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Hip-Hop has been on a roll lately showing that it is the most popular genre on the largest streaming service, Spotify. Now it has come out thanks to Musixmatch that hip hop actually has the highest vocabulary out of all of the most popular music genres. The othere genres were Pop, Electronic, Indie Rock, Country, Heavy Metal, Rock, and Folk. The vocabulary size of hip hop is 1,963 words with a whole 478 words used each song and 94 new words each. The second genre is heavy metal with 1,533 words. This is a pretty cool stat to have in the books for this ever growing unique genre in music.

Source: Musixmatch

While on the Breakfast Club radio show Rick Ross got to explain himself when it came to his diss track “Color Money”. The interview kicks off on this subject and says “that record is what it is” instead of coming out and saying he was dissing Drake or anyone else. But Ross does say that Lil Wayne is his homie confirming the track is not about him but instead is about Birdman. “I don’t have a relationship with Birdman” Ross says and adds later “Right now, really me just seeing what Wayne going through as an artist, me idolizing Birdman at a time, me looking up to Lil Wayne, Wayne being the first artist making to make so many feats not just as an artist but an artist coming through the South, that’s something I took personal. For me to see the way things are transpiring, I can’t respect that, and I don’t respect that.” So who knows what will happen from here on but make sure to keep it right here for any updates.

Yesterday it was reported that Bobby Shmurda’s family came up with the $2 million bond even though family had to put up their own property for it. This was not enough though because the judge actually denied it. Bobby Shmurda will continue to be locked up until there is another proposal from the legal team behind him. Keep it locked for updates when he has another court date next month.

During a concert Rich Homie Quan got heated when a male fan of his tried to touch him and he started saying some pretty reckless things on the mic. Quan was calling the fan that touched him gay and added that he looked like Young Thug. Young Thug took that as Quan calling him gay which is pretty much what he did say so Thug tweeted “Homie yo lil career almost OV!!!” but a little later Thug tweeted that Quan didn’t mean what he said and he has a pass. Slip ups like that are not a good look though on Rich Homie Quans part and could ruin his already sketchy relationship with Young Thug.

Joey Bada$$ has been all over the world performing for his fans this year since he dropped his debut album early in the year. Joey took to his Facebook page to announced that he has cancelled many December tour dates in New Jersey and Europe with the reason being exhaustion. At just 20 years old though he is missing a lot of great opportunities it is better for him keep healthy and kick off 2016 better then ever.

A new track on Rick Ross’s latest album “Black Market” will have a track called “Color Money” and it was leaked to day and had some shots a Drake on it. It looks like this could be a way to get more sales before the album drops which if that is the case it is a pretty sad trend. This is what Rick Ross says on the track

 

“Color money got your bitch out on a world tour
My lil homie made a million on his girl tour
We back to back and down to whack a nigga unborn
Miami niggas got them changing all the gun laws
So run Forest got some shooters and they dying too
I got more money than that pussy that you’re signed to”

These shots really come out of no where and the track was quickly taken down which makes everyone think it was just to get a buzz around the album but we’ll see if anyone responds to this so keep it locked right here.

Bobby Shmurda has been in prison a long time now ever since his arrest around this time last year. But he might actually be getting out tomorrow after reports has come out that his family has found a way to get the $2 million bond. Bobby Shmurda’s legal team created a bond package with the money that they are hoping to present to the judge as soon as possible and most of the money put up came from his own aunt putting up several of her properties to see this happen. Keep it right here for updates on the situation.

Travi$ Scott has become a young staple in the rap game with the crazy things he is known for doing and with being good friends with Kanye. Scott has got himself a ever growing fanbase that show love to every new song he drops only getting him more mainstream attention. Travi$ has landed the cover of Complex magazine for December/January issues with a full cover story so people can really get a closer look at who this artist really is. Check out the full story right here.

Source: Complex

TIDAL has been trying to remain relevant since it started up and with Jay Z backing it it’s hard to believe it isn’t a bigger service. Back in April the company fired it’s CEO and 25 employees so the seat has been empty ever since then. That has just changed though because TIDAL has filled the position with a man named Jeff Tiog. Hopefully things really start to ramp up with someone new leading the charge to become a much bigger streaming service.

 

Source: Billboard

Drake has not slowed down since he first got into the industry he has maintained his popularity and it seems to only be growing every year. Now Spotify has released their Year in Music lists and it lets us know the most-streamed artist on their service in the entire world. With a user base of $75 million listeners Drake managed to be the worlds most-streamed artist in 2015 which is a pretty amazing achievment. Drake had 1.8 billion streams this year alone and Rihanna happened to be the most streamed female artist. Now we are just waiting on his album, “Views From The Six” which couldn’t come soon enough for his fans.

A while back a woman decided to sue 2 Chainz because he was calling her a “THOT” in a video that went viral on the internet. She was trying to get $5 million from Chainz for damages but she has lost the case according to reports by TMZ. A North Carolina Judgle tossed out the lawsuit saying calling a person a “THOT” is not considered “extreme or outragous conduct”. At the end of the day the woman tried to get a ton of money from 2 Chainz and get him in trouble with the police and it all failed which is great news for Chainz.

 

It almost seemed like the Tupac Biopic would never see the light of day but a director has finally taken the helm of the project. Benny Boom is his name and he is the music video director that worked with people like 50 Cent, Nelly, Nicki Minaj and then some. Benny has studied under people like Hype Williams and Director X so he has got some talent. Taking to his instagram Benny had this to say about this huge opportunity “I am blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime. Telling the story of this revolutionary, artist, visionary, genius, soldier! I will make him proud and uphold the legacy.” Hopefully this project takes shape and can tell Tupac’s story right.

Tonight Kid Cudi took to his twitter account to let his fans know that he will no longer be going on his “Especial” tour this coming winter. The reasoning was cited as production and personal issues but here is exactly what he said to his fans over twitter. “I got a lot I’m dealing with at this time in my personal life too and in order for the shows to be the best experience possible as well as keeping my sanity intact, I need to regroup. I have to.” To make up for it Cudi dropped the title track to his upcoming album “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” and the album drops this Friday so there is about to be a lot more new Kid Cudi music for the people.

Lupe Fiasco and Kid Cudi have not seen eye to eye in the past and it seems as though Lupe is still holding onto a grudge. During a recent show in Milwaukee this last weekend Lupe rapped these words “P.S.: To all my enemies, you are now forgiven / Except Kid Cudi cause that’s not my muthafuckin’ buddy / If I see him in the streets, it’s getting’ muthafuckin’ ugly, I know you might be a fan / me and him share similar shit and you like, ‘Damn!’ / But that don’t matter, they gonna be back into the chatter”. Later on that same night he said that he is going to let it go but you can see how this is a little sudden after saying what he said. Keep it locked for updates on Lupe and Cudi. Check out the clips below.

 

A phone call from Birdman has surfaced on the web in the form of a video that is suggesting that Birdman actually called the up and coming rapper Slim Jesus. The recording was taken by a person in Slim Jesus’s crew and you can hear what sounds like like Birdman talking though it is hard to make out what is being said. Birdman wanted to represent Slim Jesus though Slim Jesus is not interested in signing any deal he wants to remain independant. Check out the clip below.