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Before Future and Metro Boomin drop their second collab album We Still Don’t Trust You on Friday (April 12), they’re hyping up fans by sharing the tracklist on their socials. The 18-song list includes: “We Still Don’t Trust You,” “Drink N Dance,” “Out of My Hands,” “Jealous,” “This Sunday,” “Luv Bad Bi—es,” “Amazing (Interlude),” “All […]
The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of YouTube channels showcasing rappers flexing on the mic. NYC-based On the Radar Radio has emerged as one of the most popular of the bunch.
Hosted by Power 105.1 on-air personality Gabe P, On the Radar has made a name for itself by consistently delivering memorable moments from some of the hottest up-and-coming rappers in the game. The channel has become so popular that it’s even attracted established acts like Meek Mill and Drake, the latter of whom accompanied the newly minted UK star Central Cee.
The latest MC to absolutely torch the On the Radar mic is Decatur, Ga.’s own Baby Tate. Rapping over the “Let’s Get Blown” beat, which the Neptunes produced for Snoop Dogg back in 2004 for his R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece album, Tate returns for her second freestyle and sends a few shots at her doubters, rapping, “They say I blink like Nicki, dress like Kimmy, get real freaky on a track like Missy, cocky like Rih Rih, rough like E-V-E, but I don’t understand why n—as won’t let me be me.”
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Elsewhere, Tate gives props to some of her major inspirations, which include her mother, singer Dionne Farris, as well as Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Eve, Kelis, Lauryn Hill and more, but laments the fact that because she’s a Black woman, “They don’t see Kendrick in me, they don’t hear the Ye, and they don’t see the P.”
But don’t just read the lyrics; go watch it. She goes in for the entire two minutes and 10 seconds that she’s onscreen.
Tate’s been killing it since she dropped her 2016 Toni Basil-interpolating “Hey Mickey!,” which became a viral smash seven years later thanks to TikTok. Most recently, TikTok gave her another assist when her 2022 collaboration with JID and 21 Savage, “Surround Sound,” powered what became known as the “ceiling challenge,” which saw fans placing their phones on the ceiling to get a bird’s-eye view as they danced to the song. The track, which peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, was propelled to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Rhythmic Airplay chart last month.
After J. Cole entered and then publicly stepped away from the ongoing “Battle of the Big 3” last weekend, all eyes have turned to Drake for his response to Kendrick Lamar’s pot-stirring “Like That” verse from March. With Drake rumored to finally be weighing in with a new song on Friday — the same release day as We Still Don’t Trust You, sequel to the album that originally unleashed “Like That” on the world — the beef between the two rap legends seems to be coming to a head. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop writer Michael Saponara and deputy ed. director Damien Scott present the cases for each rapper to be considered the fight’s favorite.
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Why Drake Will Win
“As long as there’s competition, there will never be peace. Everyone wants to be the one,” reads a Kurupt quote that was plastered backstage to fuel Drake at every stop of his It’s All A Blur – Big as the What? Tour with J. Cole.
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It’s clear only one of the co-headlining rappers on the trek took that proverb to heart. With J. Cole bowing out of the bout, Drake and Kendrick Lamar appear to be headed for a blockbuster war that’s been over a decade in the making.
While most have been afraid of stepping into the ring with hip-hop’s boogeyman hailing from Compton, Drake is the way more battle-tested rapper – a part of the rap repertoire that gives him the upper hand to defeat K. Dot in the main event.
The 6 God has sparred with a range of adversaries over the years. Whether he was scorching Common on “Stay Schemin,” knocking out Diddy with “4PM in Calabasas” or most notably putting Meek Mill in the ground for good on “Back to Back,” Drake has proven to be a formidable opponent amid his massive commercial success and pop crossover capabilities.
“Man, we wrote the book on calculated thinking,” Drake reminded listeners while taking a Meek Mill victory lap on More Life’s “Lose You” in 2018.
For those who have doubts and may have forgotten, press play on “Back to Back” again. The hit record was ubiquitous in nightclubs for the summer of 2015 and reached No. 21 on the Hot 100, while also serving as a definitive knockout punch and crushing blow to Meek Mill’s legacy that still sizzles to this day. Drake is the rare breed of a rapper who can craft a scathing diss track that damages another artist’s career trajectory and doubles as a song of the summer contender.
