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Sorry Dipset fans, but it doesn’t seem like a new Diplomats album may ever materialize, as Cam’ron and Jim Jones are currently engulfed in a war of words. Killa Cam has been clapping back at his former Capo over some comments that Jones made during an interview with Justin Laboy just last week.
During the interview, Jim spoke about Cam’s interview with 50 Cent in which they spoke about how 50 was able to get Jim Jones to appear with G-Unit at the height of 50’s back-and-forth with Cam’ron and basically said both 50 and Cam were on his “d*ck” all these years later. While 50 trolled Jimmy with an IG post insinuating his was working with the feds during their investigation of Tekashi 6ix9ine and his former crew, the Nine Trey Gangsters, Cam took to his podcast and aired out Jimmy in a way more personal way.
Grabbing the mic (pause) on his It Is What It Is show, Cam’ron gave Jim a dressing down (pause, again?) and said that the only reason Cam embraced Jim into Dipset was because he was “fanned out” and “begged” Cam and his crew to give him a shot. He even revealed that Mase taught him how to rap as the camera man shifted his focus to Mase, who was eating a bucket of popcorn on his side of the table (LMAO).
“We taught you how to rap, ni**a. How you ran the whole organization?” Cam’ron asked.
But the biggest dart that might’ve hurt Jim was when Cam’ron reminded people that Jim Jones isn’t even from Harlem. While many New Yorkers were already familiar with that fact, some fans might not be aware of Jim’s roots as he screams Harlem as much as any other rapper who actually hails from the Black Mecca in New York.
“We didn’t grow up with you!” Cam stated. “You not from none of that! So you can sit around and act like you been around all this Harlem sh*t and everything. You ever see somebody from Harlem try to act like they’re from Harlem so bad that you gotta keep saying ‘I’m from Harlem’?”
Jim Jones is actually from the Bronx.
Cam then went on to say that Jim tends to beef with guys only to befriend them once they “put hands” on Jim. From C-Gutta (Junior Mafia) to Maino to French Montana, Cam came with the (alleged) tea, b.
Guess we’ll have to wait and see if Jim responds to his former homie.
Check out Cam’ron respond to Jim Jones, and sound off on the situation in the comments section below.
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Ferg, formerly known as A$AP Ferg, emerged and rose to stardom as a member of the sprawling A$AP Mob collective that boasted well over a dozen members at its heights. Largely inactive for a few years, Ferg shared an update about A$AP Mob in a new interview with veteran journalist, Touré.
Ferg sat down for an interview with the Touré Show and shared his views of where the A$AP Mob exists today, his hand in creating the collective, and where his career is heading now that he’s largely on his own.
“I don’t think there is A$AP [Mob] anymore,” Ferg began, answering Touré’s inquiry on the status of the collective. “It’s not a Cozy Tape out, not a new one, there’s not a office, it’s not a record label, A$AP Worldwide is not a record label. I think it’s a thing of the past.”
He continued, “I think people hold on to the legacy that we created and those things but when you think about A$AP, I think, from the music point, you think about me and Rocky who did the music and all of that. Of course, it was built on the back of Bari and Yams and all of that but we’re the faces. So I feel like if we not making no music, and not putting out no new timestamps, then there’s no A$AP.”
Ferg continued by saying that he’s solely focused on his own movement but doesn’t have any issues with A$AP Rocky or any past members of the crew, and instead is focusing on his musical direction and his latest album, Darold.
The A$AP Mob’s last release, Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy, was released in 2017 on Polo Grounds/RCA and later was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Check out the interview in full below.
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Ferg, formerly known as A$AP Ferg, emerged and rose to stardom as a member of the sprawling A$AP Mob collective that boasted well over a dozen members at its heights. Largely inactive for a few years, Ferg shared an update about A$AP Mob in a new interview with veteran journalist, Touré.
Ferg sat down for an interview with the Touré Show and shared his views of where the A$AP Mob exists today, his hand in creating the collective, and where his career is heading now that he’s largely on his own.
