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This beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar may last forever like the beef between 50 Cent and Ja Rule has. On Thursday night (Jun. 12), the Grand National Tour had its first of two back-to-back shows in Drake’s hometown of Toronto and it didn’t disappoint in the drama department. The Compton rapper performed his knockout […]
Nelly and Ashanti rekindled their romance in 2023, about 10 years after originally breaking their relationship off. It’s been a busy two years since, with the couple tying the knot and welcoming their son, Kareem “KK” Haynes, in July 2024. The “Body On Me” collaborators are set to pull back the curtain and give fans […]
Tyler, The Creator opened up about the backlash to his 2015 album Cherry Bomb, saying it was the greatest thing to ever happen to him. In a sit down with Instagram for their new video series “Ask It Anyway,” Tyler opened up about the heavily criticized project. He said it was mostly a consequence of […]
Ty Dolla $ign‘s EZMNY Records and Create Music Group announced a joint venture on Thursday (June 12) following the success of EZMNY R&B artist Leon Thomas. Co-founded with Shawn Barron, who signed Ty to Atlantic Records in 2012, EZMNY made waves earlier this year after signing Thomas, whose single “Mutt” continues to climb the charts. […]
Jay-Z’s pockets might be feeling a bit lighter after Wednesday night (June 11). Hov’s $1 million bet on the Oklahoma City Thunder to defeat the Indiana Pacers in exactly five games officially became a loss after the Pacers’ game three victory to take a 2-1 lead in the 2025 NBA Finals. Explore Explore See latest […]
Jeezy has said he’s finally at a peaceful place in his life following his tumultuous divorce from Jeannie Mai last year. Sitting down with The Breakfast Club on Wednesday (June 11), Jeezy said despite the bitter divorce he was embroiled in for most of 2024, his 2025 has been filled with nothing but peace.
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“Peace, yeah, peace man,” Jeezy said when asked where things currently stand with Mai. “I’m all about understanding. I’m all about what’s best for everybody, the greater good. I’m just telling you, I tell myself this every day: ‘Man, this is amazing.’ I don’t got no enemies, I don’t go no issues. I don’t want no enemies, I don’t want no issues. I just want peace, I just want joy, I just want freedom. I love my freedom, I love it.”
He went on to say that he can move “independently” now, including coming to The Breakfast Club whenever he wants.
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“I ain’t gotta check in, I ain’t gotta talk to no label, I don’t gotta do nothing,” Jeezy continued. “Shout out to Def Jam, love y’all. But it’s just like, freedom and ownership is everything, especially when you’re talking art, you’re talking culture, you’re talking your mind. I work hard my whole life, this is the season of me. I’m putting myself first at all costs. My peace is everything.”
The former couple’s divorce was finalized last summer and was anything but amicable. Allegations of domestic abuse were hurled around last April, which Jeezy denied.
“It’s disheartening to witness the manipulation and deceit at play and at this time my main concern is being an active father to our daughter as I continue to fight for court mandated joint custody,” Jeezy wrote on social media at the time about the child the pair share, three-year-old Monaco Mai Jenkins. “Rest assured, the truth will prevail through the proper legal channels.”
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI week has been filled with surprises. After enlisting Nicki Minaj for the “Banned From NO (Remix),” Weezy returned 24 hours later on Thursday (June 12) to clash with Lil Baby and Future on “Momma Don’t Worry.”
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Future handles chorus duties on the somber track, which finds the trio calming their mothers’ worries, assuring them at their turbulent upbringings prepared them for the callousness of life.
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“Momma, don’t worry, I got my pistol/ I’m gettin’ my dollars, you birthed a real n—a/ Told my daddy, ‘Don’t be sorry, I’m not gon’ blame you’/ If it weren’t for struggle, my dreams, they wouldn’t came true,” Future raps.
Baby takes the baton and continues with the same theme, speaking directly to his mother. “Told Momma, ‘Don’t worry, you know you raised a hard body’/ Granny called the other day, said, ‘Don’t scratch ’cause God got you,’” he asserts.
Weezy joins the mix and addresses the lack of a relationship with his father, who was absent from his life following a divorce from Wayne’s mom. “Told my daddy, ‘I don’t blame you, neither claim you’/ You was never in the picture, somebody framed you/ Mom’s bought my first pistol, brought me to the range too,” he spews.
Lil Baby and Weezy have teamed up for tracks like “Forever” in the past, while the New Orleans rap legend has an extensive history with Future, uniting with him on songs including “Love Me,” “After That,” “Oxy” and the “Karate Chop (Remix).”
