What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

Young Thug and Metro Boomin dropped the video for "BLanguage," Weezy Season is here and Dame Dash dropped new music along with a new rant.

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The anticipation for Lil Wayne's upcoming album has truly peaked; earlier this week, Kobe Bryant posted a promotional shot for Tha Carter V on Twitter, sparking rumors that it might've been the album's official artwork. The excitement increased when Floyd Mayweather posted a snippet of Weezy and Drake in the studio working on the album's first single, "Believe Me" which dropped in full last night—along with a new Nicki track "Believe Me" with Soulja Boy.

Another artist that has fans hyped for more music is Frank Ocean, who is slated to perform at this year's Met Gala. He posted a message on his Tumblr a few weeks ago hinting that he was finishing up his new album, and since Kanye West's performance at last year's Met Gala was the first time the world heard some of Yeezus, we hope Frank decides to do the same.

In other news, Forbes' highest-earning couple Jay Z and Beyoncé officially announced the On The Run tour, which kicks off June 25 in Miami, make its way around the U.S. and Canada, and concludes in San Francisco. While this 16-city tour gives fans all over the country a shot at catching Bey and Jay together, it's safe to say tickets will sell out fast since pre-sale began on April 29. Good luck.

This week we also premiered new music (and a new rant) from Dame Dash, while Young Thug and Metro Boomin released their latest music video, and there's a new DJ Khaled song, which has already stirred up some controversy, too. Check out all that and more on What The Hell Just Happened In Music This Week?

CORRECTION (4/23/15): In an earlier version of this post and its corresponding video, we erroneously used a photo of DJ Rashad Hayes to represent the late DJ Rashad. We regret this mistake and apologize to DJ Rashad Hayes.

We were introduced to Stitches, an 18-year-old rap phenom with an AK-47 tattooed on his face and the intensity of no rapper you've ever seen before.

Date: April 26

Need a pick-me-up? Unsigned 18-year-old Miami rapper Stitches will throw you, possibly across two parking lots.

It's hard to tell where to start with this song, which sounds like mainlining RedBulls through your eyeballs. This blends the exuberant traditions of rap bangers and yelling like a maniac into one intense package about selling cocaine, or splitting open a brick and throwing it all around your apartment while wearing a Hellraiser mask.

It's tough to pick out just one part of this masterpiece as the clear highlight, but let's go with the moment he points to a tattoo on his face and raps: "I got an AK-47 on my face, ho/So you know I don't shoot no pistol."

Stitches mixtape, No Snitching Is My Statement, is available here.—David Drake

Chicago footwork pioneer DJ Rashad passed away.

Date: April 26

Authorities confirmed DJ Rashad's death on Saturday April 26. He was found unresponsive by a friend in his apartment on West 21st Street on the Lower East Side of Chicago. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, he was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:50PM. He was found with both narcotics and paraphernalia near his body.

Detroit's DJ Godfather tweeted about the news first, suggesting that he had heard back from a few of Rashad's close friends. Godfather was scheduled to DJ that night alongside Rashad and DJ Spinn at the Inhale Art Expo in Detroit.

Rashad, born Rashad Harden, has been a staple in the footwork scene for many years now. His last album, Double Cup, was released in October 2013. Earlier this month, he released a new EP called We On 1 Constantly on the road, he opened up for Chance The Rapper during the Social Experiment Tour last fall.—Dharmic X

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DJ E-Z Rock passed away this week.

Date: April 27

DJ E-Z Rock has died. Word of the tragic news broke on social media when Rob Base put up a Facebook status saying, "RIP Skip (DJ EZ Rock) friends since 4th grade, I'm really going to miss you."

Details are still scarce about the cause of death. The Harlem duo of Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock are most well known for their 1988 single and album titled It Takes Two, with both being certified platinum. After that album the two split up due to personal reasons, only to reunite and release their album, Break Of Dawn, in 1994.—Zach Frydenlund

Jay Z called lacrosse soft on DJ Khaled's latest single, to which Major League Lacrosse responded that Hov wouldn't "last a minute" on a lacrosse field.

Date: April 28

DJ Khaled summer anthem season has returned. Just hours after Khaled's hilarious interview with MTV hit the net, in which he announced WWE style that he secured Jay Z for his first single, we get the record courtesy of the legend Funk Flex.

On "They Don't Love You No More," we not only hear Hov, but Khaled also comes with the regular crew of Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and French Montana, with Mike Zombie handling the production. Khaled said he wanted to run the summer, so let's see if this one is about to get it done. This will be featured on Khaled's new album, which is apparently titled, I Changed a Lot. Jay did some work on the production, and possibly jabbed back at Drake with, "Haters wanna ball let me tighten up my drawstring, wrong sports boy, you know you soft as a lacrosse team."—Zach Frydenlund

Beyoncé and Jay Z announced the On The Run Tour, which will empty your pockets and fulfill all of your wildest dreams.

