Hip-Hop: Last News

Diddy of sexual assault due to an alleged extortion attempt.According to CNN, a “celebrity and public figure who resides in Los Angeles” sued Houston-based lawyer Tony Buzbee this week in Los Angeles Superior Court under the name “John Doe”. The celebrity claimed that Buzbee and his firm were “shamelessly attempting to extort exorbitant sums from him or else publicly file wildly false horrific allegations against him.”Doe’s lawyers further claim Buzbee sent a letter earlier this month threatening to “unleash entirely fabricated and salacious allegations of sexual assault” including “multiple instances of rape of a minor, both male and female” if the anonymous celebrity “refuses to comply with their demands.”The lawsuit went on to allege that Buzbee’s firm is trying to target celebrities associated with Diddy to capitalise off the “explosive allegations” against the rapper.In a statement to CNN, Buzbee said of the accusations: “If you are trying to hide your identity and you claim you did nothing wrong, [it] doesn’t seem very smart to take this approach.

Metro Boomin has opened up on his fallout with Drake, which he said “disappointed” him – find out more below.Earlier this year, Metro Boomin and Future enlisted Kendrick Lamar on their song ‘Like That’, which reignited the years-long feud between Drake and Lamar that finally came to an explosive end in May.Besides Lamar hitting out at Drake and J. Cole on the song, it also stemmed from bad blood between producer Metro Boomin and Drake.

Playboi Carti is set to play his upcoming album in its entirety during his set at Rolling Loud Miami in December.The Atlanta rapper has been teasing his third studio album, prospectively titled ‘I Am Music’, for several years, and has said it will be released before the end of the year.Now, it appears that he will be playing the record in full when he plays Rolling Loud Miami on December 15. Carti’s collective Opium posted on Instagram on Wednesday (November 27): “Miami ten year anniversary – I Am Music will b played – Kant wait to see yal MFs nah fr”.A post shared by @opium_00piumCarti is headlining the third night of the Miami festival, with Future and Travis Scott topping the bill on the previous two nights.Tariq Cherif, the co-founder of Rolling Loud, wrote on X on Wednesday: “Was on FaceTime with Carti last night for like 2 hours. Bro played me some fiiiiiire from the album.

J. Cole has previewed two unreleased songs with Kendrick Lamar dating back to 2010 – find out more below.Cole, who recently launched the Inevitable “limited audio series” podcast to chronicle his career and artistic evolution, has appeared on a recent episode where he previewed unreleased music featuring Kendrick Lamar dating back over a decade.The two songs, ‘Temptations’ and ‘Shock The World’, were according to J.

In October Lil Durk was arrested near Miami International Airport on a federal charge of murder-for-hire. The Chicago-born Grammy winner and drill rap pioneer is alleged to have conspired to kill a rival rapper as retaliation for the 2020 killing of King Von, a member of Durk’s Only the Family (O.T.F.) collective.

Courtney Love has named Lana Del Rey as her dream collaborator – despite recently saying that the singer should “take seven years off”.During a new interview with The Standard, the soloist and former Hole frontwoman was asked who she would like to work with in the future.It came after Love recently featured on 070 Shake’s cover of Tim Buckley’s ‘Song To The Siren’.“I don’t do ‘collabs’ – man, I hate that word!” she replied. “However, I have co-written songs with some people on this [new solo] album.

Ariana Grande shot down the idea of reworking the Wicked song ‘Popular’ into a hip-hop number.The idea was floated by composer Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the music for the original Broadway show. However, Grande rejected the idea because it felt too close to what she does in music.Schwartz recalled the exchange in an oral history of the film for the Los Angeles Times. “In the spirit of being open to new things for the movie, my music team and I thought, let’s refresh the rhythm.

Drake and his team have filed a legal dispute against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify for allegedly “artificially inflating” Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ streaming numbers. In the new filing – which can be viewed here – Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC has accused UMG and Spotify of “illegally” aiding and boosting ‘Not Like Us’ streams in favour of Kendrick Lamar – who earlier this year entered a viral rap feud with Drake.According to the legal document, UMG is accused of offering Spotify compensation to recommend the song to Spotify subscribers: “On information and belief, UMG charged Spotify licensing rates 30 per cent lower than its usual licensing rates for ‘Not Like Us’ in exchange for Spotify affirmatively recommending the song to users who are searching for other unrelated songs and artists.” UMG has said the allegations in the court document are untrue.The dispute also targets UMG more, and only names Spotify in a few instances.It also alleges that Spotify and UMG did not disclose the compensation, which the document claims was made through “wires or mails”.

Drake has announced plans for an Australian tour, due to begin the same day Kendrick Lamar headlines the Super Bowl half-time show. News of the tour came as Drake joined Canadian streamer xQc on a livestream on Sunday night (November 24).

Diddy‘s plea to be put under house arrest on a private island while he awaits trial.The musician, real name Sean Combs, appeared in court with his legal team on Friday (November 22) in New York City. His lawyers proposed that he could be detained in his mansion on Star Island in Florida – the same property that was raided by federal agents in March.However, U.S.

