Rico Nasty just released an EP with Boys Noize, but she’s already back to work with a new single, “Bleach Brows.” Produced by ilykimchi & coucouchloe, the song employs a burbly, spaced-out beat, over which Rico boasts in a scrunch-voiced flow about her rags-to-riches journey in rap. “I was piss poor / Started rappin’, ain’t been poor since,” she rhymes. “You ain’t got a voice, speak up or get ignored then.”
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In March, Uproxx spoke with Rico about her and Boys Noize’s joint EP, HARDC0RE DR3AMZ. Rico talked about her musical growth and expanding her sound beyond the boundaries of just the “rage rap” style she helped pioneer.
“One thing I hate the most about music is that everybody thinks you’re just going to drop this project and never drop music again,” she said. “I’m an artist. I want to try sh*t. I want to do stuff I never did before. I’m living my life. I’m going places I’ve never been before, eating sh*t I never ate before. I’m around people I’ve never been around before. Of course, sh*t is going to be different. Because I’m a rapper, I’m going to rap, but sometimes a girl wants to have fun. Sometimes I just want to make music that’s c*nt. What’s wrong with that?”
Fans planning on taking in the show when Gunna’s Bittersweet Tour comes to town have plenty of information to help them out, from the show’s setlist to the merch that’ll be on display.
According to Setlist.fm, the show starts at 9:35, and goes to 11:20 pm, a little under two hours. That gives Gunna enough time to perform 13 songs from his 2023 album, A Gift & A Curse, along with a few songs from his upcoming album, One Of Wun, which comes out on 5/10 via Young Stoner Life Records/300 Entertainment.
You can see the setlist and the remaining tour dates below.
Gunna’s Bittersweet Tour Setlist
01. “Bittersweet”
02. “Whatsapp (Wassam)”
03. “Prada Dem”
04. “Back At It”
05. “Bottom”
06. “Cash Sh*t”
07. “IDK Nomore”
08. “South To West”
09. “Dollaz On My Head”
10. “Met Gala”
11. “Yosemite” (Travis Scott cover)
12. “Pedestrian”
13. “Sold Out Dates”
14.”Drip Too Hard”
15. “Top Off”
16. “P Power”
17. “Poochie Gown”
18. “Nasty Girl/ On Camera”
19. “Baby Birkin”
20. “[New Song]”
21. “Banking On Me”
22. “Alright”
23. “Bread & Butter”
24. “Back To The Moon”
25. “Paybach”
26. “Turned Your Back”
27. “Go Crazy”
28. “I Was Just Thinking”
29. “Drip Or Drown”
30. “[New Song]”
31. “Hot” (Young Thug cover)
32. “Ski” (Young Thug cover)
33. “Oh Okay”
34. “Pushin P”
35. “Fukumean”
36. “Rodeo Dr”
37. “Livin Wild”
38. “[New Song]”
39. “This Year (Blessings)” (Victor Thompson cover)
Gunna’s Tour Dates
05/08 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
05/10 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
05/12 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
05/16 — Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
05/18 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
05/21 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
05/24 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
05/25 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
05/28 — Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
05/29 — Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles’ Coliseum
06/01 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
06/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic Festival
06/06 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
06/09 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
06/11 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Mach-Hommy has shared the title track from his upcoming album, #RichAxxHaitian, which he’ll be dropping later this month ahead of Haitian Flag Day. For the song, he teams up with Kaytranada and 03 Greedo. In a press release sharing the news with HipHopDX, Mach discussed the collaborators he chose to work with for the project.
“All the people I worked with are people who I know and who I’ve worked with before,” Mach said. “I like to deal with like-minded creatives. Even if the person has their own panache or je nais se quoi that they bring to the table, there has to be a thread of commonality between us in order for the work to sustain. And not to mention they’re fucking talented, exceptionally gifted at what they do, and the ear that they possess.” Other rappers to land features on the tracklist include Black Thought, Roc Marciano, Your Old Droog, Tha God Fahim, HEPHZIBAH, Big Cheeko, and more. For production, he also teamed up with Conductor Williams, Quelle Chris, and Sadhu Gold, among others.
Mach-Hommy also says the new album is the final installment in a “tetralogy,” which began with his outstanding 2016 effort, HBO (Haitian Body Odor), and also features his 2021 projects, Pray for Haiti and Balens Cho (Hot Candles). According to Pitchfork, he explained: “I’ve always wanted to rep for Haiti and the cultural and intellectual richness we’ve provided the world. From our musical styles like kontradans that have influenced world music, our natural resources which provide so much raw material for so many important advancements in technology, our thinkers that pioneered philosophical movements and Black pride, and our spiritual leaders who kept the religious traditions of Guinea alive and intact, the religious traditions of Ayiti….”
#RichAxxHaitian will be releasing on Friday, May 17. Be on the lookout for further updates on Mach-Hommy on HotNewHipHop.
New York’s rap scene has seen a few shifts over the past few years but none more prominent than the impact of drill music. Its rise, with the launch of Pop Smoke’s career, opened the floodgates for hundreds of budding stars out of the Big Apple to get their shine on. However, only a few artists have managed to find their sound and identity while pushing New York’s rap scene forward.
Jay Critch predates the recent developments in the Mecca of Hip-Hop. Though he’s managed to prolong the “new artist” buzz more than most, he carries himself with the confidence of a vet. That’s primarily because the new crop of artists who emerged from New York witnessed his rise in real time.
“It’s just like I came in the game, I was young and I had to learn for myself,” he explained. “Really, that’s what I would say the biggest thing was, just figuring out the business side of everything on my own at a young age. But, I feel like that gave me an advantage because now it’s like, I’m still young and I feel like I’ve been in this shit for a while, to the point where I feel like an older bro so some of these young n***as that’s coming in.”
That leads us to the release of Humble Giant, his latest body of work released through EMPIRE. His new offering is a testament to the years of labor, especially as he attempted to navigate the music industry, from the Rich Forever era alongside Rich The Kid and Famous Dex to establishing himself as a solo artist. The 13-song LP showcases some of Critch’s best bars in his career without flooding the tracklist with redundant features. In fact, the features here are carefully curated. Each guest serves as a pathway for different pockets in Critch’s vast stylistic approach.
We caught up with Jay Critch earlier this year to discuss his latest body of work, as well as his journey through rap, his thoughts on Sexyy Red, Drake vs. Kendrick, and so much more.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
HotNewHipHop: Describe the title Humble Giant. Why does this title feel accurate to where your head’s at these days?
Jay Critch: Humble Giant, basically it’s like a statement for all this time, from 2017 to now, [about] just doing my thing humbly. Just focusing on my own shit and making a statement now like, stay humble but fuck being humble. Like, stand on who you are and let it be known who you are. Don’t let people forget who you are to like.
That’s why it’s a lot of statement songs on the project where a lot of the songs don’t sound too humble, you feel me? But the project – that’s the vibe of the project. Stand on your two feet and let it be known who you are type shit. But stay humble, but fuck being humble type shit.
On “Lamar Jackson,” your first words are, “Put me anywhere on God’s green earth and I’m gonna make it work.” It speaks volumes about your resilience over the years. What has been the biggest hurdle in your career between Hood Favorite and Humble Giant?
I would say just learning everything. Being from Brooklyn and shit and not having no real blueprint to look at or like to go off of or no teaching about this shit, for real. It’s just like I came in the game, I was young and I had to learn for myself. Really, that’s what I would say the biggest thing was, just figuring out the business side of everything on my own at a young age.
But, I feel like that gave me an advantage because now it’s like, I’m still young and I feel like I’ve been in this shit for a while, to the point where I feel like an older bro so some of these young n***as that’s coming in. And it’s a blessing because now, I really know how the game works. So, with Humble Giant, that’s another thing, it’s like me talking as a more big bro now in my city. More like a certified artist now, like, established. I learned the game and this how I’m talking now.
How do you feel about your position in hip-hop now? Especially since we’ve seen you grind for over a decade and now, we’re seeing you develop strong relationships with the younger generation in New York City with artists like Cash Cobain. How are those conversations with the younger generation? What type of game are you dropping on them?
Nah, it’s good, my relationship with everybody else in the city. Like, the young n***as that’s coming up – it’s great because when I talk to them, it’s like they was already in tune. It was a point in their life where they were fans. Now I got that relationship where it’s like a young up-and-coming artist from the city, they look at me like a more older, established artist. Like a big bro type sh*t. I f*ck with that. People like Cash [Cobain] — me and Cash been chopped it up a minute ago for me so it’s good to see Cash going crazy. I’ve been seeing Cash do his thing.