Date: April 28

Start saving up, because it looks like the Jay Z and Beyoncé tour is officially going down this summer. This week Chase bank posted a tweet, which has also been confirmed by Life + Times, announcing the tour and offering their customers early access on tickets starting April 29. Members of Bey's official fan-site on Beyonce.com will also have an opportunity to buy early pre-sale tickets beginning April 29.

Tickets are set to go on sale for the entire public on May 2, with the tour kicking off in June and running through August. Check out the full dates for the tour below.—Zach Frydenlund

June 25 – Miami, FL Sun Life Stadium
June 28 – Cincinnati, OH Great American Ballpark
July 1 – Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium
July 5 – Philadelphia, PA Citizen's Bank Park
July 7 – Baltimore, MD M & T Bank Stadium
July 9 – Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
July 11 – East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium
July 15 – Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome
July 18 – Houston, TX Minute Maid Park
July 20 – New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome
July 22 – Dallas, TX AT&T Stadium
July 24 – Chicago, IL Soldier Field
July 27 – Winnipeg, MB Investor Group Field
July 30 – Seattle, WA Safeco Field
August 2 – Los Angeles, CA Rose Bowl
August 5 – San Francisco, CA AT&T Park

Pharrell revealed that CeeLo Green passed on international, triple platinum hit "Happy."

Date: April 29

Pharrell continued his trek of interviews this week, as he stopped by and talked with radio legend, Howard Stern. For over an hour, the two shared stories including Pharrell stating that the songs he wrote for Justin Timberlake's Justified album, were originally slated for the late Michael Jackson.

He also spoke on his hit song, "Happy," revealing that Cee-Lo Green had originally passed on the record before it wound up with Pharrell. Those are just a few of the gems in the interview, which can be heard in full below.—Zach Frydenlund

Frank Ocean is set to perform at this year's Met Gala, which hopefully means he's got some new music in-store for next week.

Date: April 30

This year's Met Gala takes place on May 5th in New York City and according to Page Six, Frank Ocean will reportedly be performing at the event.

As most of you remember, Kanye West performed at last year's Gala before Yeezus was released, and premiered some new tracks, including "Awesome" which never made the final cut for his album. Will Frank perform new music that we know he's been working on? Hopefully.—Lauren Nostro

Young Thug and Metro Boomin released the video for "The BLanguage," and Thug's dancing was absolutely perfect.

Date: April 30

After previewing the video for "The BLanguage" earlier this week on Instagram, Metro Boomin and Young Thug soon returned with the real deal. In the video, Metro and Thug are simply kicking it around the crib with plenty of syrup bottles around, and a red over light effect for good measure. Thug's dancing in the video is also worth noting, because it's pretty spectacular. The Cam Kirk-directed video sets the scene nicely for both Thug and Metro as we patiently wait for their Metro Thuggin project, which is coming soon.—Zach Frydenlund

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We premiered Dame Dash's new track "Flip," which features an authentic rant from the man himself. You're welcome.

Date: May 1

In a perfect world, Dame Dash would release an entire EP of him just talking shit over incredible beats. We don't live in a perfect world, but this week we got a little closer with Dame's latest track featuring Sen City called "Flip" produced by Ben The Glorious Bastard.

For some inspiration, please read Dame's gospel and stream the song below.

"I don't stack, I flip, and I only flip as I'm inspired. And this is what I suggest, find a good woman, a woman with taste, a woman with style, you don't really wanna hang around n****s too much, the egos make them jealous, but a woman, if you treat her right, she'll be loyal, and she'll teach you, and she'll fight for you. I'm in the "Fuck N****s" crew. Pause. N****s is the new bitches, and I mean that in the most sincere way." —Lauren Nostro

Weezy Season is here. Wayne and Drake dropped "Believe Me" last night, and Nicki Minaj followed through with "Yasss B**ch!!!," too.

Date: April 28 + 30

Lil Wayne dropped the first single from his highly anticipated new album Tha Carter V. After building the hype for new music with Tweets and Instagram posts from athletes including Kobe Bryantand Floyd Mayweather, Wayne is joined by Drake on "Believe Me," which also features production from Boi-1da and Vinylz.

And at the same time, Nicki Minaj decided to jump on the train and release a new track tonight called "Yasss Bitch!!" This single follows up her last release, "Chi-Raq," and keeps fans excited for the impending release of The Pinkprint.

The song is produced by Soulja Boy, who also appears on the chorus.—Zach Frydenlund