by Shawn Setaro
Lil Durk is alleged to have booked three separate international flights, and being on the verge of boarding one of them, right before he was arrested and charged with murder for hire.
FBI Special Agent Sarah Corcoran swore out an affidavit as part of the federal criminal complaint against the Chicago rapper, who according to Bureau of Prisons records is currently behind bars at FDC Miami.
Corcoran recalled in the affidavit that five people she claimed were associated with Durk’s OTF crew were arrested early on Thursday (October 24), while federal agents “executed multiple search warrants in the Chicago......
by Will Schube
Funk Flex has taken aim at Shyne over alleged lies that the former Diddy associate told in a trailer for a forthcoming documentary.
The Hot 97 on-air host took time out from his radio program on Saturday (October 26) to go after the former rapper, who is now a politician in Belize.
“This has been bothering me for weeks,” Flex starts in a clip shared by The Art Of Dialogue on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday (October 26). “When somebody tries to say they’re the scapegoat, or they was used, it has been bothering me. I’m gonna keep......
by Marisa Mendez
Kid Cudi has been tapped to star alongside Adam Sandler in a sequel to the 1996 hit film, Happy Gilmore.
Deadline announced Cudi’s inclusion in the Netflix film on Friday (October 25), though they noted that his role – as well as the film’s plot – is still under wraps. Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald will be reprising their roles of Virginia Venit and Shooter McGavin, respectively, and Sandler previously teased that both Travis Kelce and Bad Bunny will be making appearances as well.
Sharing the news in a post to Instagram, Cudi wrote:......
by Marisa Mendez
Juvenile‘s 1998 smash “Back That Azz Up” was famously sampled by Drake for his 2011 album Take Care, and the New Orleans legend is still reaping the benefits over a decade later.
During a conversation with Jeremy Hecht for HipHopDX published on Wednesday (October 23), Juve recalled hearing Drizzy’s reworked version “Practice” when it first came through and confirmed he’s still receiving royalties from the sample, as well as from others who have used the beat (which includes Beyoncé, City Girls, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign and......
by Shawn Setaro
Metro Boomin and Timbaland both apparently agree with Dr. Dre‘s take on the state of Hip Hop production.
In an Instagram post on Monday (October 21), Timbo shared an excerpt of a recent interview Dre and Snoop Dogg did with Stephen A. Smith. In the interview, Dre criticized rap albums that feature production from a large number of producers.
“Find your collaborator. I don’t like the fact that there are, like, nine different producers on one album. I like the idea of one producer on one album. Continuity is everything,” he......
by Sam Moore
DJ Envy has spoken out in defense of Diddy as the Bad Boy boss sits in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
The Breakfast Club co-host was speaking on his wife’s podcast The Casey Crew Show when he outlined his thoughts on Puffy’s criminal case, which accuses him of forcing women to have sex with male prostitutes for his pleasure and running a criminal enterprise that engaged in kidnapping, arson and bribery, among other crimes.
Referencing the mogul’s alleged “freak offs” and the enormous stash of baby oil that......
by Tai Saint-Louis
Q-Tip has taken time to acknowledge his late partner in rhyme Phife Dawg during an emotional acceptance speech during the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s 2024 Induction ceremony.
During the event, which took place Saturday night (October 19) and was live streamed on Disney+, A Tribe Called Quest was welcomed into the renowned organization by Dave Chappelle — who thanked the seminal Queens crew for inviting him to join them on Saturday Night Live in 2016, thus ending his 12-year television hiatus.
Following Chappelle’s speech, the group’s......
by Shawn Setaro
Gucci Mane has pared down his label’s roster a whole lot, dropping all but two of the artists on 1017 Records.
Gucci made the announcement on Friday (10/18) in a video he shared on Instagram. He noted that he originally wanted to share the news on the prior day, 10/17, but missed it.
He began by saying that he had seen his label’s most recent profit and loss statement (commonly referred to as a “P&L”), and he wasn’t happy with the results.
“I just seen my P&L with all my artists,” he began. “You know it’s a whole......
by Will Schube
Nicki Minaj has relished in the fact that her ex-boyfriend Safaree and his ex-wife Erica Mena have spilled their relationship troubles into the public spotlight.
The “Super Bass” rapper shared a live video on Thursday (October 17) and has suggested that Mena is getting what she deserves for harassing Nicki in the past.
She said: “I don’t know who needed to hear this but good for you [affected laughs]. Good for you! You see, sometimes you need to leave people dem alone. And ya see, sometimes when a queen is minding her business … they want the queen life......
W. Okon
It only took ten years, but Travis Scott’s beloved mixtape Days Before Rodeo was finally added to streaming services today. The project arrived just a year before his official debut album Rodeo, and to this day, it still stands as one of the best projects in Scott’s discography. That was often the case for rappers, especially in the mixtape era.
A lot of the projects that fans deemed to be their best work were indeed free mixtapes. At the time, mixtapes were a great promotional tactic for the album a rapper was about to put out, but now, many of them are going back in time to relive the success of the project, make some money off a......
