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Soulja Boy Tells J. Cole Not To “Speak On” Him

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

During his recent appearance on Lil Yachty’s A Safe Place podcast, J. Cole opened up about some of the music he’s been a fan of in the past. During his explanation, J. Cole mentioned Soulja Boy, claiming that he wasn’t initially a fan. He went on to say that he later learned to appreciate his contributions to the genre.

“I was like ‘bruh, you a hater,’” he recalled thinking to himself. “You know you like this sh*t, actually… What you’d be better off doing is you need to look at a Soulja Boy or you need to look at a such and such, whoever was out at that time… You’d be better off realizing that these dudes is talented, and they understand something that you don’t understand,” he then explained.

Soulja Boy’s Confusing Response To J. Cole

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Soulja Boy has now taken to Twitter to respond to J. Cole, and seems to have been offended by his comments. “Aye bruh don’t speak on me @JColeNC,” he wrote earlier today. “I’m not lil pump, drake, or none of these rapper n****z. On God.” It’s unclear if Soulja Boy misinterpreted what J. Cole said, didn’t watch the full clip, or just doesn’t want to be mentioned at all. Fans are understandably confused by his response, as J. Cole’s comments seemed to be respectful, and even complimentary.

This isn’t the first time Soulja Boy’s taken offense to someone speaking on him, however. Last month, he popped off on Chinese Kitty after the rapper claimed that she was “forced” to listen to his music because her son is a fan. “Why the f*ck is you on your Instagram Story talkin’ bout you being forced to listen to ‘Crank That?’ Ain’t nobody gotta force you to listen to sh*t,” he said during an Instagram Live. “You got me f*cked up.” What do you think of Soulja Boy’s response to J. Cole? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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2Pac Has Street Named After Him In Oakland

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Oakland has renamed MacArthur Boulevard to Tupac Shakur Way in honor of the late rapper. The new signs were unveiled on Friday and commemorate the rapper amidst a period of heightened attention as a man goes on trial for his murder. The street, located between Van Buren and Grand Avenue, was formerly named for General Douglas MacArthur. The Oakland City Council initially voted to make the name change back in May of this year.

Tupac had a conflicted history with the California city. In 1991, Pac sued the police department for police brutality. Pac was allegedly thrown to the ground and choked by two officers after being stopped for jaywalking. In response, Pac filed a lawsuit for $10 million. However, the case was eventually settled for $43,000. Furthermore, this incident was later revealed to be the trigger for Pac’s auto-immune alopecia. This led to 2Pac shaving his head for the rest of his life to combat the hair loss.

2Pac And Biggie Mugshots Hit Auction Block

In other Pac news, Never-before-seen mugshots of 2Pac and Biggie will be sold at auction next month. The incredibly rare images. along with pristine footage of Biggie’s final concert, are being sold by GottaHaveRockAndRoll. The footage, from the Sting Festival in Jamaica, is said to be clear and beyond any similar footage circulating online. Furthermore, the seller says that the buyer will own the copyright to the footage. Additionally, they will also receive a copy of Biggie’s festival agreement with Sting.

The festival footage is expected to sell for anywhere between one and two million dollars. Meanwhile, the mugshot polaroids are each expected to fetch as much as $40K. Biggie’s mugshot also comes with a thank you note that the rapper wrote in jail. The auction is set to run from October 25 to November 10. This concides with the ongoing murder trial of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, whose trial is expected to begin later this month. Davis is being tried for his role in 2Pac’s murder.

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Cesar Pina “Almost Got Himself” In A Lot Of Trouble, Joe Budden Explains Scuffle

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Joe Budden recently faced some smoke in real life when Cesar Pina’s brother pulled up on him. For those unaware, Pina is DJ Envy’s business associate, and they both faced a lot of accusations of fraud and shady business deals recently. In fact, it even resulted in The Breakfast Club host’s former (but allegedly current) partner getting arrested. Of course, the Slaughterhouse MC commented on this situation and wasn’t too forgiving to either man. Regardless, he kept his composure when Pina’s brother confronted him, and on his podcast, he went into more detail about what happened. “Wednesday, this n***a rolled over in the spot [a bar],” the rapper began. “Totally empty, completely empty. Tuesday and Wednesday be slow. So it was completely empty in there, me and Big Mo, shout out to Mo. Me and Big Mo roll up in there and sit at the bar.

