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Azealia Banks Isn’t Giving Up On Her War With Matty Healy Despite His Apology

December 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

When Matty Healy defended Charli XCX against Azealia Banks’ criticisms last month, he probably did not expect he’d be dealing with Banks’ ire to this day. Moreover, he recently apologized for his mean comments towards the rapper. “What a bad day, I really let myself down,” The 1975’s frontman expressed on Reddit. “I have worked so hard to move past these impulsive self-destructive and honestly quite volatile outbursts I have.

“I just feel dreadful about how I acted violent. Azealia and all obvious, flawed people all deep down have a heart and I hate that I have contributed to her mental fragility,” Matt Healy wrote of Azealia Banks. “She’s a human. This cultural discourse has become so violent in general. I don’t wanna act like I regret who I am or who have been. But Tbh at this point I feel gross even having said anything negative ever about anything — if it’s contributed to this culture.” Well, it seems like Banks didn’t really appreciate this apology that much. She took to Twitter on Friday (December 6) to call out her issues with it and with the artist as a whole.

Azealia Banks Does Not Accept Matty Healy’s Apology

“I just feel dreadful about how I acted violent — I think Azealia and all obvious, flawed people all deep down have a heart and I hate that I have contributed to her mental fragility

1. Calling me flawed – again I’ve never met this man nor do I know him in real life. What flaws…

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) December 6, 2024

“Once again, he is totally focused on letting himself down and apologizing to himself, instead of apologizing for letting me down and hurting me,” Azealia Banks said of Matty Healy. “Whoever his PR agent is needs to be fired because this entire statement includes yet another count of defamation, another count of intentionally inflicted emotional distress, and three more admissions of guilt. Matt really isn’t the clear provacatuer [sic] he thinks he is. But seriously, fire this pr agent. Because you’ve literally just handed this to me.

“1. Calling me flawed – again I’ve never met this man nor do I know him in real life,” Azealia Banks continued. “What flaws exactly,? 2. Contributed to her mental fragility – an obvious and condescending insult put in. To frame this story into one where the responsibilities for HIS actions are shared with me. Nice try. This is hinging on very stereotypical and racist rhetoric that categorizes a black woman as a naturally flawed, mentally unstable, erratic danger to herself – and any natural and response to disrespect – be deemed a symptom of some sort of inherent inability to discern. This is some trashy bell curve coded s**t and I have no clue why this man is in such a racist manner. Intent on utilizing played out social tropes to make a non case. He apologized to his fans before apologizing to me. This is demoralizing.”

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Chloe Bailey Speaks As Fans Accuse Her Of Shooting Her Shot At Kendrick Lamar

November 29, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kendrick Lamar recently unleashed his new album GNX with zero notice, and so far, it’s been a success. The project has received positive reviews from countless fans and peers, including Chloe Bailey. The songstress took to social media to share her thoughts on it with her fans earlier this week, making it clear that she’s a fan. Moreover, she revealed that she went through a huge Kendrick phase a few years ago, and even thought they’d eventually end up together.

“About eight years ago, I had a whole Kendrick phase and I was convinced I was going to be with him,” she said. “And I loved him when I was younger so much. Like, I’ve been a die-hard Kendrick fan from day 1. So I haven’t just hopped on the bandwagon.” While many fans agreed with Bailey, others called her out for admitting she previously had a crush on him, as Kendrick is in a relationship with Whitney Alford.

Chloe Bailey Clarifies She’d “Never” Go After A Taken Man

According to Bailey, however, she wasn’t trying to shoot her shot at all. During a recent livestream, she clarified that she was discussing what her feelings were several years ago, and was simply trying to convey how big of a Kendrick fan she was. “I’m not shooting my shot at a married man,” she begins in a clip from the stream. “I was talking about years and years ago. I was just sharing how I was a diehard Kendrick fan, like from day one.”

“Everybody just doesn’t like happiness, everybody has to take everything so seriously,” she continues. “I would never. Honestly, I don’t let stuff like that get to me anymore, I think it’s funny now how people will take things out of context.” This isn’t the first time Bailey inadvertently sparked controversy, however. In September, she revealed that she can’t perform whenever she wants due to her label Parkwood Entertainment, leaving some people blaming Beyonce.

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Joe Budden Is Demanding An Apology And Fans Are Trying To Guess Who He’s Talking About

November 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Joe Budden is creating some debate and speculation surrounding a tweet he sent out on Monday morning. It reads, “Wonder if I’ll get an apology for saying ___ wasn’t dropping an album this year lol.” With a thought like that, it’s certainly going to stir up some guesses and it’s garnering plenty of those right now. 2cool2bl0g reposted the rapper turned podcaster’s tweet, and there seems to be a semi-general consensus on who he could be referring to. “It’s either about Cardi or Hov ” “Cardi on Spaces barking yet? Wash, Rinse, Repeat.” “He was right doe, Cardi gon have 2 albums in her whole career.”

