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Cop Your XXL Merch NowDr. Dre recently proclaimed that Eminem is the best MC ever—point blank, period.Dr. Dre Crowns Eminem as the Best Rapper EverOn the latest episode of The Life of Mine With James Corden, which premiered on Thursday (March 14) on SiriusXM, Dr. Dre championed his longtime collaborator Eminem. In the clip below, the veteran hip-hop producer firmly proclaimed that Em is the best rapper to ever touch the microphone.”I think he’s the best MC ever,” Dre said of the Detroit rhymer. “Point blank, period. Of course, there are going to be arguments about that because he’s a White guy. I don’t think anyone that’s rapping can touch Eminem on that microphone.”Read More: Here Are 50 Hip-Hop Albums Turning 20 in 2024Dr. Dre Reflects on Recording “My Name Is” With EminemDr. Dre also remembered the first time he met Eminem in the studio and recorded their first song together, which was his 2000 Grammy Award-winning track, “My Name Is.”“I put the beat on and he just did that right away,” he recalled. “I hit play on it…and he just went, ‘Hi, my name is.'””It happened that fast. No bulls**t. And then we went from there and that was the beginning of this relationship,” Dre added.Read More: 20 of the Best Eminem SongsWatch Dr. Dre proclaim that Eminem is the best MC ever below.Cop Your XXL Merch NowWatch Dr. Dre Insist That Eminem Is the Best MC EverSee 50 Facts About Eminem

Cop Your XXL Merch NowIn a bizarre series of events, Kanye West and Kai Cenat get into a ridiculous beef over sweatpants.Kanye West and Kai Cenat Engage in Ridiculous Beef Over SweatpantsOn Friday (March 15), popular streamer Kai Cenat unboxed some free Yeezy merch while streaming on Twitch. However, when trying on some of the gear, Kai clowned Kanye West for sending him oversized sweatpants that clearly could not fit him.”N***a!” Cenat yelled while emphasizing the humorously disproportionate size of the sweatpants gifted to him by Ye. “Bro, this s**t is not fitting me, bro!”Cenat then started comically dancing in the oversized sweatpants to 50 Cent’s hit, “In da Club,” which viewers found hilarious to watch.Kanye caught wind of Cenat’s Twitch stream and didn’t find it funny at all. The Vultures 1 artist sent Cenat an angry Instagram message, which can be viewed below.”Don’t make no jokes about my clothes…When you ain’t saying nothing about what Adidas is doing…When Vultures song came out you ain’t play my verse…You controlled. Don’t play with me,” he wrote.Cenat was surprised by Ye’s DM, which prompted him to respond, “I hear you bro but ain’t no jokes was being said when I first opened up that package I showed love instantly[.] All I did was try on the sweats and it didn’t fit[.] No jokes made I immediately asked for a new pair.”But Kanye wasn’t having it and asked Cenat if he was responded incorrectly to him, which Cenat answered, “Yes.”Kanye then angrily shot back, “F**k you n***a. You was told to diss my s**t[.] You a pawn.”Cenat’s mother would later stepped in and offered her son some guidance about Ye’s perspective. “He stands for what he believes in and he don’t care about nobody,” she told Cenat.Read More: Wild Rap Beefs That Will Probably Never Be ResolvedKanye West’s Manager Steps In to Squash FeudLater in the stream, Cenat received a phone call from Kanye’s manager, John Monopoly, who has reportedly reunited with the Chicago rapper-producer and is working on the Vultures world tour.Monopoly, who played an integral role in Kanye’s early rap development in the 1990s and later served as his manager alongside Gee Roberson and Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua before parting ways in the mid-2010s, attempted to end their feud.Shockingly, when Monopoly told him that he was once part of the esteemed Violators management team under the late Chris Lighty, Cenat seemed unimpressed.Nevertheless, Cenat was willing to meet with Kanye and Monopoly in the future to officially squash their beef.Read More: The Drama Between Kanye West and YesJulz’s Firing ExplainedWatch how Kai Cenat sparked a beef with Kanye West over his free sweatpants below.Cop Your XXL Merch NowWatch Kanye West and Kai Cenat’s Ridiculous Beef Over SweatpantsHere Are the Monumental Moments Rappers Squashed Beef

