Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold In Record Time

The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef seems firmly in the rearview mirror as fans reflect on the entire beef to try and dissect who came out on top. But that hasn’t stopped the songs from racking up millions of streams and radio plays. The pair occupied a full quarter of the Top 20 on the Hot 100 with diss tracks alone this week. That included three in the top 10, four if you include the Future & Metro Boomin song “Like That” that kicked off the beat in the first place.

At the very top of all of it is Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” which debuted at number one on the Hot 100 with only 5 days of tracking. The song has been breaking Spotify records left and right including a record previously held by Drake for the most streams in 24 hours. Now the song has officially hit 1 million units sold in just 12 days. It’s the fastest that any song has hit the milestone so far in 2024 surpassing hits from megastars like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande. In fact, it’s among the fastest selling songs of the entire decade so far to reach the milestone.

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Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Continues Racking Up Records

“Not Like Us” is expected to compete for a second week at the top spot on the Hot 100 next week. Artists like Billie Eilish and Tommy Richman will look to dethrone the rapper from the top spot in the coming weeks. His first true diss track of the beef “Euphoria” also made a big jump in its second week. It rose from its debut inside the top 15 into the top 3 on this weeks edition of the chart.

What do you think of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” continuing to rack up records for its sales numbers? Are you surprised it’s the fastest song to his 1 million units sold so far this year? Let us know in the comment section below.

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King Combs Disses 50 Cent: “Pick A Side” Lyrics, Explained

Hip-hop is clearly in a state of chaos at the moment, as multiple artists have been engaging in even more ruthless mudslinging and heavy-handed beef than usual. In the wake of Kendrick Lamar’s brutal rap feud with Drake, Diddy’s son King Combs has released a diss of his own, aimed at 50 Cent. The track, titled “Pick A Side,” makes explicit references to the recent raids conducted on Diddy’s residences by federal agents, which 50 has been mercilessly mocking on social media.

The song has also brought up a lot of questions and concerns from hip-hop fans, especially with 50 Cent dragging King Combs’ personal dirt into the light following the release. Let’s take a look at some of the bars on the latest diss record, and dissect King Combs’ perspective on 50 Cent. Here’s everything you should know about King Combs’ “Pick A Side.”

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The Track Opens With Some Nursery Rhyme Taunts

Despite the very serious subject matter of “Pick A Side,” King Combs opens the record with a sing-song tune interpolating the rhythm of the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” before launching a verbal assault upon 50 Cent. The opening lyrics state “They preying on our downfall another time again/ After the rainfall the sun gon’ shine again/ Don’t bust no U-turns cause we ain’t forgetting s***/ And to all y’all that switch, suck my d***.”

Clearly, King intends to use this cutesy tune to represent something of a calm before the storm, offering a humorous jab at detractors of his music mogul father. From here, King dives right in, with a banging club beat, complete with brass stabs and menacing high hats. The true opening lyrics to the song see King Combs taking on something of a New York drill-inspired flow, reminiscent of prominent figures in the modern rap landscape such as Pop Smoke or Ice Spice.

King Is Not Here For The “No Diddy” Jokes

If you’ve spent any time on social media in the last few weeks, you’re likely already familiar with the running gag of people saying “No Diddy.” This joke refers to the Bad Boy founder’s ongoing legal drama, which suggests he may have had inappropriate sexual conduct with several men. Fans have also harassed Meek Mill online, spreading rumors that he and Diddy engaged in covert homosexual acts.

For King Combs, this disrespect will not be tolerated, as the young artist raps “I dare one of you n****s scream out no Diddy/ Come blow with me” as the backing ad-libs shout “F*** that n**** up!” From there, Combs spends a few bars describing his sexual exploits with very attractive women, providing his hetero accolades to any potential listeners. Later in the track, King expresses direct aggravation with anyone who “plays with n****s names and all that” and says that it is officially war time.

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King Combs References 50 Cent’s Greatest Record

Transitioning his verse into a direct attack, King Combs argues that Diddy has had more influence on the New York rap scene than 50 Cent. After name-dropping the rapper turned television producer, Combs states “Possibly hated on by many men and n**** that’s fine/ They gon’ try to stop these Eminems, and they gon’ die trying.” Here, King Combs references 50 Cent’s hit single “Many Men” off his Shady Records debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, and flips Eminem’s name to reference M’s, meaning millions of dollars.

