This week, the Number One song in America is a diss track. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” debuted at the top of the charts, to the surprise of no one who’s seen the track go viral since its release earlier this month. The song is buoyed by a catchyDJ Mustard …
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The self-dubbed “Serpent Woman,” Megan Thee Stallion, has a new reptilian record: “BOA.” It follows previous singles “Hiss” (which hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100) and “Cobra.” “I be showing my ass, they mad huh? Bitches is bitter, they thought it was sweet,” Megan barrels out of the …
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Tee Grizzley and Future have teamed up to drop new track “Swear To God” on Friday. The hard-hitting single opens with the lyrics: “Fuck your album, shit ain’t slapping like my mixtape.” When the rapper tweeted a coded announcement of the track on Thursday, he did so by tweeting the …
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When Drake and Kendrick Lamar decided to go at each other, we knew that there was a chance for low blows; we just didn’t know we’d end up subterranean. The four tracks they exchanged on May 3 and 4 — Kendrick’s “Meet the Grahams” and “Not Like Us,” as well …
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We know Kendrick Lamar and Drake will throw more shots, levy more seedy allegations, and might even drop more all-out diss songs from here. But the bulk of the war has been fought, and the crown goes to Compton. In hindsight, the way Drake poked the bear with Instagram Stories …
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ElGrandeToto wasn’t meant to be a rapper. He always knew he’d be famous, he says, but figured he’d be a dancer, maybe an actor. “If I wanted to be in the fucking NBA, I could have been in the NBA,” he says with certainty. “I’m too ambitious. I love dreaming, …
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On the night of April 13, after the apparent leak of his diss track “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me Fifty),” Drake posted a screenshot from the movie Kill Bill on his Instagram Story. It was the film’s iconic fight scene, during which Uma Thurman’s character takes on a room …
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Rick Ross didn’t have to give his Drake diss “Champagne Moments” a video. But he did — and he used it to promote his own stuff. On Tuesday, Ross released a visual for his recently-released diss track, which simply sees the Miami rapper sitting on a stool in front of …
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Mexican hip-hop is on the rise — and if Santa Fe Klan‘s Coachella run is any indication, it’s time we pay attention. Those present for Peso Pluma‘s Friday night set got acquainted with Santa Fe Klan when the two MCs banded together for a fiery duet of their 2024 track …
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As J. Cole put a bow on this year’s Dreamville Festival, he worked an apology heard-’round-hip-hop into the introduction to one of his biggest and most sentimental songs, “Love Yourz.” “The past two days have felt terrible,” he said, earnestly admitting he’s lost sleep over “7 Minute Drill,” his nuanced …
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