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There’s no doubt Kendrick and Drake are going to exchange potent lyrical haymakers, but when it comes to bringing the commercial appeal to a solo diss record – advantage: Drake. The OVO camp should be working overtime attempting to dig up dirt on the elusive K. Dot, and if the feud gets messy and spills onto social media, that’s a playground Drake will fare well in too, since Drizzy’s as petty as they come.
Drake will always be a super calculated artist so it will be interesting to see if he focuses on strictly flaming Kendrick or raises the stakes by bringing his “Like That” hosts Future and Metro Boomin into the line of fire. That strategic decision would separate him from the pack, while redesigning the rap food chain and have collaborators in the industry forced to choose allegiances with a line in the sand dividing hip-hop’s elite. Drake is rumored to be dropping on Friday (April 12) which is the same day Future and Metro Boomin’s We Still Don’t Trust You is slated to arrive. The bold move would put him in direct competition with the Atlanta duo, where he could put a halt to their momentum and even top them on the charts.
With Kendrick mainly aiming at Drake on “Like That” to revive their long-simmering feud, which dates back to Lamar’s atomic “Control” verse, the stage is set for the OVO honcho to erase the stench that still lingers from the 2018 Pusha T feud which gave him the only loss on his otherwise unblemished résumé. Drake backed down from that beef, following Pusha’s “Story of Adidon” exposing his child Adonis, at the advice of Rap-A-Lot co-founder and consigliere J. Prince – who claimed his response would have “hurt families.”
Drake holding his own in a Kendrick battle would go a long way to making up for that legacy-tarnishing moment. And reining supreme over K. Dot, with Drake holding up the figurative championship belt in the battle of the “Big Three,” would give even the biggest OVO haters no choice but to bend the knee to the 6 God. — MICHAEL SAPONARA
Why Kendrick Lamar Will Win
Let’s get this concession out of the way: The only true battle-tested rapper in this entire ordeal is Drake. He’s the only one who has gone past sneak dissing and slick one-off verses, and made songs with the intention of causing career-ending damage. The highlight is, of course, 2015’s “Back to Back,” the song that sincerely made everyone relitigate a once-ascendent Meek Mill’s place in rap’s pantheon.
That said: Kendrick’s got this.
Yes, the well-worn joke is that Kenny appears like the Boogie Man and drops a verse that sends the game into a tizzy only to disappear again until he’s ready to drop his next project. That’s not untrue. But, to wit: What other rapper not named Shawn Carter could drop a verse every few years that makes every rap fan stop what they’re doing and pay attention? And, yes, fine — Kendrick has yet to really dig in for a full-on battle, though, if we’re being fair that’s more to do with his opponents than him. Regardless, if there’s any rapper working today who should get the benefit of the doubt in this regard it’s Kendrick Lamar Duckworth. Here’s why.
To borrow a quote from the late astronomer Carl Sagan, the “absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” Put another way, just because we’ve yet to see Kendrick take a rapper’s head off for a full song doesn’t mean Compton’s favorite son is incapable of doing so. If anything, the warning shot he sent to Cole and Drake proves that he’s been ready and willing to dismember a rapper.
While “f–k the Big 3, n—a, it’s just big me” is the bar from Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” that caught everyone’s attention, there are a bunch more on that verse that let it be known Kendrick is able to get it going. Bars like, “I’ll crash out, like ‘F–k rap,’ diss Melle Mel if I had to,” or, my personal favorite, “I hope them sentiments symbolic, my temperament’s bipolar, I choose violence.” Take your pick. Whichever door you choose ends up at the same place: Kendrick is ready.
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The last time we saw Kendrick this animated in song going at a rapper was back on 2017’s “The Heart Part 4,” when it’s believed he sent a bunch of shots at Big Sean who he was reportedly beefing with since 2013’s “Control” fiasco. (And, yes, all the shots being subliminals is a knock on Kendrick.)
“My fans can’t wait for me to son ya punk-ass/ And crush ya whole lil’ s–t/ I’ll Big Pun ya punk-ass, you a scared lil’ b—h/ Tiptoein’ around my name, n—a, you lame/ And when I get at you, homie/ Don’t you just tell me you was just playin’.”