Cop Your XXL Merch NowSexyy Red hilariously acknowledges fans roasting her bad singing at the 2024 Rolling Loud California festival.Sexyy Red Reacts to Fans Roasting Her Bad Singing at Rolling Loud California FestivalOn Friday (March 15), Sexyy Red hit the Rolling Loud California stage for the first time since having her baby last month. The St. Louis rapper performed a bevy of hits, including her verse on Drake’s song “Rich Baby Daddy.”During her rendition of the song mentioned, Sexyy unexpectedly started singing SZA’s part from the song, which sounded more like screeching than actually singing.On social media, fans roasted Sexyy Red for her bad singing.”Sexyy Red Sounding Like Miss Juicy Baby & JLo When Ashanti Would Stop Singing While Trying To Sing Sza’s Verse From Rich Baby Daddy At Rolling Loud,” joked one person on X, formerly known as Twitter.Another person humorously questioned: “Sexyy red what is this [three cry loudly emojis].”In response, Sexyy Red hilariously replied, “Dis how it be when somebody hear you singing in da shower [two cry laughing emojis].”Without a doubt, fans agree that Sexyy should stick to rapping and leave the singing to the professionals.Read More: Sexyy Red Appears to Respond to Adin Ross Claiming They Had SexSexyy Red Shows Off All the Expensive Gifts Drake Got HerLast week, Drake gifted Sexyy Red with lavish Chanel bags and a generous stack of money.On Saturday (March 9), Sexyy hopped on her Instagram page to share what Drizzy got her. In a carousel of photos, which can be viewed below, the St. Louis rhymer is in the studio showing off four Chanel bags in pink, purple, burgundy and black.In two other pics, Sexyy flaunts several stacks of $100 bills while holding the purses. Apparently, Drake gave her $50,000 in cash to spend.Read More: Drake’s Serious Devotion to Sexyy Red Costs Him Big BucksWatch Sexyy Red’s patriotic performance at the 2024 Rolling Loud California Festival below.Cop Your XXL Merch NowWatch Sexyy Red’s 2024 Rolling Loud California PerformanceSee Fans React to Sexyy Red’s 2024 Rolling Loud California PerformanceSee Rappers’ Most NSFW Moments Over the Years

Cop Your XXL Merch NowDuring his exclusive interview with Big BoyTV, Kanye West revealed that he tried to have a threesome with Nicki Minaj and Amber Rose.Kanye West Tells Shocking Story of Wanting a Threesome With Nicki Minaj and Amber RoseOn Friday (March 15), radio personality Big Boy premiered his “Vultures” interview with Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign on his BigBoyTV channel on YouTube. During their convo, Kanye revealed that he was trying to have a threesome with Nicki Minaj and Amber Rose, who Kanye was dating at the time.At the 1-hour, 16-minute mark of the video interview below, the subject of rappers spitting garbage bars came up. That’s when Big Boy reminded the rap duo of Safaree’s less-than-stellar freestyle on Power 105’s The Breakfast Club. This prompted Ye to recall a story of being in the studio recording his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and asking Safaree how he could get a threesome with Amber and Nicki. Unbeknownst to Kanye, Safaree was secretly dating Nicki at the time.”She was a bad b***h, I’m like, “Yo, Safaree, you think Nicki let me and Amber hit like what she said,” Kanye said. “This her man,” he added. “Like, you gotta make these raps true.”Kanye was referring to Nicki’s standout verse on “Monster” where she rapped, “Besides, Ye, they can’t stand besides me I think me, you and Amber should ménage Friday.”Upon hearing Nicki spitting those lyrics in the studio, Kanye thought he could press his luck and make it happen in real life with Amber and Nicki.Read More: Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign Want You to Say to Hell With Music StreamingYe and Ty Dolla $ign’s Big Boy InterviewIn an exclusive interview with Big Boy, Ye and Ty Dolla touched on a number of topics including their successful joint project Vultures 1, working together, Ye’s daughter North’s budding rap career and the music industry. Here are a couple of big highlights that came out of the interview:Ye said he had invented genres of music, explaining: “I done invented every style of music of the past 20 years. I created Weeknd genre, [Travis Scott], Drake. I’ma go ahead and say it, with all love, Future and [Young] Thug also because the auto-tune album. 