J. Cole has offered his long-term fans a treat by making his second mixtape ‘The Warm Up’ available on streaming services for the first time.As of Friday (November 22), the 22-track project is available on all major streaming platforms, arriving just days after he also made his first major tape, ‘The Come Up, Vol. 1’, available in the same format.‘The Warm Up’ was pivotal in the rise of the North Carolina rapper, with its single ‘Lights Please’ catching the attention of Jay-Z, eventually leading to Cole being signed to a deal with Roc Nation.Cole’s manager and business partner Ibrahim ‘Ib’ Hamad shared some insights into getting the mixtape onto streaming, writing on X: “Took us 15 years but I’m so happy we’re able to get this up.

Lil Wayne has appeared to respond to being namechecked on ‘Wacced Out Murals’ from Kendrick Lamar’s new album ‘GNX’.Yesterday (November 22), Lamar surprise released the record, his first full-length release since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’. ‘GNX’ features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave and also includes uncredited guest vocals from SZA.The album’s opening track is ‘Wacced Out Murals’, on which Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud / Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down”.Referencing Wayne’s classic 2008 album, Lamar would seem to be referring to the fact that he was chosen to headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show ahead of Wayne.“Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me / All these n***** agitated, I’m just glad they showin’ they faces,” Lamar continues on the track.Now, Wayne has had his say on the callout, writing on X on Saturday (November 23): “Man wtf I do?!”Man wtf I do?! I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head.

Snoop Dogg has responded to a new Kendrick Lamar lyric about his support of Drake during the two rappers’ public feud this summer.Lamar surprise-released his new album ‘GNX’ yesterday, by posting a link on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.Fans quickly picked up on a reference to Snoop Dogg on the song ‘wacced out murals’, where Lamar raps: “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles/I couldn’t believe it, it was only right for me to let it go.”The lyric references Drake’s ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ – a diss track against Lamar that used AI technology to rap verses using both Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur’s voices. Drake eventually removed the song from his social media and other streaming platforms after Tupac’s estate threatened to sue him.Before it was removed, though, Snoop reacted to the track on Instagram, saying in a video: “They did what? When? How? Are you sure? [Sigh] Y’all have a good night,” he said in a quick video.

Father John Misty has shared a Kendrick Lamar diss track after the rapper surprise-released his new album ‘GNX’ the same day as he dropped his new album ‘Mahashmashana’.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.The drop coincided with the release of Father John Misty’s ‘Mahashmashana’, which he joked about yesterday, writing on X: “not now I’m furiously scribbling my seeming response to”.Now, the response has arrived in the form of a new song shared on Instagram called ‘God’s Trash’. The track was posted alongside artwork parodying covers for Lamar’s recent diss tracks towards Drake from their highly publicised feud this summer.

De La Soul have criticised an “unauthorised” new book written about them, saying that they’re “exploring all of our legal options”.The book High & Rising – a reference to the group’s 1989 album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ – was written by Marcus J. Moore and published on November 19.

Father John Misty has had his say on Kendrick Lamar surprise releasing his new album ‘GNX’ the same day as he dropped his new album ‘Mahashmashana’.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.It is Lamar’s sixth studio album and first since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, and features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave.

Kendrick Lamar has surprise released a brand new album ‘GNX’ – listen in full below.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.It is Lamar’s sixth studio album and first since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, and features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave.

Nicki Minaj has responded to Keke Palmer’s recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, saying she will “hit her with a cease and desist” for impersonating her.This Wednesday (November 20), Palmer was one of the special guests on Fallon and, while on the couch, she shared an anecdote about how she met the ‘Pink Friday 2’ rapper at this year’s Met Gala.The entertainment polymath mimicked Minaj’s New York accent when recalling what she said to her. “Ah, ah, hold on.

Green Day, Post Malone, and Lady Gaga have been confirmed as the headline artists for the 2025 edition of Coachella. The festival will take place at its regular location — the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California — across two weekends: April 11-13 and 18-20.

Snoop Dogg has said he did not have a side in the Kendrick Lamar–Drake feud, but thinks ‘Not Like Us’ united the West Coast.The two rappers traded a series of back-and-forth diss tracks earlier this year, stemming from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ in March. ‘Not Like Us’ was Lamar’s most successful diss, becoming his fourth Number One song and breaking Spotify’s record for the most streams of a hip-hop song in one day.Speaking about the feud on the Drink Champs podcast, Snoop said that ‘Not Like Us’ “unified the West.”“So, it may have been disrespectful, but it’s hip hop, so it’s part of hip hop,” he said.

Kendrick Lamar has lined up a collaboration with Taylor Swift as part of his next album, according to DJ Snake.The artist spoke out about the upcoming LP from Lamar in a new interview, and claimed that a new collaboration will be featured as the rapper has joined forces with Swift.While nothing else has been said as of yet, and the speculation is far from being confirmed, it doesn’t seem too far-fetched that the two could be working together on new material.Lamar previously contributed to the remix of Swift’s hit track ‘Bad Blood’ back in 2014. Similarly, both have common ground as they each released music with producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff earlier this year.Taylor Swift is featured on Kendrick Lamar’s next album, according to DJ Snake.