The “consistent” lyricist relies on the greats in Hip Hop as an influence for his craft on the BET Hip Hop Awards Green Carpet.
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Ace Hood
Ace Hood welcomes the BET Hip Hop Awards to his Miami hometown and salutes Lil Wayne.
Zaytoven
The Atlanta bred producer has lots to celebrate including an upcoming movie and new album with Usher as detailed on the BET Hip Hop Awards green carpet.
Casanova
Casanova details his upcoming project on the BET Hip Hop Awards green carpet.
G Herbo and Southside
G Herbo And Southside Salute Lil Baby and Gunna At BET Hip-Hop Awards
Lil Duval
Lil Duval Talks Success Of Smash Single ‘Smile' On BET Hip Hop Awards Red Carpet
G Herbo And Southside Salute Lil Baby and Gunna At BET Hip-Hop Awards
The Chicago and Atlanta combination of G Herbo and Southside have made for a electric hip-hop combination. Their Swervojoint LP (Southside Produced the entire project) has earmarked them as one of the hottest duos in the game. Despite their sizzling status, the two recently gave props to another heatseeking combo on the BET Hip-Hop Awards’ green carpet.
“I want to see the home team Lil Baby and Gunna,” said Southside, the man who has produced for Jay-Z, Kanye West, DJ Khaled, Waka Flocka Flame and Future, amongst others. “I want to see what they got going on."
“Ditto,” Herbo added. “I say the same thing. I want to see Baby and Gunna.”
Chi-Town’s Herbo has enjoyed Baby and Gunna’s rise, especially since they started on the underground circuit as he did.
“When you build it organically from the ground up, when you build it from the mud, it makes [the fans] cherish you more,” Herbo determined. “You want to keep striving literally. Like me and Southside knew each other before we had all these millions. He genuinely reached out to me when I was 15, still in the hood. Going on high speed [police chases] and going to jail. He saw it in me before I saw it in a myself.”
“He was different. He was a different kid,” Southside reminisced. “The way he rapped. His style, everything. I couldn’t figure it out. I couldn’t figure it out. I love what I can’t figure out.”
Herbo and Southside are heading out on the road soon, headlining a 40 city tour.
Catch the BET Hip-Hop Awards tonight at 8pm on BET.
Lil Duval Talks Success Of Smash Single ‘Smile' On BET Hip Hop Awards Green Carpet
“41 years old, living my best life,” told us calmly on the green carpet of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, which air tonight on the network. Clearly success isn’t just for those in their 20s and 30s. “The only ones that’s surprised is the industry,” he added about his increased profile. “I been had fame. I been had support. It’s just new to the industry. It’s different how people see me, but it’s not that much difference to me.”
Besides Duval’s show stealing turn at the awards, he was looking forward to seeing his family T.I. perform as well as the “I AM Hip-Hop” award recipient Lil Wayne.
Duval is working a full length LP and is releasing a new single before 2019.
“I got another song dropping, probably gonna drop it end of this year.”
Ariana Grande Calls Off Her Engagement
OK, who had October 14th in the pool?
I’m kidding. It’s easy to make jokes about Ariana Grande’s relationship with Pete Davidson – they seemed so mismatched, he seemed so goofy and awkward and just… not on her level.
But this is yet another sad blow to Ari in a season of tough life events. One of the biggest, obviously, being the untimely death of her ex, Mac Miller. Sources are saying that was the ultimate breaking point of her relationship with Pete.
Ari failed to show up to a scheduled event on Saturday night, the F___ Cancer Gala in Los Angeles. Her manager, Scooter Braun, who is also involved with the foundation, spoke up for her.
“Someone that I am very close to could not be here today because of things that she is going through. She couldn’t be here today, and while I was frustrated, being a manager, my wife, being who she always is, said to me, ‘She needs this time.’ If people are just here to see her sing and not [wanting to] be here for the cancer foundation, I don’t want them here anyway.”
The next day, news started to leak that Ariana & Pete's engagement had been called off. Ultimately I’m happy she’s not marrying him – I think she can do better! -- but I feel sad that her life has been so rough lately.
Maybe she can get some closure with Slacker’s The Twenty: It’s Over.
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