Kawhi Leonard Reportedly Considering Leaving Clippers, Fans React

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After winning a championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, Kawhi Leonard quickly became the hottest commodity in the entire NBA. He was pursued by numerous teams in free agency and in the end, he had his choice between the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Raptors. Eventually, Kawhi decided to go home to Los Angeles and play for the Clippers, who went out and got Paul George to complement Kawhi’s skill set.

While the Clippers have been a good regular-season team, Kawhi and PG have yet to lead the team to the NBA Finals, despite being title favorites over the last two seasons. Now, Kawhi has a player option for next season and it is expected that he will decline the option so that he can get paid more, all while testing free agency again.

Kawhi Leonard

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Many felt like this was simply a formality and that Leonard would be back with the Clippers no matter what. According to Marc Stein, this might not be the case as sources are saying that there are no guarantees when it comes to Leonard’s status. Teams like the Miami Heat, New York Knicks, and Dallas Mavericks are preparing themselves for this reality, which is yet another indicator that Leonard might be serious about moving teams.

This would certainly be a drastic move, and for now, fans aren’t buying it. As you can see in the tweet below, NBA fans believe it would be weak for Kawhi to leave Los Angeles and that as it stands, the Clippers give him the best shot at winning the title.

Let us know what you think Kawhi should do, in the comments below.

Iggy Azalea Says She’s No Longer Posting Her Son Onyx Following His Outfit Backlash

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Iggy Azalea has reached the peak of her frustration with social media trolls. In what was supposed to be a simple, yet endearing post on the Gram about her son, has instead, became a target for online haters to express their negative opinions about Onyx’s outfit and Azalea’s parenting, respectively.

Soon after venting her frustrations on social media, Iggy announced, “I’ve decided I won’t be posting about onyx or sharing images online anymore. Y’all not about to be out here playing with my baby on my watch, nope!” 

Iggy Azalea’s now deleted Instagram post included a picture of the one-year old son Onyx she shares with Playboi Carti, dressed in a dinosaur costume with the caption “His outfit of choice today.” The scathing comments in response to his ‘fit then ensued, with users on Twitter clowning the young child’s outfit, questioning the “Kream” rapper’s parenting skills, and asking on the whereabouts of Playboi Carti, Azalea’s former love interest. 

Iggy Azalea fired back, including some roasts of her own, and after giving it a day to mull over, it seems she’s taken Safaree’s advice.

Check out the tweets that led Iggy to remove her son’s likeness from social media below.

BJ The Chicago Kid Brings It All Together On “4 AM” EP

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For the past few weeks, BJ The Chicago Kid has been blessing us with a slew of new singles. Evidently, each single was drawn from the same source — his brand new EP, simply titled 4 AM. 

In a statement leading up to the project’s release, BJ elaborated on his inspiration for landing on this particular name: “I am naturally a night owl and for creatives that stay up like me, 4 am in the morning is like the magic hour where all your best ideas flow. These songs are without a doubt some of my strongest!”

Though it’s likely that die-hard fans of the talented melodist have already heard this nocturnally-charged batch — which includes “Fancy,” “Type Of Day” with Eric Bellinger, “Make You Feel Good,” and “Love You Slow — it never hurts to have a batch of loosies tethered as a singular body of work. Now, they can be listened to in one sitting, and perhaps new themes may reveal themselves in the process.

In case you missed it, or if you’re simply looking for a new reason to give BJ’s music another spin, be sure to check out 4 AM, officially released in one cohesive package today. We can only hope this is a precursor to a longer project, as BJ appears to be locked in a creative stride at the moment. What’s your favorite track off his new EP?

Joe Rogan Accuses “SNL” Of Stealing Material: “It’s Horrific”

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Joe Rogan’s vendetta against Saturday Night Live continued this week when he spoke with short-lived SNL contributor Shane Gillis. After making comments about the overly-woke atmosphere around the show a few months ago, the host of the Joe Rogan Podcast took an alternative angle to attack the show, this time calling it “a den of thieves.” Rogan was referring to the show’s writers and comedians habit of stealing material and jokes, which was corroborated by Gillis who worked on the show for only a four-day period.

