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ASAP Rocky Confirms J Cole Collab Amidst Ongoing Drake Beef

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ASAP Rocky is pulling out all the stops on his new album. He’s been working on it since last decade, and the list of collaborators he’s lined up is absurd. Don’t Be Dumb is slated to have production from the likes of Madlib, Pharrell, and The Alchemist, just to name a few. Slick Rick (!) and Rihanna have been rumored as potential features. DJ Kast One dropped by Hot 97 on July 26 to hype up the album. He claimed that another superstar will be featured on the album: J Cole.

DJ Kast One told Hot 97 he already heard Don’t Be Dumb. He also claimed that he heard a standout verse from Dreamville’s finest. “I heard J Cole,” he stated. “I heard songs being played.” The untitled, technically confirmed song will be the first collab between the rappers in over a decade. ASAP Rocky dropped a guest verse alongside Cole on the “TKO” remix from 2013. Justin Timberlake’s single also featured bars from Pusha T, in what now amounts to a nightmare blunt rotation for Drake.

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ASAP Rocky And Cole Haven’t Worked Together In A Decade

ASAP Rocky and J Cole are generational peers. That’s part of what makes the impending collab so exciting. Well, one of the reasons. ASAP Rocky has been against Drake throughout 2024’s rap civil war. He dissed Drake on Future’s “Show of Hands,” and has stated he plans to do so again on Don’t Be Dumb. J Cole, on the other hand, is a former Drake ally. The rapper was on “First Person Shooter” with Drake, and his line about the “Big 3” started the whole mess. Cole was on Drake’s side until the “7 Minute Drill” debacle. The Dreamville star apologized for dissing Kendrick Lamar and then seemingly changed sides. He appeared on the same Future and Metro Boomin album in which Rocky dissed Drake.

To make matters worse for the 6 God, ASAP Rocky plans to diss him again on Don’t Be Dumb. During the same Hot 97 preview, DJ Kast One confirmed that the rapper will be firing back at Drake over the bars he dropped on “Family Matters.” Evidently, J Cole had made the full transformation to being anti-Drake. It was theorized that he dissed the Toronto star on “Red Leather,” but knowingly appearing on an album with Drake disses removes the need for speculation. We’ve come a long way since “In the Morning.”

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ASAP Rocky Will Respond To Drake Disses On “Don’t Be Dumb” Album

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ASAP Rocky is in album mode. It’s been a while. Rocky’s last album, Testing, dropped in 2018, and since then, the landscape of hip-hop has changed. Hell, the landscape of hip-hop has changed in the last six months alone. Drake went to war with nearly every big star in the genre, including ASAP Rocky. The 6ix God threw shots at Rocky on the songs “Push Ups” and “Family Matters,” and even made reference to Rocky’s relationship with Rihanna. It’s been radio silence since those songs dropped, but it won’t be for much longer.

DJ Kast One went on Hot 97 to hype ASAP Rocky’s upcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb. He assured fans that it will be worth the wait. He also claimed that Rocky is going to fire back at Drake with a few disses of his own. I heard ASAP Rocky definitely addressing a lot of the main topics that are happening out here right now,” Kast One asserted. Let’s just say, the list keeps going on strong.” He initially played coy about the beef between ASAP Rocky and Drake, which led Ebro to get clarification. “So you saying Rocky is still on Drake’s list is what you saying?,” the host asked.

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ASAP Rocky Previously Dissed Drake On “Show Of Hands”

DJ Kast One did not hesitate to confirm. “He’s gonna be cemented on the list after this,” he claimed. It’s worth noting that ASAP Rocky has already dissed Drake on record. After the release of “Push Ups,” the Harlem superstar hopped on the Future and Metro Boomin song “Show of Hands.” Rocky referenced the mother of Drake’s child, Sophie Brussaux. He also alluded to sleeping with her before she got with the 6 God. “N**gas in they feelings over women, what, you hurt or somethin’. I smash before you birthed son, Flacko hit it first, son,” Rocky raps. “Still don’ trust you, it’s always us, never them. Heard you dropped your latest sh*t. Funny how it just came and went.”

