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Today marks a milestone occasion for one of hip-hop’s genuine GOAT contenders, Busta Rhymes. As it happens, it’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of his debut album The Coming, the first of ten studio albums from the New York lyricist. Given the significance of the day, Busta took to Instagram to issue a reflective message, thanking his longtime fans and supporters for their loyalty throughout the journey. 

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“HAPPY 25YR ANNIVERSARY TO MY 1ST SOLO ALBUM #THECOMING,” captions Busta, alongside a heartfelt video message. “NUFF SAID!! LET’S CELEBRATE!!!!! LET’S ALWAYS CLAIM THE DIVINE!!” The clip itself finds Busta covering similar territory, stating “happy twenty-fifth anniversary to my first solo album ever, The Coming. March 26th, 1996. The evolution of the Dragon happened. So I’ma say this again. Everybody that’s been with me since that day to now and beyond, I couldn’t have done this shit without ya’ll. I love ya’ll, I salute ya’ll, I thank ya’ll.”

The milestone occasion was celebrated by some of his friends and collaborators, including Rapsody, who traded bars with him on the ELE2 highlight “Best I Can.” “Been bussin ass for 25 strong!” praises Rapsody. “Congrats! Love you, King!!!!!!” Swizz Beatz also hit up the Dungeon Dragon with some praise, writing “Happy Anniversary King 25 more plus, strong King love.” “Happy Anniversary Brother!!!” writes Rockwilder. “All the blessings of life to you king!” Even Giggs came through for an overseas co-sign, hitting Busta with “Veteran Ting.”

Clearly, the admiration runs deep. Understandably so, given everything Busta Rhymes has shared with his listeners throughout his decades-deep career. Happy anniversary to Busta Rhymes — why not consider giving The Coming a quick spin for old time’s sake? 

For more Busta Rhymes content, check out our official ranking of all of his Dr. Dre collaborations right here. 

Chris Brown is officially running out of room on his body to get new tattoos, filling up the lower portion of both of his legs with some meaningful ink that will always remind him of his two babies: Royalty and Aeko.

Recently appearing in the music video for “Already Best Friends” with Jack Harlow, Chris Brown has been laying low as of late, plotting out his next moves as he plans the release of his next studio album. With his diehard fans catching hints everywhere about what’s to come, including more collaborations with Clever, which the artist told us during a recent interview on Instagram Live, Breezy is getting busy by getting a couple of massive new tattoos on his shins, getting the names of his children inked on his legs.

“MY WORLD ON MY LEGS,” wrote CB on Instagram, posting a picture of the Ganga-designed pieces. The artist has previously tattooed the likes of Post Malone, Tyga, Jason Derulo, Travis Barker, Lil Pump, and others. On his left leg, outside shading spells out the name of his firstborn child Royalty. On the right leg, he’s got Aeko’s name shaded in. 

Chris has proven to be a loving father of his two kids, always posting them on social media and promising to be the best dad that he can be for them. He missed a few months of his son’s life as Aeko and his mother were stuck in Germany during the earlier months of the pandemic but it looks like Chris can see his babies whenever he wants now.

What do you think of his new tattoos?

MoneyBagg Yo and Lil Baby are two artists who are at the top of their game right now and over the years, they have given fans some incredible collaborations. All the way back in 2018, the two dropped “All Of A Sudden,” and in 2020, they gave us songs like “U Played” and “No Sucker.” All three of these tracks were big hits amongst fans and over the last year or so, supporters have been wondering if the two had any plans to link up for even more songs.

In our latest Digital Cover with MoneyBagg Yo, we asked him about the topic of Lil Baby, and as you can imagine, he has always enjoyed working with the Atlanta artist. MoneyBagg Yo notes that the two have some incredible chemistry and that there are always talks between them when it comes to working together.

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“There was a conversation when we first made “All of a Sudden,” and then there was another conversation right before we made “You Played.” So it’s just in the talks. I just feel like everything is timing,” MoneyBagg Yo said to the idea of a collaborative project. “I feel that the fans should be a little more patient, maybe it’ll happen, maybe it won’t, like you said, we got a great track record of songs together so if I feel like we continue to do that– We’ll just keep putting out good songs together.”

These comments should come as good news to fans who have been hoping for them to get together again. Of course, it may take a while but like all good things, the wait will be well worth it.

Check out the story in full here.

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On Thursday night, Drake took to his Instagram story to give fans a preview of his upcoming candle line called Better World Fragrance House. The brand’s Instagram account, despite having zero posts yet, has already accumulated a whopping 35,000 followers, and continues to grow everyday, simply by Drake affiliation.

