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Kodak Black has had issues staying out of trouble for the last few years. Seemingly every month, his legal problems intensify. This year, he’s been dealt a lucky hand, earning a Presidential pardon at the beginning of the year and having his sentence commuted by Trump. Still, he wants a suitable mentor to help guide him in the rap game, realizing that he has a lot to learn from established veterans.

This week, after a collaboration between Kodak Black, Nas, and Brent Faiyaz was teased by a fan, the Florida rapper told followers that he’s interested in building a deeper connection with the King’s Disease 2 legend.

Responding to a tweet on Tuesday night, Kodak manifested a future mentor, shooting his shot at Nas and Drake for the role. “Can’t Wait To Nas Put Me Under His Wing Him Or Drake , I’m Fucked Up Bout Dem Two N***as,” wrote Yak.

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The rapper has not collaborated with Drake or Nas in the past, but he clearly has a strong admiration for them both. Nas has released two of the most acclaimed albums of the last two years with King’s Disease and King’s Disease 2, while Drake continues to be the most popular rapper in the world.

Do you think Kodak Black could reach a new level with mentorship from Nas or Drake?

It has been reported that two members of Ol Dirty Bastard’s Brooklyn Zu crew — 12 O’Clock and Murdock — have passed away, seemingly killed in a shooting that transpired on Tuesday morning, August 10th. 

HipHopDX shared a post by 12 O’Clock’s son Divine Turner, who mourned his father’s death on Instagram. “I’m out of town on business and found out they just murdered my father,” he explains, in a brief clip. “I don’t know what to do.” He elaborates further in a caption. “Sad day for me. They assassinated my father in #Oregon.”

Both 12 O’Clock and Murdock were cousins of Ol Dirty Bastard, and ODB’s son shared a heartfelt Instagram post in thier honor. “Rip To My Older Cousins,” captions Young Dirty Bastard. “Rip 12 ‘O Clock, Rip Murdock. They Were My Fathers Tightest blood Bonds. My Two Older Cousins Was just assassinated. Love Yalllllll. Blood Forever.” 

At this moment, details about the death of 12 O’Clock and Murdock remain relatively scarce. A report from FOX as shared by DX indicates that two men were killed in a shooting in Northeast Portland, with multiple left injured. While the investigation is ongoing, suspects have yet to be identified. 

The pair were frequent collaborators of the late ODB, having made an introduction of sorts on the Return To The 36 Chambers posse cut “Proteck Ya Neck II The Zoo.” In the wake of the sad news, many have taken to social media to show love to the deceased rappers. Rest in peace to Murdock and 12 O’Clock, and condolences to their friends, family, and fans. 

LISTEN: ODB ft Brooklyn Zu – Protect Ya Neck II The Zoo

Depending on who you ask, you’ll receive a different answer every time as to what’s the greatest music album ever. Some people may safely choose The Beatles’ Abbey Road, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, or Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. Others would go a more unconventional route and tell you it’s Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Nicki Minaj has taken a different path, revealing her pick for the greatest album of all time on Instagram on Tuesday night.

Sharing a screenshot of her favorite album ever, Nicki told her followers that she thinks the best album ever released is Whitney Houston’s self-titled project from 1985. The album was Whitney’s debut, and it was recently ranked at #257 on a list of the greatest albums ever by Rolling Stone. Whitney Houston stayed at the top of the Billboard charts for fourteen weeks, birthing three number-one singles, including “Saving All My Love For You,” “How Will I Know,” and “Greatest Love Of All.”

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Nicki followed up her post with a video of herself listening to “All At Once,” which is from Whitney’s self-titled debut.

In your opinion, what’s the greatest album of all time? Do you agree with Nicki Minaj that Whitney Houston’s self-titled album is up there?

Within a time span of less than a full calendar year, Morray has transitioned from an unknown artist with a viral song to a key rising artist to watch in the music industry. This spring, he dropped off his hard-hitting debut project Street Sermons, and later this summer, he was featured on the highly coveted annual XXL freshman list. 

Now, it appears that Morray has already secured his “dream collab” — a track with fallen rapper and singer Mo3.

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Morray was recently spotted in Dallas, Texas, filming a music video for the as-of-yet untitled collaboration, and as a way of showing even more love to Mo3, the 2021 XXL Freshman also visited Mo3’s gravesite alongside his son.

In a rather heartwarming video, Morray chops it up with Mo3’s son, saying, “Nah, you really the GOAT, bro. I ain’t gon’ lie to you. You fye!” A person off-camera then reveals that Mo3’s son actually has a single dropping on his birthday, to which Morray enthusiastically replies, “Oh, your single bout to drop!?”

Check out his exchange with Mo3’s son as well as behind-the-scenes footage of Morray’s upcoming music video below.

Are you looking forward to hearing Morray and Mo3’s on a track together?

Twitter has had an absolute field day with the news of PJ Washington and Brittany Renner’s breakup. Just a few months after giving birth to their baby, Brittany Renner, AKA Bundle of Brittany, kicked her man to the curb, dumping the Charlotte Hornets star and creating a ruckus on social media. 

People have taken to Twitter to destroy PJ Washington with memes and jokes about his misfortune, predicting that he’ll be needing to put aside a whole lot of money for child support. A few weeks after the initial drama ensued, PJ and Brittany are trending again because of a viral rumor going around that PJ will have to shell out $200,000 per month in child support.

The unconfirmed rumor has been shared thousands of times on Twitter and, once again, people are having a good laugh at PJ Washington’s luck. Some people doubt that he’ll be able to afford that rate for eighteen years, while others are joking about PJ finding ways out of this mess. Others are pointing out Brittany Renner’s close friendship with Teanna Trump, who recently was on Adin Ross’ stream, where she spoke about how she’s been known to finesse men. Perhaps they’ve been in cahoots?

Take a look at everything people are saying below.

Following the news that Aaliyah’s uncle, Barry Hankerson, would be reviving his powerhouse record label as Blackground Records 2.0, it was quickly revealed that iconic albums from Aaliyah, Timbaland & Magoo, JoJo, and Tank will finally be hitting streaming services after more than a decade.

Seeing that Aaliyah’s discography has been practically nonexistent on all streaming platforms, news of her classic albums — including One In A Million and her self-titled third studio album — coming to streaming services is a big deal. The first re-release from her catalog as well as the first re-release from Blackground Records’ invaluable vault is One In A Million, and it is set to arrive on August 20th.

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Rather than a typical countdown, however, the team behind Aaliyah’s re-releases have decided to switch things up by counting the seconds leading up to the album’s release on streaming services. At the time of publishing, the count-up is in the 256,800 range, and it will eventually hit one million in honor of the forthcoming re-release of One In A Million.

Check out a screengrab of the exciting count-up below, courtesy of Blackground Records 2.0. 

Head over to the #AaliyahIsComing website to tune into the count-up to one million and get ready for the late singer’s iconic second studio album when it releases on August 20. And if you’re looking forward to new posthumous music from Aaliyah, Barry Hankerson has already confirmed that a posthumous album featuring Drake, Chris Brown, and Future is coming soon to Blackground Records 2.0 as well.