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Ever since DJ Khaled dropped his 13th studio album God Did on Friday, hip-hop fans haven’t stopped discussing the LP’s title track, which is highlighted by a scene-stealing guest verse from Jay-Z. Hov’s most trusted sound engineer Young Guru, who’s been working with Jay since the turn of the century, took to Instagram on Friday to post a video in which he […]
Jay-Z has apparently become much more generous over the years—at least when it comes to guest verses. During a recent appearance on the Flip Da Script podcast, Joe Budden confirmed he tried to get Jay on the remix of “Pump It Up,” the Just Blaze-produced hit that appeared on his 2003 eponymous debut album. Hosts Queenzlip and DJ G Money […]
A song making reference to and shouting out Nicki Minaj very nearly featured the hip-hop icon. In a Twitter Spaces conversation with her Barbz on Sunday, Nicki opened up about being asked to take part in Doja Cat’s “Get Into It (Yuh),” and explained why the song wasn’t in her best interest. “The truth is, she asked me to […]
Lil Baby continues his run of scene-stealing guest features with his verse on “5500 Degrees,” a standout track from EST Gee’s new project Bigger Than Life or Death. Following appearances from 42 Dugg and Rylo Rodriguez, Lil Baby delivers the closing verse in which he crowns himself the Lil Wayne of the current hip-hop generation. “I’m going too crazy, I’m the Wayne […]
Four months after Deb Antney stopped by Drink Champs where she revealed Gucci Mane finessed French Montana out of $5,000, the Bronx rapper has called foul on her comments. During her February appearance on the podcast, the manager recalled a time when Gucci lived up to his legend at Montana’s expense. “French didn’t really make it that well in Georgia,” […]
A 21 Savage feature is going to cost you more than a direct message to his manager. On Monday, Savage’s manager, Meezy, took to Twitter where he pleaded with rappers to stop asking for 21 Savage features if they aren’t prepared to pay his artist’s steep rate. “Dawg a 21 Savage feature is 6 FIGURES,” […]
2020 has been great to Lil Uzi Vert. Not only did he reignite the deluxe album trend, but he’s also been sharing his hit-making ability with a plethora of artists—including a joint mixtape with Future. Yet despite being in the collaborative spirit, there’s one rapper that won’t get blessed by Uzi. On Saturday, Lil Uzi revealed […]
It’s been more than 20 years since his passing, but The Notorious B.I.G.‘s greatness has withstood the test of time. This weekend, an unreleased track surfaced on the internet titled “Bastard Child.” For the song, a peaceful sample-driven instrumental produced by Statik Selektah is paired with a verse from Biggie that is a hellacious account of the terror […]
Big Sean wasn’t about to let 2 Chainz slide. It was just a week ago when Tity Boi boldly claimed to have dominated 2012’s “Mercy,” his hit collaborative track with Sean, Kanye West, and Pusha-T. 2 Chainz made the declaration in an Instagram post that featured the single’s cover art along with the question about which artist had the best verse. 2 […]
On Thursday night, Rick Ross‘ tenth studio album, Port of Miami 2, was released to streaming services. Fans quickly realized that Pusha-T‘s verse was missing from “Maybach Music VI.” The final version of the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League-produced song only features Lil Wayne and John Legend; you can listen to that up top. Last month, Ross told Baller Alert that he put […]
