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Mero Explains Desus Split To Joe Budden & Carmelo Anthony

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Mero recently stopped by 7PM In Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony and Joe Budden for a very engaging conversation. At one point, the Dominican-American media multi-hyphenate spoke of the end of his working partnership with Desus and what the core differences were. “I’ma keep it a buck,” Mero began his remarks. “At first, I was upset. It’s the business. There’s no friends in the business. I got four kids, two mortgages, you know what I’m saying? You know where I live, Joe, the taxes are cr*zy. I got real life situations going on. So I’m like, ‘Yo, if we get an offer from Draft Kings for 1.5 before they got logos on the NBA court.’ And you’re like, ‘Nah, bro, this ain’t it.’

“And I’m like, ‘Nah, fam, I’m gambling illegally right now,’” The Kid Mero continued. “‘This s**t is legal in Jersey. I just moved here, trying not to fail on it. This is going places, bro. We need to do this’ And they’re like, ‘Nah’? I’m like, ‘F**k outta here!’ That’s the beginning of like, ‘Alright, this s**t is corroded.’

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“So the situation was, we were in two different places in life, right?” Mero went on. “I was very much so aiming for ownership. Being a production company, owning your IP, because that’s life or death in media. If you own your s**t, you’re good. If you know that, you go into it with a certain approach, you know what I mean? I need longevity, I need ownership. We’ve developed this s**t out the mud, so this is us, we’re owners. We’re not selling this to nobody, the key word here is licensing. I’ll license this s**t to you for a term, you know, two years, or one and one. But selling your IP, bro, selling your name? It seems like they’re preparing Desus for Hollywood. Like, that next level. I heard that, and I was just like, ‘Bro, you know what’s cr*zy? No!’

“The next level of Hollywood was the three of us -– Desus, Victor, myself -– sitting down with Judd Apatow, and saying, ‘Yo, we’re going to do a movie,’” he concluded. “The movie gets written, and Desus is like, ‘I ain’t really feeling this s**t.’ When I know, in the business mind, when you do a movie with this guy, you’re not just doing a movie with this guy. This dude is like a kingmaker in the film industry. If you get in there and you make a banger with him, you’re solidified. That’s what makes you get up to the next level. A conversation happened a couple of times, and it was just very like, ‘Alright, no doubt.’ From business.” For more news on Desus, Mero, Joe Budden, and Carmelo Anthony, check back in with HNHH.

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Joe Budden & Adin Ross Trade More Blows Over Streamers In Hip-Hop

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There’s a big divide right now in the hip-hop media world: the old guard of journalists and commentators against the new wave of streamers and content creators. There’s perhaps no better example of this right now than Joe Budden’s recent tirades against the likes of Kai Cenat and Adin Ross. During his most recent episode of his podcast, released Sunday (February 11), he invited Ebro Darden to chime in as well, and reopened these wounds. Moreover, the issue stems from a lack of knowledge and authority that folks like Ross and Cenat have in the rapper’s eyes. No matter where you fall on this spat, it’s an important conversation to heal from.

“There’s a lot of people involved in culture that know absolutely nothing about culture,” Joe Budden’s new comments kicked off. “But today, because of tech, they’re integral parts in the conversation. In the song making, in what the artists can and cannot do. It’s like, who the f**k are you? Where did you come from? For me, the hip-hop I come from, there’s no world where me and Adin Ross need to talk about something. Who the f**k are you, n***a? Where did you just pop up from?”

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The Joe Budden & Adin Ross Battle Continues Over Streaming In Rap Culture

Furthermore, this was Adin Ross’ response on his Kick stream to Joe Budden reigniting this issue. “So why bring me up, bro? How does that make any sense? Why are you bringing me up, I respond, and now you’re saying there’s no reason for him and I to be in a conversation? What do you want to gain out of it? You want to gain something out of it, clearly. Is your podcast doing that bad, your numbers are that bad, you need me to react to it? Damn, nothing just works out for you, bro. Your rap career failed, your podcast is clearly failing.”

Meanwhile, this debacle began because Kai Cenat complained about Killer Mike winning the Best Rap Album Grammy over Travis Scott, and saying he didn’t even know who Mike was. When Budden blasted him, Ross defended Cenat, and now it’s all-out animosity. We’ll see if these personalities can learn from this exchange. For more news and the latest updates on Joe Budden and Adin Ross, come back to HNHH.