“I don’t think there is A$AP [Mob] anymore,” Ferg began, answering Touré’s inquiry on the status of the collective. “It’s not a Cozy Tape out, not a new one, there’s not a office, it’s not a record label, A$AP Worldwide is not a record label. I think it’s a thing of the past.”
He continued, “I think people hold on to the legacy that we created and those things but when you think about A$AP, I think, from the music point, you think about me and Rocky who did the music and all of that. Of course, it was built on the back of Bari and Yams and all of that but we’re the faces. So I feel like if we not making no music, and not putting out no new timestamps, then there’s no A$AP.”
Ferg continued by saying that he’s solely focused on his own movement but doesn’t have any issues with A$AP Rocky or any past members of the crew, and instead is focusing on his musical direction and his latest album, Darold.
The A$AP Mob’s last release, Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy, was released in 2017 on Polo Grounds/RCA and later was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Check out the interview in full below.
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Even with all the hype behind Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, Marvel fans know we’re still a ways away from seeing the MCU version of the X-Men come to fruition, but already, up-and-coming movie star, Cynthia Erivo is campaigning for a big role in Marvel’s upcoming Mutant Saga.
According to Newsweek, the Wicked star is monitoring Marvel Studios’ new adaptation of your favorite superhero mutant team and has stated that she’d love nothing more than to play Ororo Monroe aka Storm and feels like she can add more depth to the character than we’ve seen in previous iterations of film. Telling the National Board of Review that she’d “really love to play Storm,” Erivo added that the Marvel character has more to offer than just controlling the weather and flying around in the sky.
Per Newsweek:
“I know it sounds frivolous but I don’t think we’ve uncovered how grand she is and all of the inner turmoil that she has. So I think there’s a world in which we could do something like that.”
Storm was last played by Alexandra Shipp in 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Shipp’s unlikely to reprise the role, however, and that’s for several reasons. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $252 million worldwide on a $200 million production budget and losing a reported $133 million, as per Deadline Hollywood. Mixed reviews didn’t help.
Yeah, those last few X-Men films were hella struggle. Even the makeup used to turn Jennifer Lawrence into Mystique seemed like something they picked up at Party City or something. Just horrible.
While we don’t know which actors will be tapped to take on the roles of your favorite mutants, it seems like a pretty safe bet that Ryan Reynolds will be returning as Deadpool for the Mutant Saga, and there’s word that Hugh Jackman will indeed be the MCU’s Wolverine for the foreseeable future as well. Age be damned!
Whether or not Channing Tatum is able to hold onto his role as Gambit is the big question mark here. Fans loved his take on the character in Deadpool & Wolverine, and there’s even rumors that he turned a few Marvel executives into believers as well.
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what Marvel decides to do after Avengers: Secret Wars wraps up.
What do y’all think about Cynthia Erivo possibly being cast as Storm? Should someone else be considered? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Redman has been an active rapper since 1990 and he has carved out a lane as the wisened version of his younger self, still sharp lyrically but perhaps less brash than he was decades ago. With his latest album, Muddy Waters Too, Redman took on the impossible task of creating a sequel to his beloved classic which serves as a return to form for Funk Doctor Spot.
Breaking the usual format here, I want to express my deepest apologies to Redman. I was not excited about Muddy Waters Too in the least bit, especially as a fan of Muddy Waters, the crown jewel of Funk Doc’s discography to some. I realize now that my folly was limiting the New Jersey legend to what I felt was his creative zenith instead of appreciating that he’s still here releasing music that largely seemed cathartic for him. Further, his style had matured over the past three decades but he never lost the ability to rhyme at an elite level, and through it all, he’s maintained something that’s been long missing in current Hip-Hop — having fun.
Muddy Waters Too was initially promised in 2013 and at the time, the industry largely moved on from hard-hitting punchline-laden Hip-Hop. This was also after the so-called “Blog Era” period and the industry’s audio textures shifted once more. Nevertheless, Red remained an active participant and alongside his longtime collaborator Method Man, he perfected his live performance while delivering loosies, mixtapes, and other projects over the years but nothing approached the commercial or critical success of his previous releases.
