Dr. Dre Finds His Latest Rap Protege In Texas

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There's no denying that Dr. Dre has possibly one of the best ears for new talent. He has signed hiphop icons like Snoop Dogg and Eminem,  but Dr. Dre has another asset to show off. The multi-millionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of N.W.A and hiphop mastermind has found a new protege; 23-year-old Garland, Texas native Justin Mohrle.

It turns out the newcomer in 2012 released 21: Live Forever, a free mixtape under the name Love, JT, which apparently was "highly regarded among Dallas hip-hop fans" but fell through the cracks.

Mohrle was then introduced to Dr. Dre through former Death Row Records artist (and fellow Texan) The D.O.C. who, as part of a team, produced a demo EP on the new artist to pitch to Dr. Dre. Mohrle reportedly signed a 360-degree deal with D.O.C.'s entertainment company Silverback.

When we hear from him next, he'll likely be known as Justin Night, seeing as Justin Timberlake has JT on lock. But only time will tell if his career will be more like Kendrick Lamar than Stat Quo's. 

Look out for this young star on the rise!  

BET Announces 2014 Hip Hop Awards Nominees

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Who's got next up in the cypher? It's time to hold it down for the real emcees! On September 4, BET revealed the list and nominees for their 2014 Hip Hop Awards. From the look of things, the Young Money brother and sister duo will be taking over the scene. Drake leads the pack with eight nominations while Nicki Minaj follows behind him with five. Jay Z , Pharrell, and Future  each racked up six nominations a piece. But what really caught my eye is the fierce competition between Drizzy, Future, Iggy Azalea, Wiz Khalifa and YG for the "People's Champ Award." With all those heavy-hitters in one category, I can only imagine who's going to come out on top.

You can check out who takes home the goldon October 14 at 8/7c  when the legendary Snoop Dogg returns to the big screen as the host of the event. 

Check out all the awards and nominees in its entirety below: 

Best Hip-Hop Video: Drake – “Worst Behavior,” Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh,” Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – “Fancy,” J. Cole f/ TLC – “Crooked Smile,” Nicki Minaj – “Pills N Potions” & Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz.”

Best Collabo, Duo or Group: Eminem f/ Rihanna – “The Monster,” Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh,” Jay Z f/ Justin Timberlake – “Holy Grail,” ScHoolboy Q f/ BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio” & YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hitta.”

Best Live Performer: Drake, Jay Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar & T.I.

Lyricist of the Year: Drake, Eminem, J. Cole, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar & Nicki Minaj.

Video Director of the Year: Benny Boom, Chris Robinson, Director X, Dre Films & Hype Williams

DJ of the Year: DJ Drama, DJ Envy, DJ Khaled, DJ Mustard & DJ Scream.

Producer of the Year: DJ Mustard, Drumma Boy, Hit-Boy, Mike WiLL Made It, Pharrell & Timbaland.

MVP of the Year: DJ Mustard, Drake, Future, Jay Z & Nicki Minaj.

Track of the Year: “Cut Her Off (Remix)” – Produced by Will-A-Fool (K Camp f/ Lil Boosie, YG & Too $hort), “Move That Doh” – Produced by Mike WiLL Made It (Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino), “My Hitta” – Produced by DJ Mustard (YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan), “Studio” – Produced by Swiff D (ScHoolboy Q f/ BJ The Chicago Kid) & “Worst Behavior” – Produced by DJ Dahi (Drake).

Album of the Year: Drake – Nothing Was the Same, Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Future – Honest, Rick Ross – Mastermind, ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron & Yo Gotti – I Am.

Who Blew Up Award: Iggy Azalea, Migos, Rich Homie Quan, ScHoolboy Q, YG & Young Thug.

Hustler of the Year: Dr. Dre, Drake, Jay Z, Rick Ross & T.I.

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style): A$AP Rocky, Jay Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj & Young Thug.

Best Hip Hop Online Site: AllHipHop.com,Complex.com, HotNewHipHop.com,NecoleBitchie.com, RapRadar.com &WorldStarHipHop.com

Best Club Banger: Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh” (Produced by Mike WiLL Made It), K Camp f/ Lil Boosie, YG & Too $hort – “Cut Her Off” (Remix) (Produced by Will-A-Fool), Migos – “Fight Night” (Produced by Stack Boy Twaun), Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz” (Produced by Detail), YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hitta” (Produced by DJ Mustard) &Young Thug – “Stoner” (Produced by Dun Deal).