With a lot of the younger artists coming up from a city, it’s like that type of relationship. It’s like they see me do my thing for all these years. So now, when it’s their time, and we get in contact with each other, it’s that type of mutual respect now. Like, they’re young, coming up, doing their thing. They already seen the whole wave I had. They was fans during that time. So it’s great to see.
Why was it important to grind all of these years on your own terms rather than taking a route that could’ve sped up that process?
For me, it’s better that way like with the type of person I am. I had to just go at my own pace with this sh*t and learn what I had to learn. If I would have came in this shit and everything was just too fast, it would have been bad because I ain’t learned what I learned now. So it’s like you got to figure some sh*t out before you could do some sh*t.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 15: Jay Critch attends the video shoot for “Boss Bitch” Affair on June 15, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Your confidence shines across the project and you sound more comfortable than ever yet you haven’t lost your hunger as an MC. What were the stakes like while recording this project?
Really, this project is the first project I’m dropping like fully independently. Juug Season also but like Drill Season is the first one [with] no strings attached type shit. It’s just 100% independent with me and Empire. Shout out to Ghazi. So it’s like how I was feeling is like I don’t need none of these label n***as. I don’t need none of this sh*t. I don’t care that they don’t put me on all over the blogs. They don’t doing all the same things they be doing for these other n****as. I don’t care.
How I feel is I’m coming with the music. I’m talking crazy in the music and that’s what I’m gonna release. I wasn’t worried about none of the extra shit. None of that. And that’s how I feel like you could tell in the music. It’s like, “F*ck all that extra sh*t. I really don’t give a f*ck. I’m coming with the heat. That’s it.”
We’ve talked about your relationship with the younger generation of artists but generally speaking, what are your thoughts on the current state of hip-hop as a whole?
It’s watered down. Like, everybody just copying waves and just doing what’s lit. If this sound gets lit, you wake up tomorrow and everyone doing that sound. Sh*t’s crazy. Everybody wants to use the same producers. Everybody wants to just follow – like shit’s watered down. That’s why – shout out to Cash Cobain, shout out to Chow Lee, their swag. Coming with their own sh*t, coming with their own wave for the city. I love it because the city – it’s an original sound in New York. Like that’s what he’s supposed to be doing.
New York makes their own sh*t. We don’t follow sh*t. I love what Cash Cobain and Chow Lee are doing. Then you add Humble Giant with that, it’s like, I got my own wave, they got their own wave. It’s real New York sh*t. We ain’t followin’ no sounds, we ain’t followin’ sh*t. That’s how it’s supposed to be. We from New York.
The big thing in hip-hop right now is Kendrick’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.” What was your reaction to that verse? It’s bringing back that competitive energy in hip-hop. [Ed. note: this interview was conducted prior to Drake & Kendrick’s back-and-forth last week]
Like, I fuck with it. I don’t care who’s doing the dissing or who did this. I just liked the fact that sh*t remind me of when I was a kid. Like, you knew some new sh*t dropped and somebody gettin’ dissed and everybody talking about it. You with your friends, you in the hood, you in school or some sh*t and everybody debating and talking about it. Like, that’s real hip-hop to me. That’s what I grew up on, n***as dissing each other and going at it and sh*t, battling over album sales and sh*t. Like, that’s what I grew up on.
Nowadays, everybody wants to be friends. I liked that somebody’s coming on some static-y sh*t because, f*ck it. It’s competition. Everybody can’t be friends in this sh*t. Sh*t was refreshing. That’s how I felt when I was younger. I ain’t remember that feeling. Like, that sh*t be exciting because it’s music. Then you want to hear what people gon’ say back. It’s the whole art of this sh*t.
“Absent” is one of my favorite records on the project. It calls back to those cautionary records in hip-hop, the storytelling joints, that also feel missing in the genre these days. What was that process like behind that song?
That song, I pulled up on my brother, Tony Seltzer, who made the beat and shout out to OJ, too, he made the beat. I pulled up to Tony’s studio and Tony got a real personal, small kind of studio. Like when you’re in there, it’s like real family vibes and shit. So I’m in there with him, Laron, a couple of my other brothers, and it’s like, he played that beat, I made that song that night. I was just feeling the emotions and everything on the beat. Like, I’m in that studio with just the fam, that sh*t just hit me different. For me, it was real personal that day. So I recorded that and it’s like that’s how sh*t came out. It felt real personal.
What’s your favorite cautionary story in hip-hop?
