AJ Tracey Returns From A Brief Hiatus With “Anxious”

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British rapper AJ Tracey has been on a roll since dropping his self-titled debut album in 2019. Tracey has been enjoying an extremely successful run, having added six top-5 UK singles and 4 platinum-selling singles to his brag sheet over the past eighteen months. Now, the Londoner is back with his first single, “Anxious,” following a brief hiatus at the tail-end of 2020. 

“Anxious” arrives right on time for AJ Tracey’s 27th birthday, and the single finds the UK artist in a rather confident state, boasting about his accomplishments and newfound star power. In the song’s first verse, AJ Tracey immediately captures your attention by name-dropping one of the biggest artists in the music industry: Drake. He starts his verse by saying, “Yeah, I just heard Drake spit this flow like yesterday, it’s crazy,” using a “Drizzy!” adlib to make sure that everyone knows he’s citing the Certified Lover Boy artist as an inspiration for the hard-hitting and bravado-driven single. 

Are you looking forward to whatever AJ Tracey has in store? 

Quotable Lyrics

AJ Tracey’s such a d*ckhead, all he do is boast (Why’s that?)
He been getting drunk like everyday, he raise a toast (Facts)
I just wanted selfies, but I couldn’t get in close (Why?)
When his n*ggas pull up, I swear them boys do the most

Skip Bayless Declines ESPN Reunion, Signs Massive Deal With Fox

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Skip Bayless is one of the most polarizing figures in the sports broadcasting world although that hasn’t stopped him from pushing forward and delivering his unashamed sports takes. Ever since leaving ESPN in 2016, fans have been wondering if there would ever come a time where he reunites with Stephen A. Smith, who he did First Take with for many years. In fact, there were rumors that a reunion could happen as soon as this year due to Bayless’s contract situation.

According to reporter Andrew Marchand, Bayless opted to stay put at FS1, as he signed a $32 million deal that will last him another four years. What makes this story particularly interesting is the fact that Bayless was offered a big contract by ESPN, but in the end, Bayless opted to decline it.

This news will come as a bit of a disappointment to those who wanted to see Smith and Bayless back together again after such a long time apart. After all, these two made history together and it would have been great to see what kind of debates they would have gotten into, especially over the course of the past year. 

Moving forward, Undisputed will continue to go strong, which is good news for Shannon Sharpe, and of course, FS1.

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Nas Shares His Opinion On Today’s Rappers: ‘There’s No One Keeping Me Up At Night’

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Despite working with a more modern crop of collaborators recently, it seems Nas hasn’t completely shaken his old-head views. Nas recently collaborated with some of today’s rappers, including Big Sean, Don Toliver, and Lil Durk, on his 2020 album King’s Disease, but that didn’t stop him from sharing his frankly unsurprising opinion with Financial Times during an interview discussing his impressive investment portfolio.

“I appreciate what’s out there, but there’s no one keeping me up at night,” he told the magazine. “I hear a new rap record and think it’s great, but I don’t listen to it the next week.” I guess Hit-Boy was the one making sure Nas stayed up-to-date on his new album.

Hip-hop’s generation gap is a well-worn topic for the Queensbridge veteran. While his outlook today is a far cry from “hip-hop is dead,” the sentiment after which he titled his eighth album in 2016, it seems that this attitude is born more of low awareness than an actual problem with hip-hop. For instance, it seems his attention seems pretty focused on New York — he name-checks Pop Smoke as one rapper who impressed him.

“We were happy to see that young king come up,” he says of the slain Brooklyn rapper, who will make his posthumous acting debut this Friday in Eddie Huang’s basketball movie Boogie. “He was a breath of fresh air.”

You can read the full interview here and learn more about modern hip-hop — of which there is plenty of great, memorable stuff being done — here.

BRS Kash And Mulatto Pay A Few Bills Via ‘Kash App’ And A Wild House Party In Their New Video

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When BRS Kash released his debut project Kash Only at the top of the year, one of the standout joints turned out to be the Mulatto-featuring, Cash Money Records-aping “Kash App.” The track was so popular that fans of the “Throat Baby” rapper wondered why he didn’t put the controversial XXL Freshman on the remix of his biggest hit to date.

