J. Cole, Jay Z and Bruno Mars are also slated to perform at various Super Bowl weekend events.

Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Diddy, J. Cole and Busta Rhymes are among several rappers slated to perform at Super Bowl weekend events.
J. Cole is slated to perform as part of VH1's Super Bowl Blitz event, which is also scheduled to include Janelle Monae, among others. Drake and Diddy are set to perform at Time Warner Cable Studios in Manhattan, New York for Time Warner Cable's pre-game parties.
Kendrick Lamar is slated to perform at the ESPN Super Bowl Party at Pier 36 in Manhattan, New York. Robin Thicke joins him on that line-up. The Roots are set to join Run-DMC, Busta Rhymes and others as part of Bud Light Hotel's concert showcase bill, which is slated to take place at Bud Light Hotel Amphitheater in Manhattan, New York.
The main event, Super Bowl XLVIII's halftime show is slated to include Bruno Mars as its halftime show star, a job that Beyonce handled last year.
Spin released show information for various events yesterday (January 10) and the information for Rap-based acts can be found below.
Event: VH1's Super Bowl Blitz
Dates: January 27 - February 1
Venue: Various (New York, NY)
Lineup: J. Cole, Janelle Monae, Fall Out Boy, TLC, Goo Goo Dolls, and Gavin DeGraw
Event: Time Warner Cable pre-game parties
Dates: January 29 - February 1
Venue: Time Warner Cable Studios (Manhattan, NY)
Lineup: Kings of Leon, Drake, Diddy, DJ Funk Flex, DJ Ross One, and the O'Jays
Event: Bud Light Hotel concert showcase
Dates: January 30 - February 2
Venue: Bud Light Hotel Amphitheatre (Manhattan, NY)
Lineup: Foo Fighters, The Roots, Fall Out Boy, Run-DMC, Busta Rhymes, Zac Brown Band, Imagine Dragons, Jake Owen, and more.
Event: ESPN Super Bowl Party
Date: January 31
Venue: Pier 36 (Manhattan, NY)
Lineup: Kendrick Lamar and Robin Thicke
Event: Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show
Date: February 2
Venue: MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
Lineup: Bruno Mars
(January 11)

Queen Latifah apologizes to Twitter and says that she did not predict a new album from OutKast.

  

                 

Queen Latifah apologizes to Twitter and says that she did not predict a new album from OutKast.

Queen Latifah made headlines when she was recently quoted saying that OutKast is set to work on a new album. Now, Latifah says that she never predicted an OutKast album would be made.
Latifah made this declaration on Twitter yesterday (January 16), also apologizing for getting "Twitter a flutter." Latifah's Twitter post follows several reports, including one from Huffington Post, which featured her saying that OutKast was slated to work on a new album.

“They’re chilling," Queen Latifah reportedly said of OutKast during an interview with Howard Stern, as per Huffington Post and MTV, among others. "They’re doing movies. They’re about to work on a new album."

OutKast recently announced a festival run that is slated to include more than 40 dates, but the duo has not announced or confirmed album plans. 

Ciara Officially Announces Pregnancy With Future’s Child On Morning Talk Show

The rumors have been flying around about Ciara being pregnant with her fiancé, Future’s, baby. This morning Ciara was on “The View” when she decided to officially announce she is in fact pregnant.
Ciara decided to use Beyonce’s 2011 MTV Video Music Awards baby reveal this morning on the morning talk show “ The View.” When the singer was asked if she was expecting a child, she stood up and opened her jacket to rub her stomach indicating she is, in fact, pregnant.
Ciara just got in engaged back in October with Future and this will be her first child. Future already has three children with three different women.

Scott Storch Teams Up With DJ Khaled For 2014 Projects

40 year old mega producer Scott Storch has been away from the limelight for quite some time. Storch, known for an endless catalog of hits featuring everyone from Beyonce to 50Cent, has decided to amp things up for 2014. In a recent interview with Mikey T The Movie Star, Storch revealed his plans to team up with We The Best Music and DJ Khaled.

“I feel really great about the venture with him [DJ Khaled],” he added. “And I feel like if there’s anybody that can really help in this industry, out of all the moguls that are within the Hip Hop industry, he’s definitely the person. He’s got his hand in so many different projects. People value his opinion. And the fact that he holds me in high regard and was really into my music. Selling it proudly. It’s a great thing…I mean, we’re gonna flood the market. We’re gonna do—put [out] quality music. All of the, what I feel are the A-list artists and people that are [out] doing it, you know?”

