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After leading her LSU Tigers team to an easy win over the Northwestern State Lady Demons on Friday (Nov. 8), Flau’jae Johnson is facing off a slightly more challenging opponent: an abrupt weather change. She’s just traveled 1400 miles to Brooklyn to shoot a new music video, and despite the weather app prognostications, she wasn’t expecting it to be as cold as it was, so she’s decided to dip inside a small Cumberland Street apartment in between scenes for her new visual — but not before taking picture with a fan who’d spotted her on the street.
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Kicking back in a chair for our interview, I ask why the 21-year-old Roc Nation signee chose to shoot in NYC rather than downtown Baton Rouge. It turns out, she wanted to give props to the inspiration for her song “Master Plan,” a Rakim-sampling cut from the forthcoming deluxe edition of her debut album, Best of Both Worlds.
“I’m paying tribute to what hip-hop started,” she says. “This is just a tribute to all of the people in New York who started it — from DJ Kool Herc to Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5. I feel like New York is the mecca of hip-hop, so this is where we’re supposed to do it.”
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That rap fundamentalism is part of a discipline that threads her dual paths, as both an All-SEC guard and an aspiring rap star. The latter career began at the intersection of tragedy and inspiration: On May 19, 2003, her father, emerging Savannah, Georgia rap star Camouflage, was shot and killed in front of a local recording studio. It was six months before Flau’jae was born.
“My mama had told me the whole story about my father, and how he died and how he was a rapper,” she remembers. “I just really clung to it, because all I had left of him was his music.” By age eight, she decided she wanted to be a rapper, too, studying her father’s songs before recording her first song, with the help of her uncle.
By age 12, she’d competed on Lifetime’s The Rap Game competition show, flaunting impressive conviction and dexterity for a pre-teen. By the time she ended her high school career, she had also established herself as a hardwood phenom, earning a slot as a McDonald’s All-American after becoming Sprayberry High School’s all-time leading scorer.
Her dominance has continued at LSU, where she won a national championship in 2023. After making it to the Elite Eight last season, she has no plans of falling short again. “I already tasted a national championship, so anything less of it to me is going to be a failure,” she admits.
After the season, she continued her rapping ways, dropping off her debut LP, Both of Best Worlds, before performing at the 2024 ESPY Awards. Two weeks ago, Lil Wayne, who collabed with her on “Big Bag,” brought her out to perform at his Lil Weezyana Fest at the Smoothie King Center. It was the latest in a series of joint level-ups she hopes carries her through the rest of the LSU season, and what should only be the beginning of a lengthy rap career.
On the set of “Master Plan,” Flau’jae discusses with Billboard career beginnings, her father’s influence, her school-ball-rap career balance and more.
Your new single samples Rakim’s “Paid in Full.” Being from Georgia, were you always tapped in with the New York rap scene?
When I was younger, all I did was really listen to my father. So his style was so different. My mom told me he used to listen to all types of artists from people from New York, from the West Coast. He was influenced by ’Pac. So when I knew I really wanted to take rap seriously, I just went to get my research, just like with basketball: You go study the greats. I feel like that’s what you do in music. So I took that approach from basketball. I was like, “Whoever was the greatest, I want to go study them and find out how they did it.” So I just watched so many documentaries and tapped in. My Uncle G told me to study all the greats.
And I found [Rakim], and he’s in my top five forever. I just think as a lyricist, he just was way ahead of his time, even back then. And when I first was in the studio [making “Master Plan”], the first thing I thought when I heard that sample was like, “I’m thinking of a master plan.” So my hook, that’s the first thing I said in the studio. It was like destiny.
You’ve been rapping for a while, but what age specifically did you record your first song?
I was probably like eight. My mama had told me the whole story about my father and how he died and how he was a rapper and stuff like that. And I just really clumped to it. I was like, wow, this is because that’s all I had left of him was his music. So that’s all I used to listen to. So once I figured that out, I was like, yeah, that’s what I want to do. So I started rapping. My uncle kind of got me into it and it was history from there.
What did you guys use to record?
Oh man, just remixes. We would do remixes. I remember that in the little room when I recorded my EP, I performed it, and that’s when I really got my start. On a computer and a little beat-down mic — like a performance mic.
You mentioned listening to your dad growing up. What are your favorite lyrics from him?
