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DJ Khaled has been on a huge roll lately seeing a ton of success since he began snap chatting his daily life. Khaled has just signed a brand new deal with Epic Records and has a new album on the way called “Major Key” so things are only moving up for him. Today he has announced via his Instagram that he will be going on tour with Beyonce for her “Formation” tour which is sure to be huge. This is what Khaled had to say about this opportunity “Today I proudly announce a major milestone in my career. Today’s announcement is a major accomplishment in my life. In other words it’s a major achievement alert!!!! I am proud to announce that I, DJ Khaled will be on tour with the icon, Beyoncé!!!!! Fan luv, when I tell you that prayer is the so powerful, please believe me. I want to thank the incomparable icon Beyoncé for this tremendous opportunity of a lifetime. Your music is the soundtrack to so many people’s lives across the globe. Your legacy is a blueprint for the young generation to follow and strive to be. You are the true definition of a superstar. Thank you so much for inviting me on your stage. I promise you this! I’m gonna rip it down so legendary!!!!!! When I was a kid THEY told me no when I wanted to DJ and perform in the club! So guess what, I did!!! OPEN FOR BEYONCÉ!!!!!! Fan luv we did it! We made on the stage with the Queen. Get ready to feel passion pain success and tears of joy in a STADIUM NEAR YOU!!!!! Miami, see you soon!!! I’ll be on stage with Beyoncé on April 27th and then I’ll be on the road to more success. Thank you again Beyoncé for making this dream come true for me. I will never stop fan luv. Bless up!!” Be sure to check out Khaled’s Snapchat because it is sure to be even more amazing when he is on Beyonce’s tour.

Well this news isn’t very surprising at all but iLoveMakonnen has departed from OVO. This has been confirmed by the label today via Billboard. People assumed that this was the case because of his recent interviews where he was expressing that OVO and him were at odds as of late. Makonnen had this to say in a statement “I cannot thank OVO, 40, Oliver, Future & Mr. Morgan, enough for all that they have done for my career. No words can express how much I appreciate Drake for being a part of the success of Tuesday. I’m sure the haters will have something negative to say, but all in all my choice to be solely on Warner Bros Records was the right thing for me and for my best interest. Sorry there’s no beef to report, DRINK MORE WATER.” So it looks like there is no bad blood at all which is always a good thing.

Nicki Minaj’s older brother, Jaleni Maraj is now being indicted for raping a 12 year old girl. As we know he was arrested back in December of last year but was actually released after Nicki put up $100,000 for his bail. Now on April 4^th a grand jury decided to indict Jaleni which means he is now officially being charged with predatory assault against a child, sexual conduct against a child, felony sexual conduct against a child under age 13, sexual conduct against a child, and finally endangering the welfare of a child. If Jaleni is actually convicted he is looking at 15 years plus.

Lafayette, Louisiana has just given Lil Wayne a key to the city last night just before he performed his Tidal exclusive concert. “We appreciate what you and TIDAL have done on behalf of the philanthropic efforts and we’re so proud of our Ragin’ Cajuns, Alpha Phi Alpha, for what they did and we want to present to you a very special key to the city that we made specifically for you,” said the Mayor of Lafayette, Joel Robideaux.

A Kanye West Fan has decided to sue both Kanye himself and Tidal because they believe that they were mislead into signing up for Tidal because Ye said the album would never be on the other platforms. Of course the album is on both Apple Music and Spotify now and the man named Justin Baker-Rhett is suing and wants Tidal to erase any info they collected on people who signed up for the album on their site. So he plans to make it known that Tidal and Kanye West tricked a large amount of people into signing up for the service which does kind of seam like the case now that it is everywhere. Keep it locked right here for any future updates in this case.

Now this is pretty embarrassing but Rick Ross was a guest at the White House just last friday to talk criminal justice reform. Obama had Rick Ross, Chance the Rapper, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, Common, Push T, Wale, Ludacris, Dj Khaled, Timbaland, and Bust Rhymes show up which is a pretty awesome guest list. TMZ is reporting that a very awkward situation went down though when Rick Ross’ ankle monitor actually decided to go off while at the White House. Ross must wear the monitor while his assault case is still pending so who knows when he’ll finally get it off.