“You hear Jim Breuer’s account of the climate in that place and it’s horrific,” Rogan starts, referencing his own interview with Breuer, an SNL cast member in the 90s. “They’re all stealing from writers, they’re stealing from performers. If you’re a writer and you submit your packages, the higher-up writers will steal your shit, according to Breuer,” Rogan said. The host continued to describe the process by which the show steals material: “If you submit a package, they own that package, even if they don’t hire you. So if you have some great premises, they decide they’re just going to take your premises and not hire you, they own all those bits.”

Gillis corroborated the accusations and echoed Breuer’s claims that cast members would take content from each other or those who would send in ideas. Gillis was fired from SNL 2019 after working there for just four days after a video surfaced of the comedian using racial slurs. 

There has been no response from the show, and there probably won’t be. Check out the full episode with Gillis and Rogan below, or stream the clip in particular about SNL.

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Roddy Ricch’s Feature On “DONDA” Addresses His Past Frustrations With Kanye West

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Even though new albums don’t always get a proper physical release, music is still one of the most long-lasting forms of media. Where interviews or videos on YouTube may disappear, the albums, EPs, and singles that artists leave behind tend to stand the test of time. Roddy Ricch may agree with that sentiment because on Kanye West’s imminent tenth studio album Donda, the Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial artist took a moment to officially squash any lingering differences between the two Grammy award-winning rappers.

For those unfamiliar with the tension between Roddy Ricch and Ye, the former artist found himself in a befuddled state after stumbling across the video that Kanye West posted to Twitter that featured him urinating on one of his Grammy trophies.

The video reportedly irritated Roddy to the point that the typically anti-social media artist ranted about West’s actions on Instagram.

“If I get nominated for six Grammys, and a n***a I look to have twenty-five of these muthaf*ckas, and I come in here and I want to get nominated for six this year,” Roddy can be heard saying in the clip. “I feel that’s a good number. And this year, the n***a just piss on that sh*t. How you think that made the world look at my accomplishment? That I worked for. I did all this sh*t! And you pissing on sh*t. That sh*t be lame.”

Roddy Ricch’s criticism eventually went viral, and months later, he hit Big Boy’s Neighborhood for an interview and discussed the situation further. 

When speaking to Big Boy, Roddy explained that he had initially just reacted off of pure emotion, and he clarified that there was no bad blood between him and the Jesus Is King artist. 

“I feel like what I was saying, I needed to gather my thoughts more and say it how I wanted to say it. What I was saying was I grew up looking to a Kanye or Jay as like, if I do this, I wanna have twenty [Grammys] because that’s what they did,” the 22-year-old artist remarked. “When I seen [Kanye] pissing on a Grammy, it kinda rubbed me wrong ’cause I was like, damn n***a, now that I’m getting nominated, I feel like everybody’s sh*tting on the accolades….In that moment, that’s more so what I was thinking. No disrespect to Kanye because he’s a legend. He’s the guy. I pulled up on him, we chopped it up so it ain’t no disrespect to him.”

Although he didn’t talk in further detail about what pulling up on Kanye was like, it turns out that the two creative forces eventually teamed up for one of the songs on DONDA. A snippet from the listening event in Atlanta has surfaced that previews Roddy’s contribution to the album, and during the clip, you can hear Roddy recounting that aforementioned moment on wax.

In the snippet, Roddy airs out his grievances with Ye once and for all, rapping, “They said I was mad at the Grammys, but I’m looking at my Grammy right now/Pulled up on Ye and said they don’t understand me, I just want my dog to pipe down.“

The audio quality of Roddy Ricch’s feature isn’t the best, but seeing that we’re still awaiting the official release of DONDA, it will have to do for the time being. Check it out below.

Brady Watt Unites Westside Gunn & DJ Premier On “The Narcissist”

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Producer slash bassist Brady Watt has linked up with Westside Gunn and DJ Premier for their new collaboration “The Narcissist,” a track that lives up to what the stacked lineup promises.

