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Faith Evans Reveals That Biggie Smalls Allegedly Let Her Collab With Tupac

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Faith Evans recently sat down with the Marriage or Mirage podcast to talk about her ideal man, and of course, her forever love Biggie Smalls. See, the narrative is that Tupac Shakur’s iconic diss track “Hit ‘Em Up,” which solidified his legendary feud with The Notorious B.I.G., addresses that Evans cheated on Big with ‘Pac. You know the line, so no need to repeat it here. However, the R&B singer clarified during her conversation with the podcast hosts that things didn’t actually pan out this way. The California MC collaborated with her, for which the New York rapper gave his blessing, and their picture together that sparked infidelity rumors means nothing.

“I didn’t know ‘Pac was signed to Death Row, you know what I’m sayin?” Faith Evans began. “Or I never would’ve agreed to do a song with him. When I went to the studio with ‘Pac, when I met him, he said: ‘I wanna do a song with you.’ I told Big, he said: ‘D’you wanna do it?’ I said: ‘Yeah, if he got the money.’ I didn’t hide anything, I told my husband,” she remarked, saying that she let Biggie know when she realized she was working with a bunch of Death Row members.

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Faith Evans On Marriage Or Mirage

In addition to this, the 50-year-old also shared what she loved the most about her late husband. “Everything,” Faith Evans stated. “I loved everything about him. He was honest, you understand? One thing about him, even at that young age… honest! Yo, I respect it. I’m like, I can’t take nothing else.” Furthermore, she spoke on one time that she asked Biggie if he had relations with another woman, and he admitted to it on the spot. “Honest as f**k,” she reiterated. “Most of the time I didn’t know what was going on but when I did and I asked him, he told the truth.”

Meanwhile, we’re sure that this won’t be the last time that this beef history will see reevaluation. It’s one of hip-hop’s most fascinating, albeit tragic, backstories to reflect on and unearth. The most important enduring aspect is each artist’s legacy beyond it, and the love that Big and Faith shared. With that in mind, come back to HNHH for the latest news and updates on Faith Evans, Biggie Smalls, and Tupac Shakur.

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Boosie Badazz Claims Yung Bleu Forged His Signature, Bleu Wants To Box Him

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Boosie Badazz and Yung Bleu are not letting up on their beef at all, with new callouts and responses emerging every hour, it seems. In fact, it’s been such an avalanche of information and allegations that it’s practically impossible to break things down effectively. Regardless, we know that a lot of it stems from contract issues regarding Bleu’s deal with Empire, which the Baton Rouge MC helped set up. Actually, Boosie claimed that his former protégé’s teams actually forged his signature when it came to a deal, which Bleu obviously denied. In addition, Bleu alleged that Boosie attacked his mother, and that was also met with a denial from the opposing side.

Not only that, but it seems like Boosie Badazz broke his promise to not speak on Yung Bleu’s cheating scandal, instead taking to Twitter to clown him for it. What’s more is that Bleu isn’t Boosie’s only target, as he’s also going at Ghazi and other Empire executives for messing his money up. All in all, it seems like that’s the core issue at hand, and everything else is just a new result.

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Boosie Badazz & Yung Bleu Keep Their Back And Forth Up

As if this wasn’t enough bad blood, Boosie Badazz also unearthed previous tweets from Yung Bleu praising him. For this, the Alabama native said that what he praised Boosie for was all that he ended up doing for him. After that, he claims, it was pretty much radio silence, and he even proposed an idea to box each other. Also, Bleu maintained that his now-rival is lying about all of this. Still, he also posited that, if there’s anyone who should be at fault for all this, it’s the legal and management executives that made it happen.

More Accusations And Beef Between The Former Collaborators

Meanwhile, Boosie claimed that the lawyer that Bleu connected with isn’t even his attorney, so that’s another cap-calling instance. Overall, this is a pretty tangled web that leads back to the same origin: cash. Hopefully they can put aside the petty stuff and hash this out soon, once and for all. With that in mind, check back in with HNHH for the latest on Boosie Badazz and Yung Bleu.

