Official Vizion Signs deal Freemantle Media

It’s been a journey for artist and ceo of Nashville TN label, Official Vizion. With its conception after O.N.A.’s collapse a coalition of artist from music city. Leader Z aka Zeus would later go on to create Official Vizion, entertainment label directly after. From humble beginnings the label would receive its fair share of light after the release of “Ordained”! The success of the mixtape would propel the label too new heights attracting the attention of Freemantle Media, a television production company . This deal is apparently one of many and worth a lot of money. The details of how much haven’t been specified. Stay tune to find out what other moves Z’s camp is making!

Cam'Ron Is Going On Tour With G Herbo, Smoke DZA, The Underachievers, & Nyck Caution

Cam'Ron will headline the The Smokers Club tour, which kicks off on May 31. This spring, Cam'Ron will hit the road for a 27-show North American tour presented by The Smokers Club. Joining him will be Smoke DZA, G Herbo, The Underachievers, Nyck Caution, Mobsquad Nard, G-Jet, and Liam Tracy. The tour begins in Vancouver on May 31 and weaves through the country before wrapping up in Norfolk, VA in July 14th. His farewell album Purple Haze 2 is due out later this year. This may be one his last tours. Check the full tour schedule below to see if Killa Cam is coming to a city near you. 5/31 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theater 6/01 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom 6/02 Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market 6/04 San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom 6/05 Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia 6/08 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory 6/09 San Diego, CA – North Park Observatory 6/12 Phoenix, AZ – Livewire 6/15 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex 6/17 Denver, CO – Cervantes Ballroom 6/18 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater 6/19 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls 6/23 Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey 6/25 St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room 6/26 Lawrence, KS – The Granada 6/27 Minneapolis, MN – Sky Theater 6/29 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall 6/30 Columbus, OH – Park Street Saloon 7/01 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater 7/05 Montréal, Québec – Petit Olympia * 7/06 Boston, MA – House of Blues 7/08 Philadelphia, PA – TLA 7/09 New York City, New York – Playstation 7/10 Washington, D.C. – The Fillmore 7/12 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live 7/13 Richmond, VA – The National 7/14 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa

Metro Boomin Releases "If Young Metro Don't Trust You..." Merch

Make sure Young Metro trusts everyone around you. Metro Boomin’s DJ tag turned meme “if young Metro don’t trust you I’m gon’ shoot you” has quickly become a ubiquitous part of the internet Zeitgeist. People have asked presidential candidates about it, and Ben Affleck used the meme to promote his new movie “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Young Metro is too savvy of a businessman to let an opportunity like this pass, so he’s created a few t-shirts based around the popular meme. One shirt flips the well-known “Uncle Sam Needs You” propaganda poster into “Does Young Metro Trust You?” The other three play on one of the original loose cannon shooters, Dirty Harry. Check out the merch over at Metro Boomin’s site and make sure to keep it locked here for new pieces that are already on their way. While you're at it, familiarize yourself with the origins of the meme.

Young Thug, Kanye West, & Mystikal Reportedly Have A Song On The Way Called “Digits”

According to Thugger's camp, he, Kanye West, & Mystikal have a collab on the way called "Digits" hopefully off "Slime Season 3." As we near closer to this Friday’s Slime Season 3 release, new information about an upcoming collab has surfaced ahead of time. Young Thug’s go-to director, Be El Be, practically confirmed the news Monday night that Young Thug, Kanye West, and Mystikal reportedly have a new song on the way called “Digits.” However, it’s unknown if this collab will see life on Friday’s SS3 or on the upcoming studio album HiTunes. On Monday evening, an associate from Thugger’s camp tweeted out “Young Thug – Digits ft. Kanye West otw” and Be El Be then confirmed the collab by retweeting it with the addition of two words… “And Mystical.” Snippets of the record have surfaced on the ‘net over the last year, and the collab is reportedly being produced by London On Da Track. If all is true, this wouldn't be Thugger & Kanye's first time working together. The two are coming off their latest collab “Highlights” from Kanye’s The Life Of Pablo album, which earned them a performance on SNL last month.

