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XXL Awards 2022 Nominees Revealed

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Lil Durk Vouches For His ‘Broadway Girls’ Collaborator Morgan Wallen: ‘He Ain’t No Racist’

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Country star Morgan Wallen’s recent controversy regarding a certain racial slur didn’t deter him from collaborating with one of Chicago’s biggest rappers, Lil Durk, for a song that quickly rose on the charts, “Broadway Girls.” Apparently, now that he’s gotten a taste of rap collab success, Wallen wants to expand his pool of coworkers to include Kendrick Lamar — a sentiment with which Durk agrees 100 percent.

TMZ caught up to the Windy City drill rap pioneer recently, asking him about the controversy surrounding Wallen. Durk vouched for his collaborator, saying, “Nah, he ain’t no racist. That’s my boy. We had a long talk—he had his public situation, we had [a talk] behind closed doors, and I’ll vouch for him and he good.” When asked whether Wallen should be “uncanceled,” Durk was adamant that he never was. “He ain’t canceled,” he asserted. He also agrees that Kendrick should collaborate with Wallen.

The numbers certainly seem to bear out that sentiment (remember, kids, no one is ever really canceled, that’s just a buzzword and a red herring). Wallen topped several Billboard year-end charts despite the kerfuffle, and his fans even rented billboards to request forgiveness for him. If Kendrick did decide to accept Wallen’s collaboration invitation, it would almost certainly result in some impressive sales figures, if nothing else.

Watch Durk’s interview with TMZ above.

Lil Durk And Girlfriend India Royale Just Got Engaged

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Lil Durk & India Love

Rapper Lil Durk is officially off the market as he finally proposed to his longtime girlfriend and baby mother, India Royale.  The Chicago rapper got down on one knee while performing at a local radio station’s Big Jam concert in his hometown. He showered India with love first before asking the question “Do you want […]

Lil Durk Proposed To His Longtime Girlfriend India Royale During A Concert In Chicago

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It’s been a big year for Lil Durk and things just got better. During the 107.5 WGCI Big Jam concert on Saturday in the his hometown, the rapper got down on one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend India Royale. He made the move in front of thousands who attended the show in person and even more who tuned in for its livestream from home. “You know I love you to death,” he told his bride-to-be. “You’ve been holding me down when I was going through a lot. You’re the realest and I just love you to death. Would you want to be my wife?”

Royale, who was smiling from ear to ear, said yes. She and Durk have been dating since 2017 and they currently have one child together. Durk previously hinted at marrying Royale earlier this year. “She asked me what I want for my birthday I told her a son and for us to get married,” he wrote in an Instagram post in October, according to HotNewHipHop.

Durk has been extremely open about his love for Royale, as in his recent verse on Drake’s “In The Bible” with Giveon. “India Royale cosmetic, I’m just promotin’ my b*tch / Drake song do a billion streams for sure, I’m just promotin’ her sh*t,” he says. “Nasty with it, take her to Sono Bello and get her some massive t*tties.”

You can watch Durk’s proposal to Royale in the video above.

Lil Durk’s Inexplicable Collaboration With Morgan Wallen Receives A Surprisingly Warm Reception From Fans

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Lil Durk has collaborated with a number of artists in the music industry, especially since widened his audience last year through well-performing projects and songs with Drake, Lil Baby, and more. He’s worked with both rappers and singers, but tonight marks a new first for him.

For the first time in his career, Durk finds himself in the country lane with quite the controversial artist: Morgan Wallen. Earlier this year, Wallen found himself in heavy controversy after he was caught on video using a racial slur while he was out with friends. Despite that, Wallen and Durk joined forces for their new song “Broadway Girls.”

Knowing what Wallen did earlier this year, one would believe that the song would stir up a bit of controversy, but most of the reactions it received on social media have been warm and in support of it. For what it’s worth, the artists’ demographics don’t have much obvious overlap and some may be unaware of what Wallen did (or unbothered), but in the end, it’s still a questionable collaboration.

Despite this, the song is here and altogether it amounts to a rap and country crossover record focused on women who only pay attention to Wallen and Durk because of their money and status in the music world.

You can view some of the reactions to the song below and press play on the track above.

Joyner Lucas Shoots Like ‘Rambo’ On His New Single With Lil Durk

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Over the past few months, Joyner Lucas has greatly expanded his collaboration pool and the results largely speak for themselves. Beginning in April this year, the formerly iconoclastic Joyner began working with some of hip-hop’s hottest names including Lil Baby (“Ramen & OJ“), Rick Ross (“Legend“), Lil Tjay (“Dreams Unfold“), J. Cole (“Your Heart“), and Ty Dolla Sign (“Late To The Party“). Today, he continues that streak by tapping Chicago’s Lil Durk for the boastful “Rambo.”

On “Rambo,” Durk and Joyner keep things simple, employing the obvious metaphor of comparing the titular film character’s prowess with firearms to their own rap skills — although it could be argued that Durk is talking about the actual weaponry he has amassed over the years, considering his usual content. “I got the sniper on top of the roof,” Joyner brags on the hook. “You’ll never hear when I shoot.”

Joyner’s stylistic reinvention over the past two years has seen him tap into both his creativity and his sense of humor. While his personality may come off brusque and self-serious, by releasing videos like the visually impressive “Will” and the tongue-in-cheek “Zim Zimma,” he’s humanized himself a lot and made himself more endearing than his beefs with Logic and Lil Nas X suggested.

Listen to Joyner Lucas’ “Rambo” featuring Lil Durk above.

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