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Nas just released the sequel to his 2019 project King’s Disease today, featuring a star studded cast of appearances from Eminem, Lauryn Hill, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and more. While the song “Nobody” is getting a lot of praise from Lauryn Hill fans for her insane lyricism and wordplay, another track that fans have been talking about is the Eminem-featured track “EPMD 2,” in which Eminem decides to pay homage to a slew of fallen rappers who’ve left us too soon.

In Em’s verse, the Detroit native name drops all the rappers who we’ve lost over the last few years, including DMX and Nipsey Hussle to name a few.

“R.I.P. out to DMX, Stezo, E and Nipsey/Ecstasy and Prince Markie Dee, MF DOOM, I hit 50 via text/ Told him that I love him ‘cause I don’t even know when I’ma see him next,” Em spits.

Apparently moved by the verse, 50 Cent decided to chime in on the verse in an Instagram post Friday afternoon, telling people to they can’t front on this one and they need to just shut the fuck up and listen.

“No you can not front on this verse,” he captioned the clip. “You just gotta listen. Shut the f*ck up and listen,” 50 captioned.

Later in the verse, Em name drops a few more living legends in hip-hop, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne. “And my name’s with the Kanes, and the Waynes, and the Jays/ And the Dres, and the Yes, and the Drakes/ And the J Dillas, Jadas, Cool Js, and the Ras/ And amazin’ as Nas is, and praise to the Gods of this/ Shout to the golden age of hip-hop and the name of this song is,” he raps.

If you haven’t already, check out the song and verse (below) and let us know what you think.

Last Friday, Isaiah Rashad put an end to his five-year hiatus and released his highly anticipated follow-up to 2016’s The Sun’s Tirade. Led by singles such as the Duke Deuce-assisted “Lay Wit Ya” and “Headshots (4r Da Locals),” Rashad’s third studio album arrived to immediate acclaim from critics and, more importantly, warm reception from his loyal fanbase. 

From “Darkseid” and “RIP Young” to “Score” and “HB2U,” listeners have been quick to highlight their favorite tracks, and the common consensus is that Isaiah Rashad constructed an album that succeeds in setting itself apart from the rest of contemporary releases this year. HNHH even reviewed The House Is Burning, writing that Zaywop’s new album “isn’t quite a blazing inferno, but rather a slow and contemplative burn.”

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However, it turns out that at least one prominent figure within the music industry is not a fan of Isaiah Rashad’s new project. Polarizing online music reviewer Anthony Fantano recently shared his review for Zaywop’s new project, and to many fans’ surprise, he gave a shocking rating of 5/10.

“Honestly, I can’t name an LP in 2021 I have been less excited to hear based on the singles,” Anthony Fantano says in the video before fully diving into his review of Isaiah Rashad’s latest album. “Pretty much every song leading up to the release of this, bored me or left me wanting more.”

For full context, check out Anthony Fantano’s six-minute review of The House Is Burning below.

Isaiah Rashad eventually caught wind of Fantano’s review, and as expected, he didn’t take too kindly to seeing his long-awaited album receive a rating of 5/10. Replying to a fan who was curious to see what Fantano had to say about The House Is Burning, the TDE rapper went on to belittle Fantano’s review as well as his journalistic skills on Twitter, saying, “it’s not experimental enough to excite him, basic enough to make him laugh, and too black for him to identify.”

“My public persona isn’t something to deconstruct so he doesn’t have much to review,” Zaywop continued. “I’m guessing it’s just for views if anything.” Another fan pointed out that Fantano’s video was just a review and that Isaiah Rashad shouldn’t be mad at him for doing his job. To that, he responded, “he’s not employed by a magazine. he literally chooses to make money by getting views off hate bombing ppl. it’s poor journalism too.”

The “RIP Young” artist has already deleted the aforementioned tweets, but a few fans were able to act quickly and get screenshots of them. Check them out below.

Following Isaiah Rashad’s response to Anthony Fantano’s review of The House Is Burning, the YouTube reviewer made a statement regarding the matter, despite his opinion that he’s “not worth all the controversy.” “You guys can lash out, psychoanalyze, or whatever out of disagreement with me,” Fantano tweeted. “comes w/ the territory.”

Upon seeing Fantano’s flippant stance on the matter, TDE President Punch then got involved in the public discourse by directly asking Fantano about his album rating process. “How do you prepare to listen to, and critique black music?” Punch asked the bold music reviewer. “What’s your routine?”

Peep the full exchange between Punch and Anthony Fantano below, complete with Punch’s hilarious refusal to go live with Fantano and talk it all out.

What is your take on the situation? Should Isaiah Rashad and Punch just ignore negative reviews like Fantano’s in the future? Or is Fantano’s approach to rating Black music a topic that should be explored further?

These past couple of years have been filled with some interesting new colorways of the Air Jordan 12, which has been an underrated model in the Jumpman library. These colorways have all be unique in their own right, and now, Jumpman is bringing the Jordan 12 into the Utility space with this “Grind” offering which can be found below.

The Utility aesthetic is meant to make the shoe a lot tougher in treacherous conditions such as the rain. With this colorway, we have some reinforced black leather that will stay strong regardless of where you are in the world. The flashy and glittery blue midsole/outsole is also a highlight of this sneaker as it gives the shoe a more outlandish look. Overall, it is a more lowkey offering but it makes sense considering these are meant to get dirty.

If you are in the market for some new shoes that will help you battle the rain or the snow, then you can cop these as of August 28th for $190 USD. These will be dropping in sizes for the whole family, so if you want to keep your kids laced, these will prove to be a solid option. Let us know what you think, in the comments below.

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Image via Nike

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Dennis Schroder has been in the news quite a bit over the past week due to some issues in free agency. After being offered an $84 million contract by the Los Angeles Lakers, Schroder decided to decline the offer and opted to test the waters of free agency. The point guard wants to be a starter in the league and he feels like he deserves big money. Unfortunately, no team wants to pay him those big amounts and as a result, the market for Schroder has dried up.

At this point, there is no telling where Schroder will go, and some fans believe he might just have to settle for a small one-year contract if he wants to continue his NBA career. It’s a sad state of affairs for a player who was thought to be the solver of the Lakers issues last season.

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Now, Schroder is getting some harsh criticism from Lakers champion Robert Horry, who recently went off on Schroder for the way he has handled free agency. Needless to say

“You said, ‘Oh, I want to return to the Lakers.’ But you wanted to play games. Now you are the disaster of your own game plan,” Horry said. “You don’t know what you’re going to do. You probably lost about $60 million because you didn’t sign with the Lakers. Now you’re probably going to have to sign a one-year deal because I don’t think the Lakers are going to bring you back because they’re stacked now. They have no room for you.”

As the offseason continues, Schroder’s situation will be an interesting one to track. At this point, anything can happen, so stay tuned to HNHH for all of the latest updates from around the NBA.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates spoke about his past work with billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Wednesday, in a new interview with CNN. He referred to the relationship as a “mistake.”

“I had several dinners with him hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts he had might emerge,” Gates said. “When it looked like that wasn’t a real thing that relationship ended.”

“It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility,” the billionaire continued. “I made a mistake.”

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Gates’ relationship with Epstein reportedly factored into a growing rift between himself and his ex-wife Melinda, who filed for divorce from him, earlier this year.

Melinda is expected to continue working on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for at least the next two years.

“I’ve always enjoyed our work together,” Gates told CNN, regarding his work with his ex-wife. “You know the two of us can go out and work with leaders and help build the organization, so that would be definitely the best thing for the foundation.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Gates discussed the reports of a toxic culture at Microsoft.

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