Godfather of House Music Frankie Knuckles Has Died (@FKAlways)

Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of House Music has died at the age of 59-years-old.

Knuckles was a staple in Chicago house music in the 1970's. A native of the Bronx, Knuckles moved to Chicago to become the premier DJ at The Warehouse, where the phrase from the genre was formed.

At this time, it is unknown how the DJ died.

According to his Facebook fan page, Knuckles had plans to perform in England, Italy and Scotland this month.

Check out DJ's and fans tweets showing love to the legend above.

Source: allhiphop.com

No Lie: Floyd Mayweather's $40 Million Check for Canelo Fight (@FloydMayweather)

Floyd Mayweather's Money Team mentality has long been viewed as nothing more than an ego booster, but from the looks of the check above, he really is about his bread.

Money Mayweather received $40,870,000 for his fight, and ultimate defeat of Canelo Alverez last fall, and even dropped $600,000 on tickets for family & friends.

Peep the check above.

Source: ebengregory.com

Mike Epps, Tichina Arnold Star in Lebron James' Comedy Series (@kingjames, @therealmikeepps)

Lebron James is making sure to diversify his portfolio beyond basketball.

The NBA champ is executive producing a new comedy series on STARZ entitled "Survivor's Remorse," and just revealed the cast. The show centers around Cam Calloway, a basketball powerhouse in his early 20s, and how he and his family handle his new found fame and fortune.

Jessie T. Usher of "Level Up" will play the lead as Cam Calloway. Ronreaco Lee, best known for his role on "Sister, Sister" and most recently BET's "Let's Stay Together" will play Cam's cousin Reggie Vaughn. Erica Ash of Real Husbands of Hollywood will play Cam's sister and Teyonah Parris of "Mad Men" will play Reggie's wife. Tichina Arnold will be Cam's mother and Mike Epps plays Cam's uncle Julius, who moves from the Dorchester projects to an Atlanta mansion with his family after Cam gets a big pro contract.

Will you tune in?

Source: vibe.com

Benzino Says He's Embarrassed By Shooting Incident (@iambenzino)

Benzino gave his one of his first interviews after a shooting during his mother's funeral.

The rapper and founder of The Source was shot multiple times while en route to his mother's funeral in Boston, MA. The shooter Gai Scott, who is also his nephew has pleaded not guilty to assault with intent to murder.

After the rapper was treated for his wounds, he talked with NE Hip-Hop about the shooting, his mother and Love & Hip Hop.

The reality star says that he is genuinely embarrassed by the whole situation because of his reality show status.

"I'm more embarrassed than anything else, to be honest, " he said. "[Because] I'm a public figure, and then have to see that people are seeing that me and my family [are] going through that, I didn't appreciate that. At the end of the day, my mother is up there with her family."

He also touched on some of his family drama with money possibly being the root of the problem.

"What's transpired over the past 10 years is just really unfortunate," he said. "Money brings the worst out of people."

Check out more of the interview above.

Michael Jackson's Posthumous 'XSCAPE' Album to Drop in May

On May 13 Epic Records will be releasing "XSCAPE," a new album featuring eight of Michael Jackson's songs that have been retooled for a more modern sound.

Epic Records Chairman and CEO L.A. Reid personally chose which songs would be used on the new album, which will be available in a standard and deluxe edition. The deluxe will also feature the songs in their original form.

"Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world," said Reid in a press statement. "Michael left behind some musical performances that we take great pride in presenting through the vision of music producers that he either worked directly with or expressed strong desire to work with. We are extremely proud and honored to present this music to the world."

"XSCAPE" will be available for pre-order from iTunes on April 1, and will hit shelves on May 13.

Source: hiphopwired.com

August Alsina Says He Shouldn't Have Respect For Trey Songz (@TreySongz @AugustAlsina)

In an interview with Philly radio station's Shamara and Laiya August Alisina talked about his issues with Trey Songz.

Since revealing to Rap-Up about the beef with Trey, Alsina claims that the singer tried to cancel an interview Alsina had in Trey's hometown.

"First of all I was doing an interview and I heard something that I didn't like," he said. "I don't have a problem with no body. The word "beef" we not goin do that [be]cause n**** die when n****beef. My n**** always say 'you are better off fighting AIDS or Cancer before you beef with me and my n**** and that's just what it is. I be playing it cool with n**** but when you tell someone something to try and take away from my money and that's [how] I feed my family then it becomes personal. Like don't call the radio station and tell nobody 'please don't let him do an interview because blah blah'. I would never do that to the next man because this how we feed our family. I don't be on no petty shit like that man but if that's what you really want then you need to come see me and make sure I don't get in that motherf***a."

In the past the two worked on the remix to Alsina's hit song "l Luv This S***"" wtih Chris Brown. When asked if he should respect Trey because of their similarities in R&B, Alsina blatantly said, "Fu** No."

Source: HipHopSince1987

Exclusive! Ghostface Killah Talks Finishing Up New Album (@ghostfacekillah)

Ralph McDaniels of Video Music Box caught up with Ghostface Killah at the Tunnel Party reunion back in January at B.B. King's.

After some chit-chat, the Wu-Tang emcee revealed that he's currently working on "Supreme Clientele No. 2," and also has another Wu-Block project in the works with Sheek Louch.

Ghostface goes on to discuss being on TV, saying he loves getting in front of the camera.