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Many people are saying the movie, “Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B” was not worthwhile. With this being said, Wendy Williams expressed her opinion on air during her “Wendy” broadcast. “Everybody got an opinion. Well I must tell you, whether you loved or hated, you watched. It was the second highest-rated movie on all of cable this year so far. Not just Lifetime, but all of cable. And I must say, ‘Flowers In The Attic’ was number one, then us, so thank you. We all have opinions. But I must say if you still want to see the Aaliyah movie it comes on tonight at 8 o’clock on Lifetime. Thank-you! And by the way, you, Alexandra Shipp, did a terrific job as Aaliyah.

Drake’s vocal coach, Dionne Osborne, was ready to turn drake into a singer who rapped rather than a rapper who sings: “It was the mixtape, So Far Gone, and he was already pretty huge. On our first session, I told him that my goal was to make him a singer who raps, not a rapper who sings. I know Drake loves rapping, that’s his first love. But the road is just littered with rappers who sing. They all try it. If you love music, you love singing, but not everyone succeeds. So on that first tour, we’re on the road, and Cortez Bryant, Lil Wayne’s manager, comes up to me and says, ‘Drake told me you changed his life.’ I just started laughing. He said that? But what I do think I did, honestly, was that I was the first person who treated Drake like a professional singer. I said, ‘Here’s the deal. You have to change your diet. You’re heading out on tour in the spring and not thinking about your asthma or your allergies. You’ve got to take care of yourself too. Let’s focus on helping you do your job.’”

Mistah F.A.B. has been giving back to his community for the last seven years for the holidays. This year, he has recently announce the 7^th Annual Turkey Giveaway, in North California: “The group is committed to making a difference in the lives of Oakland residents in need by providing hot meals as well as warm coats for the winter season,” the press release states. “A buffet dinner will be served at no cost to deserving families and individuals. The gathering will take place near Northside Supermarket on the corner of 45th and Market Street in North Oakland. In addition, frozen turkeys, non-perishable food items, care packages with home products/toiletries, coats, clothing and blankets will also be available to families in need.”

There was plenty of speculation that J. Cole would release his next album by the years end. This came true today when J. Cole put his upcoming album up on iTunes for pre-order called 2014 Forest Hills Drive with a December 9^th release date which puts J. Cole up against Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V. This album will have 13 songs and has no pre-release singles which is unusual but we know J. Cole usually delivers some classic hip-hip.

While doing a show in DC the Migos were allegedly involved in a brawl that went down just after the show. Multiple tweets from locals who were at the show state that the group got into a scuffle and when all was said and done Quavo had his chained taken from him and was bleeding from the face. Since this has happened Chief Keef took to twitter posting the photo of Quavo’s chain before soon deleting the post. Then Fat Trel sent out a warning to rappers visiting DC saying that they need to “check in” before they can visit DC. It is unknown if either Chief Keef or Fat Trel have anything to do with the Migos getting jumped.

Producer Timbaland, known to have worked with Aaliyah along with Missy Elliot back in the late 90s up until her death, was interviewed by Ebro at Hot 97 today talking about the new Aaliyah biopic on Lifetime. “Everybody keeps telling me stop blaming Lifetime but blame Wendy and I’m like well…I didn’t follow the story, so I have to believe the fans. It’s just hard for me to believe. I don’t want to diss this lady like that; I want to know the full details before going in. I always thought it was a rumor…I thought it was a joke. Evidently it wasn’t,” Timbaland said. Hopefully this movie doesn’t tarnish the memory of a young star gone too soon.

Producers behind many tracks on Jay Sean’s “All or Nothing” album are going after Cash Money for $1 million. The suit was filed by Orange Factory music, that produced Jay Sean’s 2009 hit “Down” and other tracks on the album. The producers say they had a deal with Cash Money but it took two years for them to get their first check for $211k and thought they did get royalty statements they never received another check. So this is what caused them to go after Cash Money for $1 million time will tell if things go their way or Cash Money’s way.

Earlier this week Eminem released “Detroit vs Everybody” that featured a few D-Town artists. But it was only a matter of time before another city decided to do the same. Yesterday Snoop posted on instagram artwork for a record that could be coming very soon called “Los Angeles vs. Everybody.” The track will feature big names like Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Tyler The Creator, YG, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Dom Kennedy, Problem, Crooked I, and Kurupt. With no word on the release date we will all have to wait patiently for this one.

Chris Brown, Trey Songz , and Tyga will have a tour together in 2015 called “Between The Sheets” tour. In an interview with Complex the three guys talked about their upcoming tour and how it is working with each other. “I was friends with Chris but I never had been in the studio with him so I didn’t know what to expect, he records fast so I was trying to write my verses fast [to] keep up with him. When we look back it’s like, ‘Damn, this is a dope project.” Check out the full video here.

 

 

YMCMB artist Lil Twist has a felony warrant out for him after reports that he was involved in a home invasion and robbery last week. Reports are that Twist and four other men entered the home of Kyle Massey, a Disney channel star, going after his brother Chris Massey with brass knuckles attacking him and taking his cell phone and wallet. Chris says he was in an argument with Lil Twist which let to Twist being kicked out of the home.

In an interview with Don Diva magazine Jimmy Henchman talked all about his past scandals in the hip hop world and denies that he ever snitched on anyone. After this 50 cent, who is known to have beef with Jimmy over his alleged involvement in the killing of G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack, took to instagram to call Jimmy Henchman a rat.

The Drake and Tyga beef continues today with another subtle jab at Drake from Tyga. Reports are saying that Tyga cast Drake’s ex Dollicia Bryan to be his co-star in his upcoming music video for “Make It Work.” In addition to that photos have surfaced of Tyga grabbing a handful of Bryan’s ass. The song “Make It Work” also takes lyrical shots at Drizzy “Nigga never was my homey; all these bitches know you corny, nigga.” Keep it locked for more info on the beef and if Drake responds with some heat.

Two years ago Birdman bought a mansion in Miami costing him $14.5 million. Birdman decided it needed renovations and he made it happen but the construction company that was responsible for the expensive renovations says they were never paid appropriately.  Today reports have surfaced that Birdman is facing a million dollar lien from the construction company over unpaid work. The lien was filed by the company on November 4^th stating that Birdman failed to pay two invoices one for $998,700.97 and another for $43,049.35 with a grand total of $1,041,750.32 of unpaid work.

Though Big Daddy Kane has retired from the battle rap scene he says he would be willing to come back to battle fellow artist Rakim if the price was right. When asked if he would battle Rakim for half a million he responded with “Sure I would do it.” Kane then when on to talk about how he almost battled Rakim way back in 1989 at a Pay-Per-View event. The battle in 1989 would of put Kane against LL Cool J, Kool Moe Dee, The Furious Five, Cold Rush, and others.

Everyone that grew up a fan of rap most likely has heard of or watched BET’s 106 & Park. The 14 year old show comes to an end today in its televised form but will have a spot at BET.com as a digital segment. Stephen Hill, president of BET networks musical programming and specials, talked about the transition and what to expect from the show in its new form.