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As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the other day on Twitter white rapper Asher Roth made a “nappy headed hoes” comment/joke while at Rutgers University for a performance. The shit quickly hit the fan, and the tweet and a subsequent apology tweet were promptly deleted.

Now there’s all this back and forth bullshit about whether or not the kid is racist and should be lynched  for a tasteless joke. I think any rational person would conclude that the kid isn’t a racist, and anybody who labels his comments as ‘racist’ is either a moron, or is looking for a reason to start controversy.

It seems pretty obvious to me that the comment was meant to be a funny reference to the fact that dude was at Rutgers, the epicenter of the 2007 Don Imus controversy. So then the question becomes, what was the nature of the joke? Was Asher jokingly implying that he was going to Rutgers to hang out with the predominantly African-American women’s basketball team, or was he taking a swipe at Imus and his comments?

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This was supposed to air at 9am on MTV2 on the same day the video premiered. I tivo’d it for onsmash but was pleasantly surprised with a rerun of Nick Cannon’s Wild-n-Out… Instant delete. Didn’t see any future airings and stopped caring.

Spotted @ RR. Part 2 after the jump.

Previously: Eminem – Relapse Tracklist | Eminem – 3 A.M. | Video: Eminem – We Made You

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via MTV News:

“I built an empire so crazy down here,” DJ Toomp said via cell from Atlanta. “Me and some of my other producers are putting our heads together. I been doing it for 22 years all by myself. At the end of last year, I decided to go round up some producers — we all put our heads together on that joint and that’s what it was. “They brought [a rough version of the 'Valley of Death' beat] to me and I ended up fattening it up,” Toomp, credited as the record’s producer, explained. (Kevin “Khao” Cates co-produced.) “I heard the whole idea and originally I was gonna give that to Jay-Z, believe it or not.”

A mutual friend of Ross and Toomp’s convinced the producer to let the Big Boss hear the track before Hov, and Toomp caught Ross’ ear during a listening session at his house… “He played a few joints off the album to show me what direction he was going and immediately I knew what to give him based on what’s on his playlist. He started mumbling ideas. I knew he was going in the right direction.”

One of the last steps to finishing the song was getting the hook down. “The singing with the lady’s voice — everybody thinks that’s a sample, nah,” Toomp clarified. “That’s a woman that sings on a lot of Snoop’s sh–. The way we EQ’ed it sounds like a sample, but nah. It has a few strikes behind it. That’s just a person singing on the mic — it just has that effect on it.”

Mary J. Blige was originally considered to sing the chorus. “I heard that too, man,” Toomp said of the rumor. “I didn’t know what happed to it. In some way I wanted to work with Mary — that would have been great, man, to know I got Mary J. on one of my tracks.”

This is the smart move. Drew & Inf did the same thing for Mr. Carter:

“..told him we had ‘found’ this crazy sample we ‘flipped’ and he needed to hear it, lol. I’m pretty sure he still thinks it’s a sample to this day.”

Previously: Rick Ross – Valley Of Death

Directed by Erick Peyton and Chris Conine.

Murs for President is out now. Click here to buy on iTunes.

Previously: Video: Tech N9ne & Murs Freestyle on Bootleg Kev | Video: Murs – Break Up (The OJ Song) | Video: Murs – Part of Me | Video: Murs – Me & This Jawn

I did the song with Ja Rule bigging the city up/
You did the Magic Stick Remix with Olivia/
- (c) Jadakiss – Sorry Miss Jackson, 2005

Part 2 of 57thAve‘s interview with Ja Rule. Speaks on the state of NY Hip-Hop, Gotti’s Way, other upcoming projects, his style being bitten, and more.

Previously: Video: Gotti’s Way Season 2 (Extended Trailer) | Video: 57thAve One-on-One w/ Ja Rule Pt. 1

The final part of Tek’s sit down with welivethis.com. Speaks on his upcoming solo project, 24Kt Smoke, his growth as an artist, the success behind Duckdown Records, and his favorite Smif-N-Wessun songs.

Previously: Video: Tek Interview w/ We Live This Pt. 2 | Video: Tek (of Smif-N-Wessun) Interview w/ We Live This

Hussle speaks on his Eritrean heritage, learning the production and engineering side of music at age 13, how he hustled and parlayed that into a clothing store then to music studio, and then how the police raided his studio and took his equipment amongst other things.

After the jump, Part 2 where he speaks on meeting with the game, gang violence in LA, and his forthcoming album South Central State Of Mind.

Related: Nipsey Hussle’s demo tape that got him signed to Epic

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Just heard that new Eminem song but he was rhyming in that silly voice/
Where the raw skills at, he used to kill rap/
Know he still got em, wish he would rock em more often/

zShare: J The S – Dear Dr. Dre (Produced by d.C.)

No ID speaks on playing the Mel Man to Kanye’s Dr. Dre and states that BP3 will be a “full fledged classic”.

The GOAT talks about his musical upbringing, who he looked up to when he was younger, Nas, etc.

Shouts to GHall. After the jump, a throwback intv with Meth & Red.

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