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Megan Thee Stallion’s “HISS” Going No. 1 Wasn’t Organic, According To “The Joe Budden Podcast” Hosts

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Even with all the forces conspiring against her, Megan Thee Stallion successfully achieved her third career No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier in February. “HISS” not only allowed the Houston-born hottie to air out her feelings surrounding the drama that’s been circulating her for the past few years but also broke the internet largely due to her mention of “Megan’s Law,” which offended Nicki Minaj.

Supporters who have been running up streams on “HISS” since it first dropped weren’t surprised to see the diss track debut at the top of the prestigious list. Still, there are skeptics – particularly among The Joe Budden Podcast co-hosts – who have questions about the authenticity of Thee Stallion’s rollout. “I’m not here to sugar coat it, we could see through certain s**t,” one person on a recent episode of the popular internet show argued. “It’s the same fight that Nicki been talking about, the machines, and the manufactured diss.”

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“I think I saw, it’s a contest going where you can win some merch and get a certain amount of entries by streaming a song here,” he continued. “Uh, and signing up for the mailing list here. This is all the little tricks of the trade that they disqualify other artists for, but because this one is on our side and in our group we allow it to go.”

Fans of the femcee aren’t happy with Joe Budden’s recent treatment of Megan Thee Stallion. Elsewhere, the streaming community is also airing their grievances with the podcaster following his comments on Kai Cenat and other young creatives blowing up right now. Adin Ross found himself in a Twitter/X spat over the matter after defending Cenat, and the Florida native wasn’t here for people making the situation about race. Read all about that at the link below, and let us know in the comments if you think “HISS” climbing to the top of the charts was authentic or not.

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Why Did Kai Cenat & Adin Ross Diss Joe Budden?

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Joe Budden has long been better known for his controversial opinions about pop culture than for his music, but his latest targets have equally large platforms and are fighting back against his latest rant. In the wake of the 2024 Grammy Awards, the newest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast found the New Jersey curmudgeon loudly venting against both the show itself — specifically, Travis Scott’s performance — and against streamers like Kai Cenat and Adin Ross, who were upset that Killer Mike won in three rap categories over their generation’s favorite artists like Drake, Metro Boomin, and Travis Scott.

“Shut your ass up,” he said, addressing the angry streamers. “Yo, y’all lil streaming n****s don’t always run sh*t. Shut the f*ck up! We don’t care about none of that little streaming, moshpit, marked car whatever you n****s is doing over there… I’m just so happy that the streaming — that the little f*ckity f*cks finally, finally have a look-in-the-mirror moment and say, ‘Oh, it’s not about us.’ No, adults are out, n***a. N****s got pocket handkerchiefs in. N****s got fly sh*t on. Yeah, real execs, business people, you little f*ckity f*cks.”

However, on their own respective streams, Cenat and Ross struck back. During his stream on Twitch, Cenat said, “What we have here is a case of old n**** syndrome… Stop talking about streaming n****s like we some lil’ n****s. I could buy you.” He also pointed out Budden’s habit of hating on younger entertainers, saying, “I could pull up like 20 clips of you doubting every 2016 [XXL] Freshman, and look at them boys right now,” before administering the coup de grace: “You got one hit, Joe! ‘Pump it up!’”

Meanwhile, on Kick, Ross was even nastier, saying, “Joe Budden, every time I see you or a clip of you, it’s just on some hating sh*t. I’ma be honest, bro, I don’t know what you do. I can’t even name one Joe Budden song, respectfully… You’re one of these old asses who hates. Why can’t you be more like Rick Ross or Snoop Dogg, the OGs that are cool as f*ck and show flowers to the young motherf*ckers? You have no room to talk, no room to speak.”

Unfortunately, both sides have good points. As per usual, the generational divide in hip-hop is the culprit, but neither side is taking the appropriate steps to bridge that gap (to paraphrase Dave Chappelle: Where’s J. Cole??). In the midst of Budden’s rant is a nugget of truth: maybe 22-year-olds aren’t in the best position to present themselves as authorities on rap music — especially if they refuse to engage with it past the obvious streaming favorites and hip-hop that barely counts as hip-hop.

