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Today the hip-hop world is blowing up with news of new albums, collaborations and icons taking some time off. If you want to learn more just scroll down, it’s that easy.

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Jay-Z has announced that he’ll be putting his music career on hold in order to be a dad. “I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter,” he explained. [Billboard]
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Janet Jackson is going to be spending this summer working on her new album. “Basically what I’m doing now [is] starting the process of getting the songs, of getting everything together for the album,” she explained. [ThatGrapeJuice]
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J. Cole has announced that he and Kendrick Lamar will be releasing an album together. [HipHopDX]
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Iggy Azalea posted a photo of her, um, behind on Instagram and then instantly deleted it. We wonder who she meant to send it to instead of Instagram. [GlobalGrind]
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Russell Simmons posted an open letter called “Get Off Rihanna’s Dick” defending the singer against detractors, then went on the record saying that it wasn’t directed about Chris Brown or Drake. [Vulture]
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And because we KNOW you love you some Janet…enjoy this juice while you prepare yourself for her new album to arrive.

Janet Jackson "Nothing" Music Video

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