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A Resurfaced Jay-Z Quote From 2010 Has Fans Debating The Lyrics From ‘Big Pimpin’

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Jay-Z fans on Twitter are debating one of the rapper’s biggest hits a tweet from The Source‘s account asserted that Jay “regrets” making “Big Pimpin’,” the third single from his 1999 album Vol. 3… Life And Times Of S. Carter. The Source‘s tweet linked to an article on the magazine’s website which interpreted a quote from a 2010 Wall Street Journal interview to mean that Jay took a negative view of his old song. However, upon realizing the quote in question was over a decade old, fans quickly decried the article and the tweet as “clickbait.”

However, that didn’t stop the tweet from generating conversation, as Jay’s fans chimed in on his imagined reaction to his own lyrics, as well on The Source‘s out-of-context reporting. Some compared Jay’s older lyrics to his new ones, stating they preferred when Jay was “Big Pimpin’” alongside Bun B and Pimp C of UGK to the Jay-Z who makes deals with the NFL and raps about his big business moves like selling Tidal to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Others agreed with the sentiment that Jay’s view must have changed over time. As one pointed out, since 2000, Jay has gotten married, had three kids, and changed his outlook on everything from fashion to his role in politics. Some thought “cancel culture” had finally come for him.

And while the quote in question is still difficult to put into context — after all, it’s just a written quote, and Jay’s notoriously sarcastic in interviews, besides his rapper’s penchant for using metaphorical language to describe a point of view that can get lost in translation in a different format — it’s still proof positive that Jay is still one of the most foremost figures in hip-hop. See more of the polarized responses to Jay’s old quote below, and read the full interview here.

YFN Lucci Named In 105-Count Gang Indictment: Report

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YFN Lucci’s legal troubles continue to mount with the rapper reportedly facing additional charges in a 75-page indictment. Per WSBTV, the rapper was among a dozen individuals named in a 105-count racketeering indictment centered around the Bloods gang in Atlanta which Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis described as “unprecedented” in the state of Georgia.


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“There’s been a huge spike in violent crime,” Willis said, echoing the sentiment of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who acknowledged the rising crime rate in the city. “I made a commitment to bring the best and the brightest minds here, many of which you see sitting here right now so that we could deal with this issue of this violent crime.”

Lucci’s attorney Drew Findling continued to declare his client’s innocence following news of the indictment. “He’s not a gang member. What he is is an internationally recognized musical artist that is a triple platinum winner, that has performed all over the United States and all over the world,” Findling said.

Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said Lucci’s arrest and the indictment as a whole sends a “significant message” to others in the city. “I think that it sends a significant message, a profound message that regardless of your status that the City of Atlanta and Fulton County in partnership is coming after you if you violate the crimes in our county, in our city,” Bryant said.

YFN Lucci is still facing unrelated murder charges from a fatal shooting that occurred in December. We’ll keep you posted on more information surrounding YFN Lucci’s legal issues. 


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Will Smith Is In The ‘Worst’ Shape Of His Life Right Now

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Hollywood and hip-hop star Will Smith lives his life as an open book on social media. The blockbuster leading man recently had no shame in sharing a pic of himself showing off a body that isn’t exactly beach-ready as the summer season approaches. Will Smith Admits He’s Never Been In Worse Shape Maybe he’s preparing […]

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Renni Rucci Reacts To Foogiano’s Jail Sentence

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Southern hip-hop artist Renni Rucci is riding for her man. The popular rapper has stepped up to address her ride or die Foogiano’s publicized jail sentence. Renni Rucci Reacts To Foogiano’s Sentence RR went to her Instagram page to share big words. In addition to wiping her page clean outside of two posts in Foo’s […]

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J. Cole Reveals “The Off-Season” Cover & Release Date

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J. Cole’s The Off-Season album will officially be arriving on Friday, May 14th. Shortly after the date was teased by his Dreamville labelmate Bas, Cole himself took to Twitter to confirm the release date, sharing the album cover in the process.  

“Just know this was years in the making,” he writes. “My new album The Off-Season available everywhere 5/14.” Check out the majestic and slightly foreboding album cover, which finds Cole standing in the foreground as a basketball net burns behind him, below.

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The rapper officially made the big reveal after yet another hype-inducing tweet, catching attention with a tone-setting: “Is this thing on.” It’s as of yet unclear as to whether or not The Off-Season will follow the expected tradition of “no features,” but many are certainly eager to find out. Generally, Cole tends to tackle the bulk of the production himself, but it’s feeling like his frequent collaborator T-Minus is destined to be involved to some degree. Expect further details on the tracklist to surface in the coming days, provided Cole maintains this streak of generosity.

Suffice it to say, it’s starting to feel like an exciting time in hip-hop, especially given that Kendrick Lamar and Drake are both due for releases in the near future as well. Share your thoughts on J. Cole’s latest Off-Season reveal now, and sound off if you’re excited to see this one arriving in full on Friday, May 14th.

