Mona Scott-Young Talks About The ‘Love & Hip Hop 2′ Reunion Special [Audio]

Power 105’s on-air personality Cherry Martinez chatted it up with Love & Hip Hop executive producer Mona Scott-Young about her decision to choose a “Barbara Walters” interview format, why Teairra Mari wasn’t apart of the reunion special, rumored cast pregnancies, Somaya Reece calling her a bitch and more.

Juelz Santana Responds To Recent Arrest In New Jersey, Blames Police “When They See Someone Like Me They Make It A Big Deal”

Juelz Santana is speaking out publicly about his recent arrest in New Jersey.

As we previously reported, Juelz was arrested last week for suspicion of making terrorist threats and disorderly conduct. Continue reading

Juelz Santana Arrested (And Released) For Terrorist Threats

This week, Juelz Santana was arrested on the suspicion of making terrorist threats. While no further details have been given on what constituted the threats, Juelz was also arrested for disorderly conduct. Officers attempted to search his vehicle, but were refused entry, which lead to the car being impounded. Juelz was later released on $46,500 bail.

ASAP Rocky: Thinking Globally, Rapping Locally..

“I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper,” ASAP Rocky said in an interview last month. “I don’t even like New York rappers.”

In hip-hop only New York, cocky and accomplished and obstinate, casts a shadow this long. The burden of history is especially heavy here, in rap’s birthplace, which is why generations of rappers have done their part to protect the fort. Old styles become sacred texts used for indoctrination. Progress is acceptable, within the lines.

Into that morass comes ASAP Rocky, child of Harlem, with a new idea about how to be a New York rapper. “Live Love ASAP,” his forthcoming debut mixtape, is placeless and universal, an album that sounds as if it has ingested the last 20 years of hip-hop’s travels and would be comfortable anywhere. There’s chewy, slowed-down homages to Houston, flow patterns reminiscent of Cleveland’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, nods to New Orleans and Atlanta and the Bay Area and everywhere else hip-hop is made. Almost everywhere but New York, it seems. Continue reading