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Earlier this year, we started rounding up every week's news with our "What The Hell Just Happened in Music This Week?" feature. Every Sunday, we took the biggest news stories from that week and tried to explain them—somehow, someway—with GIFs and extended write-ups. Now that Summer 2013 is practically officially over (It's Labor Day!), we rounded up some of the biggest news stories since Memorial Day.
From one of the best days in hip-hop history (June 18) to Kendrick Lamar's game changing verse and more, this summer has been packed with plenty of big events. We've got all of that covered for you, and more, in What The Hell Just Happened in Music This Summer?
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French Montana's dropped Excuse My French, which sadly did not include any actual rapping in french.
Date: May 21
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J. Cole moved up the release date for Born Sinner to complete with Kanye West's Yeezus proving that eventually your idols become your rivals.
Date: May 21
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We found out that Tim Dog might have faked his death, which only made him seem that much cooler.
Date: May 23
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Paris Hilton signed to Cash Money because apparently Cash Money doesn't have enough tax write-offs.
Date: May 22
The H: The Lost Album Vol. 1—an album Birdman and Rick Ross recorded in 2008—was released and was so good it made us want to hear the lost R. Kelly/Birdman album.
Date: May 23
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Nicki Minaj and Peter Rosenberg made amends, by which we mean Nicki tried to son Rosenberg on his own show.
The most newsworthy item of Summer Jam ended up being an impromptu Papoose performance.
Date: June 2
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2 Chainz dropped a song called "Feds Watching," just before the NSA PRISM scandal broke confirming that the feds were indeed watching.
Date: June 4
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Action Bronson released Saaab Stories, adding to his on-going series of victories.
Date: June 11
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Kanye West gave an incredible interview to the New York Times which had endlessly outlandish (but ultimately true) quotes like, "I understand culture. I am the nucleus."
Date: June 12
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Yeezus FINALLY leaked and we discussed the sweet and sour line.
Date: June 15
Kanye West's American Psycho-inspired Yeezus promo let Scott Disick live out his dream and revealed Kanye's close, personal relationship with Bret Easton Ellis.
Date: June 17
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June 18 finally came and it was anticlimactic because all the albums had already leaked.
Date: June 18
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Miley's "We Can't Stop" video was one big clusterf**** of "ratchet culture," twerking, art, and product placement.
Date: June 19
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Kanye and Kim actually named their baby North West—that's "Nori" for short.
Date: June 20
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J. Cole finally made Nas proud and Nas blessed him with an amazing verse.
Date: June 22
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Drake dropped four new songs, a release date for his next album, and Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace...
Date: June 22
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Fat Joe became the latest rapper to forget to pay his taxes.
Date: June 24
Big Sean linked up with Eminem in the studio; maybe the two will team up and buy Detroit.
Date: July 2
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Despite it being an off year for MMG, Wale's The Gifted debuted at No. 1.
Jay Z gave away some of his mystique and tweeted with fans for hours.
Date: July 8
Justin Timberlake dropped "Take Back The Night" and is prepping his second album of the year.
Date: July 12
KANYE TOLD THE PAPARAZZI NOT TO TALK TO HIM OR ANYONE HE KNOWS EVER!
Date: July 12
A$AP Ferg proved "Work" wasn't a fluke by turning "Shabba" into another anthem.
Date: July 15
The Weeknd sat down for his first interview ever (with Complex no less!) and claimed he gave Drake a bunch of records for Take Care.
Date: July 15
Kanye West claimed the second verse on "New Slaves" is the best verse in the history of rap music, somehow forgetting the fact that the second verse on "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" is better.
Date: July 20
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J. Cole & Drake joined the growing list of rappers willing to apologize to anyone with a petition.
Date: July 21
The Ying Yang Twins complained about people stealing a word they stole from someone else.
Date: July 22
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After impressing us with "The Way," Ariana Grande rapped Big Sean's "Guap" and convinced us she's awesome.
Date: July 24
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Frank Ocean ethered Chris Brown with Text Edit.
Date: July 24
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DJ Khaled proposed to Nicki Minaj because there's no better way to promote a record than to troll.
Date: July 25
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Childish Gambino made a very strange short film that had us googling Abella Anderson.
Date: July 30
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Action Bronson told an audience of octogenarians they "need to slow down, baby" during an amazing performance.
Date: July 31
Drake dropped "All Me," declaring himself the light-skinned Keith Sweat, among other things.
Date: August 1
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Kendrick Lamar dropped the verse of the year...
Date: August 12
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...and hundreds of rappers responded for weeks to come.
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Lady Gaga promoted her album in typical outrageous Lady Gaga ways, starting with her first single "Applause."
Date: August 12
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A$AP Ferg's Trap Lord proved A$AP Mob has another star besides Rocky and Yams.
Date: August 13
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Prince actually started tweeting from his verified account and was immediately awesome at it.
Date: August 14
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Earl Sweatshirt's Doris leaked and it underwhelmed because now the mystery behind him is gone.
Date: August 15
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Drake was all about the "No New Friends" thing until he had dinner with Kanye and the Kardashians.
Date: August 19
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To stream Juicy J's Stay Trippy, users had to play a video game where you throw money at a stripper's butt—because, of course you did.
Date: August 20
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Drake released the album art for Nothing Was The Same and Twitter had a field day with it.
Date: August 21
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Kanye West went on Kris Jenner's talk show and it was awkward, though he did debut a picture of North West.
Miley Cyrus' twerking stole the show at the VMAs and at the very least, provided something to distract us from important issues we'd rather not think about.
Date: August 25
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Eminem went "Berzerk" and hooked up with hip-hop consultant of the year, Rick Rubin.
Date: August 26
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