Young Jeezy Wants to Make his Own ‘Hottest MCs’ List

New York, NY – The Atlanta MC has been on the up and up as of late and his media headlines have been quite positive. From many different reports, Young Jeezy’s shows on the ‘America’s Most Wanted Music Tour’ have been quite an amazing experience. On those shows, he has been bringing on special guest appearances that have always caused a major stir amongst the huge crowd in attendance. His performances have been said to memorable and talked about for days.

MTV has put together the ‘Hottest MCs’ List for the past several years and has always brought on huge debates and conversations within the list of MCs they seem to put together amongst Hip-Hop’s most dedicated fans. 2009 is still in the works and people are wondering if Young Jeezy has what it takes to make it on the list, or even the Top 5. At the same time, however, his arch nemesis, Gucci Mane, has also been considered. It was reported that his ‘The Recession’ was one of the best albums of 2008. Jeezy recently spoke with MTV News about the ‘Hottest MCs’ list that they’ve put together annually and stated that he wanted to put together his own list for the world to debate upon entitled ‘Hood’s Hottest MCs’ and include the realest street lyricists in game today. He would even go as far as arranging a hood conference with some of his rap friends to discuss the artists that should make the list.

These were his comments to MTV News about the list:

“Even with me, when y’all first put in the bracket, some people think different. Some people wanna be a lyricist. Me, I wanna be real. It’s gotta be different categories.”

He continues to state that you could be real and not be hot:

“You can, there’s a lot of cats that do. You gotta get that list though. There’s a lot of cats underground you might not even know about that everybody listens to.”

Before he ended his interview, Jeezy didn’t fail to give some interesting advice to the staff that puts together the list stating that legends shouldn’t be put side by side with younger artists:

“You shouldn’t put a Nas on there or a KRS-One. That’s crazy to put those cats in the same category. They think differently. That’s why we should do mine. … It’s gonna cause more controversy than you think. People gonna be calling being like, ‘He ain’t really like that.’”

At press time, MTV’s ‘Hottest MCs’ of 2009 is still being drafted as we speak, hopefully this list comes out better than last year’s.

Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for our own top 10 Hottest MCs list. We promise it’ll be better than last year’s.

Black Dada Featured in Miami Herald

Miami, FL – The name Black Dada has become synonymous with his surroundings as of late, that being South Florida. Literally speaking, the Broward native has taken the industry by storm and people are finally beginning to recognize his true talent. The highly successful summer anthem, ‘I’mma Zoe,’ rapidly shot to the top of the charts in a very short time span and has finally reached nationwide radio from East to West. The video for that anthem, directed by veteran Gil Green, has already been shot and is awaiting its debut.

The Strictly Business/Universal Republic artist was featured in yesterday’s edition of the Miami Herald under the ‘People’ section, so congratulations to Black Dada for that.

Here was the official press release provided by Rhona Fox, Inc.:

“NEW YORK, NY (RHONA FOX, INC.) –  R&B/Hip-hop artist Black Dada was featured in yesterday’s PEOPLE section of the Miami Herald (see link below). The Strictly Business/Universal Republic artist has been breaking from the studio to make himself familiar to media as he puts finishing touches on his debut album, due out later this year.

Black Dada has received tremendous buzz nationally with his breakout hit “Imma Zoe,” which most recently landed the singer on Billboard’s Top 100 R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The remix saw a sizzling collaboration with Rick Ross and Birdman and has propelled the track out of Florida, even garnering airplay on New York’s HOT97. The videos for both singles were shot in early August by director Gil Green and will soon hit airwaves. 

Black Dada has performed the hit tune on BET’s 106 & Park twice this year, and hopes to return to premier the videos to his fans. “It was crazy shooting my first major video,” he reveals. “Working alongside Gil Green, Rick Ross and Birdman was a great experience and I can’t wait for everyone to see them.” He is also featured in upcoming issues of Ozone Magazine, Hip Hop Weekly, Scoop, Lumiere and Jamrock magazines, just to name a few.

Celebrating his success by giving back, Black Dada and the Strictly Business (SBR) family recently donated $5,000 to the Radio Lollipop International Children’s Charity, partnering up with DJ Laz and Miami’s POWER96 for the Lollipop Radiothon at the Miami’s Children’s Hospital on August 11-12. “I feel fortunate that I’m in the position to help acquire the breakthrough technology that will help kids while they are in the hospital, and hopefully make their stay there a better one.”

Click the Link: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1204039.html

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Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for more updated news on Black Dada.