Unfortunately, for ASAP Rocky, the diss did not go over well. Fans generally agreed that his criticisms were weak, especially given Drake’s romantic history with Rihanna. Drake even pointed this out on the “Family Matters” verse addressing Rocky. He even called out the rapper by his real name, “Rakim talkin’ sh*t again,” Drake spits. “Gassed ’cause you hit my BM first, n**ga, do the math, who I was hittin’ then?” The consensus was that Drake won the battle against ASAP Rocky, which means the pressure is on for the next response to be good. Don’t Be Dumb drops August 30.

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Kendrick Lamar Has Fans Amazed With Possible Underlying Drake Diss In “Not Like Us” Video

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Kendrick Lamar made it his mission to leave Drake’s entrails on the floor during their battle. While the latter will never truly be down and out, K-Dot made it clear who the winner was. The “Not Like Us” music video will go down as one of the most iconic set of visuals for the genre, as it was highly anticipated for weeks and turned out to be one heck of a victory lap moment. It is littered with references to previous Drake jabs, showing how much care went into putting this all together. What is wild is that new connections are still being made all this time later.

According to HipHopDX, a Twitter thread from the acclaimed Dissect Podcast is going viral for discovering a deep tie to actress and former model, Milla Jovovich. You’re probably at a total loss just like we were when we first saw this but check this out. Fair warning though, this is currently speculation and is not yet confirmed. But the shot where Kendrick is sitting on the prison bed is a supposed recreation of a 1997 photo with Milla Jovovich. However, it goes much further than that. When the Resident Evil movie star was younger, she was entangled in some underage debacles.

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Kendrick Is Wild If This “Not Like Us” Video Connection Is True

In the mid 1980s’, when Milla was just about 11, she was “discovered” by a French model agency manager by the name of Jean-Luc Brunel. This led her to a very early modeling career. Where things get even creepier is that he was accused of raping a child and supplying young girls to the infamous Jeffrey Epstein. It appears all of those allegations were true because before Brunel’s trial, he decided to hang himself. Dissect also mentioned how Milla was seen nude in a film at 15, was briefly married to 21-year-old at 16, and married a director who was dating a 15-year-old girl prior when he was 32. If you remember, Kendrick raps about cell block one in that scene in the video, making this connection all the more believable.

What are your thoughts on this possible “Not Like Us” music video connection from Kendrick Lamar? Is this too far of a reach, or can you see this being true? Can you see this angering the Drake fans even more? Is this your favorite reference from the video now? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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DaBaby Responds To Soulja Boy Shade With The Perfect Meme

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DaBaby responded to Soulja Boy’s Instagram live shade. Soulja Boy has been in the news recently for several things. The most recent issue came up on his Instagram live stream, where he went on a lengthy rant against social media personality and comedian B. Simone. During the rant, he took a swipe at DaBaby, seemingly unprompted.

“You’re mad because I turned you down […] I’m not DaBaby,” said Soulja Boy at the end of the clip. DaBaby responded to the comment on his Instagram story, posting a now-infamous still from Soulja Boy’s 2019 Breakfast Club interview. The “Draaaake?” meme. Fans had thoughts on the interaction. “Please don’t unthaw DaBaby. He was doing good and being unproblematic,” said one user. “Now Soulja, I don’t think you want beef wit that man. Him and 50 neck and neck wit petty,” said another user. “This ain’t one you wanna play with, Soulja. DaBaby is everything he rap about,” said a third.

DaBaby Responds To Soulja Boy Shade

Soulja Boy has had an interesting last few weeks. He took shots at Drake for “disappointing” him during the battle with Kendrick Lamar. Fans viewed it as an attempt to drum up publicity for his new album, which releases on July 28. Drake mentioned him, seemingly in response to Soulja’s X rant, in an unreleased song with Lil Yachty, which Twitch streamer Kai Cenat previewed on Wednesday. In the same Instagram live stream as his B. Simone rant, Soulja mentioned that he couldn’t figure out if Drake was “showing love” or dissing him.

