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Drake Appears To Squash French Montana Beef With This Subtle Co-Sign

November 21, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Drake went to war with the music industry in 2024. You could shuffle Rap Caviar playlists and come up with half a dozen rappers who had problems with the 6 God. French Montana was one of them. Despite working with Drake on some of his biggest singles, French reportedly had a falling out with the Toronto rapper early in the year. The issue seemed to stem from a cease-and-desist that Drake reportedly sent French Montana over their planned collab “Splash Brothers.” Things got messy from there. Fortunately, their relationship is seemingly repaired.

Drake took to Instagram on November 20 to repost a promo for of the French Montana documentary For Khadija. The documentary is currently is currently streaming on Paramount Plus, and has been described by French as a tribute to his mother. The mention of a mother-son relationship might have hit home with Drizzy. He spread word of the doc to his 144 million Instagram followers. It’s a nice gesture, and a very unexpected one given the perceived state of their relationship. To be clear, French Montana never came out and dissed Drake directly. The drama surrounding the cease-and-desist stemmed from their mutual friend, Rick Ross. Rozay shed light on this during the outro to his diss song, “Champagne Moments.”

Drake Reposted French Montana’s Doc On Instagram

Drake shares French Montana’s new post about French’s documentary on his instagram story pic.twitter.com/vP4EuwGUnd

— 〽️ (@drizzyys) November 21, 2024

Drake’s timing proved to be excellent. His French Montana co-sign came out the same that Future and Metro Boomin reflected on the beef via GQ. Future claimed that he took more of an issue with Kendrick Lamar’s decision to exclude him from the “Big Three” than anything Drake said. Metro Boomin, on the other hand, admitted that he regretted making fun of Drake on social media. The social media reaction has not been great for Future or Metro. Many fans believe the two have remorse after seeing the extent of the battle. Others have criticized them for rewriting history to make themselves seem less responsible for what happened.

Drake appears to be entering a new phase of his career. The rapper has struggled mightily to regain his footing after the feud. He’s dropped some forgettable material, and teased a potential “round 2” with K. Dot. The most promising material, though, has been unrelated to the feud. The 6 God claims to have a joint album with PARTYNEXTDOOR in the works. He also posted song lyrics referencing Lil Wayne, and fans are eager to hear the song that accompanies said lyrics. Some fans are merely happy to have the short hair Drake back after the braids era. Hopefully the healing continues on all sides.

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Metro Boomin Explains Why He “Regrets” Dissing Drake On Twitter

November 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Metro Boomin and Future have the honor of being two of GQ‘s men of the year. They will be featured in an upcoming profile, and hip hop personality Elliott Wilson shared excerpts of their interview on Nov. 20. The interview revolved around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud that both men played a role in. Metro Boomin, in particular, made his disdain for Drake clearing during the peak of the feud. Now, however, the producer is singing a different tune. He told GQ that he regretted the way the whole thing went down, and felt his actions were out of character.

Metro Boomin admits he was frustrated by the fact Drake dissed him on record. Metro isn’t a rapper, obviously, so he felt compelled to respond via social media. This was the decision he came to regret. “Now I did have my moment online, which I do regret,” he explained. “I should have been stronger than that. That was out of character for me.” Metro Boomin backpedaled, somewhat, and said that he didn’t have a musical voice the same way Drake did, so social media was the next best option. At least, he felt it was at the time. “So you’re going to just sh*t on me on all of these songs,” he told GQ. “I’m not going to get in the booth, so I’m finna tweet at you.”

Metro Boomin Claimed Drake “Really Hurt” Him

It’s worth noting that Metro Boomin did use music to get back at Drake during the feud. Pretty effectively, we might add. The “BBL Drizzy” instrumental went viral on social media, and even led to a challenge in which fans hopped on the beat to diss the 6 God. We digress. Metro Boomin said that the whole conflict between him and Drake stemmed from a personal slight. It was not over a woman, as some fans have theorized. “We had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that,” Metro Boomin asserted. “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me.”