Rihanna's "ANTI" Returns To The Top Of The Billboard 200

After over a month spent in lower positions, Rihanna's "ANTI" is back at number one. Rihanna pulled out a nail-biter against Kevin Gates about a month and a half ago when their respective albums ANTI and Islah were released, barely edging him out for the top spot on the Billboard 200. After that week at number one, Rih's surprise release ceded its spot to Future's EVOL, Kendrick Lamar's untitled unmastered, and of course, Adele's commercial juggernaut 25 in between. Now, after a month at number two or lower, ANTI's back on top. Billboard's chart for the week of March 17th records 54,000 equivalent album units for Rih, 17,000 of which were deemed pure album sales. The rest, 69% of the total, came from streaming. Elsewhere, Adele moves down to number 2, Justin Bieber's Purpose moves up to 3, untitled unmastered falls back to 5, Islah sits at number 9, and Flatbush Zombies' 3001: A Laced Odyssey debuts at number 10 with 28,000 EAUs. Interestingly enough, 24,000 (about 85%) of that number came from pure album sales. So even though they're several rungs below Rihanna, FBZ sold more actual albums this past week.

Wale Plans To Release Two Albums In 2016

Wale announces plans for two 2016 albums, shares details on MMG's "Self Made Vol. 4." Back in January, Wale announced a new album by the name of Shine, giving us the name only and no other details, and now we've got a slight update. In an interview with Complex at SXSW, the MMG rapper spoke on his upcoming fifth album and gave some additional hints about two more new projects. First off, Shine is apparently an acronym that stands for "Still Here Ignoring Negative Energy," and it's about 80% complete. Kehlani and Nez & Rio are involved, but there's no release date yet. In addition, Folarin said that he'll "for sure" have another solo album out in 2016, and will also executive produce MMG's upcoming group project Self Made Vol. 4.

Drake & Rihanna Surprise Fan With Cancer In Miami

The Make-A-Wish foundation sent Drake and Rihanna to visit a devoted young fan in Miami. Last week, as the "Anti" tour hit Miami, Rihannabrought out Drake to perform their smash hit "Work," currently the No. 1 song in the country. During their stop in Miami, the two megastars took the time to visit a young fan of theirs named Megan, who's currently undergoing cancer treatment. Megan certainly looks elated in her picture with both Drake and Rihanna, though the highlight of the visit, organized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, was meeting the OVO rapper, for whom her obsession rivals any girl her age. "BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! I MET THE LOML," wrote Megan in the caption of a video post she put on her Instagram, one that has been reshared via a Drake fan account

Rich Homie Quan Says Young Thug Is Still His Best Friend

Even though Thug dissed him at a recent show, Rich Homie Quan has still got love for his former Rich Gang partner. And he intends to prove it on an upcoming track. During a recent concert, before dropping "Lifestyle," still the biggest hit to his name, Young Thugshouted, "Hey, fuck Rich Homie!" -- Rich Homie being the other collaborator on the track, taken off their 2014 joint tape Tha Tour: Part 1, which they released as the duo Rich Gang. Since the dissolution of Rich Gang, Thug has seemed to disown his former partner, but Rich Homie Quan, on the other hand, has no interest in contributing to the bad blood, as evidenced in a new track he's planning to release, which he previewed last night on Instagram. The unreleased track seems to provide Quan's take on the highly scrutinized Rich Gang breakup. "I had to separate myself from Rich Gang," lip syncs Quan as the track plays in the background. "No disrespect to Birdman," he continues. With the next line, Quan confirms that "Thugga Thugga still my BEST FRIEND, BEST FRIEND, BEST FRIEND," perhaps a nod to Thug's big hit off Slime Season. Then again, maybe Quan will drop a "Best Friend" of his own.

Official Vizion Signs Awesome2 Deal

We’ve been hearing a lot of chatter from Official Vizion camp in the early 2016! With summer coming we’ve been hearing a lot of waves from rapper/ceo Z aka Zeus! Were now hearing that they’ve signed another deal 4 months in the making with Awesome 2. Pair of djs that have a large amount of credentials in the hip hop community! With artist like, P diddy, Busta Rhymes, Styles P, and other major names on their resume; this deal promises to be lucrative for Z’s camp.

Are Quavo & Rick Ross’ Ex-Fiance, Lira Galore, Dating?

According to rumors, Migos rapper Quavo & Rick Ross' ex, Lira Galore, are reportedly dating. Rumors have been swirling online today that Rick Ross’ ex-fiance, Lira Galore, has a new man in her life and it’s reportedly Migos rapper Quavo. According to TheShadeRoom, Quavo & Lira Galore were spotted together hanging out in the VIP of a club in North Carolina recently. While the video captured (below) doesn’t provide much proof of an exclusive relationship, reports are claiming the two are indeed an item. Galore, who just ended her engagement with MMG’s Rick Ross, had rumors circulating back in November that she had cheated on Rozay with another rapper, causing their first initial break up. She later denied those allegations, but it’s now looking like that may have been Quavo, if true.

Tory Lanez & Jacquees Have Squashed Their Beef

Tory Lanez and Jacquees met up at South By Southwest. South By Southwest can really do everything. In addition to providing dope performances for fans, it can also be a means for reconciliation. Back in late February, Tory Lanez and Jacquees fell into a brief Twitter beef that was started when Tory Lanez responded flippantly to a post from the new Cash Money signee. Lanez wasn’t having it when Jacquees declared that he was coming for every R&B artist not named Chris Brown, and Jacquees ended up calling the Toronto singer a “watermelon head ass,” among other things. Fast forward to SXSW, where the two linked up and appear to have squashed any ill will that may have stemmed from their spate on Twitter. Jacquees posted a photo of the two together at SXSW, and although he called Tory Lanez a watermelon head again, it appears to have been in good fun this time. The two are on to bigger things, as they should be, and hopefully we’ll hear a collaboration between the two talented artists soon.

Z Rejects Google Play Deal & Signs another deal

We had received word that the Official Vizion camp was making power moves by signing deals with companies like “Freemantle”, but now weve gotten word that rapper/ceo of Official Vizion has denied a deal with google play reported to be worth 500,000-2,000,000! Definitely a large sum of money compared to a normal income! We’re receiving word that Z turned down the deal because he felt that “Official Vizion” could make more money outside of the deal and it would be restricting for the labels growth! Stay tuned for more information on rapper Z aka Zeus!

Stream ILoveMakonnen's "Drink More Water 6" EP

Listen to ILoveMakonnen new featureless EP "Drink More Water 6." With the clock striking midnight, ILoveMakonnen’s highly anticipated Drink More Water 6 EP was made available for purchase on iTunes. Laced with 11 tracks in total, the follow up to last year’s I Love Makonnen 2 EP comes with no features and is led by the previously heard singles “Solo,” “Live For Real,” & “Sellin.” Serving as the sixth installment in the Drink More Water series, this is the first commercial release on iTunes, whereas all other previous installments were free downloads.

Jhene Aiko & Dot Da Genius Are Secretly Married

Dot Da Genius confirms on Instagram that he and Jhene Aiko are a married couple. Well here’s something many of us didn’t see coming. Jhene Aiko & producer Dot Da Genius are secretly married! On Wednesday, the producer confirmed the news by wishing his “wife” a very happy 28th birthday on Instagram. "Happy Birthday to my gorgeous wife," the music producer shared. "Happy to be on this quest w/ you!!!" The picture he tagged shows Jhene standing on the altar while wearing a long white wedding dress with a bouquet of flowers in her hand. Meanwhile, Dot Da Genius appears to be placing a nice rock on his wife's left hand (see below). It's unclear when the pair actually exchanged the vows, but they’ve been reportedly dating since 2014. Dot even tweeted out a major hint back in 2014 about tying the knot, but it flew under the radar to most. Big congratulations to the happy couple on their “new” marriage

Lee Andrews, R&B Singer & Father Of Questlove, Has Passed Away

Our thoughts are with Questlove and his family. Our hearts go out to longtime drummer of The Roots and all-around great dude Questlove, whose father Lee Andrews passed away yesterday. He was 79. Lee Andrews was the frontman for the Philadelphia-based R&B group Lee Andrews & the Hearts, a classic doo-wop group that charted on the Billboard charts all the way back in the 1950s. Questlove, real name Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, appears nightly on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and shared a heartfelt message on Instagram. He honored the man who he considers “the greatest teacher in my life.” Questlove recalls touching moments between Lee and himself, including disagreements over his career choice, being able to provide for his father and most importantly Lee’s tenacious parenting. Read the whole thing below and make sure you have some tissues on hand

Kendrick Lamar Calls Lil Wayne "The Greatest"; Weezy Responds

Kendrick Lamar says Lil Wayne is one of his biggest style influences. Kendrick Lamar recently sat down with The Coveteur while out in Manchester, England for an in-depth interview about his new deal with Reebok, fashion, style, and how the youth are shaping the culture. But it was his comments about Lil Wayne, that not only caught the internet’s attention, but the YMCMB boss man himself. It all started when K Dot named Lil Wayne as one of his biggest style influences, before adding that he was “the greatest,” not just musically, but for what he’s down for the culture. K Dot can be quoted, “Yeah, man, we was heavy. That’s a real story like, we was just huge, still to this day, huge Lil Wayne fans. Lil Wayne is the greatest. Not only because of his music but also because of the culture he put behind it. It was a big part of what he was talking about, so we always hold Lil Wayne in high regards. Juvenile as well. And yeah, it’s the impact of them man. To be a part of it the same way he was a part of it years later is just a great feeling.” Not long after the interview had been published, Weezy caught wind of the compliment and took to twitter to acknowledge K Dot. Tune simply stated “Kendrick Lamar a real one #Respek."

Mariah Carey Announces New Docu-Series On E! Network

Mariah Carey will be taking her talents to the small screen on E! network. It looks like Mariah Carey is taking her talents to the small screen. On Tuesday, E! network announced that Mariah has an upcoming 8 part docu-series on the way called "Mariah’s World." The show will reportedly give fans a closer look into Mariah’s personal life, including motherhood, her career, tour life, and relationship with fiance billionaire James Packer. ”I refuse to call it a reality show,” she said to the NY Times. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to kind of, like, show my personality and who I am, even though I feel like my real fans have an idea of who I am,” she explained. “A lot of people have misperceptions about this and that.” With filming beginning two weeks ago, the show is being produced by Bunim/Murray Productions, the same group behind “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” “I Am Cait” and “The Real World.” Jeff Jenkins, executive vice president for programming and development at Bunim/Murray, said that “Mariah’s World” would be shot differently from the company’s other shows.

Kanye West Updates “Wolves” Featuring Vic Mensa & Sia

Kanye West releases the updated version of "Wolves" featuring Vic Mensa & Sia. Staying true to his word, Kanye West just released a new updated version of “Wolves” tonight on TIDAL featuring Vic Mensa & Sia, who were on the original version we first heard at the Yeezy 2 fashion show. The Frank Ocean outro has now been added as a separate track entirely on The Life Of Pablo simply dubbed “Frank’s Track.” As for the highly anticipated Drake version we’re still waiting for, that’s anyones guess, but lets hope it’ll still sees the light of day someday. For what it's worth, "Wolves" isn't the first record to be re-worked on either. Just the other day, Kanye fixed "Famous" on Tidal, switching up a couple lines and vocals from Rihanna.

Hudson Mohawke Threatens To Leak Kanye West & Drake Songs

Hudson Mohawke takes aim at Kanye West in a recent twitter rant. Hudson Mohawke has been a more behind-the-scenes figure when it comes to G.O.O.D. Music releases, but one would still assume he's getting his due credit (and pay), even if he's not releasing music front-and-center of the label. Last night the producer unexpectedly put G.O.O.D.'s label head, Kanye West, on blast, for allegedly not getting credit for some of his work. The most inflammatory tweet has since been deleted, but a screenshot remains (below), where HudMo says, "Literally about to release a zip of Kanye and Drake songs I've done that I got 0 for"-- it remains unclear if he means "0" dollars or "0" credit. From there, Hudson vented about the industry in general, and it seems, elicited a subtweet response from another producer Kanye has worked with, Mike Dean.

Boosie Badazz Reveals Tracklist & Artwork For “Thug Talk”

Boosie Badazz recruits Webbie, Z-Ro, & Pimp C for his upcoming album "Thug Talk." Before Boosie Badazz drops off his joint project with C-Murder next month called Penitentiary Changes, the Louisiana vet will be blessing fans with another project ahead of time called Thug Talk, dropping in just two days on March 16. Tonight, Boosie decides to make the project available for pre-order on iTunes, ultimately revealing the official artwork & tracklist in the process. Laced with 17 records, the follow up to last month’s Out My Feelings: In My Past album features guest appearances from Webbie, Z-Ro, & the late Pimp C. Serving as his third album in 2016, Thug Talk is still just an appetizer to hold us over until his upcoming Atlantic Records release Boosie Badazz: Bigger and Badder Than Ever arrives. Check out the tracklist below, and its artwork in the gallery (above). Look for a stream of the album to surface later this week as well. Tracklist 1. Thug Talk 2. Finish U 3. For da Love of Money 4. Regret It (feat. Webbie) 5. Wake Up (feat. Pimp C) 6. Off the Chain 7. TV 8. Rainbow 9. Retarded 10. Right Game Wrong Nigga 11. Street Wars 12. What You Know About 13. Menace II Society 14. No Surrender No Retreat 15. Found Love n U 16. Ga Away (feat. Z-Ro) 17. Thug Prayer

Meek Mill & Chief Keef Are Looking To Face Off In Grand Theft Auto V

Meek Mill has found a good way to spend time under house arrest. As of now, Meek Mill is not allowed to record music while serving his 3 month house arrest, so he's settled for the next best thing-- playing video games with fellow rappers. Meek jokingly taunted Chief Keef on Instagram earlier today, throwing up a screencap of his Grand Theft Auto V squad with the suggestion that he's coming to look for the rapper, who's known to be a big fan of the game. It didn't take Sosa long to respond, warning Meek that he shouldn't try him on GTA V "No u aint dont do it meek! We'll fuck yo whole everything up," he said, accompanied by a good helping of cry-laugh emojis. Keef then went on to post a collection of screencaps from his side, claiming he's on the lookout for Meek and his crew. So far, they don't seem to have met up, but we will definitely keep you posted if a face-off ensues. Meanbwhile, OG Maco has also expressed interest in joining in on this battle on Twitter.

Official Vizion Signs deal Freemantle Media

It’s been a journey for artist and ceo of Nashville TN label, Official Vizion. With its conception after O.N.A.’s collapse a coalition of artist from music city. Leader Z aka Zeus would later go on to create Official Vizion, entertainment label directly after. From humble beginnings the label would receive its fair share of light after the release of “Ordained”! The success of the mixtape would propel the label too new heights attracting the attention of Freemantle Media, a television production company . This deal is apparently one of many and worth a lot of money. The details of how much haven’t been specified. Stay tune to find out what other moves Z’s camp is making!

Kendrick Lamar's "Untitled Unmastered" Goes No. 1

Kendrick Lamar gets his second No. 1 album in under the year. Kendrick Lamar's surprise compilation album untitled unmastered. tops this week's Billboard 200 chart. According to Nielsen Music, the album moved 178,000 equivalent album units (and 142,000 pure album sales) for the week ending March 10. With this week's top spot, Kendrick Lamar has earned two No. 1 albums in the past year, following To Pimp a Butterfly, released on March 15, 2015. Unsurprisingly, untitled unmastered. did not outsell To Pimp a Butterfly, which sold 363,000 album units in its first week. Still, seeing that the new album was released with zero promo and that each of its eight tracks are both untitled and unmastered (obviously), the sales speak volumes to Kendrick's star power. Billboard reports that Kendrick is the third act since the beginning of 2015 to achieve two No. 1 albums in less than a year -- the other two being Drake and Future. Man, hip-hop is really dominating these days. For this week's chart, the other notable hip-hop release is 2 Chainz' ColleGrove, which is effectively a joint album with Lil Wayne, with Weezy guesting on eight of twelve tracks. The album, Chainz' first since 2013 B.O.A.T.S. II, makes its debut at No. 4 on the chart with first week sales of 53,000 units. Ahead of ColleGrove is Rihanna's Anti, which holds steady at No. 3, and Adele's 25, which has been fluctuating between No. 1 and 2 since its November release.

T.I. Posts Angry Video Message For Donald Trump

T.I. has some strong words for Donald Trump. As Donald Trump continues to remain the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, big names from the hip-hop world have begun to proclaim their disapproval of his potential presidency. Just yesterday, John Legend called Trump a racist in a Twitter back and forth with the real estate tycoon's son (Donald Jr.), and a few days ago, Chris Brown went on a heated Instagram tirade (in written form) against Trump's allegedly racist policy stances. Rapper T.I. is the latest to voice his opposition to the controversial candidate, as he went on Instagram today to post a video message directly intended for Trump's own ears. "Donald Trump, this message is for you," began the Grand Hustle boss. "My name is Clifford "T.I.P." Harris. I say this as nonviolently but unapologetically as possible: Fuck you and fuck what you stand for! Nobody who supports me will support you. End of message."

Dizzy Wright Finally Speaks On The Collapse Of Funk Volume

Dizzy Wright speaks on Hopsin, Dame Ritter, and why certain fans helped bring about the demise of Funk Volume. At the beginning of the year, Funk Volume co-founder and rapper Hopsinvoiced his anger at the label's other co-founder, Dame Ritter. In the week that followed, Georgia emcee Jarren Benton announced his departure from Funk Volume in favor of Master P's No Limit Records, and Hopsin then announced that the label was "officially dead." Hopsin addressed his issues with Ritter in his latest track and video, "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8," and he went into further detail in an interview last week, calling his former partner the "new age Jerry Heller." Also during the interview, he announced a new label of his own called Undercover Prodigy. All this time, not a word about Funk Volume's ruin had been uttered by Vegas rapper Dizzy Wright. Today, Dizzy finally broke his silence on Ritter, Hopsin, and the label he had been signed to for over four years in a lengthy Facebook post. Hopsin had suggested he was interested in bringing his old Funk Volume labelmates to Undercover Prodigy, but in today's Facebook post, Dizzy confirmed he was staying in business with Ritter, who has continued to serve as his manager in the wake of Funk Volume's demise. He went on to voice his dismay at seeing Ritter's name being "dragged through the dirt" and explained how crucial his current manager was to Funk Volume's success.

Barack Obama Expresses His Love For J. Cole

The President reveals he's a big fan of J. Cole at SXSW. Obama's love for hip-hop is now well-established. The President cited Kendrick Lamar's "How Much a Dollar Cost" as his favorite song of 2015, and he even invited the Compton rapper to meet with him in the Oval Office. He also recently talked to Kanye West, apparently, as Ye revealed that Obama made him promise he would make beats for Nas' next album. Yesterday, Obama visited SXSW in Austin, Texas to deliver the festival's keynote address. After that speech, which focused on the challenges facing America's tech industry, Obama went on to speak at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, which also featured a performance from J. Cole. Considering Cole's appearance at the event, it's not surprising Obama is a supporter of the Dreamville emcee, but it's still awesome to hear the world's most powerful man express his admiration for the Fayetteville rapper. "I love J. Cole," said Obama to an adoring crowd. "You know, this is the benefit of having teenage daughters. I actually keep up." Obama also said he was able to speak with Cole's mother and grandmother before the event. It seems the ultimate credit for the prez's hip-hop knowledge has to go to his daughters. Over a year ago, Malia was spotted donning a Pro Era T-shirt, so she's obviously familiar with huge stars like J. Cole. Whoever wins the next election, no candidate's family will be loved by the hip-hop world like the Obamas are.

The Weeknd Hints At Starting A "New Chapter"

Is another project on the way? Since he started promoting Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd has been referring to the various phases of his career as "chapters," releasing a teaser for the LP with the title "Chapter 3," and at one point matching these phases to projects in his bio (Chapter 1: Trilogy, Chapter 2: Kiss Land... etc.)