Last month, Machine Gun Kelly asked fans to vote to determine what t-shirt would be included in the "Lace Up" album bundle. The results are in and the winner is the black shirt with "Live Like It's Your Dyin' Day" on it. The voting totals on his Facebook page show a blowout, as that shirt won over the white tic-tac-toe design, 1,323 to 169.

You can pre-order a bundle through his website.

On Tuesday, Machine Gun Kelly announced that he and his affiliates would be releasing a mixtape on Monday, titled "EST 4 Life." For more details, see our initial report.

Care of Byron Kirkland, one of MGK's managers, we now know that the mixtape will be released on LiveMixtapes.com. They tweeted a cover, which you can check out below. One other detail is revealed by the cover: DJ Whoo Kid joins the DJ lineup, which already included DJ E-V and DJ Xplosive.


Via TeamMGK_OH.

E! Online and the New York Post's Page Six are both reporting, according to sources, that producers of FOX's "American Idol" have contacted Diddy to see how interested he might be in joining the show as a judge.

Back in July of 2010, we launched a Diddy For Idol online campaign when Simon Cowell left the show. It might have been before its time.

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today. French Montana follows last week's gains with more, reaching a new high on the Hot 100 and most other charts. The Notorious B.I.G. and Machine Gun Kelly also appear in new places.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

10. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).

Songs

The Billboard Hot 100

78. "Pop That" by French Montana (a new high, up from 86).

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Shaheem Reid shared the back cover for DJ Khaled's upcoming album, "Kiss the Ring." We learned in April that French Montana would be featured on it.

The track is "I Did it for My Dawgz" and it features Montana alongside Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Jadakiss. The album will be out on August 21.

Via Rap Radar.

The release date for Machine Gun Kelly's debut album, "Lace Up," has been announced. The rapper revealed on USTREAM that the album will be out on October 9. It is available for pre-order on his website.

Back in May, Machine Gun Kelly asked fans to submit "Lace Up" tattoo pictures for his album cover. It'll come as no surprise that he said on USTREAM that his cover will be a mosaic of these images.

Machine Gun Kelly revealed some of the tracks that will be featured on his "Lace Up" album this evening, during his scheduled USTREAM appearance.

The song that features DMX is called "Demons," which he describes as "dark... very, very MGK when I was in a very dark place." In addition, he says that "End of the Road" and "Stereo," two previously released songs, made the cut.

On USTREAM this evening, Machine Gun Kelly announced that a surprise mixtape would be released on Monday. He stressed that the mixtape was not an MGK mixtape, but an EST mixtape for the fans, released in conjunction with DJ Xplosive and DJ E-V.

He mentioned that the mixtape will feature new music from both MGK and Dubo. Specifically he mentioned songs called "Her Song" and "Halo" and a song by Dubo titled "Paid." In addition, he said that the mixtape will feature songs that you may have heard, but have never been officially released.

On USTREAM this evening, Machine Gun Kelly announced a 6 date U.S. college tour (a list of dates was previously posted by MGK collaborator Slim Gudz), the Disorderly Conduct Tour, which will be followed by the Raging Abroad Tour, which will take the rapper to Europe from mid-September through early-October.