RiRi Breaks Records, Azealia Banks Is Bored and Other News This Week
This week's music news in one place.
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Sometimes Just News Without Music, But Not This Week! - It’s been a good week. For starters, we got our good dose of Rihanna and Drake. Oh, yeah, an artist broke a Michael Jackson record. Who could it be? Unfortunately, Kanye is still updating his Twitter. There’s a #B6 update. Plus, the Death Row Records' vault was opened and an unreleased track was unearthed. Let’s go, fam! —Jon Reyes (Photo: BET)
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Twerk on Drake Week - Our darling RiRi released the video to “Work” and a few days later went on the BRIT Awards for an equally steamy performance. These two... (Photo: Roc Nation)
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Our #1 Girl - Rihanna broke Michael Jackson’s record for most #1s on the Billboard 100. On top of Rihanna? The Beatles and Mariah Carey. C’mon, RiRi, you can do it! (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for HBO)
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Rock 'N' Roll Goes Hip Hop for a Night - Sometimes hip hop does get its due. N.W.A will be inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame. And who’ll be inducting them? Kendrick Lamar. Compton, represent! (Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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#B6 Update - OK, so far unsubstantiated rumors are pointing to an April release of Beyonce’s sixth album. Producer Detail confirmed by commenting on an Instagram photo that new Bey music is indeed coming. (Photos from left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)
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Bored Banks - Azealia Banks is bored, according to her, and tried to pick a fight. Perhaps making an album would entertain her? (Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
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T.I., Put Your Roc Up! - Well, we aren’t entirely sure what’s totally up but what we do know is that T.I. is now an artist/owner at Tidal. As far as what his deal is with Roc Nation, no one knows just yet. But that’s a move! (Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Tidal)
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More Than 50 Cents - Fiddy is filing for bankruptcy. He then posted a photo of himself in a room full of cash. Judge wants to talk to him about it. *SMH* (Photo: Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News/Pool)
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Drake Mitzvah - Drake showed up at (what seemed to be) a random bar mitzvah and performed a couple of his tracks, including “Hotline Bling.” This kid is hella lucky. (Photo: John Phillips/Getty Images)
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Kanye West Update - Let’s make this quick. The Life of Pablo won’t make it on the Billboard charts since Tidal hasn’t revealed its streaming data and won’t be going on sale yet. He also got mad at a Canadian music producer and told the world... on Twitter. (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
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