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Will NBA YoungBoy Accept Lil Durk’s Album Release Date Challenge?

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

These past weeks, fans have seen NBA Youngboy and Lil Durk shading each other not only on social media but also in records. It’s remarkable to say that despite the ongoing rap beef, the two are still setting trends in the industry. In the midst of the online back and forth, the two had everyone on social media spelling out phrases in money, other creative items.

These days, fans and celebrities have been drawing the line between Lil Durk and NBA Youngboy, choosing which side they rep, OTF or 4TK. Unless you’re like DJ Akademiks who believes it’s not smart to choose sides in a rap beef.

“Fans who choose a side are weird too.. man Durk and YB are both in my top 5 rappers. I ain’t gangsta lol I’d laugh at either or if they expected me to pick sides … Both are two talented black men. Hope they resolve their issues amicably or ignore each other. It’s music,” he penned on Twitter.

The two rappers could be battling head to head yet again, after Lil Durk announced the official release date to his highly anticipated album, “7220” which is set to release on March 11th.

“I dare a n***a drop on my date 3/11/22 but anyway von did 65k,” the Chicago rapper wrote, while also giving praise to the late King Von whose posthumous album What It Means to be King, released March 2nd.

Following that post, the Louisiana rapper’s producer, Jason Goldberg, would post what could be the cover art for an album with the caption, “The Last Slimeto 3/00/22.” Fans are wondering if this could mean that NBA YoungBoy and Lil Durk will go head to head in numbers on March 11th. This marks as NBA YoungBoy’s last album with Atlantic Records.

What are your thoughts?

“The Last Slimeto” will be NBA YoungBoy’s last album signed with Atlantic Records, which is confirmed to be released next month. pic.twitter.com/J5FS6yiPNz

— Youngboy Access (@AccessYoungboy) March 5, 2022

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Chloe Bailey Keeping It Spicy in Upcoming Single “Treat Me”

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Chloe Bailey continues to push her career as a solo artist, keeping the flavor hot and spicy for her fans, with a new snippet for her upcoming single, “Treat Me.”

The 24-year-old turned up the heat with her debut single, “Have Mercy,” released in 2021. The fiesty song boosted to the top 5 of Billboard’s Hot R&B digital and streaming charts and peaked at number 28 on Billboard’s Hot 100. At first, fans were concerned with the young artist’s choices, believing that she would appear too fast as she glorified her assets.

“Men can glorify a** in their videos, I want to do it with this in a really artful, fun, beautiful way,” the singer told MTV News.

“I think it’s so great how women can claim ownership of their bodies and not let the world do it. We get to do it in the way that we want to, and it was really fun!”

Many anticipated more music from Chloe as she embarked on her new journey as a solo artist. While not caring about the haters, the “Do It” singer kept her foot on their necks with an appearance on Gunna’s third studio album, “DS4Ever,” in their collab hit “You & Me.” It’s safe to say Chloe has a lot more in store for her fans, as the singer released a snippet of her upcoming music visual with Chloe dressed in diamonds from head to toe.

The Beyonce protege dropped a hint that fans caught onto just days before the announcement, where she posted a tweet reading seven diamond emojis to her Twitter account. “7 diamonds = 7 days until the announcement?” a fan responded.

It turns out that the fan was correct as Chloe posted the teaser with the caption. “Treat me coming soon. pre-save link in bio,” followed by a diamond emoji. While many celebrities such as SZA and Muni Long commented, showing their excitement for the singer’s latest project, Halle Bailey, younger sister of Chloe, showed her usual support for her sister in the comment section as well. “woo !!!!!!! they not ready!!!!!!!!!,” she wrote before adding fire emojis to another post.

Are you excited about Chloe’s new single? Check out the teaser below.

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Chloe Bailey Keeping It Spicy in Upcoming Single “Treat Me”

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Chloe Bailey continues to push her career as a solo artist, keeping the flavor hot and spicy for her fans, with a new snippet for her upcoming single, “Treat Me.”

“Men can glorify a** in their videos, I want to do it with this in a really artful, fun, beautiful way,” the singer told MTV News.

“I think it’s so great how women can claim ownership of their bodies and not let the world do it. We get to do it in the way that we want to, and it was really fun!”

Are you excited about Chloe’s new single? Check out the teaser below.

