Bay Area rapper Kavi Picasso has launched a coat drive to benefit homeless communities throughout Richmond, Berkeley, East Oakland, West Oakland, and San Francisco. As part of the holiday season effort, the rapper and his helper elves aim to collect 500 coats, hoodies, and jackets by Sun., Dec. 20 so that they can distribute them Dec. 21-23.
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The music industry is always looking for a new and refreshing kind of energy to evolve in 2021, as creative as the artist that bore his name Kavi Picasso paints an abstract picture woven into a musical field trip. The Picasso Mixtape plays like a soundtrack to a cinematic film reminiscent of SuperFly scored by musical genius Curtis Mayfield.
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For the most part, Jeezy remained calm, paying monster hit after hit. But when Gucci Mane performed “The Truth,” Jeezy was visibly disturbed. Gucci Man’s DJ added, “Put that nigga in the dirt we smoking Pookie Loc packs.” At this point, Jeezy had heard enough and decided this was going too far and reminded Gucci Mane why he brought him to the battle that this was for the culture of the kids who look up to them. He admonished Gucci Mane, saying, “Remember King Von, Nipsey Hustle, M3, and Pop Smoke’”
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50 Cent “since we were talking the boss talk, let’s address the sucka shit grown man playing on Instagram real sucka shit why the fuck this clown night playing with my legacy solid in the streets that’s some shit you’ll never be talking about power, but weak niggas do the most in real life nigga you really borrowing money from Ghost all that Lil boy shit make it evident made millions in these streets what the fuck is 50 cents.”
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Gucci posted a meme Tuesday night mocking his shooting of Jeezy's former labelmate, Pookie Loc, in the 2000s. That was after Pookie allegedly attempted to break into Gucci's home, and Gucci fired in self-defense.
Original Trap rapper T.I. elucidates comments he made on Instagram after fans equated his cryptic message shooting of King, who died early last Friday morning. The Rubberband-Man turned Troubleman, explaining that he wasn’t thinking about King Von when he made the post and spoke in general. “I don’t speak ill of my allies,” he wrote today. “My last post had nothing to do with King Von.”
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A rivalry between two rappers King Von and Quando Rando, at Monaco Hookah Lounge in Atlanta, Ga, leaves six people shot with three dead, including Dayvon Daquan Bennett (King Von) and three wounded. At the time of the incident, two off-duty police officers worked as bouncers, and a third duty officer was nearby in a visible patrol car. All three police officers got involved in and exchanged gunfire with the suspects. Georgia Bureau Of Investigation will investigate the officers’ conduct because it was a police-involved shooting.
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While Offset can be heard saying the reason he refused to obey officers’ demands to step out of the vehicle was that the officers had weapons drawn and he was afraid that if he moved they would kill him. Nearby Cardi B. watched in fear, shock, and horror on Instagram live as her husband and cousin were being detained, as she quickly arrived on the scene she was visibly upset over Offset situation.
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Despite these arguments, the North Richmond Hip-Hop scene is alive well and thriving with a cauldron of often-overlooked talented rappers at its disposal notables like Bla$ta, Waymobanz, Young Los, Way Way Santana, D’Barbie, Kavi Picasso, Butta Mackin, Weez Gotti, and Shakey Lepew to name few. However, currently at the top of the totem pole is Banga with his breakout hit single “Break A Hoe Remix feat. Philty Rich & Lil Yee.”
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Our beloved left coast Hip-Hop legend Snoop Dogg celebrates his 49th birthday today and social media has been paying homage to Uncle Snoop/Coach Snoop rightfully so. He even received a classic 1957 Bel Air for his birthday, now you know “it ain’t nothing but a G-Thang Baby!”
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When it comes to trendsetters in the streets and hip-hop many are called but only a few are chosen. WAY WAY SANTANA has been that from the beginning inspiring rappers to rap and others to be comfortable with their sexuality, and countless more with self-confidence. Her influence and style have resonated with many in the Bay Area and across the country.
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For years, a mourning Troy Castaneda said she wouldn’t go near her son’s music. But she couldn’t ignore his legacy.
“I woke up one day and I decided to just bring him back,” she said, adding, “He had this huge book of material.”
Johnny Castaneda aka “Johnny Ca$h” was a Richmond resident, a rising hip hop star, and a protege to the slain Mac Dre, when he was fatally shot in Vallejo on March 29, 2007.
The Rich City Native @Ghettorockstar_ has been dropping videos back to back lately. His latest one is called “Project boogie”. This song slaps and Kavi and his crew pull out the dance moves on this one! Check it out now.