Early this morning Hot 97's DJ Kay Slay debuted, Beanie Sigel's new track Average Cat, which to the surprise of most turned out to be a Jay-Z diss record. At first silent about the status of his relationship with Jay, the latest track by the Philly rapper appears come to fruition due to a culmination of past events. The most recent blow took place at Jay's September 11th concert.
Sigel raps, ""The rapper Shawn called the police on me/ 'cause I was front row at the Blueprint 3/ Sh*t, I just wanted to see him MC, and reminisce on when we was the R.O.C./ But he called all the cops, not only that he brought out the Feds/ So that's telling me 'F*ck You Sig'/ So 'F*ck you too' and 'F*ck Bleek three'."
Approximately four minutes into the seven minute song, Beans stops rapping and starts talking. With noticeable anger he says, "I think I held my tongue long enough about this whole Roc-A-Fella situation. I was the realest thing that happened to the Roc."
Reminiscing over old Roc-A-Fella beefs, he says, "I fought all them battles, me that's who, Jadakiss, Nas, Dipset. Anybody you would've told me to go after. Matter of fact, you ain't even have to tell me. I front-lined that thing of ours, for that diamond that people was throwing up. I'da took a bullet for Roc at that time."
Sigel insists that neither jealously or money is the motive behind his speaking now, spewing, "This ain't about a dollar. This ain't about me hating on you because or anything because I never asked you for a dollar." Beans also speaks on Jay not coming to see him, while he was doing his 1 year stint in 2004, "You didn't come one day to come see me, not one picture or letter."
After Beans was released from prison other labels expressed interest in signing him, but, Jay rebutted with monetary incentives for Beans to stay. "You was in a position to let me get my own money, and you couldn't do that," states Beanie.
Towards the end of the song, Beans warns other rappers, "This ain't a green light for everybody to start making a diss Jay-Z record."
He closes the song saying that, "This is just me taking my brother out in the yard for 5 minutes...Roc-a-Fella for life!"
Padron Thomas, 41, plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges as an accomplice to the 2006 slaying of T.I. associate, Philant Johnson, according to The Associated Press. He was initially charged with murder.
Thomas was the driver of the car that was involved in the May 2006 shooting that fatally wounded Johnson, and injured 3 others. The wild car chase stemmed from an argument with T.I. and his entourage at a local nightclub in Cincinnati. T.I. and his crew left the venue, but a group of men followed them and begin to shoot at the vehicles carrying the rapper and his friends.
As a part of the plea deal, Padron testified last December against his younger brother, Hosea Thomas, who pulled the trigger. Hosea, 34, was found guilty of murder, felonious assault, and illegally having possession of a gun after a felony conviction. He was sentenced to 66 years in prison. This is the second time that Hosea was convicted of shooting in a public area, he was charged with the same crime in 1992, after firing his weapon during a bar fight. A pregnant woman was injured in that crime.
Padron Thomas is scheduled to be sentenced on November 17th, and in line with the plea deal, faces 10 years in prison. He is currently serving 17 years on unrelated federal drug charges.
ay-Z and Beanie Sigel have been engaged in some sort of unspoken psuedo-war since the days of the demise of Roc-A-Fella, one that has now spilled over into a diss track from the Philadelphia native with claims of disloyalty.
Sigel debuted his track, Average Cat, early this morning (October 30) via HOT 97's DJ Kay Slay.
Though he doesn't air out all of their dirty laundry for the world to see, Sig did pull the curtain back on a shocking incident he says occured during Jay's live televised performance at Madison Square Garden on September 11.
"The rapper Shawn called the police on me/cause I was front row at the Blueprint 3," Sigel raps over the track. "S**t, I just wanted to see him MC, and reminisce on when we was the R.O.C./But he called all the C.O.Ps, not only that, he brought out the F.E.Ds/So that's telling me "F You Sieg,/so F you too and F Bleek three."
Sigel went on to claim to have information potentially damaging to Jay's relationship with Beyonce before dropping a non lyrical explaination of why he decided to come at his "brother."
"I think I held my tongue long enough about this whole Roc-A-Fella situation," said Sigel, apparently seething with emotion. "I was the realest thing that happened to the Roc. The Roc was just a rock. I brought the Fellas to Roc-A-Fella Records; Hot 97, State Prop, y'all remember. I brought the street cred to that. I fought all them battles: Jadakiss, Nas, Dipset. Anybody you woulda told me to go after. Matter of fact, you ain't even have to tell me. I frontlined for that thing of ours, for that diamond that people was throwin' up. I'da took a bullet at that time."
Beans continued to throw accusations at Jay, calling him out for not visiting him during his 2004 incarceration.
Although he's taking the emcee to task for what he seems to consider betrayal, Beans concluded his venting with a disclaimer about other rappers coming at Jay.