The second half of the song was so scathing that Big Sean reportedly called TDE’s Top Dawg and asked him if Kendrick was talking about him. That lead to Top putting Sean and Kendrick together for a private conversation that resulted in Sean saying, “the respect is mutual.”
That wasn’t an apology, but the two never even got into a proper battle, with Big Sean saying they peaced things up after Nipsey Hussle was murdered in 2019. That was all probably for the best — because in 2023, an alternate version of Kendrick’s song “ELEMENT.” from DAMN. leaked, and it featured the following lines directed squarely at the Detroit rapper.
“Big Sean keep sneak dissin,’ I let it slide/ I think his false confidence got him inspired/ I can’t make them respect you, baby, it’s not my job/ You finally famous for who you date, not how you rhyme (boy).” He kept going, “Cute-ass raps, get your puberty up/ Then make you a classic album before you come at us/ Drake and Meek Mill beef might got you gassed up/ But I’m a whole ‘nother beast, I really f—k you up.”
Sean, when asked, said the song was “ain’t no diss” and kept it moving. The track also mentioned Jay Electronica and French Montana, both of whom opted to just let it slide.
That’s just what happens when Kendrick goes at rappers: They get quiet or start making excuses or just completely opt out altogether. There’s a reason for that — most, if not all, rappers know that Kendrick is, as he says on the Future and Metro track, “really like that.” He’s been able to disrupt the game multiple times with verses aimed at numerous targets, imagine what happens when he focuses his pen on one opponent. It’s silly to believe the results would be less devastating.
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But that’s all offense: Let’s talk defense. We already saw Cole take aim at Kendrick’s catalog and general lack of productivity. What will Drake focus on? Other than “I helped you break into the game” — which he’s not wrong about — what else can Drake really say about Kendrick? He’s a critically acclaimed, award-winning rapper who has been adored by hip-hop culture for well over a decade. After being utterly discountenanced by Pusha T with “The Story of Adion,” Drake surely learned a lesson or two: one likely being that to really land a big blow in 2024, you need to spring a surprise on unsuspecting fans and rappers. Joe Budden says Drake has a nuke. Perhaps he’s learned something we don’t know. But even then, it depends the validity and quality of the dirt. As we saw on his last album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, Kendrick’s been pretty forthcoming with his failings.
We’re a long way from, “You underestimated greatly, the most No. 1s ever, how long did it really take me?” Kendrick doesn’t underestimate Drake. And the talk of chart success is seemingly null and void after his pre-emptive “Prince outlived Mike Jack” bar.
But, we’ll see. The excitement is in the suspense. As Kenny said, “Let’s get it, bro.” — DAMIEN SCOTT
Sexyy Red gets her first top 10 in a lead role on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Get It Sexyy” walks 15-6 on the list dated April 13. The track, which continues to gain in streaming and radio airplay, likewise brings the rising rapper to a similar milestone on the Billboard Hot 100, where it jumps 28-20 to become her first lead top 20 hit.
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For the tracking week of March 29-April 4 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, which combines streaming, radio airplay and sales data for its results, “Get It Sexyy,” released on Open Shift/gamma, pulled 17.2 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, up 11% from the prior week. The growth pushes “Sexyy” 11-5 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart and secures it the Greatest Gainer honor, given weekly to the song with the largest streaming increase. While streaming expands, the song’s sales suffer a slight hit: “Sexyy” sold 1,000 downloads in the same period, down 12% from the previous tracking period, and falls 6-9 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales.
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“Sexyy” gives its creator her second top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and first as a lead artist. She previously reached the tier with her and SZA’s featured roles on Drake’s “Rich Baby Daddy,” which peaked at No. 4 in November. As a lead, Sexyy Red’s prior best was the No. 17 result for “SkeeYee” in September.
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In the radio realm, “Sexyy” registered 6 million in total airplay audience in the same period, a 61% surge from the prior week’s 3.7 million count. “Sexyy” finds its strongest welcome on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay format, where it rockets 32-23 on the radio ranking, with a 58% increase in plays for the latest tracking week compared with the previous one. The rhythmic format also contributes significant activity, as “Sexyy” debuts at No. 35 on Rhythmic Airplay through a 110% weekly spin improvement.
By reaching No. 6, “Sexyy” bests the peak position of its prominent sample track, Hurricane Chris’ “Halle Berry (She Fine),” featuring Supastaar, which achieved a No. 7 best in 2009.
