From Sweden to the World: “Starmony Voices” Sets the Tone in Collaborative Music-Making using AI

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The Swedish music tech innovator Starmony just launched “Starmony Voices” – a concept that redefines the future of music-making by allowing anyone in their community, and beyond, to share their voice and collaborate with the help of AI technology. Photo by Fredrik Mårdh Stockholm, Sweden, March 04, 2024: Starmony, a leading Swedish music tech company, … Read more

Drake Praises PARTYNEXYDOOR’s New Album: “Played This 100000 Times”

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Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR have a legendary partnership dating back to 2013. The latter was the first artist signed to Drake’s OVO label, and he’s been a key collaborator on the last decade of Drake albums. The 6 God has returned the favor by hyping up PND’s solo outings and dropping a guest verse once in a while. He’s nowhere to be found on the singer’s latest, PARTYNEXTDOOR 4, but he’s been busy feuding with entire rap industry. Nevertheless, Drake found time to praise PND for dropping another stellar body of work.

Drake’s Instagram Story was dominated by PND content on April 25. There were screenshots from the music video for “For Certain” and photos from the singer’s wrap party. The thing that really clicked with fans, though was when Drizzy praised the quality of the album overall. He posted a screenshot of the single “No Chill” with the caption: “Played this 100000 times before release.” The rapper lamented not being able to count his spins towards the song’s overall numbers. “Wish they logged my streams.”

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Drake Dubbed PND His “Favorite Artist”

PARTYNEXTDOOR has often been described as the introvert to Drake’s extrovert. The two performed together during a 2022 concert in Toronto, and the latter commented on this dynamic. “I don’t mean to put you on the spot or anything. I know you hate this the most,” he noted. The “Push Ups” rapper then talked up PND’s impact on his music to the crowd. “I’m so grateful for you,” he announced. “I would not be the artist I am if it wasn’t for you. This is really my favorite artist in the world.”

Drake isn’t the only who’s impressed by PARTYNEXTDOOR 4. PND told Billboard that he has never put more work in on an album, and is thoroughly satisfied with how P4 turned out. “This is the proudest I’ve felt,” he admitted. “I’m excited to grind even more for the next [one]. I’m in love with how hard you should work for it.” He also doubled down on his preference to stay out of the spotlight. “The only thing that’s important, that has changed my life, is dropping music,” he told the outlet. “I’m not worried about the fame.”

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Kai Cenat Claps Back At iShowSpeed With Aggressive Diss Track

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The streamer wars continue. Kai Cenat and iShowSpeed are two of the most popular streamers on Twitch, and they’ve decided to capitalize on the rap beefs dominating pop culture by staging a beef of their own. iShowSpeed struck first with a diss that saw him leak Cenat’s phone number. He followed it up with another diss, Drake style, but Cenat finally responded on April 26. The streamer went all out with the production design, and actually dressed up as a samurai to bomb on his opponent.

Cenat performed his diss during a live stream, over a booming drum beat and pitched up vocal sample. He goes after iShowSpeed’s intelligence (or lack thereof) multiple times, with bars about getting horrible grades in high school. He also clowns his fellow streamer for striking out with a girl. “She was in college, and you had no knowledge,” he asserts. We’re not dealing with wordsmiths here, and it shows. Kai Cenat does bring the showmanship, though. In addition to his samurai costume, he decks out his background with flowers and fake grass. He even urges iShowSpeed to go outside and “touch some grass” while pointing at his prop.

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Kai Cenat Responded To iShowSpeed’s Second Diss

The diss tracks between Cenat and Speed have been flying back and forth for months. The former actually started it by dissing Speed over the beat to 50 Cent’s “In da Club.” Speed responded quickly, then ran it back with a second diss in which he brings up phone numbers (get it). “What’s your number, Tyla,” Speed mockingly sings in reference to Cenat’s failed attempt to woo Tyla. Cenat tried to ask the singer out on a date during a live stream, and she turned him down. “She said no! She said no, Kai,” he adds. Speed’s second diss and Cenat’s response actually dropped within hours of each other.

Kai Cenat has been getting it from all directions lately. The streamer was recently called out by Kanye West for criticizing his clothing line, and dubbed an “industry plant” by the rap icon. Cenat denied these claims and defended his stance on Ye’s clothes. “Ye, just send me some new pants bro,” he said on a recent stream. “Like no cap… I’m far from an industry plant. I done got this sh*t out the mud.” Both men are engaged in rap beefs, though, so there probably won’t be much more to the Cenat vs. West saga.

