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Killer Mike Praises Kevin Durant For Stalley Collaboration

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Killer Mike gave a shout-out to Kevin Durant on Twitter, Friday, in response to the Phoenix Suns star’s new collaboration with Stalley, “Scared Money.” The Grammy-winning rapper labeled Durant’s bars “slick” and congratulated him on the release.

“Shawty Smooth with the style and slick with the bars,” Mike wrote. “Bravo Brother.” Durant addressed the collaboration himself on Saturday while speaking with members of the media for All-Star Weekend. “I doubt I have an album dropping, I just do it for fun,” he revealed.

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 09: Killer Mike performs during EA Sports’ The Madden Bowl at the House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on February 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Stalley previously detailed how the collaboration came together during an interview with Billboard. “One day we was talking and he was like, ‘Yo bro, send me a record to hop on,’” he said, as caught by HipHopDX. “I had that [beat] sitting not for long [because] I was working on my album. I had just put the hook and verse on it and there was an open verse. I’m like, ‘I’ma send it to him and see what he thinks.’ He sent it right back. He sent it back faster than some rappers.” In addition to working on Stalley’s track, Durant also received an A&R credit on Drake’s For All The Dogs in 2023. Check out Mike’s praise of KD’s verse below.

Killer Mike Shouts Out Kevin Durant

As for Killer Mike, he’s been in the midst of a career year in 2024. At the Grammy Awards, he won three awards including Best Rap Album for his project, Michael. Be on the lookout for further updates on Killer Mike and Kevin Durant on HotNewHipHop.

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Kevin Durant Features On Stalley Track And Fans Are Here For It

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“Sacred Money”, Stalley’s new track featuring Kevin Durant, has dropped. The track was previewed by a leak from TMZ, which showed Durant rapping about his grandmother. “RIP to Barbara Davis,We hit another layer/When she speak to me, it’s like she saying prayers,” Durant rapped in the leaked clip.

Fans seemed pretty satisfied with the flow, although many people are still waking up to the news. “Ok but wait Kevin Durant was flowin on this Stalley track.. I see you KD,” one fan noted. “I’m not the only one who thinks Kevin Durant sounds just like Jay Electronica on this new Stalley record right?” asked another. Are you feeling Durant’s bars? Let us know in the comments.

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Draymond Green Calls Out Kevin Durant

However, one person note feeling Durant right now is Draymond Green. During a lengthy rant on The Draymond Green Show, Green called out his former teammate. “[Nurkic] and Kevin [Durant] questioning my character before,” Green said. “As if you’re going to question somebody’s character about a basketball game, as if this is not real life, as if that don’t affect people’s pockets. I think all of it was really cowardly… I think they all wack. Both of them. Everyone was questioning what I said to KD after the game… This is me. I do this. Been doing this. Gonna keep doing this. Which is the same thing I said in that Clippers game years ago. Been winning championships. Been doing this. Gonna keep doing this when you leave here. Didn’t lie. Got fined a whole game check… Fast forward, wasn’t a lie,” Green said.

Furthermore, Green went after Durant’s teammate, Jusuf Nurkic. During the same segment on The Draymond Green Show, the veteran Warrior went after comments that Nurkic made during their tense first meeting since Green’s suspension last week. Green dismissed Nurkic’s comments about his volatility by suggesting that the center was just made that Green had cooked him all game. Green consistently brought up how poorly Nurkic had performed in the matchup. However, fans were quick to point out that the stat line that Green was roasting was a “typical Draymond night”.

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YG Cracks Open The Vault Performing ‘Scared Money’ On ‘The Tonight Show’ With Moneybagg Yo

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YG and Moneybagg Yo cracked open a bank vault to perform amidst the crates of cash in their late-night performance of “Scared Money” on The Tonight Show. The pre-filmed performance finds YG and Yo dressed up in matching two-piece suits rapping the camera as dollar bills fly around them inside a replica bank vault. While their third collaborator, J. Cole, apparently wasn’t able to make the appearance, the remaining performers hold it down with charismatic stage presence and braggadocious rhymes.

YG and Yo appeared on The Tonight Show to promote YG’s upcoming album Pray For Me, which is due this year under Def Jam Recordings. The album will be the Compton rapper’s first since 2020’s My Life 4Hunnid, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 64,000 album-equivalent units in the first week. However, in 2021, YG did also release Kommunity Service, a joint album with Sacramento rapper Mozzy, which. produced the videos for “Bompton To Oak Park,” “Dangerous,” “Gangsta,” “Perfect Timing,” and “Vibe With You.”

Since then, YG has released one other single, “Sign Language,” and concentrated his efforts on his philanthropic endeavors, which included handing out more than $20,000 worth of his signature sneakers to former cons and delivered teleconferencing devices and applications for mental health services to low-income residents of Los Angeles.

You can watch YG’s late-night performance of “Scared Money” above.

YG, J. Cole, And Moneybagg Yo’s ‘Scared Money’ Presents A Sinister Approach To Getting Rich

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YG appears to be gearing up to release his upcoming sixth album which would be his first solo full-length effort since 2020’s My Life 4Hunnid. So far, the Compton native has released one single, “Sign Language,” for the potential project, but his latest drop looks to make quite the splash. YG recruits J. Cole and Moneybagg Yo for their new single, “Scared Money.” The new track is a sinister release that presents the rappers’ unabashed approach towards making money and staying rich. The song is also paired with a confident video that captures the trio flexing their wealth by holding stacks of money to their ear in a safe and dancing as more cash falls from the sky.

“Scared Money” serves as the latest entry in J. Cole’s current guest feature run. In recent months, Cole has connected with Wale (“Poke It Out“), Young Thug (“Stressed Out“), “Joyner Lucas (“Your Heart“), and Benny The Butcher (“Johnny P’s Caddy“). Cole’s latest feature run comes after he initially said his 2019 song with Gang Starr would be the “last feature you’ll hear from me,” a statement he retracted after some self-reflection as revealed in his 2020 documentary, Applying Pressure: The Off-Season.

As for Moneybagg Yo, he’s been on a bit of a feature run as well with the Memphis native lacing records with Polo G, French Montana, 2 Chainz, NLE Choppa, and more. He even has a record on Kanye West’s Donda 2 on the way.

You can watch the video for “Scared Money” above.

J. Cole Will Continue His Latest Feature Run With A Track Beside YG And Moneybagg Yo

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Back at the start of 2019, J. Cole announced that “Family And Loyalty,” his collaboration with Gang Starr, would be the “last feature you’ll hear from me.” That claim turned out to be short-lived, as Cole, who typically isolates himself from other artists, is currently in the midst of another feature run. This Friday, YG, J. Cole, and Moneybagg Yo will team up for their new song “Scared Money,” which seems to be the latest single from YG’s upcoming album, following last spring’s “Sign Language.”

J. Cole’s decision comes after he did some self-reflecting around the release of his sixth album, The Off-Season. “Do you really want to look back and be like, ‘You didn’t work with nobody?” Cole said in a documentary that arrived shortly before the release. “You didn’t have no songs with nobody?’ You just cool with that?’ No, OK! So start saying yes to some features.” Thankfully, Cole did just that.

In the past few months, Cole has released songs with Wale (“Poke It Out“), Young Thug (“Stressed Out“), “Joyner Lucas (“Your Heart“), and Benny The Butcher (“Johnny P’s Caddy“). While “Scared Money” will be Cole and YG’s first song together, it will be Cole’s second with Moneybagg Yo, as they worked together back in 2018 on “Say Dat.”

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