NEWS: Iggy Azalea Speaks Out About Her Legacy, Tour, & Haters in GQ

By Nemmy Kim.         

                                

In addition to Pharrell Williams, Future, and Nas, Iggy Azalea graces the pages of GQ‘s February issue.
In between decorating the “East Coast/Hamptons–style” house that she shares with her Lakers star boyfriend Nick Young, the “Fancy” rapper opens up about her rise to superstardom and the subsequent backlash, and what she wants her legacy to be.
“You never know how long you’ll be in people’s good graces, especially in this business,” Iggy tells the magazine. “So I hope it’s long—but I could be here for three or four years and then be out, like most artists. So it depends. I might be here for a long time.”
But even if she doesn’t have a long career, she hopes she’s made an impact. “At the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change—that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop. And if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.”

“If I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change—that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop.”

While her haters hate, Iggy is racking up awards. The Aussie sensation has already won an MTV Video Music Award, two American Music Awards, a People’s Choice Award, and is nominated for four Grammys.
She credits the accolades for helping her deal with the criticism. “Awards season helps. Anytime where people get to choose who they want to have a voice and they choose me, I just think that makes it worth it. And that gives me the patience to just bite my tongue,” she says. “When people choose me as the person they think should be speaking for them, I think, ‘Well, I don’t really care what someone in the industry or another artist has to say about it. Your opinion is biased anyway, because you want people to listen to your voice. So having actual people who choose me, it makes me think, I have a place, and I don’t care what other people have to say about it.’ I was a fan of rap music growing up, and I didn’t feel like there were enough characters that represented me and my situation. So I think it’s needed.”

“I was a fan of rap music growing up, and I didn’t feel like there were enough characters that represented me and my situation.”

Her “Great Escape” tour, which kicks off April 14 with supporting acts Nick Jonas and Tinashe, was inspired by Xanadu, Fantasia, and Madonna’s “Confessions” tour

New Music: Ludacris – ‘Throw Sum Mo (Freestyle)’

By Nemmy Kim.

                              
   

For this week’s installment of LudaVerses, Ludacris unleashes some fast and furious rhymes on a freestyle to Rae Sremmurd’s SremmLife single “Throw Sum Mo.” Over the Mike WiLL Made-It and Soundz-produced beat, the newly-married rapper dangles his competition out the balcony like Suge Knight and gives them a lesson.
“I teach you about some manners, I teach you about respect, I teach you about that gold chain hanging around your motherf**kin’ neck,” he spits.
Luda is getting warmed up for his album Ludaversal, which drops March 31.

Video: Chris Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar – ‘Autumn Leaves’

By Nemmy Kim.    

                          

Love conquers all. Chris Brown fights for love in the Asian-themed video for “Autumn Leaves” off his Grammy-nominated album X. The R&B superstar plays a sword-wielding samurai in the cinematic clip, which was shot against the lush backdrop of Hawaii and co-stars his girlfriend Karrueche Tran as his on-screen lover.
The couple shows off its chemistry on the beach, and Breezy gives his girl a kiss on the forehead in one romantic scene. Kendrick Lamar does not appear, but Chris does spit his verse.
“I picked Kendrick because his subject matter as a lyricist is beyond everybody else’s,” Chris told Rolling Stone. “There’s a substance to what he says.”
On Jan. 28, Chris and Trey Songz will kick off their “Between the Sheets Tour” in Hampton, Va. He and Tyga also recently shot a video for “Ayo,” the first single off their joint album Fan of a Fan 2.
Watch the dramatic love story unfold.
                       

NEWS: Rihanna ashinda kesi dhidi ya Topshop

By Nemmy Kim.

 Rihanna ameshinda kesi ya madai dhidi ya duka la mavazi la Topshop juu ya fulana iliyobandikwa sura yake.

Tangazo la bishara

Duka hilo liko mtaa wa maduka yenye mavazi ghali nalo limekata rufaa kutokana na maamuzi ya kuwa kuuza fulana zenye picha hiyo bila makubaliano na mhusika ni kosa la jinai na hakuna haki miliki iliyowekwa dhidi ya bidhaa hiyo.
Lakini katika kile kinachoonekana kama maamuzi muhimu ilibidi yachukuliwe kuzuia uuzwaji wa fulana hizo za kata mkono.

Wakili wa mwanamuziki huyo nguli wa miondoko ya POP anadai kwamba picha inayoonekana katika fulana hiyo haikuruhusiwa kutoka,na ilichukuliwa wakati nyota huyo alikuwa akichukua picha za video huko Kaskazini mwa Ireland kwa ajili ya wimbo wake ulioachiliwa mwaka 2011,na hivyo duka hilo la Topshop linabaki na zuio hilo la kutokuwa na haki ya kuuza bidhaa hiyo.
Duka hilo kubwa lilijitetea kuwa limekuwa likichapisha sura za wasanii miaka kadhaa iliyopita katika fulana na Rihanna si wa kwanza,wapo waliotangulia kama Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix na Prince.
Kutokana na hali hiyo Geoffrey Hobbs wakili anayetetea duka hilo anadai kuwa kuwazuia kutouza bidhaa hiyo ni matumizi mabaya ya sheria .
Bwana Hobbs ameongeza kwamba jamii haiamini kwamba kila sura ya mtu maarufu unayoiona katika vazi basi imepewa ruhusa na mhusika,hata hivyo Rihanna ameshafanya biashara na kupata faida kubwa na maduka makubwa ya mavazi kama Topshop wenyewe na mpinzani wake River Island.
Hakuishia hapo katika kukosoa hukumu hiyo ya maahakama kuu kwamba watu maarufu hawana mamlaka ya kuingilia kazi zao za uzalishaji na Topshop walipoamua kutumia sura ya mwanamuziki huyo haina maana kuwa wamempitia tu lah.
Hukumu hiyo inadaiwa ilikuwa imeangazia na kulinda hadhi na heshima ya msanii huyo asije akaharibiwa nia yake njema katika tasnia ya mavazi.

New Music: Iz Vato. FT.Jafere & Ibra Da Hustler.

By Nemmy Kim.

                        
Muunganiko wa wasanii kutoka Kaskazini mwa Tanzania Arusha ,Nazungumzia Iz Vato kutoka Vatoloco Gangz akiwa amewashirikisha Jafedere na member wa kundi la Nako 2 Nako "Ibra Da Hustler"  kwa Siku ya leo wametoa  wimbo wao mpya unaoitwa" Arachuga" Umezungumzia mambo mbalimbali yanayopatikana jiji la Arusha pamoja na maisha halisi ya wakazi wa arusha Tz, NA wimbo huo ukiwa umetengenezwa na @Defxtro Dx chini ya studio za NOIZ MAKER production...Unaweza kuu-download kwa kuandika Iz Vato-Arachuga...

New Music: Fido Vato FT.Romaa-Matatizo ya Raia.

By Nemmy Kim.

                      
Mwana hip hop kutoka Arusha Tanzania Fido Vato wa kundi la Vatoloco Gangz,  kaachia rasmi wimbo mpya  akiwa amemshirikisha "ROMA Mkatoliki kwa jina "Matatizo ya Raia Remix" toka pande za Tongwe Records na Noizmekah......Bofya HAPA https://mkito.com/song/matatizo-ya-raia-remix-ft-roma/9122