Drake Leads 2013 BET Awards Nominations With 12. 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar Nab 8 Each. Chris Brown To Perform. Chris Tucker To Host

 

Drake is sure to take a handful of trophies at the 2013 BET Awards. The Young Money emcee is nominated 12 times. He’ll vie for awards in major categories like Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration, and Video Of The Year.

 

 

Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz each received 8 nods.according to the Associated Press.

 

 

Chris Tucker will host this year’s event. Chris Brown and R. Kelly have been announced as performers at this year’s show, which will air live on June 30th from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

 

List of nominees

 

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Beyoncé
Tamar Braxton
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Elle Varner

 

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Justin Timberlake
Usher

 

Best Group
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Mary Mary
Mindless Behavior
Slaughterhouse
The Throne (Kanye West & Jay-Z)

 

Best Collaboration
2 Chainz f/ Drake – “No Lie”
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar – “Problems”
French Montana f/ Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne – “Pop That”
Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake – “Poetic Justice”
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz – “Mercy”

 

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
2 Chainz
A$AP Rocky
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar

 

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Azealia Banks
Eve
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Rye Rye

 

Video of the Year
2 Chainz f/ Drake – “No Lie”
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar – “Problems”
Drake – “Started From The Bottom”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne – “HYFR”
Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake – “Poetic Justice”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/ Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
Miguel – “Adorn”
Rihanna – “Diamonds”
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz – “Mercy”

 

Video Director of the Year
A$AP Rocky & Sam Lecca
Benny Boom
Director X
Dre Films
Hype Williams

 

Best New Artist
Azealia Banks
Joey Bada$$
Kendrick Lamar
Trinidad Jame$
The Weeknd

 

Best Gospel Artist
Deitrick Haddon
Lecrae
Tamela Mann
Mary Mary
Marvin Sapp

 

Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
Taraji P. Henson
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington

Best Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Jamie Foxx
Samuel L. Jackson
Denzel Washington

 

YoungStars Award
Gabrielle Douglas
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Jaden Smith
Quvenzhané Wallis

 

Best Movie
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Sparkle
Think Like a Man

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Gabrielle Douglas
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant
Robert Griffin III
LeBron James
Ray Lewis

 

Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar – “Problems”
Drake – “Started From The Bottom”
Kendrick Lamar – “Swimming Pools (Drank)”
Miguel – “Adorn”
Rihanna – “Diamonds”
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”

 

Centric Award
Tamar Braxton – “Love and War”
Fantasia – “Lose To Win”
Miguel – “Adorn”
Nas – “Daughters”
Charlie Wilson – “My Love Is All I Have”

 

Best International Act: Africa
2Face Idibia (Nigeria)
Toya Delazy (South Africa)
Donald (South Africa)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
R2Bees (Ghana)
Radio and Weasel (Uganda)

 

Best International Act: U.K.
Marsha Ambrosius
Estelle
Labrinth
Rita Ora
Emeli Sandé
Wiley

 

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Final Numbers In: Lil Wayne’s ‘I Am Not A Human Being II’ Sells 217K To Finish No. 2 Behind Justin Timberlake’s 318K Sold Of ‘The 20/20 Experience’

 

Justin Timberlake will spend another week in the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart after his album, The 20/20 Experience, sold 318,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album has now gone platinum in just 2 weeks.

 

Lil Wayne finishes in second place this week after selling 217,000 opening week copies of his latest album, I Am Not a Human Being II.

 

Both artists are headed out on major tours in the coming months which should keep their sales moving.
 

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Styles P On Kanye West & Lil Wayne Wearing Female Clothing: “They Have To Remember There’s A Fan Base Of Men Who Have Sons” [Video]

 

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There has been a growing movement by certain influential rap artists that are starting to wear women’s clothing. Styles P of The Lox doesn’t think it’s cool.

 

As the father of a 14-year old son he says he might lose his cool if his kid came home wearing a Kanye West-type skirt.

 

 

I wouldn’t want him to do the Kanye skirt thing. Or to think that sh*t is cool,” Styles told Vlad TV. “I might lose my mind temporarily [if my son came home in a skirt]. Temporarily I don’t know what the f*ck I would do. That would f*ck me up.”

 

The problem P sees with certain rappers is that they don’t offer messages to counter some of the things they say or do that might have a negative impact on the culture.

 

 

When these guys do wear skirts or their clothes that look like female’s clothes, I think they have to understand the impact they have on our culture,” explained Styles. “And I can’t knock them because I talk mad gangster sh*t. So I have to remember at times to balance out. Or remember to say this to the people. Do positive sh*t, go to school, eat healthy, don’t go to jail, leave gangster-ism alone. They have to remember that there’s a whole fan base of men out there who have sons that’s looking like ‘damn, Kanye just blew my sh*t. Damn, Wayne just blew my sh*t.’”

 

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Lil Wayne’s ‘I Am Not A Human Being II’ Album Projected To Sell 190-210K Copies Opening Week

 

Lil Wayne’s latest album I Am Not a Human Being II hit store shelves this week and early sales projections are in.

 

Hits Daily Double is projecting the CD to sell between 190-210K in it’s opening week. Probably not the kind of week YMCMB was hoping for considering the features list that includes Drake, Future, 2 Chainz, Trina, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean and Cory Gunz.

 

 

Final numbers will be in next week. We’ll update you when those come in.

 

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Lil Wayne Ft. 2 Chainz- Rich As F*ck (Official Music Video)

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Lil Wayne comes through with the official music video for “Rich As F*ck” featuring his homie 2 Chainz. This song is off of Weezy’s upcoming album I Am Not A Human Being II, which will be in stores on March 26th.

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‘Sizzurp,’ Hip Hop’s Deadly Prescription. Why Has It Become So Popular? And Why Can’t Rapper’s Quit Drinking It? [Video]

 

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With reports circulating that Lil Wayne’s recent seizures may have been brought on by a “sizzurp” drinking binge, KTLA takes a look at the concoction that has becomes increasingly popular.

 

“Sizzurp” is cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine. It is known by various names like “lean,” purple drank,” “drank” and “Texas tea.” It is often mixed with Sprite or Mountain Dew, along with pieces of Jolly Rancher candy.

 

 

 

It originated in Houston, but quickly spread across the country as artists like Three 6 Mafia, Beanie Sigel, 2 Chainz, Weezy, Future, Kreayshawn, Gucci Mane, Drake and others started to glamorize it’s use in their songs.

 

Like any other drug, sipping “lean” can have deadly consequences.

 

 

 

Pimp C and DJ Screw both died after overdosing on the drug.

 

Codeine is in the same class of drug as morphine, people like to take it for getting a body high or a sense of euphoria,” Pharmacist Julie Chen told KTLA. “Codeine can kill.”

 

2 Chainz spoke with Vibe in 2011 about his syrup drinking habit.

 

 

I think people should be very careful because its addictive and can be fatal. You need to be your own individual. People are naturally curious about things but there comes a [point] where you need to let that go and that’s my opinion,” Tity Boi said. “I’ve probably been drinking since maybe 2007 so it’s a little different for me because it wasn’t well- known but the truth about promethazine/codeine is that it’s a pharmaceutical drug. No one makes it in a tub or anything .Moderate use is cool but I think that’s hard for people to do that but I definitely don’t promote people using it.”

 

 

Wayne told MTV in 2008 that it’s impossible to quit a syrup habit cold turkey.

Do your history, do your research. It ain’t that easy — feels like death in your stomach when you stop doing that sh*t,” Wayne said at the time. “You gotta learn how to stop, you gotta go through detox. You gotta do all kinds of stuff. Like I said, I’m a selfish-a$$ n*gga. I feel like everything I do is successful and productive. It’s gonna be hard to tell me I’m slipping. It’s hard to sit and tell a n*gga ‘Stop.’ ‘F*ck, how can we tell this n*ggaa to stop when every f*cking thing he do is successful? This n*gga is making progress. He just went and talked to kids and that sh*t was amazing.’ Feel me? So what am I doing wrong?

 

Let me do me. Everybody’s got their thing,” he continued with frustration. “Why focus on me? Don’t compare me to no one. Don’t compare me to no one who has passed, and why they passed. I can walk out this b*tch right now and get hit by a bus. Don’t judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that’s about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It’s me against the world — that’s how I feel.

 

 

Anytime a substance that can be so dangerous is popularized through music or our culture, it becomes something that we need to be very worried about,” DEA Sarah Pullen told KTLA.

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Lil Wayne Responds To Pitbull Diss “Damn Pitbull Bro I Thought U Was Kool”

It took a couple of days, but Lil Wayne has responded to Pitbull’s diss record. Earlier this week Pit released the song “Welcome To Dade County” going at Wayne for disrespecting his hometown of Miami.

You got money, yeah yeah, that’s sweet/ But we all know Slim and Baby really eat/ You talk Miami if you talking Heat/ Moral of the story, don’t sh*t where you eat,” Pitbull raps.

