What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

Tyga shades Drake, Chief Keef gets closer to splitting with Interscope Records, and more.

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The house that Lil Wayne built has quickly turned into a fractured state after Tyga voiced his displeasure with a few members of Young Money. The 24-year-old from Compton singled out Drake as one of them, calling the Toronto rapper "fake" and claiming his collaborations with Drake were forced on him because they were signed to the same label. His comments didn't sit well with Drake's OVO camp, who responded by making fun of Tyga and his past attempt to star on a failed MTV rap game show.

Plus, Mac Miller signs a multimillion record deal with Warner Bros., Chief Keef plots his release from Interscope Records, and Chance The Rapper talks about his upcoming free album with The Social Experiment. Check out all that and more in What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

Logic released his much-anticipated debut album Under Pressure.

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Chief Keef's time with Interscope edged closer to an end after a report claimed he split with his label.

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Mac Miller became $10 million richer after signing with Warner Bros.

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Date: October 21

Earlier this year, Mac Miller announced he was leaving Rostrum Records and going independent with his own label, REMember Music. Now, Fader reports Mac is signing a new deal with Warner Bros. Records, which will cover both him and his label with artists he signs. The deal, which is reportedly worth an astonishing $10 million, will give Mac the freedom to sign and develop artists to his label while still working on his own solo music as both a rapper and producer.


"Warner is the most independent thinking company I met with," Miller told Fader in an email. "It is a partnership and now I can focus on building my label Remember through music and let them handle everything I don't like doing. Nothing will change in how I do things." He added: "They have Prince."

In addition to the major news, Mac has released a new song, “Just Some Raps, Nothing to See Here, Move Along,” which is produced by his frequent-collaborator, SAP. Despite not dropping an album this year, Mac stayed pretty busy, releasing his highly-acclaimed mixtape, Faces, as well as working with a number of artists both as a rapper and producer. —Zach Frydenlund

Related: Mac Miller Signs With Warner Bros Records

Chance The Rapper revealed plans to release an album with The Social Experiment.

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Date: October 21

The wait for a new project from Chance The Rapper appears to be almost over. In an interview published by Billboard, Chance revealed that his new album Surf, which he worked on with his band The Social Experiment, should be out by the end of the year.

Better yet, Chance also says that the project will be free for fans. Chance also talked about some artists he has been working with lately, revealing that he has been in the studio with Migos, J. Cole, and Frank Ocean.


On Surf: “We’re working really closely with Francis Starlite from Francis and the Lights. He’s been a really been a big help on Surf. Damn, I’m saying these things like people know it. Surf is the first project, which is coming out before the end of 2014. It’s the first Social Experiment project. It’s a big step for all of us all putting our heads together and letting Nico [Segal, a.k.a Donnie Trumpet] hold the reigns and carry it. There’s a lot of great instrumentation. A lot of input from cool writers. I’m already saying too much.”


On who else he’s working with: “Well, we worked with Migos. We worked with J. Cole. We did some work with Emily King just last week. Somebody who helped us out a lot with just getting into the project was Rick Rubin. And Frank Ocean. There’s been a lot of just people in the studio watching us work almost like a house band. People come in just to watch us jam out.”


On what else he’s working on: “We have an idea for what we want to do next year following [the release] of Surf and [another project entitled] SOX and everything else that is to come. We’ve been really, really focused on The Lion King musical and stage design and use of props in the theater setting and trying to make a very cool musical-kinda thing. Like musical theater. So we’re working on that. It’s still in the development process. I’m really excited; the band’s really excited.”

Meek Mill dropped “F**k You Mean” to get fans excited for his impending prison release.

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Tyga talked about his distaste for Drake, which resulted in subtle shade from the OVO camp.

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Date: October 22

Earlier this month, Tyga took to Twitter to blast his label situation with Young Money and update his fans on the status of his album, The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty. In a recent interview published by Vibe, Tyga detailed his complaints with the label, saying that he doesn't get along with Drake or Nicki Minaj, and that he really doesn't like Drizzy as a person.


I don’t like Drake as a person. He’s just fake to me. I like his music; you know what I’m saying? I think his music is good, but we’re all different people. We were forced together and it was kinda’ like we were forcing relationships together.

The current status of Tyga's album is in the air right now, though he did release his new Kanye West-produced single, “40 Mill,” on iTunes under his Last Kings label following his tweets about Young Money. Tyga also talked about how he felt all of the relationships in Young Money were forced and he did it because of Wayne and not Drake or Nicki.

Following Tyga's comments about Drake being "fake," October's Very Own member and Drake's right hand man Chubbs responded on Instagram with an embarrassing video of Tyga before he joined Young Money. A few members of OVO have also poked fun at the video openly in the comments.

Mixing Tyga's less than star-making appearance on MTV's canceled game show “Bustas," where Tyga boasts about his easy upbringings, with Dennis Green's legendary “They are who we thought they were” speech is a stroke of genius but one has to wonder if Drake will make an official statement on wax or otherwise at some point. While we wait, it looks like Drake showed off his pettiness by  liking Tyga's ex-girlfriend Blac Chyna's pictures on Instagram. —Zach Frydenlund

Related: Tyga Speaks on His Situation With Young Money, Says He Doesn't Like Drake as a Person

Jaden Smith shared a very personal music video dedicated to Kylie Jenner.

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iLOVEMAKONNEN released his Drake-assisted “Tuesday (Remix)” video and got attacked during a performance in NYC.

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