by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
Diddy‘s son, King Combs, has spoken out for the first time since the Department of Homeland Security raided his father’s two homes in Miami and Los Angeles.
The aspiring rapper took to his Snapchat on Friday (March 29) to imply that people didn’t know the full story behind the raids.
“Stop with the [blue cap emoji],” he wrote, simply, without any further comment. King Combs also didn’t tag anyone in his post, so it’s unclear whom he was addressing.
Check out the post below.
Diddy’s son King Combs breaks his silence following raids pic.twitter.com/IhxydgtVxf
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by WILL SCHUBE
Joe Budden has revealed that he is skeptical as to whether Drake’s support for Sexyy Red and others younger artists is solely related to their music.
The Hip Hop personality took to his eponymous podcast on Thursday (March 28) to outline his theory on Drake’s fascination with the St. Louis-born rapper in particular.
Budden seemed to suggest that Drake’s co-sign is so valuable that labels pay him to prop up their other artists, hence his recent fascination with Sexyy Red.
He began: “Respectfully, it sound like a n-gga that could rap at that level that gets paid off of......
by JOE WALKER
Kendrick Lamar has dissed Drake and J. Cole in a new verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s latest project.
The Atlanta rapper and his longtime producer dropped their collaborative album We Don’t Trust You on Friday (March 22), which includes a song called “Like That” with a surprise Kendrick feature.
The former TDE rapper takes a number of shots throughout his verse, kicking things off with a mention of Drizzy and Cole’s No. 1 single “First Person Shooter” with accusations of “sneak dissin’.”
“Yeah, get up with me/ Fuck sneak......
by KARAN SINGH
Method Man’s acting career has taken off over in recent years, and he has now shared details about how he established himself in film and television.
During an appearance on Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero‘s 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, the Wu-Tang Clan MC talked about getting his start in the business and how he decided to shift his focus to acting after what he called “turn-up music” overtook his brand of rap.
“Now I’m thinking, ‘Where does that put someone like me, who’s all about the lyrics?’ … There’s no space for me anymore. Not only that, the......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
R. Kelly has sued to get his commissary funds back, after they were allegedly taken by the United States government to satisfy a judgment against him.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, a hearing on the matter is scheduled for Monday (March 18), with Assistant United States Attorney Kayla Bensing representing the United States. The oral arguments will be livestreamed, and a link to the livestream can be found here.
In March 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Heather Williams was entitled to access the disgraced singer’s label fund — which was reportedly valued at $1.5......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
Diddy‘s former charter school, Capital Preparatory School in Harlem, NY, has reportedly faced a string of serious problems.
In an exposé written by The Cut, which dropped on Friday (March 15), it was revealed that despite the school’s promises to provide an “elite education” to poor Black students who otherwise wouldn’t have access to such things, Capital Prep — which Diddy co-founded in 2016 — has reportedly done nothing of the sort.
Instead, the article says, the school has been plagued by teacher shortages, high turnover rates, and students who don’t learn subjects for......
by SAM MOORE
T.I. has jokingly taken aim at the younger generation of trap rappers during an appearance on BET’s stand-up series ComicView.
The rap legend turned stand-up comedian appeared on the revived comedy show and offered a take on current trends in trap music.
T.I. said: “You listen to first generation of trap music, people like me, Jeezy, Yo Gotti, you know what I’m saying? We were rapping about things we had done, got away with, and moved on. You hear me? You listen to [this] new age trap music? Oh, they talkin’ bout shit they finna do tomorrow, you feel what I’m saying?”
The stand-up routine......
A. Williams
Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign may have been spending the past week insisting there’s a conspiracy against them in the recording industry (despite still receiving enough streams for their album, Vultures 1, and its singles that they debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s albums chart even challenged Beyoncé for the top Hot 100 spot two weeks in a row), but that may not stop them from continuing to release new projects under the Vultures moniker. Early last week, Timbaland tweeted, “Vulture Vol 2 OTW,” prompting fans to speculate when a second installment......
by Shawn Setaro
Dame Dash has once again taken shots at longtime antagonist Lyor Cohen, this time over Young Thug.
During a recent sitdown with Math Hoffa for Dame’s America Nu Network, the Roc-A-Fella co-founder was asked whether the music industry “encourages toxic behavior.”
In answering, Dash brought up Young Thug, who is currently in jail while on trial for racketeering charges and whose songs were cited in his indictment.
Thug is on the roster of 300 Entertainment, a company co-founded by Cohen, a music industry veteran who, among many other positions, used to run Def Jam Records. Cohen left 300 in 2016.
“[The music......
by Sam Moore
Kanye West and Tyler, The Creator are among those to co-sign James Blake’s stark warning about the state of the music industry.
Over the weekend, the British singer/producer penned a number of social media posts about the financial state of the music industry and the struggles facing artists.
Originally commenting on how he never made any money from TikTok from his viral cover of Frank Ocean‘s “Godspeed”, Blake said: “It’s worth noting this is just an example I used in a post talking about the wider effect of TikTok on music. Just seeing this part makes it seem navel gazing but I’m......
