WAKA FLOCKA AJIGAMBA NA JIBU MAPIGO KWA WALE WANAOSEMA HAJUI  KURAP.

Earlier this week, Waka Flocka Flame released his highly anticipated Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family, and while some critics applaud his energy, others continue critique his lack of lyrical creativity. Now, in a recent interview with Fader, the Brick Squad Monopoly rapper responds to critics' complaints about his raps.

Flocka explained that he fully well realizes that many listeners find fault in his simplistic wordplay, so much so that he even joked that "Lord knows Waka can’t rap," but he maintains he doesn't care. He said that his music is more about energy and emotion rather than traditional rhymes and lyrics. He added that he's always had difficulty expressing himself even in his youth, but that his music has been a means to channel his feelings without having to verbalize them. 

"People say, 'You don’t have lyrics,' so I’m just like, 'Lord knows Waka can’t rap'...I'm being sarcastic...throw it in their faces. I really don’t have an answer for them. I’m doing Waka’s music. My music is different. It don’t sound like a typical rapper’s music...sometimes I’ll go two weeks and won’t record shit, cause I don’t feel it. But another week I might go do 10-12 songs."

He continued, "It’s a mood. If you’re happy as shit you can just rap about whatever cause you’re happy as shit. The best times for me to rap are when I’m happy and mad. When I’m depressed and shit, I don’t too much like rapping. When I’m happy and mad, I love it. Sometimes I verbally release my stress and it backfires on me, because sometimes I don’t express how I really feel. Since I was young it’s been hard to express how I feel, I really don’t like talking about problems. But now, I don’t have to deal with ultimate lame shit. I made my mark, so I can be around what I want to be around."

THE RZA AWAONGOZA MAELFU KWENYE UKUMBI WA JUVENILE HALL SIKU YA BABA DUNIANI.

The RZA will be spending his Father's Day at the Los Angeles Juvenile Hall to teach inmates about fatherhood.

The late Ol' Dirty Bastard once said that the Wu-Tang Clan is for the children, and now, the RZA is putting that into action. This Father's Day June 17, Bobby Digital will be working at an area juvenile detention center in Los Angeles, CA.

TMZ reports that the rapper/producer/actor will be hosting a workshop on fatherhood for inmates at the Los Angeles Juvenile Hall who will be raising children following their release. The Rzarector will be teaching inmates a number of skills and life lessons that they will need for raising their children, including changing changing diapers, dressing kids and more.

"[The RZA will help] educate the young men about their roles, responsibilities and expectations as fathers upon their release from juvenile hall," explained the Los Angeles County Probation Department in a press release.

The RZA most recently appeared as a guest on the Showtime program "Californication" and reportedly been working with Method Man and Busta Rhymes.

GAME ATOA WITO KWA DRAKE NA CHRIS BROWN WAWE NA UWAMINIFU KWENYE USHKAJI WAO.

Game says Drake and Chris Brown need to resolve their issues, but reveals that he has no plans on being mediator.

Compton rapper Game is no stranger when it comes to issues between other artists, but following an incident allegedly involving both Chris Brown and Drake this week the rapper is calling for a truce between both artists.

TMZ caught up with Game to get his thoughts on the altercation which took place at W.i.P. in New York City.

“Come on what kinda questions ya’ll be asking man,” said Game when asked if Chris Brown vs. Drake would become the equivalent of Tupac vs. Biggie. “Chris Brown is like my little brother man. Drake is a cool dude man. They just need to cut that out. It ain’t worth it.”

While Game hopes for peace between Drake and Chris Brown he revealed that he’s in no position to be mediator between the two artists.

“I can’t be ambassador man. I’m just a cool cat man. Imma stay out of they beef and let them do them,” Game explained. “It’s for the bird’s man.”

KANYE WEST, FAT JOE WAFANYA TRAKI YA UZAWA INAYOKWENDA KWA JINA LA 'PRIDE N JOY'

During the early 1990s, the Native Tongues was one of rap's most influential collectives. Comprised of groups A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Jungle Brothers, the crew collaborated on beloved hip-hop tracks like De La's "Buddy" and "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'." It's unifying tracks like those that inspired Fat Joe's latest single "Pride N Joy."

"That's exactly what it was," Fat Joe said of the song's Native Tongues comparisons. "It was like Native Tongues, it was like crazy, everybody was in there, and that's what hip-hop is supposed to be."

The track was produced by Kanye West and brought Miguel, Roscoe Dash, Jadakiss, Mos Def, Busta Rhymes and DJ Khaled all together in the studio. It was Yeezy who put the plan in motion.

" 'Ye hit me up and said, 'Yo Joe, it's time.' He don't even get on the phone, so when he said it was time, I flew into New York," Joe explained while backstage at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert on Sunday. "We were up in there working in the lab for like three, four days."

Originally the track featured a bridge sung by R&B stars Trey Songz and Miguel, but West felt the song was better served with a harder rap vibe. "He was like, 'Yo we gotta turn it into hip-hop, we gotta chant the hook. He called a bunch of people, I called a bunch of people, they came down," Crack said.

"And even if she all about the money, I don't really care," the MCs chant in unison while clapping their hands.

"We was all in there together and it was an ill vibe," the Terror Squad leader said describing the scene in the studio. "We brought the microphone outside the studio and no Styrofoam [sound proofing] and everybody together just going in."

Though he is already two singles deep ("Pride N Joy" and the Chris Brown-assisted "Another Round"), Joe isn't going to rush his eleventh album. There is currently no release date.

"I'm taking it back to the '80s, when artists where putting out like four singles in a row," he said. "That way you smash 'em and the fans officially know, 'Yo, this dude got nothin' but hits on this thing, I'ma go cop the album.' "

What do you think of "Pride N Joy"? Is it "what hip-hop is supposed to be"? Leave your comment below! 

THE ROOTS WAUNGANA KID CUDI, DIPLO AND RAKIM KWENYE ANNUAL PICNIC

 Hip-hop's hardest-working band is getting ready to put in overtime this weekend as the Roots put on their fifth annual Roots Picnic in the City of Brotherly Love.

Wale, Kid Cudi, Meek Mill, De La Soul and Diplo will join the world-famous Roots crew and perform during the two-day music festival on Saturday and Sunday at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. The picnic has grown over the years as the idea was birthed back in the band's early days while they were touring in Europe.Questlove Excited For Annual Roots Picnic

"This year will mark the first time that we're doing two days instead of one," Roots maestro ?uestlove told MTV News back in May. "I'm extremely proud of the diverse lineup that we have. Between Wale, Meek, Kid Cudi, De La Soul, Rakim, St. Vincent, Major Lazer, Diplo, Danny [Brown], it's a whole vast array of acts that we have on the show. “Last Saturday, the Roots will back iconic New York trio De La Soul for their performance, and Sunday they will hit the stage with Rakim to honor his 1987 debut album with Rakim.”On the second day we're celebrating Rakim's 25th anniversary of Paid in Full, so we're going to do the entire album from start to finish,”?uesto explained. "That's like a tradition, last year we did Illmatic from start to finish with Nas."

Last year, ?uestlove, Black Thought and company backed Rakim for an intimate concert at the legendary New York jazz club the Blue Note. "The Roots is hip-hop royalty right now," Ra told us back then. "From what they do, what they bring to the table, for them to holla at me, put this together, invite me out, that let me know, 'Yo, it's official.' Otherwise, they wouldn't. It's a good feeling to be around this long and still get that love."

For ?uestlove, it's all about celebrating good music and bringing the vibe that they absorbed in Europe over to the U.S. "That's all we wanted to do was bring back what we learned and give it to the city of Philadelphia," he said.