CEO of Rap-a-lot Records James Prince has a hot new release narrative The Art and Science of Respect
Growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas molded this man to who he is. From times when he was a young boy he practiced his own entrepreneurship projects. Coming from humble beginnings made his ambition strong suit. This book by James Prince gives you a description of James Prince’s life how did he earn respect and what does respect mean to him.
“I’m a natural-born leader. There’s something in me that needs to be the head, the top dog, the man in charge.”
Prince learned about himself very early on about his natural intangibles of being a leader. Prince always took a look into every situation that as a learning experience or an opportunity.
R&B soul artist Jada Stone from Houston who has done several shows out in the Houston metroplex. Her new single Wan Jowu Ni is out along with several other songs. Wan Jowu Ni meaning to be jealous in Yoruba language. Jada says the influence of the language comes from having friends that speak the Yoruba.
“I always love learning and I noticed that people can always remember lyrics fast. So I decided to teach everyone Yoruba in this new project.”
Jada Stone’s purpose with this song was to inspire individuals who have good things and good people to ignore haters of what good value they hold.
“I just wanted to inspire people to ignore the haters. So many times we let haters tear us away from good things and good people. Only because haters are unhappy with themselves.”
Jada intends to make a new wave with the phrase Wan Jowu Ni.
Gucci Mane being an accomplished rapper out Atlanta, creating many avenues for other artist to shine. One of those artist being Waka Flocka and some would think why would show hate towards someone who is responsible for your career and gave you the oppurtunity on how to elaborate on your success. On the diss track Waka quotes Gucci Mane being somewhat selfish.
“Always talking Brick Squad always talking fam first, when your a** got locked up you turned on a fam first, always taking all the credit never put in no work, use my name for leverage before they front you they gone call first,” Flocka said in the first verse. “You all for yourself shawty you a ball hog.”
Gucci Mane has mentioned in his Breakfast Club interview that he has not spoken to Flocka since he’s been out of prison and says for those who have gone so long without speaking to him means that their is no reason for them to speak anyways.
Waka Flocka’s timing of the diss record wasn;t bad considering that he dropped it while he on feet and a better man while rather than him throwing shots at him while being incarcerated and down. Many may look at Gucci and say how can you take this slander from someone who is under you. In fact this is his second diss track shot at Gucci Mane.
Waka Flocka diss track ‘Ice Cream’. On his Roaches to Rolex mixtape.
CREDIT: Gety Images Wale performs at West Potomac Park on Sept. 26, 2015 in Washington, DC.
On Sunday (Jan. 29), Wale’s candor was on full display when he voiced his disdain for the music industry in a now deleted post on Instagram.
“Tired. I’m tired. I tried,” he started. “This music industry will take your soul then make you want leave … n—as don’t respect humble, n—as don’t respect intelligence. They’ll ask for ‘this or that’ and you deliver it, they’ll say it never happened.”
The DC native took aim at the media for praising rappers who exhibit negative behavior over artists who promote positivity like himself. “Let me air out some1 ppl … it’ll make headlines,” he said. “let me uplift some people it’ll get buried quicker than you can say “leanmollyxan” … they’ll kill you and then worship you when you’re gone.”
Immediately after that, Wale veered over to Twitter to voice his frustrations. “N—-s only f–k wit u when ur face on that Teeshirt …this whole shit fake,” he tweeted.
Last December, J. Cole released “False Prophets,” and fans suggested that the record was targeting Kanye West and Wale. “I got a homie, he a rapper and he wanna win bad/ He want the fame, the acclaim, the respect that’s been had/ By all the legends, so every time I see him, he stressin’/ Talkin’ ’bout, n—-s don’t f–k with him, the sh-t is depressin'”, rapped Cole.
In response to the record, Wale released “Groundhog Day.” Since then, he has dropped a barrage of songs showcasing his lyrical prowess including “Folarin Like”,”Smile”, and his new Lil Wayne-featuring single “Running Back,” in advance of his forthcoming album Shine.
Jay Z has made a deal with Sprint that now makes Tidal worth $600 million. When first investing $56 million into to Tidal about a year ago Jay Z received a lot of back lash from blog writers and critics didn’t expect nore think it was a good investment. The successful rap legend has always had his hand in his own pockets just planted another seed to make them expand. Sprint buys 33% stake of Tidal for $200 million.
When Tidal first began Jay had a major contribution however received from Beyonce, Madonna, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, and J. Cole having them help spread the word and breaking off a percentages of profit. Tidal had its struggles with streaming music with it’s competition being Spotify and Apple Music. This new lifetime deal will help put an end to that. Imagine for every Sprint phone their is a Tidal subscription. Sprint carries about over 55 million customers and a Tidal subscription cost at least $9.99 a month. That’s $549.45 million a month inlcuding Sprint users only not even counting those who listen to Tidal off their regular android or computer.
Jay Z is one of the wealthiest black entrepreneurs we know and we congratulate him on his come up in the music business big time as a black owner. Something for us to look up to and be inspired.
J. Cole special guest performance during main stage at Bonnaroo. on 10 June 2016
J. Cole meditates on oppression, meeting with President Barack Obama and the dangers of revolution in a dense new track, “High for Hours,” released on Martin Luther King Day. Produced by Cam O’bi and Elite, “High for Hours” boasts a simple soul-tinged beat. In the first verse, Cole reflects on American hypocrisy as it pertains to the religious justification for slavery, the celebrations surrounding the death of Osama Bin Laden and police brutality.The North Carolina MC confronts the State itself, recalling his meeting with Obama during which he asked the President why he hasn’t enacted more radical change to help African-American communities. Taking a few creative liberties with Obama’s response, Cole spits, “I got the vibe he was sincere and that the brother cared/ But dog, you in the chair, what’s the hold up?/ He said, ‘There’s things that I wanna fix/ But you know this shit, nigga: politics./ Don’t stop fighting and don’t stop believing/ You can make the world better for your kids before you leave it.'”
In the song’s final verse, Cole considers what that fight looks like, but the rapper stops short of calling for revolution. Instead, he suggests that the complete overthrow of power inevitably leads to the oppressed becoming the new oppressors. “What good is taking over,” Cole says towards the end of the song. “When we know what you gon’ do? The only real revolution happens right inside of you.””High for Hours” follows J. Cole’s latest album, 4 Your Eyez Only, which was released in December.
