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Big Sean Clowns Drake By Recreating The Rapper’s Selfie Duck Face

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Big Sean just had a big weight lifted off his shoulders. The rapper finally dropped his anticipated album Better Me Than You. Fans have waited years, and the general consensus so far is that it was worth the wait. Big Sean’s lyricism was on point, and the production was soulful and varied. But we’re not here to discuss the album. We’re here to discuss what Big Sean did in the aftermath of its release. The rapper was feeling good on Instagram Live, and he decided to mock Drake by recreating the 6 God’s infamous “duck face” for a selfie.

Big Sean knew what he was doing, and it was all in good fun. “I’m gonna do the Drake face,” he said during his IG Live. He tries to recreate the pouty expression that Drake has become known for, and he can’t hold it fore more than a few seconds without laughing. He tries one more time, and holds it for even less time. Sean probably saw the same Instagram post we all did on August 28. Drake decided to clown his own tendency for making duck faces by posting a few examples. He also, however, included pics of other guys doing it. Chiefly, YouTuber Duke Dennis and rapper-turned-podcaster Joe Budden.

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Big Sean Responded To Drake’s Viral Instagram Post

Drake playfully credited Dennis and Budden for encouraging his duck face. “I’m not aware of my picture or mirror face,” the 6 God noted. “It’s a curse from birth and I’m influenced by what I see.” If the IG Live video came from another, some people would be calling shade. Big Sean, though, clears the allegations. The rapper is one of the agreeable people in the game. Well, as long as your name isn’t Kanye West or, for some reason, Kendrick Lamar. Sean and Drake have maintained a neutral relationship over the years.

The only times Big Sean has really talked about Drake has been the ways in which Drake has indirectly impacted his career. He told Drink Champs that he took offense to the fact that his ex label boss, West, often praised Drake over him. Big Sean also lamented the fact that his big comeback single, “Precision,” was drowned out by the Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle. On a person to person basis, however, Sean has never voiced issues with the Toronto superstar.

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Nicki Minaj Reignites Travis Scott Feud By Promoting Sabrina Carpenter’s Album

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Travis Scott is a master at the album bundle. It propelled his 2018 album Astroworld to the top of the Billboard 200. He’s on pace to do it again with the streaming release of his 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo. The Houston rapper is pulling out all the stops when it comes to different album packages. He has different versions with different bonus tracks. He has a live version titled Live from Atlanta, and a chopped and screwed version. Nicki Minaj was the artist who got beat out by Astroworld in 2018, and she’s doing her best to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Sabrina Carpenter dropped her album Short N Sweet the same day as Days Before Rodeo. She is the main competition for Scott when it comes to topping the Billboard 200. Carpenter saw the parallels with her situation and Minaj’s in 2018, and decided to highlight it. “This is for Nicki,” she tweeted on August 29. The gesture did not go unnoticed by the the rapper, who returned the love during an Instagram Live. Nicki Minaj shouted Sabrina Carpenter out, and urged fans to go and buy her album. “Shout out Sabrina Carpenter, shout out all the Sabrina Carpenter fans,” Minaj stated. It’s a much more measured response than the one she gave in 2018.

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Nicki Minaj Shows Love To Sabrina Carpenter’s Fans

Nicki Minaj infamously popped off during an episode of her Queen Radio show. She insulted Travis Scott for using bundles to boost his sales, and felt that her album should have been number one. “What we’re not gonna do is have that Auto-Tune man selling f*cking sweaters,” she said. “Telling you he sold half a million albums, because he f*cking didn’t.” Minaj also called out Spotify and the mother of Scott’s child, Kylie Jenner, for using their platforms to inflate Astroworld sales even further.

The plot thickened after Nicki Minaj showed love to the “Espresso” singer, though. Kanye West decided to enter the chat. West, who has been on bad terms with Minaj as of late, decided to repost a version of Scott’s album on his Instagram Story. Kanye West has a propensity for joining conflicts he has nothing to do with (just ask Kendrick Lamar), and he appears to have struck again. It’ll be fascinating to see if more artists pick sides in the unfolding Travis Scott vs. Sabrina Carpenter sales competition.

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Andre 3000 Drops “Intimate” 90 Minute Film To Accompany His Jazz Album

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Andre 3000 always has a left turn to make. The Outkast rapper confused everybody when he dropped his first solo album in 2023. Instead of bars, which fans had been patiently waiting for since 2006, he decided to pick up the jazz flute. The resulting album, New Blue Sun, has become something of a pop culture curio. Nobody knows quite what to make of it, which seems to be why Andre 3000 had so much fun making it. Now, the Outkast icon has decided to drop a feature length film to accompany.

