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Earlier this week, Jay-Z linked up with Twitter CEO — and one of the new owners of TIDAL — Jack Dorsey for an insightful 30-minute discussion on Twitter Spaces. During the brief virtual conference, Hov and Dorsey talked about the Reasonable Doubt artist’s contributions to TIDAL over the past several years as well as how the streaming service is one of the best music discovery platforms that’s out. At one point in the interview, Jay-Z gives props to TIDAL’s algorithm for putting him onto so much great music, which he admits has helped him become a “top tier playlist creator.”

“I’ve found so many songs, my playlist game is A++,” Hov says while speaking with Dorsey. “I challenge anyone out there. I see a lot of people on this call, I’m not gonna call out individual names. I’m definitely, you know, in the top-tier of playlist creators.”

Apparently, Jay-Z caught wind of the online comments from the non-believers because to prove his point, Hov has dedicated an entire section of TIDAL to his manually curated playlists. Titled “Curated By: JAY-Z,” the aforementioned page on TIDAL features all 20 of the 4:44 artist‘s special playlists, from his first 16-track playlist in March of 2015 to his most recent Nas-centric playlist from this past April.

If you’re a fan of Hov’s past work as a music curator you’ll now be able to find all of his TIDAL playlists — from his Songs For Survival series to his annual Year End Picks — in one place.

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Check out Jay-Z’s collection of 20 curated playlists on TIDAL here.

Despite being one of the biggest artists of 2020, Lil Baby knows what it’s like to be at the lowest point in one’s life after he served two years in prison nearly 5 years ago on weapons and drug charges at the age of 19. Today, he’s “lit like never before” and thankful for all his fans, but hasn’t forgotten about those tough times. On Friday, the ATL rapper took to his Instagram to reflect on his glow up over the years, saying it was just 5 years ago when he was in a level 5 prison and that anything can happen if you work towards it.

“5 Years ago I Was In level 5 Prison !! Fast Forward To Date I’m Lit Like Never Before ! I’m Living Proof That Anything Can Happen If You Work Towards It 🙌🏽 I Thank Each An Every Single Person Who Played A Part In Me Getting Were I Am Today,” he captioned the post.

Last year, Baby spoke a little more in-depth about his prison sentence years ago, comparing it to being a dog. “Prison is just sitting you in a room somewhere,” Baby said. “What does that do to better you for society? What does that do to help you change? To me, jail makes you worse…. You don’t have a leash on your neck, but you got handcuffs on your wrists. You’re not in a dog cage, but you’re in a human cage, which is not too much bigger than a dog cage.

“You live where you use the bathroom at. They feed you when they want to feed you. You eat when they tell you to eat. It’s almost like being a dog.”

In other news, Lil Baby is getting ready to hit the road with Lil Dark later this year on the “Back Outside” Tour. Peep tour dates right here if interested in going.

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It seems that there aren’t many rappers out there who are more deserving of the XXL freshman title as much as Lakeyah– and now she’s proved it. In her first performance as part of the XXL freshman team, Lakeyah stunned with an impressive acapella freestyle and proved that she belongs among male XXL freshmen Pooh Shiesty and 42 Dugg. This new freestyle comes after a few high-profile collaborations with Young Bleu, City Girls, Coi Leray, and Trapboy Freddy. 

The Milwaukee rapper brought the heat to XXL studios for her freestyle, dropping bars against those who’ve doubted rapper: ““They told me stay hungry and stay consistent/I’m standin’ on n*****’ necks, I ain’t worried ’bout competition, I did it/Killin’ these bitches, I’m here for the life sentence.”

Lakeyah signed to Quality Control last year after a string of viral “Keymixes,” her own brand of remixes. Notable “Keymixes” include her verse on City Girl JT’s “First Day Out” and Lil Baby’s “We Paid”– which triggered Quality Control label head P to contact her.

Lakeyah joins Flo Milli, Pooh Shiesty, and 42 Dugg who have already had their freestyles released. Stay tuned for the upcoming group cyphers as well.

What do you think about Lakeyah’s performance? Check it out below.

According to reports, police in Atlanta, Georgia are searching for a woman who allegedly stole over $1 million dollars worth of jewelry from her date while he was sleeping.

The two, who had reportedly just met, spent several hours with each other before heading back to a hotel. When they got to their room the man stored his jewelry in a safe and eventually fell asleep. When he got up he said he could hear the shower running in the bathroom so he presumed his date, who was not in the room with him, was in there. Instead however she had left hours earlier and stole all his things. 

“He assumed his date was taking a shower,” Sgt. Jarius Daugherty said. “But he looked over to see the safe open and all of his property gone.”

The man told police that his jewelry had a value of about $1 million, which FOX 5 Atlanta says he was able to document.

Police released images of the suspect, which you can see for yourself in the news clip (below). Police ask the public to be careful who to invite into a hotel and ask anyone with information on the suspect to contact the Atlanta Police Department.

After he shared a video of him completing a few pull-ups in the gym, rapper Jim Jones was clowned by the masses for seemingly skipping leg day. Vado, Gillie Da Kid, and others hopped into the comments to make fun of the New York hip-hop icon, telling him to focus more on his lower body for the rest of the week. The weatherman was clearly frustrated over how many comments he got about his legs so he decided to set up a new challenge, issuing it to anybody who dissed his legs in the last video.

“So I see all you guys talking shit about my legs,” said Jim Jones before showing his new challenge to the haters, asking them to pull off some deep one-legged squats. “Do this and I’ll shut the fuck up,” he said.

In the caption, the rapper chose violence, writing, “Lol so here a leg challenge for all th key haters wich happen to b 98 percent male my question is why u lookin at another mans legs so hard and I had my boxers on pause wrong wit u weirdos lol So for all th fake trainers and fitness people wit something to say just do this and I will Shut th fuck up lol @vamp.fitt Ps I know a lot of athletes who can’t do this no shade.”

Can you complete Jim Jones’ challenge? If you were dissing on his legs the other day, it’s time to step up to the plate and show that you’re not just a hater.