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Singer Drake and Chris Brown have been beefing for sometime but now it is over. There is a picture that shows the two in a recent studio session in Las Vegas and that where the beef came to an end. Drake and Chris is currently working on a project together say Mally Mall but he can not say exactly what but he did say “It’s going to be dope sh*t though for sure..It’s all love man, it’s all love man, it’s definitely love.” It is not known if Rihanna was discussed during the reconciliation but Mall seems to think no work needed to be exchanged regarding her. He also said “”I think everyone gets the picture now,” he said. “You act like a jump off, you get treated like one you know what I’m saying?… It’s just like the song ‘These Hoes Ain’t Loyal.'”

Canadian rapper Drake borrowed lines from Rappin 4-Tay song “Playaz Club” without Tay permission and now he has reportedly agreed to pay Tay $100,000.  Tay and his manager Herman Watson say that the amount of $100,000 is not correct he is being paid much more.  “There is royalties involved, and continuous payment.”  “They say this is forever, it is a part of his “Playaz Club” package.”  Tay was celebrating the agreement and said “when it come to Cash Money Records it all love.”  Drake is a fan of Tay, there seem to be no hard feelings.  Tay will be working with Cash Money as time goes on.  Tay said “Rappin’ 4-Tay also says that Drake doesn’t need to pay attention to people who criticize him.  “Drake, get your money,” he says. “As a matter fact, also, lift up your shoes and step on them haters.”

A hug brawl broke out on Tuesday during the taping of Atlanta Love And Hip Hop reunion show.   Report say the fight involved Benzino, his fiancee Althea, Stevie J, his wife Joseline, Debra, Tammy and Mimi.  The fight broke out because Benzino had told a joke about Stevie J and Joseline doing drugs  Stevie reportly got up in Benzino face then security guard had stopped him and that is when Joseline attacked Althea, weaves were pulled out during the fight.  It is said every time security broke up one fight another would start.  The women was doing most of the fighting one of them even hit the security guard.  The altercation got so out of hand some one call 911, cops and paramedics came to the scene a few people received treatment.  It is reported that camera were rolling during most of the brawl.

Stevie J leaks photos of  Benzino fiancee

Stevie J and Benzino are going at it because Stevie J has leaked photos of Benzion fiancee Althea.   In the picture Althea is nude, but there are several different stories on what she is doing in the picture in report say she is in between Benzino legs and another story say she is in the tub give him —-.  I

Cleveland Calaviers owner has been put his $3.4 billion to good use, first he spent $42 million to bring  Lebron James back to Cleveland and now he invested $40 million in the “Genius Project”.  The “Genius Project” is an app platform for decoding complex rap lyrics.  Gilbert explained why he made the investment.

Have you heard of a newly released app, web site, business concept or technology and thought to yourself: “Why doesn’t this already exist?” The gap it fills and problem it solves seems so simple and common sense that you start asking yourself: “Why didn’t I think of that?!” That was my response when I first heard of Rap Genius, originally a crowdsourced platform for decoding complex rap lyrics.

For nearly four decades, rap (and hip-hop culture in general) has been one of the most influential music genres of our time. Rap and Hip-Hop have transcended from music into

fashion, sports, politics, film and pop culture.

Since its debut in 2009, Rap Genius has caught on in a big way among artists and the public, allowing everyone to dive into the lyrics of hip-hop music to find a deeper and better understanding of the creators’ original intent. In addition, the burgeoning company has entered into licensing partnerships with all of the major music publishers, as well as dozens of smaller ones.

Friday, Rap Genius took their concept to a completely new level by re-launching the platform as ‘Genius’ (genius.com). With a new name and a broader scope, Genius takes a huge step toward fulfilling its mission to crowdsource the annotation of ALL TEXT on the internet (that’s right—the entire web)….

Genius is a place where community and technology combine perfectly to revolutionize the way we read and consume information. I am excited to invest in Genius (through Detroit Venture Partners (DVP)) along with Andreessen Horowitz, among others. I am also looking forward to joining the Board of Directors with Ben Horowitz and the company’s founders, Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory. From the moment I met them, I knew the creativity and passion of Ilan and Tom, as well as the other team members of Genius, would propel them to build something very special. Sometimes you can ‘feel’ a winner even before they speak a single word.

Over 750 Independent label has united in order to set up a new initiative  called “Fair Digtial Deals Declaration.”   Independet artist worldwide want to be treated fairly in agreements pretaining to digital exploitation of artist work in recorded music agreements with third parties.  There are five key points in the declaration they are:

•Ensure that artists’ share of download and streaming revenues is clearly explained in recording agreements and royalty statements in reasonable summary form.

•Account to artists a good-faith pro-rata share of any revenues and other compensation from digital services that stem from the monetization of recordings but are not attributed to specific recordings or performances.

•Encourage better standards of information from digital services on the usage and monetization of music.

•Support artists who choose to oppose, including publicly, unauthorized uses of their music.

•Support the collective position of the global independent record company sector

The Chairman of Worldwide Independent Network siad in a statement  “A healthy commercial relationship based on mutual trust and partnership between artists and labels is critical to the long term financial health of our industry. We believe that this new initiative, which seeks to put in place simple, fair and transparent guidelines for labels dealing with third party digital partners is a template for best practice. We invite companies – majors and indies – to join the hundreds of companies who have already signed and put a stop to the practise of diverting revenues from the artists without whom we would not have a business.”

Views From The 6 is the tittle of Drake upcoming album which he has not started workin on.  The rapper is going to be very busy in the next few weeks on July 16th he is hosting The ESPYs on ESPN and in a couple of weeks he is going to release two projects off his OVO Sound imprint, Majid jordan’s EP Place Like This and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s TWO set for a July 29th release.  On August 3rd and 4thDrake is going to host OVOFest, which he is headlining with OutKast.  After that Drake is going on a run with Lil Wyne as part of the duo’s Drake vs Lil Wayne tour.

It is the 10th anniversary of Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival.  Yesterday during his hour long set New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica brough out a few artist to perform with him during the set.  First up was Mac Mill who performed “Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes”, then he brought out J. Cole and Talib Kweli for the collaborative song “Just Begun”.  Then Jay brought out the one artist who represent Brooklyn the most Jay Z.  Jay was able to stop by and perform a few classic hits before his “On The Run” concert later that night with Beyonce.

A Chicago judge has issued an arrest warrant for rapper Chief Keef for failure to appear in court.  Keef was to appear in court July 14th in a child support case.  The rapper reportedly owes $10,000 in back child support for his 17 month old daughter.  According to the child mother Erica Early, Keef had made a few payments earlier in the year but never caught up on his obligations.  This is the second pending child support case against Keef in Cook County.

For the millions of Jay Z and Beyonce fans who are not able to see the dynamic dual “On The Run” tour live will be able to see it on HBO.  A television concert special will be taped during their September performance in Paris.  HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said “This is a major musical event that belongs on HBO”, “It going to be a night to remember.”  HBO has feature both Jay Z and Beyonce before.  HBO is currently running Beyonce X10 is is a ten part series featuring segment from “The Mrs Carter Tour”.  In 2013 Beyonce “Life Is But A Dream” was featured on the channel also that year Jay premiered his Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film.