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Kanye West Obliterates J Cole In New Interview: “He Can’t Run Now”

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J Cole aspired to be Kanye West when he started out. He rapped and produced like West, he did his own version of West’s “Last Call” on his breakout mixtape, and he signed a record deal with Jay-Z. The list of similarities dwindled over the years, as Cole developed his own persona, but West remained an influence. This context is useful in the wake of West’s brutal interview comments. The polarizing pop star recently went on The Download podcast to discuss the Big Three feud, and he absolutely laid into Cole.

West was asked how he felt about J. Cole apologizing to Kendrick Lamar, and he did not mince words. He was not a fan. “F**k all that pussy sh*t,” West told The Download host. “F**k all that sh*t. Because, like that n**ga J. Cole went on tour with Drake, he know what it is. Like, n**ga, you can’t run now. It’s you also.” Kanye West went a step further, and stated that he’s never listened to J. Cole’s music or co-signed him as an artist. “I don’t listen to J. Cole so I wouldn’t even know,” he explained. “I just heard he had a song called ‘False Prophets’ and somebody told me it’s halfway about me.”

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Kanye West Doesn’t Listen To Cole’s Music

The podcast host tried to get some semblance of positivity by asking West if it was “up” for J. Cole, but West did not budge. In fact, he doubled down. “You can’t put Cole and ‘up’ in the same sentence.” This is only the latest instance of the rapper going about Cole in a public space. West previewed a remix of Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” on The Download, and the track included the line: “Play J. Cole, get that p**sy dry.” He then posted a meme on his Instagram account that sees a cartoon get sexually rewarded for not listening to Cole’s music. Absolutely brutal.

West had plenty of withering things to say about Drake, the main target of his remix verse, but the lengths he’s gone to dismiss Cole makes it clear that he does not see the Dreamville boss as a legit threat. The general consensus in the hip-hop world is that Cole’s handling of the Kendrick Lamar feud has been poor, but nobody has taken him to task the way that West has. It’s safe to assume we won’t be seeing a collaboration from these two artists in the near future.

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Ja Rule Continues To Reflect On 50 Cent & G-Unit Beef Amid Drake & Kendrick Lamar Feud

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If you’re a rapper and you haven’t talked about the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef yet, you’re either missing out on some clicks or avoiding feeding into feud narratives that only benefit the powers that be. However, some expert voices feel like they almost have to weigh in, and one veteran in rap spats recently reflected on his biggest battle. Moreover, Ja Rule recently responded to a fan on Twitter who was referencing his rivalry with 50 Cent and the rest of G-Unit. This came up as a result of discussion around K.Dot and The Boy’s current head-to-head, and the Murder Inc. affiliate reminisced on how things were just different back then.

“They said @50cent had ja rule seeing 20,” one fan responded to Ja Rule’s expression that he can relate to Drake being in a “20v1.” “[G-Unit] literally had an ORDER OF PROTECTION against murder Inc… can you imagine if one of the camps in this beef right now put an order of protection on the other… [laughing face emojis].” Still, the New York MC also had some more nuanced and communal perspectives to share on the beef. “Hip hop is a family… and no one wins when the family feuds!!! Don’t let that go over your head… #hiphopvseverybody,” he had ironically tweeted a day before speaking on his nemesis 50 Cent.

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Ja Rule Thinks His 50 Cent Feud Looked Way Different From Drake & Kendrick Lamar’s Current Spat

As for that historical spat, here’s how Steve Stoute broke down how the 50 Cent and Ja Rule war began. “I think 50 knew that Ja was not who he was portraying as an image,” he remarked on Club Shay Shay. “Ja [was a] Jehovah’s Witness… I’m not saying they not supposed to rap, but Ja was coming up with this gangster image. It was like, ‘That’s a stretch for you,’ they had some very neighborhood beef. I remember when we signed 50 there was something going on. I think he snatched Ja’s chain, or somebody snatched somebody’s… And then they had a fight in Atlanta… And it was just like, I never understood it.”

Meanwhile, Ja thinks that this is a one-sided feud, and that he actually beat 50 in a fight during all this back-and-forth. How do you think their battle compares to Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s? Whatever the case, let us know what you interpret down in the comments section below. Also, log back into HNHH for the latest updates and more news on Ja Rule and 50 Cent.

