Business Spotlight: All Chill Ice Cream

South Central, Los Angeles, CA

Hip hop is an ever growing culture and genre of music. The music traditionally has been a soundtrack to the lifestyle. Hip hop, minus the corporate agendas and no holds barred monetization, is a glorious culture filled with amazing people, sayings, principles, cool styles, and even dances and tribalistic chants that help govern the ideologies of a group of men, women and children all over the Earth.

Nostalgia is just as viable as any product, maybe even more so, and restaurants like Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe have proven that selling nostalgia is a surefire path to success. Neither restaurant is known for any one special dish but as a place that you can appreciate a certain aesthetic. All Chill is following that same path and is already the coolest as well as one of the most exclusive ice cream shops to serve a scoop.

All Chill: A Hip Hop Ice Cream Shop is the brainchild of respected Howard University alums (Julian and Genelle Petty) and serves as a family business stationed in South Central, Los Angeles. The ice cream shop has been decorated with hip hop artifacts giving the eatery a museum or an art exhibit vibe. The space is quaint yet bold and pronounced. A perfect location for an event space. Perfect for giving awards to community figures or hip hop vets who have gone unheralded or allowing some conscious hip hop artists to jam out for their intimate fan bases while enjoying two scoops of vegan ice cream.

If you find yourself in the Leimert Park area this summer and need to cool down, All Chill is the best place for you. 3415 W. 43^rd Pl. Los Angeles, CA.

Nikki Mack, Editor In Chief

With the Pandemic Declared Over, a New Tier of Business Creative has Arrived as Magnate Jesse Is Heavyweight Offers an Art House Visual to his Critically Acclaimed Don’t Drop the Ball Freestyle

Dallas, TX

Jesse Is Heavyweight had not released an open air recording since the deadly pandemic of 2020. That’s a huge deal for the southern rap maven who made his bones grinding state to state selling his music like weight. With over 30 underground releases, solidifying Jesse as a rap giant, his audience base of largely black men and women ranging ages 14 – 75 in urban America, felt the void.

As Jesse fell silent musically, the greater hip hop community began to grumble about a lack of quality on the music scene. During this time period Nas and lyricists like Killer Mike were able to thrive and receive widespread critical acclaim as hip hop fans scoured for anything of substance. Both emcees winning Grammys for best rap album for the first time in their illustrious careers. Great emcees who had been only championed by their fan bases became more revered during this great drought of quality rap music.

Jesse stayed quiet, taking a vow of musical silence until the pandemic was declared over and done with. For 4 years the pandemic raged globally while Jesse left hip hop dehydrated. His only release during the time period was a music video to a song that was out before the pandemic kickstarted. The pandemic destroyed millions of lives, effecting the world in ways many never imagined. Once the pandemic was announced to no longer be a threat Jesse Is Heavyweight has emerged as the most respected emcee from the Dallas, Texas area from one freestyle.

The hard times the world incurred has the traditional hip hop audience more demanding of authenticity and that’s why upon release of Jesse’s Don’t Drop The Ball Freestyle he was highlighted on the most respected hip hop platform with over 109 million listeners, The Joe Budden Podcast, a hip hop talk show hosted by respected lyricist turned statesmen Joe Budden.

With Jesse’s sing-songy style, catchy wordplay and introspective take, Jesse’s Don’t Drop The Ball Freestyle is a contemporary masterpiece and in the running for the best rap performance of the year. The music video is directed by an international art house, The Kindergarten Class, who wanted to forefront the lyrical content over visual noise so popular today in hip hip videos. Making the artsy visual of Don’t Drop The Ball feel like an actual work of art.

Nikki Mack, Editor In Chief

Hip Hop Turns 50 Years Old Today

Today, 50 years ago Kool Herc and his homies, Coco, Cindy C, Klark K, and Timmy T, threw a party in the rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx, New York. An entrepreneurial endeavor, the cover charge was .25 cents for ladies and .50 cents for guys. DJ Kool Herc emceed the party and DJ’d, while party goers dressed in their finest hip hop trends of the time, break danced and tagged up the place.

Every element of hip hop was on full display and this moment has been pinpointed as the official start of this wonderful culture, that has provided significant meaning to so many people’s lives, we call Hip Hop.

Nikki Mack, Editor In Chief

BG | Spotlight

B.G. which traditionally means Baby Gangsta in black communities is the moniker donned by down south rap vet Christopher Dorsey. B.G. best friends with fallen soldier Soulja Slim and the first artist signed to Cash Money Records at 13 in the 90s made his name writing hood classics for years. B.G. even scored a gold plaque from his revered Chopper City In The Ghetto. B.G.’s album had the single Bling, Bling which changed popular culture forever. After years of being signed to Birdman at Cash Money Records B.G. finally left the label angry and accused Baby of stealing money from him and he went on to start his on imprint. After a few successful releases B.G. found himself in hot water and caught a gun charge landing him 14 years in federal prison. Regardless B.G. is responsible for the music scene shifting the way it has over the past decade and he is not only one of the rawest MCs he’s one of the smoothest and most lyrical MCs as well. His discography is bound to turn any situation into a gangsta party. Artists like Lil Wayne looked up to B.G. and modeled themselves musically after him. Here at Da Chicken Shack we must acknowledge B. Gizzle for the contributions he’s given hip hop. FREE BG! For any supporters who feel how we feel about B.G. we found his prison addy for you. In the words of the late great Pimp C “If your homie locked up you should send him some shit, cause it’s never too late to quit being a bitch.”