Best Mixtape: Action Bronson – Blue Chips 2, Fabolous – The Soul Tape 3, Migos – No Label 2, Rich Homie Quan – I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In & Wiz Khalifa – 28 Grams.

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse: B.o.B – “Paranoid” (Ty Dolla $ign f/ B.o.B), B.o.B – “Up Down” (Do This All Day) (T-Pain f/ B.o.B), Drake – “Who Do You Love” (YG f/ Drake), Kendrick Lamar – “Control” (Big Sean f/ Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica) & Pharrell – “Move That Doh” (Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino)

Impact Track: Common f/ Vince Staples – “Kingdom,” Lecrae – “Nuthin,” Lupe Fiasco – “Mission,” The Roots f/ Patty Cash – “Never” & Talib Kweli f/ Abby Dobson – “State of Grace”

People’s Champ Award: Drake – “Worst Behavior,” Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh,” Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – “Fancy,” Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”  & YG f/ Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hitta” (Remix)

— Brittany C. Jackson

Twitter: @xPlatinumChanel

The "racist" Billboard Music Awards?

The above photo has been running wild on social media lately, claiming that the Billboard Music Awards are "racist," as all of the winners in each category are WHITE! Even the awards for Rap and R&B, were taken by Justin Timberlake, Macklemore, Robin Thicke, and Eminem.

The music industry seems to have gotten a LOT of these "categories" twisted lately. As I've stated in my precious posts, Macklemore is a pop artist, he is not a rapper, or hip hop artist in any aspect. Justin Timberlake also fits under the pop catergory as well. Robin Thicke can SOMETIMES pass as an R&B artist. But when we're talking about Eminem, their is NO other genre he can be placed under, other then rap/hip-hop.

Eminem took home the award for best rap artist, and best rap album. While many say this was not one of his best albums, let's take a look at the other nominees; 

Top Rap Album: 

Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP2 (winner)

Jay-Z- Magna Carter Holy Grail

J. Cole- Born Sinner

Drake- Nothing Was The Same 

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist

I see very little talent from most of these nominees. While J Cole is currently one of the greatest rap artists in my opinion, Jay-Z has made no improvements. He's the same old boring Hova. I guess you can say the same for Eminem, but you can't compare the two. Eminem is by far a much better emcee then Jay-Z. And Drake? He lacks talent 100%. Typical mainstream "pop/rap artist" that raps about the same things over and over again. Mostly soft, yet tries to be hard. For a kid from Canada that got into the rap game because he was on the Disney Channel as a kid, I don't understand why he comes off "hood" sometimes. Then, we have Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Really? They are absolutely atrocious. Again, typical POP STARS. So I'm just not seeing the issue on what's wrong with Eminem taking home this well deserved award.

Top Rap Artist:

Eminem (winner)

J. Cole

Jay-Z

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Pitbull

Wait, PITBULL?!? This guy is NOT even CLOSE to being AFFILIATED with Rap! Why has he been placed into this catergory? And again, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. What's with this tag team? I see rap ARTIST as the catergory, NOT artist(s). Can they separate already or are they just that bad, they need to hold each other's hand throughout their whole career? Both J. Cole and Jay-Z absolutely belong in this catergory, but they don't stand close to Eminem. 

Top R&B artist:

Justin Timberlake (winner)

Robin Thicke

Rihanna

Beyoncé 

Pharell Williams 

Top R&B Album:

Justin Timberlake- The 20/20 Experience (winner)

R. Kelly- Black Panties

Robin Thicke- Blurred Lines

Beyoncé- Beyoncé 

Timberlake is arguably considered an R&B artist, but I am in complete shock that Beyoncé didn't home these two.

Top Touring Artist:

Bon Jovi (winner)

Rihanna 

Bruce Springsteen 

Pink

Beyoncé 

....another one Beyoncé should've taken home. Shocked she didn't, and if it wasn't going to be her, I would've predicted Rihanna.

Top Female Artist:

Katy Perry (winner)

Lorde

Miley Cyrus

Rihanna

Beyoncé 

....yet ANOTHER one I would've expected Beyoncé to take. I am speechless. 

Racist or not, I think most would agree that The Billboard Music awards are just flat out, confused.

By:: Dana P. (Blog Owner/Editor in Chief)