One of the candles shared on Thursday night’s Instagram story is called “Williamsburg Sleepover,” but other fragrances include “Muskoka,” “Good Thoughts,” “Carby Musk,” and “Sweeter Tings,” all of which will release as part of Better World Fragrance House’s upcoming drop. The photos Drake shared show off the candles’ simple yet elegant packaging, which houses them in a beige box with black lettering. Drake also showed off the glass that the candles are housed in, which is a deep navy blue shell with a handwritten-style lettering on the glass displaying the scent name. 

According to the Revolve website, “Carby Musk,” the most expensive of the candles, will cost $80, while “Williamsburg Sleepover,” “Sweeter Tings,” “Good Thoughts” and “Muskoka” will each cost $48. Will you be purchasing one of Drizzy’s candles when they drop? Let us know your thoughts on these aromatic new releases in the comments.

While we don’t currently know the release date of the fragrances, they’re sure to sell out almost immediately, so make sure you keep your eyes open for new updates. 

Check out images of the candles shared via Drake’s IG story below.

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Drake/Instagram

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It’s not every day that an artist gets to work with another musician that’s widely considered to be one of the greatest of their generation. MoneyBagg Yo had that chance back in 2018 when he collaborated with North Carolina’s very own J. Cole. Their song “Say Na” was impactful off of Bagg’s RESET album, generating a lot of attention for the full body of work, but even still, the rapper thinks he pulled the trigger a little early on releasing it.

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While the song still goes hard as ever, as MoneyBagg Yo told HNHH in the latest digital cover story, he wishes he would have released “Say Na” at a later date, noting that, in retrospect, he realized it would have made a bigger impact.

“I wish I would’ve waited on the J. Cole feature I had,” said Bagg during his conversation with Aron A. “I feel like it would’ve been– it would’ve impacted differently. I feel like that. There’s a few more, my whole Heartless album that I did, I feel like it would be the perfect timing.”

Heartless, which evolved into a series, was originally released in 2017, and featured guest verses from Lil Durk and YFN Lucci. As Moneybagg says, it’s another body of work he wishes he held off on releasing until later on his career.

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“It’s so many good songs and so much good music I made in the past that I put out that I wish I would’ve had at this time right now,” said MoneyBagg Yo. “I feel like this is the time to be alive. This is the most important time in my life right now. It’s going too crazy, right now. A lot of that stuff got overlooked. Like, I be rapping some hard bars– like, even with my girl. I be rapping some old hard bars and she’s like, ‘This out? Is this out? When are you putting it out? You need to put that out.’ I’m like, this is already out. This, like, years old. That helps me understand that if I would have been patient and not trying to put all this music out because it’ll help me get to the next level fast.”

Do you think “Say Na” and Heartless would hit differently if they were released in 2021? Revisit the song below.

Check out MoneyBagg Yo’s cover story in full here.

Travis Scott is one of the biggest artists in the world right now and as a result, he has been occupying his time with various massive endorsement deals with some of the largest brands in the world. From PlayStation to McDonald’s to Nike, Travis Scott has been doing some big things with his fame, although most fans will agree that his Nike collabs stand above the rest. In fact, today, Nike came through with a new video on the SNKRS App and ended up teasing a brand new Travis Scott x Nike shoe.

Now, Scott will be getting his very own Cactus Jack Nike Air Max 1. Today is Nike Air Max Day so it only makes sense that the Beaverton brand would come through and deliver this kind of news. As you can see in the screengrabs below, the shoe has a multitude of materials and the upper is mostly yellow, beige, and black, all while Cactus Jack branding is found throughout.

At this stage, no release details have been revealed although sneakerheads can expect new details to be revealed soon. A Travis Scott Air Max 1 is bound to be popular, and we can’t wait to see what the brand has in store for the future. Let us know what you think, in the comments below.

Image via Nike

Image via Nike

Image via Nike

At long last, the music video for Lil Nas X’s new single “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” has been released after nearly a full year of teasing. The song has gone viral on social media more than a few times already but, with the release of the music video, it’s sure to rile up the masses even more.

Much like “WAP” was used by conservatives to have a non-existent debate about culture and the influence of entertainers, it’s almost as though Lil Nas X is trying to frustrate that same crowd with his latest video. The queer anthem begins with Lil Nas X explaining that, in life, we often hide the parts of ourselves that we don’t want the world to see. It took almost twenty years for LNX to come to grips with his sexuality but, in “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”, he’s fully embracing himself as a gay man, trolling the world in the process.

The highly-stylized video begins with Lil Nas X exploring this new fantastical world before he starts his ascent to Heaven. Once he nearly reaches God though, he begins to slide down a pole, twirling around and stumbling into Hell. He walks up flirtatiously to the Devil and gives him a lapdance, which is sure to trigger homophobes and bigots across social media.

The video is currently trending at #2 on YouTube as it has already picked up over a million views in under twenty-four hours. This continues Lil Nas X’s tremendous string of high-budget music videos that perfectly unpack the world he’s created for himself, and people are seriously loving it so far. 

Check out some of the best reactions below.