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Rihanna – “Nothing Is Promised” Prod by. Mike Will Made It [AUDIO]

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Mike WiLL Made-It is back at it! The super-producer teamed up with Rihanna for another slapper. “Nothing Is Promised” is the first single off Mike WiLL’s upcoming album, Ransom 2. Last time these two worked together was for Rih’s “Pour It Up,” which turned out to be a very successful single.

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L.A. Leakers Rewind: Mar. 13th – Mar. 19th

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UNTITLED UNMASTERED TOPS CHARTS

Kendrick Lamar just can’t miss and his recent project, ‘Untitled Unmastered’ ranking number 1 on the Billboard 200 Charts just further proves his dominance in the rap game.

Despite dropping the project the same week as Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz dropped their EP and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released theirs respectively. Kendrick was still able to outsell the duos, that’s a one man wrecking crew.

The 7-time Grammy winner has sold over 175,000 units putting him back on that top spot. Around this time last year K. Dot was holding the top crown for his sophomore album, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly.’

Salute, King Kendrick.


JADAKISS AND FABOLOUS DROPPING JOINT MIXTAPE

Jada and Fab are known to spit vicious lyrics with some mean punchlines and this week the two confirmed that they will be releasing a joint mixtape titled, ‘Freddy Vs. Jason.’

Both New York MCs have appeared on tracks like Young Jeezy’s “OJ” together in addition to others.

There is no release date set as of now but be on the lookout for the mixtape to drop soon as Fab hinted on his Instagram account.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCTrMbkvfEQ/

DESIIGNER SHADES FUTURE

A few weeks ago footage of Future taking subliminal shots at Desiinger surfaced on the Internet. This past week Desiigner got some redemption at the Atlanta rapper while he performed at SXSW.

Desiigner made it clear to the crowd that he is not a knockoff or imitation of Future and then proceeded to drop his newest song, “Pluto.”

If you recall “Pluto” is also the name of Future’s first album.

The whole situation is weird especially considering the fact that both rappers sound almost alike.

Check out the videos and Desiigner’s new song, “Pluto.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp7aGPq8uds

RIHANNA TO BE HONORED

Rihanna will be honored with the Rock Star Award at this year’s BET’s Black Girls Rock which will be premiering April 5.

The annual awards gala recognizes the accomplishments of black women in the music and television industry.

Others that will be honored along with Rih are R&B icon Gladys Knight, producer and writer Shonda Rhimes amongst others.

RIh shared her appreciation on her Twitter account:

You go, girl!

MICHELLE OBAMA DEBUTS SONG

The First Lady of the United States released a song as part of her #62MillionGirls campaign, which was created to raise funds to get young girls across the world educated.

The song, “This Is For My Girls” was unveiled Wednesday as part of Barack Obama’s keynote at SXSW.

Although Michelle doesn’t drop any vocals on the song, you will hear Missy Elliot, Janelle Monae, Zendaya, Kelly Clarkson and Lea Michelle all featured on the song.

“This Is For My Girls” is available for purchase on iTunes. All proceeds will go to the Peace Corps Let Girls Learn Fund. Listen to the snippet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQa5HkO1yuk

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @beeroxx90

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.

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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

L.A. Leakers Weekly Rewind Jan 23 – Jan 29th (News)

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As the first month of the year is coming to a close, it is shaping up to be a good year in Hip-Hop. The culture is alive and well, although not all positive.

This week Kanye made a big announcement regarding his upcoming album. He announced the title and even posted a track-list to go with it.

Kanye being Kanye had a change of heart and switched the title from ‘SWISH’ to ‘WAVES’. This led to a reaction from Wiz Khalifa, who happens to be a major supporter of incarcerated Harlem rapper, Max B., the originator of the “wave”.

Wiz responded by tweeting, “Max B is the wavy one. He created the wave. There is no wave without him.” That resulted in Mr. West going on a full Twitter spiel taking shots at Wiz.