One of my favorites is “Miss My Love” by Fabolous. I feel like that’s one of the best storytelling songs ever. It’s not. Even though it’s more of a made-up story that he rapping about, it’s still hard as hell. Like, when I first heard that song, “I’m like, damn, like, that’s one of the best ways somebody told her story ever.” Real sh*t.
You and Tony have developed a strong rapport including your recent appearance on his & MIKE’s Pinball. How did you connect with MIKE on “Reminiscing?”
Facts. Shout out to MIKE. My bro Tony be working a lot with him and my brother Laron, my producer. He works a lot with MIKE, too. So Tony and Laron had made the link for me to pull up to the studio and work with him for that last project. And then we had me “Reminiscing” in Brooklyn. That’s it came out fire. We made that right in the studio in Brooklyn.
You’re able to leap from doing songs with Cash Cobain and then go bar-for-bar with MIKE. Has this type of versatility been part of the game plan?
Yup, because I know a lot of the stuff that goes – the stuff that they get the most hyped for is not always the most lyrical stuff. I always like to make my turn up music and them type of vibes. Like the energy vibes – I like to make them vibes but I also always got to come back to the real bars and just how I grew up. Because when I grew up, it was it was a lot more lyrics and shit that I was listening to. But then also, when I got a little older, it’s Chief Keef and shit that I’m listening to.
I got the best of both worlds. I got all the influence from Hov and Fab and Weezy and shit when I was growing up, then I got the influence from Chief Keef and Future and these n***as from when I was listening to them when I was older. So it’s like, I like making energy songs, the feel-good source and I like making them deeper songs where I’m talking different. Either way, I’m gonna still make sure I put my balls in it and make sure I’m saying some shit.
You and Rich The Kid had a bit of a falling out but things seem to be good between you two. How were you able to repair that relationship?
N***as just had to get the business right. Brothers fight sometimes, brothers argue. We just had to go through it and get the business aspect of everything right to where me and Rich could work together, you feel me? And everything is smooth. That’s how we got it now. Me and Rich still dropping music, we’re still working together but we’re both able to move as independent artists. That’s just how sh*t is now. You’re going to see a lot more new music from me and Rich this year and the coming years.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 12: Jay Critch and Rich The Kid during Rich The Kid’s Birthday Party on July 12, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Before I let you go, what’s one piece of advice you have for up-and-coming artists?
I would tell them to not follow no trends. Don’t follow any waves because that’s the quickest way to just be unoriginal. Like everybody that is making it now, everybody does becoming a new artist and going viral and getting lit, if you pay attention, music is changing to originality and unique sh*t. It don’t matter who it is – like Sexyy Red. She’s unique. Bossman Dlow, he got the song right now – I’m f*ckin’ with his sh*t – it’s unique. Whether it’s the voice, delivery, people like uniqueness right now. One-of-one sh*t. You got to sound like yourself. You can’t be trying to sound like somebody else.
If you are an artist, find your own sound. What makes you stand out? What’s different that you’re doing? Is it the ad-libs that you come with? Is it how you flowing on the sh*t? Is it your voice? Is it the beats you’re using? But it’s like, when you’re makin’ sh*t that sounds like somebody else’s sh*t, it’s mad obvious. How you feel like you ‘bout to go with that sh*t? You copying their whole flow, you’re copying their whole beat choice, like, trying to make the same type of beats as them. Everybody is copying waves so I tell young artists, don’t follow no waves. You got to make your own wave. That’s the key sh*t.
Back in March, it was revealed that 50 Cent’s ex and mother of his son Sire, Daphne Joy, was named in Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ lawsuit against Diddy. Lil Rod accuses her of accepting monthly payments from the Bad Boy Records founder for sex work, which she denies. After the news came out, 50 Cent was quick to react, clowning her on social media for the allegations.
She later responded to this with a lengthy Instagram Story, shutting down the sex work allegations. “Let’s put the real focus on your true evil actions of raping me and physically abusing me,” she wrote. “You are no longer my oppressor and God will handle you from this point on. You have permanently damaged the last hope I had for you as a father to preserve our family with these last and final false claims made against me.”
50 Cent Accuses Daphne Joy Of Requesting Millions In Exchange For Retraction
Daphne Joy attends Abyss By Abby Launch at Beauty & Essex on September 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Abyss By Abby)
50 Cent later issued a statement in response to the accusations. “The disturbing allegations in the sworn pleadings recently filed in a court case related to Daphne Joy the mother of my twelve year old child, has required me to take all necessary legal actions to protect my son Sire,” a rep told XXL at the time. “The most recent false and baseless accusations by Daphne Joy are clearly in response to my decision to seek sole custody of my son. My son Sire is my main priority and keeping him in a safe environment is my only focus at this time.”
