Brooklyn Vegan — Tyler at Governors Ball 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator is playing the annual Odd Future Carnival in LA this November (duh) with Pharrell, Rick Ross, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, Trash Talk, Cher... more info

TMZ — Atlanta rapper 9gotti's got himself some brass ones -- firing off a legal threat to 3 powerful rap icons -- Kanye West, Diddy and Rick Ross -- warning them to quit jacking his music.   At issue ... a French… more info

MTV.co.uk News — The rappers have united to release new track 'Don't Shoot' in response to the recent shootings... more info

NME — The artists are the latest musicians to address the shooting of Michael Brown by police more info

Stereogum — That list of rappers and musicians up top is an all-star team and they’ve all gotten together for the 6-minute anthem “Don’t Shoot” to address the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown and the events that followed. The Game recruited eve... more info

Stereogum — Ty Dolla $ign’s debut album Free TC is due later this year, and today he teased it with the free $ign Language mixtape. The Big Sean collab that opens the tape reminds me of one of Drake’s more laid-back Take Care-era tracks. From there things ra... more info

Perez Hilton — Dearest Edward, we knew you had edge!! Ed Sheeran just dropped his Don't remix featuring rapper Rick Ross… And we're totally obsessed with the scorned sound! If the song wasn't sassy enough before, the dream team of Rick and Ed Sizzle (Mr. Sheeran'... more info

Stereogum — Though Chris hasn’t expressed much admiration for Ed Sheeran over in the Week In Pop, maybe the guy’s not all bad? I mean, he co-wrote that Jessie Ware song, and we all agreed that was the best song of last week. Looks like there’s still plenty... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. is planning to release his new album, Cadillactica, later this year and he recently put out its single "Pay Attention." It's got a crooning airy R&B hook from Rico Love and minimal production... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Def Jam Records, the label responsible for some of the most influential hip hop ever released (Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Kanye West, much more), is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and in honor of that they'll throw a... more info