We Like To Party… Ayyye! Beyonce’s new video is ridiculously dope with cameos from Solange and Kelly Rowland. The video theme makes partying in a mobile Trailer Park absolutely retro. Bey maybe preggo, but clearly she is ready to give all her love. Our only issue is that we would have loved to have seen Andre 3000 in the video. His verse is sick!
Yesterday, Occupy Oakland demonstrations went awry when hundreds of Oakland police tried to dismantle Occupy Oakland’s tent city. The disarray started early Tuesday morning when hundreds of Oakland police raided Occupy Oakland’s tent city where about 300 protestors were camped. About 12 hours later, over 1000 protestors returned to the camp city across from Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza. Oakland police used tear gas at least three times in order to break the crowd up.
“We had to deploy gas to stop people from throwing rocks and bottles at police,”said Interim Police Chief Howard Jordan. There have also been reports that flash bang grenades and wood dowels were also thrown at protestors. It’s been reported that over 100 protestors were arrested, while two people suffered injuries and one was hospitalized due to a head injury. Occupy Oakland protestors have stated that they will return to Frank Ogawa Plaza tonight at 6 pm.
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According to USA Today, British coroner, Suzanne Greenway announced today that Amy Winehouse who tragically passed this past July died of accidental alcohol poisoning. “The unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels (of alcohol) was her sudden and unexpected death,” said Greenway. The singer who was found in her London home on July 23, started drinking again after a period of abstinence claims Winehouse’s doctor Christina Romete. Although Romete had prescribed drugs to help Winehouse deal with her alcohol withdrawal symptoms, Corner Greenway said the drugs played no role in her death.
The Winehouse family spokesman Chris Goodman said that Winehouse’s family is relieved to finally “find out what happened to Amy.” “The court heard that Amy was battling hard to conquer her problems with alcohol and it is a source of great pain to us that she could not win in time,” said Goodman.
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It looks like Yung Joc couldn’t stay on the sidelines for too much longer, as he dropped the track, “So Good” featuring 2 Chainz and songstress Ebony Love. Joc spits about all the things he would do to get some of that “good-good” and with 2 Chainz being one of most sought after feature rappers right now, this track just might get some play.
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J. Cole premieres the video for one of the more serious tracks off of his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story. The video for Lost Ones was actually shot three years ago before the North Carolina native even had a record deal, but he chose to release the video with no changes since then. J. Cole adds a personal note at the beginning of the video stating “With just a Dollar and a Dream. This video was shot in 2008 before I even had a record deal. 3 years later watching it still gives me the same emotions. This is dedicated to the lost ones.” The video features a young J. Cole and distraught girlfriend as they make one of the most important decisions of their lives. Video below.
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Bobby Ray aka B.o.B.
Last night, Strange Clouds covered Atlanta’s Tree Sound Studios as breakthrough artist and hometown representer, B.o.B. hosted a listening session for his upcoming album, Strange Clouds. Strange Clouds is set to release March of 2012, but B.o.B. picked seven exclusive tracks on Monday to get feedback from industry pros, media and fans alike. After the session, we had a chance to chat it up with B.o.B. about the upcoming project.
With candles lit and a mic in hand, B.o.B. gave the audience a peak into his creative process and how each song started from just a sound or lyric and organically grew into a finished piece. B.o.B. stated that he has over 70 tracks for the new album, but is still in the process of narrowing down which ones will make the final cut.
Steve Raze (allhiphop.com), Dennis Byron (Editor in Chief HHE) & Maurice Garland (XXL, MauriceGarland.com)
I’ll take this moment to admit that my love for B.o.B. faded pretty quickly after “Haterz Everywere” and “I’ll Be In the Sky” as he seemed to be taking too much of a Pop approach to his music, for my liking. Not this time though. Strange Clouds has something for everyone, as Bobby Ray seems to get back to his Southern roots with bass-heavy tracks like 5 on the Kush featuring Big K.R.I.T., which any hardcore Hip Hop fan could ride to, but still has a couple of lighter, crossover songs that middle America high school kids will love. One of the standout tracks of the night was “Play My Guitar” featuring Hip Hop veteran, Andre 3000. Honestly, 3 stacks spits one of his best verses we’ve heard from him in a while, and as you probably expected, plays his guitar too.
