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Two new Drake song snippets leak shortly before J. Cole’s The Fall-Off album came out last night.On Thursday night (Feb. 5), DJ Akademiks went on livestream and slickly dropped multiple unreleased Drizzy song clips.”When I say ‘Free Slime’ I ain’t talking that talk, I really…” Drake raps before Ak cuts the audio.Ak implies he knows the release date of Drake’s Iceman album before playing another longer clip. On this one, Aubrey raps about greatness.”You know what? Don’t call me no greatest/Those guys you saying are great makes that an understatement,” Drake spits. “F**k them haters, double agents/Even my label, gave…
J. Cole brings his studio album career to a close with The Fall-Off, a double-disc project that stretches across more than 100 minutes through releases on Cole World, Dreamville, and Interscope. This album carries the weight of years of anticipation. Cole first teased it on the final track of 2018’s KOD, framing it as a potential bookend to his journey that began with the 2007 mixtape The Come Up. We have never counted ourselves among his biggest supporters, so our expectations coming in here were not particularly high. Honestly, we have always seen him as kind of boring—earnest in his approach, but rarely…
The Juice Crew is one of the original hip hop collectives formed in Queensbridge, New York by the late Mr. Magic & Marley Marl. Other members would include Roxanne Shanté, MC Shan, the late Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, the late Mister Cee, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Craig G, Tragedy Khadafi, the late Grand Daddy I.U., the late DJ Polo, the late TJ Swan, DJ Cool V, MC Debbie D, DJ Fatal, DJ Chilly Q & MC Glamorous. We’ve never gotten anything from them collectively aside from “The Symphony” single, so to hear that some of the most notable names were reuniting for an eponymous reunion EP & having one of my top…
At long last, J. Cole releases his highly anticipated The Fall-Off album.On Friday (Feb. 6), the North Carolina rapper blessed fans with his seventh studio album. The latest album from the Dreamville head honcho arrives with 24 songs, which include two bonus tracks.The album has been a long time in the making. When Jermaine released his album, KOD, back in 2018, the final song was called “1985 (Intro to ‘The Fall Off’).” That April, he confirmed it is the title of an upcoming album he was working on. He later revealed the songs “Everybody Dies” and “False Prophets” were meant to be on the album. During his set…
50 Cent, the undisputed king of trolling, proves it yet again in his new DoorDash commercial by hilariously poking fun at his rap rivals, Diddy and Ja Rule.On Thursday (Feb. 5), 50 Cent shared on his social media accounts his new commercial for food delivery app DoorDash. In the ad, titled “Beef 101,” which can be viewed below, the New York rhymer acknowledges that he’s been called the “King of the Trolls” and he’s quite flattered by the compliment. But Fif says he’s turned a new leaf and will no longer engage in trolling.50 then presents a red DoorDash bag…
Kid from Kid ‘N Play reveals that he had a heart transplant in 2025.On Thursday (Feb. 5), Christopher “Kid” Reid, one half of the iconic rap duo Kid ‘N Play, appeared on Good Morning America where he spoke candidly about his recent heart transplant and renewed outlook on life. In the video interview, which can be seen below, Reid revealed that he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure after an emergency room visit last July.Weeks later, while being treated with medication, Reid’s condition deteriorated prompting him to go to his cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. After additional…
GloRilla has responded to her sister, Victoria Woods, who called her out for allegedly abandoning their family.On Wednesday (Feb. 4), GloRilla’s sister, Victor Woods, who goes by Scar Face, hopped on Facebook live and slammed her sister for allegedly neglecting her family and claiming that their mother is still working at FedEx.During her livestream, Scar Face accused GloRilla of discussing their past struggles publicly while allegedly prioritizing friends over family in private. Scar then added that Glo bought their father a Jaguar “just to look good” even though he’s allegedly “broke as hell” and living in a house full of…
The crypto market is in the gutter again, and honestly, most people wearing the losses never understood what they bought in the first place. For every tech-head preaching about blockchain, there are ninety hype-men riding a wave of pure speculation. The recent price drop isn’t a crash—it’s a reality check. It exposes that for the majority, “investing” in this space has never been about fundamentals; it’s been a cultural frenzy, a gamble on relevance. And the hip hop scene, always a barometer for street-level trends, saw this play out firsthand. Five years ago, we ran an experiment on our YouTube…
Blueface laughs at NLE The Great’s apology for dissing Blue’s son during the rappers’ recent heated back-and-forth.On Wednesday night (Feb. 4), Blueface shared posts on X reacting to NLE saying sorry for insulting Blue and Chrisean Rock’s son.”That ni**a apologized so quick 😂,” Blue tweeted. “I forgive you lil bro now move around you know better.”He added, “But I still need that tho [dead homies].”Blueface and NLE The Great resparked their beef over the weekend, when NLE released a song snippet where he takes shots at the Los Angeles rapper. In response, Blue challenged NLE to squabble up, but the…
Lola Brooke is hip-hop to the core. So, we put the Brooklyn MC’s knowledge of the culture to the test for XXL’s Rhyme and Risk, a new trivia game presented by Stake.Here are the rules: Pick a number on the board. Match the color behind the number to the trivia question. Answer 15 questions or score 4,000 points to come out victorious. Spin the wheel to do a challenge if you answer incorrectly.”If I get something wrong, give me some slack,” Lola says before the start of the game. “I’m just here to have a good time. I’m new here.”She’s presented with a…