MW2 still maintains the sonic ethos of its predecessor, and that includes Redman’s zaniness, the everpresent skits, and a throughline of Brick City (Newark, N.J.) pride. The album opens with “Da F*ck Goin On” which would sound right at home on Red and Meth’s Blackout series. Red digs into the funk on the production and he sounds in top shape. Next up is “Whuts Hot” with production from Khrysis finds Red rapping with his typical confidence. Oran “Juice” Jones II, the son of Oran “Juice” Jones, who delivered the ’80s R&B hit, “The Rain,” shows up for the hook.
Perhaps as a preview of a potential Blackout 3 drop, Method Man appears on “Lalala” and the pair go bar for bar over production from Vinyl Frontiers. A little fan service happens early on “Dont You Miss” with Erick Sermon serving up a bass-heavy platter for Red’s nostalgic trip down memory lane and serves as a strong ode to the 1990s. Other standouts include the Tall Black Guy-produced “Aye,” a track that would’ve run summer radio if that were still a thing, the previously released “Don’t Wanna C Me Rich,” and “Pop Da Trunk” with production from Rockwilder. And while Redman is never outshined on any track, Sheek Louch of The Lox comes quite close on “Dynomite.”
About that aforementioned Jersey pride, “Lite It Up” seemingly features the entire state with Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, Rah Digga, Shaquille O’Neal, Lord Of The Underground, Lady Luck, The Artifacts, Heather B, Hakim Green of Chanel Live, and Nikki D all appearing. And no Redman album would be complete with a “Soopaman Luva” track and part seven of the series finds Red back in his Hood Lothario mode. The album ends with the soulful “Smoke With Me” with production from DJ Static and Seige Monstracity and Redman employing a double-time flow as he has done previously.
To get personal, something magical happened over the holidays as I finally took in the album. I approached the record with lofty hopes and I can freely admit that from the intro to the final track, I felt as if I were transported back to 1996 and hearing Muddy Waters for the first time. Adding to this, I found myself getting choked up about how good the album sounded, even on tracks I wasn’t necessarily wowed by. I told everyone near and dear to me to check out MW2. I felt like it was my duty to correct my wrongs and promote this album as if I worked for Gilla House myself. I am still struck by how Doc was able to channel the energy of nearly 30 years ago and managed to make it sound like now. I vow to never doubt Redman again.
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Jay-Z is not wasting any time in clearing his name. He has filed a new motion to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit against him.
As spotted on Variety, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native has submitted another request to have a rape case terminated. Back in October, an unidentified woman filed a claim against Jay-Z and Diddy alleging the two raped her at a MTV Music Video Awards after party in 2000. As expected, the news of the allegation soon went viral to which the “Song Cry” rapper quickly responded with a written statement denying the claims. Jane Doe would go on to participate in an interview with NBC News and seemed to contradict her original statements detailed in the original filing.
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Soon after Jay-Z’s legal representation filed a request to dismiss the claim. On Dec. 26, 2024, Judge Analisa Torres denied it and ruled that Jane Doe can move forward with her lawsuit anonymously. The judge has since granted Jay-Z permission to request for a dismissal. His lawyer, Alex Spiro, filed a new motion Wednesday (Jan. 8), and according to Variety, the new document cites a “series of inconsistencies in the woman’s account.” This new filing also asks that Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing Jane Doe, be imposed with a fee for “alleging facts without a sufficient investigation or by failing to withdraw those allegations once it is clear that they are false or exceedingly unlikely to be true.”
The legal professional has responded via a formal statement to Variety saying, “They are dead wrong. We won’t be bullied or intimidated, ever.”
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WWE Monday Night Raw made its debut in splashy fashion on Netflix earlier this week, and numbers show that the premiere was a notable success. According to new data, WWE Monday Night Raw tallied more than double its usual numbers from over the past five years of the weekly event.
