When Drake dropped “0 to 100″ in June, he gave us a heads up about his big plans for next year. In addition to revealing that his fourth solo album is coming, he made it clear that his OVO Sound label’s pretty much “got spring 2015 poppin.” Drizzy’s usually a man of his word and, as such, you might’ve noticed that he’s been steadily building his OVO imprint, which he co-founded with his longtime producer Noah ’40′ Shebib and his best friend/manager Oliver El Khatib.

In late 2012 he signed the imprint to a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records, and from there, things started to take off. There have been new signees, multiple releases, feature verses and guests spots at OVO Fest…all a part of the master plan. So, you might as well get familiar with the team now. Don’t wanna try jumping on when the bandwagon is full.

PartyNextDoor

Drake’s decision to couple vocals with stellar verses put him in a lane of his own, so you’d better believe that he knows a talented singer/songwriter when he hears one. Enter PartyNextDoor, a singer from Mississauga, Ontario who we’ve gotten familiar with over the past year.

PND dropped his self-titled EP via OVO Sound in July 2013, and contributed vocals to Nothing Was the Same tracks “Come Thru” and “Own It.” He got some live experience on Drizzy’s Would You Like A Tour? jaunt that same year, and in ...

Meek Mill has been behind bars since July, on charges that he violated probation, and Rick Ross has confirmed to MTV News this sentence will delay the release of his anticipated third solo album, which was originally scheduled to drop on September 2.

Ross’ statement reads:

“MMG and Meek Mill have decided to release Dreams Are Worth More Than Money at a future date. In true MMG fashion, Meek has dedicated himself to perfecting his sophomore project and it is only right that it should be rolled out exceptionally well. MMG also wants his fans to know that Meek is doing great and he wants to hear from you. So write him at.

CEC Hoffman Hall
3950B D Steet
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Robert Williams
PP# 892643

In the meantime, keep looking out for new music from the project, keep supporting Meek and KEEP DREAMING! #MMG4LIFE.”

On July 11, Meek was given a three-to-six month sentence for probation violation stemming from a 2009 drug and gun conviction, and his request for early parole was denied during a court appearance on August 18. The rapper’s defense team argued that he was unfairly convicted of the violation.

Although Meek’s project will be delayed, his peers have continued to show him love in recent weeks. During the Philly stop on the Drake vs. Lil Wayne Tour, the two artists let fans rap-a-long to “Dreams & Nightmares,” with Drizzy also adding, “Free Meek Milly, man.”

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We went all out for Beyoncé’s birthday (with a ‘Happy Bey Day’ playlist, her Bey-o-Scope, and her fierce baby pics), but there’s no way Jay Z was gonna let the Internet one-up him. (In our defense — we didn’t have licensing to use their music as a soundtrack, so he definitely had the upper hand there.)

Hov posted a 33-second video clip on his Life+Times site to celebrate his wife’s 33 birthday — because he understands that the details really matter — and it includes snippets of her getting ready to hit the stage, rehearsing for their On the Run Tour, and, you know, just generally being awesome.

The clip is soundtracked by the portion of his “Beach Is Better” interlude where he calls out wifey by name, and transitions into “Grown Woman,” because now Bey can do whatever she wants.

Related: Will Beyonce Have Another Baby? We Asked A Psychic

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Ever wondered what an NFL fantasy football draft with Jay Z is like? Well, ESPN’s Senior Fantasy Analyst (add that to jobs you wish you’d thought of), Matthew Berry, is lucky enough to participate in Hov’s league, so he has some insight.

Berry explained to Keith Olbermann, that he was called into the 40/40 club in New York City to assist Jay with picks for his GUTS Fantasy Football League recently, and… it was intense.

The best part though, is that Berry bailed out on the draft party with his childhood friends to meet up with Jay (just like you would, I’m sure), only to realize that the rapper couldn’t actually attend the draft. Apparently a “business thing” came up, so he was forced to talk to Jay on the phone during the draft party to solidify his picks.

We learned that the Roc Nation CEO is “literally the greatest trash talker in fantasy football history.” Not too surprising.

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Slow down Drake, you’re killin’ ‘em. The 2014 Bet Hip Hop Awards nominations have been announced, and Drizzy is leading the pack with eight nods. He’s up for awards in categories that include Best Hip Hop Video (for “Worst Behavior”), Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and Best Featured Verse (for his contribution to YG’s “Who Do You Love?)

Iggy Azalea, who tied with Eminem for seven VMA nominations this year, is nominated in categories that include Best Hip-Hop Video (for “Fancy,” of course) and Who Blew Up Award. Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj is up for four awards, and we can’t wait for another memorable acceptance speech.

The show airs October 14 at 8 p.m. ET. on BET and Snoop Dogg will be your host.

