HipHopDX – This week in Hip Hop, Kanye West deleted his Twitter and Instagram. Additionally, many had been questioning why Drake was left f Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V, so the Younger Cash CEO gave his rationalization. Lastly, Machine Gun Kelly‘s crew had been caught on tape assaulting Ozark’s Gabriel “G-Rod” Rodriguez.
Kanye West Says Goodbye To Social Media
Kanye West deleted all his social media accounts on Saturday (October 6).
Earlier than leaving his Twitter and Instagram behind, Kanye prompted fairly a stir together with his tweets saying the 13th Modification, which abolished slavery, ought to be reversed and restating his help for Donald Trump.
YE lately left followers upset by not delivering Yandhi on September 29, and some days later, Kim Kardashian introduced the brand new launch date was November 23. Yeezy plans to complete it up in Africa.
Learn extra about Kanye West deleting his social media right here.
Lil Wayne Talks “Tha Carter V”
Drake was noticeably lacking from Lil Wayne’s highly-anticipated album Tha Carter V, so he defined why throughout a CRWN interview with Elliott Wilson.
“He has a tune that didn’t get cleared,” Wayne stated. “The clearances, man. The clearances, man. Individuals be trippin’ once they discover out who it’s and once they discover out what the tune’s topic is about. They don’t symbolize the names one thing like that.”
Additionally, Birdman and Younger Thug might should face costs for his or her involvement within the 2015 capturing Lil Wayne’s tour bus in Atlanta.
Watch the total CRWN interview with Lil Wayne right here.
Machine Gun Kelly’s Crew Caught Assaulting Actor
Actor Gabriel “G-Rod” Rodriguez was confronted by Machine Gun Kelly’s crew at an Atlanta Twin Peaks restaurant final month. Video footage the assault has since been launched.
MGK isn’t half the video, nevertheless it does present Rodriguez getting physique slammed and stomped by three different males.
Watch the video MGK’s crew assaulting G-Rod right here.
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DXclusives: Jason DeMarco & IDK, Slug Ambiance & Producers Of FnZ
Jason DeMarco Reveals How Grownup Swim’s 1st Pageant Got here To Be
Grownup Swim‘s inaugural competition befell this weekend, and HipHopDX bought the chance to talk with its Artistic Director Jason DeMarco about how the TV community bought into the competition sport.
“It was a couple of yr in the past,” DeMarco defined. “To be clear, I didn’t give you the concept for the competition, another person did. They only stated, ‘May you do a competition?’ And I stated, ‘I might attempt!’ And principally, over the past yr – actually earlier than that, a yr and a half in the past – we had some inner conferences. Some individuals did some trying on the market, what was on the market in phrases festivals and analysis about how a lot they value to placed on.”
Learn the total interview with Jason DeMarco and IDK right here.
Slug On Being “Medium Well-known,” Mortality & Why He Says “Fuck Kanye West”
Slug Ambiance was very trustworthy about Kanye West and his controversial antics throughout a latest interview with HipHopDX. He’s not a fan anybody utilizing their platform to create unwarranted chaos.
“You gotta additionally watch out who you hearken to,” Slug stated. “There’s a line I say that goes, ‘The celebrities within the sky don’t sponsor my home, so I pay no thoughts to what comes out their mouths.’ So, it’s principally like, you realize, fuck Kanye West. Who the fuck provides a fuck what you bought to say?”
Learn the total Slug interview right here.
FnZ Break Down Denzel Curry’s “TA13OO” Manufacturing & Map Out Future Plans
Manufacturing duo FnZ spoke with DX about producing on Denzel Curry’s TA13OO album and the way they got here to work with Jaden Smith.
“We had been within the studio with our boy HWLS and Christian Wealthy,” FnZ’s Zac stated the Smith collaboration. “We had been in Crimson Bull Studios out right here in L.A. and we actually simply banged out a bunch beats. That was one them. After which these guys, they’ve bought a relationship with Jaden, so that they bought it to him and that was that.”
Learn the total interview with FnZ right here.