Young Money’s Nicki Minaj and Drake have both been nominated at the 2013 Teen Choice awards, which will air August 11th on FOX.

Nicki and Drizzy both received one nomination each and it is in the same category – “Choice Hip-Hop/Rap Artist”. This means they will be competing against each other, as well as against Pitbull, Kanye West, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

You can vote for your favorite artist to win the award here. Good luck to both!

While on the red carpet at the Cash Money Records Pre-GRAMMY party, Mack Maine chopped it up with Rap-Up about the forthcoming projects from the YMCMB camp.

The YM President discussed Lil Wayne‘s I Am Not A Human Being II album, why they got Kanye West to design the artwork, Drake‘s Nothing Was The Same album, and the Young Money compilation album.

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Above, you can watch PJ Morton‘s interview with The Handler from Official Preemo that took place in London, England on January 24th.

PJ talks about how it feels to be signed to Young Money, how his “Lover” single came together, why he decided to put his boss Lil Wayne on it, playing piano and other instruments, what recording software he uses, who he would love to work with in the future, what are his goals for this year, where he was when Hurricane Katrina struck his hometown New Orleans, and more.

During Nicki Minaj‘s “Pink Friday Reloaded” concert in Perth, Australia today, Tyga and Scaff Beezy came on stage to wish her a Happy Birthday and play a video to everyone in the arena.

The video included Happy Birthday messages from Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, Birdman, Cortez Bryant, Gee Roberson, E.I., DJ Khaled, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Keith Urban, and Nicki‘s best friends Sherika and Candice.

After the clip had finished, everyone in the crowd sang Happy Birthday to the Young Money Barbie!

FOX finally aired the new season premiere of The Cleveland Show last night with an episode called “Menace II Secret Society“.

The episode, which is about a secret rap group called the “Illuminati”, stars Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Will.I.Am, and ?uestlove. These music artists have all been created into animated versions of themselves and they all play their own voices for the characters.

You can watch the full episode after the jump below. Enjoy!

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In the video above, you can watch a sneak peek of The Cleveland Show‘s forthcoming “Menace II Secret Society” episode, which is all about a secret rap group called the “Illuminati”.

For the show, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Will.I.Am and Questlove have all been created into animated versions of themselves and they will also be playing their own voices for the characters.

The full episode will air this Sunday (October 21st) on FOX!

Young Money affiliate Lucci Lou drops his remix over Big Sean, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Clique” instrumental featuring K-Izzy and $lums. You can listen and download the track after the jump below.

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