While getting his haircut earlier this week, French Montana chopped it up with MTV for a live 15-minute interview that you can watch below.

During their conversation, French explained that people were hyped for his “No Shopping” single featuring Drake because they haven’t worked together since “Pop That“.

He also revealed that the “No Shopping” music video could premiere this week and when discussing the process of how the collaboration with Drizzy came about, Montana mentioned that they didn’t record the song thinking about Joe Budden!

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Fashion writer Isaac Hindin-Miller recently had the opportunity to sit in one of Tyga‘s studio sessions at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California to watch Ty record his new album, Hotel California.

Some of the news Isaac shared from this one studio session was that Tygaman originally wanted Rihanna to sing the chorus on one of his upcoming songs, but she didn’t want to do it because she loved the whole track and wanted it for her own album, which may mean T-Raww could be featured on RiRi‘s upcoming Unapologetic album. Isaac also shared what Ty and his crew do every night in the studio, what his recording process is like, and more!

You can read the full story after the jump below, which is quite long, but don’t let that put you off because it is a great read for any Tyga fan!

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Above, MTV speaks to Mack Maine over the phone about a new sub-label he is in the process of creating under the Young Money, Cash Money, Universal labels.

“You know how Roc-A-Fella had State Property; I’m actually in the process of starting a new label … a sub-label, basically,” Mack said of the still-untitled imprint that he will head under the Cash Money umbrella.

Wayne is scheduled to drop Tha Carter IV on June 21, and there are plans for Birdman’s fifth solo album, Bigger Than Life, to follow in July. And, that isn’t all: According to the YM prez, Tyga will be dropping Careless World this year, Lil Twist will be putting out his first effort, Don’t Get it Twisted, and Drake is readying his sophomore LP, Take Care. “Drake let me hear 10 songs the other night — 10 bangers he’s working,” Mack said. “Drake’s coming in September, just know that.”

Not to be left out, Mack himself also will be releasing an album this summer. With at least six projects already on the proposed schedule, the New Orleans rapper/executive said adding a third label to the YMCM structure will help facilitate the flow of releases. “I want to make sure I put a few people out through that vessel instead of putting everybody out under the same label, which is hard,” he said. “But we’re all one big family.”

In the video above, Gudda Gudda explains to Vlad TV the process of how Young Money create a track, and talks about Drake and Nicki Minaj killing the music game right now.

Previously: Video: Gudda Gudda Speaks About Jae Millz’s XXL Freshman Comments