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Young Money fans got the best surprise of their lives when Lil Wayne and Drake announced a joint tour for this summer. The tour is fittingly titled "Drake Vs. Lil Wayne" and will span 31 dates over the course of two months. Just like Jay Z and Kanye West in 2011, the tour will feature two of the biggest rap stars out today.
Another tandem of rappers also made a special announcement this week—Childish Gambino and Chance The Rapper are planning to release an EP together, which follows their impressive collaborations "Favorite Song" and "The Worst Guys" from last year. Chief Keef also made headlines after being kicked out of his mansion in Chicago as it turns out his neighbors weren't so pleased with his presence. Check out all that and more on What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?
Kim Kardashian surprised her new husband Kanye West with a Yeezus-engraved cake for his 37th birthday.
Date: 6/8/2014
Today, Kanye West is celebrating his 37th birthday and Kim Kardashian got him a pretty bad-ass cake for the occasion. The cake spells out "Yeezus," and frankly, it looks pretty delicious.—Zach Frydenlund
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Following his performance at Governors Ball, Childish Gambino announced he and Chance The Rapper are working on a collaborative EP.
Date: 6/8/2014
Just a day after Chance The Rapper debuted his lost verse for Childish Gambino's "The Worst Guys," Donald Glover took to Twitter to reveal quite the surprise: the two are working on a full collaborative EP. There is no word on when the project will come, but hopefully it happens sooner than later.—Zach Frydenlund
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Footage surfaced of DJ Mustard, YG, and their camp getting into a physical altercation with Mistah F.A.B. at a concert in Oakland.
Date: 6/9/2014
Reports are beginning to surface that DJ Mustard was involved in a physical altercation at his show in Oakland last night. Sources claim that Bay Area rapper Mistah F.A.B. was involved and possibly slapped and took Mustard's chain while he was performing at last night's "Young California" event.
Mustard just posted a video on Instagram denying any incident, with the caption reading, "Who got robbed last night @yg who got slapped @yg ??? Kill the noise !!!! We walked in the same way we walked out !!!! #MKL #10summers !!! Much love to all the real niggas in the bay !!!."
Clear footage of the fight has surfaced that shows Mistah F.A.B. reaching into the DJ booth.—Zach Frydenlund
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Stevie J was arrested for reportedly owing more than $1 million in child support, a monthly fee he stopped paying in 2001.
Date: 6/10/2014
It's safe to say that Stevie J didn't have a good morning. TMZ released footage of the Love & Hip-Hop star reportedly being arrested for owing $1 million in child support. According to the report, in 1999 Stevie was ordered to begin paying $6,600 a month in child support, which he stopped doing in 2001.
This fee then built up to a whopping amount of $1,107,412, which Stevie will now have to start paying back.—Zach Frydenlund
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Chief Keef was evicted from his Chicago mansion following numerous complaints from neighbors.
Date: 6/10/2014
Today, reports surfaced that Chief Keef has been evicted from his Highland Park home in Chicago. Amid the reports, the owner of home, Bal K. Bansal, told reporters that Keef is simply moving out and was not evicted.
Officers at the scene, however, said otherwise, claiming that the eviction stems from a May 7 court hearing, where an order for forcible entry and detainer was filed. The report states that Keef had fallen behind on his rent payments by almost $30,000. This comes as no surprise, but some of Keef's neighbors said that he was a bad tenant and that they had heard gunshots from the residence.
TMZ spoke with Keef following the eviction, and he says he was kicked out because his neighbors didn't like him, and not because he owed money.—Zach Frydenlund
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Kendrick Lamar took the high road in his response to Lupe Fiasco's comments that rappers like Logic and King Los are lyrically better than him.
Date: 6/10/2014
Though Kendrick Lamar has been rather quiet lately, he opened up a little bit during his recent interview with KIIS FM. During the interview, K Dot assured everyone that he is currently working on his new album, and he even laughed about the fake title that was floating around.
He also touched on recent comments from Lupe Fiasco, who said Logic, Cassidy, and King Los were lyrically better than Kendrick. Kendrick took the high route though, saying that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Lastly, he addressed Troy Ave calling him a "weirdo" and said the two have never met, and that's he's never "really focused on his music either."—Zach Frydenlund
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The Kanye West "New Testament" fan-made video was released, and it is pretty inspiring.
Date: 6/10/2014
Last week the Complex offices received a postcard containing a vague and cryptic reference to a possible new Kanye West project titled Kanye West's New Testament. Our research turned up a bare Twitter and Facebook page, and the origin of the Kanye quote on the back of the card, but not much else which led us to believe that it certainly wasn't viral marketing for a new album from the DONDA camp.
The person running Twitter account broke his 12 day silence this morning, with an ominous tweet about the release of whatever Kanye West's New Testament is.
It turns out that Kanye West's New Testament is a fan-made mini-doc of a ton of his quotes set to the score from Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, coupled with images of popular events in history. The 30-minute (!) documentary archives all of Kanye West quotes from 2013 to now, and will probably make you shed a tear. He's obviously the star of the show here, as the doc track's Ye's feelings from manic to introspective set to images of Muhammad Ali, natural disasters, baptisms, statues and motorcycle stunts. It's perfectly DONDA, and seems like something Kanye would do.—Justin Davis
50 Cent's fifth studio album Animal Ambition sold 47,000 copies, which is his lowest first week sales ever.
Date: 6/11/2014
The first week sales for 50 Cent's Animal Ambition are officially in. According to Billboard and SoundScan, Curtis sold 47,000 copies in his first week, which was good enough for the No. 4 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.
This album was 50's first since leaving Interscope Records and going the independent label route. Miranda Lambert took the top spot on the charts, selling 179,000 copies of her new album, Platinum.—Zach Frydenlund
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Young Money fans everywhere celebrated when Lil Wayne and Drake announced a co-headlining tour for the summer, fittingly titled the "Drake Vs. Lil Wayne Tour."
Date: 6/12/2014
With Tha Carter V on the way, Lil Wayne today announced a YMCMB tour with Drake. The tour is officially called "Drake vs. Lil Wayne" and will be hitting 31 cities across the United States beginning in August.
This is a tour fans have been waiting for for years, and now it is finally going down. Tickets for the tour will be available beginning on June 21, with an exclusive pre-sale starting on June 17.—Zach Frydenlund
Drake's Houston Appreciation Weekend started off on a high note when the city officially declared June 10th "Drake Day."
Date: 6/12/2014
Drake has begun his celebration of Houston Appreciation Weekend with a bang tonight. Making an appearance at Minute Maid Park, where he is hosting Houston Appreciation Night at the Astros game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Drake received a certificate that declared June 10, 2014 to be "Drake Day" in the city of Houston. And while June 10 has come and gone this year, Drake will have the opportunity to celebrate his own special day next year. At the very least, he has the satisfaction of watching all of the Astros batters step up to the plate with his songs playing as walk-up music.—Dharmic X
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