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Despite having been previously active on Instagram following his release from prison, it would appear that Kodak Black has since deleted his page entirely.

What initially began as a purge of all activity, as captured by a post from Akademiks, currently leads to a complete absence of Kodak’s IG page. It’s unclear as to what drove the young artist, who has been growing increasingly frustrated at a perceived lack of credit, to delete one of his most-frequented platforms.

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Of course, Instagram alteration often tends to coincide with the release of new music, and many have been eagerly anticipating a new project from Kodak; his last release arrived in late 2018 with Dying To Live, a project that received acclaim upon its release. It’s also possible that he simply sought to escape from the public eye following the arrest of NBA YoungBoy, which happened to be among the last topics he discussed on his former page.

Though many will likely speculate on Kodak’s decision, it’s likely we’ll have to wait and see until the Floridian resurfaces. We can only hope that he’s turning his focus to the music, as many have been eager to see him picking up where he left off prior to his last incarceration. Stay tuned for further updates on Kodak’s mysterious Instagram deletion as the situation unfolds. 

Cardi B is known for going on Instagram and ranting about whatever is on her mind. And even as her fame increases seemingly by the day, she has yet to let us down when it comes to ranting. Yesterday, she did just that, posting a nearly-four minute video about how people lie about wanting women to succeed, when in actuality they don’t. 

Cardi declared, “Y’all be claiming when females do good, that y’all be wanting females to strive and all of that, but that’s a lie you be hating.” She continued, “Y’all like to bring all these excuses for my success. I want to let y’all know this right now.”

Expanding on her success, Cardi felt the need to let her viewers know about her record-breaking amount of U.S. streams last week with her controversy-loving song “Up.” 

Cardi has always been a focus point for haters ever since she’s made her debut as a rapper, and thus she’s always been on the defensive when it comes to the public acknowledging her achievements, instead of downplaying them. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper then went on to discuss different charts and read different articles about her success, to prove to those naysayers that she should be a celebrated artist. “The more hate ya’ll think, the harder I get. Stop hating,” she said.

Cardi also wanted to make it known that she’s not trying to put other female artists down in order to build herself up. “When I win it doesn’t take away from the other women’s success either. When another female wins it doesn’t take away from anyone’s success, so stop crying.”

“Y’all love saying now a days people’s music is only on Tik Tok. I’m glad Tik Tok came out because now yall love to make excuses for when people win, but Tik Tok goes to show you that general public actually fu*king like your song,” continued Cardi, touching on why she likes TikTok. “When you see a b*tch bussin it open on top of your car. When you see celebrities doing challenges and sh*t to your song, that means people are listening to your sh*t. That ain’t no bots, that ain’t no label, that’s people. That’s real sh*t stop hatin.”

Cardi ended the video by thanking her fans, but also thanking conservatives for talking about her Grammy performance. “Thank you conservatives for talking mad sh*t about my Grammy performance, that actually made people go to check my Grammy’s out and make it even bigger.”

What’ll Cardi rant about on Instagram next? Check out the full video below.

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Moneybagg Yo’s upcoming album, his fourth in the studio format, is wrapped up and ready to go. And while we have yet to get a proper release date and title for the project, that hasn’t stopped Moneybagg from kicking off the rollout on his own terms. The rapper recently took to Instagram to preview one of the album’s unreleased tracks, which happens to be a melodic collaboration with The Wizrd himself– Future. 

From the sound of it, the pair opted for a much more melodic direction than one might have initially expected. In fact, Future appears to be absolutely lovestruck as he lays down his signature autotune-soaked vocals. Moneybagg Yo buys into the premise wholeheartedly, coming through with his own melodic flow as he spits some game. “You fuckin with a gangsta this time, less than fifteen thousand in her Birkin then she ain’t mine,” he raps.

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“Go apeshit bout you, primate / a drinker not a smoker but for me you hit that pound cake,” he continues, over a hypnotic vocal sample. “They said I started something when I gave you the Lam, and other shit they can’t see cause everything ain’t for the Gram / I don’t know who need to hear this, another n***a could never / spoiling her too easy, make it harder for the next one.”

While it’s unclear if Future will be contributing a verse or simply handling the chorus, it’s clear that Moneybagg Yo is rapping from the heart on this one. Expect this to go off come summertime, and keep an eye out for further news on Moneybagg Yo’s upcoming studio album — including clarification on whether or not Pharrell Williams, who recently declared Bagg to be his favorite rapper — will ultimately appear. 

To most, Saweetie has yet to entirely prove herself as a formidable MC but she certainly has a few undeniable bops. “Icy Grl” set her career off but she found herself taking a few Ls publicly as she adjusted to the limelight. The success of the song propelled her towards fame but in a recent interview with Cosmopolitan, she explained that she was more or less thrown into it. On the infamous Hot97 freestyle, she said, “It was a really dark point in my life.” That viral moment quickly transformed into a downward spiral that she says left her suffering from PTSD.

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Ebro certainly plays some sort of role in the incident. After she finished rapping, he said it was “cool,” before adding that it was “basic.” You can understand how that would be traumatizing for an up-and-coming rapper on her first promo tour to have one of the biggest media personalities in hip-hop call your bars “basic.” 

After the Cosmo story came out, Ebro took to Instagram where he shared some relatively vague thoughts about the current climate of music which many perceived to be a shot at Saweetie. “Please don’t confuse success in the music business with being good at making music,” he tweeted before his mentions began flooding with fans defending Saweetie. One fan asked if Hot97 would change the show’s format, to which Ebro responded, “No we just play fast food music … we know what most people want stop it.”

More direct accusations of misogyny started receiving responses from Ebro who denied having a bias against female MCs. One fan tweeted, “Not you dragging Saweetie,” which prompted Ebro to further clarify where he was coming from. “Whoa. Whoa. Never she’s a sweetie… stop that. Nice person and some good records too,” he replied. 

“I hate when that happens,” he tweeted. “Im just tweeting listening to music and having discussions, then boom! My tweet is aligned with some other bullshit I ain’t even know happened. Damn.”

Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff are no strangers to controversy. Somehow, the trio that makes up the Migos have lasted the test of time despite their numerous media scandals, including the latest involving Quavo’s breakup with Saweetie.

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The former rap royalty couple has been throwing shots at one another online since the weekend, ending things after Saweetie accused Quavo of cheating on her with other women. She made reference to the lavish gifts he would constantly buy her, telling her fans that everything was not as it seemed on the surface. As the Migos continue to tease the release of their next album Culture III, which has been in the works for a few years at this point, the group of rappers posted a new picture outside of their private jet to build hype. In the photo, Takeoff, Quavo, and Offset sit on the loading steps with mean mugs on. Jim Jones took one look at the picture and had to jump into the comments to let the guys know they should smile more often.

“Yal can at least smile all tht money yal got can’t b ice grillin on th jet,” joked the New York rap icon in the comments to the post, which was uploaded to Offset’s account. “Give us a break dammit lol my guys keep killing smile a lil lol.”

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The post has been popular given the current narrative surrounding the Migos, who have each been pretty problematic at times. One of the most popular comments is about Quavo, saying, “Quavo got the shades on so no one can see him cry.”

Are you looking forward to hearing some new music from the Migos and do you think that they should lighten up a bit and smile?