Elsewhere, “Sexyy” rebounds 13-5 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and likewise rallies eight spots on the all-genre Hot 100 (28-20), for new peaks on each ranking.
Megan Thee Stallion pulled up to Adweek’s Social Media Week in New York City on Wednesday (April 10), where she revealed her favorite social media app at the moment — and it’s probably not the go-to for most people in their late 20s like Meg.
The Houston Hottie tapped into her Millennial spirit and crowned Pinterest as her favorite app with an appreciation for curating her own visual mood board.
“You know what I really like, Pinterest. I’m not gonna tell anybody what my Pinterest is. I got a lot of stuff saved, OK! I deleted Instagram and Twitter off my phone, but I have TikTok and I got Pinterest. Pinterest is like the best app, in my opinion, right now because I can curate what I want to see,” she explained.
“I can get on there and see what I want to see. Like if I want to see puppies all day, that’s what I see,” she added. “Makeup, puppies, breakfast, workout videos, booty shorts. I see all the content I like to see.”
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Pinterest’s Instagram account hopped into the comment section to co-sign Meg’s message: “We’re hotties for life!”
Per Statista, Pinterest has more than 97 million active users in the United States, and that figure is expected to continue to grow over the next few years thanks to a bump in engagement with Generation Z.
Megan Thee Stallion’s admission regarding deleting Instagram and X from her phone could be tied to the backlash she received throughout the Tory Lanez shooting case.
“A lot of people didn’t treat me like I was human for a long time,” she told Women’s Health earlier this week. “I feel like everybody was always used to me being the fun and happy party girl. I watched people build me up, tear me down, and be confused about their expectations of me. As a Black woman, as a darker Black woman, I also feel like people expect me to take the punches, take the beating, take the lashings and handle it with grace. But I’m human.”
Megan credited therapy and working out for jumpstarting her healing process. “Before I went onstage, I would be crying half the time because I didn’t want to [perform], but I also didn’t want to upset my fans,” she admitted. “I didn’t want to get [out] from under the covers. I stayed in my room. I would not turn the lights on. I had blackout curtains. I didn’t want to see the sun. I knew I wasn’t myself. It took me a while to acknowledge that I was depressed. But once I started talking to a therapist, I was able to be truthful with myself.”
Lanez was ultimately sentenced to 10 years in prison on three felony counts over the incident last August, in which he shot Meg in the feet following an argument outside a pool party in the Hollywood Hills in July 2020.
Watch Megan reveal her favorite social media app below.
Since there have been stars there have been superfans. But not until Eminem gave a name to his most obsessed, singularly focused admirers did we have “Stans.” Slim Shady’s 2000 “Stan” single from this smash Marshall Mathers LP — famously featured a lilting sample of Dido’s “Thank You” — has become shorthand for the kind of sometimes too-into-it disciple a famous musician might want to avoid meeting in person.
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Well, now the reclusive Detroit rap god is calling all Stans for possible inclusion in an upcoming untitled documentary about his most monomaniacal mavens. ” [eyeball emoji] Looking for Stans [movie slate emoji] for a documentary produced by Eminem & Shady Films. To share your story, please answer the questions here,” read a tweet on Wednesday (April 10) seeking stories.
The solicitation tweet then whisked fans to a questionnaire featuring a list of queries aimed at gauging their level of super-fandom. “Share your story with the world in an exciting new documentary film produced by Eminem and Shady Films,” reads a message on the doc site. In addition to basic bio and social media information, the list of questions includes the following: “When/how did you first hear Eminem?,” “Would you consider yourself a ‘Stan?’ Why/why not?,” “Do you collect Eminem merch, make Eminem artwork, write fan fiction, etc.? If so, please explain in detail,” as well as queries about whether they’ve ever been to Detroit and where they went while there.
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The questions go deeper still, asking about their favorite Eminem song (and which one hit them on a “deep personal level” and why), as well as which parts of Em’s personal story relates to them, whether his music has helped them through difficult times, things they’ve accomplished thanks to his songs, if they’ve met the rapper (where/when) and what the interaction was like, and, of course, if they have any photos or video of their Marshall meet cute.
