TMZ — Birdman is NOT letting Lil Wayne out of his recording contract, no matter how much he bitches.Sources close to Birdman tell us ... he's deeply offended by Weezy's public rants ... claiming Birdman has tried to derail his career by refusing to… ... more info

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Stereogum — After attracting so much controversy for her Nazi-themed lyric video for “Only,” Nicki Minaj decided to take a step back for the real video … and craft a dark, sexy, and stylized S&M playground. Drake and Lil Wayne join a dolled-up Minaj to sin... more info

Stereogum — I didn’t attend Vice’s 20th anniversary party last Friday night at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but by all accounts it was an insane affair with a stacked bill that included Lil Wayne, Andrew WK, Pussy Riot, Stephen Malkmus, and a slew of others. Each... more info

Stereogum — Mike WiLL Made It — one of the most prevalent producers of this year and last — is releasing his new mixtape, Ransom, next week and shared the finalized tracklist on his Instagram today. At twenty tracks, it contains a lot of big names: Lil Wayne... more info

TMZ — 10:45 AM PT -- Wayne's manager, Cortez Bryant, now tells us he was just being "sarcastic" when he told us "everything is fine" between Weezy and Cash Money. Lil Wayne finally spoke out in public about his battle with Cash Money… more info

Stereogum — Vice is throwing an invite-only party tomorrow night in Brooklyn to celebrate their 20th anniversary, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner — who will be part of the house band along with Andrew Wyatt, Pauli PSM, and Jack Lawrence — posted th... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Lil Wayne is quite unhappy with his label. more info

Perez Hilton — Oh shizz!! Weezy isn't holding anything back!! Only five days before the supposed release of Lil Wayne's upcoming (and possibly last) album Tha Carter V, the rapper took to Twitter on Thursday, revealing that his highly-anticipated record wouldn't be... more info