Drake announced his labelmate's news to New Orleans crowd.

The news was revealed in New Orleans on Friday night (February 14) when Drake brought the rapper onstage at a show at the House Of Blues
venue.

The Canadian star then told the crowd the fifth installment in his labelmate's 'Carter' album series would be released on May 15.

Recently, Young Money's Vice President of Promotion Mel Smith told a college newspaper that
the label was "very close to dropping the album" but wouldn't unveil the date of its release at the time as Lil Wayne wanted to "surprise people".

You can watch footage of Drake's announcement below.

Lil Wayne's last album in the 'Carter' series, 'Tha Carter IV', was released in 2011 and charted at Number Eight in the Official UK Albums Chart.

He was recently confirmed to feature on the forthcoming Young Money compilation, alongside Drake, Nicki Minaj and Christina Milian.

Nicki Minaj stepped into a wave of controversy for the art that accompanies her latest single, “Lookin A** N****.”

She posted it to her Instagram account, revealing that the artwork would include a photo of civil rights leader Malcolm X taken for Ebony magazine in 1964.

In the photo, X is holding a gun and peeking out the blinds of a window.

The uproar came after the meaning of Malcom X’s placement in the image was construed to refer to him as the titular object referred to, when Minaj’s apology detailed that she meant for X to be the person looking down on the type of gentlemen she would refer to as “Lookin A** N*****.”

Minaj addressed the controversy in a caption to her Instagram account accompanying a still image from the video for the same song.

After a period of massive voting by Fans of the African Dancehall King and Multiple Award winning Artiste; Samini, in a statement released by Blackcanadians.com, has been shortlisted in the final list of the Best Six Nominees- Best International Act for the 2014 Black Canadian Awards to be held on the 1st of March 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, Canada.

This feat is largely due to the commitment and overwhelming support of the fans of Samini and the HighGradeFamily community, who continue to repose trust in Samini and want him entrenched as a Legend in the books of DanceHall Music in Africa.

Fans are however encouraged to visit from the 13th of February at 11:59pm www.blackcanadianawards.com to vote massively for Samini to win the ultimate crown of Best International Act in the Black Canadian Awards when voting commences.

The Black Canadian Awards instituted by the Largest Black Canadian Community in Canada is to Honour Outstanding People who have contributed immensely in various facets of life in this period marking the Black History Month.

To the fans and the community of people who support Samini, The voting period for the Nominees starts on February 13, to February 26, 2014 at 11:59pm.

This friendly competition is fierce, so we expect a record level of public participation through the voting process and attendance and we encourage fans to vote massively from the 13th of February at 11:59pm when voting begins for Samini to win the ultimate crown of Best International Act.

After months of negotiations, Accra based radio station Pluzz 89.9fm has secured the rights from Merqury Republic to broadcast the second annual 2014 Ghana DJ Awards in real time to listeners across the globe for the first time on February 22.

Under the agreement, Pluzz FM secured a package to broadcast the Ghana DJ Awards, airing pre-event interviews, including the pre-event jam and backstage interviews on February 22 from the Ghana National Theatre.

The Ghana DJ Awards this year will feature unprecedented access for fans to the event, with Pluzz 89.9fm and Merqury Republic launching Ghana DJ Awards Live, which will look to bring music fans multiplatform access to all the VIP and backstage events leading up to and throughout the Ghana DJ Awards 2014.

The live broadcast will also go live well in advance of the main ceremony on Saturday February 22, offering fans to enjoy a massive build up to the event.

Ghana DJ Awards Live will begin on Saturday at 4pm on Pluzz 89.9fm as well as Pluzz899.comand will continue right through to the main event and beyond.

This year's Ghana DJ Awards will see about 23 awards presented across a huge range of categories, and Ghana DJ Awards Live broadcast on Pluzz 89.9fm will provide fans with a diverse range of access options including chances to win fantastic giveaways live on radio.

The 2014 Ghana DJ Awards Rhythm Nation hosted by Klint De Drunk comes off at the Ghana National Theatre on Saturday February 22 at 7pm.

February  sees the first of two video premieres for Mariah Carey’s brand new single “You’re Mine (Eternal).”

The romantic song, along with candy heart themed visuals, marks her first attempt at owning Valentine’s Day the same way the singer ow Christmas after the massive success of her version of “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

Carey is one of those artists who goes full tilt,  balls to the wall, all the money in the can at her music videos.

“You’re Mine” is no exception and this time Carey’s got skin in the game — she created the concept around the video and brought Indrani to direct — but the way Carey explains it, she’s more of a co-creator.

“I would say it was a directorial collaborative effort. Yeah,” Carey pauses. “It was interesting.

We went to the rainforest and that was interesting.

Part of the reason was, first of all I love Puerto Rico.

One of my favorite places ever and I did my one of my favorite videos, ‘Honey,’ in Puerto Rico at the El Conquistador hotel.”

The Tupac biopic, which is slated for release next year, has found a new director. Sort of.