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Adin Ross Chastizes Kendrick Lamar For Not Dropping A Drake Response, Laments Double Standards

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Adin Ross has built a massive platform for himself over these past few years. Overall, his streams are some of the biggest in the world, and he has helped build a whole new site with Kick. At this point, one could assume he is one of the richest streamers in the world. Although he recently said he was retiring, it seems like that was a lie. In fact, over the weekend, he was streaming with a plethora of people, including xQc and even DJ Akademiks.

Ross did find himself streaming by himself at points, and it was here where he gave a detailed outlook on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud. Overall, Ross is known for having a good relationship with Drake. The artist has called Ross on stream a whole bunch of times, and they are both affiliated with Stake. Needless to say, they have a working relationship that is blossoming in real-time. Having said all of that, one can make the safe assumption that Adin is siding with Drake as it pertains to the Kendrick Lamar feud. In fact, the feud went a step further this weekend with the “Taylor Made Freestyle” which featured AI vocals from Snoop Dogg and 2Pac.

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Adin Ross Weighs In

In the video clip above, Ross came out and said that this is all a very bad look for Kendrick. Moreover, he noted that there is a double standard at play here. He believes that Kendrick is getting a pass for not responding when Drake would be getting roasted by now. Furthermore, Ross is confused as to why Kendrick hasn’t given a response, especially since he instigated the whole thing. It’s not a unique take in the slightest, although it does speak to how Drake fans are viewing this beef right now.

Let us know what you think of this take from Adin Ross, in the comments section down below. Is he qualified enough to even speak on this kind of stuff? Will you be listening to Adin Ross on these matters, going forward? 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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Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef: “Like That” & “Push Ups” Disses Locked In Streaming War

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There are a lot of different ways and metrics of “winning” by which you could look at the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef. While many would say that it’s all about the quality of the diss tracks themselves, we are among too large (and divided) of a hip-hop fanbase to not consider that folks care about numbers more as arguments. Moreover, now that “Push Ups” is finally on streaming, many folks are curious as to how it will perform against “Like That” commercially dominating the game to this day. Although K.Dot can’t touch Drizzy numbers-wise in general, this would be a curious showdown to witness because we might not expect the results.

Furthermore, DJ Akademiks spoke to the close nature of this race, albeit in a dismissive way, on Twitter yesterday (Sunday, April 21). “Drake ‘Push Ups’ expected to out stream Metro Boomin, Future and Kendrick Lamar ‘Like That’ for this week,” he wrote on the social media platform, later posting screenshots of his tweets on Instagram. “‘Like That’ might still chart higher on the final billboard chart however because of radio play which heavily affects the charts.” “Hollyyyy,” Ak captioned the IG post. “Might be a chart show down as well for this next week.” Keep in mind that “Like That” has been the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts for three weeks straight.

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DJ Akademiks Reports On Drake & Kendrick Lamar Streaming Showdown

As far as other diss tracks or ways in which Drake and Kendrick Lamar could go head-to-head commercially, this is really the only thing they have to consider specifically related to their beef. The “Taylor Made Freestyle” probably won’t make it onto streaming thanks to the Tupac and Snoop Dogg A.I. verses, but anything’s possible at this point. Of course, fans are still comparing them commercially and artistically in other areas, which they’ve vaguely spoken on in their disses. They recently had blockbuster tours, albums in the 2020s decade, wildly different label deals, etc.

Meanwhile, everyone is very curious to see how the Compton lyricist manages a response… if at all. Does he want to wait the exact same time his opponent waited to clap back at “Like That” or is his follow-up track really taking this long to craft? Let us know your predictions on that, and thoughts on all of this, down in the comments section below. As always, come back to HNHH for the latest news and more updates on Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

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50 Cent Shares Surprising Thoughts On Drake’s Newest Kendrick Lamar Diss

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Out of the two Drake diss tracks that he launched against Kendrick Lamar and company, “Taylor Made Freestyle” is definitely the most controversial for a few reasons. There’s the back-to-back nature of it without a K.Dot response, the use of A.I. technology to replicate Snoop Dogg and Tupac’s voices, and the mentions of Taylor Swift to goad the Compton lyricist into clapping back. It’s all sounding very familiar to what might be the biggest and most effective troll in hip-hop’s entire history: 50 Cent. Moreover, the G-Unit mogul had some surprising words for this diss track that indicate he actually thinks it would be better if this all stopped here… at least, for The Boy’s opponents.

