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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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This past Monday night (Jan. 6), WWE made their Netflix debut when RAW aired on the streaming service for the first time live from Los Angeles. And to ensure the show was a memorable one, The New Day decided to take some potshots at beloved LA artist, Kendrick Lamar, in one of their comedic segments.
In recent weeks, The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) have gone from good guys to heels as they reinvent themselves and do what they can to get the crowd to boo them wherever they go. Being that they were in Los Angeles for the first Monday Night RAW of the year, the two decided to go after LA’s favorite son, Kendrick Lamar, and it could not have been more hilarious.
With the crowd booing their every word, Woods responded to the audience by saying, “Think about it, for what, the past six months y’all have been elevating this trash rapper, Kendrick Lamar…” Cue even louder boos and screams. Seeing an opportunity to throw in his own two cents, Kingston chimed in with his own take saying, “Yeah, boo him. We think he sucks too… So you’re not mad at us. You’re mad at Kendrick Lamar because Drake won the beef, right?”
Needless to say, that did not go over too well with the Los Angelenos in the stadium. Only Hulk Hogan’s appearance garnered more boos and disdain from the crowd than The New Day’s take on Kung Fu Kenny.
While most of the Hip-Hop world agrees that K. Dot won the battle, it doesn’t seem like we’ve heard the last of it yet, as Drizzy and K. Dot continue to throw darts at each other long after Drake said he was moving on from the rap beef. Guess we’ll have to wait and see what the two have in store for us in this new year.
Check out The New Day’s comedic segment below, and let us know your thoughts about the skit in the comments section below.
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Drake is in his feelings, allegedly. The Toronto rapper dropped a new freestyle, titled “Fighting Irish,” which features bars seemingly aimed at his former associates who aligned with Kendrick Lamar after their famed 2024 “beef.”
DRAKE
NEW FREESTYLE 🎙️
(PROD. CONDUCTOR WILLIAMS)
🚨OUT NOW🚨 pic.twitter.com/4KyXY2Yjug
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) January 3, 2025
Reportedly, the freestyle was originally released on Friday, January 3, via producer Conductor William’s YouTube page. However, it was taken down within the hour. But that was plenty of time to rip the clip elsewhere and for social media detectives to determine who the 6 God was aiming shots at, in verse.
“The world fell in love with the gimmicks, even my brothers got tickets, seemed like they loved every minute/ Just know the s–t is personal to us and wasn’t just business/ Analyzing behavioral patterns is somewhat suspicious,” spits Drake over a Quiet Storm-ready groove in the grainy clip that still managed to make the social media rounds despite the takedown of the original.
The consensus is that LeBron James is one of the subjects of Drizzy’s ire. “Talkin’ bout we family but I’m not the cousin to visit. God forbid we ever gotta tarnish your public image,” raps Drake—bars many assume are aimed at King James. Also, conspiracy theorists were quick to point out that the nickname of LeBron’s high school is the Fighting Irish.
All that to say, the shade isn’t going over well for Drizzy, save for his most devoted fans. In fact, it seems like the majority of folk are accusing the “God’s Plan” rapper of playing the victim.
See for yourself in the reactions compiled below. So much for new and old friends.
1. Can we leave LeBron’s family out of this, though?
2. Bruh…
5. Rick Ross definitely gonna say something.
9. Again, leave LeBron alone.
11. Azealia Banks has entered the chat.
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The 2024 Billboards Music Awards took place this week and honored music’s finest. Drake and Shaboozey won three categories each.
As spotted on Billboard, this year’s festivities went off without a hitch. Hosted by comedian Michelle Buteau, the event featured performances from some of the most beloved musicians throughout several genres. The likes of Cold Play, Jelly Roll, Tyla, Fuerza Regida and Linkin Park took the stage and performed memorable sets of their new and classic material. The night was filled with multiple big moments for the culture. Drake won three times for “Top Rap Artist,” “Top Male Artist” and “Top Rap Album” for his latest solo effort For All The Dogs. Newcomer Shaboozey did numbers as well by taking home the “Top Song Sales Artist,” “Top Selling Artist” and the “Top Country Song” awards.
The star of the night without a doubt was Taylor Swift. She took home 10 BBMA’s, which set a record for the most-awarded artist in one evening. The “Cruel Summer” performer swept all of the major nominations including “Top Artist”, “Top Female Artist”, “Top Billboard 200 Artist”, “Top Hot 100 Artist” and “Top Hot 100 Songwriter.” Her big night should not come to anyone as a surprise given the immense success from her latest full length effort The Tortured Poets Department. The album broke several commercial records with regards to streaming, vinyl sales and more. Additionally, The Eras Tour became the highest grossing tour of all time.
