(Top, starting from the left: Ab-Soul, Kirko Bangz, Trinidad James, Dizzy Wright) (Middle, starting from the left: Joey BadA$$, Action Bronson, Angel Haze, Chief Keef) (Bottom, starting from the left: ScHoolboy Q, Travi$ Scott, & Logic) There it is, the 2013 XXL Freshman class. Of course we see a couple of familiar faces, some…

Lil Wayne’s brand-new Young Money/Cash Money album, I Am Not a Human Being II, which appears headed for a showdown next week with Justin Timberlake, topped the ubiquitous superstar on this morning’s iTunes chart, where he’s joined by Warner Bros. Nashville’s Blake Shelton, Columbia’s Depeche Mode,Interscope’s One Republic, RCA’s The Strokes along with preorders for Island’s Fall Out Boy and Columbia’s Daft Punk. On the singles side, Nick’s Ariana Grande rose to the #1…

Music Publishing 101 Music publishing remains one of the most financially lucrative areas in the music business.” The Music Publishing Industry raked in $4.9 billion in revenue in 2011 according to the IBISworld Market Research Report. For the most part Music publishing is governed by U.S. copyright law. You actually own the copywrite of a…

Looking through TIME’s list of 2013’s best Twitter feeds, you come across several high-profile names: Bill Gates,Prince, and Marco Rubio, among others. But there’s one that clearly stands out: Lil B, the Based God himself. As TIME points out, the rapper likes to console the ladies. He also likes to quote himself and retweet fan responses and compliments….

  Meek Mill is a man of many talents, and he’s proving that by coming out with his first novel titled “Tony’s Story“.  If you’ve been following his mixtape series “Dreamchasers“, it follows the story of the two songs with same title.  The next two months are going to be busy for Meek Mill with his Dreams…