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While in an interview with Sway Rick Ross expressed his disappointment in Timbaland releasing “Movin Bass” saying “Timbaland released his version that I was real disappointed in hearing. Me and Jay created the original version. That’s one of the records we vibed up when we had a couple sessions. Of course, Timbaland produced it, and I went by the studio before and he played be the version and I was like, ‘I see what you did, but chill on that. We doin’ our thing on that.’ I was disappointed in homie on that.” But in the end Ross says that they are bigger than that and are bosses so hopefully this means it isn’t too big of an issue and they are just going to move on.

Big Sean has given back to his community this Thanksgiving donating a total of 1000 turkeys to a local high school. Surprising students at River Rouge High School, Big Sean himself was handing out turkeys with everyone else. This is the second time Sean has done this event with his charity Sean Anderson Foundation.

 

Nicki Minaj reportedly disrespected reporter Liz Hernandez on the Red Carpet at the AMA’s. Nicki got especially angry after being asked about her rival, Iggy Azalea.  Iggy’s boyfriend, Nick Young was questioned about the situation and he replied with: “Oh man! You know, it is what it is,” Young told reporters at the party this week. “I had to deal with the aftermath when she came home. … When she got home and was going through her phone and hearing all the things and people talking trash about her, you know I had to be there for her. .But you know what, Iggy is doing big things and it’s scaring a lot of people!”

Liz Hernandez later called Nicki out on Twitter: “Never in the workplace has someone been so disrespectful to me as Nicki Minaj yesterday. I feel embarrassed to have supported her as a fan.”

During an exclusive interview with DX Daily, Ty Dolla $ign was asked about his views on the Ferguson situation: “My take on that is, damn man, it’s f*cked up man. It’s very f*cked up. I just don’t wanna see people f*ck their own neighborhood up like we did ours here in South Central back in the day ‘cause it doesn’t make sense to f*ck your own neighborhood up. But I understand how people feel. That shit’s f*cked up. It keeps on happening to us. Something’s gotta f*cking give eventually.”

After making a large investment for Wu-Tang-Clan’s new album, RZA believes he is going to lose quite a bit of money: “Everything, and I won’t recoup. I’m already overbudget. Maybe I’ll net out a half-million-dollar loss. I invested in the album. Look, if I never did anything again in music, it wouldn’t affect my life materially. I live a very satisfying life. Not because I’ve made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think that’s the American dream: to be at peace at home.”

Game has been doing charitable work with his organization The Robin Hood Project for quite a while. November 22^nd, he was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award for his organization. Game later thanked everyone for his award on Instagram: “It all started when I gave one kid from Africa $20. That created @therobinhoodproject & since then I’ve given away over a million dollars of my own money hand to hand & through charitable organizations. I am honored & more than appreciative of #ABC for this ‘Humanitarian Of The Year’ award. I was just a poor kid from Compton…. Never thought in a million years I’d have even an extra dollar to giveaway let alone a million. #Humbled.”

Joey Bada$$ never finished his senior year of high school and though that was the case he had great memories of Edward R. Murrow High School. So much so that he decided to give back to the school this week raising $10,000 selling unreleased music and exclusive clothing. Joey then donated the full amount to his former high school that bought them new instruments and production equipment.

The American Music Awards aired last night and there were some big names up for Best Hip-Hop album. With names like Eminem and Drake no one expected an artist like Iggy Azalea to take the top spot winning hip-hop album of the year. The Marshal Mathers  LP 2 and Nothing Was The Same were both beat out which has a lot of hip-hop fans confused reacting negatively on twitter comparing her win to that of Macklemore winning over Kendrick and the Grammies.

Drake’s whole OVO movement has been a big one of the past few years with him branching out to do different things with the brand including the recent Capcom mash up. Though Drake has done OVO pop-up shops in the past this new OVO store will be permanent starting it all off in his home city of Toronto. Drake posted to his instagram over the weekend a photo of the store front to give fans a sneak peak at what is to come. The store is said to be opening soon according to Drake so keep it locked for more information regarding how it all turns out for this business venture.

Rap collabs rarely feature more than 5 or 6 rappers on the track but a new project being put together by Noisey and Hennessey is planning on taking it to another level. The track will feature 30 different rappers being recorded in three big cities. Some rappers known to be on the track so far are YG, Problem, Action Bronson, Scotty ATL, Nipsey Hussle, Raekwon, Killer Mike, Pusha T, and Rockie Fresh. There is no word on when the song will drop but It could be any time.

After being an independent artist, Mac Miller finally signed with Warner Bros this year. He explained his decision in a recent interview: “I don’t want to exist solely on the Internet. I think what it was for me was [it was] time to take the next step and experience what that’s like and what it is and what’s going to happen. Doing it on the independent level and taking it as far as we did is amazing… I think it just makes sense for where I’m at right now [and] where I could possibly go.”

“I’m trying to not let [the deal] factor in,” he said. “I’ve held on and been independent and done my own thing long enough that they trust me and are going to let me make what I want to make. I think that the second I let that affect the creation, it’s horrible.”

Lil B gave shout outs to Lil Wayne and Mack Maine for working with him recently: “I want to give a big shout out to Mack Maine, and to Lil Wayne. Mack Maine, I definitely give him a shout out because he was a big pivotal part of bringing me and Lil Wayne together. Being in the studio with Lil Wayne and being around him for the time that I was going to dinner and stuff like that. Just being embraced by him. To hug Lil Wayne. In 6th grade, I had a project, an iSearch project, this was middle school, and I put Lil Wayne on the cover. So to work so hard to be independent, to have no corporate backing, you know, working with Wayne and going back to moms house. I worked with then went back to the hood, went back to moms house, you know what I’m saying, that’s love that shows that you can be yourself.”

Kid Cudi took to twitter to speak about rap saying “rap music is a hustle I respect, but we need more people approaching it like an artform w some peace of mind.” Cudi is not impressed with the state of rap today posting “Anyone and everyone can rap now. Its not an impressive field to be in anymore, Ima just learn more instruments and plot more symphonies.” It looks like Kid Cudi is looking to take his music to a different level maybe even a different genre but only time can tell.

Funkmaster Flex today confirmed today will be Mister Cee’s last day at HOT 97. Cee has come close in the past to resigning after allegations that he used prostitutes. He stayed with the station at the end of the day but has finally decided to throw in the towel today by resigning. There has been no word on the reasoning for him leaving the station but he will be the second radio personality leaving HOT 97 this year following Angie Martinez a few months back.

The reason Benzino was fired from Love & Hip Hop may have actually surfaced. According to co-star on the show Stevie J he told TMZ “Benzino wouldn’t let it go … he went on a campaign of terror, threatening the lives of him and Joseline, producers and other staffers, He said flat out he was going to kill us. The threats were too much for VH1 and we’re told that’s why Benzino was banished.”