But the streamers, jive turkeys that they are (I’m looking at white supremacist/misogynist apologist Ross here), have a point of their own: Joe Budden is a huge hater. Seriously, every time he goes viral it’s for another clip of him that sounds very much like he never got over being dropped by Def Jam, then torching his second chance at Shady Records. If anyone needs a “look in the mirror” moment, it’s Joe.

Kai Cenat Gets Heated After Being Called Out By Joe Budden, Adin Ross Backs Up His Fellow Streamer

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Kai Cenat had some choice words after Joe Budden used him as an example of “young streaming n-ggas” while discussing the Grammys. “What we have here is a case of old n-gga syndrome. Stop talking about streaming n-ggas like we some lil’ n-ggas, bro. I could buy you, my n-gga. Do you understand that? I could pull up like 20 clips of you doubting every 2016 [XXL] Freshman, and look at them boys right now. You got one hit, Joe! ‘Pump it up!’ No offense to your career and shit like that, but come on, bro!” Cenat screamed on his stream.

Adin Ross, a close friend and ally of Cenat, also called out Budden on his own stream. “Joe Budden, every time I see you or a clip of you, it’s just on some hating shit. I’ma be honest, bro, I don’t know what you do. I can’t even name one Joe Budden song, respectfully. You’re one of these old asses who hates. Why can’t you be more like Rick Ross or Snoop Dogg, the OGs that are cool as fuck and show flowers to the young motherf-ckers? You have no room to talk, no room to speak. Me and Kai are 10 times richer than you will ever be, old man. We are more humble than you and we are nicer than you,” Ross said.

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Why Are Joe Budden And Kai Cenat Beefing?

As mentioned, the root of the beef between Cenat and Budden stems from comments Budden made while discussing the Grammys. Budden took aim at Cenat after playing a clip of Cenat complaining that UTOPIA did not win Best Rap Album of the Year while also admitting that he did not know who Killer Mike was. Killer Mike grabbed the award over Travis Scott and a collab album from Drake & 21 Savage.

After playing the clip of Cenat, Budden went in on the modern wave of young professional livestreamers. “Y’all little streaming n-ggas don’t always run sh-t! Shut the f-ck up! We don’t care about none of that lil’ streamy moshpit, marked card, whatever you n-ggas is doing over there. U-f-cking-topia? U-nopia, n-gga. I’m just so happy that the little f-ckety f-cks finally have a look in the mirror moment and say, ‘Oh, it’s not about us!’ No, adults are out, n-gga! […] N-ggas got fly shit on, real execs, business people. Shut up for a change. I’m so sick of these n-ggas. We gotta rush behind Killer Mike. Killer Mike won, we gotta let these n-ggas know what the f-ck we really think,” Budden ranted.

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Joe Budden Begs Kai Cenat And Streaming ‘F*ckity F*cks’ To ‘Shut Up For A Change’ In A Rant About The 2024 Grammys

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At the 2024 Grammys last Sunday, February 4, Killer Mike won Best Rap Performance (“Scientists & Engineers“), Best Rap Song (“Scientists & Engineers”), and Best Rap Album (Michael). Killer Mike was predictably euphoric, but Twitch streamer Kai Cenat had trouble accepting that anyone beat out Travis Scott’s Utopia or Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss for the award. But Joe Budden doesn’t care to hear another word from Cenat.

On the February 7 episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the host played a clip from Cenat’s Twitch stream in which he reacted to Killer Mike’s victory, saying, “Who decided this motherf*cker? Who the f*ck decided this motherf*cker? Her Loss?! Utopia?! Metro Boomin?!”

Budden laughingly mocked Cenat’s outrage and said, “Shut your ass up. Yo, y’all lil streaming n****s don’t always run sh*t. Shut the f*ck up! We don’t care about none of that little streaming, moshpit, marked car whatever you n****s is doing over there.”

Budden continued, “U-f*cking-topia. U-nope-ia, n***a. I’m just so happy that the streaming — that the little f*ckity f*cks finally, finally have a look-in-the-mirror moment and say, ‘Oh, it’s not about us.’ No, adults are out, n***a. N****s got pocket handkerchiefs in. N****s got fly sh*t on. Yeah, real execs, business people, you little f*ckity f*cks. Shut up for a change! I’m so sick of these n****s. We only get to do this once a year. Listen, we gotta rush behind Killer Mike. Killer Mike won. We gotta let these n****s know what the f*ck we really think.”

