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Though Rick Ross had came out to say that his MMG family is fine Meek Mill has gone at Wale once again over his Instagram. In the post Meek says “You can’t b friends with someone who want your life…. You can’t break bread with someone who want you slice…. Can’t b on a team with someone who want you to lose…. Can’t b family if it’s gotta b all about you!#MMG X #DC minus the f#%kboy.” As of this moment Wale has responded to these remarks saying that Meek is like Old Yeller and saying he does not evny Meek in the slightest. So it seems like this beef is far from over because Meek just wont let things go.

Today DJ Drama’s ex-wife and him got into over twitter and this lead to his ex letting huge news out to the world. His ex, Summer P Walker, said that Drake’s reference tracks were actually leaked by DJ Drama to Meek Mill over the Summer which of course lead to Meek calling out Drake over twitter and eventually getting roasted by all forms of media. She says that Drama sent Meek the songs just to make him feel better because Quentin Miller did not want to work with him. This is a very interesting angle to this story and it could cost some relationships in the business.

As we all know Rick Ross has been under house arrest for a little while now but now a judge has decided it is okay for him to leave his house. TMZ is reporting that the court has decided that Ross lives far enough away from the victim in his pistol-whipping case so he is not an actual threat to him. Ross must still stay away from the victim area but we have no idea what area that is. Since Ross has been on house arrest he has been putting out a lot of remixes which the fans have been enjoying so hopefully he keeps up this momentum before his next project drops.

Danny Brown has now announced that he will be having a Bruiser Brigade Thanksgiving show. This special concert will be in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan with his whole Bruiser Brigade crew by his side. The show will be November 25^th at the Majestic Theater in Detroit. Danny is also teaming with InsideOut which is a poetry project throughout the city in which people can pledge until November 12^th and it will go towards bringing poetry to more classrooms in Detroit which is an awesome cause.

Ellerbee Demetrius, former best friend and business partner of rapper Jeezy, has filed a lawsuit against the rapper for 5 million dollars. Demetrius claimed he is the reason Jeezy became successful in the music industry and therefore deserved 4 years worth of pay. On Friday, October 30th, the chosen jury came to the decision that Jeezy did not owe Ellerbee a single penny.

Everyone knows Lil B for putting BasedGod curses on people. Recently Lil B was recorded throwing shade toward the popular artist, The Weekend. Lil B just released his single “4 Tha Record” from his mixtape Thugged Out Pissed Off, where he disses The Weekend for unknown reasons. “Call me Lil Bars with the XO Bars / Saying f*ck The Weeknd, I can’t sing that soft”

“A lot of suckas fake, so I can’t respect it / F*ck The Weeknd, put that on record,” he raps.

Houston Distributing Company has teamed up with Kevin Gates to distribute an energy drink with a quote from his hit single “I Don’t Get Tired”: “My vending network allows the artists to get their own customized vending machine and ATM to be placed in businesses–where they get a commission and promote their brand–or in their own home, to use on tour, or whatever they may like,” says Andre Bramwell, the CEO of Candyman Vending Services.

Ace Hood has announced that he has taken a few songs off of his Starvation 4 Album. Although Ace decided not to include the four tracks on his final project, he did allow the public to listen to them via Soundcloud.

The 4-track playlist includes the following: “The Omen”, “Eight Ways”, “Clarity”, and “Frozen Solid.”

Former manager of N.W.A. is now suing everyone who had a part to play in the “Straight Outta Compton” biopic for $110 million at least. TMZ is reporting the, now 75 year old Heller filed a lawsuit against Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, NBC Universal, the estate of Eazy-E and other parties involved in the films creation. Heller beleives that the film potrayed him completely wrong as “a sleazy manager who took advantage of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube.” Some events he says are false are the withholding of $75,000 from Ice Cube and misleading Dre and Cube into signing contract plus getting fired be Eazy. Heller wants $110 million in total and the film made $190 million as of late December. Keep it right here for all future updates in this case.

Everyone knows how Drake dropped “Back To Back” and completely but a stop to Meek Mill but now it looks like there just might be a remix on the horizon. In a Snapchat video by the Young Money artist, Stephanie Acevedo, you see Lil Wayne in the booth spitting on the Back To Back beat which understandably got a lot of fans excited. The clip is only a total of 7 seconds long but it is a great preview of what could be a track on a new Lil Wayne mixtape so keep it locked for any further updates.

Travi$ Scott has come out and said that Kanye’s highly anticipated album “SWISH” will be coming very soon. Scott said this when he called in for a very short interview with Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 radio show. “And that Kanye album… okay… let me hang up before it gets crazy.” Travis said but Zane managed to keep him talking. “That ‘Ye album is nothing to sleep on, and that ‘Ye album is coming very soon. It’s lit.” he continued which easily made headlines because we all thought it was a ways out but it is really starting to sound like the album is right around the corner.

Rihanna is really winning these days and has just signed a deal with Samsung for the huge sum of $25 million. This is incredibly $6 million more dollars then what Drake got out of Apple for his deal with them. This deal was said to be in the works for about 7 months before it finally all came together and is to sponsor Rihannas upcoming album “Anti”. For this Rihanna will be promoting all things Samsung of course so don’t expect to see her with an iPhone in public anytime soon.

Ja Rule spoke out on a touchy subject for many people earlier this week, he tells everyone to “wake up”: “If Black Lives don’t matter to Black Lives, who the f*ck else is it going to matter to?” Ja asks sternly. “So I know it all starts with us. I want to see bigger movements. I don’t want to see Black on Black on violence no more. I want to see us root for each other, and I want to see us be happy to see the next man win. And it starts with messages like this that I’m sending. I don’t have no malice toward that Black man that I had drama with. I wish him all the success in the world.”

After sharing the advice Rick Ross has given Meek Mill about the Drake feud, Ross reminisced about his mindset during his complications with rapper 50 Cent: “All I was saying [at the time] was, ‘Obviously, these people don’t know me,'” he says. “‘They don’t know I will jump out of a 50-story building for what I believe in. They don’t know. I’ma never stop. I’m a problem.’ That really was my mindset. I don’t fear nothing.”

While interviewed this past week, rapper Ty Dolla $ign was asked why he named his album “Free TC”, Ty gave a very detailed explanation: “For those of you that don’t know, the reason I named my album Free TC is because my lil’ brother is named TC. He’s locked up for something that he didn’t do and what I’m trying to do is just raise awareness for the whole mass incarceration thing going on in our country, especially with our people; the whole social-racial-injustice thing that’s also going on. We’re changing the world with this album, it’s more than just dope music.”