“Actually, the bar’s crowded,” Joe Budden continued. “So now I sit all the way by the bathroom. For the viewing audience at home, that’s the corner, that’s the cut away from things. You can’t be seen and all of this, yada yada yada. So me and Mo sit there, we chillin’. [I get a drink from someone unknown], the waitress says, ‘Flipping New Jersey.’ Now, I say, I only know one Flipping New Jersey. ‘Oh, s**t, maybe Cease is up in here.’ So I get up, I go outside to this little smoke section, where I could see a little.I don’t see nobody, right? So then she gives a description. ‘Nah, it’s n***a with a skully and glasses. He’s not white, but he’s not black, he’s something.’

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“It’s not Cesar ‘Flipping New Jersey,’” Joe Budden continued. “So to me now, this is just a weirdo fan being funny, cool. Or maybe somebody who really likes Mo. [Cesar’s brother] sent me the drink, and he keeps getting up and going over, and he’s got some people with him. ‘Just be careful.‘ And I said, ‘Thank you, man. I appreciate that.’ Then his friend gets up, he’s walking, he positions himself at the corner of the bar. What I’m telling you is it was a lot of wocky, goofy s**t going on in there. But now the Lakers were getting smacked, I’m glued to this s**t. As soon as they go into overtime, motherf***ers in the spot hit all the lights, click-click, cut the TVs off, bong! ‘Everybody out!’ You motherf***er, you gotta be kidding me. But that’s cool. Everybody out, it ain’t but five people in there.

“See, that’s the other thing; these clips say somebody pulled up on me,” he concluded. “No, these goofy n***as was just in there. Ain’t nobody pulled up, they was there. All the news is ‘Yo, man, you smoking.’ And ‘Who’s that girl?’ F**k my safety. But anyway, I light the cig, these n***as come out and they just standing there looking like they’re waiting for the Uber. Non-threatening-looking n***as. I still don’t know who this dude is. He pulls his phone out, and that’s what you hear. ‘Budden! Budden!’ I’m like, ‘Please don’t tape me.’ I walk inside, when I walk out, and I have a few words with him. He almost got himself in a real pickle.” For more news and the latest updates on Joe Budden, stay logged into HNHH.

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Travis Scott Teaches Concert Crowd To Give The Middle Finger

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Travis Scott paused his concert briefly to teach the crowd how to give the middle finger. “Like this y’all,” Scott said, showing the concertgoers how to flip the bird. However, it wasn’t coming to easy to some people. “Naw, some of y’all are using your index finger. You’re just pointing at me. Like this,” he said, making it very clear what finger he was talking about. The clip appears to come from Scott’s most recent show on the tour, a November 1 show in Oakland.

Scott is deep into his Circus Maximus tour and is set to continue touring the US and Canada until December 29. His next show is tomorrow (November 5) in Los Angeles as he continues his West Coast schedule. He has already performed in Oakland, as mentioned. Furthermore, he has shows in Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland before he heads a little more inland to play Salt Lake City.

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Meanwhile, a recently resurfaced promo for Travis Scott‘s 2018 appearance on SNL has fans debating whether the rapper has a drug addiction. In the clip, which featured Awkafina as the episode host, Scott is in a completely different galaxy. He doesn’t appear to be even vaguely aware of what is going on as Awkafina and former cast member Cecily Strong do a bit about Crazy Rich Asians. Bear in mind, this was five years ago. However, this hasn’t stopped fans from expressing modern concern about the rapper’s drug habits. “Yaaaa i never done no sh-t like this on just weed…hoping he doesn’t OD like other rappers cos clearly he don’t got anyone who cares enough to stop him from doing this on live television,” one person wrote on social media.

However, Scott has long denied that he has a drug problem. “I don’t do a lot of drugs, sh-t so I don’t even know. I only think that real drugs are like crack, heroin, and f-cking, like, you know, meth. Sh-t that really gets you f-cked ed up, sh-t that really gets you tweakin’. If you ain’t doing that, you ain’t doing drugs. I think that’s weak people need all that weird sh-t just to, like, tap into their f-cking brain. Knowledge is power, drugs [are] just, like, a mental cool down. It just put me at ease. I don’t tap into drugs to say what’s on my mind. I can do that sh-t sober, I am a drug, sober,” Scott said back in 2018.

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Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker’s Son Rocky Has Arrived

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

This week, rumors have swirled after Kylie Jenner and Travis Barker were spotted at Cedars-Sinai hospital. It was speculated that Barker’s wife Kourtney Kardashian was nearing her due date, and it turns out, fans were right. Kourtney has delivered their first child together, and her fourth overall. Close sources shared the news exclusively with PEOPLE today, confirming that the happy couple’s son Rocky Thirteen Barker has arrived.

