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Zane Lowe Interviews Drake (Video)

On the eve of Drizzy dropping ‘Views’, he sat down with Zane Lowe for an hour long converstation in Drizzy’s hometown of Toronto. During their convo Drizzy talks about He speaks on the creating process with producer “40”, relationship with Nicki Minaj, chemistry with Rihanna, Birdman and Lil Wayne feud, Tory Lanez, the idea of a project with Kanye West, the “Pop Style” feature confusion, success of “Hotline Bling”, the Weeknd and much more.

L.A. Leakers Rewind: Apr. 24th – Apr. 30th

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DRAKE RELEASES VIEWS
It was almost two years since Drake announced the title of his fourth studio album ‘Views’, and on Friday he finally gave fans what they had been waiting for.

The highly anticipated album is laced with 20 songs that possess that Drake and 40 combination known to warrant plaques.

‘VIEWS’ boasts features from Rihanna, Future, Pimp C, PARTYNEXTDOOR, WizKid, Popcaan and dvsn.

Jay-Z and Kanye were supposed to also be on the album for their collab on “Pop Style,” but as Drizzy told Zane Lowe during his interview samples were not clear. No biggie for Drake whom accomplished something Kanye and Jay have never done — sell over half a million on the FIRST day. Guess Drake featuring Drake gets the job done.

My must-hear 6ix songs off the album are below in no particular order:
“Controlla”
“Childs Play”
“Redemption”
“Still Here”
“Faithful” feat. Pimp C & dvsn
“Too Good” feat. Rihanna

I wasn’t too impressed with the album at first, but after numerous plays I can see why this album figures to be the album of the summer. Let me know in the comments below what your favorite songs off ‘VIEWS’ are.

Purchase it HERE.

SUMMER SIXTEEN TOUR
When Drake and Future said they were “up to something” they weren’t kidding, they truly were “not just bluffing.”

The “Jumpman” duo announced Monday they are hitting the road this summer for their Summer Sixteen tour.

This is not the first time the two have been on tour together. Drake has taken Future on the road before for both his Jungle tour and Would You Like a Tour.

Since the tour was announced a number of dates have been added including an extra show in LA at the Staples Center and another one at MSG in New York, making NY the city with the most dates with four.

Tickets for the Summer Sixteen tour went on sale this Friday on Ticketmaster, and if you’re reading this it might be too late to get tickets for select cities. GOOD LUCK!

Check out ALL the dates below:

DESIIGNER’S “PANDA” TOPS CHARTS

Freshman rapper Desiigner is doing things the guy he gets compared to has never done, as his hit-single “Panda” reached No. 1 on Billboards Hot 100 charts.

With the No.1 single, Desiigner also became the first New York City rapper since Jay-Z to be on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The 18-year-old rapper that is now signed to Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint, announced he will be dropping a mixtape and an app in the coming weeks, be on the lookout.

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/725492712800182274

N.W.A. REUNION AT COACHELLA
If you’ve been on earth the past two weeks you know Coachella weekend was in full effect from everyone talking about it…WE GET IT.

Ice Cube was one of the performers at the ‘chella and had one of the best performances along with former N.W.A. members he brought out: Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella, as well as Kendrick Lamar to put the cherry on top.

It was really a sight to see as the supergroup performed classics like: “Straight Outta Compton,” “Dopeman,” and “Fuck The Police.”

MC Ren told Rolling Stone that the whole moment was great and “”We had fun. It felt like old times. It’s been a long, long stretch.”

If you were raised on hip-hop it was a historic thing to see. Hopefully, the group will bless more stages in the near future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu9xTP2jv0A

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

DRAKE Drops VIEWS [Listen]

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Drake has finally released his highly-anticipated album, ‘Views From The 6’ on iTunes.

The album was originally set to be released April 29th, but the 6 God blessed everybody a day early and can be heard HERE.

VIEWS boasts features from Rihanna, Future, Pimp C, Bun B, PARTYNEXTDOOR, WizKid, Popcaan and dvsn.

This album figures to have anthems for the summer. VIEWS!

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

TBT – #ThrowBackTune Of The Week

In honor of Drake releasing his highly-anitcipated album, ‘Views From The 6’, in less than 24-hours, I chose his song “City Is Mine” off his first mixtape, ‘Room For Improvement’.

On “City Is Mine,” Drake represents his hometown of Toronto and calls out fellow rappers from his city, while making a statement that he runs the city.

Drizzy summoned his OVO Sound producer, Boi1da, for the Production on the track. Boi1da also has production credits on Champagne Papi’s forthcoming album, ‘Views’.

Check out the full production list:
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WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

Drake & Future Going On Tour

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When Drake and Future said they were “up to something,” they weren’t kidding.