Waka Flocka while in Seattle had consumed too many marijuana edibles. This lead to Waka ending the night with paramedics taking care of him. “Aw man. #seattle was too much last night” Waka posted to his own Instagram account. Waka Flocka must have had a ton because he is a big dude and avid user so he must of taken things to a whole other level. Check out the pic below.

Aw man. #seattle was too much last night. #nonGMO edibles and 20 or more blunts later. 🚑🚑🚑🚑💀 @djwhookid @stuntmanphotography

A photo posted by WAKA FLOCKA (@wakaflocka) on Apr 18, 2016 at 6:54am PDT

Taking to his Instagram, Drake announced to the fans that he would be having a “Views” special event in NYC. With the release of his highly anticipated album “Views From The 6” Drake is having a big event in New York City and he has shared the address of the spot where it is going down which is 135 Bowery at 4PM. The event is a pop up shop where fans can get their own views shirts and they are totally free which is pretty awesome. Drake sure knows how to get the fans really hyped.

Ice Cube was definitely the highlight performer of Coachella on Saturday and then he brought out a ton of people that made his show the one to see. Ice Cube has been having a great year with the hit movie Straight Outta Compton and N.W.A finally getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cube definitely went all out for his show at Coachella having MC Ren and Dj Yella hitting the stage with him as well as his son. Ice Cube even had Snoop make an appearance as well as Common and everyone did their thing. Check out a clip below.

During an interview on the DJ Drama radio show Lil Wayne decided to finally talk about the price Jay Z was willing to pay to sign him back in 2005. “You know when I went out there to talk to him about being with Roc-A-Fella, and mind you this was years ago, years ago, first of all, he was at the 40/40 in the daytime, and when I got up there he was talking, it was Denzel, it was Derek Jeter. I was like, ‘This is his clique?’ And they up there just laughing at jokes I just don’t get. He literally sat me down next to him, and this where all that’s going on at, and he sat me right here. Like, ‘You ain’t a part of this,’ you know? And he would talk to me on the side after every joke.” Wayne said and then he finally gets to what everyone had been wanting to know which was how much Jay offered. “That man offered me 175[thousand] I said, ‘Believe that…’ I was looking like, two teeth in my mouth is 175 like two of them. My bottom teeth. So we laugh about that all the time. We joke about it all the time.” That number does seem awfully low for Lil Wayne in around his prime. Check out the clip below.

As many people know YG dropped a new track featuring Nipsey Hussle called “Fuck Donald Trump” and he recently performed a little of the song on his Coachella set. He later spoke with Complex about the track. “That’s the type of shit that we gonna have to deal with. We knew that and we dealt with it, we speaking for a lot of people who are not really speaking up or they got nobody in no situation that’s really gonna put it all on the line for they race they culture. We feel a similar way everyone else feels. We just took it on the chest. Like, ‘Look, This is what we about to do. We gonna speak on it.’ Fuck whatever consequences and all of that. We gonna deal with it.”

John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen had their first child enter the world and they made the announcement via Instagram and Twitter. They had a baby girl named Luna Simone Stephens on April 14 and just today decided to share it with the world. “Our new love is here! Luna Simone Stephens, born on Thursday, the 14. We couldn’t be happier!” John Legend tweeted out.

Drake is known to dabble in other business ventures other then music which he is still at the top of right now. The latest venture is Drake’s own Virginia Black Whiskey which he teased to his fans on his Instagram showing a really 70’s looking bottle of whiskey. Make sure to check out his post below with the tease of the tv ad for the whiskey but just know there is no release date for it yet but it is a pretty fitting business venture for Drake.

Good for your soul. @virginiablackwhiskey

A video posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Apr 14, 2016 at 2:09pm PDT

Every year XXL Freshman puts up 10 rap artist they believe are the next to make it big in the industry or have a major buzz. This year it appears Tory Lanez was offered a spot on the cover since he is a pretty well known artist making waves this year but sadly he has decided to decline the offer. Tory actually took to his Twitter to make the announcement today letting all his fans know what’s up saying “I passed on the XXL cover. Don’t b confused” now this may not be all bad though because Drake and PartyNextDoor also declined the very same offer and are doing very well for themselves.

It has been a minute since we got a Common album but it looks like the fans will soon have another album to add to the collection. In a brand new interview on “Live! With Kelly and Michael” Common actually announced that he is working on his eleventh studio album which is pretty exciting. The last album from Common came out in 2014 so it is about time and it is much needed.