Though it’s been over a year since Kendrick and Drake’s Great Rap War, the remnants are everywhere, including in the 2025 BET Awards nominations. Lamar leads the pack with 10 nominations including Album of the Year for GNX, Video of the Year for “Not Like Us,” Viewer’s Choice Award nominations …
Read More »Yeat Finally Drops Cover of Drake's 'Feel No Ways'
Yeat has officially dropped his cover of Drake‘s Views favorite “Feel No Ways.” The Portland rapper debuted the track — now officially titled “Feël No Wayz (Yeat Mix)” — during his set at Coachella last month. It’s at once a fairly faithful rendition of Drake’s original, with Yeat not tinkering …
Read More »A Year Later, No One Can Get Over the Kendrick and Drake Beef
One year ago this week, Kendrick Lamar and Drake engaged in a monumental rapid-fire rap beef, trading scathing diss songs like “Euphoria” and “Family Matters” back-to-back, sometimes in a matter of minutes. On the night of May 3, fans couldn’t even absorb the potency of Drake’s “Family Matters” before Lamar …
Read More »Drake Claims NFL Censoring 'Not Like Us' During Super Bowl Backs His Defamation Claim
Drake has doubled down on his defamation and harassment claims against Universal Music Group (UMG), filing an amended complaint Wednesday that argues the NFL’s decision to ban the word “pedophile” from Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance supports his allegation that “Not Like Us” is defamatory. “The version of the …
Read More »Serena Williams' Super Bowl Appearance Wasn't About Dissing Drake: 'I Would Never Do That'
Of the myriad of warnings that Kendrick Lamar issued to Drake on “Not Like Us,” one in particular inspired a special guest appearance during his Super Bowl halftime show set earlier this year. “Better not speak on Serena,” he rapped on a prideful verse packed with West Coast references. When …
Read More »Drake Confirms He's Working on a New Album: 'It's a Slap'
Drake is officially working on new music. In a Kick livestream with Adin Ross, the rapper confirmed that his next project is currently in the works. “Thank you to everybody that’s streaming the album,” Drake said of his recent, chart-topping effort, $exy $ongs 4 U. He added, “Every time, every …
Read More »How Public 'Finsta' Accounts Became the New Album Rollout Method
In late March, a new Instagram account believed to belong to Young Thug called @UyScutiiiiii posted a picture of Young Thug holding a Miami Heat jersey, with “Uy Scuti” on the back. The post’s caption read: “Today.” Fans began speculating about a possible Thug album dropping later that night. Even …
Read More »Drake Is Suing His Label Over 'Not Like Us.' Does He Have a Chance?
Drake says Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster hit “Not Like Us” crossed the line when it accused him of “one of the most vile behaviors imaginable” – being a criminal pedophile. Universal Music Group says Drake is the one who went too far when he sued his own label for defamation for …
Read More »Will Smith's Overwrought Comeback Album Is Our Fault
On “Tantrum,” one of the most visceral moments from Will Smith’s new album, Based on a True Story, the 56-year-old growls, “Oh, y’all forgot I ain’t new with the pen/First hip-hop Grammy, I’ll do it again.” With an album as trite as this one, that’s hard to imagine, but that …
Read More »Drake Wants a Booty-Shakin', Nineties Party in 'Nokia' Video
Drake is taking it back to Nineties club nights (even if he toys with a phone from the Eighties). On Monday, the rapper released the nostalgia-harnessing video for “Nokia” from his Partynextdoor collab album, Some Sexy Songs 4 U. The black-and-white, Theo Skudra-directed video sees Drake walking through walls of …
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