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Yung Joc On T.I. & Boosie Beef: “I Don’t Know What’s Real No More”

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The beef between T.I. and Boosie has been quite interesting and volatile to see, but Yung Joc is one of many who are looking at it with more skeptical mindsets. Moreover, the Bronx-born rapper recently appeared on the My Expert Opinion podcast to talk about his thoughts on their spat. On one hand, Joc recongized that both artists stood firmly by their values and held onto their arguments. However, he also acknowledged that there could be something else at play, suggesting that it could all be for show. After all, Tip’s final album is coming soon, and that means a promo rollout is in order.

“So it’s kind of one thing if you my OG, and I can speak out against you, I can’t migrate to another city and link with a n***a who done did the same thing, and not say nothing,” the 42-year-old began. “So that’s the space Boosie in, and he standing on that. I don’t know if for Tip, cause he’s like ‘Man, I thought we were good.’ But then at the end of the day, I don’t know what’s real no more.

Yung Joc Gives His Two Cents On T.I. and Boosie

“They had the joint album,” he continued. “Now T.I. said that he’s gonna do his last album where he be throwing himself as the king. It could be the press for his new album. ‘Cause it was just that fast with him and Boosie. With Boosie doing that, it’s a lot of people who still love Tip in the way that they’re, ‘You know what? With you doing that, bro, we gon’ support this s**t whole 100%.’

“And there’s some people who love Boosie that are like, “You know what? You stood on that, we gon’ support you,’” he continued. “So I don’t know what the f**k. When I think about marketing, when people talk to me about s**t, I always saw it go wrong. I say some s**t in the background and then, when that s**t come out, n***as be like, ‘Bro, how the f**k you knew that?’” Let us know your take in the comments and return to HNHH for the latest on Yung Joc, Boosie, and T.I.

BIA Denies Switching Up On Cardi B

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BIA just took to TikTok and denied that she switched up on Cardi B, despite what many fans online believe. Apparently, discussion online fostered after BIA deleted all her tweets relating to Cardi before she went live with Nicki Minaj. For those of you unaware, the two female MCs have a long and storied beef going on. Moreover, the Massachusetts rapper gave her side of the story online and said that she hasn’t even met Cardi B in person. As such, she said it’s all love and that people took those signs too seriously.

“Keep it 100,” the “London” MC began. “Sweetie, I didn’t switch up on anybody because I don’t know Cardi in real life. I’ve never met Cardi, we’ve never had a conversation. Like, I don’t have no issues with her, it’s all love, but I don’t know her. Y’all do too much on this app, I don’t know her in real life. We don’t know each other [a friend added, “Shout out to her”]. We don’t know them. Ask me about somebody I know. Ask me about somebody I’ve met in real life, not online.”

BIA Denies Beef With Cardi B

Despite BIA’s words, many social media users still aren’t buying that tale, and kept bringing up the deleted tweets. Also, this becomes even murkier when you consider the other rap beefs that Nicki is involved in, and some threw out conspiracies that she’s turning rappers against each other. While she recently threw apparent subliminals at Megan Thee Stallion and Latto, a lot of the Internet conversation might just be trying to pit these artists against each other.

Meanwhile, BIA recently put out a single “SIXTEEN” ahead of her Rolling Loud L.A. performance. Of course, it’s still quite a banger, but it also contained some of her most emotionally vulnerable material yet. “Take me back to when I lost my job, I told ’em, ‘F**k you,’” she rapped. “I came from a place where there’s nobody to look up to / We weren’t broke together, tell me how the f**k I trust you? / I left mama house, bitch, I ain’t have nowhere to run to.” Time will tell whether these alleged beefs and conflicts will work her way into her material as well. Regardless, come back to HNHH for the latest news and updates on BIA and Cardi B.

Hit-Boy & Hitmaka Continue Their Beef On IG

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This week brought the hip-hop world a surprising but fascinating beef between two all-star producers. Hit-Boy and Hitmaka continued their beef, which all started when the latter said that the former can’t compete with him in a radio market. Then, Hit-Boy teased some lyrics from a song with The Alchemist where he disses Hitmaka and his merits. After that, Hitmaka responded by saying that Hit-Boy is a terrible solo artist and should focus on his production. In subsequent attacks online, both producers clarified and doubled down on their stances.

