(Street Life CIty News) The G-Unit was once one of the most successful crews in Hip Hop with rappers representing the East Coast, West Coast, and the South all on one team. Now, one of the last remaining members of the group has made it clear he is ready to officially move on from his association with G-Unit.

Tony Yayo took to Instagram to voice his feelings that he, 50 Cent, and Lloyd Banks are over as a collective. In a series of comments addressed to fans, Yayo stated that he is “done with the music industry” and he wanted to “try new things and the unit not together.”

 

“To many b***h ass n***as n***as want you to brown nose all the time homie,” writes Yayo. “50 ain’t rocking with me and Banks the same. I layed my life down for the unit but you live and you learn.”

This comes as a big change from just a week ago when Yayo posted a Throwback Thursday picture of him, 50, and Banks with the caption, “TBT just spoke to Banks we working. And @buckshotz we working the unit.”

Despite 50, Game, and Young Buck all stating that a full G-Unit reunion is not likely to happen, Yayo had shown his support for Buck recently. Buck even suggested that he would be open to working with Yayo again during an interview last month.

While Buck and Yayo may still be on good terms, it now appears the last three G-Unit members reuniting for another run is unlikely.

Tony Yayo’s Instagram

It’s funny how things and people change where all my so call freinds go.

— Tony Yayo (@TonyYayo) February 20, 2014

Loyalty get you nowhere in life it’s better to be a snake you’ll get further trust me .

— Tony Yayo (@TonyYayo) February 20, 2014

Florida is really America’s basement…

 

Woman Arrested For Leaving Child In Mailbox

Via ABC Action News reports:

Manatee County deputies say a mother left her child in a mailbox outside of a home that she believed was the current residence of the baby’s father. Erin Carnes dropped the 1-year-old at the 1600 block of 17th Street East near a mailbox.

Carnes returned to the location again, dropped two bags for the baby and left again.

The person staying at the residence says that she was never given the child, nor agreed to take the child.

Carnes was later involved in an accident on the Green Bridge and threatened to jump off the bridge.

After returning to the station officers learned of the incident involving the child and alerted the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

The child is now in the custody of the her grandmother. Carnes remains in jail.

This woman clearly needs mental help! WTF?!

(Street Life City News) Forbes magazine has been crowning “Hip Hop Cash Kings” for the past seven years. Some of the heavyweights in the game like Jay Z, Diddy, and Dr. Dre have made the publication’s annual list of top earners in rap.

Forbes is now acknowledging 10 rappers under the age of 30 that are on the cusp of reaching the throne with its new “Hip Hop Cash Princes” list.

“These ten artists are the rising stars with the best chance of vaulting to the next level of commercial viability—and they’re the ones most likely to make the leap to the Cash Kings list in the near future,” states Forbes.

The 2014 Hip Hop Cash Princes list includes A$AP Rocky, Azealia Banks, Big Sean, Chance The Rapper, French Montana, J. Cole, Meek Mill, Travis Scott, Tyga, and Wale.

The finalists were chosen by rap music industry insiders Bryan “Birdman” Williams, and Fab 5 Freddy, Kevin Liles along with Forbes reporters Natalie Robehmed and Zack O’Malley Greenburg.

Pining away for Jordans instead of saving up for a home or your children’s education? You’re part of the problem.

 Are African-American Spending Habits Keeping Black Community Poor?

There’s been much discussion about the continuously frivolous spending habits of African-Americans while still struggling to get ahead in terms of long-term financial gain and recent statistics on African-American buying power are painting a vivid picture of just how much damage this counterproductive trend is doing in our communities.

via Financial Juneteenth

Did you know that every time you make a purchase, it is being tracked by big companies? It is a trend for big corporations to purchase data research that is conducted by independent organizations on your spending habits. This makes it easier to market their products to you.

For example, when our community runs out and purchases Michael Jordan shoes at consistent rates, that company no longer needs to spend their money marketing to our community. They will use that money to focus on getting new customers. A large percentage of the corporate budget is to collect this data, this information is very useful to the sales and advertising managers.

We have a population of about 40 million people and buying power approaching $1.1 trillion in 2015. African American buying power is at the epicenter of our economy. Our consumerism keeps American corporations rich and our community poor.

According to Nielsen, The State of the African-American Consumer: “African Americans shop more frequently than all other groups, but spend less money per trip and overall. These cultural and behavioral dynamics reflects their tendency to make quicker/smaller purchases based on short-term needs rather than the desire to stock up.”

The data also suggests that African-American women tend to be the primary decision makers for most household buying decisions.”