A lot of ’em. But the main one is, “It’s too late to save us and we gotta save these kids.” It’s a song called “Ghetto.” That’s just a lyric where it’s just like when you get to a certain age, you realize a lot of the older people, we’re stuck in our ways. It ain’t much that we can do for a 20, 30-year-old. But the kids — they’re so precious and they’re going to create the future and they’re going to innovate and become our leaders. So we gotta try to put them in the best position to change the world because it is kind of over with for us in a sense of our mindset.
Your NIL deal and just overall activity has paid off. You recently bought 20 acres of land. What are your specific plans for it?
That’s more for my business portfolio. But something I’ve been working on for so long is building a resource center in my city of Savannah, Georgia. It’s going to be a sports and music resource center and also with tutoring just for financial literacy. And I’m trying to get all of my brand partners and people involved and create a curriculum for kids so they can go somewhere after school and just have a place to be safe.
Needless to say, you lead a very busy life. How do you balance recording music with schoolwork and ball?
It’s damn near impossible, but it’s like I’m doing the impossible right now. That’s what makes the journey so great because it’s so hard. I was telling my boyfriend the other day — nobody has ever done this before, so there’s no blueprint on how to do it. So I gotta create my own thing that works for me and that’s what I’ve been doing.
I’ve got my own studio in my apartment now — and now, when I create my demos, if I got 10, 12 [songs] lined up, I’ll fly my engineer down there. He’ll come for a week. We’ll package those demos up. Now they’re done and they sound good, because I can only do so much in the studio. I’m not a magician. So it’s like things like that. But the main thing is just keeping basketball the main thing. My performance on my court helps sell my music.
What about on the student end of things? How do you keep up on top of that?
Most of my classes are online. I’ve only got one class that’s in person. It’s an entrepreneurship class, but most of my classes are online, and my professors are usually super cool. I did miss an exam, so I gotta go make that up. But everything is usually online, so I’m cool.
Coach Mulkey is known to be a little strict at times. How’s it been dealing with that and trying to maintain your level of play on the court?
Yeah, she is. But she knows I’m going to take care of my business. So she don’t gotta worry too much about me. It’s just more so this year just about being a leader, because I’m an upperclassman now. So I gotta be able to lead the younger ones. So she’s just on me about being a consistent leader, having energy every day and being ready to lead. She’s like, “I know what you’re going to do, but people feed off your energy.” She knows the rap thing.
Does she have a favorite song from you?
She probably liked the song Lil Wayne said her name. Man, that’s probably it. She was eating that up. She was in the video and all. She really supports everything that I do. That’s why, in return, I make sure I give 110% on the court.
What was more nerve-wracking: performing at the ESPYs and Lil Weezyana or playing in the NCAA National championship game?
I ain’t gon’ lie — both of them. And it’s not even [about playing] in front of the people. When I’m in the game or I’m on the stage, I don’t see people. I only see my fans when I’m like, “They really rapping with me.” But I’m kind of so keyed in what what I’m doing that I’m in a state of tranquility. I’m in this place where nobody could really touch me, but I’m still nervous.
But it’s just like boom, go. As soon as the ball tips off, I ain’t nervous no more. As soon as the music comes on, I ain’t nervous no more. I know what I’m here to do, but that’s because of my preparation. There’s really nothing to be nervous about, just the optics of everything. It’s the same thing; getting ready for a game is just like getting ready for a show.
What level of “success” would mean success for you as a rapper?
I’m trying to be big as Taylor Swift. She changed my mind when I heard she came down to Louisiana and she sold out the Superdome — the Superdome. And then she had the Smoothie King Center just for merch. That’s the level that I want to be. Grammy nominations. That’s where I want to be. Like Drake. Longevity.
So to be clear, you do 100% plan on going to the WNBA and rapping?
For sure. Nobody’s done that yet, so that’s definitely my goal. So I gotta be the first. I’ve been the first to do a lot of things. But doing it on that level, it’s just so respectable. I really just try to learn from the WNBA vets that I talked to about what their skillset looked like, what their training looked like, [and] how they stay sharp. Then, I talk to musicians about [what] their skillset look like, [and] how they stay sharp. Just meshing those together. Best of both worlds.
In WNBA terms — bench player, starter, all-star, All-WNBA, MVP — what level of rapper are you right now?
