After speaking with veteran Flint, Michigan rapper MC Breed's manager, Darryl Morris, AllHipHop.com has reported that the rapper may be in his final hours, unless he gets some help.
After kidney failure, the rapper, who has spent a great deal of time in his career in Atlanta, was rushed Friday evening to an area hospital. According to the report, Breed had fallen unconscious, needing to be revived three times.
Management told that a Michigan Hip Hop benefit concert may be orchestrated this weekend or early this week to help raise money and awareness for the kidney donor needed to save the 36 year-old's life. No specific artists or location was given.
Having released over a dozen albums, Breed is credited as being the first nationally-recognized rapper from Michigan. He is best remembered for DFC-assisted 1991 hit "Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin'," and 1993's "I Gotta Get Mines" with Tupac Shakur. The latter attained gold status, and both were released on the independent Ichiban Records.
Breed has also worked with MC Eiht, The D.O.C., Rappin' 4-Tay and E-40.
HipHopDX will keep you updated on this situation.
Kidney donors can contact Breed's management at vanglorious61@yahoo.com.
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There are some people in the Hip Hop community whose opinions on Barack Obama's presidential run come as no surprise--will.i.am, Q-tip and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson are but a few. Somewhere on the other end of that spectrum lies Jermaine Dupri. The Atlanta-based producer and industry mogul, who currently serves as the president of urban music for Island Records, recently strayed away from the cozy confines of blogging about the happenings in the recording industry. After watching the Democratic National Convention last week, Dupri says Sen. Obama "touched me in a way no politician ever has before."
Dupri's sentiments echoed those of dozens of other members of the Hip Hop community who have given their sometimes unwelcome endorsements of the Illinois senator. What many probably didn't expect was Dupri's willingness to take others such as Tavis Smiley, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. Cornel West to task for their critique of Obama's comments regarding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [click to read]. JD explained that while he admires and respects Smiley and West, he disagrees with their opinions of the speech.
"What he said was exactly what he needed to say to introduce himself to apolitical folks like me and get us fired up and ready to make a change," writes Dupri. "It was his job to lay out the plan that will bring America into the 21st century, and that's what he did."Dupri added that more emphasis should be placed on America's future, not its past because "that's the kind of bullshit that old people who've been here forever get stuck on." JD also compared the elder generations critique of Obama to the recent feud between Ice T and Soulja Boy and warned that "if we keep trying to fight progress, it's gonna march right past us."
As for the issue of why he decided to wait so long to become involved in the political process, Dupri offered the following explanation writing, "I've always been the guy who found politics boring, and I haven't trusted anyone in Washington to do anything for me for a long while. It had no relevance to me, and I never really got what all the hype about Obama was about."
In addition to his post at Island, Dupri serves as the president of TAG Records and is also the founder of So So Def Records. In 2007 the Guinness Book of World Records named him the most successful R&B producer of all time. His entire blog at the political website HuffingtonPost.com
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After a year long boycott against MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs), Kanye West has shown a change of heart and decided to close the annual event with a performance this weekend.
According to Reuters, the Grammy-winning rapper/producer will take center stage this Sunday (September 7) in Hollywood, California as he is scheduled to end the show’s 25th annual ceremony alongside a heavy line-up of stars.
West’s frustration towards the spectacle-filled event stemmed from his alleged poor treatment during last year’s ceremony. In addition to returning home with no awards, ’Ye publicly aired out his grievances with the network, expressing his anger that he did not get to perform at the event’s main stage.
Although the show is not until Sunday, ’Ye’s T-Pain assisted video for the track “Good Life” has already won an MTV moonman for special effects. Erykah Badu’s “Honey” also won early honors for “Best Direction” and Gnarls Barkley’s “Run” was awarded for “Best Art Direction” and “Best Choreography.”
Aside from ‘Ye’s highly anticipated performance this weekend, mega stars T.I. and Lil’ Wayne are also scheduled to hit the stage. The event will mark Tip’s first appearance at a major awards ceremony since being arrested at last year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. He is set to debut his new single “Live Your Life” featuring Rihanna during his set.
The annual show will also be heavily urban balanced with star studded nominees including Weezy, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Flo Rida, T-Pain, Mariah Carey and many more.
Hosted by British comedian Russell Brand, the VMA’s will air Sunday, September 7 at 9 p.m. EST.
In related Kanye news, the rapper/producer recently made headlines when buzz about a forthcoming album possibly dropping this December began to spread. A likely first single from the rumored release is called “Love Lockdown” and is speculated to be performed at the VMA show.
Along with his work on “big brother” Jay-Z’s forthcoming Blueprint 3 album, management for ’Ye told Billboard that the Chicago-bred artist is carefully planning his fourth Def Jam release.
Previously titled Good Ass Job, the follow-up to his multi-platinum Graduation has yet to be given an official name or release date.
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