Now, it’s been revealed that he’s suing Daphne Joy for alleged defamation. According to TMZ, he accuses her of making the allegations because he decided to seek sole custody of their son. He claims that her accusations have damaged his reputation, custody case, and more. 50 Cent’s lawyers sent Daphne a letter in April demanding a retraction, which she reportedly refused. Instead, she allegedly asked for millions of dollars and for Fif to drop his custody suit in exchange for her post to be removed. He called this “clearly extortive.” Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
Metro Boomin addressed the resurfacing of his alleged decade-old tweets in a post on Twitter, on Tuesday, which he’s since deleted. “I can’t be a pedophile at 15 n***a,” he attempted to argue while adding, “#NoPedo.” The posts date back to 2011, which would imply the 30-year-old producer was at least 17 at the time. In one apparent post from that year, he wrote: “I’m tryna tell #oomf that age ain’t nothing but a number.” In 2012, he appears to have tweeted: “Got your lil sister on them mollies she done ran thru the whole squad.”
Fans on social media have been sharing Metro’s old tweets with the hashtag, “MetroGroomin.” One user wrote: “Metro Boomin deleting his weird tweets is crazy. So I guess Kendrick is working with a pedophile to diss another pedophile.” Another wrote: “Laughing at photoshopped pictures of drake and we brought out the real receipts don’t run now.”
Metro Boomin Performs With Future At The MTV Video Music Awards
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: Metro Boomin and Future perform onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV)
The resurfacing of the alleged tweets comes as Metro has been feuding with Drake. He kicked things off by teaming up with Kendrick Lamar for “Like That.” Drake eventually fired back on his song, “Push Ups,” rapping: “Metro, shut your h*e-a*s up and make some drums, n***a.” More recently, Metro dropped a beat titled, “BBL Drizzy,” and is offering $10,000 and a free beat to whichever fan cooks up the best song for it. The pedophile accusations come after Lamar made similar claims about Drake on his recent song,” Not Like Us.” Check out the alleged tweets from Metro below.
Metro Boomin Seemingly Deletes Tweets
Metro Boomin deleting his weird tweets is crazy. So I guess Kendrick is working with a pedophile to diss another pedophile#MetroGroominpic.twitter.com/nX9NMmjPBx
With Gunna’s Bittersweet Tour in full swing, fans planning on attending now have much more information to build their plans around, including the show’s setlist and how much the merch will be. If you’re looking to find out just how long the show actually is, read on.
According to Setlist.fm, the show lasts a little under two hours, from 9:35 to 11:20 pm. That gives Gunna enough time to perform 13 songs from his 2023 album, A Gift & A Curse, along with a few songs from his upcoming album, One Of Wun, which comes out on 5/10 via Young Stoner Life Records/300 Entertainment.
You can see the setlist and the remaining tour dates below.
Gunna’s Bittersweet Tour Setlist
01. “Bittersweet”
02. “Whatsapp (Wassam)”
03. “Prada Dem”
04. “Back At It”
05. “Bottom”
06. “Cash Sh*t”
07. “IDK Nomore”
08. “South To West”
09. “Dollaz On My Head”
10. “Met Gala”
11. “Yosemite” (Travis Scott cover)
12. “Pedestrian”
13. “Sold Out Dates”
14.”Drip Too Hard”
15. “Top Off”
16. “P Power”
17. “Poochie Gown”
18. “Nasty Girl/ On Camera”
19. “Baby Birkin”
20. “[New Song]”
21. “Banking On Me”
22. “Alright”
23. “Bread & Butter”
24. “Back To The Moon”
25. “Paybach”
26. “Turned Your Back”
27. “Go Crazy”
28. “I Was Just Thinking”
29. “Drip Or Drown”
30. “[New Song]”
31. “Hot” (Young Thug cover)
32. “Ski” (Young Thug cover)
33. “Oh Okay”
34. “Pushin P”
35. “Fukumean”
36. “Rodeo Dr”
37. “Livin Wild”
38. “[New Song]”
39. “This Year (Blessings)” (Victor Thompson cover)
Gunna’s Tour Dates
05/08 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
05/10 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
05/12 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
05/16 — Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
05/18 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
05/21 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
05/24 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
05/25 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
05/28 — Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
05/29 — Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles’ Coliseum
06/01 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
06/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic Festival
06/06 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
06/09 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
06/11 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Last year, Gunna released his fifth studio album, A Gift & A Curse, after spending six months in jail on racketeering charges. Although some fans were convinced that his career would fizzle out due to snitching accusations against him stemming from the plea deal he agreed to in exchange for his release, A Gift And A Curse proved that speculation wrong. Now, he’s about to release his sixth album, One Of Wun, which he announced in April, as he performs songs from both albums on his Bittersweet Tour, which kicked off earlier this month.