The “Jumpman” duo announced today they are hitting the road this summer for the Summer Sixteen tour.

This is not the first time the two have been on tour together. Drake has taken Future on the road before for both his Jungle tour and Would You Like a Tour.

Tickets for the Summer Sixteen tour go on sale this Friday on Ticketmaster. Get more info here.

Check out all the dates below:

https://twitter.com/LALeakers/status/724600315006185472

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

Justin Credible’s #LeaksOfTheWeek w/ A$AP Ferg, Drake, & Yo Gotti (Video)

If it’s hot you know I’m on it!

For this weeks #LeaksOfTheWeek I had to go with the new verse from Drake on “Pop Style” that was released last week with the greats Jay Z and Kanye West, the new one from A$AP Ferg feat. SchoolBoy Q “Let It Bang”, Yo Gotti feat. E40 “Law”, Domo Genesis feat. Anderson .Paak “Dapper” and DVSN “With Me”.

L.A. Leakers Rewind: Apr. 3rd – Apr. 9th

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DESIIGNER RISES OVER FUTURE
Freshman rapper Desiigner’s price has really gone up in the past couple weeks. From signing onto Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music to being featured on Ye’s TLOP.

This week his hit single “Panda” peaked at number 14 on Billboard’s Hot 100 charts, topping any Future song. The highest Future has placed on the charts is 28th.

That’s a slap in the face for Future being that Desiigner is compared to him and is often confused for being him—something Future doesn’t like.

To add insult to injury the song “Panda” has been getting major looks not only in the clubs but also on the national stage. Watch Shaq come out to the song at WWE’s Wrestlemania 32:

Let’s see what else Desiigner has to come with the announcement of a mixtape dropping soon.

Hopefully he doesn’t turn out to be a Milli Vanilli a.k.a. one-hit wonder.

T. SWIFT GIVES ‘JUMPMAN’ A JUMP
Taylor, Taylor, Taylor just boosted “Jumpman!” It’s crazy how much impact and reach one Taylor Swift can have on something.

She does boast a crazy fanbase that is international, but to think a commercial of her listening to Drake and Future’s “Jumpman” while she works out boosting the single’s sale by a staggering 431 percent is insane!

Many reports have came out stating that globally the highly popular commercial of Taylor on the treadmill has had that kind of impact.

Aside from Drake and Future benefitting from the commercial, Apple of course had major rises with their #GymFlow playlist climbing to No. 5 playlist of the week, a 325 percent rise.

If you’ve been living under a rock watch the commercial below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=fK_zwl-lnmc

DRAKE AND MEEK MILL PUT OUT NEW MUSIC
It’s no secret Drake will be releasing his highly anticipated album ‘Views From The 6’ this month.

He added a little hype this week with the release of two songs, one which feature Kanye West and Jay-Z, also known as The Throne.

Champagne Papi’s nemesis, Meek Mill also dropped two songs of his own to add to the beef in which he took some shots at Drizzy. This is becoming a trend for Meek who also did the same thing when Drake dropped “Summer Sixteen.”

Don’t be surprised if Meek Milly releases a surprise album or mixtape whenever Drake decides to release VIEWS.

NICKI ON ELLEN
Nicki Minaj went on The Ellen Show and talked about “a boy that likes her” referring to her bae, Meek Mill. She also said, “she doesn’t want to say she’s in a relationship anymore.”

While the Internet went in on the comments and misconstrued them, if you watch the video you will see she didn’t actually mean her and Meek are no longer together.

The next day she went on her IG to profess her love for the “boy” that likes her, Meek. Let’s see how long these two will last.

“I don’t wanna hear about this ever again, not even when she tell ’em that they better as friends.”

CHRIS BROWN VS. TINASHE
Chris Brown is no stranger to throwing shade on social media and he is quick to spill out his feelings about anything he doesn’t agree with.

Breezy went in on the whole Kehlani situation by slamming the bay area R&B singer for her “attempted suicide” and told her to “stop flexing for the gram,” while showing support for Kyrie Irving.

His comments lead to Zendaya, Tinashe and a few others unfollowing him on social media making Chris fire off even more.

He then commented on a Baller Alert picture and went all the way in on Tinashe or as he calls her “WHOISHAE.”

“I hope she talked about ‘HER’ career for most of this interview ‘WHOISHAE’ TINASHAE,” he wrote. “I hope they rehearsing for those performance (power 106 charity basketball game halftime show) give her credit though, 30 16 year old hobbit face ass. WE WANT MUSIC, WE WANT MUSIC, WE WANT MUSIC!! TEACH ME HOW TO JERK FACE ASS.”

It’s clear Chris has no chill and no filter. He’s a real standup guy.

