Meek Mill famously took a big L from Drake. He didn’t sue. But Drake is now taking legal action against Universal, Spotify, and iHeartRadio over Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss, “Not Like Us.” Meek reacted to Drake’s move with a simple Tweet. “But meek be tripping yeah Ard,” Meek typed. Should Meek teach Drake how to[…]
Drake has filed petitions suggesting he will sue Spotify, Universal, and iHeartRadio for artificially promoting Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss “Not Like Us” and will also sue UMG for defamation for allowing Kendrick to falsely accuse him of being a “certified pedophile.” His co-manager, Matte Babel, jumped on social media and used the bars from Drake’s[…]
J. Cole released an audio series titled Inevitable last week where he discusses his come-up before fame. In one of the latest episodes, the Dreamville spitter says he once met with Eminem’s longtime manager Paul Rosenberg when looking for a record deal. The meeting happened after Cole met with G-Unit and late record executive Chris[…]
The rap world is buzzing over Drake announcing his intention to sue his label Univeral and Spotify over a scheme to promote Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss “Not Like Us” through bots, payola, and other illegal means. Podcaster Rory, who used to work at a major label, broke down why this a very big deal. Rory[…]
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Drake has made a wild allegation against his own label. Today, he announced his intention to sue Universal Music Group and Spotify for using botting, payola, and other illegal tactics to boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss “Not Like Us.” This evening, UMG responded to the filing: “The suggestion that UMG would do[…]
Drake shocked the world today by announcing his intention to sue Spotify and Universal Music Group for promoting Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss “Not Like Us” through bots, payola, and other illegal means. What is particularly surprising about this is that UMG is also Drake’s label, and streaming services like Spotify have been very good to[…]
Last night when Drake sat down with streamer xQc, he spoke about Kendrick Lamar calling him a pedophile on “Not Like Us.” “I’m here, as you can see, fully intact,” said Drake. “You need facts to take me out, fairytales won’t do it.” The Compton born-wordsmith responded to the shot in a text message, according[…]
Drake might not be releasing diss songs at the moment in his ongoing beef with rappers and singers, but he’s still sending shots. He sent one to Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd during his visit to streamer xQc last night. Drake dissed the Compton born-singer Steve Lacy as well. It happened when xQc played Lacy’s[…]
Kendrick dropped his GNX album on Friday. He didn’t mention Drake’s name on it, but he did take a shot at his guy Lil Wayne. Drake did xQc’s stream tonight. He hasn’t mentioned Kendrick Lamar’s name yet, but he did take a shot. Drake throws shots at Kendrick Lamar on stream with xQc 👀 “I’m[…]
Blueface has been locked up on probation violations since January. It’s a four-year sentence, but if everything goes Blue’s way, he’ll be home before summer. In the past, Blue has said he enjoys prison. Whether that’s true or not is unclear, but he did get himself a new face tattoo while on the inside. Because[…]
Kendrick Lamar didn’t have a lot of nice things to say about old heads Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne on his new GNX album. But he did express warm feelings about Nas. “Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulated meAll these n*ggas agitated, I’m just glad they show they facesQuite frankly, blame[…]
On Kendrick Lamar’s new track “Wacced Out Murals,” he said white comedians can’t make fun of black women. “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law,” he raps. It’s pretty clear that Andrew Schulz was the target for that warning. Kendrick Lamar seemingly disses Andrew Schulz on his new album 👀[…]
Kendrick Lamar didn’t mention Drake on his new album GNX. But he did mention Lil Wayne, who was miffed when JAY-Z selected Kendrick to the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans over him. “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud Irony, I think my heart work like Lil Wayne down[…]
Model Jenn An is suing Kanye West for assaulting her in 2010. An, who appeared on the 13 cycle of America’s Next Top Model, was hired to take part in the video shoot for Ye’s remix of La Roux’s “In For the Kill.” An alleges things turned left when Kanye yelled, “Give me the Asian[…]
Kendrick Lamar was not happy that his West Coast Unc Snoop Dogg posted Drake’s Kendrick diss “Taylor Made Freestyle”, which used an AI version of Snoop’s voice. So he called him out on his new track “Wacced Out Murals.” “Snoop posted Taylor Made, I prayed it was the ediblesI couldn’t believe it, it was always[…]
Kendrick Lamar didn’t mention Drake’s name on his new album GNX. Instead, calling out older heads like Snoop Dogg and Drake’s guy Lil Wayne. However, some bars on the album’s opening track, “Wacced Out Murals,” are likely pointed at the Canadian. “I’ll never peace it up; that sh*t don’t sit well with me / Before[…]
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On Kendrick Lamar’s new track “Wacced Out Murals,” he warns an unnamed white comedian who makes jokes about black women. Kendrick Lamar seemingly disses Andrew Schulz on his new album 👀 “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law” pic.twitter.com/NPO3GdW0k0 “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s[…]
Black Hippy was a supergroup consisting of Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q, who were all signed to TDE during the group’s formation. They performed as a collective on 14 tracks between 2008 and 2016 but never dropped an album together. They broke up in 2022 when Kendrick left TDE. On K. Dot’s[…]