Upon laying the foundation using three of his basses, Watt sent the beat to Premier, who added his signature drums and scratches. As he explains in an official statement (shared by Pitchfork), Primo “deemed it worthy enough to send to the one and only, Westside Gunn.” Speaking of which, the Griselda visionary’s presence is all over this one, and by now he’s made a welcome habit of gliding over Premier production. Though he doesn’t always get the credit he deserves as an emcee, few rappers come close to Gunn’s charisma, nor can they rival his unique penchant for high-fashion brutality.

“Fiends drooling and scratching, Mac 10 action,” he raps. “Wait till Sunday, catch you coming out church lacking.” In addition to having a stacked roster on deck, “The Narcissist” also comes equipped with an animated video hand-drawn by Jim Warren, who spent five months bringing the visuals to life. Check it out now, and sound off in the comments below.

QUOTABLE LYRICS

Fiends drooling and scratching, Mac 10 action
Wait till Sunday, catch you coming out church lacking
Who you pray to? Out the CLS, shout to K Smooth
The ambulance playing the same tune, I can’t lose

Rihanna & A$AP Rocky’s Romance Heats Up With Miami Baecation: Report

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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky‘s romance is still going strong. While the musically gifted pair and recently-confirmed couple have been seen out and about in New York City recently, this time the fashionable duo were allegedly caught out together in Miami.

Despite the two superstars wanting to keep a low profile, they reportedly looked very much in love while down in the 305.

Although Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were spotted together, the two musicians reportedly arrived separately. Per a source from HollywoodLife, the two didn’t link up until they reunited at 1 Hotel. “They arrived separately through a private entrance,” the source said. The anonymous tipper also added that Rocky was the first to arrive to the hotel and waited for the Fenty Beauty mogul until she arrived. “She then entered the lobby area and immediately fell into his arms for a hug and kiss. You could tell [she] was smiling even though she kept a very low profile with her hat and purple mask on. They got into an elevator together.”

“They looked very happy and in love and seemed to want to keep a low profile and not be seen together,” the source concluded, perhaps obviously so. There are no photos of the two lovebirds in Miami yet, but it’s only a matter of time before something surfaces.

From date nights to music video filmings, these two seem to collab on everything. 

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Lupe Fiasco & Royce Da 5’9″ Podcast Is Officially Done

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Hip-Hop legends Lupe Fiasco and Royce Da 5’9″ have treated fans to hours of laughs, freestyles, and commentary since they launched their joint podcast last fall. The podcast’s future has been in question recently as tension between the partners have increased. However, diss tracks posted by both rappers against each other have put the nail in the coffin, as Lupe Fiasco announced that the podcast would end abruptly this week due to creative differences and tension between the artists.

“I think we just reached a state now where that’s kind of like an untenable relationship,” Lupe Fiasco said in the live about his podcast partner. He also describes how “his heart wasn’t in” the podcast from the jump, and the breakdown of their relationship broke the camel’s back. “This is something that has been building up for a little bit,” Lupe continues, though notes that their final episode is one of their best and it’s “nice to go out on top.” Lupe has no plans in doing a solo podcast in the future. 

Still, the Chicago rapper expresses the fun he had and wishes no ill will on his partner. “It was great. I hope you loved it… overall it was a great experience.” 

Fans took note of beef yesterday, when the rappers both released tracks dissing each other. Royce Da 5’9″ released the track “Silence of the Lambda” and attacked Fiasco: ‘You forgot the dude who was about the chi who was locked inside/ Without him you’d be dead, probably dread standing beside you.” Just two hours later, his podcast partner responded with “Steve Jobs SLR 3 1/2”, talking down on Royce Da 5’9″ and speaking on their relationship:

“And all your hyper-technical hypotheticals
In life I never met with you, from a distance I accepted you
From the podcast, I’ve been kind of skeptical
This ain’t our first clash, this is just one of the several”

Suffice it to say, it’s a sad day for fans of the podcast.

Check out Lupe’s live here.