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Method Man Shares Secret To Avoiding Rap Beef

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Method Man has been a busy man for most of his life. His ultra-successful rap career will be one that is etched into the books of the strongest runs in the genre. Furthermore, this has allowed him to share so many incredible stories, struggles to make it in music, and his mental health journey. He explains all of this in his latest interview with Men’s Health. They assisted in celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and its effects on the world.

One helpful piece of advice he detailed eloquently was how he has steered as clear as possible from a constant virus that runs through rap. That is beef between other artists and there are some legendary ones to recall. Drake and Meek Mill, Gucci Mane and Jeezy, the list is extensive. However, Method Man is one of the few to escape the traps of getting involved in personal bouts. You might think it is an elaborate process with crazy methods, but the 52-year-old keeps it bare bones.

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How Has Method Man Done It?

Method Man simply puts it, “I just mind my business.” He continued to say that avoiding clubs and after parties played a big role. The Wu-Tang member also thinks it has a lot to do with the respect level for him and his clan. “I had a big crew. Ain’t nobody really wanna f**k with us like that, ya dig? We didn’t have a lot to prove any muthaf*****g way. We always came humble. period.’”

What are your thoughts on Method Man being able to stay away from the drama in the hip-hop genre? What is the biggest rap beef of all time in your opinion? Which one is your favorite and which one is the dumbest? We want to hear all of your answers in the comments section below. Additionally, be sure to stay locked in with HNHH for all the latest surrounding the music world, especially all the beefing.

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Kodak Black Calls Boosie Badazz A “Clown” Amid Beef

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There have been quite a few consequences stemming from Kodak Black’s new collaboration with 6ix9ine have been pretty major. The track is called “Shaka Laka” and dropped last week. It got a LOT of people talking as soon as it dropped for a myriad of reasons. On 6ix9ine’s side of things, he once again called out what he thinks is industry blackballing. He shared an Instagram post with fans showing the music video for his new song had the same amount of views as Travis Scott’s new track. Travis Scott’s song “K-Pop” was a collaboration with two of the biggest names in all of music The Weeknd and Bad Bunny. The disparity in views surprised a lot of fans given how many more streams Scott’s song was generating on Spotify.

For Kodak Black the controversy mostly came from other rappers. Many took the opportunity to criticize Kodak for working with someone that’s been labeled a snitch. Nobody’s criticism was louder than Boosie Badazz, who isn’t shy about commenting on any rap-related issues. Boosie posted a rant to his Instagram expressing his disapproval. “D**n. Thought that little ni**a wasn’t like that, bro. Ni**a ain’t no street ni**a, at all. D**n. F**ked me up” he said. He went on to say that Kodak has “no morals” and “no principles.”

Kodak Black Strikes Back At Boosie Again

Kodak Black’s first response to Boosie’s criticism came in an Instagram story post where he had a simple message for the rapper. Now he’s hit back again. Kodak reposted a video of someone criticizing Boosie’s behavior to his Instagram story earlier today. He captioned the post “Poosie a [clown emoji],” making it clear that he agrees with the video’s sentiment.

In the comments under the Instagram post many fans agreed with Kodak. “Boosie need to stop talking about rappers 20+ years younger than him tho,” one comment reads. Others pointed out the irony of the situation given Kodak’s past. “He’s in no position to be calling somebody a clown be frfr,” reads the top comment on the post. What do you think of Kodak Black’s newest message for Boosie Badazz? Let us know in the comment section below.

