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Month: September 2024
Why Does Megan Thee Stallion Like Anime So Much?
Over the years, Megan Thee Stallion has made no secret of her love for Japanese animation, or anime. Her music is littered with countless references to shows like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, My Hero Academia, and Attack On Titan, while she’s been known to cosplay (short for “costume play”) as her favorite characters in videos, performances, and on social media.
But while Megan often talks about her love of anime, she’s rarely gone in-depth about just why she relates to it so much. In a new interview with Billboard, however, she does just that, explaining how the medium inspires her and informs her own artistic expression.
“I really like the storytelling in anime,” she explains. “The thing that resonates with me while watching a lot of the anime I like is watching the character development — seeing the character go from nothing to everything. When I feel like I’m getting beat up in life, I remember some of my favorite characters. I see that they had to go from literally zero and getting their ass whooped in their training. Even when they start popping and getting their muscles — because you know they be skinny as hell, then they start getting a little ripped — even when you start seeing the character getting a little swole, you like, ‘All right, he’s going to defeat all you motherf–kers. It’s over with’.”
“I resonate with that,” she continues. “No matter how many times I get knocked down, I never feel like, ‘F–k it, Imma quit.’ I just need to get better. I need to get back, try again, train harder and go harder, so I can keep evolving into my best self.”
She’s not alone in that respect among rappers; several have talked about how their love for anime — specifically, heroic anime like Dragon Ball — helped them push to become their best selves.
Megan Thee Stallion And GloRilla Want To Drop A Joint Album: ‘It Feels Like It’s Going to Get Done’
Megan Thee Stallion’s 2024 got off to a fractious start, with her January single “Hiss” not only touching off a short-lived battle with Nicki Minaj, but also setting a quarrelsome tone for seemingly all of hip-hop for the first quarter. However, she’s not letting that belligerent energy define her entire year. During her tour with GloRilla earlier this year, the two Southern stars celebrated the sisterhood of hip-hop, inviting Latto, Cardi B, and more to join them in a series of shows of mutual appreciation.
That positive energy could carry over to a new project from Meg with Glo, as they carry over the good vibes from their “Wanna Be” collaboration to a full project. In her new cover story for Billboard, Meg and Glo both expressed enthusiasm for the idea of a joint album. Megan said, “I think that would be very fire. I ain’t gon’ say too much, but it feels like it’s going to get done.” Meanwhile, Glo explained why such a project has them both excited. “Megan is a real rapper, and I’m also a real rapper,” she said. “We actually be talking and coming with bars on some down South gangsta sh*t. [It would be] some down South, real turnt, real rap [sh*t].”
Megan Thee Stallion Doesn’t Know ‘What The Problem Is’ Between Her And Nicki Minaj
Megan Thee Stallion can’t explain how to reconcile her beef with Nicki Minaj, because she doesn’t know how it started in the first place. In a new interview with Billboard, Meg admitted she doesn’t know why Minaj turned on her, and that she only spent the early part of the year exchanging diss songs with her former collaborator because she “knew what I had to do and what I had to say.”
“I still to this day don’t know what the problem is,” she confessed when asked about a potential reconciliation between the two rappers. “I don’t even know what could be reconciled because I, to this day, don’t know what the problem is.”
For what it’s worth, Meg and Nicki certainly started their relationship on a good note, teaming up to rap together on Meg’s 2019 single “Hot Girl Summer.” The song peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the US Rhythmic chart — Meg’s first and Nicki’s eighth. However, in 2022, Nicki recalled taking umbrage at a joke Megan made during a party, which ultimately led to their falling out (although, I gotta say… that’s the sort of thing you have a conversation about, not hold onto for five years and make a slew of diss tracks about).
Meanwhile, some fans believe Nicki actually turned on Meg when her 2020 collaboration with Nicki’s rival Cardi B, “WAP,” turned out to be much more successful, spending four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, and becoming one of the most buzzed-about songs of that year. Minaj took some apparent shots at Meg on her 2023 single, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”
Nicki and Meg opened 2024 with back-and-forth diss songs, beginning with Meg’s lead Megan single, “Hiss,” which addressed a number of her other detractors at the same time. Nicki responded with “Big Foot,” but the lukewarm response to the song — and Nicki’s accompanying days-long Twitter rant — caused the “beef” to fizzle out quickly. Still, it set the tone for the year, which has seen skirmishes between Ice Spice and Latto, and Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
The Weeknd Finally Reveals The Title Of His Upcoming Album With An Eerie New Video
The Weeknd has been teasing a new album for months now, and he just dropped the biggest breadcrumb yet.
A video The Weeknd shared today (September 4) features scrolling text set to eerie music. The text reads:
“Yesterday was fourteen years ago…
We held our breath, falling into a shimmering sea in the after hours of the night…
Attempted to cleanse the wounds with melodies and lights, a bulletproof bandage to shield what lies beneath.
In a place where the seasons never changed, where time ceased to exist. But therein lays the problem.
Today has felt like an endless spin. I keep distorting the truth, immune to the dizziness, numb to the nausea. What lies beneath — screams in silence.
