Ray J Says Chris Brown's Arrest Is "Wrong And Sad"

"I can't say what's truthful or not because I've never seen that happen and I was right there." On Tuesday, a long police standoff at Chris Brown's L.A. home following reports that he had pulled a gun on a woman ended with the singer being arrested. Brown was released on $250,000 bail today, and while he has yet to make a statement following his arrest, his lawyer has stressed that the "allegations against him are demonstrably false," while Ray J, who was present at the time of the alleged threat, has also spoken up on the events. "My job is to just say that Chris is 100... meaning he's a good dude," Ray J told Entertainment Tonight, going on to question alleged victim Baylee Curran's story. "I think it was wrong and sad, and it hurts my feelings that you work so hard to try to get better, and a small little length of a story that you don't even know is even real or not can affect you this much without even getting the facts." However, Ray J was hesitant to go on record to dispute Curran's claims that Brown pulled a gun on her, before a car began to follow her when she left the home. "I can't say what's truthful or not because I've never seen that happen and I was right there... So I don't want to comment." Later on, he told the host, "Everything you're saying is ridiculous to me."

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Kanye West's Video Choreographer Explains The "Fade" Video

Jae Blaze explains Kanye's bizarre new video starring Teyana Taylor. Kanye West has taken the weirdness of his music videos to a new level since he released The Life of Pablo. "Fade," which he debuted last night at the VMAs, comprises of Teyana Taylor doing a hypnotizing dance routine in a sweaty thong than turning into a naked lion alongside Iman Shumpert. Pitchfork spoke with "Fade" choreographer and artistic director Jae Blaze to attempt to elucidate her and Kanye's vision. The end product of the video, in her estimation was "absolute black magic." "Kanye, I can't stop saying it, he's just a creative genius," Blaze said. "When he came in, he told us, 'I like this particular move, but I want to take it to the next level. Show me what you can do on top of this move.' He has something specific on his mind, as a visionary. And we have to translate that onto Teyana's body." "Fade" immediately drew comparisons to the stylish 1983 film "Flashdance." Blaze seemed to confirm that 'Flashdance' served as an inspiration for the video: "You know what the funny thing is? Everyone is just referencing 'Flashdance,' and that is a great conversation to be in because the movie was epic... I mean, she just took 'Flashdance' to 2016, if you want to put it like that. She brought it to a generation of some people who many not have even seen the movie before! She made it relevant and current right now. Her body is amazing. Her dancing was amazing. She's just a beast. All in all, it just came together really well." Blaze also clarified the most confusing part of the video, in which Teyana becomes a lioness. "I think the vision behind that was how amazing Teyana is, and how she's been on the rise, and how she's working, and you are now seeing her blossom into this fierce lioness, this fierce cat," Blaze said. "She has worked her way into that, and she's in a great position right now in her life. She has her family. She's being held down by her amazing husband. She has a beautiful daughter. You know, the lioness always protects her baby. I think it really is about her coming into her fierceness. And that's where she is in her life right now. She is blossoming."

Lil Wayne's Closes Lil Weezyana Fest By Yelling "Fuck Cash Money"

Lil Wayne disses Cash Money at Lil Weezyana fest. While Birdman has expressed interest in repairing his relationship with Lil Wayne, possibly because he is the defendant in Wayne's outstanding $51 million lawsuit against Cash Money, it is quite apparent that Wayne doesn't feel the same way. At the end of his performance at this weekend's Lil Weezyana Fest in New Orleans, Wayne shared a parting message with the crowd. “Before I get out this motherfucker," he said, “I want to say three more important words: fuck Cash Money.” This is not the first time Wayne has publicly uttered these words or some variant. His lawsuit against Cash Money is currently on hold, and he seems quite eager to get on with it so he can finally exact on the label to whom he is still signed.

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Did Kid Cudi Take A Subtle Shot At Jhene Aiko & Big Sean?

It appears Kid Cudi has some choice words for Jhene Aiko & Big Sean following her divorce with his long-time producer & good friend, Dot Da Genius. It looks like Kid Cudi is coming to the defense of his good friend & producer Dot Da Genius following the news that surfaced yesterday that he & former wife, Jhene Aiko, filed for divorce recently. Taking to Twitter Friday afternoon, Cudi decided to send a little jab at the Twenty88 duo & subtweet the following.. “The funny thing is, we aint sweatin these bum bitches and these corn ball ass niggas,” Kid Cudi said. “We too busy makin better music.” The tweet came in response to another twitter user asking him about an old post he made dedicated to Jhene back in 2014. It read, “@JheneAiko if u hurt him ill kill u.” The divorce from Jhene & Dot Da Genius shouldn’t come much as a surprise since she's been spotted getting close with fellow Twenty88 partner Big Sean over the past few months, even sharing a kiss on stage at the Power 106’s Powerhouse event. But Cudi apparently ain't having it, and will "ether anyone for his family."

Stream Dave East & Kur’s “Born Broke, Die Rich” EP

Dave East & Kur join forces for a new EP called "Born Broke, Die Rich." Dave East just doesn't stop does he? Before the Harlem spitter drops off his highly anticipated Kairi Chanel mixtape, he decides to link up with Philly native Kur for a new joint EP called Born Broke, Die Rich. Containing 5 tracks in total, the project finds Kur & Dave tackling verses over production from Maaly Raw, Dougie, Buda & Grandz, & Infamous Rell. Knowing the lyrical wordplay these two like to showcase, you should already know this EP about to go dumb hard.