Combs Might Have Accidentally Dry-Snitched On His Dad

Arguably the biggest highlight of “Pick A Side” comes toward the back end, as King seemingly gives away crucial information to the feds. While arguing that 50 Cent’s obsession with Diddy comes from jealousy, financial insecurity, or a fear that the Combs crew may have stolen 50’s girl, King references the recent federal raids on his dad’s properties, rapping, “Knock them walls down like when them feddy boys run in both our cribs/ Too bad they ain’t know we bought the one next door ’cause that’s the one they missed.” King continues to explain that his father was “On the G6 getting a line-up” during the time when the raids took place.

50 Cent responded to these bars in particular in a now-deleted Instagram post, stating “Now why would you say some like this when you know the FEDS are investigating. IS YOU STUPID OR IS YOU DUMB? LOL.” In true 50 Cent fashion, the “Many Men” rapper then upped the score by bringing King Combs’ sexual assault lawsuit to light, posting “I really don’t understand why they want to drug women, if she can’t remember how good it was the next morning How do you connect ?” King was accused of sexual assault just a month ago, by a woman named Grace O’Marcaigh.

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Lil Yachty Fights Fan Over His Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef Comments: “Suck A D**k”

Lil Yachty can’t seem to catch a break, as whatever he does regarding comments about the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef are bound to land him in some form of hot water. Moreover, now that the battle seems to be over, most reasonable people are accepting and receptive of debate, different perspectives, and hot takes, especially when they don’t come from an overtly biased place. But one massive Drizzy fan took issue with the Atlanta creative showing respect to K.Dot, and allegedly trying to play both sides while claiming neutrality. Despite being a good friend of The Boy’s, Yachty took serious issue with this regardless.

“Lil Yachty also thinks that the song where someone calls his so called brother, a certified PEDOPHILE multiple times, is BANGING!!!!” the fan wrote on Twitter. “u making s**t what it’s not, everybody and they mama kno what side I’m on,” Yachty responded. “U fans be over doin s**t. I didn’t go into any specifics of the songs. Stop tryna spin narrative.” “man get the fck off my face with this BS,” the fan replied. “i simply reposted your OWN WORDS – you said you don’t think drake won or lost, you have respect for the guy who called him a certified pedophile & said that song is banging. what kind of friend are you? you stayed silent watching your friend’s character get attacked, you actually made it worse with that interview. PICK A SIDE OR SHUT UP.

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Lil Yachty Bickers With Fan Over Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef

“Suck a d**k nerd,” Lil Yachty clapped back. “it wasn’t my beef to speak in. f**k u want me to do? Jump on a feature? I said I felt like nobody won. The whole thing was stupid to begin with. When I support him I’m d**k riding, when I dont say s**t i switched up. This internet s**t is so lame. Can’t win. nobody knows u.” “you are absolutely shameless,” the fan retorted. “‘loyalty is priceless & that’s all i need.’ no because what side are you on actually? you literally said you don’t think drake won or lost & that you have respect for both him & kendrick. how are you trying to stay neutral when your so called brother has been called a pedophile by the same guy you say you respect?

“the whole world is against him & the only time you said something you made him look bad,” the fan continued against Lil Yachty. “what kind of friend are you? bruh i can’t take this dude seriously lmfaoooo it wasn’t your beef to speak on then why’d you go on an interview just to say you respect the same guy who called your brother a pedophile? & say his song where he screams certified pedophile repeatedly- banging? if you want to stay neutral keep that same energy all the way & shut up. you’re being dense on purpose & we see right through you p***y.”

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Wack 100 Believes Megan Thee Stallion Is A Liar & Will Be Exposed Soon Over Tory Lanez Case

Wack 100 is still staunchly defending Tory Lanez, who is currently behind bars following a conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion back in 2020. Moreover, during an interview with Hollywood Unlocked‘s Jason Lee, he expressed his belief that new evidence will come out very soon that will expose her as a liar and ruin her career. Specifically, the music manager posited that Lanez “antagonized” Thee Stallion, leading to a “vindictive” attitude on her part. Not only that, but he also levied more accusations of alcoholism against her, claiming that her alleged constant drinking leads to a faulty and untrustworthy memory.

