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DJ Khaled has been in the rap game for a very long time and he still seems to be in the conversation never really slowing down in any way when it comes to putting out projects that his fans love. Khaled just released a brand new album called “I Changed a Lot” and also revealed he has the cover of Complex magazine. On the cover you see Khaled with his index finger pointed up giving a signal of his hit saying “another one”. Inside the magazine you get the whole story of how Khaled has changed and has become one of hip-hops most well known personalites. Check out the cover below.

We have all been wondering if Bobby Shmurda is going to be released anytime soon, Dame Smash explains how hard it would be for L.A. Reid to bail out the young rapper, Shmurda. “I think it’s unfortunate when someone is as young as he is and people make money off of him, that no one explains to him exactly what the business is. And not understanding that when people are making money off you, once they can’t make money off you anymore, they’re not your friends no more. They’re not looking out for you no more. You understand what I’m saying? I know there was an expectation that L.A. Reid should have bailed him out or at least Epic should have bailed him out. And what I was explaining earlier was, number one, when someone in the music business—An artist is always in debt. They’re always giving you an advance against what you’re gonna sell. So, what I can see—And again, I don’t know exactly what it is. But if you were to ask me and I could give you an educated guess…When you give someone an advance. And then you have to put money into selling the record.”

Lil B is known for putting ‘Based God’ curses on people, his current victim is one who has been targeted once before, NBA star James Harden.“The Curse is officially back active. It’s disgusting … he’s still in denial … he will pay for the blatant disrespect and no honor to the originator. All he has to do is show love. Harden has gone too far this time,” Lil B stat

Rapper, Dave East has Signed to Mass Appeal. East recently detailed how his music became known to the public, including Nas.“I got a lot of family in Queensbridge and Ravenswood. Over there in the hood or whatever. So, my auntie was living over there since maybe 94-95. So, I be going back and forth, back and forth. And me and Jungle got a relationship. So, I already knew Jungle before Nas even reached out or whatever. So, I would be going back and forth over there. And once I really got into the music. Taking it serious, all of the dudes over there from Queensbridge and from that area, they got to talking about it. They got to playing it in their cars and all that. So, Jungle caught wind of it. And the next thing I know, he let me know his brother was feeling it. He said they was in L.A. They was pulling it up on YouTube and all that. Just listening to different records I put out.”

Waka Flocka is once again, upset with Atlantic Records. Flocka never fails to show his hatred for his label via Twitter: “I f*cking hate my label. Atlantic Records —– LET ME BUY-OUT F*CK!!!! Labels don’t do shit for the artist #FACTS Labels don’t invest #FACTS Labels hire a bunch of amateurs to keep cost down #FACTS. The first thing the label asked after I got shot is — “can you go to the studio” From that day forward I knew my label didn’t care I’m just another dollar sign. You mother f*ckers woke the beast back up,”

Meek Mill has been having a rough couple months when it comes to beef all stemming from him taking shots at Drake and getting hit with Drakes wrath. Today Meek decided to take to his Instagram to take shots at his own label mate Wale because of some of his comments that he said while on the Breakfast Club radio show. In the interview Wale talks about the Drake and Meek beef and his battles with depression. Wale says Meek “brought a pencil to a gunfight” and also said that the fans were going to take Drakes side no matter what. Meek came at Wale hard over his Instagram though saying that Wale is just doing a lot of gossiping to promote his next album as well as declaring that Wale is no longer apart of MMG according to him. Here is the full post from Meek “Niggas b doing all this to drop a new record gossiping about they hoe ass feelings and they personal life because they miserable and nobody don’t rock wit them! Really stay away from me Fam! U not MMG NOMORE! This why u can’t get my number you a hoe! 😂😂😂😂 and u dead cracked right now @wale foh nuttttt! I wasn’t even mad at you Fam u got some real issues with yaself and you jealous! Broke rapper! This my last time I think addressing shit on the Internet …. But if I don’t talk about it one of you dudes gone get hurt speaking my name like it’s sweet! Y’all niggas gone stop mentioning my name like it ain’t no consequences…. I’m off this internet! I don’t speak on Mmg in interviews unless it’s good! U a clown … We don’t wanna hear you nomore Fam! Go jump off a roof like u been tryna do chump! He not MMG IM MAKING THAT CALL … He been tryna call me saying Rozay owe us money… He don’t owe me shit and if he do I’ll get it later …. Go that away!” Wale responded over twitter joking that he is now looking for a roof but hopefully the two settle this because it is a bad look when people in the same label are beefing with one another.