DaBaby has had a quiet 2024. He released a handful of singles and freestyles, but has not announced a new album or anything past that. He seems to be intent on staying away from controversy after a tumultuous 2021 that his career is yet to recover from. However, Soulja Boy’s comment may be what causes him to find himself back in beef. It remains to be seen if one picture is the extent of DaBaby’s response, or if the two famously petty rappers will end up in a lengthier back and forth.

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Childish Gambino Producer Weighs In On Drake Diss Conspiracies

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Childish Gambino certainly has gone out with a bang on his final album, Bando Stone and The New World. The fifth LP is essentially a mixture of what has made him into the multi-hyphenate we know him to be. It seems that listeners are enjoying the record, regardless of what the sales projections are telling you. For context, the soundtrack-to-be is currently looking at top 15-20 debut on the charts. That will roughly translate to 35,000 copies sold. Overall, people cannot stop theorizing about the possibility that Childish Gambino did in fact diss Drake. “Yoshinoya” is the track in question and fans have been breaking down its lyrics since it dropped last Friday (July 19).

They feel there a lot of connections to the Kendrick Lamar battle, such as, “N****s don’t know where I’m at, I found your house on a app / People around you ain’t slatt, they plottin’ hard when you slack“. The first could be a callback to the cover of the “Not Like Us” single, while the second is a possible reference to “6:16 in LA” where Lamar says Drake’s people are secretly plotting on him. With fans running around like chickens with their heads cut off, one of Gambino’s producers felt the need to weigh in. However, he’s more so just enjoying the show for now.

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Childish Gambino’s Producer Is Loving The Drake Diss Speculations

Michael Uzowuru, who had several credits on this album (not “Yoshinoya”), shared a screenshot of a TDE Punch tweet that reads, “lol”. So, yeah, not much to work with there. But hopefully, all of this chatter around Gambino’s farewell LP will drive up sales in the subsequent weeks. HipHopDX brought to light that his first week numbers have never been amazing. Like most of his releases, they tend to be an acquired taste and we predict that more and more people will come to appreciate what this LP is.

What are your thoughts on Childish Gambino’s “Yoshinoya” producer reacting to the Drake diss theories? Do you think it is a pretty obvious diss record? Where does this song rank in terms of the rest of the Bando Stone and The New World tracklist? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Childish Gambino and Drake. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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Wack 100 Calls Out 03 Greedo For Throwing Shade At Kendrick Lamar

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03 Greedo and Kendrick Lamar are both beloved West Coast artists. In the weeks since Lamar’s “Pop Out” show, though, Greedo has thrown shade. At least, the hip-hop world seems to think so. The rapper asked who the real “colonizer” was on Twitter, riffing on K. Dot’s critique of Drake. He then claimed that L.A. artists were getting finessed out of their work by the rapper and his pgLang team. 03 Greedo didn’t mention names, but fans put two and two together. Wack 100 had something to say about this shade during a recent No Jumper appearance.

Wack 100 took 03 Greedo to task for his perceived disrespect. As far as the music exec was concerned, Lamar earned his reputation among the community. “It’s not about that,” Wack asserted. “It’s just about being real. They really respect and f*ck with Kendrick Lamar.” Wack 100 went on to note that K. Dot has had such a profound impact that artists are itching to collaborate with him. “Kendrick Lamar doesn’t have to bribe or pay for no passage,” he added. “To anywhere on the West Coast. Compton got his back.” The music executive also noted the family tree that Lamar comes from. Thanks to his Dr. Dre ties, Lamar has the backing of legendary acts like N.W.A. and Snoop Dogg.

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Wack 100 Vouched For Kendrick Lamar’s Reputation

“He don’t gotta go over there and pay,” Wack 100 explained. He then went to highlight the biggest difference between Kendrick Lamar and 03 Greedo. “[K. Dot is] not a guy that has to pay his way,” the executive noted. “And Greedo is speaking from the mindset of a guy that had to pay his way.” Greedo’s comments have led many to speculate as to why he was absent from the Juneteenth “Pop Out” show. The rapper did address the situation on Twitter, writing: “I fu*c w dot i was invited but i couldn’t make it.”

