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In an interview with USA Today Justin Bieber talks about his ups and downs and how it has been having cameras in his face all the time since he was 13 years old. But what was really interesting was what is coming up next for Bieber in the music world that he talked about a little bit. On his next album Bieber says that he will be working with two of the biggest producers in the music industry, Kanye West and founder of Def Jam Rick Rubin. Justin Bieber has not put out an album since 2012 but he is definitely taking it up a notch with the production on his next.

There hasn’t been much from Young Dro in the music scene for quite some time now with his last song coming out about a year ago. But he is in the news today because he was contacted by police on Sunday for some unrelated incident but that lead them to find out he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest and he was taken into custody on theft charges. Apparently Dro was wanted for  “theft by conversion of leased or rented personal property for a February incident,” according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution which seems like a property scam. Keep it locked her for updates on this situation.

Drakes OVO label is very rapidly becoming more then that with all the ventures they are taking advantage of. The OVO clothing brand has become very popular and opened its first store in Toronto last year. Today they have announced that they will be opening their first OVO pop-up store in the United States which will be in the city of Los Angeles. This store will be in L.A. from April 4^th until the 30^th and store hours will be Mon. – Sat. 11am-7pm, and 12-6pm on Sunday. If you are close by the address is 112 ½ S. La Brea St., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Though this is just a temporary spot this can be OVO just testing the waters in preparation to open up another store and grow even further.

Launching a streaming service in 2015 can’t be the easiest thing to do with big competitors like Spotify, Beats, and Pandora already going strong. Well it turns out Jay Z is not the only one who owns a part of the TIDAL streaming service. Jay and other big names own a part of the company like Kanye West, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj,  Modanna, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Usher, Daft Punk and more . A lot of them have begun advertising the Tidal service by turning their twitter avatars to a blue color and tweeting out #TIDALforALL showing they fully support the new service and spreading this influence throughout of their huge fan bases. The site officially launched at 2 PM EST today and will cost you $19.99 a month for what is said to be hi-fidelity streaming or you can spend $9.99 for a standard audio quality. We will see if this service can survive with the rest of the big streaming services especially Spotify which seems to be leading the industry right now. Here is a link to the site check it out.

There has not been a De La Soul album since 2004 but that will change today. The old school group has announced that they are ready to record their first album in 11 years. They have launched a kickstarter campaign today wanting to raise $110,000 for the new album and have added some special offers for those who donate. If you were to donate a whopping $7,500 to their kickstarter you would get to appear on one of the skits on the new album. This album will feature 2 Chainz, Damon Albarn, David Byrne, and Little Dragon. If you are interested in helping De La Soul make their way back into the music scene check out their Kickstarter and back the project. Click here for a link to their page.

With A$AP Rocky’s next album “At.Long.Last.A$AP” arriving at any time now Rocky has got the opportunity to cover the new Complex issue. The interview in the issue had Rocky talking about his good friend Yam’s passing, the beef with Been Trill and Hood By Air, and all about his new music. When talking about the state of America right now he had this to say. “It’s fucked up. That’s all it is. Cops killing people, people killing cops. It’s all fucked up. I think it’ll all change soon. I think people with a badge—or not—are gonna stop abusing authority across the world, and learn to appreciate one another. For real. All they need is weed, some love, some good sex, some good-ass music. I’m talking about a night with something exotic. I’m talking a night with like an African-Moroccan-half-Swedish-quarter-Italian-part-French-Parisian. Mhmm. But she got the African booty, though! She got caramel skin, but you can tell that like, she got a little bit of vanilla in her, though. You feel me?” A$AP Rocky has one of the most anticipated albums this year and for good reason we can’t wait until it drops.

TMZ is reporting that police have been called to a Pro-Am basketball game that was happening in Hollywood this last weekend. A rapper was said to have punched another man in the face and of course that rapper was none other than The Game who is known for his fighting antics. Game even got a new tattoo of Mike Tysons face on the back of one of his hands just last week. The police are saying that Game got in an argument with a man at the basketball game, made threats against his life, then punched him in the face and fled the scene. The man who was punched has pressed charged and the police are now investigating the case as a battery. Keep it locked right here for any more information as it comes up.