Other notable winners from The Billboard Music Awards include SZA clinching the “Top R&B Artist” spot and her label mate Kendrick Lamar landing the “Top Rap Song” for “Not Like Us.”
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The 2024 Billboards Music Awards took place this week and honored music’s finest. Drake and Shaboozey won three categories each.
As spotted on Billboard, this year’s festivities went off without a hitch. Hosted by comedian Michelle Buteau, the event featured performances from some of the most beloved musicians throughout several genres. The likes of Cold Play, Jelly Roll, Tyla, Fuerza Regida and Linkin Park took the stage and performed memorable sets of their new and classic material. The night was filled with multiple big moments for the culture. Drake won three times for “Top Rap Artist,” “Top Male Artist” and “Top Rap Album” for his latest solo effort For All The Dogs. Newcomer Shaboozey did numbers as well by taking home the “Top Song Sales Artist,” “Top Selling Artist” and the “Top Country Song” awards.
The star of the night without a doubt was Taylor Swift. She took home 10 BBMA’s, which set a record for the most-awarded artist in one evening. The “Cruel Summer” performer swept all of the major nominations including “Top Artist”, “Top Female Artist”, “Top Billboard 200 Artist”, “Top Hot 100 Artist” and “Top Hot 100 Songwriter.” Her big night should not come to anyone as a surprise given the immense success from her latest full length effort The Tortured Poets Department. The album broke several commercial records with regards to streaming, vinyl sales and more. Additionally, The Eras Tour became the highest grossing tour of all time.
Other notable winners from The Billboard Music Awards include SZA clinching the “Top R&B Artist” spot and her label mate Kendrick Lamar landing the “Top Rap Song” for “Not Like Us.”
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DJ Mustard is firing off at Boi-1da, revealing private messages between the producers referring to the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
The current beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has taken on a new dimension as the hit producer DJ Mustard has levied some shots against producer and artist Boi-1da by revealing private messages between the two, where the latter actually praised Kendrick Lamar’s scathing diss track “Not Like Us.” The back-and-forth began as the Canadian producer and friend of Drake wrote, “West Coast rap is a–,” and continued with, “Nobody outside LA wanna hear that s—t.”
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DJ Mustard, a Los Angeles native and frequent collaborator with Kendrick Lamar, created an Instagram Story by first writing, “Say it ain’t so man,” and then revealing screenshots of his private messages with Boi-1da. “@boi1da I thought you was a real one i ain’t kno you felt this way,” he wrote as a caption to a screenshot of one exchange in another Instagram Story. The two producers had previously enjoyed a good relationship in the past. The next one of those screen captures shows Boi-1da complimenting Mustard on the production of “Not Like Us” by writing, “Good shit. Beat hard af.” Over that Instagram Story, Mustard wrote, “You said you liked ‘Not Like Us’ @boi1da. Welp there’s enough yellow tape to go around.” He’d end it with another Instagram Story bearing the caption, “and that’s the end of my TED talk. Lame a— n——.” Boi-1da and Drake haven’t yet responded to the social media posts.
Mustard has been enjoying substantial success due to the production of “Not Like Us” and his production work on Lamar’s recent album, GNX. In a recent Los Angeles Times interview, he spoke about dealing with the responses and particularly going up against Drake and his fans mockingly online. “These guys don’t go to sleep — all they do is tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet,” he said. “That’s where ‘the Nation of drizzlam’ came from. I said it in a joking manner, but I guess on Twitter it looked like I was mad.” He laughs. “Drake should use that phrase. I won’t charge him for it.”
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Pusha T doesn’t speak much, but when he does the culture listens. In a recent interview, he gave his opinion on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef.
As spotted on Rap-Up, the front man of Clipse was in Miami for Art Basel. The Virginia Beach, Va., MC was a guest on “Saint Sessions Live,” an in person Q&A hosted in front of a live audience. While he discussed a variety of topics regarding his illustrious career it was his take on this very high-profile moment that soon went viral. Journalist Ari Melber asked him his thoughts about Kendrick’s infamous “Yeah, f**k all that pushin’ P, let me see you push a T” line from “Euphoria.” Pusha T made it clear he got what K. Dot was hinting at.
“I guess he was just telling him, you know he needed to address me before it comes back and trying to go at him.” He went on to reveal that he took the reference as a gesture of respect. “I think it was a great time for me. That whole battle was an awesome time. I think that him being a fan of Hip Hop, he saw it as that.” When asked if he also agreed with the people that Kendrick Lamar won the battle against Drake he emphatically replied, “1,000%.” Pusha T added, “I think that Kendrick is a lyricist and a lyricist that talks to your soul.”
