Fresh Faced pop rapper Brittany Smooch, coming from the East Side of Manhattan is headlining her own high school tour at the age of 18. For those not familiar with Brittany Smooch, she is the most recent break out pop artist from New York that involves herself in everything pink and hops on tracks with YMCMB artist Lil Twist in her spare time. The song Kamikaze that features Twist is a pop record for the edgy and experimental younger generation that like to be themselves without a care in the world. Rapper Smooch, after leaving Warner Records and signing independent is gearing up to head her first high school tour, performing for 20,000 fans in just 10 days. Find her tour dates after the jump…

A new track has just dropped by way of DJ Drama from the YMCMB team. A track that was set to be on Tha Carter IV, Lil’ Twist brings us Flowerz. The track features Lil’ Wayne and Chris Brown with production from Diplo and DJA. No word on when Twists’ album is set to drop, but we can expect this to show up on the final list. Check out the track above.

Lil’ Twist drops the visuals for his new single “Turnt Up” directed by Hype Williams, featuring the new YMCMB member Busta Rhymes. The video kind of reminds you of some of Busta’s work from earlier in his career. Lil Twist’s debut album “Don’t Get It Twisted” is coming soon.

While all the attention is on the newest members of the YMCMB team, Lil Twist is all fired up and ready to unleash some heat for the fans. He will be releasing a mixtape entitled The Golden Child on December 20th and his debut album Don’t Get It Twisted will drop in 2012. Above he gets a helping hand from no other than 2 Chainz, who’s literally been on every track this year. Not bad, Twist.

The audio of Lil Twist‘s first single off of his album hit the internets about two weeks ago and shortly after, we get the official video. With the assistance of his boss Lil Wayne, the video is a real good look for Lil Twist who is set to drop his debut album “Don’t Get It Twisted” later this year. The single is available on iTunes right now as well.

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Last year a rough version of this track leaked without Lil Wayne, but here is the final version of 2011′s Freshman Lil Twist‘s first single off of his debut album “Don’t Get It Twisted“. The single will be available on iTunes on March 22nd, as well.

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The year’s most successful independent label, Young Money Entertainment, founded by multi-platinum  recording artist Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter, was built by a superstar and builds superstars.  Hip Hop Weekly’s year-end  issue  focuses on Wayne, from his childhood beginnings in New Orleans to his emergence as the most formidable artist in hip hop history and  the jaw-dropping emergence of  the label’s leading  artists, Drake and Nicki Minaj, whose enigmatic personas and fashionable style  dominates the media much in the same way that their music rules the charts.  The Young Money Tribute also features the major players who  have accompanied Lil Wayne on his path to success and spotlights the other label’s talent, including co-founder Bryan Williams, Mack Maine, Short Dawg,  Lil Twist, Chuckee, Tyga, Cory Gunz, Shanell …in their own words.  Rare and exclusive interviews, the historical perspective and overview of the label   are chronicled in this keepsake issue.