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Associate of Lil Durk Calls Out DaBaby Following Joint Album Release With NBA YoungBoy

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

DaBaby Dropped From Governors Ball Lineup Following Homophobic Remarks

Last Friday, DaBaby and NBA Youngboy would release their highly anticipated joint album, Better Than You. The collaboration couldn’t have come at a better time for the artists, as it’s safe to say, following the recent series of events, both DaBaby and NBA Youngboy could be the most hated in the industry at this moment.

While the album received some mixed reviews, a member of Lil Durk’s camp, Memo 600, commented on the rap duo on Instagram. “CANT BLAME DA BABY HE THOUGHT THAT MAN WAS [GONE] SAVE HIS CAREER,” he wrote.

DJ Akademiks has no problem stirring up the pot. Akademiks responded to the controversy to defend the North Carolina rapper.

“Pray for Memo600.. he learning the same lesson many learned before.. Da Baby don’t give af bout nothing. He ain’t about to pick no sides and he ain’t gonna be pressured or forced to. N he standing on it,” he penned.

“Fans who choose a side are weird too.. man Durk and YB are both in my top 5 rappers. I ain’t gangsta lol I’d laugh at either or if they expected me to pick sides,” he continued. “Both are two talented black men. Hope they resolve their issues amicably or ignore each other. It’s music… Reason why I said Da Baby ain’t picking a side.. he ain’t making cuz he did a collab album with YB mean that he gotta disrespect VON and he ain’t making that he respect Von n communicate Durk mean he can’t work with YB.”

This comes after DaBaby directly responded to Memo600’s comments with a penned message on Instagram. “I played it cool cuz yall n*ggas wanna make it bout yall Patna & ion speak on the dead cuz in onnat frfr! every day I wake up ready to teach me a n*gga like you,” the rapper wrote with a kissy face emoji.

“So Long Live em, @kingvonfromdao GOT my respect, he stood on business no excuses, it was just another n*gga there ready to stand on business too,” he continued.

Akademiks continued to defend the rapper after comparing the situation to Meg Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez’s, where DaBaby would receive a lot of backlash for bringing out Tory Lanez during a previous set at Rolling Loud.

“Da Baby told Meg he wasn’t finna pick sides between her and Tory and basically saying the same that he ain’t picking sides between Durk and YB,” Akademiks added. “I can respect that. That N*gga bout his MONEY.. he ain’t sign up to be no warrior in a gang.. that N*gga would do a album w Durk or YB.”

Pray for Memo600.. he learning the same lesson many learned before.. Da Baby don’t give af bout nothing. He ain’t about to pick no sides and he ain’t gonna be pressured or forced to. N he standing on it. pic.twitter.com/lKSyA2D0Rm

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Da Baby told Meg he wasn’t finna pick sides between her and Tory and basically saying the same that he ain’t picking sides between Durk and YB.

I can respect that. That Nigga bout his MONEY.. he ain’t sign up to be no warrior in a gang.. that Nigga would do a album w Durk or YB

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Reason why I said Da Baby ain’t picking a side.. he ain’t making cuz he did a collab album with YB mean that he gotta disrespect VON and he ain’t making that he respect Von n communicate Durk mean he can’t work with YB.

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Fans who choose a side are weird too.. man Durk and YB are both in my top 5 rappers.

I ain’t gangsta lol I’d laugh at either or if they expected me to pick sides …

Both are two talented black men. Hope they resolve their issues amicably or ignore each other.

It’s music.

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Hopefully, all parties involved can find an amicable solution to the building animosity. Have You heard DaBaby and NBA YoungBoy’s latest album? Check out the tracklist below.

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Associate of Lil Durk Calls Out DaBaby Following Joint Album Release With NBA YoungBoy

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

DJ Akademiks has no problem stirring up the pot. Akademiks responded to the controversy to defend the North Carolina rapper.

“So Long Live em, @kingvonfromdao GOT my respect, he stood on business no excuses, it was just another n*gga there ready to stand on business too,” he continued.

Pray for Memo600.. he learning the same lesson many learned before.. Da Baby don’t give af bout nothing. He ain’t about to pick no sides and he ain’t gonna be pressured or forced to. N he standing on it. pic.twitter.com/lKSyA2D0Rm

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Da Baby told Meg he wasn’t finna pick sides between her and Tory and basically saying the same that he ain’t picking sides between Durk and YB.

I can respect that. That Nigga bout his MONEY.. he ain’t sign up to be no warrior in a gang.. that Nigga would do a album w Durk or YB

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Reason why I said Da Baby ain’t picking a side.. he ain’t making cuz he did a collab album with YB mean that he gotta disrespect VON and he ain’t making that he respect Von n communicate Durk mean he can’t work with YB.