Strange Clouds, which will be B.o.B.’s sophomore album definitely seems like it’s going to reflect a more mature B.o.B. whose developed not only as a rapper, but also as a producer, and an artist who knows his sound and how he wants the world to hear his music.
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It’s official. November 11th-14th, The Core DJ’s, in partnership with Ludacris’ Soul Headphones, will host their 7th Annual Core Retreat XV in The Big Easy, aka New Orleans. Other top music brands such as Coast2Coast mixtapes, Interscope Records, Twista’s GMG Records, Konvict Records and Billionaire Mafio Clothing will be at the event.
The Core DJ’s is a coalition of over 500 of Hip Hop’s most influential DJ’s, and the retreat is a chance for networking, industry feedback and a little partying mixed in. The weekend is packed with events such as executive listening suites, panels and showcases with Hip Hop DJ’s, artists and labels in mind. What’s a Hip Hop retreat without the Hip Hop artists though? Celeb appearances this year include Mystikal, Play N Skillz, Mannie Fresh, Tank, Twista, and living legend, Too Short just to name a few. Fore more information on The Core Retreat, check out their website at www.coredjs.com.
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Christmas came early this year, because this is the second freestyle Wiz has dropped within the last 24 hours. Rich People is over Meek Mill and Young Chris’ House Party beat. The Pittsburgh representer puts his spin on the track and makes it officially Taylor’d. Wiz also released Dessert yesterday over Wale’s Bait beat and kills it. Let us know what you think of both tracks.
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Last Wednesday, Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network hosted its 2nd Annual Triumph Awards, where film maker Tyler Perry was honored. Perry, whose movies consistently make millions at the box office, has often been ridiculed by not only the film world for his comedic, surface plots but also by many in the African-American community due to his portrayal of blacks in a one dimensional light. Sharpton lashed out at the haters by calling them “proper negroes”. “The ultimate pride is where you don’t have to bend and adjust for others to accept you.” said Sharpton.
Here’s what Perry had to say about the backlash against his movies when thanking Sharpton and accepting his award:
“When you start out and you’re doing things and you’re trying to do the right things, and you find these attacks happening, and you try and figure out, ‘How do you handle this? How do you deal with this? How do you go there?’ So to have someone like you who has done all that you have done. To stand here and to give me this award, this is really, really awesome.”
What do you think of Sharpton’s comment. Tacky or truth??
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With a move we can appreciate, Michael Eric Dyson, author/professor at Georgetown University has started teaching a full course based off of none other than Sean Carter aka Jay Z’s work. The course titled Sociology of Hip Hop: Jay Z, is a three-credit class that explores Jay Z’s music, career and his social and cultural influence.
“..it’s important for young people to see that the rhetorical invention of African American culture needs to be taken seriously with one of its greatest artist.” Dyson told MTV’s Rap Fix. The Hip Hop students won’t be just sitting in class listening to classics such as The Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt, but will also be covering material including Jay Z’s Decoded, Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s Empire State of Mind and Adam Bradley’s Book of Rhymes. The course only has room for 30-40 students but over 140 students wanted to be a part of the Hip Hop classroom.
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The Amen Ra of The Universal Hip-Hop Culture, Afrika Bambaataa who is widely known as the “God Father” of hip-hop made his presence known at Occupy Atlanta. Bambaatta spoke about organizing and bringing back unity amongst the people. He also stressed the importance of fighting the mind control of the mass media.
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If you haven’t heard the name B. $tack$ yet, you’ll definitely be hearing a lot more of it after Tuesday. The Durham, NC rapper releases his anticipated mixtape, Big Business Vol. 1 today featuring production from Racks producer Sonny Digital. Hosted by DJ Esudd and DJ Teknikz, Big Business Vol. 1 features B. Stacks’ smash single “No Comprende”. You might want to get familiar with B. Stacks now, because you’ll definitely be seeing more of him in the near future. Download here on LiveMixtapes.com.
