RICK ROSS SETS DEC. 4^th RELEASE FOR BLACK MARKET, NEW ALBUM ON DEF JAM RECORDINGS/ MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP!

NEW SINGLE “SORRY” FEATURING CHRIS BROWN EXPLODES AT RADIO AND SHAZAM USA, AS VEVO STREAMS TOP 3 MILLION !

BLACK MARKET FOLLOWS-UP 2014 TANDEM HOOD BILLIONAIRE AND MASTERMIND

(Nov. 3, 2015 – New York, NY) Multi-platinum selling, Grammy®-nominated hip-hop magnate Rick Ross, whose brand new single “Sorry” featuring Chris Brown has turned into one of the fastest growing singles of his career, has confirmed that BLACK MARKET, his third full-length album release in less than two years, will officially arrive in stores December 4^th on Def Jam Recordings/ Maybach Music Group..

BLACK MARKET will be released in two versions, standard and deluxe, the album artwork for both versions was exclusively revealed on Billboard.com.  BLACK MARKET is the follow-up to Ross’ Hood Billionaire, released November 2014, and Mastermind, released March 2014, his fifth career album to debut at #1 Soundscan.

Radio activity for “Sorry” has exploded in the wake of Ross personally premiering the single October 6^th on the nationally syndicated Breakfast Club morning show on Power 105.1 in New York City.  “Sorry” impacted at radio six days later, and was Billboard’s #2 Greatest Gainer at Rhythm that week. Ever since its release, the track has been very reactive in USA tags at Shazam, and advances to #1 this week at USA Future Hits Hip-Hop, and #2 at USA Future Hits. Total combined VEVO streams have topped the 3 million mark over the same period. Ross released the trailer for the upcoming visual for “Sorry” co-starring Chris Brown and Lira Galore, check it out here. Listen to “Sorry” here, and purchase the track at http://smarturl.it/RickRossSorry.

In the lead up to BLACK MARKET, Rick Ross released a stellar mixtape this past summer entitled Black Dollar, which was heralded by critics for his humble and honest wordplay.  Pitchfork exclaimed, “that voice of his, and the way he makes it leap and tremble with joy, can momentarily make you believe anything”; while XXL stated “Rick Ross is on the ascent again.”  To date, Black Dollar has over 1.7 million listens on mixtape site DatPiff.

Hood Billionaire and Mastermind succeeded Ross’ 2012 release, God Forgives, I Don’t, his fourth album to debut at #1 Soundscan, which included top hits “Touch’N You” featuring Usher, “So Sophisticated” featuring Meek Mill, and fan favorite “Diced Pine­apples” featur­ing Drake and Wale.  Ross’ previous best-selling albums include Port Of Miami (2006), Trilla (2008), and Deeper Than Rap(2009), all of which debuted at #1 Soundscan; and Teflon Don (2010).

Chris Rivers is back with a video to his previously released freestyle I Got It Made Featuring Sheek Louch. Directed by Fanasea and produced by Dtaled Films and Airmagintion.

Call ’em what you want: contagious, infectious, soulful, whatever. If you can appreciate good beats, you probably know Brooklyn’s DJ Scratch. He’s been dropping them for decades.

On this day, the international DJ and beat doctor is sharing his knowledge and love of the music that’s given him so much with the world. It is ScratchVision, an online platform curated and cut by Scratch broadcasting to far corners of the globe. Class is in session.

To know Scratch and appreciate his journey you have to come here. You can’t romanticize the place. Typically the projects are synonymous with abject poverty, unemployment and crime. Most of its true. What you don’t hear enough about is the beautiful souls that call it home.

It was here and places like Albany Houses that music became the escape for a generation of young people. The sound was raw, unapologetic and often times an open diary about life in the struggle. They called it hip hop.

As the story goes, times were tough. Another long and hot summer without much to do until Albany Days, a yearly community get together, and it included a DJ competition for the kids. So a 12-year-old known only as “Junior” at the time entered as the man he wanted to be, writing “DJ SCRATCH” on the signup sheet.

There were 4 core components of the movement: B-boys, MC’s, Graffiti Artists and DJs — and he wanted a piece of it.

His world would never be the same. Jay Z, Biggie — Let me back up — Jam Master J, Run DMC,
Hit Records. Banging Beats. The world over. From, well, the ‘hood.

The seeds for Scratch Vision were planted on the road — Germany to Japan, Miami to Madrid — now, Scratch is offering a resource: to teach, educate, preserve, if you will, the sound of his childhood.

The world has changed since the early 1980s. Scratch has found a way to embrace the new technology and also remain true to his roots. Dropping beats. Dropping knowledge.

Will Smith is ready to get jiggy with it again… he has been working on new music… and now news that he will tour with Jazzy Jeff at some point…

Smith said he never had a chance to tour because of the success of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which launched in 1990….

Kanye added Chicago rapper HXLT… formerly Hollywood Holt… to G.O.O.D. Music roster… and now the rapper releases the video for ‘Live to Death’….

‘Live and Death’ is the first track off his forthcoming debut LP for G.O.O.D./Def Jam…

From the ‘Wire’ to ‘The Breaks’ and in between an album that should have gotten more notoriety… Wilds hopes to gain some attention of viewers who have so far slept on his many talents…

According to Billboard… The VH1 original movie follows the journey of three friends Nikki (Afton Williamson), David (David Call) and DeeVee (Wilds) as they pursue their love of hip-hop and try to rise above the tough streets of 1990 New York City and make their mark in the music biz.

The film is inspired by Dan Charnas’ book entitled The Big Payback, a narrative history of the hip-hop business, and its written, directed and executive produced by Seith Mann (The Wire, The Walking Dead, Homeland)