The reality star and businesswoman has been through a lot during this pregnancy, undergoing a life-saving surgery for her child in September. The surgery was successful, and both Kourtney and Rocky fortunately came out unscathed. “I will be forever grateful to my incredible doctors for saving our baby’s life. I am eternally grateful to my husband who rushed to my side from tour to be with me in the hospital and take care of me afterwards, my rock. And to my mom, thank you for holding my hand through this,” she wrote on Instagram was she was back home.

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She and the drummer also tried IVF, but only conceived while they were taking a break from treatment, ironically. “We just got pregnant naturally,” Kourtney told Vogue. “It was an indescribable feeling. Shock, then super-happy, fear sets in, worry, but I remembered then to have gratitude.”

Kourtney first announced her pregnancy back in June at a blink-182 concert in LA, holding up a sign reading “Travis I’m Pregnant.” The sweet reveal was a reference to the music video for the band’s hit track, “All the Small Things.” They shared the baby’s gender later that month. “Little drummer boy coming soon,” Kourtney captioned a photo of the two of them by a drum set. Travis then teased the child’s name, which he announced in October to be Rocky. The name was inspired by Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rocky George. His middle name, Thirteen, was inspired by the fact that “13 is just the greatest number of all time,” Travis explained in an interview with Complex. Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates. Congratulations to Kourtney & Travis!

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LL Cool J Inducts ‘Founding Father’ Kool Herc Into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

LL Cool J inducted the ‘founding father’ of Hip Hop, DJ Kool Herc, into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, as they commemorated 50 years of the culture.

Justyn Ross Allegedly Assaulted Girlfriend And Knifed Her Car Over Cheating Rumors

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Court documents have shone more light on why Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross was arrested last week. The affidavit states that after Ross reportedly learned of his partner’s infidelity, he allegedly pushed her to the ground and began throwing household objects at her. Furthermore, a number of witnesses claimed they saw Ross “run a small knife” across the exterior of the woman’s Mercedes. However, the document also states that Ross denied the claims. According to him, he only threw her belongings out of the house and did break a laptop, but claimed that it was his property.

Ross was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list on October 27, four days after his arrest and not-guilty plea. Ross had been played sparingly across the start of the 2023 season, appearing in three games for the Chiefs and racking up just 34 yards. He was an undrafted free agent signed in 2022. However, he missed his entire rookie season due to an offseason foot injury. At the trade deadline (October 31), the Chiefs traded for Jets receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. to add some depth at the position.

Chiefs Head To Germany Without Ross

GLENDALE, ARIZONA – AUGUST 19: Justyn Ross #8 of the Kansas City Chiefs completes a pass against the Arizona Cardinals during an NFL preseason football game at State Farm Stadium on August 19, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the Chiefs travel to Germany this week for the second time in two years. Last year, the international game was in Munich. However, this year saw the event move to Frankfurt. The Chiefs enter after a blowout loss to the Broncos last weekend. While they still hold a firm lead on their division, it was a shocking loss all the same.

Meanwhile, the Dolphins are 6-2 and in sole control of their own division. That comes after some shocking losses for the Bills, the preseason favorites. Furthermore, Tyreek Hill is having a truly historic season. The wide receiver is already over the 1000-yard mark through eight games. That’s halfway to achieving his stated goal of becoming the first 2000-yard receiver in the league’s history.

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Lil Baby Showcases Fan’s Tattoo Of Him On His Instagram: Watch

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

A big marker of celebrity status is when a fan supports you enough to get your face inked on their body permanently. Moreover, Lil Baby recently spotted a listener at a club who had a tattoo of him across her left arm, and couldn’t help but shout her out. Taking to his Instagram Story, the Atlanta rapper posted a clip of the woman in question, who showed it off proudly and gave him a smile. Considering his complex history with tattoos- which might’ve changed very recently- this is actually a bit of character development for him. After all, the It’s Only Me hitmaker said in 2020 that he purposely does not have any tattoos.

However, around August of this year, everything changed- much to the shock of Lil Baby’s OG fans and people who supported his aesthetic choice. While signing Rylo Rodriguez to a contract in-person, fans spotted what looked like tattoos on his arms in a clip of the occasion. Still, when you look at other pictures of the 4PF leader on social media or other sources online, it’s impossible to spot anything on his arms. As such, it’s strangely unclear what people actually saw at that contract signing, and how far he might be going to conceal them.