B. Stacks: Bad Chick ft. Gloss da Boss
Racks on Racks
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During a recent performance at Club Glow, rap star Waka Flocka Flame took the time out to show some love to his nemesis and former rap partner Kebo Gotti even after the rapper (Gotti) went on a “hate” campaign to air out his differences with the “Round of Applause” artist. Gotti who along with some of his neighborhood goons friends decided to crash a recent party that Waka was hosting at a bowling alley in Atlanta, Ga. to further drive home his point of displeasure with the artist.
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This past weekend, Flo Rida showed up almost three hours late for a performance he was scheduled for at New Castle’s Fat as Butter festival in Australia. Once Flo Rida finally showed up at the venue he was set to perform at, the promoters said that he was not “in a suitable condition to perform”. The promoters of the show took to Facebook to air out their grievances. Here’s what they had to say:
The club did everything in its power to meet the needs of Flo Rida and his management. From the demands for late specialty items in his dressing room, to offering to pay all transport expenses to get him and his entourage to the venue (after his own arrangements supposedly fell through).
We understand the level of disappointment everyone must have felt, especially his younger fans. We too are extremely disappointed given the pride we take in presenting professional live music events.
Flo Rida took to Twitter to apologize to his Australian fans.
But there’s more to the story! That same day, Flo Rida’s “personal assistant” Dakari Dalawn Phillips was arrested and fined after Flo Rida’s hotel room was raided due to reports of a “strong smell of burnt cannabis”.
According to prosecutor Colleen Wainwright, A search of the hotel room netted the following:
A clip seal bag with 16g of green leafy material
A joint with 1g of cannabis
Three grinders
A set of scales covered in specks of green leafy material
A gold capsule of tetrahydra cannabis
A viagra tablet
A 10ml bottle of liquid cannabis
A Uzi taser
Hold up, we’re still not done yet. After his court appearance, Phillips decided to try his luck with a female reporter and let’s just say that didn’t work out too good for him either!
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In a stunning development shaking the entertainment world, Grammy-winning singer, entrepreneur, and reality TV star Kandi Burruss has quietly filed for divorce from her husband Todd Tucker, according to a newly uncovered divorce petition filed in Fulton County Superior Court on November 21, 2025. The filing was made under her married legal name, K. Lenice Tucker.
The court document confirms what fans and industry insiders have been speculating for months: one of reality television’s most successful power couples is now headed toward a legal split.
According to the petition, Kandi states that the marriage between her and Todd is “irretrievably broken,” the statutory grounds required under Georgia law when no reconciliation is possible.
The couple reportedly separated on July 15, 2025, and have lived apart since that date. 25CV016187 - PETITION
This means their separation had already been in effect for several months before Kandi filed the paperwork—suggesting that the marital issues had been ongoing behind the scenes.
The petition confirms that the couple shares two minor children, and Kandi is requesting:
The filing emphasizes that the children have always lived with both parents and that no other custody claims or competing legal actions exist.
Child support, she notes, should be determined under Georgia’s official guidelines.
One of the most significant revelations is Kandi’s insistence that the court enforce the prenuptial agreement she and Todd signed prior to their 2014 wedding.
If the prenup is upheld:
This could shorten what might otherwise become a lengthy and contentious divorce process.
Kandi requests that both parties be responsible for their own attorney fees—a sign that she may be aiming for a streamlined, minimally contentious resolution.
Her attorney on record is Adamma McKinnon, Esq., a respected Atlanta family law practitioner.
While the filing was submitted discreetly under her legal married name, its discovery is already sending shockwaves through:
Kandi and Todd—who married in 2014, built multiple businesses together, and became one of reality TV’s most profitable brands—have not yet issued public statements about the divorce.
Given Kandi’s stature as a major figure in music, television, hospitality, and investment ventures, the split could have significant personal and business implications.
Todd Tucker will now be formally served and given the opportunity to file a response. The court may then schedule hearings to address:
Hip Hop Enquirer will continue monitoring this developing story and provide exclusive updates as additional filings and responses emerge.