The last batch really dig deep into their Stan-itude, asking if they remember the MC taking a break from touring/releasing albums around 2005 (and how it impacted them), how often they listen to his music/look at his socials/Google him, and, most importantly, “if you could tell Eminem anything, what would it be?” In addition to a recent photo, the questionnaire ends with a request for a one-minute video explaining why they are the Stanniest Stan, including a story about “anything unique” they’ve done, a fan letter they sent or their favorite Shady merch.
In February, Variety reported that Em was co-producing a Stans doc aimed at diving into the complicated relationship between artists and their audience. The film will reportedly open later this year, with Steven Leckhart tapped to direct what is described as a “revealing, edgy and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one of the world’s most iconic and enduring artists, Eminem, and the fans that worship him.”
In a statement, the rapper’s longtime manager Paul Rosenberg added, “Stans will be the opportunity for us to to turn the camera around and ask the audience about being fans — and in some cases, fanatics. This is a study of the relationship between fanbase and artist through the lens of one of Eminem’s most fascinating songs and one of the world’s most important entertainers.”
“Stan,” produced by The 45 King, peaked of No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000. The Oxford English Dictionary added the term “Stan” to its pages in 2017.
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Lil Nas X has been teasing his upcoming Nasarati 2 mixtape for several months via snippets and previews of songs from his follow-up to his original 2018 Nasarati tape. On Wednesday (April 10) he posted a full new song on SoundCloud, “Right There,” a heater produced by Ojivolta on which Montero drops rapid-fire verses over angelic, gospel-like female backing vocals.
“Hol’ up, lil’ b–ch, what you need? What you need?/ I need a n–ga with loose-lick hips/ I need a model with some big, fake lips/ I just did X in the bathroom stall/ On a B-list star, gettin’ my A-list round/ I’m JK like I’m next to LM/ I’m so drunk that my shit went limp, ayy, ayy/ Pour me some Henny,” he raps on the track with a bare-bones beat that he first previewed in an Instagram Story in February — before deleting it — then again in a tweet.
Later in the song, he gets in his self-referential bag once more, rhyming, “Big Nas, come get that work/ Montero, these hoes gon’ flirt/ Lost and found, I can’t find my shirt/ Montero just popped that Perc/ This feel like God in church/ This scripture a Bible verse/ Buss it open and make it/ Buss it open and make it twerk.”
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The full track was unleashed a day after the MCs 25th birthday and a month after X previewed another unreleased song with typically provocative lyrics. “My big sis just had another baby, popped him out the labia/ My other nephew sitting in class with a broken nephew, he had to beat a n—a ass for talking about his uncle,” he rapped on the unnamed track. “Now listen, I ain’t saying I condone that sh–/ F— it, I’m saying I condone that sh–,” Nas X raps.
X has been honest about his struggle to choose songs over his fear about fans’ perceptions of his music, previously writing on Instagram, “Been hoarding music for years smh i hate my relationship with fear of my songs not doing well and perception. i wish i could just release music and not give af.” At the same time he dumped a handful of snippets on fans to gauge their reaction and possibly guide his track-picking.
Listen to Lil Nas X’s “Right There” below.
Megan Thee Stallion is looking at her third album as a “rebirth” for herself as she continues exploring her next era of music.
The Houston Hottie posed nude for the cover of Women’s Health on Wednesday, (April 10) where she teased what fans can expect with her upcoming project.
“I was inspired to create this album about rebirth because I feel I am becoming a new person physically and mentally,” she said of shedding her old skin.
Meg expanded on the snake motif and serpentine theme she’s deployed on her single titles with “Cobra” and the Hot 100-topping “Hiss.” “They’re feared, misunderstood, respected, healing,” she said.
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In the past, the 29-year-old has struggled with combining vulnerability with music that’s still hard-hitting and staying true to herself.
“I’ve always struggled to figure out how to be vulnerable and still make music that is going hard at the same time,” she added. “I’m getting into a better space with making music that is still true to myself but also true to my message. I am very much a flower, but my flower has thorns.”
Megan Thee Stallion on the cover of Women’s Health 2024 Body Issue.
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Her forthcoming album will be the first to arrive since Tory Lanez was sentenced to a decade behind bars last year in the 2020 case, in which the R&B singer shot the “WAP” rapper multiple times in the feet following an argument outside a Hollywood Hills house party S
“A lot of people didn’t treat me like I was human for a long time,” she said. “I feel like everybody was always used to me being the fun and happy party girl. I watched people build me up, tear me down, and be confused about their expectations of me. As a Black woman, as a darker Black woman, I also feel like people expect me to take the punches, take the beating, take the lashings and handle it with grace. But I’m human.”