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JT And Ken Barbie Get Into War Of Words On Twitter

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JT isn’t afraid to start beef with anyone. Just a few weeks after a viral shouting match at the BET Awards she’s celebrating the release of her new single by getting into it on Twitter again. This time, however, it’s clear that she didn’t start it. Blogger Ken Barbie took shots comparing her to Ice Spice, who they believe has surpassed her. “Somebody better tell JT Ice Spice already brought her ‘Princess’ collar,” Ken’s tweet read. Clearly, that upset the City Girls rapper who fired back with a tweet of her own. “Non black ppl once again using terms to insinuate that black women are Dogs.” That response led to a number of back-and-forth posts over the next few hours. Ultimately after threats of an in-person fight, things began to slow down and cool off.

Fans in the comments of a post recapping the exchange seemed to favor JT’s side. “Why is it always grown a*s man speaking on women?” one fan says. Another agrees, citing previous issues Nicki Minaj has had with critiques from men online. “nicki was right, sending grown men to attack women is just bonkers.”

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It’s the second time recently that JT got attention for getting heated with someone. A video of her in a shouting match with partner Lil Uzi Vert at the BET Awards went viral following the event. Many fans quickly blamed Ice Spice, or rather the fact that Lil Uzi shouted out Ice Spice during their performance. After fans got their hand on the video everyone involved was quick to cool things off. Everyone agreed that the intensity had more to do with seats being taken throughout the show than anything Lil Uzi said during their performance.

Just a few days ago JT released her debut solo single “No Bars.” Subsequently, the song became a quick fan favorite and got a shoutout from Nicki Minaj following its release. It follows a trip of new City Girls songs released earlier this year. What do you think of JT and Ken Barbie’s Twitter beef? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Ja Rule Claims 50 Cent Revealed To Him A Plan To Start Beef To Make It Big

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The Ja Rule and 50 Cent beef is more of a universal truth than a developed and escalated feud these days. Sure, they still take shots at each other, but it’s more of a historical fact and troll than true-blue beef these days, although it was certainly that at one point. In fact, before it sprouted, 50 himself allegedly detailed to his fellow New York rapper how he would pick a fight to make it bigger in the industry. During a recent interview with Math Hoffa on the My Expert Opinion podcast, Ja recalled this conversation to the hosts. In his claims, he explained why he can’t support an attitude like that.

“I used to go over to Jam Master Jay’s studio- when he was signed to JMJ because Black Child was over there,” Ja Rule began. “He was also signing to JMJ. So I go over there. Go see my n***a Black. And, you know… I was already on. I had a record deal with my n***as Cash Money Click- so he used to kick it with me.” Then, he alleged that 50 Cent wanted to do a song with him. “I got nothing against him but the record never got done- I’m busy. I’m running around. I’m trying to do things. It’s no slight to nobody. It just didn’t happen.

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Ja Rule Claims That 50 Cent Only Beefs To Get A Leg Up In The Game

“We had our first encounter in Atlanta,” Ja Rule remarked. “We had a talk. Uncle Chaz came to me, said, ‘Yo, homie ’bout to pull up. Would you want to have a conversation?’ I said ‘Alright cool, we’ll have a conversation.’ And when we had a conversation- ‘Yo it’s just a record. Ya know I’m just trying to get out there,’” referring to Fif’s disses towards him and Murder Inc. “Chump s**t. Whack s**t. I’m a real artist n***a. I’m a real n***a. This is whack to me, n***a. I don’t give a f**k. If we’re gonna talk about it, let’s talk about it.

“And, I know what n***as is gonna say at home,” he continued. “‘Why are you talking about this thirty years later?’ I don’t want to talk about this. My n***as right here want to talk about this,” he said to the podcast hosts. “To me, that’s not a real artist. That’s not a real man. It’s not a real n***a. You know what I’m saying? To want to pull down other n***as to pull yourself up. That ain’t my style. If you a real n***a, go make your records and shine.” For more on 50 Cent and Ja Rule, stay posted on HNHH.

