50 Cent & Rick Ross Both Releasing New Mixtapes On Thanksgiving

50 Cent and Rick Ross may not be the best of chums but their release dates are syncing up. Both rappers announced that they would be dropping mixtapes on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26.
Aside from his beef with Derek Jeter over allegations regarding his Frigo underwear line, 50 Cent will be busy pumping out new tracks for The Kanan Tape, the follow-up to his 2014 LP, Animal Ambition.

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Fif has never been one for timetables when it comes to his musical output, as he told Billboard last March at SXSW: "It's great. I choose everything: what to release [and] when to release it. The fun part is that there doesn't have to be a schedule. There's no timeline. If I write a record and I want to put it out, I'll put it out."
   
Meanwhile, Rick Ross has done the same. Rozay has been flooding SoundClouds with remixes for mainstream hits like Adele's "Hello" to Drake and Future's "Jumpman."
Now, the MMG chief will bundle all his remixes for the #RenzelRemixes 'tape, also due next week. The project will roll out a week before Rawse's eighth studio effort, Black Market, dropping Dec. 4

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Rozay recently explained how he picks which tracks to remix. "It's just whatever I like, or what I'm a fan of," he told Billboard. "I might ask on Twitter every blue moon, I might ask my fans what they want me to retouch. I asked them that a day or two ago and they told me [Future and Drake's] "Jumpman" and I gave it to them a few hours later."

M.I.A. Tests 'Borders' On Her New Song

M.I.A. returns to the mic with her unfiltered banger "Borders." After teasing the hard-hitting track on Instagram, the rap rebel calls out politics, policy and the privileged while waving the flag for freedom.

M.I.A. Releases Audiovisual Project 'Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border'

Earlier this week, she tweeted that it was hard for her to put her feelings about the world into bars.
In July, M.I.A. released an audiovisual project called Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border, a six-minute clip that featured her songs "Warriors" and "Swords." She also unleashed her video for "The New International Sound Pt. II," which featured 36,000 Chinese children fighters.
Consider this a sign for new material to come from the British-Sri Lankan rep, who is working on her upcoming LP, Matahdatah. 
She told EW earlier this year about the project, "It’s like a journal. And the journal happens to be a really wide journey. It’s about borders and it’s kind of testing the human idea of that — whether it’s physical borders, geographical or philosophical ones.”

Romeo Responds To Lawsuit Filed By His Mother

Romeo has responded to the lawsuit that his mother, Sonya Miller, has filed against him in the midst of her divorce from Master P. He suggests that her lawyers manipulated her into the case.
"Today I was served by my own mother and although it hurts, I know that she can't be 100% behind all of these ridiculous moves," Romeo says to TMZ, "but instead is being guided by another's greed."
Miller is suing Romeo because she says Master P is seeking to hide his assets in their son's name.
"It sucks because the only reason I've ever worked so hard was to make my mother proud," Romeo says.

Jason Derulo to Perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Jason Derulo will perform at the 22th annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway, the event organizers announced Saturday (Nov. 11). Tunisian native Emel Mathlouthi has joined the Telenor arena bill as well.
Kygo, a-ha and Aurora were previously announced performers and Jay Leno will host.

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The event will honor the National Dialogue Quartet from Tunisia, for their "decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011," according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
For the past 21 years, the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony has been followed the next day by the Nobel Peace Prize concert in celebration and honor of the laureate.
"Participating in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert will be one of the great highlights of my career thus far," said Derulo in a statement. "It is truly an honor to be associated with such a respected and iconic award."

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Mahtlouti will sing her song "Kelmti Horra (My Word Is Free)" to in honor of those basic rights demands of the Jasmin Revolution protesters.
"Obviously, as a native of Tunisia this laureate is near and dear to my heart," said Mathlouthi in a statement. "Thank you to the Norwegian Nobel Institute for allowing me this most prestigious opportunity of performing in honor of true heroes in my country."
For the first time, the Nobel Peace Prize Concert will be internationally live streamed via YouTube.
"These are artists that impact the world in their own way and are both important voices for the younger generations in their homelands. It is especially nice to welcome Emel Mathlouthi of Tunisia to the celebration," said director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute Olav Njølstad in a statement.

