Papoose Murders The Horoscope On “Zodiac Killah”

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Papoose recently dropped off his brand new EP June, which features a lone guest appearance from heavy-hitting lyricist RJ Payne. For the most part, Pap opts to handle things on his own, as he does on the murderous highlight “Zodiac Killah.” Taking to a cinematic instrumental from Jay Swift Da Producer, Pap navigates the ominous strings with calculated focus.

As fans have come to expect from the lyricist, Pap uses the opportunity to get conceptual with it, this time setting his sights on the horoscope. “I told the Capricorn I’m the real goat, he wouldn’t listen so I slit my razor across his throat,” raps Pap, before setting his sights on Aquarius. “I had to beat the water-bearer with his own container.”

Another installment in Papoose’s conceptual slaughterhouse, “Zodiac Killah” should be essential listening for anyone who appreciates seeing Papoose’s creative mind at work. For more where that came from, be sure to give his entire June EP a listen right here. 

QUOTABLE LYRICS

Gemini, place em anywhere they will adapt
Very intelligent, outgoing and that’s a fact
But they move off impulse, they the nosy kind
And they two-faced, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Introduce they personalities to each other forever
Grabbed em’ by the collars and banged their heads together

Tyler The Creator Celebrates His Album Going No. 1 By Quoting DJ Khaled

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Tyler The Creator has shown that he can hold a grudge — albeit, a lighthearted, mostly harmless one — for a really long time. In the past, he’s trolled both random commenters on Twitter and the political Heads of State that have crossed him long after the initial slights, and upon learning that he’s currently got the No. 1 album in the country, he once again proved that he’s got a long memory and a love for having the last laugh.

This time around, he targeted a musical peer, DJ Khaled, referencing the Snapchat rant that fans attributed to Khaled’s bitterness over losing out on the No. 1 spot to Tyler’s Igor in 2019. While the impassioned speech in actuality never referred to Igor or Tyler and was in fact posted days before the Billboard results were posted, once fans resurfaced them in light of the Billboard chart placements, Khaled’s fate was sealed. It looked like he was tasting sour grapes and throwing shade at Tyler The Creator’s more experimental album, calling it “mysterious sh*t.”

Tyler laughed it off at the time, but continued to reference the moment at each new watermark Igor reached, tweeting “MYSTERIOUS MUSIC” when the album won Best Rap Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards. It seems he’s decided to make it something of a tradition now, tweeting the same yesterday as this week’s Billboard chart leaders were announced, with his new album Call Me If You Get Lost earning the No. 1 position.

Meanwhile, although fans are definitely trolling DJ Khaled right along with Tyler, the Miami producer has been celebrating his own string of successes, including having a limited-edition Funko Pop! modeled on him, and the chart success of his Lil Baby and Lil Durk-featuring Khaled Khaled single, “Every Chance I Get.”

Lil Uzi Vert’s Display Of Breakdancing Skills Draws Impressed Reactions From Fans

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Lil Uzi Vert’s a man of many talents. Not only is he a groundbreaking, hitmaking rapper whose stylistic outbursts have made him a fashion icon, but he’s also shown a penchant for fancy footwork on songs like “Futshal Shuffle.” However, even with that display of dexterity in his oeuvre, fans were still surprised to discover he also has a talent for breakdancing, courtesy of girlfriend JT’s Instagram Story.

The outspoken City Girls member caught him getting down at a party while Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” blasted in the background and an assembled crowd of onlookers shouted encouragement — none louder than JT herself. He uprocks for a bit — Yep, that’s where the name up top comes from — then busts out some full-on windmills, looking for all the world like he could have been a member of the Get Fresh Crew.

Once the video appeared on Twitter, fans couldn’t get enough, reposting the video with such commentary as “Lil Uzi Vert do be just vibing doe” and reposting scenes from the 2004 Wayans comedy White Chicks.

The viral moment was decidedly a bunch more wholesome than his other viral moment of the week when he allegedly flashed a gun during an altercation with fellow artist Saint JHN.

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Iggy Azalea Addresses Accusations That She Was Blackfishing In Her ‘I Am The Strip Club’ Video

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Friday saw the premiere of Iggy Azalea’s new “I Am The Strip Club” video, and the visual quickly generated controversy over Azalea’s look in some part of the video. She faced accusations of “blackfishing,” which Urban Dictionary says “involves artificial tanning (spray tanning and tanning booths) and using makeup to manipulate facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry.” Following the video’s release, Azalea took time to address criticisms on social media.

On Twitter shortly after the video was shared, she wrote, “Imagine being so upset about a black wig, somehow the same foundation color and tan I’ve had for years now (with no issue) Is now such a problem you have to pull up an image of me from 7 years ago when I didn’t like to tan. the desperation.” She added in another tweet, “I’m the same color as the other white dancer in the room and not anywhere close to the color of the black dancers. People will say ANYthing to try and cancel me and it’s actually kinda funny to watch people so worked up over a black wig and Smokey eye.” She then wrote, “I’m the same color as I always am, just in a dimly lit room with red lights. It’s the same makeup from every other part of the video just with a Smokey eye and different wig.”

