R&B/Hip-Hop

Wale says he remembers one time that J. Cole got furious while on Jay-Z‘s Blueprint 3 tour.

In an interview with Uproxx’s Sound Check, Wale was asked to share a memory from The Blueprint 3 tour that went down back in 2009. Wale recalled that while J. Cole is all peaceful now, he saw him blow up at a tour manager on the last night of the tour.

“Boy, I got some stories,” Wale began around the five-minute mark. “Nobody’s ever seen [J. Cole] lose his temper ever, right? Like, he’s so calm. Oh boy. The last day of tour, bro. We go to Jay’s suite or somethin’. Everyone’s up there, whatever. We had to leave … we get down by the bus, and all I remember is Cole going at it with this tour manager. To this day, I’ve never seen him that mad. He’s all zenned out now, I’ll never forget that. All I know is I was just in shock.”

Wale is pulling out all the stops promoting his forthcoming album, Everything Is A Lot, which drops on Friday (Nov. 14). In an interview with Billboard, Wale said he wants this project to express “a certain level of vulnerability.”

“One of the underlying things is how heavy everything is in the world around me, my personal life, and the industry,” he exclusively told Billboard. “I carried all of that with me and got it out of my system through this project.”

Check out Wale’s full interview with Uproxx below.

Eminem and his longtime manager, Paul Rosenberg, have inked a multi-year partnership with the Detroit Lions to executive-produce the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Halftime Show.

The Lions announced on Thursday (Nov. 13) that Slim Shady and Rosenberg will “consult” the franchise on all aspects of the Halftime Show’s production and presentation, as well as talent selection from 2025 through 2027.

“It’s an honor for us to team up with the Lions and be a part of the greatest tradition in Detroit sports,” said Rosenberg in a statement. “We look forward to putting together unforgettable shows featuring world-class artists for the fans at Ford Field and the tens of millions watching around the country.”

Production company Jesse Collins Entertainment will produce the Halftime Show. In recent years, Shaboozey, Jack Harlow and Big Sean have served as performing headliners in Detroit.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Marshall and Paul, who are two of the most accomplished and respected names in the music industry, not to mention longtime Lions fans,” added Detroit Lions president & CEO Rod Wood. “Their reputation in the business will attract top-tier talent and help us solidify this annual performance as one of the most anticipated cultural moments on the NFL calendar.”

Many fans hopped into the comments with hopes that Em will be selecting himself to perform at this year’s game.

No announcement has been made yet for the 2025 Halftime Show at Ford Field, which will feature the hometown Lions taking on their NFC North division rival Green Bay Packers in the traditional turkey day showdown. Kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving Day.

Find the announcement from the Detroit Lions below.

Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) concert slated for Nov. 29 in São Paulo is in jeopardy.

According to Metropoles, the São Paulo State Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPSP) has reportedly ordered that West be arrested if he makes any pro-Nazi remarks during the show or performs his controversial song “Heil Hitler.”

“No one who promotes Nazism will play or sing any words on public equipment belonging to the City Hall,” said São Paulo mayor Ricardo Nunes on Monday (Nov. 10). “We do not accept it and we will do everything necessary to ensure that no one who promotes Nazism has any kind of activity here in the city of São Paulo.”

Nunes continued: “Here in the city of São Paulo, we will not allow events by people who promote Nazism in municipal spaces.”

Billboard has reached out to Ye’s reps for comment.

Additionally, the promoters for Ye’s show, Guilherme Cavalcante and Jean Fabrício Ramos (Faublous Fabz), have also reportedly been ordered to be arrested if West promotes Nazism in any fashion.

However, Ye and the promoters are still scrambling to book a new venue after city hall canceled the show at Interlagos racetrack for West’s previous antisemitic remarks. The October ruling from prosecutor Ana Beatriz Pereira de Souza Frontini also prohibited West from wearing any Nazi imagery on his clothing during his time in Brazil.

It remains to be seen if the Brazil show will take place. West also has upcoming shows in South Africa on Dec. 13 and another in Mexico on Jan. 30.

Ye met with a Rabbi earlier this month, where he apologized for his past remarks and expressed remorse for the pain he caused the Jewish community tied to his antisemitic remarks.

“I feel really blessed to sit here and take accountability,” West told Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto. “I was dealing with various issues. I was dealing with bipolar also, so I would take the ideas I had and forget about the protection of the people around me and myself. So I wanted to take accountability.”

Clipse took it back to the trenches for the “F.I.C.O.” visual featuring a lift from Stove God Cooks. Directed by Hannan Hussain, who previously helmed the Virginia-bred duo’s “So Be It” visual, the clip arrived on Wednesday (Nov. 12).

Pusha T sets the tone, rapping in the stairwells of the projects before heading upstairs to a barren apartment living room. The scene pivots to a rainy drive through the city while he reflects on his days of wheeling and dealing.

“I remember late nights, pissy hallways/ Driving me psycho/ The money wouldn’t come fast enough,” he recalls.

Stove God Cooks invades the scene while barring up from outside the driver’s window POV. There are plenty of black-and-white visuals adding a grittiness to the video. Malice bats third to effortlessly deliver some of his best lyrical work from Let God Sort Em Out.

“When it come down to it, every Stringer Bell just needs an Avon/ Who won’t sweep it under the rug,” he raps with a reference to The Wire.

2025 has been a banner comeback year for Clipse, who released their Let God Sort Em Out album in July. The Thornton brothers picked up five Grammy nominations last week and they’re looking to hoist some hardware on the Grammy stage come Feb. 1, 2026.

“We have already been validated with our art form and the music that we put out. So to be able to walk it into a Grammy nomination, you got to first have the product, then you connect to the plug,” Malice told GQ. “You know what I’m saying?”

Pusha T added: “Bringing home that hardware would mean everything. We going for it. We made the album, we looked at it, like, this is that strong. We need to take something home for this.”

Watch the “F.I.C.O.” video below.

Cardi B said it was “time to make the club fun again” and she delivered on her promise while teaming up with Jeezy for another “ErrTime” remix on Wednesday (Nov. 12).

The thumping remix arrived packaged as part of Cardi’s Am I the Drama? (The Snow Mix) edition, which also features Latto’s remix of “ErrTime” and a third version of the remix that features both Atlanta staples.

Jeezy comes out of the gate firing from the hip while turning back the clock for a vintage fiery verse. The trap pioneer sounds right at home, and it feels like a throwback to the 2000s era, when a remix felt more substantial and present in hip-hop culture, often giving tracks a second life.

Jeezy refers to himself as the “Black Brad Pitt” and reveals that his show booking price goes for 10 bricks these days — get your calculator out.

Big Sno also calls out the “YNs” for not rocking with his Gangsta Grillz Still Snowin’ mixtape with DJ Drama, which arrived in September. “The YNs ain’t rocking with Still Snowin’ and that’s fine,” he raps.

“ErrTime” landed on Cardi’s Am I the Drama? in September and Latto hopped on a remix just days after the project’s arrival. “ErrTime” peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The DJ SwanQo-produced track also came in at No. 5 on our top 10 Atlanta strip club songs chart for the month of October. Perhaps “ErrTime” could receive a boost in ATL for November with Jeezy —who’s no stranger to making it rain at Magic City — fueling another remix.

Listen to the “ErrTime” remix with Jeezy below.