The latest hire just so happens to be the guy who was originally supposed to take the job, John Singleton.

The director—known for his films Boyz n the Hood , 2 Fast 2 Furious and Poetic Justice , which starred Tupac and Janet Jackson —has not only signed on to direct the untitled film, but will produce and rewrite the script for the project.

The movie is believed to follow the L.A.’s rapper life from his rise to being one of the most popular hip-hop artists to his 1996 murder in Las Vegas.

China-based Ghanaian gospel musician, Ishmael Philemon Ackon, known on stage as Bro.

Philemon, has made a passionate appeal to musicians in the country to try and incorporate the English language into their songs to get the needed mileage.

According to the musician, failure to do so will deprive musicians in the country, the needed push to fully making it into the global market.

With the debate ranging on as to whether Ghanaians should stick to composing songs in the local dialects or do so in the English language, the gospel musician believes that while it is important to incorporate English words into the songs, Ghanaian musicians should make sure they maintain the African rhythm.

Speaking in an interview with Myjoyonline.com, he noted that the greatest barrier facing Ghanaian music is "the genre. We try to follow trends and when you follow trends, the ear sometimes gets tired of the trend."

He also explained that, "We try to [only] localize our songs like always in Twi.

When you look at Nigerian music, Nigerians have their own language yet mostly they sing in English because they want to cut across."

Most Nigerian musicians, Bro. Philemon, noted "are trying do songs in English but with African rhythm," they are therefore cutting across - penetrating the global market.

"We cannot compete with those people who have their own genre of music. If you try to go exactly the way they are then it's going to be very difficult for you to get there. It's possible for you to break through but it will take time," he stressed.

With only one album - M'asan Aba - to his credit, he won 'Artiste of the Year (Asia)' at the 2013 Africa Gospel Music Awards in the UK and also recently won 'Collaboration of the Year' at the 2013 Ghana Gospel Industry Awards organized by Adom FM.

Bro. Philemon believes that Ghana's music is unique and complementing it with some amount of English will do the country's musicians some good.

The 'Me Bo Wodzin' hit singer started his professional music career in Ghana in 1997 but moved it to China due to his business ventures in that country.

Doing music in China, he explained, "is good but it is not as home [Ghana] because you don't have the wider audience in China as you have here [in Ghana]," but nevertheless he is making some gains and he is currently embarking on a couple of projects that will "make me have a wider audience in China as I'm going to record Chinese songs," and more English songs.

He believes that singing in Mandarin "could be accepted because it amazes them [Chinese] to see black man speaking Chinese. That's what makes it attractive to them.

We've had concerts in China and we sing Chinese songs and it always amazes them."

Currently, Bro. Philemon is in Ghana to embark on an extensive campaign to vigorously market himself and his music more to the Ghanaian audience because he has observed that a lot more people know his works but not the person behind them.

He is also rebranding to suit a wider market - including Nigeria and South Africa.

Back in China, he is a member of a Christian band Freedom 61, based in Shenzhen, China, and they engage in evangelism and series of Christian activities.

How did Macklemore beat out Kendrick Lamar for the Best Rap Album GRAMMY? It’s a question a lot of people, including Ty Dolla $ign , have been pondering since last month’s awards show.

And now Drake , who has had his own issues with Kendrick, is giving his two cents on the whole thing.

Specifically calling out Macklemore for, what he believes, was a not-so-convincing apology text.

In the text to Kendrick, which Macklemore posted on Instagram , he wrote, ”You got robbed.

I wanted
you to win. It’s weird and sucks that I robbed you.”

But Drake told Rolling Stone that supposed heartfelt message was ”wack as f***.”

Afro-beats artiste Dobble is set to premier their newest Hi-life single and video on 14th February 2014 at Aphrodisiac Night club.

The duo who within two years of their music career stand tall as the best music group in Ghana want to see all their fans turn up for this exclusive premier.

“With all the hit songs, this is the first time we are getting up close and personal with our fans, friends and well wishers hence on 14th Feb, we want to see every one come out in their numbers for a good course” DOBBLE noted.

The group disclosed that the new single and video gives birth to versatility.

On vals day come to Aphrodisiac night club to put your lover in a good mood, see you all – their ending words.

Kate Middleton attended a glamorous charity gala at the National Portrait Gallery in London last night, as a royal patron of the gallery should.

The night's dress code: "black tie with a hint of sparkle," The Daily Mail says, and KMid brought enough sparkle to compensate for people who forgot to read their invitations properly. (There's always someone.)

Not that she'd be allowed to share the
bejeweled wealth though — the chunky Cartier diamond necklace she paired with her midnight blue Jenny Packham gown was borrowed from the Queen's jewelry collection.

Specifically, it's the "Nizam of Hyderabad" necklace, given to the Queen upon her wedding in 1947 by the then-ruler of Hyderabad, a former Indian state.

Kate's hair billowed just so, and she had a slight tan going on following her recent family holiday to Mustique .

Here's the glamorous look in full: