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A$AP Rocky Releases Surreal Music Video For ‘Tailor Swif’ After Leak
A$AP Rocky has officially dropped the psychedelic visuals for his new single, ‘Tailor Swif,’ which will live on his forthcoming ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ album.
John Legend Producer Explains Work On Kids Album: ‘These Songs Speak To Our Fears’
John Legend’s new children’s album is produced by Sufjan Stevens, which may sound weird, but he’s shedding light on why it all makes perfect sense.
Big Sean Teases Drake About His Pout Face In Photos
Big Sean has joined in on the ongoing jokes about Drake’s infamous selfie face, trying his hand at his own version during a recent IG Live.
Megan Thee Stallion & BTS Have A Second Collab On The Way
Megan Thee Stallion is set to collaborate with BTS once again, but for now, they are both keeping the specifics of it all under wraps.
Sexyy Red Proves Parenting Critics Wrong With Adorable Clip Of Daughter
Sexyy Red frequently finds herself at the center of controversy for her raunchy song lyrics and wild antics. Recently, however, critics have taken it a step further by starting to question her family life. The hitmaker has two small children, the youngest of which she welcomed just this year.
Amid this major development, however, Sexyy Red has still been hard at work with a new album, a tour, and more. She’s never too busy to spend time with her little ones, but regardless, haters continue to call her parenting into question. Today, however, she hopped online to fire back with a simple clip.
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Sexyy Red Shuts Haters Down In New Clip
In the clip, she’s seen hanging out on what appears to be a tour bus, joined by her daughter. “She don’t ever got her kids,” she says, mocking haters. She then picks the child up to give her several kisses, putting her mom side on full display. Clearly, Sexyy Red doesn’t mess around when it comes to her kids, and doesn’t appreciate critics questioning her parenting skills. After all, being a famous rapper and a mother of two isn’t easy, which she admitted earlier this month.
She opened up about having her second child after “Get It Sexyy” was certified gold, revealing that she struggled with postpartum depression. “The night get it sexyy was made I was goin thru a lot just had my baby felt depressed and was goin thru postpartum,” she shared. “My team in Miami would leave me in the studio to write songs & I would just b in there crying thinkin about life.” Luckily, she went back to her hometown of St. Louis to be with family, which helped cheer her up. What do you think of Sexyy Red proving critics wrong with a sweet video featuring her daughter? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
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Big Sean Flows With Remarkable Ease In A New Freestyle For “Complex”
Big Sean is on a hot streak to reinforce his new album Better Me Than You, and not even the project’s release could slow him down. Moreover, he just joined Complex‘s elevator bank in New York City to drop a brand-new freestyle on Thursday (August 29) over a Hit-Boy-produced beat. The Detroit rapper’s most impressive feature here is his dominance of flow, weaving in and out of similar pockets without missing a beat: pun most definitely intended. Lyrically, he dives into his staunch self-confidence, lack of support in the rap game, and how he has changed as a person and an artist.
Furthermore, the reactions to this new freestyle are about as impressed and compelled as those to Big Sean’s new album. Better Me Than You was a hit with fans, albeit a failed attempt to convince any haters that his music is worth checking out. But those naysayers are in an ignorant minority, because there’s a lot of soul, introspection, hunger, and determination on this LP to nurture your listening sessions this week. All that’s left to see is whether or not this prolific run will continue past this point, or if we’ve already reached the quantity and quality peak of the Sean Don’s 2024 offerings.
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Big Sean’s Complex Freestyle: Watch
Elsewhere, many fans expected Big Sean to plant his flag in the great rap beef of 2024, but he’s got other priorities in mind when it comes to the likes of Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Recently, he jokingly tried to imitate Drizzy’s “duck face” selfies online, which was pretty funny if not distinctly out of character for hip-hop these days, especially when it comes to The Boy. But “The Baddest” MC doesn’t seem interested in commenting on that showdown or feeding into its social media frenzy. That’s commendable in and of itself.
Meanwhile, it’s heartening to see Big Sean overcome many of his personal struggles and insecurities through this cathartic release. “When you make art, you put your heart into this s**t,” he expressed during a recent and emotive IG Live session. “When I had COVID last week, I was down. I was still working on the album. When I last dropped an album, it was COVID. I was excited to plan my release party, I was excited to do all of that. [My mother] was giving me them words. And I was just like, look, I can keep working on some s**t and make it exactly how I wanted. But I’d be pushing it back forever.”
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ScarLip Puts Bank On Blast For Alleged Racial Profiling
ScarLip is no stranger to chatting with her fans on Instagram Live, and recently, she used the platform to put M&T Bank on blast. In a clip from the stream, she explains that one of their employees refused to make a transfer without providing her with any explanation. According to her, she had her ID, social security card, and address. Regardless, the employee told her they weren’t “comfortable” with the transaction.
“Yo M&T bank is racist as f*ck,” she said. “Why when I go to this M&T bank, I’m being profiled on some weird sh*t.” She went on, breaking down the situation and telling the bank she wants an explanation, or she’ll consider taking legal action. “I proved everything, so why you not tryna let me make a transfer?” she questioned. “What the f*ck you mean you don’t feel comfortable?”
