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Well since DJ Khaled is the self proclaimed king of Snapchat the fans and the rest of the world get a lot of what’s going on in his life way quicker. Today Khaled took to his Snapchat to announce that Jay Z is his new manager via a video clip showing him and Jay hanging out. So Khaled is the newest artist to join Roc Nation management but he is getting a little extra special treatment in the form of Jay Z managing him personally. I guess we can expect a lot more Jay in Khaled’s Snapchat stories he shares with the world every single day of his life.

As we recently found out thanks to one of Kanye’s ever more frequent Twitter rants we are getting another Kanye album in the Summer. This is amazing news because Ye always puts out quality music and now he has taken to twitter again to give us what could end up being the title to the next album. Ye announced the album would be called “Turbo Grafx 16” after a video game system he had when he was a kid. There are no other details at this time about the album but he is said to have a ton of left over music that didn’t make “The Life Of Pablo” that will be on this new album. Keep it right here for any more updates.

On March 1^st Justin Bieber turns 22 years old and he started the party early with a big event in L.A. with Diddy being one of the big stars there. Now Diddy didn’t just give Bieber some lame gift he actually gifted him a rare Bad Boy bomber jacket. Justin Bieber is very much accepted in the hip-hop community and he even had The Game come through and perform songs off of his Documentary 2 album. Check out the clip below of bieber in the gifted bomber jacket.

 

 

Had to give lil bro that official #BadBoy Jacket for his Birthday @justinbieber #jb22 #CirocNights The Only Way!!

A video posted by Puff Daddy (@iamdiddy) on Feb 28, 2016 at 3:22am PST

There have apparently been rumors floating around that Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill have been arguing a lot because he wants her to live with him while he is on house arrest. But Nicki took to her Twitter to flat out deny these rumors saying “S/o to these fake stories ~ who’s ready for the show tomorrow?”. So Nicki Minaj obviously isn’t fazed by all the rumors that float around and keeps doing her thing.

HOT 97 radio personality Ebro was called out by none other than 50 Cent. This happened because Ebro said that 50 was to blame for the fall of New York Rap which is pretty harsh. But 50 always snaps back and called the radio host out on it via his own Instagram saying that Ebro was in fact the program director for the radio show before he was a personality and didn’t play and New York artist. 50 eventually made sure to post a picture of DJ Envy of Power 105.1  saying he is the best New York City radio host just to spite Ebro.

Music Producer AraabMuzik had been shot in his jaw and right leg on Thursday night in Harlem, New York. On Friday we got an update on his situation thanks to a post from Swizz Beatz who visited the producer in the hospital. Swizz took a picture with him with both giving a thumbs up letting the people know he is alive and doing okay. This is not the first time AraabMuzik has been in this type of situation either because he was shot back in 2013 as well during an attempted robbery. Keep it locked for any further updates in the future.

Ciara is supposed to be going on the second half of her Jackie tour but it looks like it is getting postponed for a second time. This part of the tour was supposed to begin in November of last year but was pushed back to this coming April of this year. Now Ciara has come forward to her fans and announced that the tour will be postponed once again but with no actual set new dates which is not a good sign. “I’m currently in the process of making the best album of my career, I want to give all of you an incredible show… A show that you deserve! Therefore, I gotta stay focused in the studio and commit myself to this new music.” So her reasoning for postponing the tour is she is laser focused on a new album which is good news for fans though some must of really been looking forward to seeing her live.

Snoop Dogg now has a court date set with the Pabst Brewing Company and he is looking for a million dollars from the company. The reasoning is said to be he and his attorneys believe there was a breach of contract with the company. The court date is set for October 32st and things should be completely settled then. Now this all stems from a 2011 deal Snoop had signed with the company making him a brand ambassador but the company was soon after bought by investors and the brand vanished and Snoop believes he deserves a portion of the sale.

TIDAL has seen a ton of success lately because Kanye West dropped his latest album exclusively on the streaming service. This may have lead to big tech company Samsung to take notice because the New York Post is actually reporting that they are trying to buy TIDAL now. This would be Samsung’s first step into the music streaming game and they could really help the service out if it actually ends up happening.

Tyga seems to have new financial issues every day and now we have learned just a few days ago that one of his landlords is trying to get him evicted for not paying rent. TMZ is not reporting that a repo company is now trying to repossess the Mercedes G-Wagon that Tyga actually gifted to Kylie Jenner just last year. The car was originally a gift for Tyga’s ex-fiancee Blac Chyna and passed it on to his new woman plus a Ferrari. But just like his rent Tyga has not made payments on the G-Wagon since way back in October and now the repo company is out to take the car. Hopefully Tyga can get things back in order since he is out on his Rawwest Live Tour right now.

The President of the United States, Barack Obama is going to be attending Democratic National Convention fundraiser that is going to be held in Austin next month. J. Cole will be the artist providing entertainment at the fundraiser which is pretty amazing. This is happening on March 11^th and as we all know Obama is a fan of rap music so he should really enjoy J. Cole’s show especially since he is a big fan of Kendrick and both artist are pretty similar.

Drake is always making new moves and his latest is signing to BBK which is lead by a UK rapper by the name of Skepta. Skepta and Drake are close friends and Drake even got a BBK tattoo just to show the dedication. Now BBK stands for “Boy Better Know” which has been really close with Drake’s OVO and last night Drake was out and about with the artist in BBK and announced that he is the first Canadian on their roster though we really have no idea what him signing to it really does for him. But maybe we can expect a lot more collabs between the OVO and BBK crews.

The huge hit tv show on Fox, Empire, has had some big guest stars show up on the show from people like Chris Rock to Kelly Rowland. Now the show is having Xzibit join the cast and will be playing the character Leslie “Shyne” Johnson who is said to be 100% wolf and 100% gangster which seems like a perfect role for Xzibit. “He’s managed artists, started record imprints and even sold a few units here and there, but his bread and butter has always been–much to his frustration–drugs, guns and extortion. Feeling shut out by the other heavy hitters in the music industry, he carries a big chip on his shoulder, particularly for Lucious (Terrence Howard).” That is how they described the new character and he will be showing up in the 2^nd half of this on going season which begins on March 30 at 9PM on Fox.

Kanye West has just released another instant classic album “The Life Of Pablo” but it seems like he just isn’t done yet. 2016 is set to be a huge year already and this is only the first half with both Kanye and Drake dropping albums but now Kanye has taken to twitter in a usual rant but added also that he has another album dropping in the Summer. This is really exciting news because more Kanye music is always a good thing in this day and age so make sure to keep it right here for all updates on this project as they arrive.

TDE’s own Schoolboy Q will be dropping a brand new album before the Summer according to the CEO. Top Dawg has taken to twitter to announce today that Schoolboy Q will be dropping his sophomore album before the Summer which is really exciting because Schoolboy makes quality music. Now there is no other information about it at this time but fans know that they will only be waiting a few more months at the most or less for some brand new tracks.