Yesterday, Buzzfeed put up a fascinating story breaking down Young Thug‘s troubling label situation. It turns out the “Danny Glover” rapper is signed to one of those nasty 360 deals. According to the article, his advance was $15,000. Ouch. [BuzzFeed]
Billboard and Twitter are teaming up for something called Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts (catchy). The charts will document the top songs being talked about in the Twitter universe. [Billboard]
The West Side is in the house heavy for this one. The Game, Nipsey Hussle and Ty Dolla $ign hook up for “Same Hoes,” a jam off of The Game’s last mixtape OKE. [WorldStarHipHop]
DJ Avicii had to cancel a performance at SLS Hotel in Miami yesterday at the last moment, after he was hospitalized due to a sickness. [MiamiHerald]
Take a look at this pretty in-depth piece on the rap scene in Chicago, from Lil Reese to Chief Keef. Don’t tl;dr this article. It’s good. [Playboy]
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