Right now? I feel like I’m still coming off the bench and I don’t like that. I ain’t never came off the bench in my basketball career, but it’s like music is different. You got to take steps. There’s a million people putting on music every day. So you gotta take steps in building your brand. When I say off the bench, I say I’m coming off the bench to the world because they don’t understand how I can be good at both things. So they don’t really take my music as seriously. But can’t nobody rap with me. So in that regard, I would say All-Star, MVP, line them up, but as far as just my recognition, I feel like I’m still coming off the bench.
Mustard continued his 2024 victory lap by trolling Drake during his 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw set on Sunday (Nov. 17) in Los Angeles.
The West Coast superproducer played the first few seconds of “Crew Love” off Drake’s Take Care before making a smooth transition into Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” to zing the 6 God. “Sike,” he said while firing up the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, which drew a roar from the Dodger Stadium crowd.
“This is hate on another level,” one fan wrote to X. Another chimed in, “I can’t lie that switch up was insane!”
Of course, Mustard kicked off his set with Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss. Before the instrumental from the chart-topping hit began, the DJ’s backdrop was filled with dialogue from the horror movie The Sixth Sense. That ended up switching to a mural honoring L.A. legends such as the late Nipsey Hussle as well as Kobe Bryant.
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“When I was growing up, I watched 2Pac, ‘California Love,’ Dr. Dre, Snoop, the Death Row days,” Mustard told Billboard over the summer of his involvement in the Drake-Kendrick feud. “It’s like being a part of that again, but in this day and age.”
It should be noted that the Camp Flog Gnaw festival crowd booed Drake off the stage when he was a surprise guest performer in 2019, as the audience hoped to see Frank Ocean instead.
While Mustard linked up with Drake to produce YG’s “Who Do You Love” back in 2014, don’t expect to see the duo work together again. “I don’t think I want to make a song with that dude,” Mustard told The Los Angeles Times of Drake in August. “He’s a strange guy.”
Just days later, a petty Drake fired back by including footage of a 2014 phone call with YG and Mustard showing their appreciation for the 6 God working with them as part of Drizzy’s 100 Gigs drop.
It’s been a banner year for Mustard, who is nominated for producer of the year, non-classical at the 2025 Grammy Awards. In addition to producing “Not Like Us,” he also released his Faith of a Mustard Seed album in July, which reached No. 50 on the Billboard 200.
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British R&B star Mahalia has made a comeback with lively new single “Pick Up the Pace.” The track, which sees her team up with Jamaican artist Bayka, incorporates elements of dancehall and reggae – a sonic development for the 26-year-old and her typically soulful sound.
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“I wanted to celebrate artists like Bayka – these incredible Jamaican voices – and give the U.K. a moment to reconnect with the dancehall and reggae that helped shape our sound,” Mahalia said in a press release. The singer added that the track also serves as an ode to her Afro-Caribbean roots, having grown up with a Jamaican mother in Leicester.
Explaining the meaning behind “Pick Up the Pace,” she continued, “I love love. But lately, I’m embracing the fun, unserious side of it all. There’s so much heaviness in the world, so I’m just trying to find those moments of joy and playfulness in my music.”
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Writing on her Instagram, Mahalia spoke on the fitness-inspired music video. “I’ve held onto a lot of insecurities about my body that were born in school that I haven’t been able to shake as an adult,” she shared. “And being an artist/maybe a role model to some has forced me to keep those insecurities tightly away in Pandora’s box so nobody can see that I am also a little broken.”
“Broken by the impossible beauty standards of western society. Broken by all of the men and women who told me my boobs were too big or my belly not toned enough,” she continued. “Broken by my own insomniac thoughts about my body whenever I’m going through a depressive phase.”
The single marks the first offering of new material from Mahalia since her second studio album, IRL, which was released in July 2023 via Atlantic Records. The LP reached No. 31 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and was supported by a run of U.K. headline shows, including a night at London’s iconic Hammersmith Apollo. In the year since, she has also toured Europe, North America and Australia.
