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OG Hip-Hopper’s remember that Benzino was never one to hold his tongue when it came to calling out his rap peers for whatever reason, and now his daughter seems to be taking after her daddy as Coi Leray has a bone to pick with Latto over some bars shit spit on her latest single.
Last night Latto released her new record “Put It On Da Floor” and on the record Latto surprisingly threw some darts Coi Leray’s way when she spoke on her physical degree her with her line, “Smoking on that gas blunt big as Coi Leray/ B*tches like to run they mouth, but I’m the type to run a fade.” While it could seem as a simple metaphor describing how big of a blunt Latto is smoking on, Coi Leray took it personal and immediately took to Twitter to call out her new rival for body shaming her on the track.
Again, it could’ve been a simple metaphor, but Coi was having none of that and accused Latto of trying to instigate a rap beef with her latest cut and tweeted a few thoughts that voiced her displeasure with the line.
As of now, Latto has yet to respond to Coi’s allegations that the line was a direct shot at her, but this wouldn’t be Latto’s first time beefing with a rap peer. Just last year Latto got into a back-and-forth with the Queen rapper herself, Nicki Minaj and though that social media spat did absolutely nothing for her career, Latto seemed to have no problem going head-to-head with an artist who is light years ahead of her in her rap career.
Now that she’s seemingly going after Coi Leray, it will be interesting to see whether this leads to diss tracks or a simple social media feud that could prove to be more engaging than your average rap cut. Just sayin.’
What do y’all think of Latto’s line on “Put It On Da Floor”? Was Latto coming for Coi or was it just a metaphor that Leray read too much into? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Big Latto graces the studio for Episode 12 of New And Making Noise with hosts Incognito and DJ Misses. The Grammy-nominated artist discusses her next moves and her thoughts on the current state of Hip-Hop.
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The Atlanta-raised rapper describes what it was like to transition from the 16-year-old who won The Rap Game to the Billboard chart-topping success that she is today.
“It was [difficult], just because I had so many opinions and people in my ear and so many hands on my career, and I feel like I wasn’t really telling my story how I wanted to tell it,” she says. “So I had to get to a point where it was like… there is no right or wrong way to do this. I just gotta be me with it.”
Now 24, Latto is enjoying life fresh off the success of her multi-platinum breakthrough single ‘Big Energy’ and her last two albums Queen of da Souf and 777.
“I’m learning to live in the moment lately,” she says. “I feel like I’ve been rapping for so long, so it could start feeling like a routine sometimes… But I’m learning to live in the moment and appreciate and just take it all in.”
We can expect more freestyles on the way—Latto’s way of responding to critics who question her lyrical ability. “That’s a joke. We laughed at that for sure. Y’all gotta remember, I came in writing,” she says.
Latto is taking the momentum from ‘Big Energy’ and running with it. “I think after Big Energy, my horizon was just different,” she says. “I didn’t put myself in a box anymore. I learned to think bigger. I saw the bigger picture.”
From releasing new music to appearing on the big screen this year, Latto isn’t limiting herself. “I want to step into the business world,” she says. “Music is not going to last forever… So I’m getting ahead of that while I’m young.”
The artist also gives a nod to other women in the music industry who have supported her, including the late Gangsta Boo and Mariah Carey, who is featured on the ‘Big Energy’ remix with DJ Khaled.
Latto stans for her fellow women in Hip-Hop as well. “I love the inclusivity of everything right now. And I’m really a fan of the movement,” she says.
Latto also discusses her current style inspiration, her first tattoo, and what she would change about the music industry.
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Last year, Latto found herself in the crosshairs of Nicki Minaj after the Barbz complained about her song being excluded from a specific category in the Grammy’s and took out her frustration on the “Big Energy” rapper during a Twitter rant.
Looking back at the unforeseen and unexpected conflict, Latto told Billboard during an interview that the entire situation was “disappointing” as she was a fan of Nicki Minaj since before she even got in the game herself. The drama unfolded after Nicki took to Twitter to complain that her hit song “Super Freaky Girl” should’ve been up for a Grammy in the “Rap” category instead of being moved over to “Pop.” Taking to Twitter, Nicki stated that “If [‘Super Freaky Girl’] has 2B moved out RAP then so does Big Energy!”
Afterwards, Latto spoke to Nicki and even posted their phone conversation on social media, which led to a bitter back-and-forth between the two ladies on social media for everyone to witness. Needless to say, it was an emotionally taxing series of events for the one-time Nicki Minaj supporter. Ultimately, it was all for nothing as Nicki’s “Super Freaky Girl” didn’t even get a Grammy nod, while Latto’s “Big Energy” got a nod in the “Best Melodic Rap Performance” category. Ultimately, Latto lost out to Future’s “Wait For U” which featured Drake and Tems.
Still, the entire situation left its mark on Latto who said, “It’s difficult navigating through situations like that because there’s a disconnect. I will look at myself as a fan of someone and they will view [me] in a whole different light,” Latto explained. “It’s disappointing. You just got to take it to the chin and keep pushing.”
Ain’t nothing else she could do but keep it pushing at this point regardless if Nicki Minaj feels that Latto is an “entitled Karen” as she so eloquently put. Though we’d love to see these two women bury the hatchet at some point, we’re not sure it’ll be happening anytime soon as Latto once referred to Nicki as a “super freaky grandma” and even addressed Nicki’s husband’s controversial history as a sexual predator.
Latto might be the only person alive to consider Nicki Minaj a “grandma” because the Queens rapper is still vibrant on many levels. Just sayin.’
What do y’all think of the Latto and Nicki Minaj situation? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Latto got the Internet in a tizzy but it wasn’t in connection to a new track but instead, a pair of undergarments that were previously worn. After an online fan noted that Latto dipped into her underwear stash twice in separate photos, the buzzing rapper tried auctioning the cheetah print panny-drawls on eBay but the sale was shut down.
