Guerilla Union held a launch party at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles to announce the official lineup for this year’s Rock The Bells festival. The venues this year are NOS Events Center in San Bernardino (8/18-8/19), Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View (8/25-8/26) and PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey (9/1-9/2).
The festival will be reuniting 2 legendary groups, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and The Hit Squad. Also performing are Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, Nas, J.Cole, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, Method Man & Redman, ASAP Rocky, Tyga, 2 Chainz, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Prodigy and much more.
Check out the full lineup below.
The G.O.O.D. Music family just got a new member. It looks like Kanye West has signed Teyana Taylor and she will be releasing her debut album on the label later this year. More details on the album and first single will be revealed in the coming weeks. Back in March, she dropped her mixtape “The Misunderstanding Of Teyana Taylor” with features from Jadakiss, Fabolous, Wale and more.
Previously: Teyana Taylor – The Misunderstanding Of Teyana Taylor (Mixtape)
A few days ago, Jay-Z’s blog released a teaser titled ‘Made In America’. Everyone was speculating about what it was referring to and today, we have the answer.
Jay-Z has announced that he will be organizing the first Made In America music festival, sponsored by Budweiser, at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on Sept 1st and Sept 2nd. It will be a two-day event that will feature 28 musical acts, spanning Rap, R&B, Rock, Dance and Latin genres. Jay-Z will also be the headlining act at the festival. A portion of all proceeds will go to United Way and tickets will go on sale May 23rd.
Previously: Jay-Z – Empire State Of Mind (Live At Google Upfront 2012)
According to TMZ, Lil Wayne has managed to settle with another unhappy producer. Last year, David Kirkwood sued Weezy for unpaid royalties for his work on the track ‘Love Me Or Hate Me’ from his “Tha Carter III” album. He was requesting $1.5 million.
At first, Lil Wayne asked the judge to dismiss the case but it seems that the two parties have now settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
Previously: Lil Wayne Settles $20 Million Lawsuit With Producer Deezle
Lil Boosie has been found not guilty of first degree murder which stems from the shooting of a 35-year-old man back in 2009. Prosecutors tried to use Boosie’s lyrics to prove he ordered the hit but it wasn’t successful. Boosie won’t be free man anytime soon as he is serving an 8 year prison sentence for drug charges.
Previously: Lil Boosie’s Letter To The Fans
After wrapping up their U.S. tour, Slaughterhouse is heading overseas for the European leg of their Welcome To: OUR HOUSE tour. It will kick off on May 15th in London and end on June 1st in Zurich, Switzerland.
Check out the tour dates below.
Looks like Jay-Z’s Roc Nation have added a new artist. MMG’s Meek Mill confirmed that he has signed a management deal with Roc Nation, joining his label mate Wale and go to producer Jahlil Beats.
Check out what he had to say about the deal below.
Only a month after going gold, B.O.B.’s single ‘So Good’ has surpassed 1 million in sales and is now officially platinum. His album “Strange Clouds” is in stores now and moved 74k in its first week.
RT @TJsDJs: Congrats to @BoBatl!!! #SoGood is officially PLATINUM w/ 1,000,000+ sold!!! << #StrangeClouds
— B.o.B (@bobatl) May 9, 2012
Previously: B.O.B. & O.A.R. – Champions (Live On Jay Leno)
Camron and Vado have announced the follow up to their “Gunz N Butta” album. The project will be titled “More Gunz, Less Butta” and is set to hit stores June 5th via E1 Music. It will feature Busta Rhymes and Hell Rell with the first single being Camron’s ‘Fuck You’. Here is what Killa had to say about the title:
“The title says it all. ‘More Guns, Less Butta,’ is some real gangster sh*t. Not for the faint of heart.”
Previously: Camron Ft T.I. – Jungle
After wrapping up the College Consciousness Tour with J.Cole, Big K.R.I.T. announces that he will hit the road again to promote his debut album “Live From The Underground”. The tour kicks off on July 11th in Detroit. More dates will be added later. “Live From The Underground” drops June 5th.
Check out the full dates below.