Lil Baby Posts Fan’s Tattoo Of Him On IG: Watch

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Of course, there’s the possibility that the 28-year-old simply doodled something removable on his arms when he signed Rylo. Either way, there’s been a surprising amount of debate concerning his body art, as MCs usually make their presence or absence well-known. Regardless of all that debate, we’re glad that Lil Baby got to connect with a fan on a fun night out. Maybe that was the final straw that convinced him to get some ink, a potential realization that might manifest in the near future.

Meanwhile, the “California Breeze” artist unfortunately went viral for other aesthetically driven reasons. Many fans thought that he was the one giving fellatio to another man in a viral online clip, which he denied soon after it spread like wildfire on social media. Let’s hope that everyone speaking on body art and NSFW content online goes to an optician soon. For more news and the latest updates on Lil Baby, keep checking in with HNHH.

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Derontae Bebee Accepts Plea Deal In YSL RICO Case, Six Defendants Remain

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Recently, YSL affiliate Derontae Bebee entered a guilty plea on RICO charges. He took a deal that will see him serving out a 15-year sentence, five years behind bars and 10 on probation. He may now be called to testify in the upcoming YSL RICO trial, though prosecutors have indicated that they won’t require him to.

Durante Partridge, Bebee’s attorney, has pushed for a reduced sentence as an opportunity for the 23-year-old to turn his life around. Judge Ural Glanville reminded him of the importance of making the most of the opportunity, and taking accountability for his actions. The YSL RICO trial is scheduled to commence later this month, with only six defendants remaining.

YSL RICO Trial Commences On November 27

Earlier this week, the jury selection process was completed after months of delays, meaning that the YSL RICO trial could finally proceed. Young Thug and his co-defendants’ trial will begin on November 27. Finding suitable jurors has proven to be a tough and lengthy process. The seated jury consists of seven Black women, two white women, two Black men, and one white man. It’s also remained controversial whether or not prosecutors should be allowed to use song lyrics in the trial. It’s admissible in Georgia, however, and Fulton County DA Fani Willis is in full support of it.

“I think if you decide to admit your crimes over a beat, I’m going to use it,” she told reporters. “I’m going to continue to do that; people can continue to be angry about it. I have some legal advice: Don’t confess to crimes on rap lyrics if you do not want them used. Or at least get out of my county.” Prosecutors made several errors when they submitted a list of lyrics they intended to use as evidence last week. The list featured misattributed lyrics, incorrect release dates, and even a YNW Melly song. What do you think of Derontae Bebee accepting a plea deal? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Jaidyn Alexis Demands STI Test, Detox, And Shower From Blueface Before She’ll Sleep With Him: Watch

November 4, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Blueface’s fidelity has been called into question numerous times throughout his relationship with Jaidyn Alexis. When the California native finally got down on one knee to propose earlier this month, some thought taking such a major move might cause Blue to continue staying faithful to his other half. However, Chrisean Rock has been claiming that they’ve been intimate in recent weeks. Elsewhere, the 26-year-old was getting handsy with an unidentified woman at a party earlier this fall. Despite all the gossip, Alexis has stood beside her man, though a recent Instagram Live proves that she’s setting down some boundaries with him after the latest rumours.

“I like when you talk to me all nasty like that. Save that s**t for the bed,” Blue tells the mother of two in the clip below. “I’m sleeping in Journey’s room,” she quickly replies, sharing her plans to have a slumber party with the pair’s daughter. “Shut the f**k up, bro, you really dragging this s**t,” the “Thotiana” hitmaker shot back with a laugh before his friend joined in. “So you ain’t gonna sleep in the bed with your husband?” the father of three asked Alexis. “Not when you keep talking!” she told her man from off-camera.

Jaidyn Alexis Sets Boundaries with Blueface

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After some more teasing from Blue, his first baby mama makes it known that she has expectations before she’s willing to share a bed (or her body) with him. “Go take a shower, detox, [STI] test,” Alexis lists off her demands while cackling, though the MILF Music founder doesn’t seem to take her too seriously.

Jaidyn Alexis’ disdain for Chrisean Rock isn’t anything she’s tried to hide over the years. Still, we were surprised to hear just how upset she got over a call between the 23-year-old and Blueface in audio that was shared on The Jason Lee Show earlier this month. Read more about that at the link below, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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Soulja Boy’s Confusing Response To J. Cole

2Pac And Biggie Mugshots Hit Auction Block

Joe Budden Explains Confrontation With Cesar Pina’s Brother: Watch

Old SNL Promo Has Fans Speculating On Scott’s Drug Use

Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker

Chiefs Head To Germany Without Ross

Lil Baby Posts Fan’s Tattoo Of Him On IG: Watch

YSL RICO Trial Commences On November 27

Jaidyn Alexis Sets Boundaries with Blueface