Judging from the video for “Kash App” that BRS Kash put out today, it was so his and Mulatto’s collaboration could get its proper due. Rather than simply remixing an existing hit, this gives him a chance to promote his second potential hit, and given the video’s replay value, he’s off to a great start.

The video’s plot, such as it is, is simple and familiar: Kash is in town to promote a wild house party and offers to pay a few fans’ bills in the interim — which he does, naturally, via that instantly recognizable green screen (which displays some frankly unrealistic totals). It all culminates in a homebound twerk-fest that cops show up to shut down before being inevitably pulled in by the gratuitous booty on display.

Meanwhile, this may well be one of the last times Mulatto is listed as a guest feature on another rapper’s record. The Atlanta star isn’t going anywhere, she’s just been hard at work changing her stage name after drawing fire for promoting colorism with her controversial moniker.

Watch the “Kash App” video above.

Lil Nas X Exposes Tekashi 69 For Sliding In His DMs After Making A Tasteless Gay Joke About Him

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“This you?” are two of social media’s most dangerous words. Often deployed when their recipient makes a statement contradicting earlier foul behavior, they can be especially devastating when their subject is a known troll who likes to post outrageous provocations for engagement. Today, Lil Nas X won the gold medal in their use (or he would have if such a thing existed) when he flipped the script on rainbow-haired agitator Tekashi 69 via Twitter.

After 69’s running buddy Akademiks posted a New York headline about China’s new supposed COVID-19 protocols, Tekashi chose to use the moment to disparage Lil Nas with a tasteless, homophobic joke. Tekashi responded to the headline — which reads “China Makes COVID-19 Anal Swabs Mandatory For Foreigners” in a fairly typical attention grab — by commenting “Lil Nas X has entered the chat.”

However, Nas, who plays the social media trolling game as well as Tekashi does — arguably better, considering the outcomes of their respective last two years — had the perfect response. Posting a video of himself dancing to his song “Call Me By Your Name” — titled after the Timothy Chalamet coming-of-age romance about a boy falling in love with his male tutor — Nas superimposed a screenshot of Tekashi’s comment over the video, followed by another screenshot of 69 sliding into his DMs on Instagram.

“Yo,” reads the direct message. “Gonna be in your city soon what you doing lol?” The question is followed by a heart emoji and an upside-down smiley face. We’ll let you draw your own conclusions, but it’s clear that Lil Nas is implying that perhaps this is a case of the pot calling the kettle a certain color. Check out Lil Nas’ reversal of Tekashi’s insult below.

Too $hort Says Drake Bailed On Collaboration After He Won 13 Billboard Awards

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Too $hort is a Hip-Hop legend. Having such a prolific output and huge hits like “Blow the Whistle” and “Shake That Monkey,” several Hip-Hop artists would jump at the opportunity to collaborate with him. In a new interview for HipHopDX, however, the West Coast veteran tells E-40 about one rapper who doesn’t seem interested in working with him after all: Drake. In the clip below, the “Blow the Whistle” artist jokes about how the collaboration may have actually happened if the Toronto rapper hadn’t gone Hollywood after winning his historic 13 Billboard awards in 2017.

“I was really focused on being on that Drake vibe, and I was just about to do a song with Drake. I feel like it might have happened,” Too $hort explained, “and then he got the 13 Billboard Awards, and nobody answered the phone anymore. I was like, ‘F*ck,’ I ain’t call too many times. I just fell back like, ‘Damn. I missed the window.'”

E-40 responded to Too $hort’s humorous anecdote by saying, “You know what it is? $hort, let me tell you something. If Drake was out when ‘Blow the Whistle’ first came out going crazy or ‘Tell Me When to Go,’ he would have been on the records.”

“We would have been like, we send this over, he would have got on it right away because he get on hot shit,” the Bay Area rap legend confirmed. “He get on n*gga’s shit that’s hot. You know what I’m saying? We catch one, I’m sure he’d get on that. Drake roll with me. I f*ck with Drake.”

