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Jay Z Says Tidal Will Pay Highest Royalty Percentage to Artists
The launch of Jay Z's new streaming service, Tidal, has been the talk of the music industry this week. To answer the litany of questions about his latest venture, Hov has been making the press rounds and yesterday (Wed., April 1) he and Tidal exec Vania Shlogel sat for a Q+A with students at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
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Lil Wayne’s Miami Mansion Is For Sale
Weeks after SWAT teams responded to a fake 911 call at Lil Wayne's Miami mansion, the rapper has reportedly put the 15,000-square-foot home up for sale. According to TMZ and the Daily Mail, the ten-bedroom, nine-bathroom home that includes a skatepark on the roof is on the market for $18 million
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Listen to Baauer Feat. Fetty Wap, ‘Promises’
Fetty Wap is on fire right now with his infectious hit "Trap Queen" sitting at the top of the charts and he has another banger on his hands with the Baauer-assisted "Promises." Over a booming, horn-heavy instrumental, Fetty details his climb to the top and how he promised all his people from Paterson, New Jersey that they were going to make it to the top
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Listen to Tony Yayo, ‘N!*#@s Talk Sh!t (Freestyle)’
Tony Yayo has been spitting over other people's beats for years now and offers up his latest freestyle over Black Moon's "Niguz Talk Shit" instrumental. Ringing in his 37th birthday, Yayo sounds right at home over the classic boom-bap beat from 1993
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Kean University Cancels Common’s Commencement Speech
Hours after making Common the commencement speaker at its 2015 graduation, New Jersey's Kean University retracted its decision. According to a report from NorthJersey.com, the decision to cancel on Common may have been influenced by the New Jersey state police who were concerned that the rapper sympathized with a convicted cop-killer on "A Song For Assata," a track from his 2000 album Li
Watch a Recap Video of Kanye West’s Concert in Paris
Kanye showed off his amazing dance moves while he was in Paris during early March, but outside of the clips on social media, the full Parisian performance remained out of sight. Late last week, the Fondation Louis Vuitton quietly dropped a recap video of Yeezy's concert and show the visually stunning stage setup 'Ye had behind him
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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Remains at No. 1 in This Week’s Album Sales (4/1/2015)
Kendrick Lamar continues his victory lap following the release of the critically-acclaimed To Pimp a Butterfly with a second straight week atop the Billboard 200 chart. With another 123,000 copies either sold or streamed, Kendrick's sophomore LP becomes the first album to spend two consecutive weeks at No
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Listen to French Montana Feat. Jeremih, Rick Ross and Fabolous, ‘Bad B*tch (Remix)’
Originally released as a single for French Montana's upcoming album Mac & Cheese 4, French calls on frequent collaborators Rick Ross and Fabolous to provide bars for the remix. With Jeremih still holding down the chorus, French, Ross and Fab do their thing over the uptempo instrumental. Fa
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Kid Ink and Dej Loaf Keep it 100 in ‘Be Real’ Video
Kid Ink's Full Speed album is full of big name features and bangers and for the latest visual from the album, Ink calls in Dej Loaf for the duo's "Be Real" collab. As two leaders of the new school, Dej Loaf and Kid Ink star in the dimly-lit video that calls out those that are fakin' the funk in today's game
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Migos Is Going on Tour
Will the summer of 2015 belong to Migos? Based on today's news, it's looking more and more like the trio from Atlanta will take another big step in their respective careers by the end of the summer months. Along with the release of their debut album, YRN The Album, in June, the crew announced today via Pandora that they are embarking on their first national headlining tour starting May 1...
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Stream iLoveMakonnen’s ‘Drink More Water 5′ Mixtape
Since bursting onto the scene with the Grammy-nominated "Tuesday," curious parties have been waiting for more from the relatively unknown iLoveMakonnen. The Awful Records/OVO Sound representative decided that the wait was long enough and dropped Drink More Water 5 to feed the streets
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Stream Scotty ATL’s ‘Traffic Jamz’ Mixtape
Atlanta upstart Scotty ATL has been building his career from the ground up and takes another step with the release of his Traffic Jamz mixtape. Already well-established in his region, having done songs with southern heavyweights like B.o.B and Big K
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