Jeremih Postpones US Tour

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jeremih had to postpone his US tour. For those expecting to see Jeremih live in the upcoming weeks, you’ll have to wait to a little while longer for that to happen unfortunately. A couple days ago, the Late Nights singer took to twitter to announce that “due to unforeseen circumstances, he had to postpone his upcoming tour.” Jeremih did say he would be rescheduling the dates at a later time, but no time table was set. The tour was originally set to kick off Friday night (August 12) in San Diego and run through cities like LA, San Francisco, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, NYC, & Baltimore among others, before wrapping up in Maryland come early October. While we wait for the rescheduled dates to be announced, revisit Jeremih’s recently-released Late Nights: Europe project to hold you over in the meantime.

Travis Scott Announces New "Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight" Release Date

"U will love me for this. Trust in the flame." - La Flame After sharing three new songs on the inaugural episode of ".WAV" and announcing that Kendrick Lamar, Kamaiyah, and Kid Cudi will appear on his upcoming album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott has given the album a (new) release date. "AUGUST 26 2016," Scott wrote on Twitter. "BITTSM. SEE U THEN." "I want y'all to take this album in as whole I'm so anti singles," he continued. "U will love me for this. Trust in the flame." There you have it. Stream the three new La Flam songs below and commence the countdown til August 26! "The Hooch" Alicia Keys "In Common" (Remix) Usher "No Limit" (Remix)

Stream Atmosphere's "Fishing Blues" LP A Couple Days Early

Listen to Atmosphere’s 9th studio album “Fishing Blues” a couple days ahead of its official release. Well here’s a treat for Atmosphere fans. The rap veteran’s long awaited Fishing Blues album is set to officially arrive this Friday, August 12, but taking a unique marketing approach the duo that is Slug & Ant decided to treat fans to an early listen and upload the entire album onto their Youtube channel Wednesday night. Laced with 18 songs, the follow up to 2014’s Southsiders features guest appearances from DOOM, Aesop Rock, Kool Keith, The Grouch and more. Having already heard singles like “Ringo” & “Pure Evil,” fans can stream the entire album thanks to the 360-degree video they posted, which finds the two appropriately fishing in their home state of Minnesota listening to their own album on the boat. Check it out (below) and let us know what you think. Available for pre-order now on iTunes. 0:00 - Like A Fire 3:35 - Ringo 7:26 - Besos 11:11- Pure Evil feat. I.B.E 14:30 - Perfect 18:06 - Seismic Waves 22:04 - Next To You feat. deM atlaS 26:23 - The Shit That We've Been Through 29:59 - When The Lights Go Out feat. DOOM & Kool Keith 34:32 - No Biggie 37:14 - Everything 40:53 - Chasing New York feat. Aesop Rock 44:17 - Sugar 48:14 - Fishing Blues feat. The Grouch 51:54 - Wont Look Back feat. Kim Manning 56:28 - Anybody That I've Known 1:01:03 - Still Be Here 1:04:59 - A Long Hello

DJ Mustard & YG To Reunite On Upcoming “400 Summers” Mixtape

DJ Mustard & YG are teaming up for the joint mixtape "400 Summers." It looks like DJ Mustard & YG are officially putting the past behind them. On Wednesday, the two West Coast natives took to their socials to announce a joint project called 400 Summers. “400 SUMMERS MIXTAPE COMING…Wasn’t pose to give it away but fuck it @YG.” Mustard tweeted out along with a picture of the two kicking next to a Benz. YG later confirmed the project himself by sharing the same photo & announcement on his own accounts as well. No other details are really known at the moment, other than it's "koming soon doe", but this definitely got us anticipating these two getting back together for the first time since YG's wildly successful debut album Still Krazy. While we wait to see what these two cooked up for us, peep the tweet below and check out YG’s wildly successful sophomore album Still Brazy in the meantime

Young Buck Reportedly Sentenced To 7 Months In Prison

Young Buck is said to have violated the conditions of his August release. After being released from jail on August 1st, Young Buck has been sentenced to 7 months in prison after violating the conditions of his release, according to Nashville Scene. The rapper was arrested in July after allegedly kicking down his then-girlfriend's door and threatening to burn her house down, itself a violation of previous conditions from 2013 charges. After serving jail time for that incident, he was released at the beginning of August on the condition that he would not have any contact -- direct or indirect -- with the woman he threatened, but after a reported 100 or more attempts to get in touch with her, he has been hit with a 7-month prison sentence. An excerpt from the U.S. Attorney's office in reference to Buck's sentencing can be found below. On July 20, 2016, another of Brown’s ex-girlfriends obtained an Ex Parte Order of Protection in state court and arrest warrants were issued against Brown based on an incident in which Brown wanted to get certain property out of that woman’s house and was told that the property was not there. He then kicked in the door of the residence and threatened that woman. Brown was arrested for violating his supervision, and was detained pending a detention hearing. After that hearing, the federal magistrate determined Brown could be released pending the final hearing on this incident and the previous March 2016 incident, but ordered Brown not to have any direct or indirect contact with this victim. Brown was released under those conditions on August 1, 2016. After being released on those conditions, Brown violated the conditions of his release by contacting and attempting to contact that woman over 100 times in violation of the Magistrate’s release order.