What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

New music from Drake, Nicki, and Frenchie. Fake quotes from Miley. And Rick Ross is trying to laugh his f**king a** off all the way to the bank.

We've just barely scratched the surface of 2014. But the music news keeps on rollin' in. In the words of Miley Cyrus, "We can't stop." And we mean that—not just that we can't stop, but that those are real, actual words said by Miley Cyrus. Unlike the ones everyone read on the Internet this week, that had the the pop singer casting aspersions on Beyoncé's career and post-pregnancy body.

Speaking of Beyoncé's body (body of work, that is!) Del Tha Funkee Homosapien followed her "surprise-here's-my-new-album" release strategy (one that earned her the eighth-best-selling album of the year, in just 19 days) by dropping a new full-length out of thin air on Thursday. Drake and Nicki Minaj delivered new music, too. And LMFAO got served—legal papers from Rick Ross.

All that and more in What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

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Drake cancels bloggers' bedtimes, releases his long-anticipated record "Trophies" at 3:45 AM.

Drake canceled bloggers' bedtimes (again!) by releasing his long-anticipated "Trophies" at 3:45 AM.

Date: December 30

"The record is produced by Hit-Boy with additional production from Hagler and 40. Prior to Nothing Was The Same coming out, Drake teased 'Trophies' in a video trailer that included the opening melody and a number of luxury cars cruising through town at night. The Toronto MC would later preview some of the song during the Would You Like a Tour? tour in October."—Edwin Ortiz

M.I.A. leaves Roc Nation, puts out DONDA-esque call for creatives

M.I.A. announced she was leaving Roc Nation and issued a casting call for young creatives.

Date: December 31

"A new year and, seemingly, a new start for M.I.A. The 38-year-old artist announced earlier today that she's leaving her management deal with Roc Nation. She made the statement via Twitter. "[I'm] leaving Roc Nation. Thank[s] to everyone who supported the M.I.A #MATANGI LP. Happy New Year," she said. Later, she sent out a tweet requesting the services of young and creative individuals that work in art production, music, merchandising, film, and more. "M.I.A. 4 the people by the people," she said before listing off her fields of interest. This feels similar to Kanye West's public announcement of DONDA in 2012, though M.I.A. hasn't yet revealed what her exact plans are."—Edwin Ortiz

French Montana releases Coke Boys 4 and causes a Winter Storm Hercules across the east coast in the greatest promotion stunt of all-time

French Montana dumped up to two feet of snow across a large swath of the east coast in what has to be the greatest promotional stunt of all-time.

Date: January 2

"French Montana drops his new mixtape Coke Boys 4. It's a family affair as the 29-year-old rapper from South Bronx also brings along his crew that shares the same namesake as the mixtape title. Chinx Drugz, Lil Durk, Cheeze, and Flip are all present on this latest installment, as well as outside veteran MC's like Jadakiss and the always-enthusiastic Diddy."—Kyle Kramer

Nicki Minaj returns to her mixtape roots, steals Drake's thunder by releasing "Boss Ass Bitch" by surprise.

Nicki Minaj returned to her mixtape roots and stole Drake's thunder with the surprise release of "Boss Ass Bitch." 

Date: December 30.

"For nearly four minutes Minaj throws shade at her competition, males included. "I employ these niggas/They be grown men/But I little-boy these niggas," she raps before putting her nether regions on a pedestal. Nicki also states she's in 'album mode,' which means we can expect more music from her in 2014. She ends the song by shouting out Lil Wayne and Birdman. No Drake? No problem."—Edwin Ortiz

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Gossip blog throws a "curve" ball at Miley Cyrus and claims she shaded Beyoncé in an unseen new interview

Our rock-solid belief in everything we ever read anywhere on the Internet was shaken when a gossip blog reported that Miley Cyrus had shaded Beyoncé when she hadn't. (Can anyone ever trust the Internet again? No.)

Date: January 2

"In an upcoming issue of British publication Love Magazine, cover girl Miley Cyrus declares herself the next in line for Beyoncé's throne. While the story is not online yet, gossip blog Perez Hilton has collected some choice quotes from the story.

“Beyonce has been a big inspiration to me but she’s been out for such a long time. She’s so talented and I think she’s at the top of the game now but people are always looking for new blood and that’s what I bring to the game now, new blood. I got the total package you know, the curves, the rhythm, and the voice. I’m just the best.”

“As Beyoncé grows in motherhood and all the crap it does to your body, it will create a vacuum for fresh young faces to rise up and no one else can properly fill that void right now. I’m the only white female singer that could fill that slot right now and do it right, you know? I’m just the total package, you know? All things must start and end and I hope to have the same success as other icons in the game when my run is over. But for now, my run is just starting.”

According to Miley (via Twitter), these quotes have been fabricated. Complex [...]reached out to Love Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Katie Grand's publicist for comment... [She] has told Complex that the original source of the story was the Hollywood Life blog, who have since deleted their story 'in light of the fact it does not relate to the upcoming issue of Love.' They have replaced it with one about Miley's follow-up tweets denying the quotes."—Claire Lobenfeld


Rappin' 4-Tay calls Drake a biter not a writer for using his lyrics without name-dropping the San Francisco rapper

Rappin' 4-Tay called Drake a biter-not-a-writer.

Date: January 2

"Earlier this week, the record 'Who Do You Love' from YG featuring Drake surfaced online, with Game jumping on the unofficial remix soon afterward. Produced by DJ Mustard, the record is deeply rooted in a Bay Area sound that has become synonymous with Mustard's style, and each rapper does their part to pay homage to the West Coast. Apparently, Drake went a little too far with his lyrical tribute. Veteran San Francisco MC Rappin' 4-Tay has called out the Toronto native for copying his rhymes on the song."—Edwin Ortiz

Rick Ross gets to shufflin' legal paperwork over LMFAO's old interpolation of his song "Hustlin'"

Rick Ross shuffled a stack of legal paperwork and dealt LMFAO a suit. (It was not hearts.)

Date: January 2

"Rick Ross and Jermaine 'Mayne Zayne' Jackson, one half of the production duo The Runners, have sued pop group LMFAO for copyright infringement. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ross and Jackson have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in a Florida federal court over the group's 2010 song 'Party Rock Anthem.' The chorus of the song includes the lyric, 'Every day I'm shufflin',' a direct interpolation of the hook from Ross' breakout hit 'Hustlin'. ('Every day I'm hustlin'...) LMFAO's publishers Kobalt Music Group and car company Kia Motors America (who have licensed 'Party Rock Anthem' for television commercials) are also defendants."—Claire Lobenfeld

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