"This ain't the green light for everybody to start making Jay-Z diss records. I still got love for the nigga. This just me taking my brother out in the yard for 5 minutes because I got a knot in my chest that needs to get unloosened. When you got love for a motherfucker it just don't go away that easy. See many people gone walk in and out your life dog but only real friends leave footprints on your heart dog but I think yours fading in the sand. The richest man ain't the one with his first dollar dog�€¦ he's the one who still got his first friend. Roc-A-Fella for life nigga."
Former Sean "Diddy" Combs protegee Shyne touched down in his native Belize on Wednesday(October 28) escorted by U.S. Marshals. The rapper was deported after serving over 9 years in prison for his involvement in the 1999 Club New York shooting that left 3 injured. While Shyne spends time regrouping in his homeland, politically connected Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree will continue to work on his behalf on his immigration status here in the States. Shyne's uncle, Michael Finnegan, spoke on his nephew's immediate plans:
"Shyne is home. He wants to say how happy he is to be home and to be a free man. He would love to have a conversation with the media but because he was legally advised by Professor Ogletree, he must not speak to the media because he doesn't want to prejudice his situation with the US government or with the Belize government. So he asked me to ask you that he does not want to disrespect you the media, but please to understand what is going on. You could see the tears in his eyes as they hugged and the romantic situation in there especially with his Grandmother and with his father, with his younger brother Anwar, they hugged and did not want to let go of each other."
"His residence at my place is two weeks away from completion so he has rented a complete floor at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. So every room on a floor was taken by him whether he will use it or not. He said that after going through the eight and a half years he has gone through, he needs some privacy, he needs not to be around anybody, he needs just to sit down in isolation and contemplate his life. And I think that we need to respect that. If you notice, he has lost an extreme amount of weight."
There's no official word yet on Shyne's plans for music, but purportedly, the once fledgling hip-hop star will try to re-launch his career in Europe.
Black Eyed Peas star Fergie is showing her love for Miami, Florida by buying a stake in the city's football team.
Fergie is in final talks with Stephen Ross, the owner of the Miami Dolphins, to join Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Serena and Venus Williams and Gloria Estefan as shareholders in the NFL team.
According to SportingNews.com, NFL owners voted on Tuesday to approve Fergie as the latest celebrity minority investor in the storied NFL franchise. She just needs to sign off on the contract to seal the deal when she returns from Australia, where she is currently on tour with the Black Eyed Peas.
All celebrity part-owners have agreed to make appearances at the stadium during games as part of Ross' effort to attract a more diverse crowd.
Another rapper is in trouble with the law again. This time its Trevor Nelson also known as Busta Rhymes. Back in 2003, Busta was accused of attacking a man at a rap concert in Albany, New York. The victim Alex Duncan claims that Busta Rhymes and a bodyguard assaulted him at a performance at the University of Albany.
He claims that both Busta and his bodyguard sprayed water on him, punched, and beat him. According to the New York Post, Duncan says he suffers from psychological troubles and has nightmares from the attack.
I wanted something to come out of it. I don't even go to parties anymore, because there's always someone asking, "What happened to that Busta Rhymes case," Duncan testified in court. Busta Rhymes' lawyer, Robert Kalina was not in court for the trial or hearings.
Duncan is seeking $75,000 in punitive damages from Busta Rhymes. The rapper has been ordered to pay Duncan the money.
Rhymes has not commented about the trial. There's no word if Duncan or Rhymes will return back to court.
Drake recently raised some controversial with his song Fear where he is allegedly dissing the legendary Tupac Shakur but the Hip-Hop superstar said that this is not the case.
"I never cried when 'Pac died," Drake raps on Fear from his So Far Gone EP. "But I probably will when Hov does/ And if my tears hold value, then I would drop one for every single thing he showed us/ And I'll be standing in a puddle."
To avoid misunderstandings Drake called MTV News from Toronto to explain his lines.
"A lot of people also sort of don't understand the meaning of that line," Drake said. "It's not necessarily that I don't love West Coast hip-hop or that I don't love 'Pac now that I'm 22, but that line was just said to show how new I am to hip-hop. And like I said, I was 9 when that happened, so it didn't really affect me. But that song in general was just one of those things that took awhile to finish because it was an opportunity to say a lot of the things on my mind. That always feels good as a rapper, when you can get your thoughts out."
In related news, Billboard reported that Drake's first single from his debut album Thank Me Later will be Shut It Down featuring The-Dream which is expected to drop in January 2010.
"It's sexy. It's slow, but there's an energy to it," Drizzle told Billboard. "I rap on it. Me and Dream both sing on it. It's cool. It also has a message that's never really been explored by male singers. This song is sort of like an anthem for women, like pre-the club. It's like an anthem for you to be at your house with your girlfriends getting ready, what you listen to before you get there. It's a song for the non-famous woman to make her feel special and just to let you know that even though I'm up here and have the option to mingle with these 'upper-echelon' women, if you will, that sometimes I'd rather be with the girl from back home or a student or a girl that works at Wal-Mart. They don't have to be a star or rich or anything like that; that's kind of the gist of the song. It's an empowering song for all women."