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Joe Budden Was Disgusted By Travis Scott And Playboi Carti’s 2024 Grammys Performance: ‘Get The F*ck Off The Stage’

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Travis Scott’s Utopia — Circus Maximus Tour recently wrapped after months of generating headlines, including the fact that he performed “FE!N” 10 times in a row. Scott explained during a December appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that he chose to repeatedly run through the song because “I have, like, the best fans in the world, and I go off the energy they give me, and they were wild that night, and so I just got even wilder.”

Meanwhile, Joe Budden hates it.

Scott performed “FE!N” with Playboi Carti, the featured artist on the Utopia track, during the 2024 Grammys last Sunday, February 4, and Budden was less than impressed.

“What the f*ck is Travis and his man doing up here?” Budden said in a clip making the rounds on X (formerly Twitter). “You two bozos, get the f*ck off the stage when n****s got beautiful women and tuxedos on, honestly. You up there smashing sh*t.”

Budden added, “All that sh*t look different when it ain’t a thousand little white kids jumping up and down. Ay, when there are grown people here, all that, ‘Fein! Fein! Fein!’ That’s what you wanted to win over Killer Mike?” (Scott’s Utopia was nominated for Best Rap Album, which Killer Mike won for Michael.)

Budden called Scott “stupid” before continuing to mockingly imitate Scott’s performance. And just when you think it couldn’t get any more brutal, Budden brought Carti into the criticism.

“And then you bring your man out,” he said. “This is how I knew I was in the f*cking matrix. You bring your man out, Playboi Carti, the crowd just stares silent. Playboi Carti looked confused. Like, ‘Y’all don’t know who I am?’ No, n***a! You got a f*cking mask on! Who the f*ck are you under there? You are not at South By Southwest [SXSW] anymore. We can’t recognize you bozos by the stocking mask you’re wearing. I hate these n****s, man. All of ’em!”

But it wasn’t all hate. Budden added, “I love that song, but not when the tuxedos are out. Take that sh*t to the dirty Coachella grass, n****.”

Watch the clip below.

Nicki Minaj Has A Warning For Lyor Cohen And YouTube

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Nicki Minaj’s “Big Foot,” the infamous Megan Thee Stallion diss, is doing pretty well commercially… but not as well as the Queen demands. Moreover, she recently hosted a Twitter Spaces conversation with Joe Budden on Wednesday (January 31), during which she made some very wide-ranging claims. One of these was the Trinidadian superstar’s belief that the Houston MC wanted “a Rihanna moment” with her testimony about the Tory Lanez trial. In other words, Megan wanted undue sympathy for abuse, she posited, which stirred up a lot of controversy from fans and detractors alike. Regardless, Nicki thinks much of this negative reception is false.

Furthermore, among many other industry big-shots, she took aim at Lyor Cohen, a music executive who has been YouTube’s Global Head of Music since 2016. Specifically, Nicki Minaj accused him of allowing or implementing bots on her content to sabotage the success of “Big Foot” or paint it in a bad light, perhaps through negative comments or other metrics. “We have screenshots of the YouTube bots, it’s cr*zy,” she remarked during the Spaces conversation. “Lyor, you better not… Lyor, don’t play with me, n***a. I hope you ain’t around that company no more right now.”

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The First Lady of Young Money didn’t stop there, as she also made similar claims against Twitter and TikTok about how fake backlash and criticism is being amplified as a sabotaging method. While she didn’t provide any direct evidence of this, it’s become a common narrative across her recent rants, particularly directed against Megan Thee Stallion. This is nothing new for Nicki Minaj or her Barbz to reckon with, and part of why it’s a prevailing sentiment is because she finds so much overwhelming support from her fanbase that everything else seems moot. But don’t get it twisted: she’s still the biggest female rapper right now, and one of the biggest of all time.

