USA Today Music — Kanye West has been slapped with a lawsuit by music publisher EMI after attempting to to get out of his deal by claiming the contract equates to slavery.             more info

Reuters — EMI on Thursday countersued Kanye West to enforce a 2003 publishing agreement that the rapper and entrepreneur considers unfair and wants declared void. more info

Stereogum — Maybe you're familiar with Denzel Curry, the frenetic and hyper-gifted South Florida rapper who, despite his young age, is one of the founding fathers of the presently-dominant SoundCloud-rap wave. Maybe you're less familiar with Charlie Heat, a New ... more info

Dlisted — “Lucky” for our eardrums, they’ll never be without Kanye West’s “singing” because he’s legally bound to keep coming out with new material for the rest of his life. The most shocking part of this all is that wasn’t part of the blood ... more info

Consequence of Sound — West is seeking freedom from the contract, as well as ownership of all works published after October 2010. more info

Kings of A&R — Gatsby releases two new tracks Twisted and Lonely.  Combining the popular sounds of today, both sound like top 40 charting songs. While writing for an array of artists he definitely has a knack for songwriting. He cites Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, J... more info

Stereogum — French dance producer Gesaffelstein has collaborated with big names like Kanye West, the Weeknd, and A$AP Rocky, but he hasn't released an album of his own since his 2013 breakout Aleph. That's about to change. Late last year, he returned with the ne... more info

Stereogum — Two weeks ago, the 19-year-old South Florida sing-rapper and Kanye West collaborator was arrested in the double murder of two of his friends, Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr. And last week, it was reported that Melly, whose real name is Ja... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Owner Jerald Gary said he expects to reopen the 91-year-old movie palace, which has been mostly vacant for nearly a decade, later this year. more info

Dlisted — A psychedelic Pterodactyl took a dump on Kanye West’s head. But he had to be in the right place at the right time for that to have happened, and I think we all know who pushed him under that bird. When there’s trouble brewing at the Koven HQ, the... more info