Metro also shot down the notion that him and Future based their collab albums around their shared disdain for Drake. He mocked the notion that they would spend time and money just to hate on another artist. “That’s some serious hate,” he remarked. Future also gave his two cents on the Drake feud during the GQ interview. He spent more time talking about Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” verse, though, and the ways in which he felt slighted not being mentioned as part of the “Big Three.”

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Future Reveals Why Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” Verse Frustrated Him

November 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Future has had quite a year. He dropped three stellar albums in ten months, two of which were made in collaboration with Metro Boomin. The duo will be featured in an upcoming GQ interview to discuss their historic output. There were candid discussions about the process of creating together, but the biggest takeaway from the interview was the way Future’s felt toward Kendrick Lamar. Dot’s verse on “Like That” catapulted the song to number one, but Pluto felt he was slighted by a verse that openly dissed Drake and J. Cole.

It may sound like an odd reason to be angry, but Future remains steadfast. He ultimately felt that K. Dot excluded him from discussion of the “Big Three” on his own song. “He said ‘Big Three’ on my song,” the rapper noted. “I’m supposed to be the one who gets mad; I’m still confused about that.” Future was also frustrated by the fact that nobody, peers or fans, asked how he felt about being excluded from the “Big Three” discussion. He perceived this, in some ways, as being more offensive that the direct disses that Drake and Cole received. “Nobody cares about what I think,” Future added. “That’s what was so f*cked up about the sh*t.”

Future Is Still “Confused” About His Big Three Exclusion

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Future holds Kendrick Lamar responsible for not taking him seriously on his own song. He points to the other so-called members of the “Big Three,” however, when it came to their responses. Future believed he had far more reason to be offended by Dot’s verse than Drizzy or Cole. “I ain’t part of this Big Three, I’m nobody on my song, man,” he told GQ. “If I didn’t get mad, nobody should have gotten mad! Like, why is everybody mad when he was talking about me on my song?” The part of the interview that has confused most fans, though, is when Future claimed to be unaware of the brewing “Big Three” beef.

The rapper claimed to be out of the loop on the tension brewing between Kendrick Lamar, Drake and J. Cole. “There was a beef?,” he recalled thinking. “I didn’t even know there was a beef. I didn’t even know they had nothing going on. Ain’t never participated in rap battles, man…” Fans have noted that there was already tension between Future, Metro Boomin and Drake, so the notion of Pluto being blind to what was going on prior to “Like That” is a bit convenient. Either way, it sounds like the fallout from the beef, and K. Dot’s verse, is still being felt.

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Lola Brooke Aggressively Calls Out Megan Thee Stallion’s Ex During Party

November 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Lola Brooke and Megan Thee Stallion have never collaborated on a record, but they are part of the same generation of female rappers who have taken over the game. There’s a general understanding that many of the rappers in this class support one another. We save proof of this pack mentality firsthand on during a recent party. Lola Brooke was captured on an Instagram Story by Pardison “Pardi” Fontaine. Instead of showing love, however, Brooke decided to make her dislike of Pardi known.

Lola Brooke can be seen dancing and minding her own business out on the floor. As soon as she clocked Pardison “Pardi” Fontaine, though, her demeanor changed. She flipped off Megan Thee Stallion’s former boyfriend. Brooke did not want there to be any confusion about her intention, either. She pointed directly at Pardi to make it clear that she was addressing him. Lola Brooke then threw up her middle finger again. Brutal. Pardi was confused by the interaction. “What I do,” he asked. “What i do?” Brooke didn’t clarify what her issue was, but fans assumed it was due to Pardi’s messy split from Megan Thee Stallion.

Lola Brooke Flipped Off Pardi Fontaine During An IG Story

Lola Brooke sticks the middle finger up at Megan thee stallions Ex “Pardi” last night as he records her at a party 👀🔥!

— “What i do, what i do?” pic.twitter.com/JilPDbS5Up

— Saint (@spin4saint) November 19, 2024

Megan Thee Stallion accused Pardi of cheating on her multiple times. When the former songwriter refuted these allegations, the “HISS” rapper took to Instagram Live to call him out on his gaslighting tactics. “Why are you answering? Why are you trying to make that shoe fit,” Megan asked. “Was it you getting your d*ck sucked in the same spot I was sleeping? If you said it wasn’t you, why the hell is you dissing me?” Megan Thee Stallion’s vitriol has led to her fanbase largely writing Pardi off as a cheater and liar.

