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(AllHipHop News) Odd Future’s sketch comedy show, ”Loiter Squad,“ will return for a second season on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, late-night programming block, according to Pitchfork.

The first season of “Loiter Squad” premiered in March and has already aired eight of the group’s 15-minute episodes. Although no premiere date was announced at press time, fans can anticipate the show’s second season to air in late summer or early fall.

In music news, the Odd Future gang recently released the group’s second compilation record, The O.F. Tape Vol. 2, on March 20, and Tyler the Creator’s follow-up to last year’s solo album Goblin, titled Wolf, is expected to be released this summer. In addition, O.F. member Earl Sweatshirt is currently working on a number of projects, including a solo album and a collaborative project with Tyler. Dates for each release have not yet been revealed.

Check out the “Loiter Squad” Season 1 trailer below:

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(AllHipHop News) According to Billboard, the New York State Senate “passed a resolution Tuesday (May 15) ‘mourning the death of famed rapper and activist Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch.” The resolution stated that the Beastie Boys “‘exemplified New York’ and helped rejuvenate the city during their influential early years.”

The statement from the  New York Senate, which came two week after the world mourned the untimely death of The Beastie Boys member, praised Yauch for his “extracurricular activities, which included his pro-Tibet Milarepa Fund and the film distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories.”

The resolution also described MCA as a “man of colossal talent and charisma.”

In addition to the news from the New York Senate, their will be an unofficial “MCA Day NYC” taking place tomorrow (May 19) at 11 a.m. in New York City’s Union Square Park. It will be a day of “humble tribute and colorful celebration of the life and music of Adam Yauch.”

Adam “MCA” Yauch died at age 47 on this past May 4 after a long battle with cancer.

For more information on “MCA Day,” visit the event’s FaceBook page.

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(AllHipHop News) MTV2′s new original game show, “Hip Hop Squares”, is slated to debut next week on the network.

The inaugural show will feature Mac Miller, Fat Joe, Childish Gambino, MGK, Ghostface Killah, DJ Khaled, Tech N9ne, comedian Donnell, Kat Graham, and host Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97.

MTV2 will also dedicate this Sunday to “Hip Hop Squares” on their countdown show “Sucka Free Countdown.”

This Sunday’s edition of “Sucka Free” will feature Asher Roth, Biz Markie, and 2Chainz inside the celebrity green room on the set of “Hip Hop Squares.”

“Hip Hop Squares” will debut on Tuesday, May 22 at 11:00 PM ET.

Check out some behind the scenes footage and the trailer below:

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(AllHipHop News) Drake has announced the winner of his “Rise” contest, which aimed to find a new rapper to take on his “Club Paradise” tour.

Drake teamed with OurStage.com for the “Rise” contest and the winner has officially been selected.

Rapper Jitta On The Track, an artist based out of Connecticut, will join Drake, J. Cole, Meek Mill, 2Chainz and French Montana on 20 stops on the “Club Paradise” tour.

“Congratulations to Jitta on winning the OurStage.com ‘Rise’ competition,” Drake said. “OurStage is helping emerging artists get an opportunity to be heard and as an artist, that’s something I can support.”

Jitta On The Track already has a buzz for his latest track “Drink Face,” which has received over 450,000 views on Youtube.com.

“This is a life-changing opportunity for any artist and we are thrilled to be giving Jitta On the Track this moment,” said Derrick Brown, OurStage Vice President of Development. “This tour will help introduce thousands of new fans to Jitta’s great hip hop style and help propel him into the mainstream market.”

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(AllHipHop News) With his eight studio album, Trouble Man, currently set for a September 4 release, T.I. has been making the press rounds talking about his new material, as well as where the status of some long-rumored collaboration albums are. Tip told MTV‘s “RapFix”, “I got a few albums that I’m workin’ on: the Man and the Martian project with B.o.B; me and Jeezy been talkin’ about doin’ this project for a minute. It wouldn’t take us long to do. We got records already in the can and it don’t take us no time to put it together. It’s just a matter of when they would be released.”

When he was further pressed for information regarding his work with Jeezy, Tip told show host Sway, “It’s not the recording, the recording is easy. It’s a matter of when we would have time to market and promote ‘em and release ‘em,” T.I. said. “We got maybe 30 or 40 [percent done]. Between the two of us, we probably got five or six records.”