WWE Monday Night Raw debuted on Jan. 6 on Netflix and the streamer, already proving it can handle live events after the Christmas Day airing of NFL games, aired the event without any technical glitches that plagued the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson bout.
According to a press release from the streamer, Monday Night Raw earned an average of 2.6 households watching the event live and same-day in the United States by way of data from VideoAmp.
More from the press release:
The inaugural event on Netflix averaged 2.6 million households (Live+SD) in the US, according to VideoAmp, which is 116% higher than RAW’s average 2024 US audience of 1.2 million households, and higher than any other Monday Night RAW broadcast in the past five years. The event also more than doubled the A18-49 audience vs. last year.
As we reported earlier in the week, the star-studded event featured the likes of stars Roman Reigns, Jay Uso, Rhea Ripley, and CM Punk, all emerging victorious. Fans also saw an intense open from WWE’s Chief Content Officer, Triple H, an appearance from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena cutting a promo for his farewell tour, and Hulk Hogan being booed out of the building.
The show was the top trending topic in the United States, Brazil, Australia, and the United Kingdom, using the #WWERaw hashtag. The event also garnered 223 million social views, which is more than any episode in the past year.
Netflix added that the debut of Monday Night Raw at the sold-out Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. set a record as the highest-grossing WWE area event of all time. It also set a merchandise sales record and was the highest-grossing non-premium live event of all time for the company.
WWE and Netflix are in a 10-year, $5 billion dollar partnership that will also showcase other big events such as Wrestlemania and the like.
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2024 was an absolute struggle year for Drake as Kendrick Lamar systematically tore down his reputation, credibility, and popularity all in a matter of weeks (just sayin’), and now it seems like 2025 might not be much kinder, as the King of the North is having trouble moving his home out in California.
According to Newsweek, the “One Dance” artist is currently trying to sell his Beverly Hills home, which he purchased in March of 2022 only to put it back on the market in May of 2023. Originally shelling out $75 million for the 10-bedroom, 22-bath mansion, Drizzy was hoping to get back a little something on top and listed it for $88 million. Unfortunately, for him, it doesn’t seem like it’s garnering much interest. And Drizzy might have to take yet another L and sell the estate for a little less than his original asking price even, as Redfin says that median sale price in Beverly Hills is up 19.4% year-over-year.
Per Newsweek:
Redfin estimates that Drake’s house is worth approximately $69 million—about $6 million less than what the rapper paid for the property in 2022 and $19 million less than the current asking price.
The 24,757-square-foot home was initially owned by British singer Robbie Williams, who purchased the property in 2015 for just over $32 million. While Williams made over $42 million in the sale, Drake may have to take a $6 million loss if the home sells at its current $69 million valuation.
“I think it’s a hard sell,” Scott Gorelick, realtor at The Agency RE in Beverly Hills, told Newsweek.
According to Gorelick, Drake’s mansion sits outside the confines of a “true” Beverly Hills location, and those willing to pay that high of a price tag are typically home shopping on Billionaires Row in Malibu, Beverly Hills Proper or Bel Air, California.
Drizzy didn’t even cop a crib in the “true” Beverly Hills?! We’re shocked.
While most homes for sale in Beverly Hills only last roughly two months on the market, Drake’s home has been sitting for 248 days and counting with no buyers in sight as of yet. If Drizzy wants to move that house, he may have to lower his asking price a bit more and take a loss on his original $75 million investment.
Scott Gorelick, realtor at The Agency RE in Beverly Hills, told Newsweek: “…I think the price is closer to $60M in that location. Most of the 20 acres is unusable hillside and the views are not the A+ views that many other locations in Beverly Hills Proper or Bel Air will have. The home is also dated and needs a renovation.”
That Canadian man just can’t catch a break in the States.
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Looks like Kanye West is still a tad bit bitter about his billion-dollar breakup with adidas, as the polarizing music icon has once again launched an attack on his former business partners and decided to throw some shade at designer, Jerry Lorenzo in the process.