In response to that information, women are always the primary target. If the company can appeal to the emotional side of the woman and make her feel inadequate because she doesn’t have the latest facial cream, face cream, heels, makeup, toys for her children etc, they can convince her that the answer to all of her emotional problems lies in her wallet.

Then, she’s bankrupt and corporations are rich.

Using hard earned money to treat ourselves once is a while is certainly not a crime, but when our communities are suffering from investing more of their money into temporary, superficial things than things of long-term value, there’s definitley a huge problem at hand.

Hmmmm… He wasn’t lookin’ broke when saw him poppin’ bottles and jet setting with Eudoxie! Ludacris is looking to avoid paying the hefty $15K in child support his skripper sidepiece is trying to charge him for their break baby… but Luda says he’s broke because Paul Walker’s death has put a hold on his “Fast And Furious 7″ check!

According to TMZ reports:

Ludacris can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars in child support — and he’s blaming his financial woes on the death of his “Fast and Furious” co-star Paul Walker.

Ludacris was in court Wednesday with his baby mama, Tamika Fuller … who’s demanding Luda pay her $15K a month to take care of his 2-month-old baby daughter, Cai.

But Luda went to court and told the judge … he was counting on “Fast and Furious 7″ money to make his payments, and the movie is now on hold so his payday went away.

Luda claims he can only pay $1,800 a month — confessing he only made around $55K for 2013.

The judge split the baby down the middle, ordering Luda to pay 7K a month for now … while hizzoner reviews all the financial docs.

By the way … Tyrese also claimed relative poverty in his child support case because of Walker’s death.

First of all — this broad sounds hella greedy asking for $15K a month for a 2 month old baby when she was once taking a bus to her job on the pole! $7K is way more than generous but we think she doesn’t really need more than $3K do you agree.

Still…

Does Luda look like he’s raking in under $60K a year to you?

 Side chicks don’t die, they multiply, and rather steal another woman’s man than find their own which is both sad and hilarious. But mostly hilarious.

Hit the jump for another photo gallery of proud side chicks on social media.

(Breezy & KrispityKrunchity)

(Dirty Feet Pete & Amina)

Sidebicth? Side chickery that stressful that you can’t spell?

Uhhh WAT?

Sir Lucius Left Foot says he will NOT be making it rain every month on schedule.

Big Boi Refuses To Pay Exorbitant Child Support To Ex-Wife

Big Boi has rapped on multiple Outkast tracks about how he’ll never end up paying sky-high child support, and it looks like he’s living up to his rhymes. Currently in the midst of a divorce from his long-time wife Sherlita, Big Boi recently filed legal papers stating point blank that his wife needs to go seek employment rather than expect to fund her entire life on child support for their 13-year-old son Cross. According to TMZ:

It’s war between Big Boi and his estranged wife — the Outkast rapper does NOT want to shell out endless child support … claiming she’s perfectly capable of supporting herself.

As we reported, Big Boi’s wife Sherlita Patton filed for divorce last year … demanding FULL custody of their minor child (they also have an 18-year-old).

But Big Boi’s not about to cave — he just filed a response, saying their child would be better off with JOINT physical and legal custody.

As for child support — Big Boi says he’s willing to pay whatever the State of Georgia deems appropriate … no more, no less … because Patton’s young, healthy, and well-educated … which means she can support herself.

Daddy Fat Sax is not coming up out that tour dough without a fight! He definitely has a point, but do you think it’s fair for Big Boi to tell the wife he has supported for 11 years to simply go figure it out now

 

Rap beef evolved from genuine hatred between rappers to shameless promo for upcoming projects in today’s hype-fueled industry. At their height, rap beefs were messy spectacles filled with classic diss records until rappers slowly realized that unity is better for business.

Here are ten infamous rap beefs that were squashed. Take a look.

Jay Z vs. Nas

Nas is a better man than most because Hov’s “Super Ugly” seemed unforgivable but he rose above it, signed with President Carter’s Def Jam and collabed on “Black Republicans.”

Ja Rule vs. 50 Cent

50 famously buried Ja Rule and his beloved struggle croons in front of everyone but they recently resolved their issues before Ja’s prison stint.

Rick Ross vs. Jeezy

Rawse called Jeezy the WORST thing you could possibly call someone in the south several times on ONE record and now it’s all good.

Nas vs. Cam’ron

Nas may be a legend but he’s also the most disrespected Hip-Hop icon of all-time. First, he let “Super Ugly” slide then squashed his beef with the man who threatened to “R. Kelly his daughter.” Whoa.

Drake vs. Common

The most light-skinned, gluten-free beef, maybe ever, provided more laughs than ooooohs before quietly ending during the Grammys.

T.I. vs. Shawty Lo

Shawty L.O. had Tip Huxtable under pressure during their wildly-entertaining beef that boiled over when Tip was forced to explain his suspect Bankhead roots. Time healed all wounds, though.