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Fans who choose a side are weird too.. man Durk and YB are both in my top 5 rappers.

I ain’t gangsta lol I’d laugh at either or if they expected me to pick sides …

Both are two talented black men. Hope they resolve their issues amicably or ignore each other.

It’s music.

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 7, 2022

Hopefully, all parties involved can find an amicable solution to the building animosity. Have You heard DaBaby and NBA YoungBoy’s latest album? Check out the tracklist below.

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[WATCH] Kanye West And Teyana Taylor Record Unreleased Track During ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Filming

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

it is unmistakeable that the Jeen-Yuhs documentary on Netflix that chronicles the life and times of Kanye West by friend and filmmaker Coodie over the past two decades is one of the most important pieces of visual Hip Hop history available to the public today.

Adding to the five hours of never seen before footage of Ye is the Time Magazine-exclusively released footage of West and G.O.O.D. Music signee Teyana Taylor in the studio in 2017 during Ye’s infamous Wyoming sessions. The two are shown working on an unreleased song titled “Cold Blooded” that didn’t make the final cut for Taylor’s K.T.S.E. album.

Taylor’s K.T.S.E. was recorded in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and was the ast of five albums completed there, including Pusha T’s Daytona, Kanye’s Ye, Kids See Ghosts with Kid Cudi and Nas’ Nasir.

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Today In Hip Hop History: Cult Classic Film ‘New Jack City’ Premiered in Theaters 31 Years Ago

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

On this day, 31 years ago, the cult-classic crime thriller New Jack City arrived in theaters across America. The story of the rise and fall of Nino Brown and the Cash Money Brothers has continued inspired Hip Hop culture for a quarter-century and continues to permeate the culture that made it a success.

New Jack City came about at a pivotal time. In 1991, Hip Hop was still a fledging music genre and culture, looking to legitimize itself in the eyes of mainstream America officially. In addition, the blaxploitation film genre had been defunct for over a decade, leaving a gaping hole in “Black Hollywood.” New Jack City was a harbinger of the resurgence of Black actors, writers, and filmmakers in Hollywood, as well as the crystallization of Hip Hop’s synergistic capabilities.

The film also catapulted actors like Wesley Snipes, who played the lead role as the morally barren kingpin Nino Brown and Chris Rock stick-up-kid-turned-crackhead-informant “Pookie,” into stardom. The film’s director Mario Van Peebles also made his directorial debut with the film, which he also starred in. Ice T, who also played a major role in New Jack City as NYPD detective “Scotty Appleton,” spoke with Rock on his “Final Level” podcast about some of the behind-the-scenes of the cult classic.

Chris Rock: At the time, you and I were the most popular people in the cast, really, just ’cause we’d done s**t.

Ice-T: We’d done things.

Chris Rock: Nobody knew Mario [Van Peebles]. Nobody knew Wesley [Snipes].

Ice-T: Wesley had done Major League.

Chris Rock: No one knew “G-Money,” you know, Allen Payne.

Ice-T: That was what got me confident enough to act.

Chris Rock: And you were actually making money. [Laughs] I was broke.

…

Ice-T: … You know, it was an interesting experience. New Jack City was a new-jack movie. The director was a new-jack.

Chris Rock: The producers were new-jacks, new-jack actors, new-jack soundtrack. Remember we kept runnin’ out of money? There was a couple of times, while we were filming, we were like, “This s**t is getting shut down.” Like, the chase on the bikes was [suppose to be] a car-chase. But it turned into a bike-chase; we had no money! [Laughs] Somebody had to think fast.

The film was shot on an $8 million budget and premiered at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 1991. The film would later release nationally on March 8, 1991, raking in $7,039,622 in opening weekend sales — and later became the highest-grossing indie film of 1991 with $47,624,253 domestically.

The film also had a longstanding effect on the music industry. Perhaps the most notable example is brother Bryan “Birdman” and Ronald “Slim” Williams‘ Cash Money Records label, a blatant reworking of Nino Brown’s “Cash Money Brothers” gang in the film. In addition, Lil Wayne‘s solo album series Tha Carter is not only his last name but an homage to “The Carter,” Nino’s crack house fortress in the film, as well as name drops Nino in his 2010 single “I’m Single.”

