What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

BOOTS premiered new music, President Obama wrote a letter to Frankie Knuckles' family, and Nicki Minaj makes it clear she's sticking to rap.

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Besides another Justin Bieber Instagram fail moment on Instagram, there was a ton of new music released to the world this week, including one from Biebz late last nightBOOTS, the producer behind a handful of tracks off Beyoncé's surprise release, premiered two new songs—one of which features Bey—that will appear on his next project WinterSpringSummerFall.

Lil Boosie made his first trip to New York since his return to rap and stopped by Complex to announce the release date for his next album. Plus, Nicki Minaj, who confirmed that her next album, The Pink Print will not include pop songs like "Super Bass" or "Starships," re-instilled faith in her rap fans after announcing that she'll be returning to her "hip-hop roots" for the project. 

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Nas one upped Jay Z's surprise Coachella performance by bringing out Ms. Lauryn Hill during his final show at the festival.

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An engineer who worked with Jay Z between 1998 and 2002 was arrested after trying to extort him for $75,000 with unreleased records.

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Lil Boosie stopped by Complex and announced that he'll be dropping an album sooner than we thought.

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We had BOOTS take over our Twitter account and premiere new music earlier this week.

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Date: April 22

The "mysterious" producer behind Beyoncé's self-titled release last year named BOOTS is readying his forthcoming project titled WinterSpringSummerFall and has spent the last few weeks releasing a handful of stunning tracks.

There's a lot to say about BOOTS' career thus far, and his future. He's been associated with a number of bands from his past, and we're aware that he signed a publishing deal with Roc Nation sometime last year. He might still be known as a producer, but now that he's releasing solo material, he's writing and producing every song on his forthcoming project. This week, we premiered "A Day In The Life of Jordan Asher," a song he recorded in a Toronto hotel earlier this year.

Boots also dropped his track "Dreams" with Beyoncé this week. In a Facebook post, BOOTS explains that after a friend told him about a non-profit organization called "Day One" in NYC, he's decided to dedicate every cent from "Dreams" to the organization.—Lauren Nostro

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President Obama wrote a letter to Frankie Knuckles' family honoring the Godfather of Chicago House Music.

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Date: April 22

The mourning of DJ Frankie Knuckles passing is still ongoing, and even President Barack Obama was touched by his death. At the recent memorial service for the legendary DJ, a letter from the President and First Lady was read aloud for the crowd. This letter from President Obama follows the lead of Elton John, who recently established a charity fund in honor of Frankie Knuckles. —Zach Frydenlund

Nicki talked about going back to her "hip-hop roots" on her upcoming album, "The Pinkprint."

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Justin Bieber pissed off China and pretty much the rest of Asia after posting a photo on Instagram at a shrine that honors WWII war criminals.

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Beyonce covered TIME's "Most Influential of 2014" issue, and dropped her new music video all on the same day.

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RZA responded to Raekwon's "strike" from Wu-Tang Clan and gave him a 30 day ultimatum to either get down with the new Wu-Tang album or it won't drop.

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Drake single-handedly began a "no new lint" movement after innocently cleaning his pants during a Raptors game, and now there's OVO fan-made lint rollers.

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