Hip-Hop fans were shocked when news broke that Lil’ Wayne and his “father” Baby were no longer seeing eye to eye and there’s a possible court case regarding the release of Tha Carter V  looming. Neither party has addressed the situation publicly, besides a subliminal tweet here and there from Lil’ Wayne. A journalist from The Hollywood Reporter decided to ask Young Money’s songstress, Christina Milian, at the premiere of FOX’s new hit-series, Empire, to give her opinion on the beef brewing between the two iconic Hip-Hop figures.

Milian responded by saying “It’s a little difficult,” to the reporter. Then, she went onto say that “I’m on the same record label. I’m on Young Money, so it’s a little difficult when it comes to business. I understand the circumstance for all of them. I think everyone’s trying to work it out and I wish the best. Honestly it’s been an empire that has been built between Baby and with Lil Wayne. You can only hope for the best and big things for the both of them, that they continue this grind that they have. They basically paved the way for people like myself having the opportunity to become successful. I pray it all works out. I know he prays the same thing, nothing but the best.”

Milian hopes the two can mend their relationship, which will enable her to release new music sometime in the near future. It’ll only help her capitalize off of the reality show that follows her life, which is set to premiere on the E! Network later on this week.

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Last week, Lil’ Wayne shocked fans when he tweeted out that he felt he was being held captive by Cash Money Records and its’ founder/mentor of his, Brian “Baby” Williams.  His growing frustration with the only record label he has ever called home is a result of Cash Money Records not pushing the release his long-awaited Tha Carter V album. Ever since Wayne’s outburst on Twitter occurred, he had decided to remain silent on the social media platform, until last night that is.

Yesterday, Weezy tweeted out ” YM! That’s it. Nothing else.” YM, which stands for Young Money, the division of Cash Money Records that Lil’ Wayne founded. It is usually shouted out by him on tracks, before he goes onto say Cash Money as well. He obviously left the Cash Money part out on purpose, which shows a ugly spilt between him and Baby is on the horizon. It’s also coincidental that Lil’ Wayne decided to send this tweet out yesterday; the same day that “Truffle Butter,” which features all three of Young Money’s superstars (Nicki Minaj, Lil’ Wayne and Drake) on it was leaked.

Hip-Hop fans will just have to wait and see if the feud is for real. Are the longtime friends/ business partners really on the outs or it is being brewed up to help create more of a buzz surrounding various Cash Money/ Young Money  projects, such as Nicki Minaj’s third studio album (The PinkPrint) which is set to drop next week.

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Yesterday, “Bust It Baby” rapper Plies tweeted “If U Tell A Female Business Just When U Get Mad U A Fuck N*gga….” Even though, Plies didn’t direct it at anyone in particular, Chris Brown caught wind of it and believed it was a subliminal message directed at him. Brown immediately fired back by retweeting the original message and  he decided to follow it up by saying “If no one listens to your music anymore your career is dead blood.” The social media beef didn’t last much longer, it concluded with Plies posting a picture on Instagram and captioning it “Actually, no, my post wasn’t about you, but if the shoe fits, feel free to lace that bitch up & wear it.”

Recently, Chris Brown has been going through a messy public breakup with his girlfriend of the past four years, model, Karrueche Tran. This past weekend, people began speculating that the couple spilt had called it quits, when she posted a heartfelt message on Instagram and began talking about finding the strength within yourself to move on after a bad breakup. Brown confirmed the rumors and decided to air their issues out in the public. He claimed that Tran cheated on him with former arch enemy, Drake, and only visited him once during his four month prison sentence.

Brown has since apologized for dragging his ex’s name through the mud. Yesterday, he posted a picture of himself with his head down (which seems as if he is mourning the loss of someone,) as he stands in front of a piece of graffiti artwork depicting sadness.

Being young and dumb is one of my strong suits and emotional at best. I love hard and react impulsively when I'm hurt at times. I don't think social media is a place to air out or hash out personal problems and a nigga feel hella WACK for doing it. So I AM APOLOGIZING I live in a glass house and the same shit that makes me great also is my curse. Everybody know I love that girl. I don't care how my image my look to the public because I'm still gonna be the best at what I do. I just want baby girl to know I apologize!

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