First, Hitmaka published an edited video of ILOVEMAKONNEN’s clowned Tim Westwood freestyle with Hit-Boy’s face on it. Also, he included an alleged DM screenshot where the King’s Disease producer complimented his production success. “CHAUNCEYYYYYYYYYYYY CHAUNCEYYYYYYYYYY,” he captioned the post, calling Hit-Boy by his government name. “Quit f***ing playing kid YOU know I got the hit factory Now Swipe Right 2 SEE YA IDOLS EVERY TIME U RAP SALUTE TO THE WORST PRODUCER RAPPER OF ALL-TIME.” For what it’s worth, Hit-Boy responded simply with three laughing emojis in his comments.

Hitmaka Continues Beef On Instagram

On his end, Hit-Boy posted an edited picture of Muhammad Ali (with Hit-Boy’s face) knocking out Sonny Liston (with the Chicago producer’s face). “I only meant to Diss 1 person on slipping into darkness,” he captioned the post with a laughing emoji. In the comments, he continued his clarification. “I got respect for mustard metro and southside,” he wrote. Regardless, Metro Boomin allegedly responded to the shots, so maybe that wasn’t clear to everyone or he intended his jabs to be friendlier competitiveness. Also in the comments, Hitmaka clapped back.

“Pls send beats so I can help u,” he clapped back. “N***A U DID 3 ALBUMS WIT @nas & he ain’t give u one verse. Everyone knows u terrible at rapping don’t make me go rap I actually have plaques from being a rapper.” In addition, this beef couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. As Hitmaka dropped his Jim Jones collab album on Friday (March 10), Hit-Boy dropped an album of his own with Musiq Soulchild. However you feel about that debate, let us know in the comments down below and check out Hit-Boy’s post as well. Also, as always, log back into HNHH for the latest news and updates on Hitmaka and Hit-Boy.

Hit-Boy Knocks His Opp Out

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Nicki Minaj Diss Tweets: Rapper Says Other Labels Pay For Online Hate

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To achieve her coveted status as Queen of Rap, Nicki Minaj has been through plenty of tough moments in the spotlight. She has an undeniably fiery Sagittarian personality. This often puts her at the centre of controversy, but earlier this week, the mother of one revealed during a live stream that at least some of the hate sent her way online is paid for by the record labels of her competitors. The conversation took place on Tuesday (March 7). At the time, she was chatting with Rah Ali about the industry’s climate currently.

“Labels and management companies paying for viral tweets and paying for Nicki diss tweets. So now it’s kind of like, if I don’t remind them that we’re actually here to rap, who will?” she explained. Afterward, the Trinidadian artist said she doesn’t want to hear her name in the same breath as the other rappers. “Don’t ever put me in the same motherf*cking sentence, you know,” she ranted. “Don’t use my name.”

Nicki Minaj Exposes the Industry

As the audio of Minaj speaking her mind continues to make rounds, more people are sharing their opinions. “Narcissist,” one Twitter user labelled the “Super Freaky Girl” before adding, “Labels are not pressed about her like she wants.” Another person joked, “WHO paying??? And why ain’t I get offered a check?” Someone else, still, suggested that “she needs to realize that the [general public] just don’t like her.”

Elsewhere in the replies, others have been pointing out that Minaj has never shied away from feuds. “She’s telling her hand because that’s literally what she had done to Cardi,” someone speculated. “She’s afraid of her karma tbh.” More recently, the 40-year-old appeared to throw shade at Megan Thee Stallion during her surprise Rolling Loud appearance.

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During Lil Wayne’s set, Nicki Minaj surprised the audience with some throwback favourites like “Bed Rock,” “High School,” and “Truffle Butter,” as well as her own solo releases. Additionally, she cracked a joke about not “f*cking with horses since Christopher Reeve,” a bar from her new “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” track many are perceiving as shade towards the Houston Hottie. In videos circulating online from the festival, it sounds as though the crowd wasn’t very impressed by the drama.

“Nicki Minaj tried to clock Megan Thee Stallion with that horse bar only for the crowd to stare back at her in silence,” one tweet reads. “That’s definitely one way to be humbled.” Check it out in the video above, and read all about the Queen artist’s recent beef with Latto here.

