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H.E.R. Calls On Chris Brown For Smooth “Come Through” Single
If you’re looking for some soulful R&B to vibe to, you know that H.E.R. always delivers. At only 23-years-old, the multihyphenate entertainer has swept the award circuit, including holding several Grammys, and she’s one of the most respected voices in the music industry today. As H.E.R.’s star continues to rise with each new release, on Friday (April 23), she returns with a new single featuring her fellow hitmaker, Chris Brown.
The pair blend effortlessly on “Come Through,” a song that is all about what the title suggests. The two singers trade lines about wanting the other to cancel their plans for a possible late-night sneaky link with a close circle of friends who are looking to “get faded.” Stream “Come Through” by H.E.R. featuring Chris Brown and let us know what you think.
Quotable Lyrics
Lookin’ at you cry, go crazy
If I could, I would takе the pain away
I don’t see that smile I made
You already made plans that ain’t with me
Tryin’ hard, I been tryin’ hard to breathe
Inhale, exhale, you expel what you been doin’ to me
Moneybagg Yo Shares “A Gangsta’s Pain” Ft. Pharrell, Lil Durk, Future, Jhené Aiko, Polo G
He’s been applying pressure with each new release and on Friday (April 23), Moneybagg Yo returned with his fourth studio album, A Gangsta’s Pain. Recently, photos surfaced showing Moneybagg with Jhené Aiko and it looks as if they were shooting the music video to their track “One of Dem Nights,” and that collaboration, along with his “Hard for the Next” single with Future, shows that Moneybagg can offer hard-hitting bars as well as a softer side to his lyrical approach.
A Gangsta’s Pain is like pulling from Moneybagg Yo’s diary as the Memphis rapper continues to open up about the highs and lows of his upbringing as well as his rising success. The Platinum-selling Memphis artist adds only a handful of features to the album including the aforementioned Aiko and Future along with Kaash Paige, Big30, Tripstar, Polo G, Lil Durk, and the man who praised Moneybagg’s skills, Pharrell Williams.
Stream A Gangsta’s Pain and let us know what you think. And also, make sure to check out our Digital Cover Story with the chart-topping rapper.
Tracklist
1. Memphganistan ft. Kaash Paige
2. Just Say Det
3. Go! with Big30
4. Wockesha
5. Shottas ( Lala)
6. Hard for the Next with Future
7. If Pain Was a Person
8. I Believe U ft. Tripstar
9. Time Today
10. Interlude
11. Free Promo ft. Polo G, Lil Durk
12. Hate It Here
13. Love It Here
14. Clear Da Air
15. Projects
16. One of Dem Nights ft. Jhené Aiko
17. FR
18. Certified Neptunes ft. Pharrell
19. Change Da Subject
20. Least Ian Lie
21. Bipolar Virgo
22. A Gangsta’s Pain
Cardi B Goes Off On Politicians More Concerned With Her Than Police Brutality
As civil rest continues in the United States with police shooting citizens, protests occurring nationwide, and investigations into the massive insurrection at the Capitol back in January, conservative politicians are still angered about Cardi B. The rapper has often engaged in a war of words with the right-wingers who have attacked her for her explicit content and imagery, but the rapper believes there are more important, pressing issues at hand.
After a reporter tweeted that he was looking to speak with people who had contacted their local representatives to complain about Cardi, she responded, “Smh! THERES PEOPLE DYING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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Soon, a clip of Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman speaking about Cardi during an official meeting surfaced where he said people contacted his offices about the rapper’s “decency.” Cardi retweeted the post and added, “This gets me so mad ya don’t even know! I think we all been on the edge this week since we seen police brutality back to back including watching one of the biggest case in history go down DUE to police brutality but wait ! This is wat state representative decide to talk about.”
“Mind you Nikkas can’t give a word about Jacob Blake or give him proper Justice but this part of the reason why !!!!!” she added. “They giving seats to F*CKIN IDIOTS!!This is why people gotta vote ,elect better people cause you got these dum asses representing states.” We wonder if Candace Owens is somewhere exercising her Twitter Fingers. Check out Cardi’s posts below.
Claudia Jordan Suggests Kanye West Tried To Hook Up With Her While With Kim Kardashian
As DMX lay in the hospital with his loved ones, Claudia Jordan sent out a tweet announcing his death. It was quickly picked up and soon, tens of thousands of people began sharing the news. The problem was that DMX was very much alive as he was being treated by physicians, causing Jordan to receive an onslaught of backlash.
An interview she recently did with The Domenick Nati Show has caused a bit of an uproar, as well, after Jordan spoke about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. According to the Fox Soul talk show host, Ye tried to hook up with her when he saw her out at a nightclub.
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“He tried years ago,” Jordan said of West allegedly making a pass at her. “Me and Nikki Chu were in the club. They shut the door… I met him before and, you know what, I hung out with Kim, as well. And girl code. I couldn’t do it. Let’s say that.”
Jordan didn’t implicitly state that Kim and Kanye were together, but the very mention of Kardashian’s name with the phrase “girl code” has people chatting about Kanye potentially cheating on his estranged wife. Some have come after Jordan for mentioning this story during a time when the famous couple has in the midst of a highly publicized, emotional divorce.
Check out Claudia Jordan on The Domenick Nati Show below.