I look in the mirror and feel both old and new, stuck in limbo and unable to move. I still haven’t faced myself.
More songs could help, but what do I have left to say? Woe is me in my gilded cage, right?
The very thing that once made me invincible failed me on the world stage. A new trauma surfaced, opening floodgates.
A new path awaits.
When today ends, I’ll discover who I am.
Hurry Up Tomorrow.”
That last bit was written in gigantic letters, and since the post is captioned “ALBUM TITLE,” the name is the album appears to be Hurry Up Tomorrow.
A press release confirms that, also noting that the album “represents the creative apex of the [trilogy] project, serving as the third and final chapter crafted with existential and self-referential themes as seen with the latest visionary teasers that have set fans ablaze with anticipation for this concluding installment.”
Now, we wait for news of a release date or a new single.
Remy Ma Pushes The Nude Boundaries In “Outta Control” Visuals Alongside Fat Joe
Remy Ma, Fat Joe, and producing tandem Cool & Dre, have a newish collaboration together, “Outta Control”. The track is just over a month old and even with that much time passing, it’s still generating buzz. Originally, the bars were up for debate, particularly on the part of the fiery femcee. “They said I shot a friend over a band, and? / Imagine what I’d do to a b**** that I can’t stand / Right now, I’m on the edge, so don’t push me“. If you aren’t familiar that first line is a real-life reference to when Remy shot Makeda Barnes-Joseph back in 2007. This led to her receiving convictions of assault, possession of an illegal weapon, and attempted coercion in 2008.
Listeners were in an uproar and wondering why she chose to rap about that with such braggadocio. In addition, the July 12 cut was also getting the community talking because of the name she used in the writing credits. Instead of attributing her work to Remy Mackie, one that Remy’s been using since marrying Papoose in ’08, “Outta Control” was penned by Remy Kioni Smith. That would happen to be her maiden name, further suggesting that her and the fellow NY MC were done.
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Watch Remy Ma & Fat Joe’s Music Video For “Outta Control”
As we said earlier, the single is not done in terms of sparking more talk on the internet. According to HipHopDX, the music video dropped, and, in the visuals, Remy Ma and her longtime collaborator are going topless. For Joe Crack, the reception might not be as favorable, but for Ms. Ma, she may have some men googly eyed. All that is covering her chest is her long black hair and the video isn’t shy about showing several shots of this “outfit”. You can check out the visuals for yourself with the link above.
What are your thoughts on Remy Ma going topless for the “Outta Control” music video? Is this surprising to you at all, why or why not? Is this song in your current rotation? 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 Remy Ma and Fat Joe. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
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DaBaby Wins Motion To Delay Battery Case In Which Victim Admitted To N-Word Usage
DaBaby has successfully gotten the trial for the battery lawsuit he’s facing delayed. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cherol J. Nellon made the ruling, this week, telling the rapper’s new attorney, Alec Rishwain, that he will only have a brief period of time to catch up on the case. Gary Pagar, who accused Baby of beating him up and robbing him during a music video shoot in Los Angeles, filed the lawsuit back in 2021.
“While I appreciate you are new to the case, everyone else is not. So if this is going to go to trial, it’s going to go soon,” Nellon told Rishwain. “This is a 2021 case. In the whole scheme of things, I just think this case needs to go to trial.” The latest update comes after DaBaby previously pleaded guilty to attacking Pagar in the related criminal case. In doing so, he was able to avoid jail time.
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DaBaby hopes that he’ll be able to submit a video of Pagar saying the n-word during the confrontation as evidence for the trial, although the plaintiff’s team has attempted to block the move. “After defendant Jonathan Kirk punched Plaintiff Gary Pagar in the face without warning, knocking out his tooth and leaving him lying on the ground bleeding profusely; and after Mr. Kirk’s associates had pushed, taunted, threatened, and spat on Mr. Pagar, stolen his phone, and vandalized his house — after these events, Mr. Pagar uttered the ‘N-word,’” they admitted, arguing it was irrelevant to the assault in question.
DaBaby’s lawyers countered: “Plaintiff admits that there is no factual dispute as to whether he yelled the ‘N-word’ to Kirk yet conveniently seeks to argue that such a racial slur is irrelevant to the claim of battery. A jury may find that the alleged battery was the consequence of a sudden heat resulting from plaintiff’s provocation, thus barring any potential award of punitive damages.” Be on the lookout for further updates on DaBaby on HotNewHipHop.
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GloRilla Reveals She Used To Charge $500 For A Feature Just Three Years Ago
GloRilla’s rise to fame is nothing short of impressive. On Tuesday (Sept. 3), the Collective Music Group artist posted a 2021 throwback photo of herself wearing a ski mask while in the studio. The original caption read, “Knockin’ features out. Tap in.”
Young Thug Cracks Up In Court After Witness Tries To Ask Him About Rich Homie Quan ‘Issues’
Young Thug found the hysterical side of things after a witness turned to him and asked about his relationship with Rich Homie Quan while on the stand.
The Weeknd Reveals New Album Title In Dramatic Teaser
The Weeknd has revealed that his new album is called ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ in yet another dramatic yet cryptic teaser video posted online.