“[eyes emoji] OK in my professional expert opinion on this matter, leave this man alone,” 50 Cent shared on Instagram this weekend, with this caption on a clip of this diss seemingly talking about Drake himself. “I’ve seen this [film camera emoji] movie before, it will not end well. [shrug emoji] you disagree ok, [thinking face emoji] then where is your s**t at boy [angry face emoji],” concluding things by seemingly calling Kendrick Lamar out for not dropping a response track yet.

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50 Cent’s Reaction To Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle”

Of course, if you assumed that 50 Cent would automatically ride for Drake when it comes to this diss track, then this apparent co-sign might not come as much of a surprise to you. Even if it is slightly vague, it’s not enough to back up any other interpretation, especially considering what Fif had to say about the previous diss track, “Push Ups.” “All you [ninja emoji]’s got smoked by a light skinned N***a,” he wrote as the caption of a snippet of the diss on Instagram. “LOL YALL BETTER GET HIGH AS A MOTHER FVCKER AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING!”

Meanwhile, this is a very interesting dynamic because Mr. Morale not only had a cameo role in the Queens icon’s series Power on top of performing together at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2022, but the former also spoke on some great advice he got from the latter in August of last year. Will they reconcile if there’s a great response or has 50 picked a side here for good? We’ll have to wait and see. For more news and the latest updates on 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake, stay logged into HNHH.

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Kanye West Heats Rap’s Civil War Up… Or Does He? Fans React To “Like That” Remix

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Kanye West’s “Like That” remix has added another explosive layer to the 20v1 between Kendrick Lamar, some company, and Drake. Of course, fans went absolutely wild with reactions to all this online, with some praising Ye for his verse and for his shots at Cole and Drake and others not being so impressed. Here are some opposing examples to set the stage a little bit. One common sentiment can be summed up with this tweet: “One thing ‘bout Kanye… he’s gonna insert himself in a situation that doesn’t involve him,” a fan wrote. Another took a different stance: “Hate all y’all want! Ye is a monster! This diss was fire!!!”

However, many of the positive reactions to this whole situation center around Ye’s involvement in the first place, and less so about the bar work or the shots themselves. For those unaware, Kanye West took aim at Drake’s UMG deal, and said that playing J. Cole… well, let’s just say he isn’t playing his music for his wife Bianca Censori anytime soon. While some people thought these were valid shots, others took issue with this particular bar: “I can’t even think of a Drake line.” This is because of the Toronto superstar and the Chicago creative’s history of working together in the past, and how the former wrote the chorus of “Yikes” for the latter without receiving any credit.

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Kanye West’s “Like That” Remix: Listen

In addition, many folks thought that this was just a poor-quality or straight-up bad move for Kanye West in the long run, ultimately proving Drake’s point about everyone having to unite to beat him. Still, there’s one person who is notably absent from many of these discussions, and the one that really ignited this in the first place: Kendrick Lamar. No one really knows the dynamics of how “Like That” came about in the first place, but he’s kept quiet in the overwhelming aftermath of it. K.Dot’s silence might indicate he’s working on a bomb, it could threaten his place on the throne, or it’s proof that he’s the only one who really has the confidence and security to ignore the game’s uproar over one effective verse… again. Your call. On that note, check out some “Like That” remix reactions down below.

Fan Reactions To Ye Planting His Flag On The Battlefield

Furthermore, we want to know what you think of this version and of everything else going on with this beef. Do you think The Boy will keep the same mocking troll tone that he’s utilized ever since “Push Ups”? Only time will tell, but we’ve all got a shot at manifesting the truth with our predictions. For more news and the latest updates on Kanye West and hip-hop’s current civil war, check back in with HNHH.