The Weeknd has been having an amazing year making some of his best and most well received music ever. This has given him a ton of attention and he is still hanging on to the #1 spot on Billboards Hot 100 thanks to the Nicki Minaj remix and the Eminem remix. The Weeknd has also landed the cover of Rolling Stone and he shared the cover on his own Instagram today so all of his fans can see his accomplishment. The story that Rolling Stone does on the Weeknd delves into his past with his upbringing and Ethiopian roots which makes for a good read if you get the chance.

 

It has been a long time coming for the Flatbush Zombies who having been on their grind for years now. The Zombies took to the big stage just last night with huge artist like Jay Z and Lil Wayne for TIDAL’s X 1020 concert. A member of the group named Zombie Juice took to his Instagram to post of picture of him lighting up in a bathroom of what could of very well been at the Barclays Center where the concert had taken place. The caption for the picture read “1st q next year let’s get it can’t tell u the name of the album yet tho.” So expect a debut album from the group early next year and fans of theirs should be really excited by this news.

TMZ is reporting that Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have called of their divorce after Lamar signed papers while in his hospital bed dismissing the case. Lamar is now in a Los Angeles hospital getting special treatment and gets ready for the months of rehab ahead of him at least he will have his wife by his side and hopefully everything will go up from here. James Harden, the NBA player Khloe was seeing prior to the whole Lamar event is now left in the dust it would see but we’re sure he’ll be alright.

A fight almost went down at the LIV nightclub in Miami between Lil Wayne and Diddy. TMZ is reporting that both Wayne and Diddy were at the club on Sunday and it is being said that Wayne is the one who approached Diddy in his V.I.P. section but was stopped by his security. Security wanted Wayne and his people searched and Wayne was not having that and spilled his drink on one of the guards so things began to turn up but at the end of it everyone cooled off and shook hands.

Def Jam is the most successful hip hop label ever and that is according to a study by Polygraph’s Matt Daniels. He made it his job to check each labels tracks and rank on charts and how many weeks they charted for. This study went all the way back to 1989 with over 600 labels in the mix with stand out labels being those that produced the most hits at any time. Def Jam was the leader in the number of chart toppers and for the longest amount of weeks. The top five list is as follows.

Tyga just released his album “The Gold Album: 18^th Dynasty” and had his album with Chris Brown, “Fan Of A Fan”, drop in 2015. But it seems as though Tyga never stops making music no matter what and has announced a new mixtape. The mixtape will be dropping soon and will be called “Rawwest Nigga Alive” and Tyga shared the artwork for it on his Instagram saying that it will drop soon which could be in the next couple weeks or next couple months so fans need to hold on just a little longer.

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts has named Pharrell their artist-in-residence for 2015. Other members in hip-hop who have recieved this are Swizz Beatz and Ryan Leslie. “Our students and faculty will have the unique opportunity to be in conversation with an artist whose work is an inspiration and widespread, Pharrell has demonstrated a commitment to education in communities across the country. He’s dedicated to raising awareness to climate change, and he has taken ‘happiness’ from the stage and screen to people around the world through his work with the United Nations.” The dean, Allyson Green, said in her statement. Pharrell will begin on Oct. 26^th at 7PM at New York City’s very own Town Hall.

Lil Wayne has nothing but legal issues in his life these days and now he even has his lawyers suing him. Wayne just last month lost a lawsuit with a private jet company called Signature Group and he had to pay $2 million in unpaid bills. Lil Wayne has not paid up and his lawyers from that case are now suing the rapper for $80,000 because he is said to have never paid them their legal fees. This just adds to Waynes stack of lawsuits he has to deal with which includes the one from last week involving a cease and desist letter for his sextape someone had leaked and his huge $51 million lawsuit with Birdman still raging onward. Keep it locked right here for updates on all these cases as they become available.

The doctors have let Lamar Odom’s friends and family know that he will in fact survive his very near death ordeal though some damage that has come to his body will be permanent. Lamar has many months of rehabilitation ahead of him before he can start to have a normal life again but at least he has his life. Odom is still on dialysis because of his kidney failure and tests are still be ran to see if he has any damage to his brain that can have long-term effects on him. Khloe Kardashian has said she will remain by his side the whole time which is through months of rehab and therapy.