Vince Staples "Hell Can Wait" Tour Dates

Vince Staples announces "Hell Can Wait" tour dates in support of his upcoming EP. Vince Staples has revealed the tour dates for Hell Can Wait.

The tour is set to begin on the project's release date in Denver, Colorado and it's scheduled to run through November 11.

The tour dates are as follows via HNHH. 10/7/14 - Gothic - Denver, CO 10/8/14 - Complex, Salt Lake City, UT 10/10/14 - A3C Festival, Atlanta, GA 10/12/14 - Roseland - Portland, OR 10/14/14 - Fillmore - San Francisco, CA 10/15/14 - Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA 10/16/14 - Ventura Theatre - Ventura, CA 10/17/14 - Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA 10/18/14 - Observatory - Santa Ana, CA 10/19/14 - World Beat - San Diego, CA 10/20/14 - Club Red - Phoenix, AZ 10/22/14 - Sunshine - Albuquerque, NM 10/24/14 - 10/25/14 - Southside - Dallas, TX 10/26/14 - White Rabbit, San Antonio, Tx10/27/14 - Warehouse - Houston, TX 10/28/14 - House of Blues - New Orleans, 10/30/14 - Grand Central - Miami, FLA 10/31/14 - Orpheum - Tampa, FL 11/1/14 - Firestone - Orlando, FL 11/2/14 - Masquerade - Atlanta, FL 11/4/14 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC 11/5/14 - Fillmore - Washington, D.C. 11/7/14 - TLA - Philadelphia, PA 11/8/14 - Camp Flog Gnaw, Los Angeles, CA11/11/14 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY

NFL Bans Players From Wearing Dr. Dre's Beats On Camera

As a result of a league deal with× Bose, players are restricted from wearings× Beats by Dre during league broadcasts.

After an announcement in× August that the NFL would commission× Bose as the official headset brand for the league, a new ban will restrict players from wearing Beats by Dre headphones during all NFL-related broadcasts. The scope of the ban applies to “all TV interviews during training camps or practice sessions and on game day” according to Yahoo! Sports. Players will also be barred from appearing on-camera with× Beats during postgame interviews up to 90 minutes after the end of each game.Players wearing the headphones during restricted times will face a fine by the league. The ban “isn’t expected to impact Beats’ promotional deals with NFL Pro Bowlers like× Kaepernick and Cam Newton” according to Rolling Stone though the rules will be applied to them all the same. The NFL released a statement detailing their history of “[prohibited] branded exposure on-field or during interviews.” The statement claims that “the policies date back to the early 1990s and continue today.” A league spokesperson added that “Bose is not involved in the enforcement of our policies.” 

Beats by× Dre responded quickly with a statement of its own, claiming that the brand has become “as important to performance as any other piece of equipment.”

“Over the last few years athletes have written× Beats into their DNA as part of the pre-game ritual,” a spokesperson for the company said according to Recode. “Music can have a significant positive effect on an athlete’s focus and mental preparedness and has become as important to performance as any other piece of equipment.”

Beats by× Dre has a 61 percent market share on headphones costing more than $100 according to Recode. Bose holds 22 percent of the same premium headphone space while× Sony lags behind with 2 percent. The NFL ban follows similar restrictions put forth by FIFA during the× Cup soccer tournament (where Sony appeared as a sponsor). Besides Bose’s latest deal with the league,× Microsoft reportedly pays up to $400 million for its× Surface tablet to be used by coaches and players during games according to CNet.

Lil Cease Recalls Biggie's Pranks

Lil Cease and× Dons detail their experience of being pranked by× Biggie in the studio. Speaking with VladTV about the experience of spending time in the studio with The Notorious B.I.G., The Mafia Dons, formerly known as Junior M.A.F.I.A., shared memories of the rapper’s penchant for practical jokes. Recalling a prank in which the first member of the group to fall asleep in the studio would get their fingers burned, Lil Cease detailed the process. “That was one of our favorite joints, to put the matches between your fingers,” he said. “Put’em between your joints and then you light’em. Whenever you got high with× Big and fell asleep, he didn’t like that. We’d roll up ten blunts, we’d mix it with some hash, some liquid hash. Roll up, smoke about five or six of those, you might just nod out. Don’t leave them hands out. We would take some matches and we would stick’em between your fingers and we would light’em. It take a minute to burn down to your skin so by that time we probably left the room, closed the door. You’d wake up by yourself, smacking fucking shit out your hand. You thinking you was that high, like, ‘What the fuck I done did?’ We lit your shit up. We’d be sitting right there with cameras and shit, taping you and shit.”“It was no sleeping around× Big period,” emcee× Banger added. “We was kids,” Lil Cease said. “That was the type of stuff we would do. That’s it. A little burn on your hand. It’d be over after you smoke another blunt.”Breaking down another in-studio prank,× Cease added, “we was just kids.” “We’d throw [Lil] Kim’s wig on you if she got it around,” he said. “We’d dress you up. Soy sauce, powder. That shit is on video. There’s some footage out there. Go on YouTube, you’ll see that footage. It’s all over. But that was just everyday fun for us. We was just some kids. You know, you gotta think about it,× Big was only 24 when he passed. But you know, we was all like 16 or 17 years old. We didn’t know how to act. The gave us a couple dollars.”

Brian Williams Responds To Jimmy Fallon's Rap Sessions Segment

Brian Williams says "never before have so many words been re-purposed so outside their original meaning."

Anchor and managing editor of the NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams took to Facebook last week for a two-hour long Q&A session with fans. Answering questions about his life and career,× Williams also fielded fan questions about his preference in music and reaction to Jimmy Fallon’s Rap Sessions segment on The Tonight Show in which Williams' broadcasts are spliced and edited into a Rap performance. Most recently, the× Sessions featured Williams performing Ludacris' "Rollout (My Business)."

Asked if he was angry about the Rap Sessions, Williams responded, “Quite the opposite.” “They’ve been amazing,” he added. “Never before have so many words been re-purposed so outside their original meaning. We have interviewed the profoundly talented video editor and will put it on the web before long.” Another fan asked the news anchor about his preference for The Notorious B.I.G. or Tupac Shakur. “I don't want to stir up trouble with× Big's existing crew...but The Pac has been my guy,” Williams wrote in response.

Co-anchor of MSNBC’s Morning Joe program as well as a co-anchor of the network’s Today’s Take segment,× Geist himself asked Williams a Hip Hop based question about the N.W.A. “Which is your favorite member of N.W.A.?” Geist asked.

“Willie! Who explained to you NWA made music and wasn't a former airline based in Detroit?” Williams said. “Willie Geist, ladies and gentlemen!” Geist responded himself, writing, “I'll take that evasive answer as a ‘MC Ren.’” Brian Williams’ version of “Gin and Juice” originally aired in× April and has tallied more than ten million views on YouTube alone.