Check out some of the Tweets:


Disclaimer: KK = Khalifa Kush NOT Kim Kardashian

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I know you didn’t think Amber was going to stay quiet:

#GotEem

Amber’s BFF, Blac Chyna also made headlines this week.

Chyna is rumored to be dating the only male Kardashian, Rob. Tyga is dating Rob’s sister, Kylie, who is feuding with Chyna, Tyga’s baby’s mom. The whole thing is just a big paradox.

This image should help give you a better understanding of the whole situation:

I know, I know. It’s confusing.

Now back to the music.

#RihannaNavy rejoice!

The POP superstar finally released her highly anticipated album, ‘Anti’, the 8th studio album and her first since 2012.

Despite Rih’s 2012 release, ‘Unapologetic’ having a decent amount of features, ’Anti’ has only two featured artists listed on the album, being Drake and TDE’s first lady, SZA.

There are plenty of big-time producers, which include: Timbaland, DJ Mustard, No I.D., Boi-1da and Kuk Harrell. While The Weeknd, The Dream and James Fauntleroy are some of the writers on the album.

Since being released the album has hit #1 on the Billboard’s Trending 140 chart, gone platinum and the first single off the album, “Work” featuring Drake has reached #1 in 70 countries WORLDWIDE!!

‘Anti’ was exclusively released on Tidal for a whole week. The deluxe version of the album with three bonus tracks was made available January 29th on iTunes.

Check out the track-list:

1. Consideration (feat. SZA)
2. James Joint
3. Kiss It Better
4. Work (feat. Drake)
5. Desperado
6. Woo
7. Needed Me
8. Yeah, I Said It
9. Same Ol’ Mistakes
10. Never Ending
11. Love on the Brain
12. Higher
13. Close to You
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Rihanna wasn’t the only one to drop this week, as fellow Roc Nation label-mate, J. Cole released the ‘Forrest Hills Drive Live’ album on his 31st birthday.

The album includes live versions of the entire Grammy-nominated ‘2014 Forrest Hills Drive,’ along with classics; “Lights Please,” “In The Morning,” and “Nobody’s Perfect.”

Cole being the warm-hearted person that he is, selected for fans to hand-deliver the album to before it being released.

Peep:

https://twitter.com/jeninloves30/status/692577112889303044

Gotta love Cole.

If you’re a Lakers fan you have to love Shaq, a.k.a., Superman, a.k.a., The Diesel a.k.a., The Big Aristotle, a.k.a., The Big Sidekick, okay you get it.

In all seriousness, Shaq was one of the greatest Lakers to ever set foot on any hardwood court in Los Angeles.

The Lakers are finally paying him homage, as it was announced they’re honoring the big guy with a statue outside the STAPLES Center, where he celebrated three NBA Championships with the team.

“We look forward to having Shaq join the other legends who have been honored with statues at STAPLES Center,” said Jeanie Buss, Lakers president and co-owner, in a statement to ESPN.

Shaq was surprised when he learned about it on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and mentioned that if it does happen he would go into the NBA Hall of Fame as a Laker.

Here’s the video:

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

Much love,
Shaq

Twitter was on fire this week, not only with Kanye, Wiz, and Amber drama, but B.o.B also set it off by going on a rant about how he thinks the world is flat.

See for yourself below…

Written by: Bryan Melara (@beeroxx90)

Rihanna Covers NY Times Style Magazine (News)

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Rhi graced the cover of NY Times Style Magazine for their latest issue! Inside the mag Rhi opens up about racism, how she handles public scrutiny, what are some of her turn ons and more!

“[I]t’s the thing that makes me want to prove people wrong. It almost excites me; I know what they’re expecting, and I can’t wait to show them that I’m here to exceed those expectations.” Rihanna, whose new album, Anti, is due this year, certainly has proven people wrong — raking in millions and becoming one of the most sought-after artists in today’s music industry.”

You can read full article here.