#BBB NEWS| Drake Makes First Time Appearance On Forbes Five Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists

Aubrey’s 2016 is shaping up to be quite a successful year. After the release of his highly-anticipated LP Views, the 29 year old achieved another milestone by making a first-time appearance on Forbes’ five wealthiest hip-hop artist list.

Released Wednesday, (May 4) the list, which is comprised of the usual suspects Sean P.Diddy Combs, Dr. Dre, Jay Z Birdman and 50 Cent, welcomed Drake after 50 Cent’s legal woes last year caused him to file for bankruptcy, resulting him being booted off the list.

While the “One Dance” artist who’s $60 million fortune is a far cry from Diddy’s $750 million fortune, Drake has proven his business acumen is indeed lit, securing partnerships with Nike, Sprite, Apple Music as well as his sold-out tours.

#BBB NEWS| Jay-Z And TIDAL Slammed With Lawsuit For Not Paying Royalties

Just days after reports surfaced that Samsung is in talks to purchase and take over Jay-Z’s music streaming service TIDAL, the company has been slammed with a $5 million lawsuit for allegedly not paying out royalties to artists.

First reported by TheJasmineBrand, Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele​ from the band the American Dollar are suing Hov and TIDAL.

According to the claim, TIDAL streamed 116 of the band’s songs and never paid royalties. In addition to that claim, the suit states, TIDAL used inaccurate numbers to make payments to artists, causing them to lose out on as much as 35 percent.

#BBB NEWS| T.I. Signs To Roc Nation & Gets Ownership Deal With TIDAL [PHOTO]

T.I. last album, 2014’s Paperwork, marked his last release through a major (Columbia). After leaving the label he gave us the independent release Da ‘Nic EP  as a warm-up to his forthcoming album, The Dime Trap.

Before that album arrives, T.I. is making some big moves. He recently announced a new distribution home with Roc Nation. Given his lengthy history with Jay Z, it’s a move that makes sense.

It was also announced that T.I. is now the “newest artist owner” of TIDAL. He joins a long list of artists who have part ownership, including Kanye West, J. Cole, Usher, Nicki Minaj, and more.

So, it seems we can expect T.I.’s 10th studio album to be a TIDAL exclusive like Rihanna and Kanye’s latest ones.

#BBB NEWS| Boss Moves: TIDAL To Start Streaming Original TV Series

TIDAL continues to expand its reach beyond the music realm. The Jay Z-owned streaming service announced its plans to include scripted and non-scripted television series.

“If someone is paying for Tidal, we want that to be the best experience they can have,” said TIDAL’s Senior VP of Artist and Label Relations Tim Riley of the inclusion of television series.

Be on the lookout for Money & Violence, whose cast is pictured above with HOV. The drama, which got its start on YouTube, is set to premiere its second season in January. Centered around criminals in Brooklyn, the second season will only be available to the service for one week before wider distribution, so binge season one right now and season two when it debuts early next year.

#BBB NEWS| How Jay Z Helped Infuse D’USSE Into His Hip-Hop Empire [PHOTOS]

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 20: General views of the TIDAL X: 1020 Amplified By HTC - Activations At Barclays Center Presented By D'USSE at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 20, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for D'USSE)

It was billed as the epic event of the year; a ridiculously lofty title that even within the razzle dazzle showbiz universe we live in can come off as pure, eye rolling hype.

But even if Tuesday’s (October 20) buzz-heavy, star-studded Tidal X concert at Brooklyn’s Barclay Center—headlined by Jay Z and Beyonce, and backed up by the roaring likes of Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, French Montana, Usher, Nick Jonas, Nas, and Lil Wayne—didn’t have extended set lists by these music mavens (all did one or two songs, yet the consensus is the head-banging, hair whipping Queen Bey stole the show), the sheer star power of it all was still impressive.

Yet for the thousands of fans who were a part of the fast-paced festivities, a chest-beating statement to celebrate 1 million subscribers of the Jay Z owned streaming music service Tidal, the nonprofit charity show featured an omnipresent brand throughout the main stage of the arena home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets as well as behind-the-scenes: D’USSE cognac. Of course, this was by no means some ham-fisted advertising ploy.

#BBB NEWS| Apple Blocked Tidal From Streaming Drake At Lil Weezyana Fest [PHOTO/TWEETS]

Last night should have been a rare win for Tidal, who had the rights to stream Lil Wayne’s Lil Weezyana Fest, which included a Hot Boys reunion and other high profile special guests.

One of those guests was Drake, and that’s when things got awkward for Jay Z’s company.

Since Drake is signed with Apple, the computer behemoth wouldn’t let their streaming music rival stream him. Instead, the audience got this message:

#BBB NEWS| Birdman Suing Jay-Z & TIDAL For Streaming Lil Wayne’s ‘FWA’ Exclusively

The exclusive on the Free Weezy Album has probably been the best thing that’s happened to TIDAL since Jay Z took it over.

However, it could end up costing Hov big in court.

Birdman is now suing TIDAL for $50 million for streaming FWA, arguing Cash Money has the exclusive rights to all of Lil Wayne’s music.

TMZ has seen the lawsuit, and they report it’s full of shots at Jay Z and Weezy.

The suit claims the FWA exclusive is TIDAL’s “desperate and illegal attempt to save their struggling streaming service.” It also said FWA got “tepid reviews.”

#BBB NEWS| Prince Removes His Music From Streaming Services Except Tidal [PHOTO/TWEET]

Music streaming services like Rdio and Spotify said goodbye to Purple Rain and other Prince classics when the musician decided to provide his hits exclusively to TIDAL users, SPIN reports.

The reason why possibly lies in recent tweets by the artist, where he quoted The Daily Beast’s article on Taylor Swift’s war with Apple. The story compares Swift to Prince and his fight with Warner Brothers in 1993.

Prince later retweeted The Daily Beast and highlighted a few quotes for his followers.

#BBB NEWS| Jay Z Reunites With Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, And Freeway For TIDAL X Concert [PHOTOS]

Jay Z unwrapped not only his pristine and nostalgic B-Side tracks for his TIDAL X concert Saturday night (May 16), but a moment that many have been waiting for happened in a matter of minutes.

While running through classic Roc-A-Fella records, it was only fitting that Jigga brought out his familia including Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel.

#BBB NEWS| Jay Z Clears Up A Few Things About TIDAL With ‘Billboard’

Jay Z has recently made a huge investment on his purchase of Aspiro— the company that owns music streaming services TIDAL and WiMP—for a hefty $56 million.

Essentially, Hov is pushing TIDAL forward. During a press conference held yesterday (March 30), it was revealed that some of music’s elite are also partnering with Jay in the business deal, serving as co-owners: Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Usher, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Kanye West and more. But we must say: there were a few questions left unanswered.

To help us all out, Jay Z recently chopped it up with Billboard to discuss his reasoning for wanting to take over TIDAL, how accessible it will be for the public and how his relationship with Jimmy Lovine is standing.

See highlights from the interview below...