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50 Cent Pushing For Second Shreveport Development Following G-Unit Studios

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In recent months, much of the news surrounding 50 Cent has been from his relentless Instagram trolling campaign. He was one of the first to start taking shots at Diddy last year when the first lawsuit against him filed by Cassie broke. Unsurprisingly, he’s continued his trolling throughout the controversial Lil Rod lawsuit and the rap mogul’s homes being raided. That campaign has included just about any “evidence” 50 can find including inmate recordings and AI-generated images. He’s also taken shots at almost anyone who comes up in the story, for which he’s been threatened with violence.

But now he’s trying to expand a different project he started last year. According to AllHipHop, he opened up G-Unit studios in Shreveport earlier this month following approval granted last year. Part of the celebration even included the town labeling it’s opening day, April 18, as 50 Cent day. “Through the expansion of G-Unit in Shreveport, my aim is to embody the spirit of conscious capitalism to focus on creating jobs, stimulating commerce and contributing to the economic growth of this vibrant community. I envision [making] Shreveport a beacon of the entertainment industry,” he said during the launch of the studio. Now he has even more ambitions for the area. Check out his newest plans below.

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50 Cent Looking To Add To G-Unit Studio

His next proposal to the city centers around a sports and entertainment complex. He’s proposing turning the Expo Hall into the new G-Unit sponsored complex and has some ambitious goals for it. The pitch includes mentions of professional basketball outings, a variety of other sports including boxing and MMA lineups. But the center can also host concerts and a variety of expos and conventions. The same city council that approved the last building will also vote on this one.

What do you think of 50 Cent looking to expand his reach in Shreveport after opening G-Unit Studios earlier this month? Do you think the city will also approve a sports and entertainment complex? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Benzino Claims 50 Cent Has A Secret Reason For Hating Diddy

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50 Cent despises Sean “Diddy” Combs. It’s become a hip-hop factoid at this point, and given the latter’s criminal charges, 50 seems to be in the right. The “In da Club” rapper has clowned Diddy relentlessly on social media and has even announced plans to release a documentary about Diddy’s assault allegations. 50’s feelings don’t really warrant a closer look, right? Well, according to Benzino, they do. The ex-editor of The Source claims that 50 has a personal reason for hating Diddy (beyond his crimes). It may have to do with a woman.

Benzino went on the We In Miami podcast on April 25. He discussed a myriad of topics, as he always does, but things really heated up when he mentioned Diddy. He asserted that Diddy and 50 dislike one another because they were both involved with the same woman, Daphne Joy. 50 Cent had a child with Joy, who then went on to date Diddy. In Benzino’s estimation, 50’s feelings for his baby mama led to him developing a hatred for the Bad Boy mogul.

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“When you see the circumstances of Diddy messing with his baby mother,” he theorized. “You know that has a lot to do with it.” Benzino admitted that he would probably feel the same under the circumstances. “If me and my girl break up, and then, two months later, he’s banging out my girl,” he posited. “Then, I might still have feelings for my girl.”

The word that the former Source editor arrived at for 50 Cent is “salty.” He told We In Miami that the G-Unit honcho has been taking shots at Diddy because of Joy, rather than moral outrage. “A lot of n**gas are going to try to play like you don’t,” he conceded. “But you gonna be a little salty, you know what I’m saying? So he’s… to me? He’s a little salty.” It’s worth noting that 50 has denied having feelings for Joy in the past. During a recent Twitter exchange, the rapper claimed that he was happy bring friends with the mother of his child and nothing more. “Me and puff fight over business sh*t,” he wrote. “If he like the girl, he like the girl I don’t give a f*ck!”

Who do you believe?

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Peter Gunz Claims Jay-Z Cost Him $10K After Mocking His New Car

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Peter Gunz was riding high in the late 1990s. The rapper scored a major hit with the single “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby),” which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. It was during this period that Gunz began to make real money, and compete with the likes of Jay-Z and Dame Dash. Unfortunately, the rapper’s taste was not up to snuff. Peter Gunz recently went on the BagFuel podcast to discuss his fame, and he claimed the Roc-A-Fella honchos mercilessly clowned him for his ride.

Gunz went out and bought a new car as soon as he could. “Back in the days, the Honda Accord Coupe was the sh*t to me,” he recalled. “I paid full cash.” It was during a random visit to Diddy’s restaurant at the time, that Gunz was forced to second guess his purchase. “Jay-Z and Dame Dash come walking out,” he recalled. “N**ga said, ‘Number one rap record in the country, you in a Honda Accord. Brooklyn n**ga said that to me, man.” The rapper went back to the dealership the next day in hopes of getting a truck, but the damage was done. He drove $10,000 off the lot when he bought the Accord, and was therefore unable to recoup his money. Gunz relented and traded the car in for a Lincoln Navigator.

