodak Black’s colorist remarks on Black women. But over the last few days, a couple of notable figures have come out of the woodwork to involve themselves in the issue. On Saturday, July 1, new age feminist Amber Rose took a stand for dark skin women via a message posted to Instagram in which she opens up on some of the social dynamics that play out over colorism in the Black community and confesses to having always found beauty in dark skin.

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Flashback to this important interview from 2015 when Daz Dillinger came by and chopped it up with DJ Vlad. The legendary rapper and producer has been crafting Hip-Hop classics since the genre’s Golden Era. This section of his exclusive VladTV interview covers a range of topics, including what it was like to work with 2Pac, what he believes made Dr. Dre leave Death Row, and how a rumored hookup between Death Row artists may have led to the label’s demise.

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Jay-Z fans and general music listeners who don’t have Tidal but are anxious to listen to 4:44 will not have to wait long before it becomes available through other streaming outlets.

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Promoters ought to take heed in making sure the money situation is right when doing business with Boosie BadAzz. The Baton Rouge rapper took to social media with a video in which he kept fans up to date with a situation that was brewing backstage at Riverside Municipal Auditorium in Riverside, CA on Saturday night, July 1. With 20 minutes to go until performance time Boosie wanted the $20,000 back end payment he was promised, and organizers of The Empire Summer Heat Concert had failed to come up with the sum, as had been requested, in cash.
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Pot smokers lined street throughout the Las Vegas area and made history on Saturday, July 1, as Nevada’s earliest consumers of legal marijuana in the state. In following through with a law approved to legalize the drug back in November, business selling the product opened their doors prepared for the first day it was scheduled to hit the market for recreational use.

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Many fans are anxious as they nervously await Ugly God’s debut “The Booty Tape” but they got a taste of what’s to come when Ugly God released the artwork on IG and talked a bit about what to expect. He mentions that controversial rapper XXXtentacion or Ski Mask did not make the album cut, but doesn’t attribute it to any beef:

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Following Jay Z’s alleged Kanye diss lyrics on “Kill Jay Z”, Kanye has left Tidal over $3 million he claims is owed to him. According to TMZ, Kanye’s lawyers claim that Tidal had breached their contract. Continue Reading