Check out the CPain Beatz-produced cut below, which will presumably appear on Big Draco’s forthcoming album, How Can You Blame Me?.

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Here’s a surprise that happened earlier this week: Chris Brown teamed up with none other than Brandy‘s brother for a dope new mixtape. Titled Burn My Name, the 10-track project sees the two R&B (and Hip-Hop) stars connecting with the likes of Bizzy Bone, Payso B, Jackie Long and more. There’s also an interlude featuring West Coast emcee Vince Staples (who recently dropped a new album of his own).

The best part of the release: “Famous,” a response from both artists to Kanye West, who dropped a very explicit visual for his track of the same name last year (the clip featured both artists — or actors playing them, rather — in the nude…you can watch that here).

Enjoy the mixtape in full below; presumably, Chris Brown’s long-awaited album Heartbreak On A Full Moon will be dropping sooner than later. No clue on what Ray J‘s up to.

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The legendary  Snoop Dogg kicked off his Birthday festivities with an exclusive show in Hollywood over the weekend. The “Doggfather” performed a medley of his greatest hits from his first iconic album Doggystyle through his current critically acclaimed album Coolaid. He delivered a high-energy show with live Hip-Hop band 1500 or Nothin, to a packed house at the famous SIR Studios on Sunset Boulevard.

Snoop, Ray J, Jackie Long & Friends

Kurupt, The Doggfather & Daz Dillinger

A bevy of industry tastemakers and celebrity guests including Kurupt, Chris Brown, Ray J, Omar Gooding, Anthony Anderson, LT Hutton, Big Percy and more were spotted partying it up.

Anthony Anderson and Omar Gooding

Big Percy, LT Hutton, Snoop, DJ Fink & Big Fred

The event was exclusively live streamed on AMAZON’s FireTV and marked the official launch of the new AMAZON-partnered network DECTV.TV with DJ FINK.

Ray J

Daz Dillinger, Ray J, Jackie Long & Lady of Rage

Actor/Comedian Anthony Anderson

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Dave East has been buzzing all over lately by dropping new music left and right. He strikes again this week with putting out two new tracks titled “Percocets” and “No Lights.”

The XXL Freshman is poppin’ pills in his track “Percocets,” in which he raps about the streets, cash money and coming up in the game. East talks about the struggles with lyrics like “I was in the trenches on the benches, them n***as laughed at me.” But then he let everyone know he “just signed a deal that changed [his] f***in life.”

On the Triple A-produced track “No Lights,” the Harlem native welcomes you into his dope house, but this time he only popped one perc. Not only does he let us know that his gun works, but he also spits bars like “n**a you ain’t never seen an AK / show ya b**h to the world like I’m Ray J / never gave a f**k about what they say.” This guy has an endless amount of bars.

Expect more music from Dave East soon since not only has he been dropping freebies, but he has been working on his forthcoming mixtape titled after his daughter, Kairi Chanel.

Listen to the tracks above and let us know what you think!

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Ray J is potentially the first of those depicted naked in Kanye West’s “Famous” video, to take legal action. According to Daily Mail, Ray J and his manager, David Weintraub are in the midst of discussing plans to take legal action against Kanye West for the unauthorized inclusion and naked depiction of the R&B singer.

Earlier this month Kanye West released the largely controversial music video to his stand out track “Famous.” While there are many things to take away from The Life Of Pablo, one particular line had social media in an uproar.

“Too all my southside n***** that know me best/I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/why? I made that b**** famous”

While this is obviously controversial for many reasons, its the visuals that now has people talking. The video in question is a 10:44 minute, avant-garde take on a few celebrities in which have directly affected Kanye’s own life. In proceeding order, George Bush, Anna Wintour, Donald trump, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian-West, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner, and finally Bill Cosby, are all depicted naked in wax form, lying next to each other beneath white sheets, on a large bed. While the visuals alone would understandably be tough to digest for anyone, it appears to be the order in which they’ve been placed that’s causing Ray J the most pain. This stemming from years ago in which a sex tape between the now wife of Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and former lover Ray J, propelled them into infamous stardom.

Regarding Ray J’s position on pursuing legal situation, Weintraub told Heat Magazine “We’re talking about potentially doing something. There’s too many times Kanye has done this. You can’t really continue to use people’s likenesses without either compensation or clearance. It seems to be becoming an issue—this is like the fourth time in six months he’s done this. We haven’t really worked anything out. There were kind of discussions but it’s getting old, so our legal team is working out what we want to do with everything.”

Legal action may be happening sooner rather than later considering Ray J isn’t too pleased with the amount of controversy the new music video has caused him in his personal life. Last week, Ray J told Entertainment Tonight “I’m engaged. My marriage is all messed up ’cause of craziness. I’m not part of nothing crazy. I walk down a good path. My fiancee tripping. It’s all bad in my world, and that ain’t cool. Don’t put me part of nothing that’s weird, that don’t make no sense. Can I grow up?”

It will be interesting to see how Ray J and his legal team proceed with this unusual case, however it looks like Kanye Wests tweet daring someone to sue him over the video may just come true after all (watch video below).

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Camp James Team

Hip-Hop fan favorite and “All Gold Everything” star Trinidad James hosted his 2^nd Annual Camp James Celebrity Basketball Game and Football Camp at Crenshaw High School. The Atlanta-bred artist also collected hundreds of donated new and used shoes in a sneaker drive to benefit local families in need. Celebrities in attendance included Wiz Khalifa, Nipsey Hussle, Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul, Mally Mall, Ray J, YFN Lucci and more, as well as celebrity basketball players Problem and Safaree, and team coaches Steve Lobel and Community Activist Big U. L.A.’s REAL 92.3 DJ Hed along with DJ Looney kept the crowd grooving with today’s hottest music.

Trinidad James, YFN Lucci, and Safaree

Wiz Khalifa

Nipsey Hussle

In addition to the celebrity basketball game and sneaker drive, over 100 gift bags were given to the youth in attendance, including pairs of Jordan’s and goodies from sponsors Shoe Palace, Jason Mark, Under Armour, Feed the Homeless LA and Ray J’s Skoot-E Bike.

Ray J

Problem on the court

James on the court ballin

“It feels amazing to be able to do it again. I can be honest and tell you it’s not as easy the second time as I thought it would be, but I’m very thankful to the people who continue to help me this year again like Crenshaw’s Big U, Michael Henley (Lil U) and their entire family, Echo Hattix’s PR team, Shoe Palace Sneakers and Jason Markk shoe cleaner,” says James. “Last but not least, I’m very thankful to the Crenshaw community. Nothing would matter without their presence.”

Safaree Arriving with Bike Squad

Mally Mall

Sneaker Donations

Camp James Locker Room

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It is looking to be a bit of a lovey-dovey day over here at RESPECT.! First, we shared Iman Shumpert‘s fly-ass declaration of his love to his fiance with “Promise.” Now, we have singer Ray J‘s newly premiered song, “Curtains Closed.” Detailing the ups and downs with his current love interest, the Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star gives yet another look into his relationship with his now fiance Princess Love. What a better day to share a new track about his publicly documented relationship than on the day a new episode of his reality show will air?

Listen to Ray J’s “Curtains Closed” below:

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