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Wack 100 Calls Rich Homie Quan A “Rat”

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It’s safe to say that Wack 100 is not a fan of Rich Homie Quan. Quan is in a lot of hot water right now over leaked audio that appears to confirm that he snitched on Young Thug. Of course, now Young Thug is on trial in the YSL RICO case and could be facing some serious jail time. What’s worse, Quan’s manager addressed the leaked audio, with a lot of people seeing his response as “confirmation” that Quan ratted out Thug.

Now Wack 100 loves to keep himself relevant and involved with all the latest industry drama. He recently beefed with Gunna, another figure prominently accused of snitching. Furthermore, he has inserted himself into the YNW Melly case. However, now he’s taken to openly calling out Quan a rat while doing the podcast circuit.

Wack 100 Blasts Rich Homie Quan

“Rich Homie, listen man, I’m changing,” Wack began while speaking on No Jumper. “But you a rat bastard. I ain’t change yet motherfucker. You a rat. Dirty rat, master splinter bastard. Your ass was in there for no apparent reason. You told you snitched. You told again he was….He was hating on Thug, yeah after lifestyle when they all did that record. Thug kept climbing. His shit teetered out.”

However, not everyone was on board with Wack’s assertions. “Y’all Gotta Stop Saying “Master Splinter “ Because He Was Real One , Took Care Of His Family , Raised The Turtles 🐢 As His Own , Always Be Honest And Solid And Always Got Down When It Was Time For Him To Smash Something With His Sons ! ….. Just Because Splinter Was A Rat Doesn’t Mean He Was A RAT! So Yall Gotta Change That Saying 💯…. Respect ✊🏾 To The OG Wack Tho …I’m Just Saying In General That Term Gotta Get Changed Cuz Splinter Was A SOLID DUDE 💯,” One person argued in the comments. “1) Wack career is based off gossiping in the same fashion RHQ was but RHQ ain’t know he was getting recorded
2)RHQ was cool with Nut along with most of ATL he ain’t fall out from jealousy there was principal behind it and ima major YSL fan
3)RHQ was never known for banging but was known to kick in doors so ion see how people can say he was never “street”,” added another.

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Ice-T On “Drink Champs”: On Acting Career, Past Beefs & Much More

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On the latest episode of Drink Champs with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, Ice-T popped by as their special guest for the conversation. During their talk, the went through a lot of the most important and notable aspects of the New Jersey-born and Los Angeles-raised rapper’s career. Whether it was about his history in the hip-hop game, his acting experiences, or his thoughts on the current generation, he spoke earnestly and vividly of his perspective. Specifically, some of the most interesting points of the conversation revolved around him speaking on the evolution of the genre and his interactions with artists like Tupac Shakur and when he first heard the genre. Overall, it holds a lot of enlightening stories and insights into the MC’s legendary career.

For example, Ice-T briefly addressed how he interprets different roles as an actor, especially considering his life experiences. Specifically, he spoke on the surprising similarity between portraying a police officer and playing the part of a gangster. “We all have had enough experience with the cops, you can act like a cop,” he explained. “Like when I’m on ‘Law & Order,’ right before I do the scene, I just go ‘A**hole, a**hole, a**hole, a**hole.’ And then I talk down to you. But dig this, playing a cop and playing a gangster is the exact same acting. Exact same acting. We both got a gun, we both got an attitude, we both want answers, or there will be a consequence.”

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Ice-T’s Drink Champs Episode

Of course, not every story told in Ice-T’s Drink Champs episode was as serious. One funny anecdote that he told was when he tried to get ecstasy for his wife Coco Austin at a club. When a dealer recognized him, he ended up giving him about 20 tablets of MDMA. It’s unclear what he did with all that ecstasy, but at least Coco was probably pleased with getting such a large stash for the foreseeable future.

Meanwhile, it’s heartening to see that the Drink Champs episode went well, because the 65-year-old isn’t the biggest fan of podcasts. “Artist Public Service: Doing Interviews can be risky if you Don’t know what you’re doing…” he wrote on Twitter. “They will talk to you for hours hoping you say one thing they can TWIST and hype up for clicks.. Unfortunately most podcast have now DEVOLVED to this BS. Just sayin.” For more news and the latest updates on Ice-T and Drink Champs, stick around on HNHH.

