R&B/Hip-Hop

Machine Gun Kelly is excited to be a dad again. Two weeks after his on-and-off fianceé Megan Fox announced that she’s pregnant with her first child with the rapper-turned-rocker-turned-country-singer, MGK confirmed the news in an X post about his next music phase.

“isolating myself in the desert next week to restart this album from scratch. when inspiration flows through me unblocked, we will reach the destination in no time,” Kels wrote about his unnamed next LP. He then added, “don’t worry. after all, im about to be a dad again!”

Fox’s earlier post came almost exactly a year after she opened up about suffering a miscarriage in her first attempt to start a family with Kelly. Her goth-tinged post found the actress posing naked, covered in black liquid from head-to-toe while cradling her baby bump, as well as a black-and-white pic of her positive pregnancy test.

“nothing is ever really lost. welcome back ??❤️,” Fox, 38, captioned the photos, tagging MGK, 34, whose name hovers right over her belly when the image is tapped. Both Fox and Kelly are parents to children from previous relationship, with Fox sharing three sons with ex-husband actor Brian Austin Green and Kelly father to a daughter with his ex Emma Cannon.

MGK released his sixth studio album, the rock-edged Mainstream Sellout, in 2022, followed by the collab EP Genre: Sadboy with Trippie Redd in March of this year. In another musical pivot, he scored a No. 33 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year via Jelly Roll country collab “Lonely Road,” which appeared on the latter’s Beautifully Broken album. At press time no additional information was available on the release date or title of MGK’s next LP.

See MGK’s post below.

Before Kendrick dropped his new video for “squabble up” and news hit that Drake was suing UMG and Spotify, Rap Twitter was affixed on Snoop Dogg‘s appearance on Kai Cenat “Mafiathon 2” stream.

The West Coast legend visited Cenat on Sunday (Nov. 24) for some shenanigans that included an AI-assisted robot and blunts. First, the streamer couldn’t believe his eyes when Snoop rolled a blunt in less than 30 seconds. After being asked how fast he could roll a blunt, the legendary weed advocate unfurled a Backwood, emptied out the guts, sprinkled weed inside, and rolled it back up before Cenat could get his timer ready.

Cenat then gifted Snoop an AI-assisted robot from 1X Technologies that has been a popular side character on the “Mafiathon 2” stream. “This is yours yours. It’s going to be yours. It going to be yours,” Kai told the rapper as Snoop was telling the chat that the robot greeted him when he arrived. “Snoop-Bot” as they started calling it, was then asked to hold the blunt Snoop rolled, but dropped it and looked confused when the room got mad at it.

Snoop loved his gift and was amazed by how quickly it learns things. “He know who his master is, that’s the cold part about it,” an impressed Snoop said. “Bow down, n—a. Bow down to your master! You hear me? You understand me? Real sh—t, this is my guy right here. Adding, that he’s going to get Snoop-Bot some companionship. “I can’t wait take you with me, man, we going to have us some real fun. I’m gonna get you a robo-b—h, know what I’m talking about?”

Kendrick Lamar’s booming shout-out to Mustard on GNX‘s “TV Off” has taken social media by storm and even brands like McDonald’s have absorbed the trend.

Lizzo is clearly a fan of the move and she pulled up to Kai Cenat’s stream over the weekend with SZA and broke out into a Lamar imitation giving Mustard a shout-out of her own.

“She’s glowing,” Lizzo began. “Mustard!” The scream drew a laugh out of Cenat and SZA along with the thousands virtually watching along in the Mafiathon 2 chat.

“That vibe was EVERYTHING. Lizzo, Kendrick, SZA unstoppable trio,” one fan wrote.

Another added: “Kendrick just made another trend!”

“TV Off” has been crowned an early standout off Lamar’s GNX album and should be making a lofty debut on the Billboard Hot 100 next week. Billboard caught up with Mustard, who co-produced the track and claimed the first part’s beat was a continuation of “Not Like Us” in some ways.

“That first half was definitely in the same realm of me making things like ‘Not Like Us.’ And the second half was a beat that I was doing for this other theatrical album that I’m trying to make,” he said. “And I was just like, ‘Man, let me see if Kendrick would like this.’ I sent it to him and he was like, ‘This is crazy.’”

He appreciated the shout-out from K. Dot too. “That s— was elite,” Mustard lent his stamp of approval. “So fire. Like, is that a new tag? I can’t wait to perform that song and just hear people just saying that, ‘cause everybody’s going to say that like crazy.”

Watch Kai Cenat’s full Mafiathon 2 stream featuring SZA and Lizzo below.

Nas has once again shown love to Kendrick Lamar.

When Kendrick surprised the rap world with a new album last Friday (Nov. 22), the Queens rapper posted GNX‘s album cover with the caption, “Always inspired by my brother KL. Keeping the essence of this sh—t alive and at the forefront. Salute King!”

This is after the Compton rapper revealed on his song “wacced out murals” that the rap legend was the only peer to congratulate him on headlining the Super Bowl after he mentioned Lil Wayne‘s disappointment video and Snoop reposting “Taylor Made Freestyle“. “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud/Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down,” he rapped. “Whatever, though, call me crazy, everybody questionable/Turn me to an eskimo, I drew the line and decimals/Snoop posted “Taylor Made”, I prayed it was the edibles/I couldn’t believe it, it was only right for me to let it go.”

Adding, “Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me/All these n—-s agitated, I’m just glad they showin’ they faces/Quite frankly, plenty artists, but they outdated/Old-a– flows, tryna convince me that you they favorite.”

After Kendrick announced that he would be headlining the this upcoming Super Bowl, Nas took to his Instagram Story to tip his cap by reposting the announcement video and adding, “Congratulations to my brotha, Kendrick Lamar. Can’t wait to watch the party die,” referencing Dot’s untitled loosie that he released solely on his Instagram account.

Kendrick Lamar is continuing the rollout of his surprise sixth studio album, GNX, dropping the music video for the project’s early standout track, “Squabble Up,” on Monday (Nov. 25).

The clip features K. Dot dancing in a blue hoodie and fitted cap accompanied by a 105 Freeway traffic sign taken from the road, before he’s joined by dancers hitting routines choreographed by Charm La’Donna. Throughout the visual, more characters representing the West Coast join him on the scene.

At one point, he makes a reference to Ice T’s second studio album, 1988’s Power, as a woman in a white thong swimsuit and red heels stands facing the wall holding a shotgun — just like on the album’s cover.

Upon seeing the “Squabble Up” video, Ice T took to X (formerly Twitter) to write, “Respect,” along with a crown emoji. He also added on Instagram, “The ? @kendricklamar gave me some love… Now YOU have the POWER.”

“Squabble Up” was initially previewed by Lamar over the summer, with the snippet tentatively titled “Broccoli.” Sounwave and Jack Antonoff are credited as co-producers of the infectious track.

The 12-track project is named after the Buick Regal model and features collaborations with stars including Lefty Gunplay, Dody 6, Wallie the Sensei, Roddy Ricch, Siete7x, AzChike, Hitta J3, YoungThreat, Peysoh and SZA — who appears on the tracks “Luther” and “Gloria.”