According to BillBoard we could possibly be hearing some brand new music from Tupac in the very near future. Shakur’s mother, Jam Inc. and Tom Whalley, who signed Tupac to Interscope way back in 1991 are working with one another to manage Tupac’s entire estate. This estate is said to have a ton of unreleased music from the legend. A lot of the music is said to be in bits and pieces and some of it is actually complete. Whalley himself says that the work that would need to be done on some of the music can be completed and it would be worth it to get it out to the fans. Whalley even says that he is considering consulting with Kendrick Lamar about ideas for his Pacs unreleased material. “At some point in time, Kendrick would be brilliant to work with Tupac’s [material]. He’s one of the new great poets.” Whalley said. This is exciting news for everyone who need more Tupac tracks in their life.

Widely known yet underground rapper Immortal Technique seems to be in some trouble now. Immortal Technique was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly assaulted and robbed two street vendors that were selling merchandise that had his trademarked logo with no expressed permission to do so. The vendors told police that Technique approached them with 10 or more members of his friends and allegedly beat them taking the t-shirts, cell phones, and cash. Immortal Technique and his Manager posted up the bail of $50,000 and were both released on Friday.

Wiz Khalifa and his Ex-wife Amber Rose have not been on the best terms for quite some time now but things seem to be getting better. The custody battle over their son Sebastian has been going on for a while now leading both sides to attack one another in different ways over social media. TMZ is now reporting that the two have decided to stop attacking one another and are trying to do what is best for Sebastian. Sources say that Wiz asked Amber to listen to a new song of his called “See You Again” off of the Furious 7 soundtrack. This track caused Amber to call Wiz back in tears which lead the couple to decide to pursue a joint custody agreement. This is the smartest decision they could of come up with for their sons sake.

 It has almost been a month since Karrueche Tran found out about her then boyfriend Chris Brown’s secret baby and cut all ties to the singer. Now he is on tv on Oprah’s network talking with life coach Iyanla Vanzan talking it all out. In the interview Karrueche says that she still loves Chris Brown but when asked if she would take him back now and she said no. She talks about the pain of finding out Chris was still messing with Rihanna behind her back and how she is moving forward despite everything that has happened. Check out the interview below.

Some horrible news has come out of Lil Durk’s crew today. The rappers manager known as OTF Chino was shot and killed outside of a restaurant in Chicago.  Two others were wounded in this shooting that occurred at around 1:50 AM. The gunman is reported to have fired several shots into Chino’s vehicle that he was sitting in at the time. At only 24 years old Chino was pronounced dead at Advocate Trinity Hospital and so far no one has been taken into custody for the murder. Keep it locked right her for any developing information on possible suspects and of course HHNS sends our condolences to the family and friends of Chino.

In January the Coachella line-up was revealed with names like Drake and The Weeknd catching everyone’s attention. Drake was headlining his own night while The Weeknd was listed underneath Jack White on another night. But now it has been revealed that The Weeknd has been bumped up and is now headlining his own night closing the show on both April 11^th and April 18^th.

Pharrell was a co-founder of Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream back in 2005 and he got plenty of endorsement deals with brands like Adidas, Uniqlo, and G-Star. The Council of Fashion Designers of America has took notice of this and announced that Pharrell will be honored with the Fashion Icon Award during the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards. This award only goes to those with a significant impact on popular culture in the world through their style. Rihanna got the same award last year which gives you an Idea of the type of style they look for when choosing who receives this award.

The world has changed and Lil Wayne still hadn’t joined them on Instagram but that changed recently. Wayne took to twitter to announce that he would be Instagram and followed that up with his very first post on his new found social media space. Wayne posted a picture of him with a red bull and his crew around him with the caption “Wooooop”. Lil Wayne has already got himself 1.6+ million followers on Instagram which isn’t bad at all or surprising.