Benny The Butcher & Uncle Murda Link Up With ItzBizkit For “Straight Cap”

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ItsBizkit has gone from playing a heavy role behind the scenes to now, establishing himself as a rapper in his own right. The self-proclaimed ‘Biggest Blogger In The World’ has been releasing some straight heat over the past year. He connected with DreamDoll and Jadakiss on “Outside”  in October and now, he’s teamed up with two of New York’s grittiest wordsmiths for a brand new cut called, “Straight Cap.” 

With New York getting ready to open back up, ItsBizkit connects with Benny The Butcher and Uncle Murda for a brand new banger. With ItzBizkit on hook duties, Murda holds down the first verse with an assertion of being the most disrespectful in the game before Benny swoops in with top-tier coke bars and an excellent reference to the Quavo & Saweetie Bentley debacle. 

Check the record out below. 

Quotable Lyrics
Life’s a bitch, I count a quarter up while she sit on my lap
A plug from San Diego was all I had for a label
For breakfast, he had two 8Balls of coke and a bagel
She want every new bag but don’t bring shit to the table
So when I leave, bitch, the whips comin’ with me like I’m Quavo

Adam Sandler Responds To Viral TikTok Of Himself Leaving IHOPs

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A hostess at IHOP revealed that she had unknowingly turned Adam Sandler and his daughter away in a viral TikTok that has garnered upwards of 11M views so far. A hostess at Manhasset International House of Pancakes shared a TikTok explaining that a masked Sandler walked in and was informed that there would be a 30-minute wait.


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“Not realizing its Adam Sandler and telling him it’s a 30min wait and him ofc leaving bc he’s not going to wait 30mins for IHOP,” hostess Dayanna Rodas captioned the TikTok. Sandler’s publicist later confirmed to HuffPost that it was the actor. 

Sandler took to Twitter with a comedic take on the clip. Apparently, it wasn’t the 30-minute wait that turned him off. “For the record, I only left the IHOP because the nice woman told me the all-you-can-eat deal didn’t apply to the milkshakes,” he wrote on Twitter.

Rodas told the New York Post that it was only after Sandler and his daughter left that she found out who he was. “It wasn’t until a customer walked in about 15 minutes later saying, ‘Adam Sandler was outside,’ when I realized I spoke to Adam Sandler!” she said.

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Pleaseee come back ##comedy##fyp##foryou##viral##adamsandler

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Clearly, Adam Sandler isn’t stressing the encounter. Hopefully, he was able to find a place with half the wait time. Check his response below. 

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Drake Cracks Up After Learning Moneybagg Yo’s Government Name

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After attaining his first No. 1 album with A Gangsta’s Pain, Moneybagg Yo is well on his way to becoming a household name. However, when it comes to names, the Memphis rapper was surprised to find his government name used as trivia during a Music Choice stream of his album’s defiant single “Time Today.” Catching a video of the moment, Yo zoomed in on the “Did You Know?” section of the screen informing viewers that “Moneybagg Yo’s real name is Demario Dewayne White Jr.,” declaring Music Choice to be “police as hell.”

“Appreciate the love but damn!” he exclaims in the video. “Talking about, ‘Did y’all know his real name?’”

Moneybagg Yo must not have Googled himself recently because it isn’t that hard to find this information in the public sphere. For what it’s worth though, the whole point of a trivia section is to reveal things to a reader that they might not have been aware of before. One person who did seem amused by Moneybagg’s real name — or at least, his reaction to it — was Drake, who commented on DJ Akademiks’ post about Yo’s discovery. “DD White mayne,” he wrote, accompanying his post with several laughing emojis.

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Ultimately, Moneybagg Yo is likely to be the one to get the last laugh. He’s been too busy celebrating his wins to worry about internet commenters throwing shade, laughing off one critic’s assertion on TikTok that one of his recent performances was “boring.”

You can read Uproxx’s review of A Gangsta’s Pain here.

DJ Khaled Memes Are Blowing Up On Twitter

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By now, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the video of DJ Khaled having lunch in the middle of a river when he takes a sip from his wine glass and suddenly stands up with wide eyes, having a vivid realization. The clip stems from his pre-Khaled Khaled album teasers, in which he was slowly rolling out the list of high-profile features he had lined up for the album. 

Back when the album was only about 98% complete, DJ Khaled shared the video, which became an instant hit with the meme community. Almost immediately, people began using different captions to describe the video, joking that Khaled had remembered to cancel his free Amazon Prime trial in the middle of lunch. Now that the world has had time to sit with his latest album, which is on pace to sell 100,000 copies and debut at #1 on the charts, DJ Khaled is becoming a global meme. 


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The video of him in the river has gone viral with millions of people watching it and thousands adding their commentary to it. We’ve attached a few of the best memes below. Which one is your favorite?

With Khaled Khaled out now, DJ Khaled has been teasing music videos for many of the songs included on the album. Watch the video for “THANKFUL” here and stay tuned for more in the near future.

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