Future Announces Project “E.T.” With DJ Esco; Reveals Cover Art

Future announces new mixtape with DJ Esco called "E.T." Future has been teasing us on Twitter over the past couple days that a project was nearing, and thankfully he wasn’t lying. On Thursday night, the Freebandz Gang leader decided to announce to his followers that he has a new mixtape on the way with DJ Esco called E.T., which stands for "Esco Terrestrial". Unfortunately, he didn’t reveal any further information, other than its artwork, but if his tweet from the other day is any inclination of what’s to come, then Future says he “maybe a lil too disrespectful on this one,” but “fuck it. Y’all deserve it.” Peep the artwork below, and keep your eyes peeled for further information. Who's excited for some new Future?

DJ Khaled Unveils “Major Key” Album Cover

DJ Khaled reveals the highly anticipated album cover for "Major Key." DJ Khaled continues to promote the hell out of his forthcoming Major Key album. On Thursday night, the We The Best mogul served as a special guest on The Jimmy Kimmel Live show, where he made a couple major announcements and revealed the album cover in the process. Due out later this year, Major Key will feature guest appearances from some of the biggest names in the industry, including Jay Z, Future, Lil Wayne, Drake, Kanye West, Big Sean, Wale, Rick Ross, Bryson Tiller, and more. Led by the previously heard single “For Free,” Major Key is about to see a monster collab surface next called “I Got They Keys” featuring Jay Z & Future. No word yet as for when that single & video will arrive, but when it does drop, Khaled says he's also going to announce the album's release date that same day as well. He says both are coming VERY VERY SOON. Look for the album to be available for pre-order come this Sunday night, June 26 following the airing of the 2016 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Check out the heavily flowered artwork (below), and keep your eyes peeled for the next single “I Got The Keys” to surface soon

HOODMANE

HOODMANE'ss first single off the debut album Amazonian Hood coming in fall/winter 2016, Frontya', is set to drop very, very soon on websites such as Soundcloud, Spotify, and Itunes. Many more tracks are in the making coming with a blaze of trap thunder from all the artists on OV, the label HOODMANE has recently signed to. Not only will music be dropped, but also Video's, Clothing, back-to-back Blogs, and much more that will keep you up to date on the "Official Vizion" we are working towards creating. Check out and like HOODMANE on the following social media pages! www.soundcloud.com/hoodmaneamazone www.twitter.com/hoodmaneflex www.instagram.com/hoodmane www.facebook.com/hoodmane-631868460294572/1

Producer Detail Sues Drake For Alleged Assault By His Bodyguard

Producer Details is suing Drake over an alleged assault taking place back in 2014. It looks like Drake is the latest victim in a new lawsuit. According to TMZ, his former collaborator & producer Detail is suing the OVO leader for an alleged assault that reportedly took place back in 2014. Detail claims Drizzy offered him a deal to be his executive producer back in 2014 but declined because he didn’t want to be restricted to working with just one artist. With that said, Drake apparently didn’t take this rejection too kindly and allegedly set up his former producer to get jumped. Details says Drake invited him over to his crib in Calabasas to work on some new music sometime in June of 2014, and when he arrived around 2 AM, he was welcomed by Drake’s bodyguard Chubbs, who apparently greeted him with a sucker punch & broken jaw. During the alleged beat down, Detail says Chubbs was yelling… "I will beat all your asses, including your bitches. I don't give a fuck. I will hit you again. Do you think Drake is soft? You think Drake's a punk?" There’s no word yet on how much Detail is suing for but we can only presume it’s for a lot. We’ll continue to keep you posted on any more “details” moving forward.

HOODMANE

The dark, new anonymous rapper, HOODMANE, has signed to official vizion, along the his brand AMAZONE. Progress has been made towards getting the engine rolling towards droping new music in this upcoming week. Constant updates will be made this week to let you guys in on the sauce. Stay tuned with us; HOODMANE's mix of funky trap rap, avant garde sounds, and subtle nuances flying through your ears coming with Amazonian Hood album coming in Fall/Winter is a project thats been in the making for three years now, and is sure to live longer along with HOODMANE's escapade around the globe. There will be more details on upcoming releases coming very soon. Check out and follow HOODMANE at the following social media pages! www.soundcloud.com/hoodmaneamazone www.twitter.com/hoodmaneflex www.instagram.com/hoodmane www.facebook.com/hoodmane-631868460294572/1

Big Sean Donates $25,000 To Wayne State University Homelessness Program

Big Sean donates $25,000 toward an initiative to end homelessness at Wayne State University. As he's settled into superstardom, Big Sean has made a constant effort to give back to his hometown of Detroit. Last year, he founded his Detroit-based nonprofit, the Sean Anderson Foundation, designed to help the disadvantaged youth of his city with initiatives in the realms of education, healthcare, and the arts. Through his foundation, he was recently able to donate a sum of $25,000 to Wayne State University, located in the Midtown district, for its Helping Individuals Go Higher (HIGH) program, which is devoted to eliminating college student homelessness. According to his foundation's website, Sean's donation will "provide short-term support to Wayne State students experiencing homelessness or precarious housing situations." "With this gift, we will be able to help Wayne State students who are experiencing homelessness work toward a better future," said HIGH founder Jacqueline Wilson. Sean's contribution to Wayne State is not the only recent charitable work that has earned him attention. He donated $82,000 during the height of the crisis in Flint in order to help children who had been poisoned by the city's water supply, and last year, he teamed with adidas Originals to build a recording studio at Cass Technical High School, his alma mater.

Rihanna Takes Jab At Steph Curry Following Game 7

Rihanna throws salt in the Warriors' wounds. Stephen Curry and the Warriors were hearing it from everyone last night after failing to close out the series on their home court, and allowing the Cavs to recover from a 3-1 series deficit. Even Rihanna was trolling the league MVP, taking numerous jabs at Curry via instagram while lauding LeBron's greatness. Steph was not himself throughout the entire series and he came up small in the crucial Game 7, scoring just 17 points on 6/19 shooting and turning the ball over four times. On the other hand, LeBron was an absolute beast, capping off a remarkable NBA Finals run with a 27 point, 11 assists, 11 rebounds triple double, including three blocks- one of which came against Steph, again. Following the Warriors loss, Rihanna was there to throw salt in the Curry family's wounds. Also, Savannah James better watch her mans.

OV CEO Rapper “Z aka Zeus” Prepares to Sign His Fourth Deal!

We’ve been hearing a lot about Lebanon TN, rapper Z aka Zeus. From the release of “Powder” to finally dropping the long awaited mixtape home to the single “Ordained”! Even before then Z was making waves in the rap game especially on the online platforms, with the signing of his 1st publishing deal with “Freemantle Media” Producers of shows such as Wheel of fortune, etc. & with his second two the “Awesome 2 “; who were named number #19 as the most influential dj’s by BET! Read below for more info. http://www.bet.com/music/photos/2012/08/the-50-most-influential-djs.html#!2012-music-topic-jam-master-jay Now were getting word from his camp that he’s signing his fourth deal for international lyric royalties. We’ve seen Z’s career hit its stride as the artist prepares to take his career to new heights!

French Montana & Drake Shoot “No Shopping” Video In Dominican Republic

French Montana & Drake invade La Romana in the Dominican for their forthcoming video "No Shopping." It looks like we now know the next single off French Montana’s long awaited Mac N Cheese 4 album. Earlier tonight, both French Montana & Drizzy Drake took their IG pages to tease the video shoot the two just partook in down in Dominican Republic on Thursday for their forthcoming single “No Shopping.” Taking over La Romana in the D.R., French & Drizzy were caught posted up in the resort alongside OVO producer Noah “40” Shebib with several woman in the background. No word yet as for when the video or song will arrive, but the Coke Boy CEO did share a snippet of it a couple months back on his snapchat which you can see below. Check out the pics & keep your eyes peeled for the single to arrive soon. Mac N Cheese 4 is available now for pre-order on iTunes.

Rapper Z aka Zeus “Ordained” EP Is Making Major Waves!

Rapper Z aka Zeus is making major waves in the music scene within the last several months. We’ve confirmed from his Facebook and our contacts that he’s been on a press run in Montreal Canada & New Jersey with Dj Mike Mission & All Mental with the record “Swish” If you haven’t heard it you can listen below! We’ve also discovered that “ordained” the prequel to “Ordained 2” which artist Z aka Zeus’s is promoting, is planned to drop later this year! Z promises to also deliver more music in between then to keep fans satisfied and keep his buzz growing!

Wale Announces "Summer On Sunset" Mixtape Dropping This Week

Jerry Seinfeld provides the narration for the trailer. Wale has been sharing some free new music lately, and he's announced today that plenty more is on the way. In a trailer featuring the voice of frequent collaborator Jerry Seinfeld, Wale has unveiled the Summer On Sunset mixtape, which is scheduled to arrive this Friday, June 17th. The narration from Seinfeld explains that Wale recently moved to L.A. to "clear his head," before advising that the rapper to "stay cool" and be himself, referencing the distracting party life L.A. can enable. You can watch the clip below, and look out for the project later this week.

Projected #1 Pick, Ben Simmons, Declines Invitation To The Sixers Pre-Draft Workout

Thanks, but no thanks. Ben Simmons will surely be selected #1 overall by the Philadelphia Sixers at the NBA Draft on June 23rd, but the former LSU forward has declined the teams invite to a pre-draft workout. It's worth noting, he won't be working out for the Lakers, or Celtics, or any of the other lottery teams either. Despite Simmons' refusal to workout, the team's new President, Bryan Colangelo, insists that won't prevent them from selecting him a week from today. "Everything that we get with our intel as it relates to Ben is that he would very much like to be selected No. 1,'' Colangelo said. "His agent has decided that is the process they are undertaking," said Colangelo. "Why don't you call [Simmons' agent] Rich Paul and ask him. It has nothing to do with us and nothing to do with Philadelphia. Everybody goes about it a little differently. Sometimes players decide to work out, sometimes they decide not to work out." Trust "the process." On the flip side, the consensus #2 overall pick, Brandon Ingram, has already met many of the Sixers players during his workout including Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor, and he has also had lunch with the Sixers head coach, Brett Brown. It's highly unlikely Simmons' refusal to workout for the Sixers will cost himself the #1 overall pick but this definitely isn't an ideal situation for the Philly faithful. When asked whether he thought the team would pick Ingram over Simmons, Colangelo said, "It changes every day."

Drake & Kendrick Lamar's "Beef" Nearly Escalated To 50 Cent & Ja Rule Proportions, According To Marcellus Wiley

The former NFL player suggests an interview that would have increased tension between the two rappers was destroyed. Ever since Drake was mentioned in Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse, there has been speculation of a tension between the two rappers. While Drake did seem to be a bit offended by the namedrop on Kendrick's record, the proposed bad blood between the two rappers has depended on the assumption of a number of "subliminal" disses and no concrete evidence. However, according to a new report from former NFL player and current ESPN host, Marcellus Wiley, the beef was very real, and came close to escalating exponentially due to an interview which was never aired. “All I know is there was a beef, and all I know is I was witness to when the beef would have ignited to proportions we have not seen since Ja Rule/50, maybe even Ice Cube/N.W.A," the host said on an episode of his ESPN podcast, not specifying which side the alleged diss came from. "Like it went there. But that was destroyed from everyone’s property. That was destroyed, that interview, that moment was destroyed. That’s all I’m gonna say. But I was there and I heard the shots fired." Wiley attests that what he heard came from only one of the two rappers, but he feels it would have been enough to inspire a full-fledged beef. "It was one-sided, and the other side was about to retaliate if that would’ve got out, but they destroyed the evidence. And I ain’t lying," he said.

Lil’ Wayne Performs At The E3 Convention Just Days After Seizure Attacks

Two days after having a couple seizure attacks, Lil Wayne put on a surprise performance at E3 convention in LA. Well that was quick. Just a day after leaving the hospital following two seizure attacks, Lil Wayne decided to make a surprise appearance at the E3 Expo convention in Los Angeles on Wednesday (June 15) where he took the stage to perform! Rocking his new-dyed dreads, Tunechi, who looked to be 100% healthy, took over the Samsung stage on Wednesday and performed several hits from his extensive catalogue, including “Go DJ,” “Truffle Butter,” and “A Milli” to name a few. The appearances was in support & promotion of his newly-released “Sqvad Up” mobile game, which is now available on Google Play & iTunes.

Jeremih Announces Joint Album With PartyNextDoor

Jeremih announces joint album with PartyNextDoor called "Late Night Party." Fresh off the release of his new featured single with DJ Mustard & Nicki Minaj called “Don’t Hurt Me,” Jeremih called into Real 92.3 LA Wednesday night and dropped a bomb of an announcement for the listeners. Live on air with Nina Chantele, the Chicago rapper revealed that he has a new album on the way with PartyNextDoor called Late Night Party! Following up his Late Nights: The Album, Late Night Party will serve as a prelude to the final release in his Late Night’s trilogy series called Later That Night, which he also announced on air as well. Let’s not forget that Jeremih's counterpart PartyNextDoor has his own solo album on the way as well titled P3, which has seen heavy promotion from Drizzy in the recent weeks too. Looking back, Jeremih had teased us on IG a couple months ago that he & PND "had something for y'all," but man can't say we saw an entire album coming. No word yet as for when this joint album will arrive, but just know it’s on the way and that should be more than enough to get you excited

Metta World Peace Is Allegedly Good Friends With The Guy Who Started The "Malice At The Palace"

Say what? On yesterday's taping of ESPN's "The Jump," Rachel Nichols welcomed two special guests who were both present for the infamous "Malice At The Palace." Rasheed Wallace and Stephen Jackson, who are now friendly enough to sit next to each other without trading jabs, joined the show to talk about a number of topics, including that wild night in Detroit. As it turns out, according to Captain Jack, Metta World Peace eventually patched things up with the dude who threw the cup which sparked the brawl, John Green. In fact, Jackson said they keep in touch and "speak daily." Nothing that Metta World Peace does should come as a shock to anyone but hearing that he frequently chats with the guy who incited the "Malice At The Palace" is some bizarro world stuff, even for Ron Ron.

Vince Staples Finances Long Beach Youth Arts Program

Vince Staples gives back to his community. Vince Staples mentioned Long Beach's Ramona Park approximately 80 times on his debut album Summertime '06 and even allotted the park two of its own tracks: "Ramona Park Legend Pt. 1" and "Ramona Park Legend Pt. 2." "The sun come down and guns come out, you know Ramona Park." Yesterday, Staples spoke at a press conference at Ramona Park to announce a new youth YMCA program called the Youth Institute, an initiative that combined the efforts of local officials and Staples financial support (he contributed an undisclosed amount). According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, the program will help 20 eighth and ninth graders learn filmmaking, graphic design, music production, 3D printing, and product design. “I want to be able to be one of the people that reinforces the fact that we matter just as much as the next person,” Staples told the Press-Telegram. “That’s actually the biggest thing I can do for this community.” “I think the most important thing is opportunities,” he continued. “What I can say is, living over here my entire life, I’ve never had an opportunity given to me from the area, only examples of how to mess up, and what I didn’t want to do.” He later expanded on these comments on Twitter before deleting the tweet: "Work hard to do something for kids so they have something other to do other kill each other this summer and y'all got Spike Lee jokes.. Lol."

Jim Jones Thinks Max B Could've Been As Successful As Drake

Despite their past beef, Jim Jones admits that Max B could've been as big as Drake had he not gotten locked-up. In 2005, Jim Jones signed fellow Harlemite Max B to his ByrdGang record label. The deal would only last for about two years, and the two rappers had been clashing heads at the time of Max's ByrdGang departure in 2008. It became an official beef soon afterwards, especially as Max joined forces with Coke Boy French Montana, whom also had a disdain for Jones. The beef would proliferate until 2009, when Max was sent to prison, where he still remains today. In a clip taken from a new interview with Rap Radar, Jones was asked if there is still any bad blood between him and Biggavelli, and he responded by saying that he's not the type to speak down upon an incarcerated man. "That's a chapter in my life that's been gone," he said. "I don't even think about it no more." Jones went on to explain that he didn't have anything to do with Max's imprisonment. In fact, "I put a lot of money in that boy's pockets," he said. Whether or not he harbors any ill feelings toward the rapper known as The Wavy One, he clearly recognized his talent. Jones went as far to say that Max "had the chance to be big as Drake right now." "A lot of these artists right now that are singing and being very melodic," said Jones. "A lot of that came from that boy's whole catalog." He also pointed out that Wiz Khalifa has been influenced by many elements of Max's wavy style; "Wiz Khalifa'll tell you right now that he studied his music word for word," said Jones. Max B is currently serving a 75-year sentence in a New Jersey prison

Raury's RAURFEST 2016 Will Host Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, Lion Babe & More

The third edition of Raury's (now-free) festival is set to go down this July 4th weekend in Atlanta. It's been a while since Raury last dropped off new music, but in case you were wondering how he's been holding up, the eclectic 20-year-old already has his own festival, RAURFEST, which is now in its third year. And this year's festival, taking place on Saturday, July 2, is absolutely free. This year's headliners are Joey Bada$$ and, of course, Raury himself. Also on the lineup is another Pro Era member in Kirk Knight as well as Kilo Kish and the duo known as Lion Babe. More acts will be announced soon. The host venue of RAURFEST is the Masquerade in Northeast Atlanta, and the event is open to all ages.

Hoodmane putting in work

It looks like Hoodmane has unleashed his creative style in the studio. Working on new music, new features and new crazy instrumentals. Album is coming out soon and i heard that it could be a video coming soon. We'll keep you updated on any news on Hoodmane.

T.I. Holds Auditions For His New Strip Club In Atlanta

1600 women came out to Tip's job fair. After proving himself as a successful artist and A&R, T.I. has set his sights on a new industry. The rapper put out an open call for dancers for a strip club he's getting ready to open up in Atlanta this weekend, and it seems he's already off to a good start, as around 1600 women came out for the job. TMZ has shared some footage from the auditions, and they report that only 100 of the 1600 hopefuls were selected to be considered for T.I.'s V Live club. Tip is said to be launching the venue with his business partner, Damon Cobbs.

Tory Lanez Reveals Debut Album Title

Tory Lanez gives us the green light to announce the title to his long awaited debut album! Tory Lanez has been having quite the run for himself over the past year or so, signing a new deal with Interscope Records, going on multiple nationwide tours, and releasing two smash singles in the process including “Say It” & “LA Confidential.” Oh, let’s not forget he dropped TWO mixtapes on Christmas & has been on the mind (& mouth) of the biggest rapper in the game, Drake, as well. However, all of that was just in preparation for something arguably much bigger & better…his long awaited debut album, which we are happy to exclusively announce to you will be called ...I Told You. Set to drop sometime this Summer, I Told You will contain the newly-premiered single "Luv," along with the chart-topping single “Say It." As for when exactly we can expect the album to arrive remains unknown, but just know it’s coming and is easily shaping up to be Tory's best work to date

Stream Young Chop's New Album "King Chop"

Featuring Vic Mensa, Chief Keef, Riff Raff, & more. Young Chop is building Chop Squad Records from the ground up. Last night, the 23-year-old Chicago rapper released his new album King Chop. Like many producers, Chop has tired of letting rappers get all the glory. He proved his rapping chops on songs like "Bruce Lee" -- his slow, sure-footed flow is the source of his vocal charisma. You can't rush this man. King Chop is 12 tracks in length and includes features from Vic Mensa, Chief Keef, Riff Raff, King100James and Lud Foe. Buy the album on iTunes

Learn something about Hoodemane

Hoodemane is the newest artist signed to the o/v family. Hoodemane has a very creative style of music that you can't help but to bump it in your trunk. He's always on his hustle and always on his grind. Having so many sleepless night. Just to put in that extra effort to make that track that will turn you and your ears a flip. Well keep you updated on any news on Hoodemane

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Joe Budden Praises Drake's "4PM In Calabasas," Says Diddy Needs To Respond

Joe Budden finally heard the "inspired" Drake he'd been missing tonight on "4PM in Calabasas." A few lines on the song take aim at Diddy, and Budden feels the disses are hard enough to necessitate a response. There was a flood of new music on tonight's episode of OVO Sound Radio. It was thought that Drake would pay tribute to Gucci Mane in his DJ mix, and he took it a step further and surprised listeners with a brand new collab with the unshackled Brick Squad boss himself: "Back on Road." A bit later, Drake's current No. 1, "One Dance," received a fittingly poppy remix from another Canuck in Justin Bieber. And lastly, Drake signed off by adding another installment to his storied time-sensitive city songs, this one called "4PM in Calabasas." The beat, produced by Frank Dukes and Vinylz with co-production from Allen Ritter, contains what sounds like the classic Bad Boy loop -- according to Joe Budden, who praised "4PM in Calabasas" on Twitter upon hearing it, even though he feels the song disses Puffy and, perhaps, himself. Budden might've created tension with Drake after giving Views a lackluster review on his podcast, saying, "I felt that that kid on that album I heard sounds real fucking uninspired." About a week later, French Montana previewed a snippet of a forthcoming collab he has with Drake, who begins his verse with, "Pump, pump it up," perhaps a reference to Budden's biggest hit, 2003's "Pump It Up." "Sounded inspired," Budden first tweeted about "4PM in Calabasas." "He snapped just now, even if he dissed me and Puff the whole time," he went on, "He ain't sound that inspired in a minute (to me)."