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Peter Gunz Swiped A Bottle Of Jay-Z’s Cognac

The story doesn’t end there, however. Gunz’s trip to get get a new stereo system in his car led to him coming across Jay-Z’s Range Rover. Both of the rapper’s cars were being worked on at the same place, so Gunz decided to go through Hov’s stuff and snatch a bottle of Louis XIII cognac. “I boofed that sh*t,” he admitted. “That n**ga got like 70 bottles of that sh*t somewhere. That was karma. N**gas screamed on me, made me go lose $10,000.” There’s no hard feelings between the rappers today, but Gunz and Jay-Z could never quite on the same page.

Peter Gunz tried to get a gang of rappers to appear on the “Deja Vu” remix. He told Live89 FM that he reached out to Mase, Nas and Jay-Z for verses, and they all said yes, with the intention of repping their specific borough. Gunz said the labels for each artist kept it from happening, unfortunately. “I think we deprived the world of a ridiculous remix,” he said. “[Because] it wasn’t for their label.”

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PARTYNEXTDOOR’s New Album Getting Heaps Of Love From Fans

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Overnight, OVO R&B singer PARTYNEXTDOOR released his highly-anticipated new album PARTYNEXTDOOR 4. The project is his first in 4 years since 2020’s PARTYMOBILE and the first new entry into his self-titled series of projects since the third edition in 2016. It grabbed plenty of attention right when it was announced due to its incredibly evocative album cover. Fans eventually tracked down the model who poses on the NSFW cover in the wake of it’s reveal.

The new album was preceded by 4 singles and adds an additional 10 new songs for a runtime grand total of 14 tracks and 45 minutes. Singles like R e s e n t m e n t and H e r O l d F r i e n d s were racking up million of streams long before the album dropped. But all day fans have been consuming the album in full and sharing their thoughts on it to social media. That’s exactly why you can tell that the reception for the album has been overwhelmingly positive. R&B fans continually praise the vibes of the instrumentals and the sensual performances PND delivers. Check out just some of the love fans have shown the album today below.

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PARTYNEXTDOOR Fans Are Loving His New Album

Much of the discussion of the album leading up to its release revolved around the controversial album cover. The NSFW cover grabbed a ton of attention as soon as it was announced and fans wondered if they would be able to get their hands on a physical copy. A few days later PND confirmed that fan buying a vinyl copy of the album would get the original cover with a tweet unveiling the pre-order.

What do you think of the new PARTYNEXTDOOR album? Do you have a favorite track from the project yet? Do you plan on seeing him live the next time he goes on tour? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Pusha T Reveals Why Artists Continue To Collaborate With Kanye West

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Kanye West is someone who never shies away from airing his unfiltered opinions, which has evidently cost him quite a bit in recent years. Regardless, the Chicago MC has maintained a fiercely loyal fanbase and continues to take part in various high-profile collabs. Just last week, for example, he unveiled his remix of Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You track, “Like That,” which originally featured Kendrick Lamar. His joint album with Ty Dolla Sign, Vultures 1, is also jam-packed with notable names. Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, Chris Brown, Quavo, and many more make appearances.

Of course, all of this arrived after Ye shared plans to go “Death con 3” on Jewish people. During a recent interview with Complex, Pusha T weighed in on why it is that other performers continue to work with the controversial figure. According to him, Ye’s artistry simply can’t be denied, nor can the level of exposure he’s able to provide to his collaborators.

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Pusha T Claims People Work With Ye For “Visibility,” “Musicality” & “Genius-Level Production”

Rappers Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign perform onstage during the “Vultures 1” playback concert during Rolling Loud 2024 the at Hollywood Park Grounds on March 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

“I believe that there’s a level of visibility that comes along with being next to somebody like Ye,” he explained. “At the end of the day, it’s a level of musicality and genius-level production that comes along with being next to him. So you get a lot of things that I think artists are looking for these days in being next to him.”

“It’s all about the music for me and just making music at a certain level,” Pusha T also added. “I’ve been in this game a long time, so it’s about a certain type of hip-hop that I want to make. And truthfully, Ye definitely knows what I like to make, and I only want to be a part of things that I want to do.” What do you think of Pusha T’s take on artists continuing to work with Kanye West despite all of the controversy surrounding him? Does he have a point? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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