Best Hip-Hop Video
Drake – “Worst Behavior”
Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh”
Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – “Fancy”
J. Cole f/ TLC – “Crooked Smile”
Nicki Minaj – “Pills N Potions”
Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”

Best Collabo, Duo or Group
Eminem f/ Rihanna – “The Monster”
Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh”
Jay Z f/ Justin Timberlake – “Holy Grail”
ScHoolboy Q f/ BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio”
YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hitta”

Best Live Performer
Drake
Jay Z
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
T.I.

Lyricist of the Year
Drake
Eminem
J. Cole
Jay Z
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Chris Robinson
Director X
Dre Films
Hype Williams

DJ of the Year
DJ Drama
DJ Envy
DJ Khaled
DJ Mustard
DJ Scream

Producer of the Year
DJ Mustard
Drumma ...

This has to be the end of 50 Cent’s current feud with Floyd Mayweather, right? Because we’re not sure where he can possibly go after the boxer’s latest response. Fif has been taking jabs at his former pal over the past few weeks, promising to donate $750,000 to charity if the five-division champ could successfully read one page of a “Harry Potter” book.

50 has been ruthless with his taunts, but on Wednesday Mayweather challenged the G-Unit boss to make this all worthwhile by donating that money to the family of slain St. Louis teen, Michael Brown.

“I was thinking of something, you know, when you asked me about 50 Cent — If you want to donate money, donate money to the Mike Brown family,” Mayweather said, via Yahoo Sports.

Related: Game, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolous, Wale And More Unite For Michael Brown Tribute Song ‘Don’t Shoot’

“I shouldn’t stop you,” he added. “Our company, me and Leonard [Ellerbee], we have been donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to different organizations for years without any media, without getting credit. … The best thing for 50 Cent to do, and there are no hard feelings, is to give that $750,000 to Mike Brown’s family.”

“It was a very, very bad situation, the Ferguson thing,” Mayweather said. “I like to sit down and talk and communicate with my kids on a regular basis, about being fair, etiquette, honesty. Because as I was ...

Miley Cyrus is still in the “no chill zone” that Nicki Minaj directed her to last month. We already know that she’s really into ample asses, but she keeps reminding us anyway.

On Wednesday night, for example, she posted a photo from dance rehearsals (we’re assuming) which shows her wearing a very large, fake, brown ass.

And, of course, the photo was captioned with French Montana’s “Pop That” lyric, “ass so fat, need a lap dance.” Oh, Miley.

Last month, the 21-year-old star wanted to get in on the fun with Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” memes. She had her head Photoshopped onto Nicki’s booty pose in two separate images — even using one from her Disney Channel days and titling it “HannahConda.”

Nicki seemed fairly amused by the stunt.

Nadeska Alexis

A native of Grenada, a product of Brooklyn, a student of hip-hop.

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Kendrick Lamar is busy at work on his next solo album, but if you’ve been needing a little K. Dot in your life, we’ve got your fix. The Compton rapper is featured on Flying Lotus’ new single “Never Catch Me,” which will appear on the producer’s upcoming album You’re Dead! next month.

And while we’re grateful to the LA Leakers for the world premiere, we’re hoping that Lotus drops the tag free version soon. Listen below.

Related: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Control’ Verse One Year Later: Did It Really Change The Game?

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Game is prepping his latest album, with his Blood Money Gang, Year of the Wolf, for an October release, but before the album drops you can expect to see a video for his single “Or Nah.” The Too $hort remake includes a feature from Problem, because he wanted to “get it in with my friends.”

MTV News joined Game on the video set out in Los Angeles recently, and he admitted that he lets his director, Matt Alonzo, take care of all the creative.

Related: Game Decided On A Release Date For ‘The Documentary 2′

“Ever since we did ‘Dope Boys,’ ‘Martians vs. Goblins’ and ‘Celebration,’ [Matt Alonzo] has been my go to director,” Game explained. “He writes the treatment and I just show up at the video and it always turns out cool. You’ve gotta trust your team.”

In other Game news, he recently had an encounter with Nicki Minaj’s ass that he wanted to share.

Nadeska Alexis

A native of Grenada, a product of Brooklyn, a student of hip-hop.

@neweryork

Remember last year when Kanye West took a pregnant Kim Kardashian to the Met Gala, then proceeded to tell her how “Awesome” she was, during his performance, over and over again? Well, it looks like that song might actually be released sometime in the near future.

During Sunday night’s episode of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” a snippet of the song played in the background while Kim and company explained the first time they’d heard it.

When Kanye first played the song live, model Coco Rocha captured a Vine from the performance, teasing the vocals, “Don’t let nobody bring you down, you’re so awesome, you’re so awesome!”

Related: True Life: I Shot Kanye West’s Made In America Set From The Photo Pit

Maybe this will appear on Kanye’s upcoming solo album. So far, we’ve only heard a low quality studio leak of “All Day.”

Nadeska Alexis

A native of Grenada, a product of Brooklyn, a student of hip-hop.

@neweryork