Honestly, if this turns out to be the correct answer, it will not shock us in the slightest. Over the years, Joe Budden and Cardi B have locked horns on several occasions. They have made peace at times as well, but for the most part, things are usually dicey between them. Doing some investigative work, we are sort of in agreement with the fans’ Cardi B assumption. It would make a lot of sense as well because on Sunday via an Instagram Live the Invasion of Privacy femcee dropped a very disheartening bombshell on her fans.

Joe Budden Wants Answers And He Wants Them Now!

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“I’m going through a very different transition in my f***ing life and life is moving a little bit too fast. I don’t want to crash. I have to get my s*** together. Next year, my album will be out, my secret businesses will be out. I can’t tell you what I’m working on. Hopefully next year I get me a little boyfriend. I’m h*e-less right now. I gotta get my s*** together.” Then, just hours later, he sent out that apology request.

Those are possibly very telling signs that she could be the answer, but there’s more. Following a recent heated argument with Joe Budden this summer, Cardi affirmed that she was going to drop her sophomore album. “Wanna say this to Bardi gang or anybody who’s just a fan of my music or even my craziness…” she said on Twitter. I have my good days and my bad days but you know what, whether it’s good or bad I couldn’t be happier with the obvious anticipation for my album. Sometimes I get a little aggressive because yall know I don’t like to be told what to do. But I promise you it’s coming THIS YEAR.” Better keep those notifications on tonight because we may have an update sometime soon.

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Elliott Wilson Apologizes To SZA For “Ignorant” Response To “One Of Them Days”

November 16, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Elliott Wilson has apologized to SZA for his initial response to her new film with Keke Palmer, One of Them Days, as well as his criticism of her interviewing Kendrick Lamar for Harper’s Bazaar. When SZA shared a trailer for One of Them Days, Wilson wrote back on X (formerly Twitter) “Why?” Discussing their relationship on his show, The Bigger Picture, Wilson explained that he regrets the post.

Wilson began by revealing that he already apologized to SZA privately, but wanted to do so publically as well. “I’m a big SZA fan musically. I love the last album,” he began. “She teased more music coming, even though this record’s still top 20. She doesn’t have to give us no music anymore. She’s still on top. I selfishly thought we were getting more music. I had no knowledge that this movie was coming out. And I would assume if she’s in a movie, she’s only doing like a cameo or something. I didn’t know it was like a real thespian-type thing that she’s behind. I didn’t know Issa Rae was part of it. I didn’t know any of this sh*t.”

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Feb 4, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; SZA accepts the award for best R&B Song during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY via Imagn Images

Wilson continued: “So, I ignorantly reacted to it. ‘Why we rocking to this? Where’s the slaps?’ That was my initial mentality, but that was ignorant. They tore my ass up on Twitter. ‘I don’t want Black women to win, make movies,’ and all this type of stuff. So, all of that got real nasty, but I already apologized. I just wanna say publically, I was definitely wrong for that.”

Elliott Wilson Apologizes To SZA

One of Them Days will be hitting theaters next January. It’s directed by Lawrence Lamont and written by Syreeta Singleton. Check out Elliott Wilson’s full apology to SZA below.

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Ray J Apologizes For Excessive Diddy Comments Live On News Nation

November 16, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Ray J recently made some wild comments about Diddy on the News Nation platform, which raised eyebrows for a few different reasons. On one hand, a lot of people are indiscriminately believing everything related to Sean Combs amid his scandal for alleged sex trafficking and more crimes, which surround his federal case and civil suits. On the other, a lot of people take issue with how flippantly and brashly Ray spoke on these allegations and his own accusations, wishing that he would keep things more professional. As such, he recently took to Twitter to apologize to folks who thought that he went too far and address how these wild claims don’t diminish the seriousness of his allegations.

“‘[Butt cheeks]’ on News Nation was a lot!” Ray J began his message on the social media platform. “I was trying to say people are making up a bunch of stories and now I don’t wanna turn my other cheek but I can see where this was over the top! I’m taking full accountability for it. More on the way – this will help me moving forward #Accountability.”

Ray J Apologizes For Wild Diddy Comments

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Sadly, all this drama and antic-heavy media attention also drove Ray J to a self-proclaimed “meltdown,” as he also relayed on his Twitter account. Basically, he wants to speak on the mistakes he’s made and become fully accountable in order to foster a more healing environment and “lead him to long-term peace.” The actor and singer has a lot of demons to battle, and they are situations that all this ruckus over Diddy certainly doesn’t help with. At the end of the day, we just hope that he finds the peace that he’s looking for, understands the weight of his platform, and treats these accusations seriously.

Meanwhile, Ray J’s latest accusation regarding Diddy is that various celebrities have reached out to them to buy their silence. Given how complicated and speculative a lot of discussions around these cases are today, take everything with a grain of salt. While we don’t know exactly what he means by “More on the way,” it could either be more “accountability” or more disparaging remarks against the Bad Boy mogul.

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Halle Bailey Apologizes To DDG After “Overreacting” To Son Halo’s Stream Appearance

November 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Halle Bailey and DDG announced their breakup earlier this year, and it seems like they reached their first big public disagreement as coparents. Moreover, the former took to Twitter to call out the latter for taking their baby boy Halo to a Kai Cenat stream without her knowing about it, which resulted in a lot of debate. Some folks think that she’s completely in the right, whereas others saw this as a misguided overreaction. Well, it looks like the singer herself agrees in part with the latter group. She returned to the social media platform on Thursday morning (November 7) to offer an apology to her rapper ex for her initially strong words, although she maintained the emotional core of her principal issues with this lack of communication.

“yesterday maybe i did overreact and shouldn’t have brought it here,” Halle Bailey wrote of the situation with DDG, their son Halo, and the Kai Cenat stream. “i know that halo is always safe with his dad. i just don’t like finding out with the rest of the world what my baby is doing. thank u kai for the gifts for halo [heart emoji] [star emoji].”

Halle Bailey Walks Back Her Criticism Of DDG & Their Son Halo’s Kai Cenat Stream Appearance

This marks Halle Bailey’s return to social media after briefly deactivating her Twitter over this whole situation, indicating that some time off the Internet helped her reach a more measured conclusion in her eyes. Still, she maintained that she wants DDG – or anyone, for that matter – to properly communicate what is going on with their son Halo if she’s not there, and affirmed her belief that he’s a great father to the baby boy. Hopefully the coparents can resolve these kinds of issues moving forward not in the public space first, but in a private manner that ensures communication without resorting to a public debate. Although that is sadly necessary on occasion.

Nevertheless, both Halle Bailey and DDG are still figuring out what to make of their split and how to navigate moving forward. It’s a difficult process, especially as celebrities, but hopefully their support and empathy can mitigate these problems in the future. As always, communication is key!

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Proof’s Son, Nasaan, Admits He’s Jealous Of Cordae’s Relationship With Eminem

October 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Proof’s son, Nasaan, has apologized for dissing Cordae over the years, admitting in a rant on X (formerly Twitter) that he’s been jealous of his relationship with Eminem. He previously called out the From a Bird’s Eye View rapper on his 2020 song, “Without Me.” He rapped at the time: “My shape isn’t in tip top? Then who saving hip hop? (YBN Cordae?)/B*tch you sound stupid as f*ck’ as a diss towards Cordae.”

In his social media rant, he wrote: “I apologize to the Cordae fellow. I’m growing & realize I started trolling you out of envy. Was gonna put all this in a song but rhyming sh*t with yo name is difficult n***a. He was getting the love from Marshall that I had always wanted but… unfortunately just never got. I felt like I was a way more talented rapper sitting in front of his face yet he chose him to champion. (granted I was 19) but I never quite understood it. I’m older & more mature now so I internalize all this a lot differently now… since a teenager I kind of just wanted to make Em & his team proud & build this uncle like bond with them where I can, come around, ask for advice wherever need be, etc and it just never got to that point and in retrospect I guess that frustrated me and made me jealous.”

Eminem & Proof Perform At The Grammy Awards

(NO TABLOIDS) Eminem and Deshaun Holton AKA “Proof” of D12 during The 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards – Show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Caulfield/WireImage)

From there, Nasaan explained why he’s decided to apologize to Cordae now. He wrote: “Lol tbh i feel like I owe dude an apology I trolled the sh*t out of him 3 years straight haha, and as far as Marshall I just don’t feel comfortable lying in interviews anymore its bothering me atp. yes there is no relationship. i have none with him. but who cares he doesn’t owe me that, he was my fathers friend not MINE. he took care of my family financially for years!!! off GP. he’s great in my book! I’m 26 now. I accepted Ill never get the relationship i wanted with him… the distant love we have for one another is more than enough for me thank you for everything Marshall and sorry again Cordae. love you guys.”

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Check out Nasaan’s full rant on X below. His father, Proof, grew up with Eminem in Detroit and was also a member of D12. He was shot and killed in 2006 at the age of 32. Be on the lookout for further updates on Nasaan as well as Cordae on HotNewHipHop.

unfortunately just never got. i felt like i was a way more talented rapper sitting in front of his face yet he chose him to champion. (granted i was 19) but i never quite understood it. i’m older & more mature now so i internalize all this a lot differently now…

— NASAAN (@NASAANx) October 4, 2024

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Boosie Badazz Clarifies Controversial Comments About Daughter’s Sexuality

September 29, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Recently, Boosie Badazz sat down with Yung Miami for a live version of her podcast, Caresha Please. During their conversation, he made a few remarks about his daughter Iviana, and her being openly gay. According to him, he doesn’t want her to bring home a partner out of fear of their homosexuality somehow “contaminating” his other children.

“I mean, she still can’t bring her situation to our house, my daughter’s grown. Because I don’t want it to contaminate her other… It’s a generation we raising. I don’t want her to contaminate her other six, seven sisters who look up to her. I want them to bring me grandchildren the right way,” he said. For obvious reasons, his comments were hurtful and offensive to many, including Iviana.

Boosie Badazz Says He Never Meant To Hurt His Daughter

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She took to social media to respond, making it clear that she didn’t appreciate her father’s comments. According to her, he could have easily chosen to share his feelings with her directly instead of announcing them publicly. “Emotionally, mentally, you suck,” she said. “Like, I would respect if you just say, just one time, just say, ‘My daughter know how I feel about that, can we move on to the next question?’” Upon hearing his daughter’s response, Boosie took to Instagram yesterday to clarify that his goal was not to hurt his daughter.

“NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU,” he captioned a photo of the two of them when Iviana was a kid. “DADDY BBY #iloveu.” He went on to share various additional photos featuring her and his other children. “We all we got,” he captioned one of them. What do you think of Boosie Badazz clarifying that he never meant to offend his daughter with his comments about her sexuality? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Lecrae Apologizes To J Cole For Drunken First Encounter

September 28, 2024 by newhiphopnews

During a recent appearance on the New Rory and Mal podcast, Lecrae recalled his first time ever meeting J Cole. According to him, they had run into each other at a Super Bowl party, where he had a few too many drinks. Unfortunately, he says this resulted in an encounter so awkward that he woke up the next morning with serious regrets.

“I see Cole, I go up to Cole and I’m like, ‘Yo, what’s up, man?’ And he’s like, ‘What’s going on, bro?” he recalled. “I said, ‘Let me ask you a question, man. You believe in God?’ He was like, ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘Word? So you go to church?’ He said, ‘I grew up in church but I really wouldn’t say that [I’m a Christian].’”

Lecrae Tried To Tell J Cole About Jesus While Drunk

From there, Lecrae decided that he needed to give J Cole his number so he could spread the word. “You need to call me, bro. Let’s talk!” he said. “It gets worse. [He was like] ‘Alright, put your number in my phone.’ So I put my number in his phone, but I didn’t type my name and then I gave him his phone back, and he walks away.” Lecrae then realized his mistake and stopped J Cole in his tracks. “I said, ‘Wait a minute! I ain’t even tell you my name, bro.’ He said, ‘I know who you are.’ I was like, ‘Oh!’ and I walked the walk of shame.”

Ultimately, Lecrae woke up the next day embarrassed by his behavior. “The next morning I was like, ‘Oh my God! What did I do?! What did I say?!’ So Cole, if you watching this, I apologize for the way I approached you,” he concluded. How do you feel about Lecrae revealing that being drunk resulted in an awkward first encounter with J Cole? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Janet Jackson’s Alleged Manager Breaks His Silence After Being Fired Over Kamala Harris Apology

September 24, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Janet Jackson’s alleged former manager, Mo Elmasri, says that the legendary singer fired her after he put out a statement on her behalf apologizing for questioning Kamala Harris‘ race. Jackson had done so during an interview with The Guardian over the weekend. “Janet respects Harris’ dual heritage as both Black and Indian and apologizes for any confusion caused,” Elmasri’s statement said. Soon after it was released, a representative for Jackson clarified that she hadn’t approved the message.

“I no longer work for her,” Elmasri then confirmed to Variety in an email. “I was fired by Janet and Randy, after attempts to improve her image in front of public opinion and her fans, and this is something I do not deserve.” He added that Kamala Harris has “all my support.”

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ATLANTA, UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 20: Vice President Kamala Harris holds a campaign event about reproductive rights in Atlanta GA, United States on September 20, 2024. (Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images)

As for Jackson’s original comments, she told The Guardian: “‘Well, you know what they supposedly said?’ ‘She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.’” When the outlet clarified that Harris is both Black and Indian, she countered: “Her father’s white. That’s what I was told. I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white.” Harris’ father is a a Jamaican immigrant who came to the United States to study economics. Her mother passed away in 2009, but she was an Indiana immigrant as well.

Harris is currently running for President of the United States as a member of the Democratic Party against the Republican nominee, Donald Trump. She took over the campaign from Joe Biden, after he decided not to pursue a second term, earlier this year. Be on the lookout for further updates on Janet Jackson and the upcoming Presidential Election on HotNewHipHop.

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