IRL included a wealth of guest artist features, including Stormzy, Joyce Wrice and JoJo. The latter featured on single “Cheat,” one of the album’s key singles. Speaking to Billboard, Mahalia explained the significance behind choosing JoJo as a collaborator. “I just really, really wanted her. There wasn’t really anyone else that I wanted on that record, to be honest,” she said.“I think I had ideas of backup plans if she said no. But I hit her [up] and said, ‘Would you be up for doing this?’ She was like, ‘Absolutely. Send it to me.” I sent it and we got it done within a few weeks. We had a great time.”
Over the course of a 12-year career, Mahalia has been nominated for multiple MOBO and BRIT Awards, plus a Grammy nod for “All I Need,” her 2020 collaboration with Jacob Collier and Ty Dolla $ign. In 2019, she released her debut album “Love And Compromise,” which featured the likes of Burna Boy, Ella Mai, and New Orleans vocalist Lucky Daye.
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New Edition is extending its popular residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. The R&B/pop group announced Monday (Nov. 18) that “New Edition: Las Vegas” will return to the venue for six more performances in winter 2025, including Valentine’s Day weekend: Feb. 12, 14-15, 19, 21-22. “There’s no R&B group quite like New […]
Travis Scott will be part of Monday Night Raw when WWE makes its Netflix debut on Jan. 6 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles next year. Triple H — who serves as WWE’s Chief Content Officer — made the announcement when he joined La Flame on stage during his headlining set in Las Vegas […]
Tyler, The Creator took a well-deserved victory lap and brought festival-goers along for a joyful ride down memory lane on Saturday (Nov. 16) when he headlined the first night of Camp Flog Gnaw at his Los Angeles hometown’s Dodger Stadium.
The ambient sounds of a shipping dock — deep-toned ship horns, squawking seagulls and crashing waves — play before Tyler marches onto the stage and incites “Chromakooooooopia” chants from the crowd. A single green light highlights the masked and military uniform-donning headliner standing atop a “Chromakopia” shipping container. Tyler introduced the album’s aesthetic exactly one month ago on Oct. 16, when he released the “St. Chroma” video. And already, he’s created another definitive character in the Tyler Cinematic Universe, where commitment to world-building is paramount for every one of his projects.
He forges ahead to the next three songs off CHROMAKOPIA’s track list. “The biggest out the city after Kenny, that’s a fact now,” he reaffirms on the subsequent track “Rah Tah Tah.” Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem, who were billed as The Hillbillies, headlined the first night of Camp Flog Gnaw just last year. Tyler isn’t typically one to do the honors given the fact that it’s his festival (and he already rewards himself with the most performance time out of any other artist on the lineup). Giving other luminaries the primetime slot is a courtesy, but this year’s different because Tyler gradually ascends into a higher echelon of stardom with each album.
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He’s reached cult icon status without having a definitive “hit,” and now he’s earned his first three Billboard Hot 100 top 10s with an album that was released on an off-cycle Monday but has become Tyler’s biggest album to date. His star continues to burn even brighter, but the overexposure proves it can sometimes be destructive. “Noid” feels particularly poignant given his recent heated encounter with paparazzi as he was leaving the GQ Men of the Year party on Thursday night.
“No cameras out, please, I wanna eat in peace/ Don’t wanna take pictures with you n—as or bi—es,” he spits on the second verse with an extra splatter of vitriol.
But Tyler doesn’t marinate in the sour feeling. Over the instrumental outro of “Darling I,” he pauses to prematurely celebrate his album’s three-week No. 1 streak on the Billboard 200. “Thank all you motherf–kers for supporting me, man, for real. To do that, at my 10th carnival in my f—ing city, what’re we talking about?! I don’t even have no heartfelt message. I’m really filled with so much love and joy,” Tyler beams. “We did the new sh–, y’all clearly know it and like it. So if you don’t mind, I’mma go through my old sh– real fast.”
Tyler takes it back to last year with “WUSYANAME,” “LUMBERJACK” and “DOGTOOTH” from his Grammy-winning album Call Me If You Get Lost before rewinding all the way back to 2011 with “She” and “Yonkers” from his Goblin LP and splicing in cuts from 2013’s Wolf, 2017’s Flower Boy and 2019’s IGOR. He asks the audience to take over Playboi Carti‘s verse on “EARFQUAKE” because “this n—a in Vegas” headlining ComplexCon, but he’s slated to close out the second and final night of Camp Flog Gnaw on Sunday (Nov. 17).