As such, perhaps these complaints will quickly meet folks’ disapproval or ridicule. Still, as “HISS” builds up momentum for a No. 1 debut on Billboard, its response track “Big Foot” reportedly falls behind. But is that due to “bots” or people’s own reaction to the track’s quality and impact? Unfortunately for us, perhaps we’ll never really know… With that in mind, check back in with HNHH for the latest news and updates on Nicki Minaj.

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Joe Budden & Co-Host Ish Turned Into Meme Fodder After Heated Argument, Sexyy Red Joins The Fun

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Joe Budden is known for having some very heated conversations on his podcast. Overall, he doesn’t mind disagreeing with people. Moreover, when he does engage in these disagreements, he can get extremely animated. This doesn’t always go well for him as the internet will say he is being emotional. Additionally, he has definitely upset former co-hosts of his podcast, such as Rory & Mal. Either way, Joe continues to do as he does, and no one is going to stop him.

In a recent episode of the JBP, Budden and Ish got into it all over again in regard to a situation with a woman. This is not the first time Budden and Ish had spoken on this exact topic. Essentially, Ish had been with a woman and then later on, Joe had kissed her. Joe had said this is something he would never do, although Ish had receipts and it led to a huge argument. Well, in this recent episode, the situation was brought up and Joe exploded into a rage. He even had to get up to cool off. Subsequently, he is being turned into a meme.

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Fans took to social media where they shared the specific clip of Joe getting angry, all while adding their own captions to it. In fact, Sexyy Red was one of the many people who decided to join in on the fun. She shared the video and captioned it “‘I ain’t spending on da girl I like.’” Many others shared similar captions, and the video is still making the rounds on Twitter. It is certainly not the first time that Joe has been turned into a meme, and it definitely will not be the last.

Hopefully, Joe and Ish can continue to be cool with one another after all of this. Let us know what you think of the Joe Budden Podcast, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for more news from the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming releases.

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Nicki Minaj Is Still Insulting Megan Thee Stallion, And This Time, It’s A Rant Involving Rihanna And YouTube Bots

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Somehow Nicki Minaj has not run out of things to say about Megan Thee Stallion. The pair’s beef escalated when Meg seemed to diss Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, on her new single, “Hiss.” Minaj responded quickly with a diss track, “Big Foot,” where Minaj ruthlessly attacks Megan Thee Stallion’s personal and professional struggles of late.

On Tuesday, January 30, TMZ reported that security had been increased at the gravesite of Megan’s late mother, Holly Thomas, after its location was shared online (reportedly by the Barbz). You would think that would be nowhere to go with this after that, but Minaj then hopped on Joe Budden’s X (formerly Twitter) Spaces on Wednesday, January 31.

HipHopDX captured portions of Minaj’s rant in the Space. It’s dizzying, to say the least, and nobody can be blamed for not comprehending a word Minaj said, but we will attempt a summary.

Minaj questioned how Megan could be “twerking two days later,” referencing when the since-convicted Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in July 2020. “First of all, emotionally — even emotionally — you just got shot,” Minaj said while cackling, and then clumsily stumbled into “what really grinded my f*cking gears,” which was that a producer bragged on social media about “not clearing a beat for Nicki Minaj.”

That led into a complaint about YouTube bots, Twitter ads, longtime music executive Lyor Cohen, and “the paid for TikToks, the paid for tweets, to the point where people got their little $250 for they tweet to say something bad about Nicki Minaj.” TLDR: Minaj alleged “a smear campaign” against her by people who believe she’s “crazy.”

Eventually, Minaj got back to Megan Thee Stallion, comparing how she handled her trauma from Lanez shooting her versus Rihanna’s domestic violence at the hands of Chris Brown.

“Rihanna is just known for being herself,” Minaj said. “You get what you see. You see what you get, you get what you see type of vibe, right? […] That’s what we know Ri as. Rihanna never would milk something like this. Like, you could tell she couldn’t wait to get that part of her life — you could tell she couldn’t wait to just try to move on with her life. You understand?”

Minaj continued, “And then, people even bashed her for not dragging it out, not milking it. And she was just like, ‘Yo, I was mad young. We were young. I just wanna move on with my life now.’ You know why? Because Rihanna knows that she was a superstar, with or without controversy. She’s beautiful, with or without controversy. She’s loved, with or without controversy. I’m sorry — sympathy. Sympathy, sympathy, sympathy.”

Listen to the clips below.