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Nicki Minaj & Megan Thee Stallion Beef Continues At Rolling Loud: “I Don’t F*ck With Horses”

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If there’s one thing you can almost always count on rappers to do, it’s wind up in some beef. As of late, it’s primarily been the female artists going back and forth with each other over a variety of topics. At the end of 2022, we heard Nicki Minaj and Latto trading shots after the latter upset her with her comments about the difference between today’s industry climate, and what it was like when the Queen of Rap was in her prime. Earlier this weekend, that drama was seemingly addressed on her “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” single.

Aside from sharing her first solo effort of 2023 on Friday (March 3), Minaj also surprised fans with a big announcement that same night. On Queen Radio, she confirmed that her own record label is finally coming together, and she’s already got an impressive roster of four signees. As if that weren’t enough, on Saturday evening, the 40-year-old joined her Young Money boss Lil Wayne for his set at Rolling Loud.

Lil Wayne Surprises Fans with Nicki Minaj

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Weezy was the festival’s special guest, and his set took place at the end of the night, at the same time as headliner Travis Scott. Much to patrons’ pleasure, he had a fire roster of friends join him, including 2 Chainz, who rapped their joint track, “Duffle Bag Boy,” alongside him. When it came time to throw it back to the YMCMB days, Wayne tapped both Minaj and Gudda Gudda to join him for “Bed Rock.”

Of course, the “How to Love” hitmaker couldn’t let his frequent collaborator walk away without putting on a show. They went on to perform past releases like “High School” and “Truffle Butter,” and the Trinidadian artist had time to show out on a few of her solo tracks as well. Between spitting bars, some attendees couldn’t help but notice that Minaj threw in a diss seemingly aimed at Megan Thee Stallion, who also appears to face heat on her latest single.

Throwing Shade at Thee Stallion

“I only f*ck with, I mean, I don’t f*ck with horses,” she stumbles at the beginning of a video making rounds online. “I said, 700 horses will be fixing to leave, but I don’t f*ck with horses since Christopher Reeve.” Immediately after, she launched into a confident performance of “Chun-Li” as the crowd cheered on. Check it out in the video above, and let us know if you think Nicki Minaj is too old to be sneak dissing like this in the comments.

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Lil Durk Wants Blogs To “Stop Click Baiting Smurk” Amid Release Date Drama

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The one-year anniversary of Lil Durk’s 7220 album is quickly approaching, and for some time now, the Chicago native has been teasing a follow-up project for fans. The 17-track effort found him working with Future, Gunna, Summer Walker, and Morgan Wallen, setting expectations high for whatever he’s got in store next. Unfortunately, some recent rap beef is beginning to overshadow excitement surrounding The Voice 2.0.

As you may have seen online earlier this week, the “Laugh Now Cry Later” collaborator seemingly reignited his past feud with NBA YoungBoy and Quando Rondo. “I can drop this single and f*ck the streets up, on God,” Durkio wrote on Instagram recently. “Your release date ain’t safe son.” Though he didn’t explicitly name-drop anyone in the post, internet sleuths assumed he was dissing the Never Broke Again artists.

Lil Durk’s Back & Forth with Quando Rondo and NBA YoungBoy

As AceShowBiz notes, YoungBoy’s Don’t Try This at Home album is due to drop sometime in April. The Louisana native has already had a busy year, previously sharing 19 titles on I Rest My Case as well as a single called, “Next.” For Quando’s part, he’s been steadily working on his forthcoming release, 1633. He’s already unveiled the cover art, also announcing that his work will be dedicated to the late Lul Pab, who lost his life in a tragic shooting last year.

“One more month,” the 23-year-old wrote. “I put my heart in this album, seen a lot of blood sweat and tears. Lost my right-hand man in front of my eyes. I love you thug, I’m going number one for you big brah.” In response to Durk’s apparent sneak diss, Quando wrote on his own Story, “Drop that shit, we all on a time schedule!” Clearly, the Savannah native is unbothered by any potential competition from his fellow rapper.

Back in Album Mode

In wake of the interesting social media exchange, blogs began lighting up with rumours of beef between OTF and NBA. For his part, the father of six is attempting to combat the drama with yet another message written on his IG Story. “If I don’t say it out loud, it’s not real,” he reminded readers before asking them to “stop click-baiting Smurk.”

“Back to album,” he confirmed, though an official release date and other details surrounding the highly anticipated project are unknown at this time. Who do you hope to see Lil Durk work with on The Voice 2.0? Let us know in the comments, and check back later for more pop culture news updates.

