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Dr. Dre thinks that only people who have trouble creating will be threatened by AI.The use of AI continues to be a hot-button topic in the music industry. On Sunday (Aug. 23), The New York Times ran an article with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine in which they spoke about the growing use of the tool.”I don’t see it as a threat,” Dre said. “I think the only people that see it as a threat are the people who have trouble creating.””I had a discussion with a few people a few days ago,” he added. “They were against A.I. and…
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Pierre “P” Thomas, co-founder of Quality Control Music, is currently hospitalized after reportedly suffering a heart attack at the age of 45.On Friday (Aug. 21), P was rushed to the ICU at a Las Vegas hospital amid the medical emergency, according to a report from TMZ. XXL has confirmed with his team that he remains hospitalized as of this writing.”We want to clarify that Pierre ‘P’ Thomas is alive and currently hospitalized receiving medical care,” his rep said in a statement to XXL. “We ask that everyone keep P and his family in their thoughts and prayers and respectfully give…
Sean Gathright, one of the four men convicted in killing Foolio, was told by cops he’s the reason the entire group was caught just before being thrown on the floor in newly-released footage from his 2024 arrest. On Thursday (Aug. 20), footage from Sean being held at the police station on July 27, 2024 went viral on social media. In one clip, a cop can be heard telling Sean that he brought his whole group down by essentially being sloppy.”Just so you know, man, and I’m trying to insult you or nothing like that, but you brought the whole group…
The Game sets the record straight on beef with Kendrick Lamar and his friendship with Drake on the new album The Documentary III.On Friday (Aug. 21), Game completed the trilogy in his documentary album series with a surprise new album, which includes the single “No Breaks” with Drake. On the new LP, Chuck addresses a number of topics, including the speculation that he has beef with Kendrick Lamar.”Like Dr. Dre on the beat, yeah I’m back with that sound/They say I’m beefing with Kendrick, how the f**k do that sound?” Game raps on “The Pen.””I ain’t got problem with the…
Drake has once again sparked fan theories of new music on the way with a purposefully vague post on social media. In the early morning hours of Friday (Aug. 21) Drizzy posted a picture on Instagram of what appears to be a CD jewel case with a cover that read, “FEAR OF MISSING OUT.” He kept it equally as vague in the caption, simply adding a film camera emoji.Just weeks earlier, Drake posted a photo inside a home studio seemingly recording, though no further context was given. Both posts arrive just a few months after his three-album bundle release Iceman,…
Finally have the 4th studio LP from Montréal, Québec, Canada emcee, producer & engineer Mike Shabb in front of us. Emerging in the spring of 2018 off his full-length debut Northwave, he would continue to make his presence known by putting out a few extended plays & mixtapes before gaining notoriety for engineering Boldy James’ 5th album Fair Exchange No Robbery along with producing “Switches on Everything” off Hitler Wears Hermes X & enlisting his mentor Nicholas Craven to fully produce his 5th EP Shadow Moses from top to bottom. He would follow these up with Hood Olympics, Sewaside III, Shabb Van Gogh, Fight the Power!, Vrai Rap Keb!, the Drega33-produced Lost Tapes & Maple Flavored. The latter of…
DDG accepts blame for not responding to Blueface’s invitation to his girlfriend’s baby shower.During his Kick livestream on Wednesday (Aug. 19), DDG addressed Blueface after the Los Angeles rapper called him out for ignoring an invitation to the baby shower for his girlfriend, Nevaeh Akira, which took place on Sunday (Aug. 16). DDG took accountability for his actions but insisted that he and Blue are still friends.”Me and Blueface are cool, y’all. Blueface was not wrong,” he explained. “Blueface my real friend, y’all… I have not been tapping in with him like I could’ve. I took accountability for that. I…
The Lil Durk trial has finally started with jury selection, nearly two years after he was arrested for murder-for-hire in connection with an attempted hit on Quando Rondo that took the life of the rapper’s cousin. The judge is reportedly allowing background checks on potential jurors.On Thursday (Aug. 20), the Chicago rapper appeared in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for the first day of what is expected to be a complicated and lengthy trial, as the defense and prosecution tried to cut the potential jury pool of 80 people down to 16 (12 sitting jurors and…
Lil Durk’s father is asking for prayers and support before his son’s murder-for-hire trial, which begins today in Los Angeles.On Wednesday (Aug. 19), Lil Durk’s father, Dontay “Big Durk” Banks, shared a video on his Instagram page making an emotional plea for prayers and support before the start of his son’s murder-for-hire trial. The Grammy Award-winning rapper’s case will start today (Aug. 20) with jury selection.”Continue to keep us in prayer. Continue to shower your love and support on us. We need it at this time right here,” he said. “This is gon’ be a three-to-four-week trial, and don’t let…