Lola Brooke has never publicly commented on the messy split between Megan and Pardi. What she has commented on, however, is the importance of standing by other female rappers. She told USA Today the bond she’s developed with the likes of Megan and Flo Milli are crucial to surviving (and thriving) in music. “It’s something that I feel like I need because guys don’t always understand this,” she explained to the outlet. “No matter what I’m what I’m doing in this world, I do feel like sisterhood is very important.” She definitely lived up to her word when it came to Pardi.

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Joe Budden Theorizes That Apple Music Might Be Fueling Feuds Against Drake

November 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Joe Budden spoke at length about Drake and what’s next in the Toronto rapper’s career during the latest episode of his self-titled podcast. In doing so, he expressed his hope that Drake will return to making emotionally candid music while also suggesting that Apple Music may be beefing with him behind the scenes.

“In 2025, I would love to hear vulnerable Drake make a return,” Budden began. “Not mafioso Drake, not ‘No Face’ Drake, just tell us how you feel for real, once.” From there, the crew agreed that Drake candidly reflecting on the beef with Kendrick Lamar and his tumultuous year is unlikely. “The ‘No Face’ video came and went,” Budden remarked of Drake’s track from August. “You got high hopes for what this Drake-Party album’s supposed to be? I do because I love Party and R&B Drake, but I don’t think that’s gonna move the pendulum the way that it needs to.”

Drake Attends NBA Game Between The Thunder & Rockets

Dec 1, 2021; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Rapper, singer, and actor Drake watches the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Houston Rockets during the second half of an Oklahoma City Thunder game at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports

The group then turned to Apple Music choosing Kendrick Lamar as the Rap Artist of the Year. One of Budden’s co-hosts theorized that the technology company is feuding with Drake and that’s why they’re also collaborating with The Weeknd. “There’s some tech sh*t going on here. I think these companies are doing some other sh*t,” they said. Budden agreed while complaining that the companies are profiting too much off of Drake’s beefs.

Joe Budden Shares His Expectations For Drake

Drake is currently gearing up for the release of a collaborative album with PartyNextDoor. Further details are unavailable but it’s expected to release sometime in 2024. Check out Joe Budden’s full comments on Drake below.

Joe budden says for 2025 he wants to hear vulnerable drake music . And ice believes that Apple Music is playing dirty games against drizzy pic.twitter.com/WFOBCOfcyN

— joebuddenclips (@Chatnigga101) November 20, 2024

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Lil Uzi Vert References Ongoing Ebro Feud In New Song Snippet

November 19, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Lil Uzi Vert and Ebro are on opposing sides of the game. The former is eclectic and eccentric. They have reshaped their style multiple times over, and delighted fans at seemingly every turn. The latter is a vet of the old school hip hop approach. He’s tradition. Ebro has repeatedly criticized Lil Uzi Vert throughout the years, and it appears as though Uzi has finally responded. The rapper decided to send a very pointed message to the radio host in the title of their new snippet: “Ebro Chill.”

Lil Uzi Vert shared the snippet on November 19. The rapper treated fans to 40 songs of the unreleased song, which features a massive, glitchy instrumental. Uzi comes in with their trademark sing song flow and drops lyrics about feeling alone. “I can’t feel, I can’t feel,” Uzi raps. “Sometimes, I feel like life ain’t even real. And you tryna say I was lost, but I can’t fail.” The lyrics don’t reference a specific person, but the hook definitely does. Lil Uzi Vert repeats the phrase “Ebro Chill,” while their trademark ad-libs fill up the back end. It’s not a diss, per say, but it’s definitely a suggestion to the radio host to lay off.

Lil Uzi Vert Urges Ebro To Stop Being Critical

Lil Uzi Vert has never been an especially combative artist. They have spent most of their careers talking about their personal struggles, and their desire to find love. As such, it tracks that a new song pointed at a critic would take a somber, almost sad approach. Uzi doesn’t sound particularly eager to rag on Ebro, it just sounds like they want Ebro to, well, “chill.” It makes sense, given that the host has bashed Uzi within the last few months. Ebro recently spoke on Uzi during a recent live appearance, and claimed they were not a real “rock star.”