The film is called Listening to the Sun. Three Stacks uploaded the 90 minute feature to YouTube on August 29 with a subtitle that explains its intent. Listening to the Sun is an “intimate album film for New Blue Sun,” and it was apparently recorded on November 11, 2023. For context, the album dropped the same exact day. The film is artsy, as one might expect for a companion piece to a jazz flute album, but it’s undeniably interesting to watch. Andre 3000 occupies the frame during the entire film, and there doesn’t appear to be a cut. He performs his musical and physical actions in one unbroken shot. This makes the flow from sequence to sequence even more natural.

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Andre 3000 Made The Film The Day He Dropped His Album

Andre 3000 is a frequent collaborator of Frank Ocean. He’s appeared on both of the singer’s albums, and he maintains a similar hermit persona. It’s worth mentioning Ocean because Listening to the Sun feels like Andre’s version of Endless. Ocean built a staircase over the course of an hour in Endless, as new music soundtracked his process. Andre 3000 has a bit more focus with his film (and 30 minutes more to fill), so it’s admittedly a more engaging watch.

Three Stacks has been transparent about not knowing what he’s doing with the flute. He told The Shop that he was a novice when it came to the instrument, which has been part of the appeal. “I don’t know what notes I’m playing, to be completely honest,” the rapper explained. “I’m not trying to pretend like I know what I’m doing, in a way. I actually don’t know what I’m doing and that’s part of the art.” Listening to the Sun feels like a cinematic expansion on this freedom. Give it a watch if you haven’t already.

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Travis Scott Drops “Live From Atlanta” Album Exclusively On His Website

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Travis Scott has captivated fans with his Days Before Rodeo rollout. Despite being a decade old, the mixtape outsold new albums by Scott’s peers. The rapper took note of this, and has proceeded to roll out multiple versions of the mixtape on his personal website. These versions have been dubbed “vault,” because each comes with a previously unreleased song. Travis Scott upped the ante on August 29th, though. In addition to “vault editions” with new songs, the rapper dropped a live recording of his Days Before Rodeo concert. The title? Live from Atlanta.

Live from Atlanta is being packaged with the standard edition of Days Before Rodeo. The digital download is being offered for $4.99 Live from Atlanta is, of course an album version of the highly anticipated anniversary concert that Travis Scott put on last week. The rapper decided to tribute hardcore fans by performing the mixtape in its entirety. The tracklist for Live from Atlanta is similar, except for the specific order. Scott decided to change things up during his shown, and plays DBR highlights out of order.

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Travis Scott Also Dropped A Chopped N Screwed Version

Travis Scott unveiled the Live from Atlanta album on Instagram, along with a chopped and screwed version of the mixtape. The rapper is clearly fond of his breakout project, and he fed off the crowd’s enthusiasm during the show. He even teased a possible Days Before Rodeo tour. “I might have to do a whole tour of this,” he told the crowd. “These the best songs on the planet.” Part of the reason Days Before Rodeo means so much to Scott, in retrospect, is the work he got to do alongside Virgil Abloh. Scott revealed that Abloh helped designed the neon smoking cowboy sign that now adorns the front cover of Live from Atlanta.

“I was working on this album and I told myself I’m gonna do this album fast,” Travis Scott recalled in between songs. “I want to put it out quick. And I wasn’t able to put it out officially, but I was like, ‘Yo, I gotta just get this out to the world.’ So shoutout to all the day ones that’s in this motherf**ker right now, ya dig!” Days Before Rodeo has risen incredibly in esteem since it made its streaming debut. Hopefully a tour is in store. If there isn’t, though, fans have the condolence prize of the Live from Atlanta release.

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Trippie Redd’s Tense 2023 Traffic Stop Footage Surfaces

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Back in 2023, Trippie Redd and his older brother were pulled over for tinted windows when police realized that the artist didn’t have a license. The duo was being followed by security, and the car was reportedly hotboxed, which put the officers on edge. As a result, the officer confronting them didn’t hold back. She made it clear that she was incredibly annoyed by the situation, despite him being famous.

“They just heightened us from two to 10. I don’t give a sh*t if that’s your security guard or not,” she explained. “I don’t care if you’re Drake. They cannot come to a traffic stop… So you have no license and you’re driving, that’s one citation. You’re probably gonna be arrested but that’s my discretion.”