Azalea went on to reiterate her points and call the blackfishing accusations “ridiculous and baseless,” writing, “I can’t care about something that ridiculous and baseless. I’m wearing a shade 6 in armarni foundation, it’s the same shade I’ve worn for the last 3 years. It’s the same shade in every music video since sally Walker. Suddenly I wear a black wig in a club scene & its an issue.”

A couple days after that, on the 4th Of July, she followed up, “To everyone showing me love: Thankyou for dedicating your day to me & helping me promote, I love you! To everyone showing me hate: Thankyou for dedicating your day to me & helping me promote, I love you!”

Check out Azalea’s tweets on the subject below.

Lil Baby Steals The Show At DJ Envy’s “Carchella” With Luxury Car Collection

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Lil Baby stole the show at DJ Envy’s annual Carchella, Saturday, at the Georgia World Conference Center. Baby brought his collection of rare cars which he showed off by comparing the vehicles to different song lyrics.

“When It Comes To These Cars I Am That N***a,” Lil Baby wrote on Instagram, showing off his cars to his followers. “Shoutout @roadshowinternational & carwash-e For Making Sure My Loves Shutdown @djenvy Car show! #carshowking #thisainthalf not a car note in sight #pinkslipshawty.”

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Among Baby’s collection were a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge, Campagna T-REX, 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, Lamborghini Urus, Mercedes-Benz G 800, McLaren 765LT, and a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.

In addition to Baby’s rides, the monster truck that famously carried DMX’s casket, earlier this year, appeared at the event. Curren$y and Kevin “Coach K” Lee, a co-founder of Quality Control Music, were both also present at the show. 

Speaking with Vice back in 2018, Baby explained that noise is a big factor in deciding to purchase a car.

“It’s motivation,” Lil Baby told the outlet. “If you’re a young black dude from the hood you want to come through the hood in a car that makes a lot of noise. You’re really just paying for the motor.”

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Trevor Lawrence’s Massive Jaguars Contract Revealed

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Trevor Lawrence was the first overall pick in the NFL Draft this past year and starting in September, he will most likely be the starting quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars. With Urban Meyer as his head coach, Lawrence is looking at a promising start to his career, and he appears to be motivated to lift this Jaguars team to the top of the AFC. It is going to take a lot of hard work, although if Lawrence has proven anything over the years, it’s that he welcomes any challenge.

Now, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Lawrence has officially signed his rookie contract with the Jaguars. The deal is worth $36.8 million over the course of four years which means he has an AAV of $9.2 million. Not to mention, $24 million is guaranteed which is good news for Lawrence as he doesn’t have to worry about the financial consequences of injury or poor performance.

After finishing 1-15 last season, the Jaguars have a lot to work on this year, and despite having Lawrence on the team, it is not going to be easy. However, this team has the potential to be entertaining, and as football fans, that is all we can really ask for.

Keep it locked to HNHH as we will continue to bring you updates from around the NFL.

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Yungeen Ace Talks “Who I Smoke,” Vanessa Carlton’s Approval & Fan Criticism

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When hip-hop fans heard “Who I Smoke” for the first time, they couldn’t resist bobbing their heads to the outrageous pop sample used by Florida rappers Spinabenz, Whoppa wit da Choppa, Yungeen Ace, and FastMoney Goon. The Jacksonville rap quartet released the music video for the track, which samples “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton, and they knew right away that the song would go viral.

The track and the video have been the latest success for Yungeen Ace, who recently caught up with HotNewHipHop for the latest edition of Rise & Grind. During his interview, he spoke about the song’s success, the criticism it has received by fans saying the rappers crossed a line with their disrespectful lyrics, and how he managed to clear such a popular sample.


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“Off top, all four of us knew it was gonna be a hit,” said Yungeen Ace, agreeing that they might have started a recent trend among rappers to rework cheesy pop songs as samples. “Then when it went viral on TikTok, that’s when we shot the video. There was supposed to be more to the video. It was gonna be dope, but we only got that one scene in. But, that one scene is all it really took.”

With such a strong reaction to the song, Ace remarked that he’s been watching all of the fan reaction clips on YouTube. “I’ve been sitting here and watching all of the fan reaction videos and the shit be so funny,” he said. “When they listen to the song and the sample comes on, the people be looking crazy before the rest of the beat comes in. Seeing some of the fans’ reactions means a lot though.“

When asked about how he responds to the fans criticizing the song as too disrespectful, Ace said, “People just need to enjoy the song. There’s always something. I’ll tell you something, people don’t really see just music. If it’s bad music, they’ll talk about it more. If it’s good music, it’s just good music.”


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As for how he managed to get the sample cleared from Vanessa Carlton, Ace revealed that he’s actually developed a strong friendship with the pop star. “She ain’t know about [the song before we released it.] I fucks with Vanessa,” he said. “We text and call each other, I really appreciate her clearing the sample. That was really dope of her. I really want to put something together where she plays the piano while we rap to ‘Who I Smoke.’ I had a whole conversation with her and she gave me her whole aspect on everything. She’s a real genuine person and really dope.“

Read our full interview with Yungeen Ace for Rise & Grind here.