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DJ Akademiks Thinks Drake’s New Kendrick Lamar Diss (Almost) Seals The Deal

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DJ Akademiks is one of Drake’s biggest cheerleaders right now in his Kendrick Lamar beef, and one of the main sources of info that’s been sharing the latest updates on it. As such, it’s no surprise that he has some very kind things to say about the new “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which replicates Tupac and Snoop Dogg’s voices with A.I. technology to taunt the Compton lyricist. Many of them, while obviously up for debate, are no less valid as a result, but the media personality also suggested that this is starting to define Drizzy as a winner more and more, yet he still wants K.Dot to fight back and drop a response ASAP. While he doesn’t outright say this in the series of tweets below, it’s hard to think that there’s much Kendrick could do to turn him against OVO based on his remarks.

“DRAKE ON THIS N***A HEADTOP,” DJ Akademiks began his tweet storm, which you can see continue further down below, on Friday night (April 19). “Drake drops AI assisted track to Give Kendrick Lamar a pep talk to actually engage in the Beef he STARTED. WE LIVE. Ps. I heard Drake wrote the AI verses for AI Tupac and AI Snoop Dogg. this next level. his Verse is clearly real and him tho. He wrote all 3 lmao. FIGHT BACK KENDRICK LAMAR.

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DJ Akademiks Is Pretty Excited About Drake’s Shots At Kendrick Lamar

“DRAKE pen ready…..” DJ Akademiks continued. “He writing verses for himself and AI characters. He might need to write one for Kendrick too. Kendrick Lamar fans in shambles.. they been doing mental gymnastics tryna defend their guy for BAITING a beef and letting a n***a shoot up the block twice before he responded once. No more excuses… We aint tryna hear no response on ur album. DROP ASAP. Drake violating Kendrick Lamar ‘Now we gotta [wait] a f***in week, cuz Taylor Swift ya new Top and if you bout to drop.. she gotta approve. This girl really bout to make you act like you not in a FEUD.’

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“Drake to Kendrick Lamar ‘The First one only took me only a hour or two… the next one about to bring out the coward in YOU,’” he went on. “Chris Brown dissed Quavo before Kendrick responded to Drake…. wtf… the light skin n***as keeping it hip hop. Day 7 with no Response from Kendrick Lamar yet.” Then, the former Everyday Struggle host posted Snoop Dogg’s apparent response to this whole debacle. We’ll see what else these rap personalities have to say. For more on DJ Akademiks and the latest updates on Drake and Kendrick Lamar, stay posted on HNHH.

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Drake Texts DJ Akademiks After Dropping AI Diss: “Now I Gotta Eat”

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Drake made Kendrick Lamar’s life difficult on April 19. Firstly, the rapper uploaded his diss record, “Push Ups,” to streaming with artwork clowning Lamar’s height. Secondly, he dropped a second diss at night, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” in which he used AI to have Lamar’s idols, 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, urge him to respond. Lastly, he texted DJ Akademiks, who took time out from his live stream reaction to the second diss to share a message with the world. The message? Drake wants smoke with Lamar, and he wants it now.

DJ Akademiks, who was sampled on “Push Ups,” has often shared Drake’s sentiments with his fans. His adoration of the Toronto superstar can be a little much for causal fans, but he does have a solid history of relaying accurate information about him. Case in point: the text message Akademiks received from Drake right after “Taylor Made Freestyle” dropped. The internet personality read the message aloud for viewers to hear, and it reinforced everything we’ve seen about Drake’s current approach. He didn’t start the feud with Lamar, but he wants to end it.

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Drake Vows To Put An End To The “Debate”

“Ak, you know I was trying to come off tour and relax,” the text reportedly read. “N***as done f**ked up my whole feng shui. Now I gotta eat until this debate is done.” Confident words, to say the least, but that should come as no surprise from the rapper who just dropped two disses on Kung Fu Kenny. He claimed Lamar is taking so long to respond because he doesn’t want to get buried by Taylor Swift’s album rollout. “You know she ’bout to milli’ run through ’em, milly rock on your head top,” he raps on the song. “Well she got the whole pgLang on mute like that Beyoncé challenge, y’all boys quiet for the weekend.”

It’s telling that Drake has mocked the likes of Rick Ross and Metro Boomin on Instagram. They got a few lines in “Push Ups,” but Kendrick Lamar is clearly the one he wants to challenge. He dropped two songs bagging on the Compton superstar, and he’s still baiting him to respond. Mal from New Rory And Mal podcast claimed that Lamar is dropping an album (with a Drake diss) in May. It’s going to be a long couple of weeks, however, if Drake continues to go at him.