Christopher Dorsey #31969-034

FCI Beaumont Medium Federal Correctional-Institution

PO Box 26040

Beaumont,T.X 77720

Too Short | Spotlight

Too Short is an Oakland MC from the 80s who brought pimping into the rap game. Not only does he produce, write his own rhymes, but he has been doing it for almost 30 years straight! Arguably every MC has been influenced on some level or another by “Short Dawg”. With career ups and downs, a couple years ago he was caught by TMZ taking local Oakland officers on a foot pursuit, but he’s also a platinum seller. Even if you’ve never bought a Too Short album you’ve definitely heard his influence and his unique way of saying “beyotch!” on popular tv shows, movies, and in various songs. Most recently Too Short has been appearing in reality tv shows (Couple’s Therapy, LA Hair) which has given his long lasting career even more life. Take time to explore Too Short’s 16 + album catalogue and get ready to learn something about macking and pimping and Oakland. The video attached is especially unique because Short describes his lengthy career in 2 short 16s on a club beat like only Too Short can. Honorable mention for the Gettin It album, Too Short’s short lived retirement project, and the CLASSIC Freaky Tales. ENJOY! BEYOTCH!

Devin The Dude| SPOTLIGHT

Every so often an artist comes along and changes the course of things. Innovative original style. Edgy foresight. A stupid dope vision.
These are a few of the components that make up some of the best artist of the times. Imagine if Micheal Jackson had’ve fizzled out after his Motown deal in the 70s. Imagine if 50 Cent had died in that near fatal shooting that left him with an alleged 9 bullet holes. Imagine if Diddy had’ve graduated from Howard business school in the 90s and gone off to Wall Street instead of Beat Street. The songs and styles we all know them best for would have gone unheard.
Devin The Dude has never been the biggest artist in the game, he’s never had the “machine” behind him, he’s never even won an award for music as far as we know (Dr.Dre’s Chronic 2001 where Devin croons a hook doesn’t count). However he is one of the best to ever do it. Diamonds in the rough is what hip hop is ALL about. Even at hip hop’s inception the popular sound was lame and everyone wanted to know what the kids in the projects with no voice had to say. Before high powered hip hop labels existed propelling their artists to the forefront, the culture knew who was dope. “Hey man did you see Kool Herc in the park last week. Have you heard this kid from Bed Stuy freestyle? Man did you hear that song Freaky Tales?” etcetera etcetera. Finding great hip hop is like finding a great barber, a great lawyer, or a great mechanic the referral system works best. Devin The Dude has forged a 20 plus year career out of that exact system. He has recently released a new album and new singles to go along with it. But we wanted to take you all back to the beginning and the reason why this artist will always be heralded by greats like Dr.Dre.
His debut solo album cosigned by Scarface appropriately titled The Dude is a hip hop classic! Fuck the Grammys! Fuck the BET Awards! We dedicate our official SPOTLIGHT post to Devin The Dude and we thank Rap A Lot Records for continually promoting such classic hip hop. Your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. Enjoy the full album stream of Devin’s debut album. If you are one of the hip hoppers constantly complaining about the state of hip hop take about an hour out of your life to make it a little bit better.
And if you need a reason other than the fact that we told you its dope to lend this legendary artist an ear maybe name dropping will help you see the light. Devin has been cosigned by Scarface, Outkast, Dr.Dre and Snoop Dogg, Currensy, WIz Khalifa, and countless others who have sold more records and have way more radio spins and get no benefit, other than people knowing they know what’s hot, by saluting Devin’s music.
Tracks like Do What The Fuck You Wanna Do, Write or Wrong, Sticky Green, and I Can’t Quit make this album arguably one of the best rap albums to be released. Enjoy!

Happy by Pharrell

It was only right. This video has over 260 million views and counting. Perfect song and video for anybody feeling down or if your just feeling Happy. Enjoy!
PS Do not crash your car singing along to this song.

Gucci Mane Sentenced to 3 Years In Prison

Gucci Mane just pled out to 3 years in prison on his felony gun possession charge. They gave him time served meaning Big Guwop should be back on the streets in 2016. Free Gucci!!!

(R.I.P. Doe) Doe B | Let Me Find Out

Doe B was a new underground rapper from Montgomery, Alabama, after dropping a slew of mixtapes and a few videos he found himself signed to T.I.’s Grand Hustle imprint. He was murdered at a popular street nightclub in Montgomery a couple days after Christmas in 2013, to add insult to injury one of the two gunman appears at the 11 second mark in his street classic Let Me Find Out. Even more eerie is at the 11 second mark the video audio says “fuck nigga” while showing Doe B’s shooter. Given Doe B’s talent and the fact that he was on the rise alot of people from the deep south thought he would be the next huge rapper. T.I. spoke at Doe B’s funeral and vowed to keep Doe B’s legacy alive. Let’s hope so. Most recently a new video was released with the mixtape DOAT3. Long Live Doe B! Live from Da Chicken Shack…

Doe B – Definition of a Trapper Volume 3

http://livemixtap.es/doat3

Lil Boosie Before He Went To Prison Back In 2009

Lil Boosie has been killing the underground scene for quite some time. This video was shot by our personal friends at StreetHeat before Lil Boosie went to prison. Welcome Home Lil Boosie