Storch went on to discuss his plans on working with Rick Ross and Fat Joe on projects as well.

“I’m taking a good role in Ross’ album,” Storch said. “And there’s some incredible stuff to come with that. I’m very thankful. Spliff helped me put that together. One of the things that I’m really looking forward to is getting back to working with my brother Fat Joe. Just talked to him over the holiday and he’s anxious and excited to get back in. I think we’re both in a good place now. I always have good luck with Joe. Lightning struck quite a few times in the same place.”

Drake Gives Unreleased OVO+Jordan Shoe To Fan; Fan Proceeds To Sell Them On Ebay

For two Drake fans, their footgear walked them straight into Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada for “Drake Night”.  Both fans won a pair of exclusive, unreleased Octobers Very Own x Air Jordans handed to them by Drizzy himself. Now for some Drake fanatics, the limited edition Air Jordans might of stayed in a safe place as a keepsake to remember “Drake Night.” But one of the two fans that won took a different approach by posting the shoes on eBay.

 “Turns out one fan is looking to cash out from the special gift courtesy of the Grammy Award-winning rapper. Spotted on Twitter, the female fan has put the size 11 OVO Air Jordan 10 PEs (Player Exclusives) on eBay.” (Miss Info TV)

The lucky fan who won Drake’s limited edition shoes probably won’t be rebounding like a Raptor player anytime soon, but after it’s all said and done, we can only imagine that she is richer than she was before strolling into The Air Canada Centre. Never underestimate the power of your shoes.

Checking in on the Ebay bids, the current price tag for the shoes are upwards of $100,000. The bidding doesn’t end until January 18th.

For a recap of “Drake Night”

Religious Group Creates Religion Based On Kanye West Called ‘Yeezianity’

Rapper Kanye West has been making headlines all week and he continues to stay in the news. This time Ye didn’t do anything, instead a group of people have created a religion solely based on him called Yeezianity.
The religious group has explained five main points which symbolize every Yeezian.

 ”An anonymous group of people have taken that song pretty literally, it seems, because they’ve formed an official religion centered around Kanye called Yeezianity. According to its website, the group “believes that the one who calls himself Yeezus is a divine being who has been sent by God to usher in a New Age of humanity.” “We could be anyone you know, from your mailman to the mayor of your city,” the website says. Here are the religion’s five pillars: 1. All things created must be for the good of all 2. No human being’s right to express themselves must ever be repressed 3. Money is unnecessary except as a means of exchange 4. Man possesses the power to create everything he wants and needs 5. All human suffering exists to stimulate the creative powers of Man” (TIME)

The person who is responsible for starting this church of Yeezus has chosen to stay anonymous but has decided to explain what motivated him to create Yeezianity.

 ”First of all, he is the most honest person in our culture. He has the highest moral standards and highest integrity. He is the most creative person. And as it’s typical with creative people, he gets a lot of flack from the lower minded masses. It’s not even that they don’t like him, it’s that they don’t know what he’s doing because the press gives it this negative spin all the time.” (Vice)

Future Changes Tour Contract To Accomodate Pregnant Ciara

Atlanta rapper Future and singer Ciara announced yesterday that they are expecting their first child together. Future has decided to make sure Ciara’s pregnancy is as comfortable as possible by making some strict touring contract demands.
According to reports, Future is making sure every tour stop he makes takes care of his fiancé while he is shutting down the stage.

Ciara — who’s engaged to rapper Future — just announced her pregnancy, but people in Future’s camp have known about it for months. We’re told Future’s tour contract called for a “clean” backstage environment whenever Ciara traveled with him — no smoking, healthy foods and nothing that could be detrimental to her pregnancy. Our sources tell us Ciara is about 7 months pregnant. Turns out the tour contract may have been for naught — she only attended two concerts because of horrible morning sickness. This is Ciara’s first child. Future has 3 other children … with 3 different women. (TMZ)

After all the speculations on being pregnant with Futures child, Ciara finally announced that she is in fact having her first child on live television on Tuesday  (January 14th.)