Def Jam recording artist The-Dream has announced  the release date for his upcoming fourth studio album, Love IV. The three-time, Grammy Award-winning singer released a statement recently that read: “Love IV is the best album I’ve made. I don’t care what the sales will be.

“I will do my best to Challenge your Taste And Knowledge…….I will Leave no Holes in this Album Period, no room to be Hated only Adored or simply just say “you don’t fuck with me” but what U won’t….Say is Dream Album is Mediocre or Sucks. I will Never Be your Star I’m to G and to Westside for that. I will never Sellout Arenas…..Because Since Love Hate I didn’t Sellout! And no matter how much you hate me you got to Respect that! AUGUST 14.”

According to KicksOnFire, Kanye West and Nike’s highly-anticipated new shoe, the Air Yeezy 2, will be available at retailers on June 9. Word is that the sneakers will be released in extremely limited quantities. For example, Australia is being said to only be receiving about 30 pairs of each color-way. The price-tag, although not confirmed by Nike, is said to exceed $350. Upon release, the Air Yeezy 2 will be available in two color-ways: wolf grey/pure platinum and black/solar red.

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Kim will bring her “Return of the Queen” tour to New York tonight (May 18).

The Queen Bee will perform at The Paradise Theater in the Bronx tonight.

The rapper will host a meet and greet, as well as an interview session with press, just before the concert kicks off.

The stop in New York is the third date on Lil Kim’s “Return of the Queen” tour, which is the rapper’s first major outing on the road in two years.

The tour will make stops in Philadelphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Hollywood and other major markets.

May 19 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights

May 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Club ONYX

May 22 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground

May 25 – Markham, IL – Adrianna’s Night Club

May 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre

June 1 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s

June 11 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine

June 13 – West Hollywood, CA – Key Club

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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West will premier a short film called “Cruel Summer” at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

The debut will take place next Wednesday, the rapper said Friday in a release.

The move will apparently have seven screens and meld art with film during its run.

Cannes takes place from March 24-25.

Those that want to see the film at Cannes may RSVP via West’s site, kanyewest.com.

Kanye West has directed a number of music videos.

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(AllHipHop News) Indie rapper Action Bronson has been hit with a lawsuit over a botched tour of Europe earlier this year.

Clockwork Music filed a lawsuit against Action Bronson in the Supreme Court of New York, on May 14.

The lawsuit claims Action Bronson entered into an agreement with Clockwork Music to perform 17-dates on the European tour.

According to Clockwork’s lawsuit, Action Bronson was paid in full for the seven dates he performed.

But the rapper bailed on the remaining ten dates, which he received deposits for.

Clockwork claims Action Bronson held almost $10,000 in deposit money, without returning a dime.

The lawsuit accuses Action Bronson of canceling the canceled dates as well, with the intention of harming Clockwork Music’s reputation with European promoters.

In total, Clockwork Music is seeking almost $70,000 in damages from Action Bronson.

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A NEW BEEF FOR DRIZZY DRAKE?

You like that headline, eh? Anyway, You know Childish Gambino, right? I do. I like the guy, who is better known as actor Donald Glover.

Anyway, he’s really found a nice niche in the rap game and he’s pretty dope. But, this new cover of his single is raising eyebrows a bit. Check it out:

This is for the song “We Ain’t Them” and it really looks like a diss to Drake to me. I mean, clearly, Gambino ain’t Drake, but he’s drawing a clear line in the sad.

Love the song though. Some pretty honest music right here.

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Lawda Mercy! Now rappers are beefing because of a blunt! How petty can one be. In a recent interview with MTV’s “POV“, Wacka Flocka says the beef with Wiz Khalifa started when the two were in a studio together, and Wacka claims he gave Wiz three ounces of weed and Wiz couldn’t hang.

Somehow the info that Wiz couldn’t keep up with Wacka’s smoking ended up on Twitter, and in his defense, Wiz tweeted, “nah lil’ homie” and Wacka though that was “disrespectful”.

Wacka also goes on to say that he is responsible for Wiz’s sound. Check out what he said below:

“I gave him [Wiz] a whole CD of Lex [Luger] beats and that’s how he got that sound.” “I ain’t personally give it to him, I gave Lex his stuff and that’s how they hooked up.”

Wiz must have heard about the interview with Wacka. Check out what he just tweeted below:

This all sounds a little petty to me. This can’t be the real reason Wacka is beefin’ with Wiz. This just can’t!

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