Sometimes Hip Hop can move at a pace too frantic for even the most devoted fan to keep up with. Albums and mixtapes are released at breakneck speed, careers are made and broken with the swipe of a pen, and somewhere in between all the madness actual music (the quality of which vacillates between excellent and god awful) is being made. Twitter provides a nice summary of everything 140 characters at a time. And if you’re the type that would rather not be bothered with stepping into the Twitterverse to catch up on the latest in Hip Hop, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s tweets and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, Jay Z’s Tidal Music Service Takes Over, University of Michigan football coach puts on for G-Eazy, and Rich Homie Quan denies dissing Young Thug.
Eminem Makes 42 Genius Annotations
And by Genius, we mean the old Rap Genius that helped us all understand difficult rap lyrics. Eminem recently makes 42 annotations on the site, helping users further understand his life and music. One included Em saying that he didn’t think that his song “Stan” would resonate the way that it did. On 50 Cent’s first single from Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ he dropped this gem, “We couldn’t decide on the first single from Get Rich. It was going to be either “If I Can’t” or “In Da Club.” We were torn..” Check out all the gems here!
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Drake’s OVO Teams Up With Toronto Raptors
Drake stays putting on for his hometown basketball team, the Toronto Raptors. OVO recently unveiled its latest collaboration, teaming up with Mitchell & Ness and the Toronto Raptors organization. The entire spring 2015 collection yields an assortment of hoodies, T-shirts, and snapbacks.
Houston Rapper Claims Rihanna Stole Her Song
In light of “Bitch Better Have My Money,” Houston rapper Just Brittany recently accused Rihanna of stealing her song. The 25-year-old’s song “Betta Have My Money” was released nine months ago, while Rihanna’s track debuted via iTunes last week. While deleting her own accusations, here is a retweet.
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Jay Z Launches Tidal Music Service
On March 30, Jay Z announced the launch of Tidal, a music subscription service, in a press conference. The project is co-owned with Alicia Keys, Arcade Fire, Beyonce, Calvin Harris, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Kanye West and Madonna. Their goal is to create a better service.
University of Michigan Coach Reps G-Eazy
University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh takes a selfie of himself rocking a G-Eazy hat, shouting out the Bay Area rapper. The photo was taken after a show in Ann Arbor over the weekend. The love must have come from Harbaugh’s history coaching the San Francisco 49ers.
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Curren$y And Wiz Khalifa Team Up Again
Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa are back at it again. This time, they collab on a mixtape titled “#2009.” Announced by the Taylor Gang website, the duo may have chosen the title because 2009 was the year they released their first joint project. Three years later, they released an EP called Live In Concert.
Rich Homie Quan Denies Dissing Young Thug
After Young Thug called Rich Homie Quan “Bitch Homie Quan,” fans thought Quan’s latest track “You Not” was a diss back. In the track, he raps, “I been me, you ain’t you homie / And you ain’t no thug, plus you ain’t that nigga I thought you was.” However, Quan shoots this rumor down, stating he would never diss Thugger.
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Wiz Khalifa And Ty Dolla $ign’s EP
Collab on collab. Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign are proud to release their EP Talk About It In The Morning. The project is only 5 tracks long, which makes sense, as they announced the album out of left field. Songs like “Post Up,” “Refresh and “Say No More” were released before this release.
Hot 97’s Summer Jam Lineup Stacked
Hot 97 just announced the lineup for the annual Summer Jam concert, this year featuring none other than Kendrick Lamar. The show will be held at MetLife stadium in New Jersey on June 7. Here’s a retweet of a Fabolous’ retweet.
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De La Soul To Release New Album This Year
It’s been over a decade since De La Soul has released an album. The iconic rap group took a different approach by launching a crowdfunding campaign to fund their project. Now, De La Soul has doubled its goal of $110,000, earning more than $250,000 from over 4,000 backers.
Fabolous And DJ Clue Possible Mixtape?
Real recognize real. Meek Mill is asking for that Fabolous and DJ Clue collab again. This follows the release of Fab’s “Shook Ones Part II” Freestyle, which is had everybody talking. Spitting over Mobb Deep’s beat, LOSO goes in.
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Jaden And Willow Smith To Perform At Wireless Festival
That festival life. Jaden and Willow Smith were added to the line-up at The New Look Wireless festival, taking place at Finsbury Park between July 1-5. The line-up includes Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Avicii and A$AP Rocky. They also join Broccoli City as it hosts its annual Earth Day festival in Washington, D.C.
