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The last couple days there have been huge protests in Baltimore that came after the funeral of Freddie Gray. Freddie Gray was a young African-American man who had died while in police custody earlier on in the month. New Yorkers have decided to show their support in this unjust death by coming together in Union Square. This was organized by Russell Simmons but Pro Eras Joey Bada$$ was also seen among the people in support of the cause.

.@joeyBADASS out here in Union Square in support of #Baltimore2NYC and #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/0fHWMFNuNs

— Sidney Madden (@Sid_Madden) April 29, 2015

Rihanna is flying the Puma banner these days and was named the creative director of the clothing brand just last year. She never appeared on a Puma commercial last year but that changes this year with Rihanna appearing in her first ever Puma ad campaign. In the ad Rihanna is head to toe Puma which should really help Puma gain some ground in the athletic leisure gear market. Check out the image tweeted by Puma today below.

An icon who does it all needs a shoe that can keep up. Introducing the Pulse XT, worn by @Rihanna. #ForeverFaster pic.twitter.com/Qupt6cc0bl

— PUMA (@PUMA) April 29, 2015

Diddy is heading out on the road to do a big tour. Today Diddy was on the Ellen show and talked about his upcoming world tour. “I’m gonna go and do a world tour, I’m not gonna hit a lot of places, but the places that I am gonna hit, it’s important for me because it’s probably my last time touring.” Currently Diddy is working on his album called MMM which stands for Money Making Mitch. Check out the clip from Ellen below featuring Diddy.

Drake is headlining a lot of festivals lately starting with Coachella earlier on in the month. Now Drizzy Drake will be adding Landmark Music Festival to his list of headliners. Others taking the stage at the festival will be The Strokes, alt-J, CHVRCHES, Band of Horses, and plenty more. Though Drake is the only rap artist announced for the festival so far it will take place on September 26-27 in Washington D.C.’s West Potomac Park and the tickets are on sale now.

Chance the Rapper is a very talented up and coming rap artist from Chicago that everyone should keep an eye on. Chance first met Kanye at Jay Z’s Made In America festival way back in September and fans of both Chicago artist couldn’t be more excited about the possibilities between the two. Chance even says he is Kanye’s number one fan but now the two have linked up in the studio which can only mean good things are to come and they shared an Instagram photo showing everyone it is really happening. Check it out below.

As reported yesterday Lil Waynes tour buses were shot at the other day at around 3 A.M. and no one was injured but new details as to why the shooting may have occurred have come up. Information obtained by TMZ provides some context to the situation but does not confirm anything. According to the information the people who did the shooting were escorted out of the venue after they heckled Lil Wayne. Young Thug was also heckled on stage when he performed in Wayne’s home town but could there be any connection between the two rappers beefs and this incident? Hopefully this ends here and nothing further comes from this.

Lil B has been a good dude throughout his rap career so hearing that someone has stolen from him is pretty shocking. Lil B had $10,000 stolen from him that was in his hotel room so he assumes that it was someone in the staff at the Red Lion Hotel in Oakland. Lil B posted on Instagram a video of him asking the woman at the front desk what he should do about and getting no response. After tweeting at the company he finally got a number from them that he could call to get the situation sorted out.

The Migos are supposed to be kicking off their “Yung Rich Nation” tour bun after they were arrested it seems that plan has come to a halt. The tour was originally scheduled to begin on May 1^st but will now be pushed back to July. They have released this statement "Due to circumstances beyond our control we are postponing this tour until July. We want to be at our best and make sure that we give 100% during the Yung Rich Nation tour. We would also like to say 'Thank You' to all of our fans for their love and support." The circumstance they are talking about is obviously the fact that Offset was denied bond and is still in jail because he is a felon.

Freestyling is something that is sacred in the hip-hop community and most rappers can hardly actually freestyle without reading lines. So when we hear someone actually freestyle of the top it really impresses us. The Game must be unaware that everything online stays online forever but the internet recently found the game spitting the same freestyle in five different clips. The most recent use of the lyrics was on the “Breakfast Bars” radio show but if you look back you can hear him spit nearly the same verse all the way back in 2011. Check out the “freestyles” below.

Nelly is known to mess around in the country music field after his big hit with Tim McGraw called “Over and Over”. Now Nelly has decided to revisit the country music scene by making a country project in a time where country artist are more open minded to hip-hop. When speaking with Billboard Nelly’s manager said “He’s a free agent on the label side now, and is working on a country-based Heartland EP, which should be really interesting. He may be one of the first hip-hop artists to jump into that space in an authentic way with Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw, so we think he has an opportunity to grow that base even more.” Nelly has separated from Universal so this project will be independent it seems but it will be interesting to see how this turns out for Nelly.

We have not heard any new music from Nas in a very long time but the rapper has announced to his fans during a show in Orlando that a new album is on the way. In a video captured by a fan on Instagram Nas says “, "Right muthafuckin’ now, death to all snitches. Watch every nigga around you my niggas ‘cuz shit is real out here. 2015, new album this summer." This is probably a lot sooner than most people expected but it is great news for fans of the legendary artist.

Young Thug has hinted at his engagement over Instagram posting a pic of two rings with the caption “Will U” and another with him kissing his girl with the caption “4LIFE”. But the engagement was finally confirmed when Young Thug was asked by AllHipHop at the listening session for Barter 6. Young Thug was not very talkative about the subject though and simply answered “yes” when asked about it. Check out the clip below.

Lil Wayne had done a performance in Atlanta’s Compound nightclub on Saturday night and shots were fired at his two tour buses. As reported by TMZ the shooting had occurred at around 3:30 AM, as the tour buses were at the venue. Sources have confirmed that rapper Lil Twist and Hood were aboard one of the buses when this all went down but it is unknown whether Wayne was traveling with them. Reports from the police say that the buses fled the scene after the shots were fired and they called police once they got to their hotel. This investigation is currently ongoing but we will keep you up to date on anything that happens.

The beef between Young Thug and Lil Wayne is starting to influences fans of both artists. During Young Thugs most recent show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Thug was heckled and booed by people in the crowd. There is footage of the incident as well were you can hear people in the audience yelling out “Weezy” and “Holly Grove” along with insults directed at Young Thug. But Young Thug said “I still love you” to all the hecklers showing only positivity about the whole situation.

Jay Z has taken to twitter in defense of the TIDAL streaming service that just launched a few weeks back. Jay was on twitter trying to silence all of the people that just stopped believing in TIDAL. “Stream of consciousness coming in 5, 4, 3, 2,…#TidalFacts” Jay Z started out his tweets with. Then he said “Tidal is doing just fine. We have over 770,000 subs. We have been in business less than one month. #TidalFacts” Jay Z is clearly in this for the long haul and mentions that Spotify took 9 years to reach the success it has today. Will this help the new streaming services cause? Only time will tell but keep it locked right here for any updates.