“Meg’s a liar,” Wack 100 said of Megan Thee Stallion before continuing his claims that there is evidence out there that completely discredits her. “Oh it’s f***ed up, [the pieces of evidence] are coming out one way or another. They’re just delaying it because they’re trying to get it in court. If they can’t get it in court, it’s going to hit the net. And when it hits the net, they’re going to see that it’s an innocent man in jail.

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Wack 100 Speaks On Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion

In addition, Wack 100 also theorized about “the star witness” going to the other side of the trial during Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez’s legal battle. “I believe that he antagonized her to a point to where she got upset, and women can be vindictive and women can be evil,” he continued. “I don’t think Megan remembers what happened that night, I think Megan was in that dark spot. [She was] intoxicated. I believe if Tory wasn’t antagonizing her, and those lies, it would have never got to this point.”

Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion just kicked off her summer tour this week, so we’re sure that she’s distracted from all that’s happening with Wack 100. Still, if what he says is true, then it could reopen one of the biggest criminal cases in pop culture of the past few years. That caused plenty of debate and scrutiny for both parties, and we’re sure it would cause a similar effect again. Let’s just hope that we either know the truth as it happened right now, or will find it out very soon.

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Lil Yachty Divulges Thoughts On Kendrick Lamar Versus Drake Battle Mentioning Him

After a long period of (almost) silence, Lil Yachty’s finally spoken out, via his A Safe Place podcast, about the beef and battle between his good friend Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Moreover, he specifically said that a lot of people congratulated him for being mentioned by K.Dot and Rick Ross, who was also beefing with The Boy, but that he didn’t want any part in it. The Atlanta artist remarked on his respect for both Kendrick and Drizzy, and called it a “cool thing to watch” that taught him a lot. One interesting revelation or claim is that he knew that one or all of these artists mentioned him before their material came out, although he didn’t specify which track or post despite a heavy hint that it was “Euphoria.”

Finally, Lil Yachty said the beef wasn’t serious. Not only that, but he said it won’t get serious due to the distance between the two combatants and them being “rich as f**k.” Also, there were some thoughts on how people already picked Kendrick Lamar over Drake before the battle even began. “Drake was deemed a loser in this battle before it started,” he believes. “Because people don’t like him, and haven’t, and he’s won for a very long time.

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“And he’s sat at the top of the throne… Honestly, respectfully, I think he still sits on top of the throne,” Lil Yachty expressed. “I think that even if opinionated masses would say that Kendrick won, I don’t think that people are going to stop listening to Drake and Drake’s career is going to flush, you know?

Yachty Speaks On The Court Of Public Opinion

“I said to Drake, I told him, ‘I don’t feel like you won or lost,’” Lil Yachty concluded. “Rappers have lost and then lost everything. […] I think Drake will still be in everyone’s rap Spotify at the end of the year at the top. He can still drop hits and it will still control the summer. I think that Kendrick made very smart moves, and I don’t think Drake would disagree.”

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TI Claims Drake Vs Kendrick Lamar Ruined Things For Other Rappers

T.I. is no stranger to rap battles. When he was beefing with Shawty Lo, the Atlanta rapper went to Lo’s neighborhood and shot the music video for the diss record “What Up, What’s Haapnin’.” He knows how to be disrespectful. That being said, TI is not thrilled with the direction that the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar battle went. He recently went on Big Boy TV to discuss the fallout of the battle, and asserted that it has been harmful to some of the other rappers who have tried to drop in 2024.

TI made it clear upfront that he didn’t care about rappers lying. He considered it to be part of the game. He told the radio host that his focus goes towards the wordplay and the writing. “All this sh*t they saying can’t be true,” he asserted. “I mostly listen for the double entendres, the metaphors and the skill in which they present their art. They hard. I think it’s good for the game.” The Atlanta icon was less positive with regards to what the battle has done to other rappers. He pointed out that Drake and Dot sucked up all the oxygen in the room with regards to hip-hop, and everything else has been effectively drowned out.

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TI Also Praised J. Cole For Choosing “Peace”

“I will say this,” TI added. “They done kinda f*cked it up for some other who were planning to drop in this period.” The rapper has a fair point. Gunna recently dropped a new album, One of Wun, and most of the attention was on the bars that could be perceived as digs at the 6 God. TI, himself, has been working on completing his final album, Kill the King. There isn’t a release date yet, but the Atlanta rapper definitely had no plans of dropping a double album in the midst of the biggest rap battle of the 21st century.

TI also talked to Big Boy about J. Cole’s decision to avoid the battle. While many industry veterans have criticized the rapper for buckling, TIP was complimentary. “I feel [like] he chose peace and tranquility,” he noted. “You got to have thick skin… We don’t know where that would take him. That was quite mature of him.” Fans are still waiting on that TI album, but he did recently drop a killer freestyle over West Coast instrumentals.

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Stephen A. Smith Picks His Winner Of The Drake Vs. Kendrick Lamar Beef

The Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud has finally died down a bit. After Kendrick’s release of “Not Like Us,” it seemed many had sided with the Compton rapper over Drake. Last week, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith spoke about the beef, saying it went entirely too far. He stated that it was inappropriate to make such insensitive and personal allegations as well as to bring up family members and subjects like pedophilia in a rap beef. Smith was adamant in his position of the beef being overkill and straying away from what he believes to be what rap feuds are for proving who is the better artist or lyricist. Overall, Stephen A. seemed taken aback by the viscousness of the beef. Now, he has finally decided to declare a winner.

It seems like the landmark choice for the winner of the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef is Kendrick. Everyone has pretty much assumed Drake has thrown in the towel, even though the Toronto rapper had the last word. Although he released the latest diss track, it was drowned out by a much better and much more bumping song in “Not Like Us.” Stephen A. Smith has declared Kendrick the winner for that very reason. Drake seemed like he wanted it to end, and Kendrick wanted to win.

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Stephen A. Smith Declares Kendrick Lamar Victorious Over Drake

It’s simple for Stephen A. Smith. He says the winner is Keendrik because “Drake wanted to squash more so than Kendrick.” he then says, “I personally believe both of them lost to some degree with how personal they appeared to be willing to get, and I don’t think anybody wins in that.” He continued, “If you the one who want to surrender, then usually you’re the one who’s losing. That’s just logic.” His take is pretty much the consensus. Drake wanted it to end more than Kendrick. Kendrick seemed fine, going back and forth for however long he needed to.

Stephen A. Smith previously expressed that he hoped the quarrel wouldn’t escalate into violence. He also gave J Cole credit for ending the dispute a few weeks ago. Stephen A. Smith seems to have found the entire experience unbelievable and finds it hard to comprehend how far it has come. Overall, Stephen A. claims that, in the end, the rivalry is made them both appear bad.

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DJ Akademiks Blames Meek Mill For Drake’s Loss Against Kendrick Lamar

DJ Akademiks has been a key component to the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud. Overall, Ak is someone who has been fed information by the OVO camp. He even got to premier the official version of “Push Ups” on his stream. Moreover, he was one of the first people to listen to “Family Matters” as soon as it was released. However, in the last week or so, he has had to admit defeat as Kendrick Lamar dominated the charts with “Not Like Us” and “Euphoria.” Not to mention, “Meet The Grahams” was scathing as well.

Recently, Akademiks was on the Full Send Podcast where he gave his take on the feud and what went wrong. Interestingly enough, he blames all of this on Meek Mill. Although there is a reason behind this madness. As he explains, Drake came into his feuds against Pusha T and Kendrick with a feeling of overconfidence. In Ak’s eyes, that confidence only exists because of how Meek fumbled his beef with Drake. At the time, Meek was a battle rapper while Drake was still that kid from Degrassi. Consequently, Drake was the underdog. Since Drizzy came through with the win, he became extremely confident, and that confidence has now come back to bite him.

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This is essentially the thesis that Akademiks lays out. Additionally, he goes on to say that had Meek Mill left the ghostwriter accusations for a diss record, he would have won the beef. Instead, he hastily took to Twitter and lost. Throughout the clip, Akademiks also makes sure to insult Meek’s intelligence a bunch of times. Given how much Ak hates Meek, this is not a surprise in the least bit.