Gucci Mane vs. Jeezy

Word on the street is that Jeezy sent the shooter who Gucci killed in self-defense before their ugly beef. It’s all love now.

50 Cent vs. Fat Joe

Joey Crack’s arms were too short and flabby to box with 50 who laughed through this forgettable beef. But that’s all in the past now.

Wale vs. KiD CuDi

Folks only remember this terrible beef because of CuD’s classic “we don’t fawk with you, musically” line that probably hurt Wale’s fragile feelings until they patched things up on Twitter.

Diggy vs. J. Cole

We still don’t know why Cole battled a teeny-bop rapper, but he did, and sounded like a big brother battling his little brother in the Chuck E. Cheese parking lot. But they’re cool now.

 

Young Thug says he’s not gay but his fashion sense is pretty questionable and he can’t seem to control himself when it comes to his Instagram captions. Take this one for example:

Being that Birdman has never lived down the whole “kissing Wayne on the mouth” business to begin with, should he have picked another hashtag?

Just a question…

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Darren better have a really good explanation

Via LATimes

Former NFL star Darren Sharper is set to be arraigned Thursday in Los Angeles on rape and drug charges in an investigation into allegations that he drugged and sexually assaulted at least seven women in four states.

Sharper, 38, was charged last week with seven rape and drug counts involving four women he allegedly met at a West Hollywood nightclub. Court documents filed Friday revealed additional allegations in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Tempe, Ariz., that are all still under investigation.

The former New Orleans Saints safety appeared in court for the first time Friday but did not enter a plea as his arraignment was pushed to Thursday afternoon.

He remained free on $200,000 bail posted after his Jan. 17 arrest but was ordered to surrender his passport, stay in L.A. and avoid the West Hollywood club.

If convicted of the charges, Sharper faces more than 30 years in state prison, prosecutors said.

His attorneys said last week that Sharper is innocent.

“We look forward to the true facts being revealed in this case, and we are hopeful that Mr. Sharper will be fully exonerated before this case is concluded,” attorney Blair Berk said outside the courtroom.

The 7 women already named in this case may just be the tip of the iceberg

Los Angeles Police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said the LAPD’s investigation was also ongoing.

“Any time we have a case like this, we are looking for more victims,” Smith said.

Good luck sir, you are certainly gonna need it…

Image via AKM-GSI

       (Street Life City News) In a lot of ways 2014 is starting off as the year of reconciliation. OutKast has reunited for a series of festival concert dates,Rick Ross and Young Jeezy collaborated f a new track, and now Nas and Cam’ron have apparently buried the hatchet as well.

The Dipset leader and the Queensbridge legend ran into each other at an airport as both emcees were on their way back to New York. The moment was captured in a photograph that Killa Cam posted to his Instagram. The caption for the pic read, “#QB #HARLEM #UwasntThere.”

I don’t know exactly what happened, but it seems like Birdman got a new gift for his birthday a few days ago. And the gift looks like this:

Hey! That’s Russell Simmons ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons. And also Djimon “Amistad” Hounsou. But now it seems she is with none other than The Birdman aka Baby of Cash Money. Peep the proof!

“S/O @officialkimora luv of my life Thanku 4everythang u did and do 4′me RICHGIRL RICHGANG,”

If I am not mistaken, this isn’t the first time these rumors came up. Birdman came up, what what!

NBA’s Highest Earners

We all know that NBA players make a gang of money by playing ball but they make even more off of shoe deals. These 10 athletes are rich as all get out. Want to know how much they make? Of course you do.

Chris Paul: $4 million (Jordan/Nike)

Blake Griffin: $6 million (Jordan/Nike)

Dwight Howard: $6 million (Adidas)

Amar’e Stoudemire: $6.5 million (Nike)

Carmelo Anthony: $9 million (Jordan/Nike)

Dwyane Wade: $12 million (Li Ning)

Kevin Durant: $14 million (Nike)

Derrick Rose: $21 million (Adidas)

Kobe Bryant: $34 million (Nike)

LeBron James: $42 million (Nike)

 

These smedium rapper may sound larger-than-life on their smash hits but they stopped growing years ago. Famously-fun-sized with tall lyrics, they’ve flourished in a height-obsessed entertainment industry.

Hit the jump for the most bite-sized rappers in the game.

T.I., a generous 5’6

Kanye, 5’8 (with shoes and socks on)

Kendrick Lamar, 5’6

Lil Wayne, 5’6

Nas, 5’7

Big Sean, 5’7

Plies, 5’6

Ludacris, 5’6

Cee-Lo, 5’6

Boosie, 5’5

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