Metro Boomin has shed light on the conflict between himself and Drake in a new interview with GQ Magazine. Metro and Future appear on the cover of the magazine’s ‘Men of the Year’ issue, and the quotes from the unreleased piece were shared by Elliott Wilson on social media Wednesday. “Me and [Drake], we had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that,” Metro told GQ senior editor Frazier Tharpe, courtesy of Wilson. “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me.” “But if you take all the rap…
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Yesterday, Playboi Carti confirmed that Kanye West will be producing his elusive album I AM MUSIC. HotNewHipHop reported that the artist shared the news at a recent Las Vegas appearance, first giving West a shoutout in front of the crowd. “He over here making beats and sh*t,” he said. “That album gonna be crazy, I can’t wait to show y’all n****s.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by YeVault (@yevault) This isn’t the first time Carti has teased Ye’s involvement in his upcoming album, however. Earlier this September, he took to Instagram and wrote,”@Ye KANT WAIT…
Mustard continued his 2024 victory lap by trolling Drake during his 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw set on Sunday (Nov. 17) in Los Angeles. The West Coast superproducer played the first few seconds of “Crew Love” off Drake’s Take Care before making a smooth transition into Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” to zing the 6 God. “Sike,” he said while firing up the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, which drew a roar from the Dodger Stadium crowd. Later, he also preformed “Not Like Us.” “This is hate on another level,” one fan wrote to X. Another chimed…
While fans continue to await the release of his highly anticipated The Fall Off album, J. Cole and his management are reportedly gearing up for the release of a new audio series titled Inevitable. Early today, Cole took to X to post a long thread that explains what he plans on showcasing with Inevitable. “It’s hard to write a caption to describe what this is. I really don’t even know what to call it. We settled on calling it an “audio series” but to me, it plays like a movie in the form of a conversation. First, me and Ib…
Drake made yet another big bet on a sporting event, and this one definitely did not pay off. On Friday (November 15), the superstar revealed that he had placed a $355K wager on Mike Tyson to beat Jake Paul in their fight that evening. “I’m late but I’m here money on the liiiiiiiiine for today and tmrw,” he captioned his Instagram post. Paul was heavily favored, so Drizzy stood to win over a million dollars if his bet turned out. However, that was not to be the case. Paul defeated Tyson by unanimous decision in the eight-round bout, meaning Drake…
The days of the rap label steering the culture may have gone the way of Suge Knight, but as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, Top Dawg Entertainment remains the guardian of Hip Hop on the West Coast (and beyond). Seeing the TDE logo on an album cover is the closest Hip Hop has to a hallmark of quality. When albums used to bear the Death Row chair, Def Jam logo or giant “A” for Aftermath, it usually gave the buyer confidence in the product, even if they had never listened to the artist before. Now, with virtually everything a subsidiary…
6ix9ine has been sent back to jail after pleading guilty to violating the conditions of his probations. The rapper’s probation period stems from his controversial racketeering case that saw him collaborate with law enforcement but the controversial star could not stay out of trouble after his release. The judge sentenced 6ix9ine to 45 days behind bars, exceeding the 3o day term the prosecution had called for. The multiple violations include testing positive for meth, travelling to Las Vegas without permission and twice failing to comply with drug testing requests. Speaking to 6ix9ine, Judge Paul Engelmayer said: “Your breach of the…
Eminem and N.W.A are among the 26 nominees for the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), though only six will win. A songwriter becomes eligible for induction 20 years after their first major commercial song release. The winners will be inducted at the 2025 Induction & Awards Gala, going down on June 12 in New York City. In naming their nominees, the SHOF listed five songs, but noted they “are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs.” For Em, they named “Lose Yourself,” “Stan,” “Mockingbird,” “Houdini” and “Rap God,” and for N.W.A, they named ““Express Yourself,” “Dopeman,” “F–k Tha…
Young Thug isn’t wasting any time getting back to work after his release and was recently seen in the studio with Future, Travis Scott and Lil Baby. During a stream on Monday (November 11), Akademiks alleged the four superstars had gotten together in the lab, and a short slip of the session surfaced online soon after. “Don’t ask me how I got the picture, but I appreciate all the people that were there. Young Thug has linked up in the studio with all these individuals,” Ak said. “I gotta think they’re either still working on whatever’s coming out for Baby.…