Royce Da 5'9 Announces "Layers" Album Release Date, Cover Art & Tracklist

March 3, 2016 | 11:00 AM

by Victoria Hernandez

Royce Da 5'9 has unveiled the cover art and tracklist for his forthcoming Layers album via a press release. Layers is set for an April 15 release.
The Detroit rapper's project is slated to have 17 tracks. Pusha T and Rick Ross are listed as features on the title track.
Production comes from S1, Mr. Porter and Jake One.
Mr. Porter serves as executive producer for Layers with Royce Da 5'9.
Layers will be Royce's first solo album since 2011's Success Is Certain.
View Royce Da 5'9's Layers album cover art and tracklist below:

Lil Wayne Announces Collaboration With Chance The Rapper

Lil Wayne announced a collaboration with Chance The Rapper via a live stream from a studio session.
"Right now I'm working on a future song for my homeboy Chance The Rapper," Lil Wayne says in the video, which was captured by HotNewHipHop. "Shoutout Chance The Rapper."
The two artists worked together when Chance The Rapper appeared on "You Song," a track from Lil Wayne's Dedication 5.
The New Orleans rapper is also working on Collegrove, a collaborative mixtape with 2 Chainz.
Chance The Rapper was recently featured on Kanye West's The Life of Pablo and reportedly has a third mixtape in the works. He released a collaborative tape with Lil B called Free Based Freestyles in August.

50 Cent Has Not Sold His Connecticut Mansion

50 Cent has not sold his Connecticut mansion, a representative for the G-Unit rapper told People.
"It is not sold yet," the source says, "there are offers they are reviewing and it is still on the market."
TMZ reported yesterday (March 2) that 50 Cent sold the 50,000 square foot home for $8 million to developers who wanted to turn the property into an assisted living facility.
The rapper filed for bankruptcy in July and the court must approve any potential sale of the mansion, which 50 bought in 2003 for $4.1 million.
"There is no signed contract in place to purchase the property," the Power producer's attorney told People. "Until such time as a formal contract has been approved by the Bankruptcy Court and executed, the property will remain listed and for sale to all interested buyers."
50 Cent first put the house on the market in 2007 for $18.5 million.

50 Cent sold his Connecticut mansion for $8 million, according to TMZ.
The buyer of the G-Unit rapper's 50,000 square foot home is planning on renovating the 21-bedroom, 25-bathroom property into an assisted living center for the elderly.
The mansion features an infinity pool, helicopter pad, basketball courts, casino and nightclub.
50 Cent originally put the house up for sale in 2007 with an asking price of $18.5 million. He's slowly lowered the price. It was set to $9,999,999 in 2011 and dropped it again to $8.5 million in December.
He purchased the property in 2003 from Mike Tyson's ex-wife for $4.1 million and reportedly spent between $6 million and $10 million on renovations.
The Power producer filed for bankruptcy in July and, in court documents, he says he spends $72,000 per month on the home and $5,000 on gardening.

Macklemore Says Eminem Is Appropriating A Black Art Form

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In the song ‘White Privilege 2’ Macklemore discusses how he benefits from being a white artist in a black medium.
In his bars, he also mention Caucasians Elvis Presely, Iggy Azalea and Miley Cyrus as benefactors. But he doesn’t mention the most famous white rapper: Emimem.
Billboard asked him why, and this is what he said.

Asked if he would include Eminem in the Elvis, Iggy and Miley group, he says yes: “He’s a white person who raps. I think regardless of where you come from or how amazing you are, you’re still a white person appropriating a black art form.

In the interview, he also expresses regret that he didn’t give his friend Azalea a heads up before he referenced her in ‘White Privilege II’.
What do you think of Macklemore saying Eminem is appropriating a black art form? Judging from some of his own lyrics, Eminem may well agree.

French Montana Clarifies His Comments On Kendrick Lamar And The Grammys

French Montana meant it when he said all the critical focus on Kendrick Lamar is squeezing out street rap.
But he didn’t mean it as any sort of dig at K.Dot.
In a Breakfast Club interview last week, French said that he thought the Grammys — and the music industry in general — was favoring Kendrick because they prefer his type of conscious rap.
Talking to TMZ yesterday, French insisted that his comments had nothing to do with any animus toward or beef with Lamar.

“Each style of rap, whether it be street rap, conscious rap, trap, or anything else should be looked at equally as being hip-hop.” he told TMZ. “All of these artists should be acknowledged, rather than singling out an individual, whether it be Kendrick or anyone else.”

Do you agree?

Spike Lee Goes Off On Chance The Rapper

Chance the Rapper was among the Chicago emcees who criticized the Spike Lee joint Chi-Raq, saying it misrepresented their city.
The film has come and gone, but Lee’s bitterness toward Chance is still there.
During a Q&A session yesterday at Chicago-area university Northwestern, Lee had some harsh words for Chance.

“Chance the Rapper’s a fraud. Straight-up fraud,” Lee told the students. “He puts himself up as a speaker of the people, but that means you have to put truths that you see. That doesn’t mean you can pick and choose what you talk about.”

What makes the feud particularly awkward is that Lee knows Chance’s dad Ken Bennett, who’s worked for Barack Obama and is now an aid to Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel.
In fact, here’s a photo of a young Chance and Spike.

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