Last night (Jan. 7), Yeezy took to his Instagram page and for no apparent reason (at least not to the general public) rehashed his drama with the three-stripe brand in a lengthy post in which he took issue with the fact that when people google “Yeezy” they’re directed to the official adidas website. Taking it as a sign of disrespect, Kanye called out adidas for the shady business practice (though it does make sense) and reminded them that he was the man that took their sneaker brand to new heights during his eight-year stint.
“When you google Yeezy.com the adidas site comes before the Yeezy site. Members at adidas Stop doing this. Stop doing your moves to hold me back. Our partnership is done. You’re a 60 billion dollar company that froze my accounts. Now I’m back on my feet (no pun intended) and I’m not going to stand for this (no pun again). I did phenomenal work for you guys and because I stood up for myself y’all tried to intimidate and oppress me.”
Referring to when he tweeted that he was prepared to go “death con 3” on the Jewish community, Kanye felt that he was standing up for himself when he and adidas were having internal issues, and they used his antisemitic tweets to punish him writing, “everyone remembers I had major issues with adidas because of design theft and oppression before ‘the tweet.’”
Continuing to rant, Kanye then took aim at adidas’ current top notch designer, Jerry Lorenzo, and basically called him a fake friend who rode his coattails throughout their relationship saying, “side note y’all know Jerry was corny and disloyal for doing work with adidas after the way they handled things. I still showed up to his show that was a copy of my Hollywood bowl show being the so called bigger man, but I’m never doing that again for no one. It’s Yeezy over everything. Everyone that ever took a picture next to me that had their own clothing lines and agendas everyone knows they was acting like they were my friends to promote they weak ass fake Yeezy lines. They never wanted to truly work for the king. They wanted to use the king [to] Get paid more than they would get paid anywhere else.”
To be fair, many sneakerheads agree that Kanye helped make adidas a force again in the sneaker game, as his drops were just as highly anticipated as anything Nike and Jordan had on their calendar. At times people were more amped about the new Yeezy’s than they were about the latest Air Jordan release.
Unfortunately, his antisemitic statements and far-right ideology alienated much of his fanbase and supporters, and now, here we are.
As of yet, neither adidas nor Jerry Lorenzo has responded to Kanye’s Instagram post.
Check out Kanye’s latest rant below, and let us know your thoughts on his statement in the comments section.
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Remy Ma and Eazy The Block Captain have become a central focus in the battle rap scene after details were revealed regarding their relationship and commentary from Papoose about their union. In a recent Chrome23 battle event, Eazy Tha Block Captain enacted a lyrical scheme asking Remy Ma if she loved him during the heat of the battle against his opponent, Shotgun Suge.
Over the weekend, Chrome23 hosted the “Read The Room” battle with Eazy The Block Captain, and Shotgun Suge as the main event. As is the custom in the battle rap arena, private details, and jarring insults are par for the course. In that regard, Suge took some of the strongest shots possible at Eazy, with several angles centered on his relationship with Remy Ma.
Fans are largely saying that Suge vanquished Eazy on his home turf of New Jersey but the Philadelphia native has never ducked any sort of smoke on the stage. During a scheme where he names the alphabet, thought largely to be a dig at Remy’s estranged husband Papoose’s “Alphabetical Slaughter” song, Eazy flipped bars asking Remy if she loved him and in the back, a resounding “yes” could be heard in the clips that surfaced online.
Eazy The Block Captain asked Remy Ma “Don’t you love me?”
Remy: Yes. pic.twitter.com/LoRm4fsqLO
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While the moment got a big pop from the crowd, fans who study the culture said that Eazy has used this scheme before and are accusing him of recycling. Others thought the dig was clever but the consensus is that Shotgun Suge emerged victorious.
In the aftermath of the clash, fans on X have their comments on Remy Ma professing her love for Eazy The Block Captain in battle rap fashion. Check out the replies below.
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