To 03 Greedo’s credit, he has praised Kendrick Lamar on multiple occasions. He had nothing but kind words for the rapper after the aforementioned “Pop Out.” “K dot like a Malcolm X after this,” he wrote on Twitter. “I sit back ann analyze all that he did in a month for this side of the nation. @kendricklamar you a f**cin genius. Gotta respect it. Took the throne w this one.” Hopefully the respect between these two will win out in the end. It has, after all, been a great year for the West Coast.

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Lil Wayne Accused Of Dissing Drake On “Saturday Mornings” And Here’s Why

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If there’s one thing the internet is good for, it’s overanalyzing. Rap verses that would have gone unnoticed back in the day have become sources of speculation and debate. Especially when it comes to Drake. The Toronto rapper is a master of subliminals, and as such, anybody related to him is investigated by fans to see if they throw subs back. Lil Wayne has been Drake’s mentor for a decade and a half, and yet, the Young Money rapper has fans questioning whether he dissed the 6 God on his latest song.

The song in question is “Saturday Mornings,” a soulful collab with Cordae. Lil Wayne absolutely skates on the back end of the song, with some of his best wordplay in years. Some of the bars can (and has been) interpreted as Drizzy bashing, though. “It fit me like a glove, OJ hand. I’ma need a little love from your hating a*s,” Wayne raps. “Need less yes-men and more amens. I’ma need more real prayers and less praying hands.” The reference to the OJ glove has been applied to the artwork for the Drake diss song “6:16 In LA.” The praying hands, meanwhile, is theorized to be in reference to Drake’s “6 God” logo.

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Lil Wayne Uses Drake’s Last Name As A Punchline

The line that really has fans scratching their head, though, is the one that mentions Drake’s surname: Graham. “You standing on business, I’m a business man,” Lil Wayne spits. “I’ma GOAT, n**ga you a sacrificial lamb. You a Teddy bear, n**ga, a Teddy Graham.” Weezy F. Baby is calling his target sweet, plain and simple. The evidence is compelling, especially given the fact that Drake has been clowned for being sweet for most of his career. The thing is, Wayne has been nothing but supportive of Drake since day one. The two artists have collaborated multiple times, and Young Money has stood behind Drizzy in light of the Kendrick Lamar battle.

Lil Wayne even went viral for trying to defend Drake against Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss. The rapper tried to tweak the lyrics to the song during a recent performance in Las Vegas. It didn’t really work, though, and merely led to confusion as to which side he was on. It’s worth noting that Lil Wayne is set to drop a Rick Ross collab on July 26, despite Ross being firmly anti-Drake. There’s lot to speculate about, but at the end of the day, Wayne deserves the benefit of the doubt. Him and Drake are good until one of them says otherwise.

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Soulja Boy Issues Unhinged Response To B. Simone’s Shady Podcast Comments

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Earlier this week, B. Simone dropped a new episode of her Let’s Try This Again podcast, and threw some serious shade at Soulja Boy. At one point in the episode, she recalled doing a cover shoot for a magazine while listening to a gospel playlist, claiming that she heard zero complaints from anyone on set. “Nobody said ‘Why are we listening to this? Man, put on Soulja Boy.’ I don’t think anybody’s ever saying put on Soulja Boy… I don’t know why I said that.”

Simone went on to backpedal a bit, complimenting him by calling him a “hip hop legend,” a “trendsetter,” and more. Unfortunately, however, it appears as though the damage had already been done. Eventually, the rapper hopped on Instagram Live to respond and didn’t hold back in the slightest.

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Soulja Boy Rips B. Simone To Shreds On Instagram Live

In a lengthy rant, he called Simone out for dissing him, going after her career, appearance, and more. He even accused her of trying to hook up with him on the set of Wild ‘n Out and claimed he turned her down. “‘We ain’t never said turn on Soulja Boy.’ We ain’t never said turn on B. Simone, who the f*ck is you?” he shouted. “That’s f*cked up. If a n***a don’t want to f*ck you, a n***a don’t want to f*ck you… So I’ve got to f*ck you for you to get on the internet and say something good about me? […] If you ain’t got something nice to say don’t say nothing at all.”

Clearly, the performer didn’t appreciate the shade and certainly wasn’t about to let it slide. What do you think of B. Simone shading Soulja Boy on her podcast? What about his unhinged response? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Wack 100 Weighs In On Polo G’s Beef With DJ Vlad

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Wack 100 and DJ Vlad talked about several things in a new interview for Vlad’s YouTube channel. One of the topics that arose this time was Polo G. Specifically, Polo G’s issues with DJ Vlad. Police arrested Polo G at a Manhattan hotel for possession of a loaded firearm in April. His brother, Trench Baby, reportedly committed multiple crimes. Polo G previously referred to DJ Vlad as “the Feds” for some of his interview questions. Fans referring to Vlad as “the Feds” or as a “snitch” are the most persistent critiques of Vlad’s channel. Their tension culminated with a FaceTime call where Polo demanded to meet Vlad face-to-face, which Vlad declined.

In the new clip with Wack 100, Vlad emphasized his concern about Polo G’s livelihood. Vlad listed nineteen rappers he interviewed who’ve since died. Some were murdered, others died of other causes. Vlad pointed out the path Polo and his associates seem to be on. He remarked about having to bring his own gun to a meeting with Polo, since he and his brother still have one foot in the streets. Wack100 agreed with Vlad, drawing parallels to infamous family feuds.

Wack 100 Reacts To Polo G And DJ Vlad

“What they don’t realize, Vlad, is that you’ve been in the game for 16, 17 years. You’ve seen a hundred different scenarios that ended in jail, death, someone in a wheelchair, someone else being killed, said Wack 100. “You’re mimicking these nineteen people that [Vlad] interviewed that did exactly what you’re doing, and it ended in a tragic death.”

The authorities arraigned Polo G at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in April 2024. A maid discovered a black Glock on the loveseat while she was cleaning his room at the Dominick Hotel in SoHo. The criminal complaint said the gun had one bullet ready to go and nine additional bullets loaded. He was also arrested on a weapons charge in August 2023, after police raided his home and found “numerous firearms.” Polo postponed his fourth album, Hood Poet, after the August arrest, and he has not announced a new release date. Maybe Wack 100 can mediate a conversation between Polo G and DJ Vlad.

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Boosie Badazz Demands Yung Bleu To Pay Up Amid Contract Dispute

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Boosie Badazz and Yung Bleu have been going back and forth over a financial dispute for quite a while now, and evidently, Boosie has no plans of letting up. During a recent interview with VladTV, the Louisiana-born rapper called out Yung Bleu for the performance of his new album Jeremy, mocking him for seemingly taking a financial loss. Despite his jokes, however, Boosie says he’s not actually hoping Yung Bleu fails.

Instead, Boosie claims he’s simply looking to receive the money he feels he’s due. He thinks Yung Bleu’s fans feel the same way he does too, and that the performer’s album sales reflect that. “I just think a lot of Yung Bleu fans want him to just do the right thing and pay up,” he explained. “The facts are on the table, bro.”

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Boosie Badazz Wants His Money

He continued, putting Yung Bleu on blast for allegedly forging his signature and then claiming they couldn’t find him. “I don’t get off on his project not doing well because the better he do, the better I do… I ain’t praying on his downfall.” Boosie also added that his fans would be likely to support Yung Bleu if he were to make things right, which would surely give him a boost. Unfortunately, however, Boosie’s dispute with Yung Bleu is far from his only concern at the moment.

Yesterday, he took to X to reveal that he’s been indicted once again on a gun charge that a judge previously dismissed. He also claimed that he’s been hit with a new drug-related charge. Boosie accused the federal prosecutor of racism, claiming that if he weren’t a popular rapper he wouldn’t be in this position. What do you think of Boosie Badazz continuing to demand the money he thinks Yung Bleu owes him? What about him claiming he doesn’t actually want to see the performer fail? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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