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J. Cole ended all speculation about pushing up the June 25 release date to June 18 for his sophomore LP, Born Sinner, Monday (May 20) morning via Twitter and Instagram. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jay-Z's protégé moved up the release of his second studio album and will be coming out on the same day as Kanye West, who also will be releasing his new set, Yeezus, on June 18.

"Kanye West is one of the greatest artists of our generation," Cole tweeted. "Which is exactly why I'm moving my release date up. Born Sinner June 18th."

"J. has been working nonstop to put out his album a week earlier --living in the studio, bringing in full orchestras and a choir," an unnamed source told THR.

Along with the new release date, the Roc Nation spitter released the album's official artwork, which is an artistic rendering of a devil-horned child draped in a shiny black coating. Hovering above the young "sinner" is a golden crown, likely meant to symbolize that Cole, whose debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, was certified double-platinum in 2012 by the RIAA, is coming for that hip-hop crown.

It's said that heavy is the head that wears the crown, but with the creative genius of his first single, "Power Trip," featuring Miguel, already circulating to widespread critical acclaim, it won't be long before this competitive spitter makes good on his promise to make this season a "Cole Summer."

The Internal Revenue Service wants to know "What's the 411?" on Mary J. Blige not paying her taxes. According to TMZ, the R&B Queen owes $3,426,255.43 to Uncle Sam for unpaid income taxes for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Records show that the IRS officially filed a federal tax lien in February in Bergen County Court against the My Life singer, adding to her already substantial financial woes, which include $901,769.65 in back taxes owed to the state of New Jersey and lawsuits: one against her charity, The Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, for failing to pay back a $250,000 loan and another by Signature Bank for defaulting on a $2.2 million loan.

If that weren't enough, the nine-time Grammy Award winner was also sued in New York state supreme court by Bank of America, who allege that the Bronx-born chanteuse took out a $500,000 loan and only paid a portion of it back. The bank is seeking $514,000, which is the total amount of the unpaid principal of the loan plus interest.

French Montana is upping the ante on rapper accessories. The "Pop That" rapper shared with fans on Instagram that he went on a drug-induced shopping spree and purchased two baby tigers.

"Got so high last night bought 2 baby tigers," French shared with a photo of himself double-fisting tiger cubs. He also put up a pic of himself with manager Gaby and Bad Boy President Harve Pierre with the new tigers.

French has always been fond of animal and animal accessories. Last year, he visited MTV wearing his famous bear hat. "I just got it. It was kind of like a statement," he explained and drew a parallel between being in the cutthroat music industry to surviving a run-in with a bear. French mentioned that he may wear the bear hat during sex.

Amanda Bynes isn't giving up on her goal to bag Drake just yet. And since a not-so-subtle approach didn't work the first time she's decided to try, try again on Twitter for everyone to see.

A few weeks ago the former Nickelodeon star tweeted that she wanted Drake to "murder her vagina" (she didn't even delete that tweet), but since the Toronto rapper hasn't responded, Bynes tried again on Sunday night (April 21). This time she simply tweeted"@drake King," including a photo of his face...in case Drake needed a reminder of what he looked like. Our guess is that Drake will continue to ignore these advances, but can you blame him?

Last week Bynes got pissed off at Complex magazine, and during her rant she even threw some shots at Kid Kudi. "I'm so sick of the articles u write about me. I want every fake article deleted," she tweeted. "Ur d--- whipped by my ugly ex @ducidni who's looks and talent have always been questionable to me, him being the ugly duckling that he is and all. U quote him non stop, then take professional shots of him for ur covers, his best photos aren't sh-- compared to mine at my best."