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Vixen Ari Fletcher loves to keep the camera rolling on her man. The hip-hop model goes to Instagram with some gushy footage of herself in bed while Moneybagg Yo lets his hair down – er – up. The clip quickly shifts to Yo getting his head down properly and creating his now-signature twists. In mid-March, […]
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Trippie Redd has always been an artist comfortable with pushing boundaries, embracing versatility and exploring genres like emo, pop, and rock. In February, Trippie delivered his melodic Pegasus Vs Neon Shark project, which featured guest appearances from Machine Gun Kelly, Blackbear, and Travis Barker. Despite having only recently released a substantial body of work, it would appear that Trippie is already setting his sights on the future.
Today, the artist has taken to Instagram to share a glimpse at an upcoming track featuring Lil Durk, who happens to be in the midst of an incredible run. It’s likely this one will serve as a continuation of said run, as it sounds like both parties are bringing their A-game for the occasion.
Over a sweltering synth-driven banger that’s almost industrial in nature, Trippie catches a slick pocket with an infectious, melodic, and cocky flow. Tempting though it may have been for Durk to follow suit, he opts for a different approach as the beat shifts and adapts to his style. “Trenches muthafucka, I can’t switch this shit,” he raps, as pianos join the arrangement. “I’m a cocky muthafucka from 300, got my bitch a bitch / grew up watching BMF take over, free Big Meech in this.”
The snippet cuts off before the beat can return, but this early glimpse certainly sounds like a promising collaboration — we look forward to catching it upon its release, whenever that might be. Check it out for yourself below, and sound off if you like what you hear from this new effort from Trippie Redd and Lil Durk.
Rap star NLE Choppa is bringing it back to where it all started. The hip-hop star lights up Instagram with fresh footage of himself posted up with his Cottonwood plaque at none other than Cottonwood Street. Choppa can’t help but cheese and acknowledge how much he’s leveled up. Outside of celebrating his success, Choppa recently […]
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Maybach Music Group leader Rick Ross is asking key questions. The rap heavyweight goes to his Instagram page to share footage of himself asking what three things every man not only needs but deserves. Yung Renzel wants followers to chime in and really think about what every fella in the world should have. One of […]
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As previously reported, Benny Blanco recently stopped by Apple Music for an interview with veteran radio host Zane Lowe. While there, the famed DJ and producer — who has helped provided beats for some of Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Juice WRLD, and The Weeknd’s biggest hits — shared plenty of anecdotes about his awkward personal experiences during his time in the music industry. One that stood out in particular, however, was when he recalled trying to kiss Beyoncé on the cheek and the moment immediately took a turn for the worse.
According to Benny, the embarrassing moment took place when he was leaving Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s house after playing beats for them roughly a decade ago, and somehow he ended up slightly kissing the Lemonade artist right in front of Hov. Benny recounts the situation, saying, “I went to do the kiss on the cheek, and I guess we just missed a little bit. I definitely hit the corner of some sort of lip. And I’m sitting there, and as I’m doing it, out of the corner of my eye, Jay-Z is right there looking at me. And I’m just like, my lip is here. Hers is there, and there’s definitely some corner things happening.”
Now that Benny Blanco’s comments have traveled around the internet, it appears that Chance the Rapper, an artist that is close to the Carters, has come forward to shut his story down completely. Commenting under The Shade Room’s coverage of Benny’s Zane Lowe, Chance dropped off a simple blue hat emoji, which roughly translates to “cap.”
Chance the Rapper hasn’t given any details as to why he isn’t buying Benny’s latest comments, so stay tuned to see whether the Chicago artist further elaborates on the DJ and producer’s outlandish claims in the near future.
As music evolves, so do our tastes. New genres and subgenres of music are constantly created for us to immerse ourselves into, learning more about new artists as they develop and find out the stories that have birthed their art over the years. In hip-hop, we have a fascination with placing artists against one another, determining our personal “best rappers” lists, which always tend to blow up on social media. Whenever somebody states their own tastes, they’re generally challenged or praised as others are quick to remind them of who they skipped.
Justin Bieber was the latest guest on DJ Khaled’s The First One podcast on Amazon Music, where he spoke about his brand new album Justice, which is set to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. His new single “Peaches” with Daniel Caesar and GIVEON is also on pace for a #1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100. During Bieber’s conversation with Khaled, the artist revealed his updated Top 5 Rappers list, changing it from the one he gave a few years ago.
Going down the list, Biebs revealed that Lil Wayne, Biggie, Eminem, Kanye West, and Drake topped his list. When he was asked the same question in 2015, he answered that Ma$e, Tupac, and Nas were also on that list, accompanied by Biggie and Eminem, who remain six years later.
Explaining why Drake made his list, Bieber said that he’s “constantly pushing culture and the needle forward”.
Watch an extended clip of their interview below, courtesy of The SpringHill Company.
Though Ja Rule’s involvement in the notorious Fyre Festival will forever remain part of his legacy, that’s not to say it’s entirely without benefits. Considering how many have subsequently seen the gallows humor in the whole Fyre Festival situation, it’s not entirely surprising to see this zany new development come to pass.