Tha Carter VI arrived on Friday (June 6) featuring assists from Kodak Black, MGK, Bono, BigXthaPlug, Jelly Roll and Big Sean.
Listen to “Momma Don’t Worry” below.
Drake has no plans on checking out Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s Grand National Tour stop in Toronto tonight (June 12). Instead, he’ll be doing a livestream with Kai Cenat where they’ll be finally picking winners from the “Somebody Loves Me” music video treatment challenge they announced in May where 20 creators will be given $15,000 […]
Rolling Loud is headed to India. The hip-hop festival – which already has editions in California, Florida and Thailand – will debut its first festival in Mumbai after bringing the signature event to eight other countries. The two-day festival will be exclusively ticketed and produced in partnership with District by Zomato, a discovery and booking app.
“We never imagined Rolling Loud would take us all the way to India — it’s incredible,” Rolling Loud co-founders and co-CEOs Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif said in a joint statement. “The hip-hop scene in India has been booming, and bringing the festival to Mumbai felt like the right decision. We’re excited to create a space where Indian fans can celebrate the artists they love, while also introducing international acts to a new audience. For us, it’s always been about building community through hip-hop — and we can’t wait to experience how India shows up.”
The two-day festival in India — which will announce dates and venue at a later time — will feature two distinct stages with elaborate production, plus fans can enjoy a series of local food and drink options, art installations and experiential activations that all tie back to the celebration of global and Indian hip-hop culture. Rolling Loud India promises a spotlight on an array of global superstars and international talent and top and rising Indian hip-hop artists.
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“India’s hip-hop scene is on fire right now, it’s raw, it’s real, and it’s ready. Rolling Loud coming to India isn’t just another festival drop; it’s a cultural shift,” District by Zomato CEO Rahul Ganjoo said in a release. “For years, we’ve felt the need to bridge India’s sound with the global stage, and this is that moment. It’s bigger than music, it’s a loud, undeniable signal that Indian hip-hop is here, it’s global, and it’s got something to say. We’re proud to bring this home.”
Since the event was founded in 2015, Rolling Loud has held festivals in New York, Miami, Toronto and Los Angeles, as well as in Australia, Germany, Portugal, The Netherlands, Thailand and Austria. Rolling Loud lineups throughout the last decade have included Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Future, Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, Cardi B, Playboi Carti and more.
Rolling Loud India tickets will go live exclusively on the District app. For more information on talent lineup, ticket details, festival details and more, check the District app and @districtupdates page on Instagram.
Billboard Unfiltered is back with a reimagined format and will remain a live show every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Staff writer Kyle Denis, senior director R&B/hip-hop Carl Lamarre and senior charts analyst Trevor Anderson returned with new moderator Delisa Shannon on Wednesday (June 11) as the trio debated the early returns of Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI, and all three skewed to various degrees of a negative reception to Weezy’s latest installment in his decorated series.
Lamarre compared Wayne’s career legacy to that of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and said Weezy still remains in his top five of all-time. Although, CL believes that the disappointing album and his solo output over the last decade have watered down his discography.
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“I need to fire whoever was A&R and executive producing my brother Wayne’s album because this is easily the worst [Carter] in the entire series,” he claimed. “[C6] was just a full trainwreck… When you take out the mixtapes and look at pure albums. From one, five and six on Tha Carter is mid — everything else is mid.”
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Denis bluntly said C6 is “not a good album at all” and “a—.” “He spent the last year begging for sympathy by him not getting the Super Bowl slot and he deserved that,” he said. “This was the time to drop a fire album, get one or two hits off of that, and make your actual case for a Super Bowl headlining show next year. That’s completely shot now because it’s a—… You did not rise to the occasion.”
Anderson seemed to enjoy the album most among the Unfiltered crew, highlighting the first six tracks as standouts before being derailed. “I’m not gonna be that hard on it,” TA began. “Clearly, it’s the weakest entry in the canon… It didn’t stick the landing for me… I don’t know if this album really messes up [if Wayne is top five or top 10] for me… It does weaken Tha Carter series overall… But I don’t think it messes up the legacy peg at all.”
The conversation turned to Wayne’s legacy and Lamarre believes every top 10 rapper should have at least three classic solo offerings, and he thinks Wayne has two with the second and third installments of Tha Carter, but not much else. “I’m adamant about saying his [albums] discography is not as strong as people think,” he declared.
Ultimately, the trio wants to see Wayne get back to the drawing board and lock in with a singular producer like Nas did with Hit-Boy to bring that greatness out of him. When the dust settled, Shannon gave Trevor Anderson the victory in the first game of the revamped Unfiltered series.
Watch the full episode below.
