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, Kendrick Lamar plays actor in Taylor Swift’s new music video, Lil Jon speaks to the students at Oxford University, and Young Thug’s engineer is frustrated at leaked music.
Tyga Has Trouble Getting The Gold Album Released On Spotify
New single off #TheGoldAlbum drops fri on @spotify#HollywoodNiggazpic.twitter.com/2QN8V1ntlU
— T-Raww (@Tyga) May 14, 2015
Waiting on @Spotify …….
— T-Raww (@Tyga) May 16, 2015
Tyga drops a tweet letting everyone know that The Gold Album would be dropping direct to Spotify on Friday. It didn’t, and he let’s the world know he’s waiting on Spotify… Let’s hope this album gets released sometime soon.
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Kendrick Lamar Receives California Generational Icon Award
Honored to recognize #sd35 & Compton native @kendricklamar today by the #casenate#calegpic.twitter.com/1JbFrwbIM4
— Dr. Isadore Hall,III (@isadorehall) May 11, 2015
A great meeting w/ @kendricklamar & #California Governor @JerryBrownGov#caleaders#caleg#sd35pic.twitter.com/QQdT0sXuOr
— Dr. Isadore Hall,III (@isadorehall) May 12, 2015
On May 11, Kendrick Lamar was awarded with the 35th-annual Generational Icon Award by California State Senator Isadore Hall at the state senate building in Sacramento. While he received his plaque, K. Dot humbly expressed his gratitude.
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Kanye West Is Now A Doctor
Dr. Kanye West!!!!!!! I'm so proud of you baby & I know your mom would be so proud too!!!! ? pic.twitter.com/dgcj3uUVvq
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) May 11, 2015
Kim Kardashian could not be more proud of her hubby. Kanye West is now a doctor. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from The Art Institute of Chicago on May 11. The Chicago native was proud as he was dressed in a cap and gown.
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Artists React To B.B. King’s Death
??RIP to The Legend that will always #BE. Mr. B.B. #KING .. His Thrill Lives ON !!!! And We Thank #GOD for Him. ?? pic.twitter.com/fpy1DH0MrU
— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) May 15, 2015
My Grandmother (Ms Bettie) loved this record #RipBBKinghttps://t.co/IE4DyuWN6Y
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) May 15, 2015
R.I.P Mr BB pic.twitter.com/sljEeLgsmm
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) May 15, 2015
Legendary blues musician B.B. King died yesterday on May 14 in his Las Vegas home at the age of 89. This Rock-and-Roll Hall-of-Famer is also known as the “King of Blues,” and have influenced many artists across a variety of genres.
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Oxford University Turns Up For Lil Jon
Lil Jon is in the house. #TurnDownForOxpic.twitter.com/bRZOZ7IltF
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) May 11, 2015
The hashtag could not have been more perfect, as Lil Jon strolls down to the podium to speak to the students at Oxford University. While speaking on Kanye West and the 2016 presidential campaign, he hints at supporting Hilary Clinton.
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Kendrick Lamar To Appear In Taylor Swift’s Music Video
Meet Welvin Da Great.@kendricklamar#BadBloodMusicVideopic.twitter.com/iz6iG87NLE
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2015
KENDRICK PUT HIS ALBUM OUT EARLY.
NO ONE TOUCH ME.@kendricklamar
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) March 16, 2015
Taylor Swift is set to release her new music video “Bad Blood” during the Billboard Music Awards on May 17. It looks like Kendrick Lamar will be playing Welvin Da Great. She also tweeted that Zendaya, Elle Goulding and Lena Dunham will be making cameos.
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Young Thug’s Engineer Responds To Recent Leaks
This shit's been eating at me all day. Luckily there's always more music to make, and more whiskey to drink.
— savage mode 7.15 (@alextumay) May 13, 2015
Was hesitant to post this here. In regard to leaks: pic.twitter.com/4gzIwlG2m5
— savage mode 7.15 (@alextumay) May 13, 2015
The leak of Young Thug’s music affected many around him, especially his engineer Alex Tumay. He described the leak of unfinished records as “heartbreaking.” He openly expressed his frustration.
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Drake Is Wiz Khalifa’s Phone Background
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) May 9, 2015
We were all a little taken aback at this post. Wiz shares that Drake is his phone background, with a fire emoji. When another user inquired about this, he replied, “Naw it’s a dope pic brush. Reminds me of prom.”
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Snoop Dogg And Steve Ballmer At The Clippers Game
Snoop is in the house for game 3. #WeAreLApic.twitter.com/m4aKQ6JahT
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) May 9, 2015
Snoop Dogg makes an appearance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, while the Clippers take on the Rockets for game 3. It was all eyes on them as Snoop encounters Steve Ballmer and they exchange some words. Snoop later snaps a photo with Matt Barnes’ two adorable twins on his IG.
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Statik Selektah Announces New Album
Man… @therealstylesp@DamierGenesis@BIGKRIT all came thru last minute literally to bless #lucky7 … Thank you.
— Statik Selektah (@StatikSelekt) May 13, 2015
Producer Statik Selektah is excited to announce the release date for his upcoming project. His last solo project was titled What Goes Around, released August of last year. Strategic move to release Lucky 7 on July 7.
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Toronto Raptors To Wear OVO Uniforms Next Season
The Raptors May Have An OVO Jersey Colorway Next Season http://t.co/bA1HTtuM54pic.twitter.com/7cUNGn7u91
— RealTalk (@RealTalkUproxx) May 14, 2015
A handful of NBA teams are modifying their uniforms and adding alternate jerseys next season. The Toronto Raptors have reportedly agreed to allow its players to wear a uniform inspired by Drake, the team’s ambassador. October’s Very Own.
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DJ Drama Calls Joe Budden Thirsty
@joebudden what kinda water u like Joey? Fiji? Smart? Dasani? we gotta get u somethin asap to quench ya thirst… lol.
— DJ DRAMA (@DJDRAMA) May 13, 2015
Called out. Joe Budden has been going off on Twitter talking about texting girls, scrolling IG, and what not. Good thing DJ Drama is there to bring humor into the situation. What’s your favorite type of water?
