During an interview with Sway (Shade 45), producer/DJ Million Dollar Mano opened up about being dropped by Kanye West, as Kanye’s touring DJ. While Mano had nothing but good things to say about Kanye, he did take time to share his thoughts about why his termination received attention from blogs, indirectly blaming things on the Kanye fan forum KanyeToThe.com.
Kanye West/G.O.O.D Music producer/rapper Travis Scott, revealed to fans on his Snapchat that he is working with Young Money‘s Lil Wayne. The Snapchat picture shows a vehicle parked outside of a “Reserved for Lil Wayne” sign with a caption reading “Me and tune (Lil Wayne) been going in for hrs (hours).”
Looks like Grammy winning producer Hit-Boy is calling it quits when it comes to being one of hip-hop’s top producers. Chauncey Hollis (Hit-Boy), of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label, announced on his Twitter that he will no longer be producing. Hit-Boy is best known for his production on Lil Wayne’s ‘Drop the World’, G.O.O.D. Music‘s ‘Clique’ and Kanye and Jay-Z’s ‘N*ggas in Paris’.
Las Vegas rapper Yowda is now officially the newest member of Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group, as announced by Ross during a recent concert (although the signing was earlier in the month). The rapper has been rising in popularity every since his track ‘That’s How It Go’ with YG. You can only expect his fame to keep increasing since his signing with MMG.
The ‘Back That Thang Up’ rapper is back to making records, as he has recruited one of the biggest names in music to give a verse on his new track. The Drake collaboration ‘Sho Me Love’ features production by London On Da Track and comes just weeks after Juvenile’s resigning with Cash Money Records (the parent label to YMCMB and OVO).
According to reports, Usher may have made a sex tape with ex-wife Tameka Raymond, that could hit the internet soon. TMZ reports that the sex tape is being shopped around the black market from a man who may have received the tape as a result of a 2010 incident where two laptops, two video cameras, and around a million dollars in jewelry were stolen from Usher’s car in Atlanta.
A$AP Ferg, one of the top members of the A$AP Mob, has announced his new mixtape, Ferg Forever. The project’s first track ‘This Side’ (produced by The Fam) features rapper YG is available now for streaming. Ferg Forever will be his follow-up project to his album Trap Lord, named one of 2013’s best albums by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Complex and more. Stream ‘This Side’ and check Ferg’s upcoming tour dates below.