Vic Mensa, Chance The Rapper & Others React To Police Killing Of Laquan McDonald

Vic Mensa walks with protesters in Chicago following the release of video footage, which shows Laquan McDonald being shot by police.

Reactions from those in the Hip Hop community have begun to trickle in following yesterday’s (November 24) release of video footage, which shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot well over a dozen times by police in Chicago.

Most artists have reacted to the news via social media. Long Island lyricist Freddie Foxxx spoke on the hate that must have been present for a police officer to shoot McDonald 16 times.

“Only hate can make you empty a full clip on a young teenager who was obviously no threat. 16 Shots of Hate. #LaquanMcDonald,” Foxxx wrote in a tweet sent last night.

Chance The Rapper offered words of encouragement to his city, and revealed that he’ll be back shortly.

Justin Bieber No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100 Chart for Second Week

Justin Bieber photographed on Oct. 14, 2015 at Quixote in West Hollywood, Calif.
Zoey Grossman

Along with the No. 1 arrival of his album 'Purpose' and record week on the Hot 100, Bieber holds atop the Artist 100.
Justin Bieber is the No. 1 musical act in the U.S. for a second week, remaining atop the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Dec. 5).
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across Billboard's most influential charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, Top Album Sales and the Social 50. The Artist 100 blends data measuring album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.

Remy Ma Declares Herself The Best Female Rapper Ever

Terror-Squad-spitter-turned-jailbird-turned-reality-TV-star Remy Ma still has a whole lot of confidence in the abilities which first brought her into the spotlight.
Remy has history of taking jabs at other females rappers — Foxy Brown, Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj included.
Is Remy the undisputed female champ on the mic as she says, or do one of her old advisories have a better claim to the throne?

Tyler, The Creator Takes A Big Shot At 50 Cent While Discussing Nostalgia

Tyler, The Creator is the subject a big feature article in this month’s Rolling Stone.
In the piece, he talks Odd Future (“Niggas grow,” he said of the collective’s demise), and also addressed the criticism of his latest album Cherry Bomb, which he believes stems from folks having their head in the past

Boosie Badazz Thinks There’s Too Much Gay Stuff On TV

 

Boosie Badazz got out of prison last March after serving five years.

We guess he wasn’t allowed to watch much TV in the joint, because he was pretty stunned by what he saw on the boob tube when he got out. Boosie took to Instagram yesterday to complain about the homosexual content on television.

Will Smith describes 20 year marriage to Jada as grueling and excruciating

47-year-old actor Will Smith opened up about his 20-year marriage to his wife, Jada Pinkett at the Nov. 23 premiere of his new movie, ‘Concussion,’ where he said despite their refusal to split, their relationship is both ‘grueling’ and ‘excruciating.’ He said this when he was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight, when they asked him how they keep their relationship so strong.

Ronaldo, Messi, Luis Suarez & Neymar top UEFA Team of the year 40-man list

Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid alongside Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez all of Barcelona are the headline nominees of this year's UEFA Team of the year. Barcelona won the Champions League, LA Liga and Cola del Rey last season hence the high number of nominees from the club.
Only two British players namely Gareth Bale and Joe Hart made the list.

Meek Mill Unveils Cover Art For ‘Dreamchasers 4′

You know Meek Mill does music too?
The Philly emcee, who’s spent the last several months in the news because of his beefs and his girl, will be dropping his Dreamchasers 4 mixtape soon.
He teased the cover on IG early this morning. It’s a bunch of hundies origami-ed into a Christmas tree, suggesting a December 25th release.
The caption reads “I wanna believe in everything but I’m too far gone!”  We don’t think this is a slight or attack directed at Drake, Wale or anyone else.