Label Independence, Territory Wars and Other Music News This Week
Frank isn’t the only one who made moves this week.
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A Week of Feelings - Thanks to Frank Ocean’s release, not only were we left in our feelings, we were also left to read a lot of news revolving around Frank's project. There was a magazine, poems in the magazine, a feature in the project that had people claiming shots were fired. Really, there was only one piece of news that rose above all of that. In the land of beefs, Hot 97 and Drake are still running hot. Others are seemingly waving the white flag, but you never know with rappers. Oh, and word to the wise: we have an etiquette tip for fans who love taking selfies with celebrities. Let’s take a look at that and more this week. – Jon Reyes
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Frank Is Free! - It turns out that Blonde was actually a self-released album. The details have only been confirmed by some anonymous sources, but it turns out Frank submitted Endless as his last required album to Island/Def Jam and released Blonde all on his own. C’mon, that’s totally gangsta and we’re here for it.(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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A Big Pile of ‘NOPE’ From Usher - Howard Stern asked Usher about Justin Bieber’s nude photos, and we can all imagine how that went. Usher basically Taylor Swifted with “I would very much like to be removed from this narrative.” Wouldn’t you?(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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LiarNextDoor Makes Another Appearance - In an interview, PartyNextDoor made some heavy claims that “Work” almost went to Alicia Keys instead of Rihanna. Swizz Beatz, Alicia’s husband, came out of the woodwork and claimed it wasn’t true. This marks the second time PartyNextDoor has been called a liar. Our eyebrows are raised over here.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Roc Nation)
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Got Beef? Again. - While Hot 97 DJ, Peter Rosenberg, was riding a train on his way to vacation, he decided to tear into Drake after the rapper revived his beef with Meek Mill by calling him a “p***y.” The Twitter rant not only eviscerated the rapper, but his fans as well. What the fight between Drake and the station is about is becoming more unclear as the days go by.(Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images)
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No Party for You, Drizzy - It’s been reported that after Drake’s tour stopped in Philly, Meek made sure the “Summer Sixteen” rapper was barred from entering the best nightclubs in Philly. Petty? We don’t think so. We’d be surprised if Drake actually attempted to do anything remotely celebratory after being the clear winner of that beef. It’s Meek’s home and he can do whatever he wants.(Photo: Lisa Lake/Getty Images for PUMA)
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Beef Daddy? Nope. - Puff was at the Drake tour this past week, making it seem like all that reported beef might actually be in the past. Diddy is too grown for all that.(Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images for Time Warner Cable)
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Birdman Morphing Into a White Dove - Maybe this new relationship with Toni Braxton might be softening the Cash Money head. He’s officially declared he wants to heal his relationship with Lil Wayne. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.(Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images)
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Cam’ron Is Also Making Peace Out Here - Recently, the Queens rapper patched things up with 50 Cent and now he seems to want to patch things up with Jay Z. Bury it all!(Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)
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It’s Coming, We Can Feel It - This Beyoncé/Jay Z project seems to be closer than we think! Hopefully all their collaborations over the years translate into a full-fledged album.(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS)