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Sorry to be the bearers of bad news, but Joey Bada$$ will no longer release his Summer Knights EP today as originally planned. Fret not fans. This dark cloud has a silver lining, because the project will now drop July 1 as a free full-length album. We receive another sampling today with “95 Til Infinity.”

Eminem’s publishing company alleges that Facebook used an unauthorized version of one of the Detroit rapper’s songs in an advertisement for the Facebook Home application. The social media giant, and an advertisement agency named in the infringement complaint, will have to respond to the allegations this month or face penalties.

Marlon Wayans has been around long enough to have seen and met some interesting people. One person in particular was Tupac Shakur, who he starred with in street basketball film Above The Rim. The Wayans brother had some interesting commentary about the late actor and rapper. 

Yeezus season couldn’t go unhitched, huh? French Canadian model, Leyla Ghobadi, claims Kanye West cheated on Kim Kardashian with her almost a year ago. Mind you, this news arrives as the Chicago native anxiously awaits the birth of his first child with the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star.

Earlier this morning (June 12), news broke of a French Canadian model named Leyla Ghobadi claiming that Kanye West cheated on Kim Kardashian with her. However, Hip-Hop music’s version of Michael Jordan and Steve Jobs is denying her claims, stating that 23-year-old woman is just out for publicity.

Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie (also known as The Mad Rapper) has deep roots in Hip-Hop and is partly responsible for the success of a few noteworthy artist. One happens to be the incomparable Kanye West. Unfortunately, the two no longer have a working relationship.

Pusha T has a new album, My Name Is My Name, dropping this summer, but music isn’t the G.O.O.D. Music rapper’s only endeavor. The Clipse member and Play Cloths founder just opened a new boutique in Norfolk, Va. 

Curren$y is a one-man factory when it comes to creating music. Count up the amount of material he’s released since the top of the year if you don’t believe us. Spitta returns today with a new track featuring Trinidad James$ called “Killers.”

Lil Wayne is a man of his word, apparently. Having missed two scheduled appearances —one after suffering a seizure— the Grammy winning rapper appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to speak on his current health, his plans to retire after Tha Carter V, and more.

In Hip-Hop, there is no more polarizing figure than Kanye West. Despite being famous, or infamous, for not speaking to press, Yeezy recently sat down with the New York Times for an interview. The result was plethora of enlightening and entertaining—and very Kanye West-like—quotables.

Wiz Khalifa is eating, financially. If his fourth studio album release O.N.I.F.C. (the acronym is essential) wasn’t enough proof, this visual for track two from the project, “Paperbond,” should do the trick.

With new product on the way from Kanye West, J. Cole, Mac Miller and even Kelly Rowland, Wale isn’t trying to get lost in the shuffle. The Maybach Music Group rapper drops new cut called “Rotation,” featuring Wiz Khalifa and 2 Chainz, from his forthcoming The Gifted album.