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Vory, an artist who was once signed to Meek Mill‘s Dream Chasers record label, is now the topic of discussion after the leak of a reported reference track went wide. Vory is heard rapping lyrics from Drake‘s “Mob Ties” track from the Canadian superstar’s Scorpion album and X has a lot of thoughts.
Vory, 26, is listed as a songwriter on “Mob Ties,” which was considered one of the standout tracks on Scorpion by Drake fans. A leak posted by X user @PushaThanos__ features a track of Vory rapping a verse from the track that sounds quite similar to the finished product and sparked a deluge of comments from fans and detractors. The timing is especially noticeable considering the war of words the OVO Sound honcho finds himself embroiled in with Kendrick Lamar.
As you can hear in the track, the cadence, flow, and the lyrics as a whole are connected but it hasn’t been confirmed if this is an official reference track nor how it was obtained. It isn’t a secret that Drake has employed writers in his sessions as many others have before him and he’s been criticized for it in droves. That same criticism is especially robust now considering the battle with K-Dot taking hold of the culture of late.
Vory caught the ire of Meek Mill back in February of this year after video footage leaked of the Louisville rapper threatening to kill his girlfriend, which of course adds to all of the drama that has ensued over the past two months.
On X, formerly Twitter, the reactions to the Vory “Mob Ties” leak are all over the place. We’ve got the best of the crop below.
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Season 3 of the modern reimagining of Ghostwriter is coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, and for the series, Tank and the Bangas delivered a glimmering cover of The Rolling Stones‘ 1967 hit “She’s a Rainbow.”
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“It was pretty amazing re-creating this classic with the people I love,” Tarriona “Tank” Ball shared with Billboard in an exclusive statement. “We hope that our version brings you closer to the vision of what the story is telling, and takes you on a journey you’ll never forget.”
Ghostwriter is a fresh take on the hit early ’90s series of the same name from Sesame Workshop. The all-new season 3 — which you can watch the trailer for here — will feature an entirely new cast and a special literary adventure. The season follows a group of friends who work to solve the mystery surrounding the unfinished business of a ghost who haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world. While tackling the big mystery, the young heroes embark on six fun and quirky adventures with characters inspired by L. Frank Baum’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, author Pablo Cartaya’s ¡Leo! El Magnífico; Beverly Cleary’s novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle; E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web; Jewell Parker Rhodes’ tale Bayou Magic; and, of course, “She’s a Rainbow” — which highlights the character Rainbow, played by Sydney Kuhne.
The psychedelic track, written by The Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richard, was originally featured on the band’s 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request. The song peaked at No. 25 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Jan. 27, 1968.
Listen to Tank and the Bangas’ take on “She’s a Rainbow” below.
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