Young Money

2009 marked the year that Nicki Minaj officially joined forces with Lil Wayne and was added to his Young Money roster. Nicki joined the ranks of fellow firestarter Drake, along with a whole other slew of new kinfolk including Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Shanell, Lil Twist and many others...

Two men were shot following an after-party for Young Money rapper Tyga in New Britain, Conn. early Friday (Oct. 22) morning. According to reports, the two were shot in the rear parking lot of Club Venue around 1AM. The men, ages 24 and 28, were both from nearby Bridgeport, Conn...

Lil Wayne's Young Money crew certainly knows how to make some cash, but now they are going to help their fans spend it. Rap Radar initially spotted what appeared to be a Young Money credit card in a photo last night and began speculation that the crew's members had their own branded plastic...

Before she became Young Money's wig-wearing first lady, Nicki Minaj was a female emcee pushing mixtapes and freestyles from the ground up. As we prepare for the unveiling of Nicki's debut, 'Pink Friday,' on November 23, The BoomBox will be taking a trip down memory lane every Friday in anticipation of Barbie's big day...

Drake may be the latest MC to find himself facing criminal charges, after a fan made claims that he and his bodyguard punched him in the mouth. Jeremis Soriano says that his female friend approached the squeaky clean Young Money rapper after a recent show in Florida, but was rudely shoved out of the way...

We're nearly two months away from the release of Nicki Minaj's debut album 'Pink Friday,' but the fruits of the Young Money femcee's efforts are already starting to make their way to the public. For her next single, Minaj is banking on another track that pits her against a lover in a similar setup to 'Your Love...

Although Lil Wayne is locked up at Rikers Island until early November, an unfinished version of a music video for his 'I Am Not a Human Being' EP's title-track dropped this week. Directed by David Rousseau the black-lit video shows off Weezy's glow-in-the-dark tattoos...

Tyga couldn't be happier that 'Deuces,' his collaboration with Chris Brown, currently sits atop the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B singles charts for a second straight week. The song, off their 'Fan of a Fan' mixtape that was released in May, has become a sleeper hit -- a move that catapulted Brown back into the public's good graces. ...

Earlier this year producer Bangladesh -- the man behind hits for the likes of Ludacris and Beyonce -- put Lil Wayne on blast for failing to pay his $500,000 production bill, but it seems that the two have settled their fiscal squabble. The BoomBox caught up with the Atlanta based producer, born Shondrae Crawford, who was singing a very different tune at the mention of Wayne...

Though Drake's platinum-selling debut 'Thank Me Later' just dropped in June, we may see another official album from the world's favorite Canadian MC before the end of the year. Young Money president Mack Maine recently told MTV that it is "real possible" that Drake will release his follow-up album by Christmas...