Lil Uzi Vert addressed these criticisms during a Complex interview. Instead of bashing Ebro in return, the rapper showed love to the host and partially agreed with his stance. “Ebro is a good guy,” they explained. “When I say rockstar, he’s looking at the fireworks, he looking at all that stuff. I understand that. I wasn’t, especially me being younger, I wasn’t able to explain exactly what I meant.” Uzi’s snippet has been met with praise on social media, with many claiming it sounds better than what they had to offer on their last album, Eternal Atake 2.

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J Cole Praises “Favorite Artist” Kanye West Amidst Ongoing Feud

November 19, 2024 by newhiphopnews

J Cole is taking stock of his career and his place in the rap game. The Dreamville founder recently launched the podcast Inevitable. It will give Cole the chance to talk about the making of his most iconic songs, as well as build anticipation for his final album, The Fall Off. Naturally, the rapper kicked things off by discussing his debut mixtape, The Warm Up, Vol. 1. It was during the discussion of this tape that Cole decided to wax poetic on the importance of Kanye West. An artist who has mocked him repeatedly in the last eight months.

Kanye West’s influence on J Cole has never been a secret. The latter rapped on three West beats for The Warm Up, Vol. 1. Cole also used Ye’s classic “Last Call” as the template for his 2009 mixtape, The Warm Up, as well as his 2014 album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. J Cole is, and always will be, a son of Kanye West, and he said as much during the first episode of Inevitable. “He became my favorite artist,” Cole recalled. “He kinda cracked my mind open. Kanye was the first time I saw myself in somebody.” J Cole went on to praise West for expanding the parameters for what a hip hop song could.

J Cole Credits Kanye West With Changing His Life

“He just made it possible to talk about your life or regular perspectives in a way that’s appealing,” J Cole added. “I didn’t know how to talk about my life. And then, f**king Kanye West happened.” It was touching to hear the Dreamville honcho reflect on such a formative moment in his career. It’s also a somewhat odd time to share this information. After all, Kanye West insulted J Cole on the “Like That” remix in April. “Play J Cole, get the p**sy dry,” he rapped. Play this sh*t back a hundred-thirty times.” West doubled down on this stance during an appearance on The Download podcast.

West felt that Cole was a “p**sy” for apologizing to Kendrick Lamar amidst the Big Three beef. “F*ck all that sh*t. Because, like that n**ga J Cole went on tour with Drake, he know what it is. You can’t put Cole and ‘up’ in the same sentence.” J Cole’s comments on the Inevitable podcast mark the first time he has spoken about Kanye West since these insults were made. Obviously, the rapper is opting to take the high ground and focus on cementing his legacy.

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Offset Dodges Question About Paris Brawl After Return To America

November 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Offset dodged questions about his recent brawl in Paris while signing autographs for fans in Los Angeles following his return to the United States, this week. In a video published by TMZ, he signs several pieces of memorabilia for fans but departs once being asked about his fight with members of the French rapper Gazo’s entourage.

As for the Paris brawl, TMZ reports that it took place outside of Hôtel du Collectionneur. Gazo was reportedly unhappy with Offset’s “lazy” cooperation with the production of a music video he had agreed to appear in. Gazo allegedly wanted a refund of the $150,000 he paid for the collaboration, which Offset refused to cough up. The two eventually made amends, with Gazo sharing a photo of himself sitting down with the Migos rapper on Instagram. Fans couldn’t believe they patched things up that abruptly. “Noway offset and Gazo went from chilling too fighting under 24hrs,” one user commented on the post. “A few moments later…,” another wrote with a laughing emoji.

Offset Attends GQ’s Men Of The Year Party

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 14: Offset during the 2024 GQ Men Of The Year Party at Bar Marmont on November 14, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Gazo isn’t the only person Offset has been feuding with in recent months. Following his split with Cardi B, his ex has been calling out him on social media on several occasions. “Bro, I wish the worst on this man,” she wrote in one rant online. “I never hated somebody soooo much and these b***hes be so thirsty to have him. Please take this man off my hands. This garbage bag is too heavy!”

Offset Dodges Questions About Fighting Gazo In Los Angeles

Offset’s collaboration with Gazo, “Wemby,” is set to drop along with the rest of the French rapper’s Apocalypse album on November 29. Check out his run-in with TMZ following the Gazo fight below.

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Katt Williams Admits He Wanted To “Kill Careers” With His Viral “Club Shay Shay” Interview

November 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Katt Williams says he set out with the intention of ruining several careers during his appearance on Club Shay Shay at the start of 2024. On the show, he blasted several fellow comedians, including Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey, and Tiffany Haddish, while speaking with Shannon Sharpe. Williams reflected on the bombshell podcast during an appearance at New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival over the weekend.

He began by explaining that he thought he had figured out the social media algorithm before going on the show and planned to take advantage. “I [set] out to kill the careers of the people I was talking about,” he said. “But it was so vicious that I erased all of the knockout blows and just left the jabs, so that the comic I’m talking about knows, ‘I know your real story, motherf*ckers.’ Ima tell this, but you know what else I know.”

Katt Williams Speaks During New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Katt Williams and Jesse David Fox speak onstage at Katt Williams Is Here during New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival at NYA EAST on November 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Vulture)

Elsewhere in the Vulture Festival discussion, Williams joked about the allegations surrounding Diddy, which the Bad Boy mogul has already denied. “I’m anti-establishment, so I can never be the establishment,” he said. “Even if I’m at the Diddy party, I’m there to tell. I’m there to see, Who the f*ck is in here and what do y’all get from being in here? So, nobody likes to have me around. I’m there for bad intentions.”

Katt Williams Reflects On “Club Shay Shay” Interview

He also used the platform to complain about Saturday Night Live’s portrayal of him during the Club Shay Shay interview. “A lot of times, when people are doing an impression of you, they’re really showing you how they feel about you. So, for ‘Saturday Night Live’ to have an impression of me and have a woman do that, it means they think I’m a b****. And I understand that that’s what they’re saying when they do that,” he said. Check out Katt Williams’ full comments on the viral interview below.

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Matty Healy Shoots Back At Azealia Banks For Fiery Criticism Of Charli XCX

November 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Matty Healy fired back at Azealia Banks on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday afternoon after she criticized Charli XCX’s performance on Saturday Night Live. Reacting to a clip of Charli performing her hit Brat single, “360,” Banks accused her of making a “lazy” interpolation of Ciara’s “1, 2 Step.” Healy’s 1975 bandmate, George Daniel, is currently engaged to Charli.

“I legit just a caught how this song a lazy artist studio interpolation of Ciara’s 1,2 step. First off, nobody even know or cares about aj cook enough her to be riding Ciara’s ‘This beat is Outrageous, so contagious, make you crave it Jazze made it (Ha!),’” Banks wrote. “… I guess brat is when nobody has to tell u ur trash because u already know ur trash. This actually gets worse and worse.” In response to the post, Healy wrote back: “Shut up you f*cking prat,” with a laughing emoji. “Being more annoying than me is actually impressive.”

Charli XCX Poses With The 1975 At The GQ Men Of The Year Awards

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 03: Charli XCX (C) poses with George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Ross MacDonald, and Adam Hann of The 1975, winners of the GQ Band of the Year award, at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2019 in association with HUGO BOSS at the Tate Modern on September 3, 2019, in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for HUGO BOSS)

It’s not the first time Healy and Banks have traded shots on social media. Last year, the “212” hitmaker called Healy out after his viral comments about Ice Spice. “Does Matty Healy know that no one actually thinks The 1975 makes good music?” she asked her followers on Instagram at the time. “And that he’s a lame poser with a trash cliche band name that actually means nothing. He’s clearly so pressed about a Black girl who knows nothing about him or his music is making more moves and money than him.”

Matty Healy Fires Back At Azealia Banks

Elsewhere during the latest SNL episode, Charli performed one of her other Brat singles, “Sympathy is a knife.” Check out Healy’s latest response to Azealia Banks below.