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Nas Speaks On Impact Of Jay-Z Beef On His Career In GQ Interview

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During his recent GQ interview, Nas reflected on how his beef with Jay-Z impacted his career, and perhaps the hip-hop landscape as a whole. While they squashed said issues eventually, their spat is the stuff of legend in the rap community. Elsewhere in the interview, he spoke on a few other topics, including his Madison Square Garden show, his run with Hit-Boy, and his idea of success. However, his reflections on his Hov battles led to some interesting reflections on collaborations in the game. At the time of that beef, he remarked, hip-hop still existed on a coastal binary for many.

“That’s just being reminded of what rap is, being shocked, taking it places you didn’t think you were going to go with it as an artist,” he explained about the shock behind the Jay feud and how it marked a second phase of his career in the early 2000s. “[Like] me on ‘One Mic,’ making a song slow, low-key, raising an octave higher. ‘Got Yourself A Gun’ was a Dr. Dre-sounding track, and I had worked with Dre on music before that.

Nas Speaks On Beef With Jay-Z To GQ

INDIO, CA – APRIL 12: Rappers Nas (L) and Jay-Z perform onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

“So I kind of had a pass to do a Dre-kind of sound because Dre cosigned our friendship and our collabs,” he continued. “I feel like that collab [with Dre] brought in the idea, maybe, for things like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Biggie together. I didn’t invent it, but it made it more of a thing, like, ‘Hey guys, we’re always so standoffish. You come into my market, I come into your market, and let’s have fun. It’s all a family thing.’”

Meanwhile, the hip-hop legend chases a very different idea of success to what many might believe or expect from one of the game’s greatest. “All records sell,” the 49-year-old stated. “If they don’t sell at all, then get out of the music business. Or if you love your art, don’t let that determine anything. If you need them to sell too quickly, you gotta watch that. lllmatic wasn’t the huge seller the first week, but now you look at how well it did. You just have to worry about the music.” Check out the full interview in the link below and stick around on HNHH for the latest greatness from Nas.

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VVSNCE Says Latto Refused To Work With Her After Free Features For Females Comments

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Latto has had some undoubtedly big career moments lately, though they’re unfortunately being overshadowed by drama. Earlier this month she shared her first single of 2023, “Lottery,” which finds her taking a well-received venture into pop music. What listeners aren’t loving, however, is her decision to work with controversial producer Dr. Luke on the track.

While the hate comments poured in last week, the 777 artist made it known that she wasn’t bothered by twerking along to the LU KALA-assisted bop in her pyjamas. The debut of Latto’s Billboard cover photo provided a moment of relief for the rap diva, though it didn’t last long. Over the weekend, one of Kodak Black’s artists hopped on Instagram to address some comments made by the 24-year-old in her accompanying music video, specifically about working with other female artists.

Latto Says She’s a “Girl’s Girl”

“My number one thing has been being a girl’s girl,” Latto candidly told the outlet during their sit-down. “I utilize my power in uplifting others on my way up. When you see Latto do a feature with an upcoming female rapper, I don’t charge them. The label got to cover the glam, but I don’t profit off that.” Last year alone she appeared on a handful of tracks alongside other women, including Chlöe’s “For the Night” and Lakeyah’s “Mind Yo Business.”

Prior to that we also heard her on Kali’s “Mmm Mmm” with Moneybagg Yo, Queen Naija’s “Bitter,” and Tay Money’s “Brat.” Though her discography proves that she obviously isn’t one to shy away from a joint track – especially if it embodies girl power – another rising rapper claims that Latto refused to work with her in the earlier days of her career.

VVSNCE Speaks Her Truth

Earlier this weekend, Kodak Black’s artist, VVSNCE, shared her thoughts on Latto’s Billboard interview. “Everybody keep taggin’ me in this shit, [I don’t care] ’bout no feature from her or nobody else,” she wrote in a repost on her IG Story. “She did do that lame [shit] tho, ‘I don’t work with new female artists,’ [were] her EXACT words. That’s the real reason she was mad at Yak! She had to pay for that song on her album ‘cuz she ain’t wanna do a song with me.”

As you may recall, the Ohio-born artist spilled some serious tea with the arrival of her debut album last year. At the time, she was pressed because one of the male features on her tracklist was reportedly giving her a hard time about finishing the collab because she ignored her DMs. Latto never identified the culprit, though many were quick to assume that Back For Everything hitmaker was to blame. Hear everything VVSNCE had to say about the drama in the video above, and check back later for any updates on the situation.

