Dawn Richard talked to both The Boombox and Rap-Up.com earlier this month about her upcoming solo debut.
Richard said that, as far as producers, she has been working with Harmony, Mateo, Polow Da Don's "camp," Cook Classics, the Fisticuffs and more. At the time of the interview, she had not yet brought any music to Diddy.
"He hasn't heard anything yet and I kind of wanted it that way," he said. "I've learned a lot from him and presentation is everything. I want to make sure he understands when I step to him that I'm stepping because I'm ready and not just because I have an idea of something."
In May, Machine Gun Kelly headlined 8 Fest in Athens, OH. Earlier this month, they released a documentary, featuring behind the scenes footage taken before, during and after MGK's set. Watch below.
In an interview with AllHipHop.com, Machine Gun Kelly named a new collaborator for his upcoming debut album: veteran rapper Bun B. He also chats about signing with Bad Boy, his favorite rappers right now and more.
AllHipHop.com: I saw in another interview that you did recently, when speaking on Bad Boy, you said, “it didn’t make sense, that’s why it made perfect sense.” Can you elaborate a little on that quote?
Machine Gun Kelly: Well, when you look at it from the outside, you might say that Puff and MGK have nothing in common, their lifestyles are totally different, their actions are different, their music is different, you know, all that type of stuff. But on the inside, that was the one person that didn’t want to change the grassroots movement that we had, the “organicness” of what we worked so hard to build with each fan. That was the one person out of the multiple that we were in talks with, that was like “yo, keep this how it is. Let’s not change this.” It doesn’t make sense to people. It makes sense to me, and so, it’s just a weird f****** combo. We’re so underground and anti-formity, it just seems like it’s a weird combo, which just makes it beautiful.
According to Machine Gun Kelly's manager, Ashleigh, the rapper will be featured on the remix to Ray Jr's "Sloppy," which will debut tonight during DJ Steph Floss' show on Cleveland's Z 107.9 radio station. You can listen online on their website.
The pair previously collaborated on "I Know" from MGK's "Lace Up" mixtape.
Dirty Money has been nominated in the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, in the "Best World Stage" category. You can vote online now Other nominees in the category include Arcade Fire, the Black Eyed Peas, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Ozzy Osbourne, Snoop Dogg and Thirty Seconds to Mars.
In the clip below, Machine Gun Kelly shares a touching moment with a fan, in a wheel chair, inspired by MGK's journey. It closes with a message from the rapper, reflecting on the meaning of his fans.
Just now, while co-hosting on BET's "106 & Park", Cassie was able to nail down the timeline a little more specifically. She said that the single would "definitely" be out by the end of October.
Is it hard at all for you to show vulnerability in your music? Because you do that a lot. Is there ever a hesitation?
Not at all. Well, now, because I see people try to take advantage of it—to take advantage of the vulnerability and think that they can say and do whatever to you because they know you so well—which is my goal, but I see it taken advantage of a lot. That’s the price you pay I guess. I’m sure that’s why people like X and them fight all those demons. But that’s what makes the greats great.