Report: Shock G Dead at 57
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Drake Poses With Chris Brown & Fans Go Wild
For dedicated fans, to see Drizzy and C. Breezy occupying the same space causes a ruckus. The superstars are known to individually create social media firestorms whenever they share a new upload, and after Drake posted a picture of himself alongside Chris Brown, the public couldn’t help but speculate if they were together for a night on the town or if business, and another collaboration, is on the horizon.
Brown has been laying low as of late and Drake, well, we’ve been expecting the Certified Lover Boy release for some time. With Drake out and about with the crew, fans are hoping that he’s getting all of the partying done before he locks down for CLB roll-out mode.
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In his usual way, Drake didn’t offer up an explanation regarding the context of the flick aside from a palm tree emoji he landed in his captions. It seems that the two chart-topping artists were in Los Angeles at The Highlight Room. In other Drizzy news, the rapper recently teased his Certified Lover Boy x Chrome Hearts collaboration, and last week, he was reportedly hanging out with Rihanna and her man A$AP Rocky in Los Angeles.
Drake’s photos have amassed almost one million likes and hundreds of thousands of comments within the hour on Instagram alone, so check out the post for yourself below and let us know if you want to hear more from these two.
Digital Underground Rapper Shock G Has Reportedly Died At The Age Of 57
As the hip-hop community continues to grieve the recent deaths of DMX and Black Rob, they’re unfortunately forced to say goodbye to another well-respected name. Digital Underground rapper Shock G has reportedly passed away at the age of 57. The news was delivered by fellow Digital Underground member Chopmaster J through a post he shared on Instagram.
“34 years ago almost to the day we had a wild idea we can be a hip hop band and take on the world through it all the dream became a reality and the reality became a nightmare for some,” he wrote. “And now he’s awaken from the fame long live shock G Aka Humpty Hump and Rest In Peace my Brotha Greg Jacobs!!! #digitalunderground.”
A cause of death has yet to be revealed by anyone close to Shock G. The rapper discovered hip-hop after settling down in Queens, New York following a string of relocations around the East Coast with his family. Years later, he would move to Oakland, California and start the Digital Underground collective with Chopmaster J and the late Kenneth Waters, aka Kenny-K. In 1989, they would sign to Tommy Boy Records, and the year after, they released their highest charting record with “The Humpty Dance.” The group would go on to release six albums together between 1990 and 2008.
Shock G had success as a solo act and producer. In 1993 he produced and guest appeared on Tupac’s breakout single, “I Get Around,” and eventually produced his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now.
You can view the post from Chopmaster J above.
Jadakiss Honored DMX With A Food Giveaway In Their Hometown Of Yonkers
When news arrived nearly two weeks ago that DMX had passed away, a rain of condolences arrived in honor of the hip-hop legend. Most used social media to share their thoughts like Ruff Ryders members Swizz Beatz, Sheek Louch and Styles P as well as the group’s co-founder Joaquin “Waah” Dean. A noticeable name missing from that list was Jadakiss, who instead decided to honor DMX by giving back to his Yonkers hometown, the city where the late rapper was also born.
In a video he posted on Instagram, Jadakiss invited his followers to come to Palisades Towers, where he would give out fresh boxes of produce to folks in the city. Its caption also explained the giveaway’s purpose as the rapper wrote, “Food Giveaway in Honor of DMX.”
The move from Jadakiss comes after DMX’s family announced the official memorial services to honor the rapper. The first, a “Celebration Of Life Memorial,” will occur on April 24 at 4 p.m. EST and air on YouTube while a second service, a “Home-going Celebration,” will be held on April 25 at 2:30 p.m. EST and air on BET. Per an announcement from DMX’s manager Steve Rifkind last week, it appears the former will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and the latter will be at a church in the New York City area.
You can check out Jadakiss’ post above.
Gunna And Drake’s ‘Solid’ Collaboration Was Originally Supposed To Be On ‘Certified Lover Boy’
Young Thug’s YSL Records collective finally came through with their long-awaited Slime Language 2 compilation last week. It boasted a number of contributions from some of music’s biggest names like Drake, Travis Scott, Future, Kid Cudi and Meek Mill while seeing some of the YSL acts like Lil Keed, Gunna, Unfoonk shine as well. One of the most popular tracks from the album is “Solid,” a song that features Drake, Gunna, and Young Thug.
In a recent sit-down with Billboard that debuted hours after The Call Of Duty: Warzone season three trailer premiered, which Gunna and Thug appear in, the former explained how the Slime Language 2 collaboration came together and shared his thoughts on the Ski Challenge.
“Drake had originally sent me the song for his album and I did it and we was vibing with it for a minute,” Gunna said in the interview about “Solid.” “But then his album didn’t come out and I was still vibing with it, and I’m like ‘Sh*t bro, I wanna put it on Slime Language 2. Let’s put slime (Thug) on it.’ And he was like extra with it and we did, and that’s how that came together.”
As for the Ski Challenge, which sees celebrities and fans alike make skiing motions as Thug and Gunna’s “Ski” collaboration plays in the background, Gunna sees the song reaching great heights because of the challenge. “I feel like [‘Ski’] is like an everybody song so I feel like it’s going to reach everybody,” he said. “You know how many people in the world? I feel like it’s going to keep getting bigger over the years.”
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