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T.I. & Boosie Badazz Continue Their Beef

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The beef between T.I. and Boosie Badazz continued this weekend as the former sent the latter scathing shots both live and on the Gram. Moreover, their beef started after Boosie claimed T.I. snitched, and therefore pulled their idea for a joint album. Then, the Atlanta trap star clapped back at those claims, calling them false and bringing up the receipts. “Let a motherf***er know that the paperwork was present,” he said at a live setting to many fans. “I’ve been waiting on one special invited guest to show up, but he ain’t showed up yet. But he ain’t here to see my paperwork. So come on if you got something to say. I wanna see who wanna see, you hear me?”

“After you see what you need to see, it’s on you now,” T.I. continued. “Now go straighten that s**t up, ’cause n***a, you got too far in your jaw. You got too much dip on your chip.” Furthermore, the Baton Rouge rapper had this to say about the “Live Your Life” star’s story about his cousin. “If he did that, you’re a fuckin’ rat, too,” he expressed to DJ Vlad. “I don’t spare no-mothafuckin’-body… if you cooperate with law enforcement to get you out of trouble… that means you’re a rat.”

T.I. Unleashes On Boosie At Live Event

Despite T.I.’s boasting and him posting court documents to prove haters wrong, he’s kind of going a bit harder than you’d expect. For example, he commented on Boosie’s post as he enjoyed an Atlanta Hawks game. “Say boy u posed to be up here @trapcitycafe,” he commented, referencing the earlier clip of him at a live setting. “Checking dis paperwork and straightening yo face or else you flaw…. according to the convict law.”

Afterwards, Boosie replied to his comment with a simple “I text U,” adding a green checkmark. Whereas T.I. is seemingly blowing this up every chance he gets, Badazz seems a bit hesitant. However, we don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes, so maybe it’s not as one-sided as it appears. After all, with a few rappers siding with T.I., maybe Boosie realized he bit off more than he could chew. At the end of the day, it’s just a social media beef that probably won’t define either of their careers. Regardless, check out their Instagram exchange below and return to HNHH for the latest on T.I. and Boosie Badazz.

Boosie Responds To T.I.’s Comment Amid Beef

Latto Reflects On Beef With Nicki Minaj

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Latto recently reflected on her Twitter beef with Nicki Minaj in a new interview with Billboard. Of course, their social media spat surprised many, especially considering that Latto said she’s been a fan of Nicki since childhood. However, things got murky when the Grammys put “Super Freaky Girl” by Nicki in Pop categories, and kept Latto in Rap. While the initial debate led to back-and-forth insults and posting private conversations, tensions have since died down a bit. With that time and space for healing in mind, the 777 artist spoke to Billboard about how she feels about it now.

“It’s difficult navigating through situations like that because there’s a disconnect. I will look at myself as a fan of someone and they will view [me] in a whole different light,” she remarked. “It’s disappointing. You just got to take it to the chin and keep pushing.” Previously, her messages aimed at Nicki took a harsher tone. “With all this being said this wasn’t JUST about a Grammy category,” she tweeted. “[You] being funny bringing me up to defend [your] case knowing our last convo didn’t end on good terms. [You] literally told me I’m not ‘flourishing’ and no one cares about my ‘little song’ [on the phone] lol @NICKIMINAJ.”

Latto Is Moving On From Nicki Minaj Beef

Furthermore, Nicki’s side of the story registered with more conciliatory undertones for many. “I have no prob being moved out the RAP category as long as we r ALL being treated FAIRLY,” Minaj tweeted. “If SFG (Super Freaky Girl) has 2B moved out RAP then so does Big Energy! ANY1 who says diff is simply a Nicki hater or a troll.” However, it’s not like the “Do We Have A Problem?” MC took no shots at all. As later tweets showed, it seems like Latto reaching out to her personally struck a nerve.

“This Karen has probably mentioned my name in over 100 interviews,” Nicki tweeted. “Says she waited in line for Pink Friday w|her Barbie chain on, bangs, pink hair…but today, scratch off decides to be silent; rather than speak up for the black woman she called her biggest inspiration.” Regardless of your take, come back to HNHH for the latest on Latto and Nicki Minaj.