The audio of Lil Twist‘s first single off of his album hit the internets about two weeks ago and shortly after, we get the official video. With the assistance of his boss Lil Wayne, the video is a real good look for Lil Twist who is set to drop his debut album “Don’t Get It Twisted” later this year. The single is available on iTunes right now as well.
Kanye brought out surprise guest Jay-Z during his set at SXSW. The two started the performance off by doing their verses to Kanye’s “Monster“, then shifted to “Swagger Like Us“, well they attempted the song until Kanye forgot the words to the song. The two then recited their verses to “So Appalled” before Jay-Z capped the performance off with “PSA” off of his classic “The Black Album.”
Fader Fort‘s showcase at SXSW seemed to be one of the best in Texas. They had a lot of big name artists for the showcase and above is footage of Wiz Khalifa & Killer Mike hitting the stage for their performances during the showcase. Wiz performed his hit single “Black & Yellow“. In the video below him, Killer Mike performed “Body Rock“.
Earlier this morning at SXSW, the G.O.O.D music family shut it down on stage. In the footage above, Kanye & Kid Cudi perform “Gorgeous” off of Kanye’s “MBDTF” album.
Speaking of Bad Boy, here’s Diddy keeping up with the times again like he has always been able to do. If it’s hot, best believe Puff will co-sign it. Love him or hate him, that’s the reason he’s still relevant. It seems like everyone was at SXSW though (except me). While performing at the FADER FORT by FIAT, the mogul brought out Lil B on stage and you can pretty much guess the reaction from there.
Last night in Hollywood, President Bill Clinton held a fundraiser in which he discussed many issues going on in the world today. His biggest concern was borrowing money and people using the money the wrong way. All of the money collected for this fundraiser will go towards The Clinton Foundation’s Millennium Network. Directly after President Clintons speech, he brought out Drake who touched on what the President said during the speech and closed the show by performing “Show Me A Good Time” off of his debut album “Thank Me Later.”
Seventeen years ago, The Notorious B.I.G. sent Hip Hop into a frenzy (if that is even the right word) with the release of his debut album Ready To Die. The project boasted smash singles, a strong sense of lyricism, but it ultimately told the story of a young kid from Brooklyn who had just as much paranoia as he did talent. Still, one of the more endearing traits of the LP was the cover. With such an aggressive title, the cover was merely a chubby cheeked baby sitting down in diapoers. Maybe it was a play on a double meaning, but when most think of RTD, the cover often comes to mind.
What may not know is the the toddler on the cover is not a young Biggie. Instead, it is 18-year-old Keithroy Yearwood. And given the fact B.I.G.’s album went on to sell over three million copies, you’d think his bank account would be (or at least would have been) be padded. It’s not. He or his family are not broke, but they only received $150 from the modeling gig back in 1994. Financial gain is the last thing Yearwood is after however.
“I just want people to know that’s me,” Yearwood said. “The truth is finally coming out.”
Fans, who observed the 14th anniversary of the rapper’s death on March 9, have wanted to know the truth for years. Many speculated it was an early photo of B.I.G. (his real name was Christopher Wallace) or one of his kids. Others thought it might be one of Diddy’s kids.
No one was sure – not even the graphic designer of the album, Cey Adams. “That ended up being one of the most-asked questions of all-time,” said Adams, who thought the baby was the son of a hairstylist that worked at the record label.
Butch Belair, who took the famous photo, also thought the baby was related to someone close to the project. “It was a friend of someone’s friends’ kid who had this cool Afro,” the photographer said. “The Afro was as big as he was.”
When RapRadar.com, a popular hip hop website, asked Combs about it last year, he said, “That was a baby we just found ….We did a little casting for somebody that looked like Big.”
Diddy’s record company couldn’t confirm that Yearwood is the cover star saying, “files from then would be hard to find.” They did confirm the baby came from an agency.
Yearwood’s mom Delcenia Burns, 43, took out stacks of baby pictures of her son at their Sussex County, N.J., home to show he’s one and the same – and dug up papers from the child modeling agency Chicky’s Kids to support her son’s claim. The agency, now closed, sent her and her then-infant camera ham to the casting, she told The News.
Burns said it was tough to get her son gigs because of his full head of hair. Some potential jobs even wanted to pose him as a girl, his mom recalled.
This time, the Afro worked in his favor. “We got a call from the agency saying he got the job,” Burns said. “We still didn’t know how big this was going to be.”
Lil B is a subject of much conversation, which must affect everyone, even if you have an opinion or not on one of XXL’s newest freshmen. This past Thursday, J. Cole particiapted in BET’s Music Matters “Baby I’m A Star” at SXSW. It only makes sense because Cole is on the cusp of being one and even speaks on the marketing scheme Lil B has employed to make himself a household name.
Even I’ll admit not being a Based God fan, but the marketing scheme he has used to get him to the platform he is currently at is beyond impressive. And that is putting it lightly.
