Beyoncé shared with ‘GQ’ what music has been inspiring her lately, and the list includes Doechii, GloRilla and That Mexican OT along with some r&b classics.
Month: September 2024
Tyler, The Creator Ribs Kanye West For Using Backing Track During Korea Show
Tyler, The Creator has jokingly made fun of Kanye West for Yeezy’s use of a backing track during his ‘Vultures 2’ listening event in Seoul, South Korea.
Wack 100 Offers Kendrick Lamar Some Rare Support Amid Super Bowl Debacle
Lil Wayne fans have been coming out in droves over almost the last week thanks to one decision in particular. If you have been living under a rock, they are all furious over the NFL/JAY-Z/Roc Nation choosing to go with Kendrick Lamar for this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. The main reason why they are so upset is because of the New Orleans location for the 59th edition of the biggest stage in sports. Furthermore, it’s now the third time it’s been there, and he’s never been selected. To be realistic, though, his first real shot would have been in 2013. Prior to that the Super Bowl was in NOLA in 2002.
Overall, it’s fairly safe to say that more people are mad rather than happy to have Kendrick take centerstage. However, Wack 100 is daringly showing some support for the California rapper amid the heat of this debate. In a reshared clip on X, you can hear the manager and the rest of the panel passionately yelling and making their points as to who they feel deserved it more. To no surprise, Wack was all alone on this one, but he was able to get his point across through all of the screaming.
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Wack 100 Says People Are Mad About Kendrick Lamar Because He’s A Rapper
He says that the only reason people are frustrated is because he’s a rapper and that it has nothing to do with where he’s from. Some were arguing Taylor Swift and bringing up Beyonce’s show. However, Wack said no one batted an eye at Bey and same would have been true for Swift due to the genre they’re in. He also feels that the same would have been for Eminem? Although, Wack didn’t explain his reasoning for that one. He’s a rapper just like Wayne and Lamar. Regardless, it seems like he feels that the “Not Like Us” MC was deserving of this honor. He ruffled feathers here and we can only imagine how many more will be once they hear this.
What are your thoughts on Wack 100 backing the decision to have Kendrick Lamar as the Super Bowl performer? Do you think he has a valid argument, why or why not? Where do you fall on this ongoing debate? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Wack 100, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, and the Super Bowl debate. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
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Ari Lennox Reveals Why She’s Afraid To Expose The “Weird” Burglars Who Broke Into Her House
Ari Lennox says she’s worried about exposing the people who broke into her home in Los Angeles because she doesn’t want them to come back for her again. She explained her reasoning to her followers on Instagram Live on Monday, as caught by The Jasmine Brand.
“The only reason I don’t post the f****** video and expose those weird people that did that to me is because I genuinely still be around LA and I don’t wanna be f****** looking over my shoulder. I genuinely don’t. I’ve never had beef that serious before. If people could come into my house and do that to me, I don’t know what else they would do.”
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Ari Lennox Performs During Essence Music Festival
In response to the explanation, fans on Instagram shared plenty of supportive messages. “The fact that folks are blaming the victim for choosing to live in a place that she chooses is assinine! Why not blame the coconut heads who violated her????” one user commented. Another wrote: “This Black Queen should be Protected and Respected. Love her.”
Ari Lennox Speaks Out
Lennox previously spoke out about the burglary on social media, earlier this summer. “I was renting a home in LA, n****s burglarized my home. Pepper sprayed my dogs and I wrote a song about it,” she said at the time. “It happened at a time where it’s like, ‘How the f**k did they know I had dogs? How the f**k did they know I wouldn’t be home? It was weird as f**k.’” Be on the lookout for further updates on Ari Lennox on HotNewHipHop.
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Tems Clears Up Future Pregnancy Rumors And Wonders Why His Former Friend Wasn’t Implicated Instead
Tems says she doesn’t understand why Future was at the center of the pregnancy rumors she dealt with last year. Appearing on The Breakfast Club, she explained that he seemed to her as random of Drake, Wiz Kid, or any other artist. Future and Tems previously collaborated on the hit record, “Wait for U.”
“I feel like people take the most controversial thing they can think of… I was thinking, why am I pregnant for Future? Like, why Future? Why him? That’s the craziest thing… why not with Wiz [Kid]? Why not with Drake? Why not someone else?” From there, she clarified that her reaction would’ve been the same to either of those artists.
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It’s far from the first time Tems shot down the ridiculous rumors. Soon after they popped up, she wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “In conclusion, you people are all mad!!!” During an interview on the Drive Time Show for The Beat 99.9 FM, last December, Tems further revealed that she began receiving death threats as a result. “I didn’t actually think anybody believed it,” she said. “I didn’t know it was serious, I didn’t know until I started getting messages, like death threats. Like, ‘How dare you! Of all the people in the world, Future? Really? Really, of all the people?’ And I’ve never even—I’ve never met him in my life. So, it’s cr*zy.”
Tems Speaks On Future Rumors
Future hasn’t spoken out on the rumors. Check out Tems’ latest comments on the rumors about herself and Future having a baby from The Breakfast Club below. Be on the lookout for further updates on Tems on HotNewHipHop.
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Rich Homie Quan Was Working On New Album Before His Death, Says His Father
Rich Homie Quan was reportedly working on a new full-length album before he tragically passed away, his father said in a new interview.
Pharrell Explains Why He Didn’t Tell Kendrick Lamar And Jay-Z They Were Going To Appear In Lego Form In ‘Piece By Piece’
Piece By Piece is a unique documentary, in that it tells the story of Pharrell Williams through Lego. But the legendary musician and producer behind “Happy,” “Get Lucky,” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot” didn’t mention the colorful bricks format when he and director Morgan Neville reached out for talking head interviews from the likes of Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Snoop Dogg.
“We purposely did not tell anyone that that would be the finished product. We wanted people to just answer the questions and really give their full, unedited reactions to the opportunity to do the interviews,” Williams confessed to Variety. “Because if we would’ve said, ‘Okay, this is going to be in Lego,’ then people would have sort of curved what they were saying.”
He continued, “We didn’t want them to be influenced by what we wanted. We wanted the purest part. And I feel like part of the magic of what makes this film pop the way it does is because it’s so vivid and it’s not scripted.”
Outside of the three rappers listed above, Piece By Piece also features Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, and Pusha T.
Piece By Piece comes out in theaters on October 11. You can find out more here.
Why Nicki Minaj Is More Upset Than Anyone That Lil Wayne Isn’t Headlining The Super Bowl
Fasten your seatbelts and pop a Dramamine, Nicki Minaj has chimed in on the discourse of the day: Why Lil Wayne isn’t headlining Super Bowl LIX’s halftime show. And, in typical Nicki fashion, her rant on Twitter (which we are never going to call “X”) turned out to be a wild ride.
First things first: I think we are all well aware of why Ms. Minaj would take this so personally. Without Wayne, her rap career very probably would have stalled out long before a “Super Bass” or “Starships,” let alone a “Super Freaky Girl” or “Say So” remix. And then, there’s her intriguing, seemingly one-sided feud with Jay-Z, the founder of Roc Nation, which books the Super Bowl halftime show.
But normally, Nicki reserves this level of unhinged for her beefs with other female rappers, like Latto and Megan Thee Stallion, so it’s kind of fascinating to see her go off like this on someone else’s behalf for once. Here’s what she said:
Denying a young black man what he rightfully put into this game for no other reason but your ego. Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki got you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!! LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!! THE GOAT?!!!!!!!!!!! Nola what’s good?!!!!!! Eminem stood firm on having 50Cent come out. A white man. Sh*t sad. House N***ER TINGZ. but it’s GOOD FI DEM!!!!!!! No loyalty ? Welp. then n****z will keep son’ing you!!!!!
Another tweet with a political bent:
One nigga took a knee
The other nigga took the bag.
He gon get you “n***ers” in line every fkng time
So… There’s a lot to unpack here. Jay-Z and Roc Nation did sign their deal with the NFL to be the official music partner for the Super Bowl after Colin Kaepernick’s controversial anthem protests. This was something that rightly rubbed a lot of hip-hop fans the wrong way, suggesting that Jay valued the money and platform much more than pursuing meaningful social change. Now, he did secure financial commitments from the NFL for social justice programs, but as with any incremental change, that’s never going to be quite enough for the “burn it all down” crowd.
But to suggest that Lil Wayne is somehow a revolutionary or that booking Kendrick Lamar is a sellout move made to appeal to white people is… WOW.
She’s still going, by the way:
God forbid if Wayne was to leave this earth right now, the culture would be in mourning. That’s why so many ppl keep saying to give our legends their flowers while they are still around to smell them. Sitting around all day playing games with ppl life & legacy. God ain’t sleep. Gee Roberson you will learn that, too.
For those who don’t know, Gee Roberson is the co-CEO of Blueprint Group, which has had a hand in managing the careers of several high profile artists, including Young Money’s roster with Drake, Wayne, and Nicki, although they parted ways with Nicki some time ago. However, he cut his teeth at Jay’s Roc-A-Fella Records a decade before; it seems Nicki is suggesting that he prioritized his relationship with Jay over those with his more recent charges. She, again, has a bit of a point about giving legends flowers while they’re still around, something hip-hop still struggles with. That’s not the same thing as booking him to perform the biggest corporate event of the year when he’s repeatedly proven that would be a bit of a bad bet this year alone.
When Nicki received pushback for her initial tweets and also she accused blogs covering the Super Bowl selection of being paid off (her go-to accusation, although I personally have never seen any of that money), she doubled down, railing in a follow-up tweet:
God will punish you. Mark my words.
The man that has not only pushed his pen the hardest, but gave the game more than 1 hip hop ICON as well on his watch? Represent the RAP game?!?!! The best RAPPER don’t represent the RAP GAME well enough 4u? Black ppl. Wow. If this don’t hurt your heart to read, it will one day. Look @ how our legends keep being treated. After they’ve given so much to us. Who are you?!!!! You GOD?!?!!!!! Judgmental swine DELETE!!!!!!! lol you will regret tweeting this. Life is funny that way. Don’t you dare turn your nose up @ Lil Wayne you dick munchin bozo.
She seemingly failed to notice all the tweets pointing out how the Super Bowl halftime show has only been headlined by a local act from the host city four times in the event’s 57-year history, but that’s Nicki for you. She’ll tell you a joke, but she won’t tell you a lie — just be real wrong, real loud, for most of a day.