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ScarLip Calls Out M&T Bank After Employee Refuses To Make Transaction
“B*tch gimme my money. Now because you don’t feel comfortable, I’m taking my money out this bank, and I’m going to another bank. Because y’all n****s not about to be treating me all type of weird,” ScarLip continued. She added that the employee asked what the transfer was for, prompting her to say it was a “business thing.” From there, they simply told her “That’s not good enough,” claimed they’d need more information, and threatened to call the police.
“What are they gonna do? You gone call the cops on me for tryna make a transfer? B*tch, I’m a business. I own a business,” she concluded. “She was judging me from the moment I walked in the bank.” What do you think of ScarLip calling out a bank for alleged racial profiling? What about her claiming she’s considering taking legal action against them for the incident? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
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KAYTRANADA Explains Why Drake Didn’t Reach Out To Him Again For “Honestly, Nevermind”
2024 really is the year of Drake hate, although this most recent example in that saga is not only not a hater example, but also not new information, either. Moreover, KAYTRANADA recently engaged in a new interview with Vulture in which he revealed some extra details about the 6ix God and his team once approaching him to produce on the OVO mogul’s 2022 house album, Honestly, Nevermind. The Canadian producer recalled once again how the approach came about, and this time around, he theorized as to what it was about his response that prompted Drizzy’s camp to never reach out again to make the link-up happen.
“[KAYTRANADA] was approached at a Coachella after-party in L.A. to make beats for Honestly, Nevermind, and though he says it would have been ‘an honor,’ he later overheard that it fell through because his casual response — ‘Sure, hit me up’ — lacked fawning enthusiasm,” the article read. “Was I supposed to be like, ‘Oh my God, for real? Drake?’ I’m not like that,” he added. This lines up pretty well with what KAYTRA had already said about this moment.
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KAYTRANADA Revisits The Story Of Almost Working On Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind
“I met Drake in L.A. one time, and that was it, really,” KAYTRANADA expressed during an interview with MONTREALITY last December. “At one point, one of his boys was like, ‘Your boy wants some beats. He’s gonna do a house album.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, sure, hit me up.’ That’s my thing: anybody that wanna work with me, just hit me up. Maybe my reaction rubbed them the wrong way, but I was just saying, ‘Hey, if you’re serious, hit me up, let’s work, for real.’” The TIMELESS creative then never heard from The Boy again, and although this isn’t really cause for any sort of beef, it landed in the perfect context for those discussions.
But let’s not pit one Canadian artist against another. Rather, we hope that Drake and KAYTRANADA eventually link up and make some magic together. After all, we saw how much the latter could add to a lyricist’s sonic pallet thanks to his work with Mach-Hommy and 03 Greedo earlier in 2024. If “#RICHAXXHAITIAN” doesn’t convince you that Aubrey needs to hop on KAYTRA’s production, we don’t know what will.
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EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Brought the Rhymes of Biggie Smalls to the US Capitol
by: Jeanine Ramirez
“It was all a dream. I used to read Word Up magazine. Salt and Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.”
– The Notorious B.I.G.
That was back in 2017, on the 20th anniversary of Biggie’s death. But it’s not the Brooklyn lawmaker’s only hip-hop reference. Jeffries, now the House Democratic Leader, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and delivered these Fat Joe lyrics:
“Nothing can stop us. We’re all the way up.”
His energetic DNC speech garnered news headlines, and the next day, Jeffries posted “Brooklyn Stand Up.” Before Jeffries’ DNC appearance, The Source caught up with the House Minority Leader.
The Source: Clearly the young people are energized in this race and the youth will be an important part of this election. And they have vowed to make their voices heard. Can you please tell us about some of the strategies and some of the plans and the importance of the youth vote for this election?
Congressman Jeffries: “Well I think that we’ve always had a strong case to make to young people. That the issues that young people care about have been the issues that House Democrats, Senate Democrats, President Biden, Vice President Harris have been working on. Like combating the climate crisis with the fierce urgency of now and delivering the largest investment in combating the climate crisis in the history of the world. Passing gun safety legislation for the first time in 30 years. Because the young people of America deserve a great public school education free of gun violence. And that is what they are demanding. That is what we are working on to deliver. And of course the young people of America care about making sure that their freedom to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions are preserved.”
All of those issues are at stake in this Presidential election. Democrats are hoping young people will turn out in big numbers and vote blue down the ballot. If so, not only can the Democratic Party win the White House, but they can also become the majority in the House and make Jeffries House Speaker, among other party victories. Here’s NY Congressman Adriano Espaillat.
“The NY delegation of course, we have Hakeem Jeffries who stands to be the next speaker. We have Grace Meng, who stands to be the next Chair of the Asian American Pacific Caucus. We have Yvette Clarke, who stands to be the Chair of Congressional Black Caucus in the next session. And I’m delighted, God willing, I could be the Chair of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus.”
– NY Congressman Adriano Espaillat
Jeffries became the first Black Congressional Party Leader in US History when his colleagues unanimously elected him in 2023. With Democratic control of the House, Jeffries would serve as the first-ever Black Speaker. It would be a historic shift in the American story, one that has its roots in Brooklyn and the hip-hop community.
“We know that he went from negative to positive,” Jeffries said. “And emerged as one of the world’s most important hip-hop stars.”
And with this election, Jeffries could emerge as one of the nation’s most potent Democratic stars.
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