As reported by Insider, Latto, 24, was called out by the fan in a tweet and shot back by referring to them as the “Panty Police” to good effect. Realizing that this could be an opportunity for a come-up, the “Big Energy” star posted the underwear on eBay with bids beginning at .99 cents. However, the bidding almost reached $100,000 before eBay saw enough and shut down the auction, citing health and hygiene violations.
One, that a pair of affordable panties that were already worn can go for nearly six figures means that there might be a bright market for lived-in under-drawls. Two, eBay is kind of foul from snatching the bag from Lotto’s hands like that but they’re probably right in that it’s not the most hygienic way to get to the bag.
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Latto finishes 2022 as Billboard’s top new artist, after her breakthrough year on the charts with the smash single “Big Energy.”
The 23-year-old Atlanta-born rapper is also 2022’s Top New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist and the top female rap artist, while “Big Energy” is No. 1 on the year-end R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales, Rap Digital Song Sales and Rhythmic Airplay Songs recaps.
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Latto’s “Big Energy” was a big deal in 2022, peaking at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart in April and spending 37 weeks (all consecutive) in the top 40 of the weekly chart. The track flourished in popularity on TikTok and eventually migrated to hit status at streamers, retail and radio. It vaulted to No. 3 following the release of a new remix of the track with Mariah Carey and featuring DJ Khaled.
On the “Big Energy” remix, Carey sings a portion of her 1995 No. 1 Hot 100 hit “Fantasy” – both songs sample Tom Tom Club’s 1982 Hot 100 hit “Genius of Love.”
“Big Energy” also closes 2022 at No. 7 on the year-end Hot 100 Songs roundup. Aside from “Big Energy,” Latto notched another hit on the Hot 100 during the 2022 chart year through her featured turn on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Budget.”
Latto additionally landed a top 20-charting album on the Billboard 200 with the song’s parent set, 777, peaking at No. 15 in April.
Latto follows recent year-end top new artist honorees Olivia Rodrigo (2021), Roddy Ricch (2020), Billie Eilish (2019), Cardi B (2018), Lil Uzi Vert (2017), Bryson Tiller (2016) and Fetty Wap (2015).
Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts dated Nov. 20, 2021 through Nov. 12, 2022. The rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology details, and the November-November time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate. The Top New Artists category ranks the best-performing new acts of the year based on activity on the Billboard 200 albums and Billboard Hot 100 songs charts, as well as Billboard Boxscore (touring), for the 2022 tracking period.
Nicki Minaj‘s frustrations regarding her Grammy genre shuffle have resulted in the latest rap beef.
During an Instagram Live on Thursday, Minaj voiced her concerns over “Super Freaky Girl” being moved from the rap category to pop on the 2023 Grammy ballet, deeming it unfair. Minaj — who despite countless hit singles and albums and 10 nominations over the years has yet to win a Grammy — is not the first artist to raise questions about the Recording Academy’s categorizing methods. In the video, she mentions Drake’s best rap song win with “Hotline Bling” at the 2017 Grammys (a point of contention for the Toronto rapper, who said the song was pop but only categorized as rap because of his race and past music) and Latto’s “Big Energy” being eligible to compete in this year’s rap field.
“If ‘Super Freaky Girl’ is a pop song, what genre is ‘Big Energy?’” Minaj asked.
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Like “Super Freaky Girl,” Latto’s chart-topper was also produced by Dr. Luke and Vaughn Oliver; a live version of “Big Energy” is eligible to compete in the best melodic rap performance category at the 2023 Grammys. (A live version is in contention because the original “Big Energy” was released in September 2021, outside the eligibility period.) “They stay moving the goal post when it comes to me,” Minaj added multiple times.
While Minaj also brought up names like Doja Cat, Post Malone, Harry Styles and Adele, she continued to circle back to Latto, both by name and also in ways that the 23-year-old burgeoning rap star could have perceived as subliminal.
“If you know something is unfair as an artist, speak on that sh–,” Minaj went on. “If you can’t tell by now that there is a concerted effort to give newer artists things they really don’t deserve over people who have been deserving for many years, they you not paying attention.”
Minaj also accused “corporate giants” of elevating “someone they can profit off of” and intentionally moving “Super Freaky Girl” to create less competition for other artists in the rap categories. She even mentioned the future of female rap, adding that the genre will no longer “have any Black women.” The comment can be understood as a dig against Latto, whose mother is white and father is Black. Minaj also went on to say in a tweet that Latto is “wiping that spray tan off & being a Karen,” a term typically reserved for white women.
On Twitter, Minaj echoed the sentiments expressed during her Live about “Super Freaky Girl” and “Big Energy,” even quoting tweets from fans who were drawing the comparison.
This didn’t sit well with Latto, who had been trying to celebrate her AMA nominations (including favorite female hip-hop artist and favorite hip-hop song with “Big Energy”) amidst social media backlash to her BET Hip Hop Awards win, sparked by Kodak Black. “Damn I can’t win for losing…all these awards/noms I can’t even celebrate,” she tweeted.
From there, Latto and Nicki went back and forth exchanging a tirade of jabs, airing out past subliminal digs and insulting family members, with fans egging them on in the replies. Nicki posted a screenshot of a text Latto sent her, and Latto returned the favor by releasing an audio recording of a phone conversation she and the “Super Bass” rapper had. The exchange went on for hours, with other female rappers, including Azealia Banks, Erica Banks and Chika, chiming in. In the end, Minaj deleted all of her tweets to Latto, only leaving behind a video clip of Whitney Houston laughing uncontrollably in a music video.
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