You can see King Push discuss the beef below.
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Spotify Wrapped is back for 2024 and this year’s wrap-up adds some interesting new genres, graphic flourishes, and month-to-month breakdowns of your listening habits. For the eighth year in a row, Drake is listed as the most-listened-to rapper in both the United States and the world.
In some circles, it’s been said that Drake and his audio war with Kendrick Lamar put a tarnish on the Canadian superstar’s musical legacy. However, that hasn’t put a dent into Drizzy’s streaming numbers as evidenced by the latest Spotify Wrapped roundup.
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In the United States, Taylor Swift is just one slot ahead of Drake as the most-listened-to artist, which makes all the sense in the world given her massive popularity and supportive fanbase. With Swift and Drake taking spots one and two, the rest of the United States’ top 10 list includes in order Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Kanye West, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, and Metro Boomin.
On the domestic front, the inclusion of Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar has a tipping point in the explosive “Like That” track that ignited the war of words between Drake and K-Dot and culminated in the chart-topping “Not Like Us” that boosted the profile of the Compton, Calif. star.
On the global front, the top artist is Taylor Swift once more, with The Weeknd, a rival of The Boy, taking the second slot with Bad Bunny at #3, Drake at #4, and Billie Eilish at #5.
As it stands, Drake can once again claim superiority as the top rapper in the States and the OVO honcho may be motivated to gain ground on the global front despite having a largely quiet 2024. All eyes will be on October’s Very Own for sure in the following year.
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Spotify Wrapped is back for 2024 and this year’s wrap-up adds some interesting new genres, graphic flourishes, and month-to-month breakdowns of your listening habits. For the eighth year in a row, Drake is listed as the most-listened-to rapper in both the United States and the world.
In some circles, it’s been said that Drake and his audio war with Kendrick Lamar put a tarnish on the Canadian superstar’s musical legacy. However, that hasn’t put a dent into Drizzy’s streaming numbers as evidenced by the latest Spotify Wrapped roundup.
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In the United States, Taylor Swift is just one slot ahead of Drake as the most-listened-to artist, which makes all the sense in the world given her massive popularity and supportive fanbase. With Swift and Drake taking spots one and two, the rest of the United States’ top 10 list includes in order Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Kanye West, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, and Metro Boomin.
On the domestic front, the inclusion of Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar has a tipping point in the explosive “Like That” track that ignited the war of words between Drake and K-Dot and culminated in the chart-topping “Not Like Us” that boosted the profile of the Compton, Calif. star.
On the global front, the top artist is Taylor Swift once more, with The Weeknd, a rival of The Boy, taking the second slot with Bad Bunny at #3, Drake at #4, and Billie Eilish at #5.
As it stands, Drake can once again claim superiority as the top rapper in the States and the OVO honcho may be motivated to gain ground on the global front despite having a largely quiet 2024. All eyes will be on October’s Very Own for sure in the following year.
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After suing UMG for their support of Kendrick Lamar’s smash hit, “Not Like Us,” Drake has become the least liked rapper in the Hip-Hop game today. But that isn’t keeping Nike from continuing their relationship with the Canadian crooner and they are about to drop a new Air Force 1 co-signed by the “Family Matters” rapper.
According to Hypebeast, two new colorways of the “Certified Lover Boy” Air Force 1 is on the way and truth be told they kinda go hard. Originally released as an all-white Air Force 1 with “Certified Lover Boy” etched on the sole, the NOCTA x AF1 will be returning in Pale Purple / Cobalt Tint and CITRON TINT colorways along with translucent soles to match, but instead of sporting “Certified Lover Boy” on the sole, these will have a different message that reads “Love You Forever.”
We’re not gonna lie, we might have to copp.
How sneakerheads will receive these drops should be interesting as Drizzy’s popularity in the rap game has dropped since taking the “L” in his battle with Kendrick Lamar and ultimately taking Universal Music Group to court over said loss. While we’re sure hardcore Drizzy fans will have no problem copping these when they drop, others may be hesitant to do so for the aforementioned reasons.
Still, they’re pretty dope.
Per Hypebeast:
Constructed with premium soft purple leather for the upper, the shoe’s iconic “Love You Forever” mantra is still a standard on the semi-translucent midsoel and outsole. The premium leather gives the shoe a luxe feel, giving the timeless silhouette another iteration. Look out for the pair arriving later this month.
We’re not with the legal action that Drake done took, but we might have to copp regardless. Just sayin.’
Check out pics of the upcoming kicks and let us know if you’ll be checking for them when they release later this month in the comments section below.