For decades, Nino Brown has become a regularly referenced movie character in rap lyrics. A simple search of “Nino Brown” on RapGenius shows over 4000 references to the surface by artists from all over the world. It’s safe to say Nino and New Jack City will continue to inspire generations to come, and if you disagree…

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Tory Lanez Sued for Defaulting on Penthouse Loan

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Tory Lanez Violated Megan Thee Stallion's Restraining Order By Performing At Rolling Loud, According To Prosecutors

Tory Lanez is being sued for foreclosure on his Miami condo. According to Radar Online, a company named BH 4908 LLC is suing Lanez for not keeping up with his mortgage.

The mortgage is on a 3 bed, 3.5 bathroom penthouse, which he purchased for $1.8 million in 2018. Lanez took out a loan with BH 4908 for $1.26 million. Lanez agreed to make monthly payments of $11,057.40 and a large balloon payment in December. Lanez defaulted on the terms by failing to pay the note of $1,237,456.06. Lanez now owes that and interest.

Despite being sued for it, Lanez still lives in the condo. BH 4908 wants to sell off the property to the highest bidder.

The condo case is just one of Lanez’s current issues. On Wednesday (Feb. 22), DJ Akademiks hit twitter with a report regarding the alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion by Tory Lanez. Akademiks during the day’s court session, a report was delivered stating Lanez’s DNA was not located on the gun that was used during the shooting. However, not only had the court not yet started, that message was not delivered. Immediately picking up momentum online, the message made it back to Megan Thee Stallion who called out Akademiks for creating a hate campaign.

Megan Thee Stallion would reveal the only announcement in court was a delay until April 5.

Following the ordeal online and statements from both sides, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office released an official statement to Complex:

“Although we are legally prohibited from commenting on the evidence and will continue to abide by that obligation, our office is under an ethical duty to only proceed on charges which we believe can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and which have already been upheld by a judge after presentation of evidence at the preliminary hearing. We believe the evidence substantially supports the charges and allegations and that evidence will be borne out in court.”

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Snoop Dogg Reveals How He Secured Benny the Butcher for Def Jam

March 8, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Back in November, Benny the Butcher signed to Def Jam Records. That deal was brokered by Snoop Dogg, who is the reigning executive consultant for the iconic label. Speaking with Elliott Wilson, Snoop revealed he helped Benny’s deal go through after the label allegedly low-balled him.

“I said, ‘Lowballed you? They don’t know who you is?’” said Snoop, according to Complex. “I’m going to call the boss. You’re going to tell the boss what you want, and he’s going to give you what you want and you’re going to sign.”

Snoop would also reveal that he is there to support the artist, beyond being an executive. “I’m going to always pattern it for the artist. Especially Hip Hop artists. You never know what you’re worth until you overcharge. That’s what we need to know. A lot of times, we be scared. I go in and overcharge.”

When Benny first signed, fans expressed concern for his decision and Benny set the record straight.

“You niggas who be in my DMs, who be in my comments sayin’ like, ‘Yo, don’t let Def Jam do this’ or ‘Don’t let Def Jam do that.’ What y’all on?” Benny said on Instagram. “What, you think a nigga work this hard and was this self-made for this long to get somewhere and let somebody tell me, ‘You know what, you can’t do it like this no more, you gotta do it like this.

“Y’all gotta use y’all fuckin’ brains before y’all start thinkin’ shit like that. I’m a boss.”

Snoop Dogg had a conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday, November 12th and revealed he signed Benny to the longtime label.

“I’m on Def Jam Records right,” Snoop said. “I’m a creative consultant executive, and just to let you know that it don’t exist no more, I’m going to announce on your show that I just signed Benny The Butcher, and he is one of the hardest rappers up out of Buffalo, New York. So that’s showing that there are no more lines to be crossed. We are doing what we’re supposed to be doing. The butcher’s coming.”

Benny The Butcher later confirmed the news on Instagram with a photo of himself signing the contract.

His Caption Read: “A Buffalo n***a the new face of The Legendary @defjam,” he wrote. “signed my major deal finally this for DJ Shay. Griselda x B$F this is BIG…Huge Buffalo we did it again gotta thank @chace_infinite @1978hiphop @hank & Hov of course and the whole @rocnation my Family @westsidegunn @whoisconway @griseldarecords.”

“my team the Sopranos my n***a @bsf_cityboy @therealtonydeniro @jakeamankwaah yo @iamheem and @prettyrickyhyde y’all stock Jus went up with mine. this street shit back on top. big unc @defjamsnoop @snoopdogg I appreciate u OG u kno tht. THE BUTCHER COMIN.”

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