Earlier today, Kanye West made an appearance on Shade 45 to sit down with Sway for an interview. He talks about ‘Yeezus’ tour, production, DONDA, Nike, Red Octobers, Nicki Minaj’s verse on ‘Monster’ and more. Then things got a little heated when Sway asked about why he doesn’t empower himself, causing Kanye to snap and spazz. Finally, things cooled down and the conversation continued about the fashion industry, MTV’s Hottest MCs list, Pusha T, Big Sean, G.O.O.D. Music and more.
Last night, Drake brought his ‘Would You Like A Tour’ to Los Angeles for a performance at the Staples Center. During his set, he surprised the crowd by bringing out Nicki Minaj to do ‘Make Me Proud’, ending any speculation of a fallout between the two artists. He was also joined on stage by West Coast legend Snoop Dogg, who did ‘The Next Episode’, ‘Nuthin But A G Thang’ and ‘Drop It Like Its Hot. ’Finally, Birdman came out to perform ‘Still Fly’. I also included footage of Miguel bringing Wiz Khalifa to perform ‘Adorn’.
Kendrick Lamar held a special show last night in Brooklyn. During his performance, he decided to respond to Meek Mill’s recent shots on ‘Ooh Kill Em’. We can also expect more shots from Meek on the intro to his upcoming mixtape ‘Dreamchasers 3′.
“I have no time for irrelevant niggaas or new niggaas. There’s one niggaa in particular that needs to realize that there’s ‘levels’ to this shit.”
Last night, J.Cole and Wale kicked off their ‘What Dreams May Come’ tour in Miami. During his set, Wale surprised the crowd by bringing out Rick Ross to perform ‘FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt’. The MMG album ‘Self Made Vol 3′ hits stores September 17th.
To celebrate the release of his new album ‘Kiss Land’, The Weeknd decides unleash the official video for ‘Live For’ featuring Drake. The album is expected to sell 90-100k copies in its first week.
Last night, Wiz Khalifa & ASAP Rocky brought their ‘Under The Influence Of Music’ tour to Toronto for a show at the Molson Ampitheatre. During his performance, Wiz proceeded to bring out The Weeknd to assist him with their collaboration ‘Remember You’
In order to promote his upcoming sophomore album, J.Cole is planning to travel the country on his ‘Dollar & A Dream’ tour. It will feature 10 secret shows across North America and entry to each show will only cost $1. There will be no tickets sold and it will be first come first serve. The tour is set to kick off on June 11th in Miami. ‘Born Sinner’ in stores June 18th.
Here is a recap of Fabolous’ performance from The Life Is So Exciting tour’s New York stop. After running through his tracks in front of a packed crowd at B.B. Kings, he proceeded to bring out Pusha T, Wale, Joe Budden, Teyana Taylor, Troy Ave and Lil Mo to assist him with various records.
Beyonce continues to travel across Europe on ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’ world tour and tonight she made a stop in Paris. During her set at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy, she surprised the audience by treating them to a full performance of her new record ‘Grown Woman’. The track was previewed earlier this month in Beyonce’s Pepsi commercial. Expect the CDQ version to be released soon.
While Queen Bey’s became the face for H&M’s upcoming summer campaign, she’s just embarked on her “The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour” which began Monday and will last through early August. The popstress is set to rack in $115M from the tour enabling herself and husband Jay-Z to become the first billion dollar pop couple in music.
Beyoncé has now surpassed husband the Jiggaman in revenue, as with her 58-concert series, she’ll be earning nearly $2M each date. Jay-Z, who graced the new cover for TIME Magazine’s “100 most influential people in the world”, is also keeping his business game up as well starting up his own sports agency which now manages Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano and Giants wide-out, Victor Ortiz.
As the couple have already made their mark in the entertainment industry as one of the most successful tandems all-time in the entertainment industry, the two are already in plans for upcoming solo albums which hopefully we can see official project announcements and(or) singles in the coming months.
Check out Fabolous’, “Money Talks,” off of Funkmaster Flex new mixtape. “The Life Is So Exciting,” tour starts next week.
Looks like Meek Mill is ready to hit the road once again as he just announced the “Dreams Come True” tour. It will kick off on April 4th in Boston and will contain 11 dates, ending on April 28th in San Francisco. Meek said he plans to drop his “Dreamchasers 3″ before April so the tour will be used to promote the project. Tickets go on sale February 22nd.
Check out the dates below.
Apr 04 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Apr 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theater
Apr 06 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
Apr 07 – New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
Apr 12 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Apr 14 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Apr 19 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Apr 21 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Apr 26 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
Apr 27 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Apr 28 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore