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Like the rest of us, Cardi B is getting hyped for the kick-off of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on Friday (July 26). But unlike the rest of us, the “Bongos” rapper actually got to sit down with one of the most exciting members of Team USA recently to get her nails done and share some positive affirmations.
“You stand out, because the fastest woman in the world? She’s a real lit girl,” Cardi said to sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson as the two had their nails tended to for an NBC segment hyping the network’s coverage of the games. “You’re like a girl that I could really hang out with, really chill with, really be cool with, really be like… GIRL!”
Cardi said Richardson — the Team USA sprinter who is a gold medal favorite to win the coveted 100 meter crown in Paris after losing her spot in the 2021 Tokyo Games over a positive marijuana test — is “one of us,” a compliment that seemed to really touch her new friend.
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“I’m really, really proud of you, seriously, because you came back stronger than ever with your talent,” said Cardi, who may have been projecting just a bit as she continues to tease out the long-awaited follow-up to her smash 2018 debut album, Invasion of Privacy. “You have, like, evolved.”
Blushing at all the compliments, Richardson said “enough about me” noting, “you are Miss Cardi B and I feel like the same way you’re sitting here saying the inspiration or the way that I touch people, I feel like you have that same impact. Just being yourself inspires so many people.”
That last bit almost brought Cardi to tears, as the rapper once again told Richardson how proud she is of her achievements on the track and the women exchanged more praise for each other’s strength and determination. “You almost walked away, but this is what you love,” Cardi said. “And rapping is what I love and I cannot walk away from what I love because of how other people make me feel.”
Richardson then said the quite part out loud, imploring Cardi to get back to work on her as-yet-untitled, unscheduled sophomore album so she can have new tunes to train to. “I need my race day album,” Richardson said. “I need some new songs!”
And while Cardi didn’t offer up any news, she said after agreeing to sit down just to talk, she was walking away “inspired” and “warm” from Richardson’s beaming positive vibes. “The energy… I feel it girl,” Cardi said tearing up. “You’re so special. Like you’re really more than just like an athlete, you’re really special.” The two women then hugged it out.
Cardi posted the clip on X and added another inspirational message, writing, “Wishing @itsshacarri sooooo much luck!! You bought so much emotion out of me because your words and your spirit is so powerful. Seeing your growth after people tried to turn their back on you is so inspirational to me.. You are more than just a athlete, you are a SUPERHERO and I can’t wait to see where the next 10 years take you because you already a legend.”
While, like the rest of us, Richardson waits for Cardi to drop that new music, she’s well on her way to making her own headlines after winning the world championship in the 100 last year and scoring a world season-best 10.71 to win the 100 at the U.S. trials last month.
Watch Cardi and Richardson bond below.
Wishing @itsshacarri sooooo much luck!! You bought so much emotion out of me because your words and your spirit is so powerful. Seeing your growth after people tried to turn their back on you is so inspirational to me.. You are more than just a athlete, you are a SUPERHERO and I… pic.twitter.com/twacJPd8eU— Cardi B (@iamcardib) July 22, 2024
Khalid has unveiled the full tracklist for his forthcoming album, Sincere, which is set to release on Aug. 2.
Posting to social media on July 23, the singer-songwriter wrote, “10 days left until Sincere, The Album. Here’s the tracklist. The countdown has started!”
The album, which features the singles “Please Don’t Fall In Love With Me,” “Adore U,” and “Ground (Cotton Candy Skies),” marks Khalid‘s first full-length project since his 2019 release, Free Spirit.
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Khalid previously explained of the forthcoming album, “Sincere is a combination of my life experiences, it takes inspiration from conversations that I have had with my fans, supporters, and the people that love me. When I listen back to this project, I hear a sound that’s so unique and represents me at my best. This album is me at 26, continuing to evolve with the knowledge that I have garnered throughout the years.”
Back in early July, Khalid revealed that new music was coming via Instagram, where he called the album a “return to form,” adding, “I’m so happy to finally be back! Can’t wait to do it all over again.”
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Khalid has been teasing this album for some time, initially referring to it as Everything Is Changing and describing its creation process as “overwhelming” on X (formerly Twitter) in 2021.
Despite the challenges, he has managed to complete the album, which features a single collaboration with English indie-pop singer and songwriter Arlo Parks.
Here’s the complete tracklist for Sincere:
Adore U
Everything We See
Altitude
It’s All Good
Broken
Dose
Please Don’t Fall In Love With Me
Breathe
Ground
Who’s There To Pick Me Up
Tainted
Long Way Home
Heatstroke
Sincere
Owe It To You
Decline
Sincere will be Khalid’s first major release since his mixtape Scenic Drive in 2021 and follows the success of Free Spirit, which topped the Billboard 200 chart and included hit singles like “Better,” “Right Back,” “Saturday Nights,” and “Talk.”
Khalid’s latest project Sincere is out Aug. 2 via Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records.
On the heels of Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us: The Game arriving last week, Drake fans wasted no time in responding to drop, drop, drop, a video game celebrating “Family Matters.”
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An X account surfaced on Monday (July 22) for Family Matters The Game seemingly targeting Kendrick Lamar for OVO fans.
The video game is essentially inspired by Drake’s “Family Matters” bars making fun of K. Dot’s inclination to win Grammy Awards. “Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go hand him a Grammy right now,” he raps on the scathing diss.
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The point of the game is to shoot as many Grammy Award trophies into Kendrick’s mouth as possible. As the levels go up, so does the game’s difficulty with Kendrick’s head moving from side-to-side with a digitized version of the “Family Matters” instrumental playing in the background.
“Made by some real ones to prove a point. That Not Like us game was trash. KBots backdooring the plays like Kendrick’s Spotify, haha,” the game’s credits state while insinuating that Lamar’s streams were artificially boosted in his war with Drake.
As of press time, Family Matters The Game‘s high score is listed at 19 by a user named Ron. “Let’s see if @Complex ,@XXL and all the other site run with the Family Matters Game like they did the other game. Someone send this ish to @Akademiks,” the game’s X account added.
Drake fans seemed to find the game amusing. “Nah this is hilarious whoever made this,” one person wrote. Anyone who thought the pettiness from both fan bases was going to die down appears to be mistaken.
Although, it’s been two different stories on the Billboard Hot 100. On last week’s chart — dated July 20 — K. Dot’s “Not Like Us” returned to No. 1 while “Family Matters” has fallen off the chart completely.
Drake delivered the eviscerating “Family Matters” on May 4 in what he thought would be a three-part kill shot on Lamar. However, Kendrick smothered Drizzy’s momentum with the diabolical “Meet The Grahams” just mere minutes later, which cleared the way for “Not Like Us” to be the true knockout punch.
Play Family Matters The Game here.
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A contingent of fans are still convinced that there is static between hip-hop titans Kendrick Lamar and Lupe Fiasco.
During an all-encompassing Twitter Spaces over the weekend, Lupe cleared the air about not having any issues with the “Not Like Us” rapper.
“I’m a Kendrick fan for more than his music,” the Chicago rap dignitary responded to a fan. “I like his creativity and conceptualization. And the decisions that he makes. I also like his impact into the culture for Black folks. I like that he inspires Black folks. That’s why I never said I don’t like him.”
Lupe continued: “Cus even if I don’t like all his songs or listen to all his songs — and same thing with Drake — I understand their impact into the culture and I would never, ever, ever — because for me it’s us first — ever, ever, disparage.”
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The “Kick, Push” rapper implored the agitated fan to pull up receipts regarding an instance in the past that he showcased distain for Lamar.
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“I don’t have a problem with dude. Show me where I’ve explicitly said I don’t like him. Show me that. Then we can move on.”
However, Lupe did admit he was envious of the creative environment that Top Dawg Entertainment fostered for artists.
“One thing that I wish I had. This is me being open and vulnerable that I’ve always looked at like, ‘Man, I wish I had that.’ I wish I had that creative space that they created at TDE, he said. “When I say wish I had, I wish I had it back. When we first started rocking, that was our thing.”
Lupe added some context around a 2014 Hot 97 interview: “I was so happy that those things exist. Even in that Peter Rosenberg interview, where I called Peter Rosenberg a nut-hugger very jovially was that the thing that I do admire and wished I was a part of was that creative piece. “
Back in 2018, Lupe said Kendrick wasn’t a “top-tier lyricist.” “I’ll put it to you like this. K. Dot is not a top tier lyricist to me and my standards when it comes to punchlines and bars. His overall lyrics are good, his stories phenomenal, but punchline entendre lyrically I don’t see it,” he wrote in a series of tweets captured by REVOLT. He later apologized for causing a stir with Lamar.
Lupe continued: “Also the only issue that the world thinks I have with K. Dot and I actually do is that I think his ‘Control’ verse was wack and super overhyped to be a verse claiming you are the best rapper. It was very weird. I was told it was just bait, but still.”
The claims resurfaced in April when Complex compiled a list of rappers that have apologized to Kendrick Lamar following J. Cole’s apology to the rapper. “Relax yo,” Lupe clapped back at Complex. “I wasn’t apologizing to him… Keep my name clean…I fear no rapper of any kind or on anytime. K dot solid but y’all need to chill lol.”
In a separate part of the Twitter Spaces, Lupe Fiasco took issue with some of hip-hop’s gatekeepers and thinks those involved should have some form of a PhD in the genre.
“If you want to start who is in and who is out, a process which I don’t agree with, and I think is bulls–t, if you want to do that you should have a degree,” he said. “You should have a PhD in hip-hop. If you ain’t got that, then I don’t think that you are qualified to and have the right to speak on of hip-hop.”
Lupe has stayed busy on the music side this year, as he returned with his Soundtrakk-produced Samurai project in June.
Lupe Fiasco speaks on rap culture and who has the authority to dictated it. 🤔Kendrick fans saying he hating… people can say the same thing when it comes to Kendrick hating on Drake…let’s not do that 🤝🏾that’s all I been seeing anytime someone say anything good about Drake😂 pic.twitter.com/vxk1r5t7Qg— 💥DAO💥 (@TweezySol) July 21, 2024
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From President Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to Cardi B and Joe Budden‘s heated back-and-forth, it truly does feel like we collectively fell out of a coconut tree and into the most melodramatic timeline possible.
Not only has Harris — now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee — already secured an endorsement from Billboard cover star Charli XCX, but she also received a gushing method of support from businesswoman (and Beyoncé‘s mother) Tina Knowles.
“New, youthful, sharp, energy!!!! You asked for it and our President Biden did what was best for the country! Putting personal ego, power, and fame aside. That is the definition of a great leader,” Ms. Knowles wrote. “Thank you, President Biden, for your service and your leadership. Go Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Let’s Go ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #kamala2024”
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Elsewhere in the worlds of R&B and hip-hop, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley quoted GloRilla‘s viral “TGIF” during an address about the effects of urban heat islands on lower-income communities, Latto revealed how she snagged Usher‘s original “U” chain for his 2024 BET Awards Lifetime Achievement tribute performance, and Donald Glover dropped Bando Stone and the New World, his final album under the “Childish Gambino” moniker.
With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from Blxst‘s breezy West Coast bop to JT and Stunna Girl’s shot-firing link-up. Be sure to check out this week’s Fresh Picks in our Spotify playlist below.
Freshest Find: 4batz & Usher, “Act IV: fckin u again (18+)”
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For his third high-profile collaboration in basically as many months, enigmatic R&B crooner 4batz taps music icon and fellow Dallas-born crooner Usher for a remix of his NSFW cut “Act IV: fckin u again (18+).” The ski mask-clad singer keeps the same bars as the original, singing, “Can’t stop f–kin’ you/ ‘Cause your body drops like a prostitute/ And I cannot get enough of you/ ‘Give me a break,’ f–k is a break?/ I swear” over Nic Dreams’ unchanged production. Where 4batz’s tone can sound a bit steely at times, Usher’s voice provides a much-needed dose of warmth and seduction as he proclaims, “Gotta say, I’ll make sure you know a n—a name/ Usher, don’t forget the Raymond/ I pull up and blow it out the frame/ Roll with me, I’ll make you famous.”
Rayana Jay, “Garden”
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Water Rayana Jay’s garden and watch her blossom. The Bay Area singer knows what she’s looking for and is intentional with her love, as she wants to be handled with care. “I don’t want anybody but you, because you’re the only one that can make me bloom,” she lusciously professes. Rayana takes romance into her own hands with her next chapter and upcoming Temple album, which arrives later this year via EMPIRE.
JPEGMAFIA, “Sin Miedo”
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If there’s anyone in rap who is still fearlessly pursuing new ways to completely disassemble classic tracks and fashion them into a gloriously unique musical experience, it’s JPEGMAFIA. The Baltimore rapper calls on 2 Live Crew‘s “Hoochie Mama” for an endlessly shape-shifting amalgamation of thrashing metal guitars, stabbing house-inflected synths and rage rap. It’s complete hedonism and pure balls-to-the-wall madness; he raps, “She had issues with her father!/ I had issues with my barber!/ She off all of these drugs!/ Coke in her butt, RIP Aaron Carter!” With his Lay Down My Life Tour set to commence next month (Aug. 7), Peggy is making sure his crowds are pumped up with some relentlessly high-octane head-bangers.
Rob49 with Cardi B, “On Dat Money”
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If you ever imagined Rob49 and Cardi B colliding on a track, “On Dat Money” is probably exactly what fans envisioned, and that’s not meant to be a slight. The New Orleans rapper’s raunchy fantasies combined with Bardi’s explicit bedroom exercises are going to make nuns cover their ears, but welcome to hip-hop. Rob made his debut on the Billboard Hot 100 last year with his guest appearance on Travis Scott’s UTOPIA album, and he looks to notch a first entry as a lead artist with the Cardi stimulus package.
Blxst, “Private Show”
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Last week (July 19), two-time Grammy nominee Blxst dropped his long-awaited debut studio album, which featured collaborations with Anderson. Paak, Kamasi Washington, Feid, Becky G. and more. Despite the plethora of star-studded link-ups, one of the standout moments on I’ll Always Find You comes courtesy of “Private Show,” a slick slow jam that attempts to make sense of the cognitive dissonance between the innate intimacy of a slow jam and the feigned intimacy that comes with paying for a private show. “I might jump off the ledge with you/ Ain’t no telling where I’m headed in that bed with you/ Make it hot and spin the block like I ain’t never done/ Like it’s money on your top, just want some head or sumn,” he croons in the second verse, ultimately allowing himself to play pretend for a few hours at a time.
JT feat. Stunna Girl, “Lemon Pepper”
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JT completed her City Girls departure with City Cinderella’s arrival. The brash Miami rapper delivers a hypnotic chorus over doomy production and gets busy stepping in designer boots on her haters. JT shrewdly flips Cardi B calling her “prison pants” into a positive flex. “JT a convicted felon and I’m still on they a–/ These Rick Owens, boo, these ain’t prison pants,” she raps. Stunna Girl steps in and raises the stakes with a braggadocious assist. Don’t take her velvety flow lightly because the 26-year-old will puncture hearts quicker than Rick Ross downs lemon pepper wings from Wingstop.
50 Cent linked up with Drake in Toronto to talk about some film and television opportunities.
The Queens rapper posted a photo of the two on his Instagram on Sunday (July 21), with a caption that read, “Brainstorming last night me and @champagnepapi gonna get the [camera emoji] rolling biggest ting on your TV.”
Both rappers have made their mark in Hollywood. 50 created the Power universe over on Starz alongside Courtney Kemp, and Drake and his parter Future the Prince helped save popular British show Top Boy while also producing HBO’s Euphoria.
In February 2023, 50 Cent announced that his production company, G-Unit Film & Television, struck a deal with FOX to “develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies and animated series that would air on FOX. Any series created under the deal will be owned by FOX Entertainment and produced by its in-house unit, FOX Entertainment Studios, in collaboration with G-Unit Film & Television.”
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Drake referenced 50 multiple times during his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar. First, Drizzy name-dropped the Queens rapper in his diss song “Push Ups” when he rapped, “N—s really got me out here talkin’ like I’m 50.” He also featured his very own replica G-Unit spinner chain in the “Family Matters” video.
In a since-deleted IG posts, 50 showed Drake love after hearing his diss tracks “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.” For the former, he wrote, “All you n—s got smoked by a light skinned N—a. Y’all better get high as a motherf–ker and come up with something.” And for the latter, his caption read, “Ok in my professional expert opinion on this matter, leave this man alone. I’ve seen this movie before, it will not end well. you disagree ok, then where is your s—t at boy.”
50 and Kendrick not only have a mutual friend in Dr. Dre, they also worked together multiple times. In 2013, Lamar featured on 50’s song “We Up,” and in 2018, he played an eccentric drug addict named “Laces” during the fifth episode of the fifth season of Power.
17 months is an eternity in the rap game. Legacies are defined, careers skyrocket while others fizzle, and fickle fans turn their attention to the next fresh wave of artists being championed by tastemakers and record labels.
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42 Dugg was forced to sit down and watch from the sidelines when he spent 17 months (from May 2022 to October 2023) behind bars due to a 2019 illegal gun possession charge. The timeout temporarily quelled Dugg’s momentum, after he built a solid foundation with two years of industry buzz at the beginning of the decade.
Meanwhile, a new batch of Detroit rappers (led by Veeze, Skilla Baby and BabyTron) picked the baton up from Dugg and continued to put on for the city in his absence. It’s been three years since 42’s last solo project — two years since he touched the Billboard Hot 100 — and Dugg knows he’s got some making up to do.
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“I’m missing out on money and songs,” he tells Billboard in disappointment when looking back at his prison bid. “You missing out on an era really. When I got out, it was a whole girl thang going on. It’s still going. Me and [Lil] Baby was talking and he was like, ‘A lot of people ain’t listening to music right now. There’s a lot of decline in the purchases of music.’”
Dugg continues: “Right now, I’m like, ‘What’s the thing we can do to get the most people back listening?’ I know if they listen, they gon’ like it.”
As an avid gambler, 42 Dugg’s crackly Midwestern flow and signature whistle — which he records unique to every track — is rolling the dice again with his 4eva Us Neva Them album, which landed on July 4 and features assists from his favorite rapper Jeezy, Meek Mill, Sexyy Red, Lil Baby and more.
There’s not much difference from the CMG/4PF rapper of a few years ago to today, but Dugg says he’s taking his craft more seriously and handling each move with careful consideration, which he didn’t in the past. Even through the chaos, Dugg is unbothered and letting the chips fall where they may. “I just live life, pray and try to see if I hit the Mega Million,” he calmly states, as if it’s scripture.
Check out the rest of our interview below, with 42 Dugg hitting on his Eminem fandom, gambling with James Harden, his issues with the BET Awards and more.
What was your mindset heading into this album?
I just wanted to show the people the growth of what type of headspace I’m in, and what I’ve been through and how far along I’ve come. I wanted it to reflect in my music and I feel like I put a good group of songs together. My beat selection was on point.
I heard you say in another interview that the beats aren’t hitting as much as they used. Expand on that.
Usually, your first three beats, you’ll find something. If not, we be going through beats for hours [now]. Even music — I feel like people are going in a different direction of what they’re rapping on. I wonder what happens if they run out of beats. If they run out of patterns.
Nothing is original then, so everything will be some sort of sample or interpolation.
I feel like that’s what people are doing. Even on my album I noticed that two beats like, “Damn, this one sounds like that.” “Megan” sounded like “Catch 1.” I was listening to that, like, “What the hell?” Maybe the producers are getting lazy, or they’re running out of ideas. Like writer’s block — they might be getting beat block.
Was there something you picked up while in jail that maybe sharpened your skillset?
I would just say I slowed down, as far as rapping. Even if I do a verse, I make sure I go back and fix a few lines. Before, I was like, “Let’s go!” Now I’m like, “Nah, this s–t gotta mean something.”
How do you define success for this album?
The streets, man! If one out of three cars playing it, you got it. I ain’t gon’ lie, I see a lot of albums doing good, but I don’t hear them. This the first place we been, but in Detroit every other car you hearing that s–t. You go in the club, they playing it. Everybody I see, “Congrats on the album, man.” I’m like, “Yeah, this b–ch going crazy.”
You said “Fresh Out the Feds” is one of your favorite songs on the album — how did that come together?
I was fresh home and I was thinking about one of my lil’ man’s. On the first verse, it’s talking to my lil’ man’s. Then on the second verse, I get to talking to my other homeboys that’s in jail. I’m trying to keep my lil ‘man’s out of trouble. That’s the story to it. The first verse I’m trying to keep him from going where they at. I’m keeping someone out of trouble and I’m trying to get somebody out of trouble.
Did you send the album to jails early?
That was supposed to happen. I ain’t got no call from jail yet. It’s been like four days. They usually on my line so I’m waiting on that the most. They got some different s–t in there. They got some s–t, you can’t even cuss. They got a majority [of the new releases].
42 Dugg a déposé des lecteurs MP3 à ses amis en prison pour qu’ils puissent écouter son nouvel album, qui sortira le 4 juillet…C un vrai 💯 pic.twitter.com/ImmaRojHGG— HorizonHipHop (@HorizonHiphop) July 2, 2024
Are you actually whistling on these songs?
Yeah, each one I did different. Live in the flesh, Ron Artest.
What do you think about Detroit having a moment in rap right now compared to when you first broke onto the scene?
I feel like right now it’s the best opportunity we been had as a city to go crazy. I’m just waiting on somebody to go stupid. We got a few people [knocking]. Everybody one song away. I be telling them, “You don’t know how close you is.”
How was working with Jeezy on “BMF?” You told me in 2020 you wanted to work with him.
Yeah, that’s my favorite rapper. Now, that’s my homie. [It started] with this song. I made it in 2020. I couldn’t leave the house. I made it in the house and sent it to him. I got his number and he got straight on there. I finished it and told him, “I’ma do the first verse and you do the two verse in between.”
I tried to send that motherf–ker to 50 Cent. This how I’m thinking at the house: “I’m bout to make a song for the BMF soundtrack. I’m finna get Jeezy — the only motherf–ker running with them.” Then I sent it to 50, and I wanted it to be the theme song. I sent it to 50 and he was like, “We don’t like Jeezy.” It went viral. “We f–k with Dugg, but take Jeezy off.” Hell nah, can’t take no Jeezy off. Y’all are trippin’.
Was Eminem someone you looked up to growing up?
Yeah, I wouldn’t say looked up to, but f–ked with him. We street young n—as ain’t looking up to nobody. We damn near looking up to Big Meech. We from the hood.
Nobody’s looking up to Chauncey Billups?
Hell nah. We admired these people more.
You had to get pumped watching 8 Mile.
I f–ked with Eminem. I knew damn near half of Eminem’s songs. It’s Eminem. I be arguing motherf–kers today. You can’t f–k with Eminem. Hold on, we do got Eminem. But you can only look up to people you see. I should get Eminem’s number. He was so f–king cold. Everything he do is gonna get measured to “Stan,” “Mockingbird,” “Toy Soldiers.” I ain’t gonna say what he can’t do, but trying to make one of them.
“New kids don’t even know about Eminem but I know. He’s the goat. He doesn’t make street music, he makes deep music. When I want to make a real song, I listen to Stan or Toy Soldiers.”🗣️ 42 Dugg on Eminem. pic.twitter.com/d0TJTbaKSB— The Eminem Bible (@Shadyind) July 17, 2024
People have been saying you remind them of Eazy-E. Have you heard that?
That’s the s–t I get from everybody. They send me, “Re-do the ‘We want Eazy.’” They want me to do anything that gotta do with Eazy-E. They like, “Just do something.” I got y’all. I f–k with him. Eazy was the one. They say he couldn’t rap and they used to teach him to rap.
You go to the casino recently?
Yeah, I just lost $60,000 going up in there playing Blackjack. It ain’t just real Blackjack 50/50. I think they cheating.
How big are the hands you play?
I’m like a $2,000 a hand. I might get to $5,000. I really ain’t that arrogant, but hopefully I get by myself and just play. I seen James Harden win $500,000. I been trying to win that since. We was in [Las] Vegas and he f–ked their a– up. I learned how to play from him. I’m doing everything he did, and I ain’t won. [This was] Super Bowl.
How was the studio session with J. Cole? How’d you link up?
He was having some studio type s–t in [Atlanta]. I pushed up on him and played him a few of my songs. He was like, “I ain’t gon’ lie, your s–t hard. I want you to pull up.” I pulled up, and we kicked it and worked on a few, and that was it. J. Cole’s turnt. J. Cole just told me to send him a song for real. I should’ve sent him that “Still Bout You.”
Who are you listening to in rap these days?
I’m f–king with Bossman Dlow. I’m f–king with Don Toliver. I f–k with A Boogie’s s–t too. I like Cash Cobain. I seen Ice Spice in person.
You say something to her?
Hell yeah. I said, “They can’t f–k with you!” She just looked. GloRilla going crazy, JT going crazy. The girls going crazy. Sexyy Red. Ice Spice so motherf–king cold. I ain’t gon’ lie, she might have had the best performance at [the 2024 BET Awards].
I thought Victoria Monét did.
She’s cold. Where [did] she come from? I heard the song before but, d–n, I’ve never seen her. She look like a bad motherf–ker. I need a feature. Do you think Tyla should’ve won over Sexyy Red? Hell nah! Then I saw her go up and I’m like, “I ain’t gon’ lie, this motherf–ker cold.” She might got no Sexyy bangers, but she finer than a motherf–ker. I seen someone call Tyla an international superstar. I’m like, “Y’all must’ve not seen Sexyy. Sexyy international — she everywhere.”
What else you got coming music wise?
I want to put something else out, but we’ll see how much we can put into this one. See if we can make it go crazier. It’s been three years since I dropped a solo project. I’m trying to finish out Young & Turnt 3. The final one. I gotta do it before I get old, man. I’m 29. 30, it’s over. I ain’t never been 29 bro, this s–t is crazy.