It wasn’t until Megan started therapy which she credits for jumpstarting her healing process. The Houston native works out four to five times a week with a regimen that includes the gym, pilates and beach exercises.
“Before I went onstage, I would be crying half the time because I didn’t want to [perform], but I also didn’t want to upset my fans,” she admitted. “I didn’t want to get [out] from under the covers. I stayed in my room. I would not turn the lights on. I had blackout curtains. I didn’t want to see the sun. I knew I wasn’t myself. It took me a while to acknowledge that I was depressed. But once I started talking to a therapist, I was able to be truthful with myself.”
Megan Thee Stallion’s last album, Traumazine, arrived in August 2022 and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Check out Megan Thee Stallion grace the cover of Women’s Health below.
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The hip-hop world is in mourning following the tragic loss of DJ Mister Cee. Hot 97 reported on Wednesday (April 10) that Mister Cee — born Calvin LeBrun — passed away at the age of 57. His cause of death is not yet known.
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Born and bred in Brooklyn, Mister Cee served as the official DJ for Big Daddy Kane and he’s perhaps best known for discovering the iconic The Notorious B.I.G. Also known as The Finisher, Cee is credited as an executive producer on Biggie’s legendary 1994 debut Ready to Die.
In an interview with Rock The Bells last year, DJ Mister Cee crowned his Best of Biggie mixtape as his favorite in his decorated career. “That mixtape changed my life. It changed everything. My brand, my life,” he said.
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Plenty of tributes and heartfelt condolences have poured in from around the hip-hop community. Mister Cee played a role in helping elevate the careers of local artists such as 50 Cent, who showed Cee love following news of his shocking passing.
“R.I.P to the legend MR. Cee God bless him, to all his family and friends I send my condolences,” the G-Unit mogul wrote to X.
DJ Premier saluted Cee: “Damn! Endless memories in this HIP HOP CULTURE. REST PEACEFULLY TO THE FINISHER… DJ MISTER CEE LOVE YOU BRO!”
While fellow New Yorker and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D added: “Rest In Beats my man. A good dude to the fullest. @djmistercee.”
Damn! Endless memories in this HIP HOP CULTURE.REST PEACEFULLY TO THE FINISHER…DJ MISTER CEE 🫡🤎👑🙏🏾🕊️LOVE YOU BRO!— DJ Premier (@REALDJPREMIER) April 10, 2024
DJ Mister Cee spent 21 years working at Hot 97 and helming his storied Throwback at Noon segment. He greatly impacted those who worked alongside him at the station.
“We have lost the iconic Mister Cee,” Peter Rosenberg wrote. “I listened to him yesterday and am in complete shock. He was a dear friend to all of us, a wonderful man, and one of the most important and impactful DJs of all time. I love you Cee.”
Jay-Z even gave Mister Cee a shout-out on 2009’s “D.O.A.” alongside DJ Funkmaster Flex. “I made it just for Flex and Mister Cee, I want n—-s to feel threatened,” he raps.
Mister Cee is credited with introducing Fetty Wap to the Metropolitan area when he was one of the first to play his now-certified-diamond anthem “Trap Queen” on the Hot 97 airwaves during the summer of 2014.
Billboard sends its condolences to Mister Cee and his loved ones. Check out more reactions to his passing below.
We have lost the iconic Mister Cee. I listened to him yesterday and am in complete shock. He was a dear friend to all of us, a wonderful man, and one of the most important and impactful DJs of all time. I love you Cee.— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) April 10, 2024
Mister Cee was a giant. He always deserved better from the culture he built and nurtured. Despite it all, he never folded. He gave everything he had to hip-hop with an aspirational amount of responsibility, care and precision. He was deeply, deeply loved. God bless you, sir.— Karlie Hustle (@THEkarliehustle) April 10, 2024
Calvin LeBrun, better known as the legendary DJ Mister Cee has passed, according longtime employers Hot 97 and WLBS. Known as “The Finisher,” Mister Cee has been a fixture on New York City radio waves for over 25 years, helming the “Throwback at Noon” block on Hot 97 where he played classic old school hip-hop […]