Weezy responded this morning via Twitter.

Will Wayne release a diss record of his own? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Luther “Luke” Campbell Calls For Rick Ross To Set Lil Wayne Straight For Disrespecting Miami

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This is so true thouhg Lil Wayne is not even from Miami how can you come to a place like that and disrespect …I dont think you can do that in LA go there and Say F*ck LA ….and I know New York aint having that . Wow the game is changing ….well read what Unlcle Luke has to say about this all

After Lil Wayne has words for the NBA’s Miami Heat, Luther “Luke” Campbell says Weezy is disrespecting his city. He also asks what Rick Ross and DJ Khaled are going to do about this.

Recently, Lil Wayne caused a stir when he asked a crowd of fans to scream obscenities directed at the Miami Heat and the NBA. He went on to say that he had sex with Heat player Chris Bosh’s wife, though in a more derogatory fashion.

Longtime Miami representative Luther “LUKE” Cambelllwas deeply offended by Wayne’s comments and he wrote a blog about how fed up he is with Weezy. In his blog, Luke explains that Lil Wayne “treats Miami like his bitch because people let him.” He also says that this would have never gone down during his era, recalling that Dr. Dre had to cancel concerts in Miami as a result of their feud. Furthermore, he asks what other Miami artists are going to do about it, saying Rick Ross and DJ Khaled need to set Wayne straight. Luke’s entire post against Lil Wayne’s treatment of Miami can be read below, courtesy of his blog at Miami New Times News.

Miamians are mad as hell at rapper Lil Wayne because he said fuck the Heat, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh on Sunday at a nightclub party in Houston. Lil Wayne even claimed he had sex with Bosh’s wife. That was way out of line. However, don’t blame Weezy for talking trash.

He has no respect for the city because people in Miami’s entertainment industry — from local radio DJs to Southbeach nightclub promoters to the Heat’s front office — spread their legs for him and every out-of-town celebrity who rolls through town.

Lil Wayne treats Miami like his bitch because people let him.

When Weezy claimed he was thrown out of the Heat home game versus the Lakers, the franchise tried to downplay the incident, saying they only asked him to leave and he left on his own. That was a bitch move.
The Heat should have followed the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lead. Last year, Oklahoma City representatives told Lil Wayne to take a hike when he asked for courtside seats to one of the Thunder’s playoff games against the San Antonio Spurs. The

Miami Heat should be giving court-side seats to the city’s true local hip-hop heroes, like Trick Daddy and Betty Wright.
Stars can call up the Heat and get a free front-row seat or have nightclubs give them free tables and bottles of liquor whenever they want. Lil Wayne gets away with it because venue promoters are desperate to get mentioned in the gossip blogs and magazines. Local record label owners and radio station programming directors are also guilty of brown-nosing these interlopers.

Up-and-coming local artists like Alyric, K Kutta, Blaze, and YD can’t get their songs played on the radio because the stations are too busy playing shit from Cash Money Records. When the radio people get some balls and stop acting like groupies, they will stop playing Lil Wayne and company’s music.

Hell, I want to know what Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, and all these so-called 305 rappers who hang with Lil Wayne have to say about him disrespecting our home team. They need to set Lil Wayne straight. When you disrespect Miami, you can’t be allowed into any arena, restaurant, club, or even McDonald’s to get a burger. And you better not show your face in the hood.

None of this bullshit would have happened under my watch. In 1992, when I had a beef with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, they had to cancel a concert in Miami. For years, they couldn’t set foot in the 305 because it was so hot. Suge Knight had to come down and smoke a peace pipe with me.

We also kept it real at the old Miami Arena, where I had season tickets from the first tip-off on July 13, 1988. I sat in the fourth row behind the basket near former Miami City Manager Joe Arriola. For a game against the New York Knicks, filmmaker Spike Lee was sitting in front of me. It was right after he trashed me on The Arsenio Hall Show.

Joe and I cussed him out during the entire first quarter. Arriola ended up getting thrown out, but Spike didn’t come back for the second half.

I’m gonna have to come out of retirement because Miami’s entertainment industry has gone soft. I’ve got no problem telling Lil Wayne where he can go.

Lil’ Wayne Calls Himself The New Pac & Says F*ck Lebron, She-Wade & Chris Bosh

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Weezy called himself the new Pac after dissing the NBA and Miami Heat. He said he smashed Chris Bosh‘s wife and said “F*ck Lebron”. Watch below…