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After speaking with a executive within Tidal, Business Insider found out that Jay Z and other big time musicians have been calling Tidal users. A quote from the Tidal employee was this, “He called some of his fans and one of them made the funniest comment. He said ‘This is the best customer service call I’ve ever received!'”. So it seems that Tidal is trying everything to get people subscribed to their service but will it work? Only time will tell but one thing is for sure if Kanye drops his next album “So Help Me God” exclusively on the Tidal service it will really sway a lot of people into subscribing.

Just last month it came out that Chris Brown had a 9 month old daughter named Royalty. Though the news did end his on again off again relationship with girlfriend Karreuche Tran, it managed to start another part of his life becoming a father. Just last night Chris took to his Instagram to show off his now 10 month old daughter, Royalty, for the very first time. The two were even wearing matching outfits and Brown wrote the caption “God has blessed me with my twin. #ROYALTY.” Check out the photo below.

God has blessed me with my twin. #ROYALTY

A photo posted by @chrisbrownofficial on Apr 16, 2015 at 7:46pm PDT

According to a new lawsuit that has been acquired by HipHopWired a company had paid 2 Chainz $60,000 to do a show in Atlanta back in 2013. The catch was that 2 Chainz couldn’t do or market for any other shows in Atlanta for two weeks before or after the scheduled show. The new lawsuit states that 2 Chainz not only breached the contract but he also performed another show the same exact night at another venue. The lawyers statement on the situation is as follows “Mr. Epps and his team blatantly violated a very basic obligation of my client’s agreement. Rockmo Entertainment fulfilled all of its contractual obligations including, but not limited to, paying 2 Chainz $60,000. As a result of all of the Defendants’ bad faith and willful disregard for 2 Chainz’s contractual obligations with Rockmo Entertainment, my client has suffered extreme financial damages and irreparable harm to its professional representation. At the end of the day, everyone made money at the expense of my client.” Keep it locked right here for updates on this situation.

Every year TIME magazine does “The TIME 100” which is a list of the hundred most influential people in our world. Kanye West not only made the list this year but he is covering the issue as well. The blurb for Kanye West on the TIME.com is as follows and was written by Elon Musk who is the CEO and Chief architect of Tesla Motors. “Kanye West would be the first person to tell you he belongs on this list. The dude doesn’t believe in false modesty, and he shouldn’t. Kanye’s belief in himself and his incredible tenacity—he performed his first single with his jaw wired shut—got him to where he is today. And he fought for his place in the cultural pantheon with a purpose. In his debut album, over a decade ago, Kanye issued what amounted to a social critique and a call to arms (with a beat): ‘We rappers is role models: we rap, we don’t think.’ But Kanye does think. Constantly. About everything. And he wants everybody else to do the same: to engage, question, push boundaries. Now that he’s a pop-culture juggernaut, he has the platform to achieve just that. He’s not afraid of being judged or ridiculed in the process. Kanye’s been playing the long game all along, and we’re only just beginning to see why.” Check out the cover below.

 

Suge Knight is to stand trial for murder charges that stemmed from his January hit-and-run that left one man dead and another badly injured. The ruling has been made by  Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen today with most of the focus being on the testimony from Cle “Bone” Sloan who was one of the victims. At first Sloan gave a detailed account of what had happened but in his testimony on Monday he said “I will not be used to send Suge Knight to prison”. But either way Knight is going to court and will be tried for murder and attempted murder and faces life behind bars if he is convicted. Keep it locked right here for more information on this ongoing situation.

Though Nicki Minaj’s relationship with Meek Mill seemed like it was fake for the longest time the amount of stuff they post on social media together has let everyone know they are the real deal. A slew of recent post have now lead people to believe that the couple are about to take things to the next level. Today Nicki took to twitter hinting that she would be showing off a new ring with some other post from both Nicki and Meek suggesting that a big event went down last night. Nicki Minaj has posted the pic of the ring now but is this the real thing? Check out the images below.

The Tidal service keeps getting exclusive content this time being from Jay Z himself. Beyonce dropped her video “Die For You” on Tidal recently and Rihanna dropped hers “American Oxygen” exclusively on Tidal which shows that the artist that have a stake in the business are fully supporting it. Jay Z has now joined in dropping a new music video for his track from 2012, “Glory”, that features his daughter Blue Ivy with production from the Neptunes. We will see if this exclusive gets people shelling out the cash to use the service.