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Drake Finally Drops “Push Ups” On Streaming Services

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Well, after folks were wondering whether Drake’s “Push Ups” diss would ever drop on streaming services, its awaited arrival today (Friday, April 19) shows us why. Moreover, the beat here is a little more fleshed-out than the original version that leaked, and it looks like this is just another way for him to pressure Kendrick Lamar and company to respond. Also, it’s quite interesting that Drizzy dropped the same day that Taylor Swift chose to release her new album The Tortured Poets Department considering that he previously named her on wax as his only commercial release competition. We’ll see once next week’s charts come out whether this will dethrone “Like That,” the song that ignited this whole debacle, for Billboard‘s No. 1 spot on the Hot 100, and whether either will be able to compete with the superstar songwriter.

However, we know that it might be a bit difficult on paper for Drake’s officially released version of “Push Ups” to dethrone Kendrick Lamar, Future, and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” from that top spot. After all, the song has remained at No. 1 for three weeks straight, holding up against even a new Beyoncé album and plenty of other hyped releases. But that being said… this is the 6ix God we’re talking about here, one of the most (if not the most) commercially successful hip-hop artist of all time. As such, we doubt that he will have much of a hard time finding massive commercial success with this diss track dropping on DSPs.

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Drake’s “Push Ups” Hits DSPs After Almost A Full Week: Stream

Elsewhere, Aubrey Graham is also doing his best to troll his opposition and goad them into trying to beat him. Some of it’s been very effective, such as his social media back-and-forths with Rick Ross. As for Drake’s attempts to elicit a reaction (or suppress one) from Kendrick Lamar, it’s a bit more up in the air considering that K.Dot is decidedly not an online person at all. We probably won’t hear from him again until he actually decides to drop something, and whether that’s a response track or something else entirely is a mystery.

Meanwhile, what do you think about “Push Ups” finally landing on streaming services? How has the track and its shots aged for you in the last week, and how would you assess the scoreboard right now considering The Boy’s gleeful Internet drama-stirring? In any case, drop your takes down in the comments section below. Also, stay logged into HNHH for the latest news and more updates on Drake.

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Charlamagne Tha God Really, Really Wants Kendrick Lamar To Drop Drake Diss

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It’s been almost a full week since Drake “dropped” his scathing diss track “Push Ups” at press time, taking aim at many targets. Chief among them was Kendrick Lamar, someone who notoriously stays away from the media and from really most forms of overt engagement. As such, it’s not really surprising that he hasn’t dropped a response track to the OVO mogul yet… but there’s certainly a lot of pressure on him from the hip-hop world who knows that he basically started this. Whether the Compton lyricist will refrain from responding due to a change of heart, belief in his original “Like That” verse, not feeling like “Push Ups” was adequate (or even weak) enough to respond to is a question only for Father Time.

But many, like Charlamagne Tha God, want an answer expeditiously… and the conversation below is a really weird one that we’ll try to keep focused on the Kendrick Lamar stuff in our transcription. “Where Dot at?” he told Andrew Schulz during a recent sit-down. “First of all, I’m the OG Drake hater. I’m an OG veteran Drake hater… If Kendrick comes with some s**t, I’ma come in here and give a fair analysis of that, too. If he comes in here with some s**t that’s like ‘Oh, s**t,’ then yes, I’ma give it up for Kendrick, too.

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Charlamagne Tha God & Andrew Schulz Argue About Kendrick Lamar, Drake & Race

“Oh, my God, yo, Kendrick, please, Kendrick, you gotta drop,” Charlamagne Tha God continued. “Kendrick, you on the clock, you see what you doing? You see what you doing to your fans? Kendrick! I don’t know either, man. Kendrick, if you f**k around and don’t drop this week or by this weekend, I don’t know what’s going to happen to your fans. I’ma still support you, I’ma still ride with you.

“You got to have your head up,” he concluded. “I like hip-hop, I was listening this weekend like, ‘Yes!’ I like all this s**t, I like watching Drake do this. I like to watch Ross do this, I like watching Akademiks going crazy on the live, I like this s**t. Okay? I like watching this s**t, I love it, It’s dope.” Regardless of the debate, for more news and the latest updates on Charlamagne Tha God, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake, keep checking in with HNHH.

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