Below is everything you need to know about One Of Wun from its release date to the accompanying tour.
Release Date
On Of Wun is out on 5/10 via Young Stoner Life Records/300 Entertainment.
So far, the only known feature on the album is Offset, who appears on the track “Prada Dem.”
Artwork
Calvin Clausell Jr.
Tour
Gunna is currently on his Bittersweet Tour with Flo Milli. See the dates below.
05/08 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
05/10 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
05/12 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
05/16 — Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
05/18 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
05/21 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
05/24 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
05/25 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
05/28 — Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
05/29 — Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles’ Coliseum
06/01 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
06/02 — Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic Festival *
06/06 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
06/09 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
06/11 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Earlier this week celebrities flocked to New York for the fashion event of the year, the MET Gala. As usual music was incredibly well represented. The biggest stars of pop and rap music were in attendance sporting gorgeous custom designer looks. Cardi B, Lana Del Rey, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, and many more grabbed fans attention with their looks. The stars that chose to skip the event also made waves. Big names like Rihanna and Taylor Swift weren’t present despite fan hopes that they would be. That was also the case with SZA who passed up on walking down this year’s carpet.
But that didn’t stop her from showing up to a MET Gala after party. Fans online hilariously chastised her for skipping the actual event but attention an after party where she hung out with Lizzo. Though she didn’t quite get the same treatment as those stars actually in attendance, she still wanted to show off her outfit for fans. That came in the form of a twerking video she dropped on social media recapping her night. Her look was in line with the events garden theme sporting purple flowers on a yellow dress. Check out the video she shared of the outfit below.
SZA’s fans are hoping they get more new material from the R&B songstress this year. She already dropped the single “Saturn” and was gearing up for the release of LANA, the deluxe edition of her 2022 album SOS. But when some of the tracks she was working on leaked online she claimed she was starting from scratch and re-recording the entire thing. Since then news on the impending release of LANA has slowed up substantially.
What do you think of the video SZA shared showing off her MET Gala after party dress by twerking in it? Are you looking forward to the release of her SOS deluxe album LANA later this year? Let us know in the comment section below.
Over the weekend, Kendrick Lamar unleashed on Drake with yet another diss track, “Not Like Us.” On it, the Compton-born performer accuses Drake of being a pedophile, which he’s since denied in his response, “The Heart Part 6.” Of course, the allegations have sparked some serious conversation regardless, with social media sleuths going out of their way to find any potentially questionable piece of Drizzy’s past.
Recently, for example, X users dug up an old clip of Joe Budden dissecting the lyrics to Drake’s track “Teenage Fever” from his 2017 mixtape, More Life. In a clip making its rounds online, Budden insinuates that Drake could have been rapping about a teenager on the song, though Rory and Mal seemed to disagree. “Y’all gonna look back one day and say, ‘Ah, it was right there,’” Budden says.
Budden has since made it clear who believes came out on top in the battle, calling Kendrick the clear winner if it’s over. According to him, Drake sounded “exhausted” on “The Heart Part 6,” and the song left him less than impressed. “I’m over it… Drake sounds exhausted… I want the battle to end after ‘Not Like Us’ … I learned today I like Drake on offense and not defense,” he explained.
Drake’s not the only artist fending off predator allegations nowadays, however. Recently, some old alleged Tweets from Metro Boomin also resurfaced online. “She might be young but she ready,” one from 2014 reads. “I’m tryna tell #oomf that age ain’t nothing but a number,” another from 2011 says. He addressed these in a since-deleted post last night. “I can’t be a pedophile at 15 n***a,” he wrote, though based on the dates, he would have been at least 17. “#NoPedo.” What do you think of Joe Budden’s breakdown of Drake’s track “Teenage Fever” resurfacing after Kendrick Lamar accused him of being a pedophile? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