Let us know what you think about this hot take from DJ Akademiks, in the comments section down below. Do you believe what he is saying here is valid? Or do you believe that he is letting his hatred for Meek Mill cloud his judgement? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will continue to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming projects.

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Jimmy Kimmel & Trump Beef Timeline

The feud between Donald Trump and late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel has been going on for almost nine years now. The Kimmel-Trump beef has been slow-cooking for years and has caught on fire once or twice, too. So far this year, the two have fired a couple of shots back and forth in their long-standing volley. Kimmel hosted the Oscars on March 10 and took the opportunity to call out Trump in his monologue. Trump has stewed over the comments for some time, attacking Kimmel on multiple occasions. Over a month later, Kimmel worked some fiery Trump “hush money” trial jabs into his April 16 talk-show monologue. These, of course, only continue to rub Trump the wrong way. Let’s take a look at key points along the Kimmel-Trump feud timeline now.

Trump Cancels Jimmy Kimmel Live Appearance In October 2015 at Last Minute

Every big beef has its humble beginnings. The Kimmel-Trump beef began quietly enough in late October of 2015. Trump was slated for an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live amid a whirlwind of other political appearances on the show. However, he canceled at the last minute, citing an important political event that popped up. Kimmel, in a segment on the Howard Stern Show, thrust a little jab at Trump when he reported that he didn’t “know what happened…we’re delighted, needless to say.”

Kimmel continued mysteriously, claiming that he would not be “interviewing [Trump]. It will be in studio, it’ll be live, and it’ll all make perfect sense when you see it.” During his monologue on the show Trump canceled, Kimme shot some more little pokes at the real estate mogul: “We’re gonna give everyone in the audience a basketball dipped in cologne so you can fully experience what it would have been like had Donald Trump been here.”

Kimmel & Trump In December 2015: Winners Aren’t Losers

The world found out what Kimmel had in store when Trump finally appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live two months later. The presidential nominee appeared more subdued than usual as he sat in the chair beside Kimmel’s desk. After some playful banter back and forth, Kimmel revealed a mock children’s book he “ghostwrote” titled Winners Aren’t Losers. The talk-show host continued on, reading from a portion of the Dr. Seuss-like book: “Winners aren’t losers, they’re winners – like me! A loser’s a loser, which one will you be?” 

Obviously, the book was light-hearted mockery about Trump, though one section may have pushed things a bit further than Trump was comfortable with. “Oh, the places you’ll go on your yacht! On your plane! With your suits from Milan! And your wives from Ukraine!” Though Trump remained good-natured, this new mockery, added to Kimmel’s monologue when Trump canceled his original appearance, certainly set the stage for future altercations.

The Nationwide Text Alert Fiasco Of 2018

After Winners Aren’t Losers, a couple of quiet years passed between the pair, save a heartfelt series of pleas from Kimmel in 2017 regarding Trump’s overhauling of Obamacare. In 2018, Kimmel would reignite the beef after Trump tested a nationwide text alert system on October 3. The system was meant to be used in the event of terrorist attacks or natural disasters, though Kimmel turned it into a mock Hollywood film trailer.

The trailer plays off of Trump’s habit of constantly tweeting his thoughts to the public[ and what this could mean for a national alert system. Part of this was likely inspired by Trump’s viral “covfefe” tweet incident of May 2017. In the trailer, a family of three is driving along when they begin to receive alerts. At first, the father believes it is a tweet from Trump but realizes in horror that it’s a text. Messages reading “No collusion!” and “Witch hunt!” blare through their phone screens. The camera pans to families running from cars in horror and a police officer shooting his cell phone.

Mother’s Day 2020: The Empty Box Twitter Battle

On Mother’s Day in 2020, the Kimmel-Trump beef boiled over. For some of the day, Jimmy Kimmel found himself embroiled in a tweet battle with the former president. It all began when Kimmel posted a video of Mike Pence carrying personal protective equipment to a senior citizen facility. At a certain point in the video, Pence finds empty boxes in a van and asks if he can carry them for the cameras—a joke Kimmel misunderstood because he’d only seen a portion of the video. When this was pointed out to the talk-show host, he apologized and took the video down. However, this was just the start of an online tussle that would carry on throughout the day.

Kimmel thought the issue was settled once he acknowledged his mistake and removed the video. But not long after, he started receiving updates that the president was tweeting about him. It wasn’t just one or two tweets, but a rambling rant by Trump and friends on Kimmel’s “doctored” video. Trump also made a slew of strange comments about alleged and unspecified crimes Barack Obama committed. Amid the flurry of tweets, Trump insulted Kimmel, writing, “More fake news, this time from Jimmy Kimmel’s last place show.” Kimmel sent one tweet back to the president, simply telling him to go make his wife brunch. “This is what the White House is working on and thinking about right now,” Kimmel concluded in an at-home quarantine monologue reviewing the incident.

Rolling Stone Reports That Trump Officials Complained to Disney About Kimmel

In February 2023, Rolling Stone published an article revealing just how much Kimmel’s continuous joking had gotten to Trump during his presidency. Apparently, members of Trump’s administration had contacted Disney, ABC’s parent company, regarding Kimmel’s ongoing jokes. Trump seemed to think that Disney and ABC would act off these calls to do something to “reign in” Kimmel. The Trump officials dealing with the calls to Disney reported that Trump felt Kimmel was being dishonest and that this kind of commentary was something Trump would’ve sued over before he was in public office. The officials noted they felt obliged to make the calls because Trump was so focused on Kimmel’s commentaries. They realized that nothing would likely change based on their intervention.

Kimmel-Trump Feud Explodes at the 2024 Oscars

Although the beef between DJT and Jimmy has been simmering for years, no one expected it to completely explode at the 2024 Oscars on March 10. Trump lambasted Kimmel repeatedly on his platform Truth Social during one of the talk show host’s on-stage monologues. The former president wrote things such as, “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars,” and, “His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be.” Kimmel took the potshots in stride, responding to them in real-time. He smiled as he responded, “Thank you—I’m surprised you’re still watching. Isn’t it past your jail time?” The audience laughed in response to Kimmel’s reference to the ongoing Trump “hush money” trial.

Kimmel Reveals His Plans to Keep Driving Trump Nuts

It seems that Trump has continued to brew over Kimmel’s jabs during the Oscars. He said in a Fox News interview about a week later that Kimmel was both a “lousy host” and “not a talented guy.” He also told the interviewers that “ratings are terrible” for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel has no plans of slowing down amid Trump’s hush money trial, either. Kimmel joked during an interview on the Seth Meyers’s show that he had a “plan” to drive Trump crazy for years to come. He says that if Trump is convicted, he will “commit a crime in the tri-state area with the goal of getting incarcerated along with him, so I can drive him insane from the inside, too.”

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Young Thug Thinks This Of The Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef

Young Thug has been in jail for over two years now due to the Rico case against him in the state of Georgia. Overall, this has left him out of the loop on many of the inner-workings of the music industry. However, he does have an inside source these days in Mariah The Scientist. The R&B singer has been visiting Thugger in prison and has been able to play him some music, while also explaining the intricacies of rap beef. Of course, we are talking about the feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

Given that Thug has a relationship with Drake and Metro Boomin, one would be curious to know what he thinks about what’s happening. Although as Mariah The Scientist explains, he isn’t really taking sides. “For sure. I tell him everything. I might tell him too much. I play him the [diss] songs over the phone and s–t. He’s a lover of music in general,” she explained. “He f–ks with everybody. I don’t think he would ever be able to – let me not speak for him. He love music though.”

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Young Thug Gets The Inside Scoop From Mariah The Scientist

MIAMI BEACH, FL – DECEMBER 06: Rapper Young Thug performs at L’Eden by Perrier-Jouët on December 6, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Perrier-Jouët)

Subsequently, Mariah The Scientist went on to say how Thugger feels about the beef in general. “He thinks it’s interesting, for sure,” she noted. “We were listening to some of the songs. Not all of them, because now I’ve gotten lost. In the beginning, I was like, ‘Hey, there’s a tizzy going on.’ I played him some of it. I feel like those two people are both great rappers. With all of the rappers with the guy and the girl rappers, granted it’s cool for the craft, and to be able to keep up with that — because let me not lie and say there’s no competitive energy in the music industry. Because there is.”

Let us know what you think of the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, in the comments section down below. Do you believe that the beef is now officially over? Do you think that Drake may come back and try to take back the lead? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will continue to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming projects.

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