Young Thug is all over hip-hop news this week because his album Barter Six will be releasing on Friday. But most of the news is about him taking shots at Lil Wayne now that he officially had to change the name of his album from Carter 6 to Barter Six because the threat of legal action from another party which we can almost guarantee was Lil Wayne’s people. But now Young Thug taunts Lil Wayne more by having the release party for his new album take place in Hollygrove, which if you didn’t know is where Lil Wayne grew up. Check out the Instagram clip below.

4/17 #BARTER6 VIDEO BY: @mpaduke1 FT. @yakgotti_

A video posted by Young Thug (@thuggerthugger1) on Apr 13, 2015 at 8:55pm PDT

Doing an interview with XXL, The-Dream has announced that he and collaborator Tricky Stewart with some help from Jay Z himself will be launching an “art label”. The label will be called Contra Paris and isn’t limited to just music. Dream plans to bring the art scene back to the 80s when art and music meshed together very well. “We’ve got these young guys who can be Basquiat with great gifts and I want to couple my music with them and make sure that their shit is being seen because I think that’s what was so great in the 80s.” The-Dream said but when asked if he would be making some music with Hov he wouldn’t speak on it. I’m sure we will be hearing more about this in the future so keep it locked right here.

Ciara has a new album dropping in the beginning of May so of course called Jackie so of course she has to make her rounds on radio. Stopping by the Breakfast Club radio show the 29-year-old singer opened up about her split with Future. “I don’t even think it really matters to tell you the truth, especially when the ending is as great as it is with my son. That’s what worked out—my son.” Ciara said when asked about her and futures undoing and if she’s happy with how things turned out. “I’m human and I went with love in that situation… At the end of the day, I roll with love and my son’s father I really believe had the greatest intentions to love me and a beautiful thing came from that.” She adds when asked if she had any regrets. Ciara seems to be in a good place and hopefully her album “Jackie” really delivers on the R&B front for all her fans.

The bus driver that operated Lil Wayne’s bus back in 2014 during his summer tour is now suing the rapper, saying that Wayne threatened him with a gun. The drivers name was Mark Jones and he says that Wayne began acting really aggressive with him when he wanted to stop for gas after a show in Buffalo. The driver says he kept driving once Wayne had a fit about it and cursed him out. Then he says Wayne continued to verbally abuse him saying he would “whip his ass” and eventually telling he would “finish the job by killing him” according to TMZ and even pulled out a pistol and cocked it telling Jones “I want to get to the hotel now”. The rest of the ride was said to have been extremely silent which is completely understandable. The lawsuit is for “false imprisonment, assault and emotional distress” and make sure to keep it locked right here for more information on this.

Lil Wayne has not said a word about the whole Young Thug situation with him having to change the name of his album from Carter 6 to Barter 6. Young Thug keeps talking about it through over his Instagram posting yet another video with him talking to Wayne. This one went like this “If you’re going to be a founder or a leader and respect when people look up to you be that, if you’re going to criticize, be that. But don’t mix your feelings nigga, that shit weak.” Said Young Thug. Thug obviously is not happy about what Wayne did and is constantly going to be taking shots at Wayne. We’ll see if anything more develops out of this situation or if it just ends right here. Check out the clip down below from Young Thugs Instagram.

#c6otw @jacquees see u tonight slime VIDEO BY: @yslapparel

A video posted by Young Thug (@thuggerthugger1) on Apr 14, 2015 at 3:03pm PDT

As we all know Snoop Dogg is pretty much known for his love of weed and now lots of states are starter to legalize the use of it. So of course what does Snoop do? He puts some money into the weed industry that is on the rise. The service is called Eaze and it is being called “the Uber of weed” though it won’t be dropping you off anywhere the service will provide you with medicinal marijuana deliveries. Right now the service is only located in California in 35 different cities delivering in just 15 mins so they will beat any of your food delivery services in delivery time. Snoop invested a whopping $10 million into business and is only one of the few investors.

In this new show on VH1 The Game is going to be looking for love. The Game was previously going to do a show with his former fiancé, Tiffney Cambridge called Marrying The Game but that never happened once they split. The new show, She’s Got Game, centers around The Game looking for love with help from friends that set him up on dates with females they feel are compatible with him. The show will be aired for a hour per week starting this summer if you are into the reality tv scene.

While in Israel Kanye West and Kim had their daughter North West baptized. North was baptized at Saint James Cathedral in Jerusalem. “Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Khloe Kardashian showed up Monday afternoon to the Saint James Cathedral — an Armenian church in Jerusalem — to baptize 22-month-old North, Kim was mobbed as she walked into the church, shielding baby North from the massive crowd that had gathered outside the church.” TMZ reported. After the baptism Ye and Kim had lunch with the mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat.