Sunday, February 7, 2016

50 Cent Holds Up "R.I.P Meek Mill" Shirt At Oakland Concert

50 Cent continues to clown Meek Mill during his concerts. Though 50 Cent recently turned his attention back to Puffy (who was recently accused of putting out a $1 million hit on Tupac), he's still got plenty of trolling saved up for Meek Mill. Last month, the Philly rapper dissed 50 on the 4/4 track "Gave Em Hope," and the G-Unit rapper clapped back with a seemingly endless barrage of memes. During a concert at the end of last month, he got the crowd chanting "fuck Meek Mill!," and just last night, during a show in Oakland, he continued the pettiness, as he hoisted up a T-shirt that reads "R.I.P. Meek Mill 1987-2015," much to the crowd's delight.

Clams Casino Accuses Jhene Aiko Of Stealing His Beat On "B's & H's"

Clams Casino claims that Jhené Aiko and her in-house team plagiarized his beat on "B's & H's." Jhené Aiko returned last month with a new single, "B's & H's," that was premiered on Soulection's show on Beats 1 radio. Her longtime collaborators The Fisticuffs were named as the producers of the new track, though Clams Casino, who worked with Aiko (as well as The Fisticuffs and Thundercat) on the Souled Out track "W.A.Y.S.," claims the "B's & H's" instrumental is a copy of one of his own beats. Clams called out Aiko and The Fisticuffs by tagging them both in a Twitter post, in which he wrote, "You guys have no shame about this? At all?"

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Snoop Dogg & The Cops Seem To Disagree Over Whether His Equipment Was Stolen

The reports from Snoop Dogg and the police don't really line up. Earlier this week, it was reported that a bunch of essential musical equipment -- as well as luggage and laptops -- were stolen from a van associated with Snoop Dogg's stage show in San Fransisco. Shortly after the news hit TMZ, Snoop denied that any gear had been taken, insisting that he had everything with him, and calling the story false. "They didn't get me, they got somebody else," he stated, revealing that he was only just on his way to the Bay Area. Strangely, none of this lines up with the story police have on file, which states that "Snoop Dog's [sic] Silver Suburban" was broken into, and that everything for the show the following night was in the van, according to TMZ. It's also written that one of the band members was "standing by the van, freaking out about the magnitude of the loss." Either none of this info got to Snoop, or this is one hell of a mix-up, but the rapper was able to play the show anyway, so things seem to have worked out.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Drake Responds To Reggie Miller's Ping Pong Challenge

Drake is involved in the most exciting showdown of All-Star weekend, and it ain't on the hardwood. Those who follow Drake on Instagram are well aware of his love for ping pong, as well as the rather impressive level of skill he brings to the table. As this year's NBA All-Star weekend takes place in Toronto, another table tennis enthusiast, Reggie Miller, who will be announcing Sunday's All-Star Game for TNT, is looking to set up a match with the 6's hometown hero. Miller made the challenge today on Twitter, writing, "my peeps say @Drake is a master ping pong player, maybe he's up for a match." That was enough to elicit Drake's attention, as he soon accepted Miller's request for a one-on-one game, while downplaying his own reputation as a "master." "So yes Reginald," Drake responded on Twitter. "It's a go!"

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Beyoncé Reportedly Hires New Management Team

Beyoncé hopes new management team will lead to "smarter decisions" with regard to "touring, sponsorships, and acting roles." Beyoncé has "cleaned house," firing much of her old management team in lieu of a brand new one, reports PageSix. The celebrity news website confirms Bey has parted with her manager of five years, Anne Callahan-Longo, and has hired Steve Pamon, who worked as JPMorgan Chase's head of sports and marketing, to work for her own company, Parkwood Entertainment. Pamon was also the organizer of Beyoncé's joint "On the Run" tour with Jay Z, which took place in summer 2014. "Beyoncé basically cleaned house, got rid of her whole team, which included her cousin, and hired a new team. She wants to surround herself with business people who could take her career to an even higher level," said an insider source. The source also noted that Beyoncé has one remaining album to record as part of her contract with Columbia Records and that "she wants to make smarter decisions where it comes to touring, sponsorships, and acting roles." Though the news doesn't lead to much speculation in terms of new music, it certainly implies that Beyoncé won't be relinquishing any of the spotlight in the near future.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Is Kim Kardashian Asking Fans To Name Kanye West's Album?

You might have the power to name Kanye West's upcoming studio album. Kanye West's upcoming album has gone through a lot of last minute changes, including the recent announcement that it's title would be changed from SWISH to WAVES. This wasn't even the first time Ye had changed his mind about the title, as it was originally called So Help Me God, but it seems the name of the album might not necessarily be finalized just yet. Kim Kardashian polled he Twitter followers on titles today, first asking them to vote between SWISH and WAVES (which is currenly neck and neck), before adding SHMG to the mix (that's the favorite so far). It would be weird for Kim to do this if Ye was going ahead with WAVES, so its possible these Twitter polls will determine what the album is called. All the more reason to VOTE (FOR SWISH) RIGHT NOW.

Monday, February 1, 2016

TIDAL Blames Leak Of Rihanna's "ANTI" On Universal

There are all sorts of questions surrounding the release of Rihanna's "ANTI." On Wednesday night (Jan. 27), Rihanna's highly anticipated album, ANTI, leaked on TIDAL shortly before its official release. After it officially went live on TIDAL, Rihanna gave away 1,000,000 free downloads of ANTI. She was able to do so because Samsung had apparently already bought that many copies of the album before its official release. Speaking with SPIN, TIDAL's director of Marketing, Grace Kim, revealed that the leak was caused by a "system error": "Look, we know what happened here, in the sense that unfortunately we still rely on systems, and there was a system error. But I don't think it hurt it at all." After the initial interview, another TIDAL rep followed up with SPIN and told the magazine that the "system error" was caused by Universal Music Group and not by TIDAL. Universal is a distribution partner of Roc Nation, the label on which ANTI was released. Other than the blame being directed toward Universal, the details provided by TIDAL on the error that led to ANTI's leak are vague. Two days after it was leaked, ANTI was declared platinum by the RIAA. Unlike the RIAA, Billboard and Nielsen aren't incorporating the pre-release copies purchased by Samsung into their first-week chart numbers. According to SPIN, the album was purchased over 400,000 times on TIDAL, and those numbers will be taken into account by Billboard. ANTI was released on iTunes and other online music stores on January 29. The album's physical release is set for February 5.