“I wanted to build a place where n—as could just come and just be, and it’s beautiful to see that y’all have been rocking with me for real. All this s–t really be starting from my notebook. It’s f—ing crazy, bruh! N—as is really three weeks No. 1, and I’m like, ‘What the f— going on? This is crazy!’” he says. “This is a test run ’cause all the songs are so new. The first four went great, could I continue to do some new s—?”
He shushes the festival-goers’ affirmative response so they can pick up the introductory whistle of his Hot 100 top 10 hit “Sticky,” where B-roll of step teams and marching bands complement the song’s cheerful energy. But Sexyy Red‘s surprise appearance cranks it up a thousandfold. Tyler gasses her up while she twerks for the crowd, and he even throws it back and earns a satisfactory smack from her.
They match each other’s freak as well as the same IDGAF energy of their viral booty-popping, middle-finger-flinging photo. “I love you, girl. She’s so sweet,” Tyler sings her praises as she heads off the stage and repeats the “It’s gettin’ sticky!” hook. But the raunchy rapper can’t deliver more fitting final words than “He was sucking up on my coochie, y’all.”
Tyler invites more CHROMAKOPIA guests like ScHoolboy Q for “Thought I Was Dead” and the “motherf–king swamp princess” Doechii and “my motherf—ing brother” Daniel Caesar for “Balloon.” “This n—a helped me with this album, I get emotional when I see this n—a ’cause he came through for me for CHROMAKOPIA,” Tyler says of Caesar, who performed on the main stage just right before him and is featured on “St. Chroma” and “Take Your Mask Off.” It took a village to make his latest masterpiece, but he built an even bigger one right before his eyes.
Check out the full set list for Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw headlining set below:
1. “St. Chroma”
2. “Rah Tah Tah”
3. “Noid”
4. “Darling, I”
5. “WUSYANAME”
6. “LUMBERJACK”
7. “DOGTOOTH”
8. “She”
9. “Yonkers”
10. “Tamale”
11. Boredom
12. “Who Dat Boy”
13. “I THINK”
14. “EARFQUAKE”
15. “Sticky” (with Sexyy Red)
16. “Take Your Mask Off”
17. “Thought I Was Dead” (with ScHoolboy Q)
18. “Like Him”
19. “Balloon” (with Doechii and Daniel Caesar)
20. “NEW MAGIC WAND”
21. “See You Again”
Snoop Dogg is all aboard the Sexyy Red train. While chatting with Vibe in a video posted Wednesday (Nov. 13), the 53-year-old hip-hop icon shared the praise he gave the “Get It Sexyy” artist when they first met. “‘You got star power. I love you,’” he recalled telling her. “She said, ‘Unc, you real as […]
Kodak Black has been in the news lately due to his unsettling appearance with streamer Kai Cenat, so Gillie and Wallo of the podcast Million Dollaz Worth of Game decided to pay the enigmatic rapper a visit.
One portion of the 45-minute interview making the rounds is where Wallo — who turned his life around after serving 20 years in prison — is giving him one of his famous motivational talks. “Look at me, man,” he said as he held Kodak’s hand while looking him in the eyes. “Listen: You special. Don’t ever doubt yourself, and you got them babies counting on you. Now, there’s gonna be times where you gonna doubt yourself, you gonna be in pain, but them babies counting on you. You got to be here.”
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He added: “And I’m telling you that because a lot of people get around you and they see your success… A lot of people need you and they ‘yes man’ you. I ain’t here to ‘yes man’ you. You know me, every time we connect, you know I got love for you, not because I need you. I got love for you because you’re a young cat. And I was young. Gil was young. Live, live! And I’m telling you that because you see that love that that lady gave you? You see how you light up when I talk about your babies? Live. These people want to laugh, they want to joke, they want to criticize. They don’t know your pain. I don’t know your pain, but I know one thing. Them babies counting on you, your family counting on you, and you’re talented.”
Wallo then told Kodak not to take what he’s accomplished for granted and to be a positive example to his children. “A lot of brothers ain’t here no more that had the opportunity that you had,” he began. “Some of them in prison, some of them dead, and they looking at us like we just some n—as that don’t give a f—. We’re junkies, we’re criminals. That’s what they think of us. We got to learn how to change the narrative, brother. You got a lot of young people watching. … Don’t hurt yourself, brother.”
Kodak has faced a slew of legal issues and has battled addiction over the years. His erratic behavior during his visit with Cenat drew some concern from his peers and fans. One positive, though, was Rihanna referencing his freestyle about being offered sex while waiting for a bus. Many blamed the subject matter on the rapper being high, but he was actually referring to an old popular YouTube video titled “Sex?…I’m Just Waiting For The Bus…..(Haitian Vs. Hooker.)”
You can watch the full interview below.
Shyne isn’t finished talking about his relationship with Diddy.
During a recent appearance on The Stephen A. Smith Show to promote his Hulu documentary The Honorable Shyne, the rapper-turned-politician again spoke on his relationship with his former Bad Boy label boss Diddy and why it was the right time to do a documentary about his journey and second chance at life.
First, Shyne revealed that he’s been asked to make a documentary about his life for 20-plus years, and he revealed that actor and producer Mark Wahlberg had once offered him $1 million to do one. “I had been inundated with solicitations to do a documentary for the last 22 years, to be factual,” the Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives told Stephen A. Smith. “Mark Wahlberg offered me, I think, a million-dollar deal back in 2004 and I have that proposal, I can share it with you. I just was always looking for the right partner and it had to make sense fiscally.”
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Shyne also said he waited this long because he didn’t want the documentary to just be about Diddy. “I didn’t want to tell the Diddy story, because that’s not my story,” he said. “My story is ‘next Prime Minister of Belize.’ My story is power. My story is victor. My story is triumph over tragedy. That’s my story.”
Stephen A. pushed back, though, and asked Shyne to explain exactly what happened to him and why he’s been reluctant to talk about that fateful night in 1999 and its aftermath. “In my words, I said so many years ago back in 2001,” he said, referring to his first of six XXL covers entitled Death Before Dishonor. It was me talking about not snitching on Diddy and not getting him in trouble to get myself out of trouble. I said that 20-odd years ago.
He added: “I’ve always maintained in every interview I did until recently when I healed and I moved on and I forgave, but for years I was saying what a creep I thought he was and how he destroyed my life and at one point, I thought he was the devil,” he said. “But because of the power of Diddy, which is so loud as far as a pop culture icon, nobody listened. So I moved on. And I pivoted my life to healing, to forgiveness and to taking accountability for what I can control.”
He then continued by claiming he was made the fall guy without being offered compensation for the pain and suffering he endured during his 10-year sentence. “And I can’t control what someone did to me decades ago. I can’t control them not wanting to pay reparations, not wanting to make it right,” Shyne admitted.
“People say, ‘Oh, Diddy gave me millions to go to jail.’ Nothing! Probably made two what I thought were offensive contributions over the last 20-something years, which led to a breakdown in the relations. But I moved on. So yes, was I the sacrificial lamb? Of course. Did I take the fall? Yes. There was no quid pro quo. There was not, ‘Listen, we’re gonna have $10 million waiting for you when you come out,’ or just do the right thing. I did that on my own. I’ve been saying that, it’s not anything new.”
However, he did give Diddy credit for teaching him the entertainment business and referred to the fallen mogul as a “professor” and referred to his label as “the University of Bad Boy.”
Billboard reached out to Diddy’s team for comment and received this message: “Mr. Combs categorically denies Mr. Barrow’s allegations, including any suggestion that he orchestrated Mr. Barrow to ‘take the fall’ or ‘sacrificed’ him by directing witnesses to testify against him. These claims are unequivocally false.
“Mr. Combs was acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 Club New York incident and has consistently maintained his innocence. He cannot accept or condone any characterization of his actions as ‘demonic’ or malicious.
Mr. Combs appreciates the path Mr. Barrow has pursued and wishes him continued success. It is unfortunate that Mr. Barrow has chosen to revisit these allegations. Mr. Combs trusts that responsible journalism will weigh both the established legal outcomes and Mr. Combs’ positive, longstanding support for those he has worked with.”
You can watch the full conversation below.
T.I., Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and Ye (formerly Kanye West) teamed up to form the rap Avengers in 2008 for “Swagga Like Us.” Tip joined Fat Joe for an episode of Fat Joe Talks on Friday (Nov. 15), where they dove into a multitude of topics surrounding the trap pioneer’s decorated career. One part saw T.I. […]