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Police Officer Confronts Trippie Redd & His Brother

Fortunately, Trippie ended up with a citation, was not arrested, and kept calm throughout the entire exchange based on the footage. His brother Hunter, on the other hand, was arrested for weed found near the passenger seat and brought to a nearby jail. The footage arrives shortly after footage of Playboi Carti and Ken Carson getting pulled over surfaced online, and footage of DaniLeigh getting arrested for a DUI hit-and-run. Bodycam footage isn’t the only thing that has Trippie Redd making headlines these days, however.

Recently, the performer also got back with his ex, Coi Leray. The two of them split up roughly five years ago, which famously inspired his A Love Letter to You 4 track “Leray.” So far, their rekindled romance appears to be going well, as evidenced by a sweet moment they shared onstage last week. What do you think of footage from Trippie Redd’s 2023 arrest surfacing online? What about the police officer going off on him for driving without a license? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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The Game Shuts Down Rumors That He’s Beefing With YG And Mustard

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The Game loves him a good beef. Hell, he’ll take a bad beef. He spent a couple weeks trying to bait Rick Ross with a diss track, but both parties eventually admitted there was no smoke to the fire. Compton’s own has had bigger fish to fry, anyway. While the West Coast rallied around Kendrick Lamar during the Drake battle, The Game took a more diplomatic stance. Fans accused him of caping for Drake, and he was nowhere to be found when Lamar, YG and Mustard were dancing around at the Pop Out concert. That said, The Game has cleared the air regarding his relationship with his West Coast brothers.

To be fair to YG and Mustard, The Game inadvertently started the beef rumors. He got on Instagram on August 28 and started making cryptic statements about artists he didn’t like. “Rooting for somebody & finding out they secretly hate u is so crazy,” he wrote on his Stories. “Secret haters are clutch.. yall make ballin in yo face worth it.” In the post before, The Game called out YG and Mustard by their birth names, and claimed to be looking for them. “Aye Keenon & Dijon… Jayceon looking for y’all,” he added. “Ghetto name havin n**gas.” It wasn’t a stretch to assume Game was calling the rapper and producer his “secret haters.”

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The Game Ranted About ‘Secret Haters’ On Instagram

It’s hard to imagine The Game misreading the situation, but he did clarify that everything was cool. He sent a follow up message after the comment section started buzzing about beef. He even used official artist names this time. “@yg & @mustard My n**gas 5L,” he wrote. “Go twist a backwood before you twist that #Bompton.” There’s evidence to suggest that everything between The Game and the other artists are cool. The Game did recently participate in YG’s peace walk earlier this month. The two also have tons of songs together, with the most recent being 2022’s “Outside.”

Game’s relationship with Mustard is less defined. They have definitely taken different approaches when it comes to Kendrick Lamar’s battle with Drake. Mustard has cut off all ties with the Toronto superstar. He said he would never work with him again. The Game, meanwhile, went on IG Live and dubbed Drake one of the best to ever pick up a microphone. Game drama shouldn’t be high on the importance list for either YG or Mustard, though. Both artists have struggled mightily with their recent albums. Some have even blamed Kendrick Lamar for their inability to move units. Learn more below.

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Usher Has Heartwarming Reaction To Spotting Free From “106 & Park” In Crowd

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Last week, Usher kicked off his eagerly anticipated “Past Present Future” tour with an unforgettable performance in Washington, D.C. Originally scheduled to begin earlier this month, the tour was pushed back after the hitmaker suffered a neck injury during rehearsals. Luckily, it looks like he had a speedy recovery, and wasted no time getting back to giving fans what they love.

While Usher has already impressed countless supporters with his tour, he himself recently became starstruck onstage after spotting none other than Free Marie Wright in the crowd. In a clip from his recent stop in Boston, he’s seen putting the show on hold to give her a shoutout. “Hold on, hold on, hold on. Is that Free I see?” he asked, looking shocked. He then stepped down to greet her, putting his appreciation for the former 106 & Park host on full display.

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Usher Stops Show To Give Free A Shoutout

Free shared a clip of the wholesome moment on Instagram today, thanking the city and praising Usher for the show. “About last night .@usher gave the kid so much love in the hometown! ♥ fur and the GRILLS 🤣🤣! Beantown I LOVE you back infinity 🙋🏽‍♀️💚 Thank YOU and Goodnight,” she captioned the post. As expected, fans in The Shade Room‘s comments section are commending Usher for giving Free the shoutout she deserves. “FREE is a legend and nobody matches what her and AJ did for music culture on 106,” one Instagram user writes. “She’s a living legend !!!” another notes.

Fans certainly can’t blame Usher for doing a double-take, and loved to see him giving Free her flowers. What do you think of Usher’s reaction to spotting Free Marie Wright in the crowd at his recent tour stop in Boston? Can you blame him for stopping the show to give her a shoutout? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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