L.A. CHASE LIKE NO OTHER
L.A. is notorious for crazy police chases. This week we got a show when two suspects cruised the streets of L.A. weaving thru traffic and even doing donuts in the middle of Sunset Boulevard.

Watch it below:

Here are a couple other crazy chases:

Throwing money out the window:

OJ the juice on the loose:

The Lexus that never made it to Texas:

Let me know the craziest one in the comments below.

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

Tracee Ellis-Ross And Regina Hall Hilariously Cover “Jumpman”

Watch Tracee Ellis-Ross get on her rapper shit while covering Drake and Future’s “Jumpman” as her alter-ego, T-Murda.

T-Murda in her glammed out nails, gold hoops, gold grill and cornrows attempts to make sense of the lyrics along with her homegirl, Regina Hall. The two even try to keep up with the tempo but unfortunately are unable of finding their tempo showing they were nothing like DJ Mustard.

After Future’s part of “chicken wings and fries we don’t go on dates/Nobu, Nobu, Nobu, Nobu,” T responds by saying, “he’s cheap, but then he’s not cheap.”

Tracee has channeled her inner rapper before having covered Travis Scott’s “Antidote” and Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen.”

Watch the video above to see “they not just bluffing” and experience the comedy.

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

Rihanna Brings Out Drake At ‘Anti’ Tour In Miami (Video)

Rihanna performed tonight in the 305, and treated fans to special performance to “Work” and brought out none other than Drizzy.

Watch more videos below…

L.A. Leakers Rewind: Feb 20th – Feb 26th

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What a week! From Rihanna to Kanye to Daniel? Yeah, we’re “back at it again with the” LA Leakers Rewind!

DAMN, DANIEL

Once again the Internet has proven it could make anyone an overnight celebrity.

Daniel Lara and Joshua Holz, two high school sophomores from Riverside Polytechnic High School in California, are the most recent Internet sensations.

Holz posted a series of videos of Lara in different outfits that literally consist of Joshua repeatedly saying, “Damn, Daniel,” as he pans the camera up and down.

Another notable quote from the video is “back at it again with the white vans,” which I’m sure has delighted shoe company, Vans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYfiTPwghFE

The two were invited to be on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where they were showered with gifts including a lifetime supply of you guessed it, white Vans.

The original video has been viewed over 45-million times. “Damn, Daniel.”

Since music is what we do it for, you know we had to add a music angle to this story. Check out this mix of the “Damn, Daniel” videos:

DAMN, RIHANNA

Daniel wasn’t the only one that had everyone saying “damn” this week. Bad Gal RiRi showed why she refers to herself as “bad.”

This week she released a video for her hit-single, “Work,” which showcases Rih’s twerking talents and shows her seductively dancing on Drake.

The video is reminiscent of the “What’s My Name” video, where you can feel the sexual tension between her and Drizzy.

Drake’s a brave man for wearing sweats in that ting.

KANYE EXERCISES HIS TWITTER FINGERS

We know how much Kanye loves Kanye but lately he’s been showing how much he loves Twitter, and how he utilizes it to voice his opinions, make announcements and vent.

This week he had the Twittersphere buzzing with excitement as he made two pretty major announcements.

On one of his tweets he said he’s dropping another album this summer and also mentioned that he spoke to ADIDAS about giving everyone a “free” pair of Yeezys.

He then vented about the GRAMMYs being “out of touch” and “the people” needing to see Young Thug and Future at the award show.

In the midst of the venting he referred to himself as, “the most important living artist.

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/702561708674576384?lang=en
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Stay humble, ‘Ye. Stay Humble.

YO GOTTI DROPS

Memphis rapper, Yo Gotti released his fifth studio album titled, ‘The Art of Hustle’ this week.

Gotti dropped the first single off the album, “Down In the DM” last year and it has proved to be pretty successful both in the clubs, and on the Billboard charts.

“Down In the DM” is Gotti’s first song to hit top 10 on any Billboard chart.

The Tennessee native spent most of the week on a promo tour hitting many radio stations across the country and also hit Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform “Down In the DM” with Travis Barker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9ASG2tEtc

The deluxe version of the album has features from: Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Future, 2 Chainz, E-40, Pusha T and more. It is available on iTunes.

DRAKE SIGNS NEW DEAL

Drake was in the UK for the Brit Awards where he came out and performed, “Work” with Rihanna.

It turned out that was just a footnote for the 6 God in the UK, as he allegedly signed a deal with fellow rapper and close friend, Skepta’s label, BBK (Boy Better Know).

There aren’t any specific details about the deal or the terms of the contract, but Drizzy made it official as he posted it on his Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCMBWdRDQPq/?taken-by=champagnepapi

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @beeroxx90