As it happens, Ja recently staged an auction for a Fyre Festival painting he commissioned; according to Complex, the Tripp Derrick Barnes painting (commissioned for $2,000 dollars, as per Forbes) originally hung in the company’s New York office before being transferred over to Ja Rule’s home. Evidently, Rule moved to put the artwork up for auction, citing the negative energy he feels it carries. Though he originally intended to auction it off on eBay, he ultimately decided to go the NFT route, staging the auction on his own Flipkick NFT-trading platform.
Though you’d think Fyre fanaticism would have faded by now, the painting ultimately went on to fetch quite the hefty selling price, apparently being sold for an NFT worth an approximated $122,000. According to a report from Forbes, the winner also received a handwritten note from Ja, who playfully declared “fuck this painting” in the item notes.
Following the purchase, Ja took to Twitter to celebrate accordingly, sharing a receipt of the final tally and offering up a decisive “goodnight.” Clearly, the former Murder Inc rapper-turned-cryptocurrency mogul is doing something right, and we’re curious to see how his foray into the world of Non-Fungible-Tokens develops in the future.
Every so often over the past few years, Rihanna says something or writes something on social media that gets fans excited about the possibility of new music. Now she has made yet another comment that suggests new music could be on the way soon.
Rihanna’s most recent album, 2016’s Anti, recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, a milestone that Rihanna observed on social media. Rihanna shared a fan-made video that showed off some clips from the Anti era as well as a recent tweet from Chart Data, which notes, “@rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ has now spent 5 full years on the Billboard 200. First album by a black female artist to reach this milestone in the chart’s history.” In the comments, somebody suggested, “celebrate by releasing a song !!” Rihanna decided to get fans excited with her response: “I think I should [soon emoji].” She added, “just 1 tho lol.”
.@rihanna‘s ‘ANTI’ has now spent 5 full years on the Billboard 200. First album by a black female artist to reach this milestone in the chart’s history.
— chart data (@chartdata) March 23, 2021
Rihanna trends on Twitter after saying she might release a new song soon:
“I think I should
…. just 1 tho lol” pic.twitter.com/8jm3vvwv8R
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 25, 2021
There’s hope for new Rihanna beyond this. Back in December, she suggested that she wanted to devote some serious energy to her music in 2021, saying, “2021 is a little unknown for everybody and nobody is sure what restrictions there are going to be. My creativity is within my control, though, and I want to take my music and my brands to a different level.”
Young Buck attempted to rewrite his narrative of the last three years by telling his followers that his entire feud with 50 Cent, which included years of insults and transphobic remarks, was staged with the sole intention of re-establishing Buck’s music career. The former G-Unit rapper said that the plan was orchestrated by Fiddy to tear down Buck in order to build him back up, but 50 has officially responded and he says that Buck is lying about their beef being staged.
In his reported response to Young Buck’s live stream where he claimed that 50 Cent planned this entire teardown of the rapper’s character by dragging him over an alleged relationship with a trans woman, Fif told Buck to “stop lying” and insulted him yet again, proving perhaps that their feud wasn’t orchestrated in the first place.
“SMH,” wrote 50 Cent in an alleged since-deleted reply, which was picked up by hip-hop blogs on social media. “He only makes a fool of him self and the transgender man he was dating for a year gets angry every time he says he got cat fished stop lying Damn!”
In a recent interview with VladTV, Young Buck claimed that he was catfished by a transgender woman, who he thought was a cisgender woman. He says that he never engaged in sexual intercourse with the woman or had any type of relationship with her.
Do you think Buck is lying about the beef being fake?
Make no mistake, DJ Khaled’s Khaled Khaled album is coming. He’s been making it abundantly clear that album mode is well underway, having recently teased collaborations with Post Malone, H.E.R, Migos, Travis Scott, and more. Though he has yet to confirm a release window for the forthcoming body of work, previous patterns indicate that a summer drop is certainly a possibility. Especially given that he appears to be working on new material for the project, taking to Instagram to tease a few key collaborations.
For one, Khaled appears to have landed yet another verse from Nas, with whom he has previously worked on highlight tracks like “Nas Album Done,” “It’s Secured” with Travis Scott, and “Won’t Take My Soul” with CeeLo Green. Given how frequently the pair have collaborated on this point, it’s all but expected to see Nas popping up whenever Khaled delivers an album. “KHALED KHALED x NAS ALBUM MODE it’s special alert,” writes the mogul, alongside a few flicks of their reunion.
Shortly after linking up with Nas, Khaled went on to connect with Roddy Ricch and his team, presumably to facilitate the pair’s first collaboration. Unsurprising, given Khaled’s well-honed instinct for orchestrating hits and Roddy’s involvement in a few of the game’s biggest recent tracks. “Busy day! Amazing day ! BLESS Up!” captions Khaled. “@roddyricch ! Love brother ! KHALED KHALED ALBUM MODE!” Check out pictures of their meeting below, and sound off if you’re excited for a new album from the bestselling DJ.