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Jim Jones Credits Tupac For Inspiring Dipset With Their Use Of Beef As Marketing

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Recently, Jim Jones sat down for a Roc Nation roundtable interview on Wednesday (June 28) and revealed how the legendary Tupac Shakur inspired Dipset. Moreover, Capo stated that the West Coast icon was instrumental in synthesizing rap beef as an effective promotional strategy for MCs. Still, it’s an unfortunate thing to commend, as rap beef is supposedly why Tupac met the early fate he did. Regardless, when the Diplomats were blowing up on the East Coast and beyond, they took cues from his biggest points of success. Jones is by no means the first to remark this, but it just goes to show how influential Tupac’s legacy is, for better or worse.

“The beef inside of hip-hop is not a mixtape thing,” Jim Jones remarked. “It’s a hip-hop thing. It’s a lot of n***as that got a lot of ego, puttin’ them in the same room, and s**t is bound to happen. But the mixtapes heightened a lot of situations, because now, it could be totally unfiltered. At that time in hip-hop, we was watching Tupac and all of them, and watching how successful they was gettin’ goin’ cr*zy on everybody. It was a whole era right there where this was a marketing tool that was working for major labels and artists at the time that had the upper hand.”

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Jim Jones’ Remarks On Mixtapes & Beef

Of course, this rings especially true these days because the New York rapper started some beef of his own. For those unaware, he just launched a diss track against Pusha T, who had some subliminal bars for Jim Jones on an unreleased Clipse track previewed at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week. The whole beef started when Jones dismissed Push’s placement on Billboard‘s list of the 50 best rappers of all time. We’re still in the early stages of that beef, as the Virginia native has yet to make an official diss record.

Meanwhile, for as many subliminals and sneaks disses Push could throw, it’s impossible to determine a “winner” until we have two released tracks to compare. Not only that, but Jones also called it more of a rap battle of skill than it was actual beef. Either way, there’s more conversation around him than there’s been in a while, so clearly it worked. For more news and the latest updates on Jim Jones, stay logged into HNHH.

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Joe Budden Refuses To Take A Side On Beef Between Jim Jones And Pusha T

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Pusha T and Jim Jones are currently beefing. Pusha fired the first shots with some deep cuts about Jones in a song that debuted at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show in Paris. At first, Jones was content to dismiss the diss as “cute”. However, he responded a few days later, dropping a track of his own. In his, the Dipset member compared Pusha and No Malice to slaves.

Furthermore, he masterfully suggested that Pusha T didn’t know what a rap beef is. “The only beef you know n***a, is the Arby’s or the Big Mac,” Jones proclaimed. Now Joe Budden has given his thoughts on the feud. It’s to be expected, as Budden likes to keep his finger on the pulse of the rap scene.

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Budden Opts To Stay Neutral

“Now let me be objective and do my job the right way,” he said. “I’m torn here like Latoya Luckett. Boy, am I torn. On one hand I know to leave Push it to you alone. Retired me active me if you were gonna if I were ever gonna—I would get at that n***a actually—but boy would I be respectful of my approach,” he continued. “I’d have to lead with the jab, set them up have had a lot of thought would go into it it wouldn’t be the body it wouldn’t be as reckless at because Pusha T is a methodical man outside of rapping he is a methodical thinking, planning man.”

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Budden went on to explain that he knows that Jones respects Pusha T’s game. However, he also acknowledged that Jones needs to step carefully. This is because Pusha is a “pain and a headache” to rap against. Despite this, Budden is playing the Switzerland card and staying neutral. However, while he doesn’t have a dog in the fight, he did express his hopes that the beef stays about music and doesn’t become personal or overly disrespectful. Follow all the latest music news here at HotNewHipHop.

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