Too $hort then explained that he would still like to work with the Certified Lover Boy artist as well as his production team, saying, “It ain’t just that it’s Drake, though. It’s the music that comes from him and his producers. They like some good ass music, man. I wouldn’t just mind being part of one of them damn songs at some point.”

Would you be down to hear a Drizzy x Too $hort collab?

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6ix9ine Says Lil Nas X Is Lying About Exposed DMs

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Tekashi 6ix9ine may have rainbow hair but he wants no part in the rainbow flag. After leaving a derogatory and homophobic comment about Lil Nas X on Instagram, joking that the “Old Town Road” hitmaker “entered the chat” on a post DJ Akademiks made about China making COVID-19 anal swabs mandatory for foreign visitors, LNX called out 69 for allegedly sliding into his DMs and shooting his shot.


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“Yo,” said the controversial rapper initially. “Gonna be in ya city soon what you doing lol?” he then asked with a heart emoji. The second message was seemingly sent only a month ago. Lil Nas X saw this as the perfect opportunity to expose the admitted snitch, asking “this you?” in a post that instantly went viral across social media platforms. 

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6ix9ine quickly saw the post and is trying to detract attention away from it, attempting to shut down current rumors about his sexuality as they come up. He posted a video on his Instagram Stories, showing alleged receipts that prove that he never sent the messages… except, he forgot that you can unsend messages on Instagram. 

“Before this sh*t even starts we’re gonna nip this sh*t in the bud,” said Tekashi. “This is my ‘Gram right here. 6ix9ine, that’s my account.” He then proceeded to show his direct messages with Lil Nas X, insisting that he’s never sent the rapper a single message. However, there is a message request at the bottom of the screen, which means that 69 likely deleted the messages before filming the video.

What do you think about this? Was 6ix9ine trying to slide into Lil Nas X’s DMs?

Bas & J. Cole’s “Night Job” Was The Perfect Teaser For ‘Too High To Riot’

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Today marks the five-year anniversary of Too High To Riot, the sophomore album from Dreamville artist Bas. Released on March 4, 2016, Too High To Riot arrived two years after his impressive debut outing Last Winter and found the French-American Rapper in a creative zone that expertly showcased his talents and growth as an artist. Executive produced by Ron Gilmore, the album boasted guest appearances from The Hics as well as Bas’ fellow Dreamville artists Cozz and J. Cole. 

Five years since the release of Too High To Riot, “Night Job” still remains as one of the highlights from Bas’ sophomore album. “Night Job” was the album’s lead single, and it featured an iconic guest appearance from none other than J. Cole, joining a long list of phenomenal collaborations between the fellow Dreamville artists. The single found both artists trading witty, high-energy verses, and it successfully got fans hyped for the then-impending release of Too High To Riot.

Where does “Night Job” rank for you in terms of Bas and J. Cole collaborations?

Quotable Lyrics

Too high to riot, that’s my best excuse for being lazy
Being an artist, that’s the best excuse for being crazy
I’ve been so infatuated, went to Clark and graduated
Now she on my face time and, my n****, she just masturbated

Adidas Yeezy Basketball QNTM “Sea Teal” Revealed: Photos

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A few years ago, Kanye West teased sneakerheads with a Yeezy basketball shoe. At first, fans weren’t sure if these were actually going to make it to the market or if they were simply some sort of sample that Kanye was using to mess with us. Eventually, the word got out that these would be released, but no one knew when it would actually happen. Fans ended up waiting for years, as these finally came out in 2020 during the All-Star weekend in February.

Since that time, numerous new colorways have made their way to the market, and this past week, yet another model was shown off. This shoe is called the Adidas Yeezy Basketball QNTM in the “Sea Teal” offering. This name makes a whole lot of sense when you look at the shoe and realize that parts of the upper are made with teal primeknit. These various different shades create an algae-type aesthetic that will appeal to those who want something lowkey yet unique.

As for the release date, you will be able to grab these on March 19th, so keep your eyes peeled for information on how to cop. In the meantime, let us know what you think, in the comments below.

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