808s [and Heartbreak], if you think about it…Now, everyone, they added what it was to it. It’s a new genre, it’s called making your own money.”Kanye West said when “Carnival” went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 he went on a “f**k you” rant, and forced streamer Adin Ross to publicly apologize to him after the streamer implied no brands were ever going to do deals with Ye anymore. “That’s the exhale,” Ye said. “‘I’d like to thank,’ I ain’t thankful! It’s f**k everyone up out this b***h. You know what’s so cool about that is n***as like Adin Ross had to apologize.”Read More: North West Is Turning Into Kanye’s ReincarnateCheck out Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s interview with Big Boy below.Cop Your XXL Merch NowWatch Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s Interview with Big BoySee Every Artist on Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 1 Album

Drake has established himself as many things over the course of his career, including a connoisseur of the Instagram DM.Who Has Drake Messaged?Drizzy has relied on the IG chat to eviscerate his critics, call out his enemies and, most notably, chase girls—albeit with mixed results. Drake was most recently put on blast by a few fans for his slick behavior. On March 9, a fan who goes by @trillary_banks_ on X, formerly known as Twitter, screenshotted an alleged DM she received from The Boy.”DRAAAAAAKE?” the fan captioned the screenshot, which read: “Was it you I recognized tonight?”Fans then questioned why she would post a screenshot of the exchange and not just keep it to herself.”For what who cares,” the woman responded. “It’s funny and I’m not accepting the request ever.”A few days later, another fan who goes by @Jazzalinyyy on X noticed a similar behavior in her DM’s. This time around Drake compared his supporter to tea.”Your body is absolute tea,” Drake appeared to write.The same instance happened with this fan as well, in which people began trolling her for not accepting Drizzy’s advance.”All yall saying I fumbled need to stfu he would’ve flew me out f**ked me then Nvr talked to me again DO YALL NOT KNOW DRAKE ?!?” she responded.Read More: Bobbi Althoff Removed From Drake’s SXSW Party – ReportDrake’s History of Sliding Into DM’sThese are merely the most recent examples of Drake’s flattery. In 2015, Drake’s DM game was put on full blast in what may have been the first time publicly after adult film star Mia Khalifa revealed the 6 God had been sending unsolicited messages to her IG.”It was flattering, but his intentions were obviously clear,” Khalifa told CBS Miami at the time. “It was so cringeworthy. The whole thing was cringeworthy.”When the interviewer joked that Drizzy would likely be the type to send a shirtless photo of himself, Khalifa confirmed the description was “halfway there.”It’s unclear if Drake’s DMing frequency has increased in recent years, but from 2022 on, it’s felt like more and more women have exposed the 6 God’s antics on social media. In 2022 Drake weaponized his direct message and took aim at a troll’s wife after he randomly clowned Drizzy over ghostwriting allegations on Instagram.”I’m here for u ma,” Drake wrote in the woman’s DM. He then replied to the troll directly, saying, “I just followed your girl cause she’s prob miserable and needs some excitement in her life.”By 2023, it was back to business as usual. Drake messaged Switzerland soccer star Alisha Lehman asking for a jersey in October of that year, followed by reality TV star Chanel Everett in December. Drizzy’s DM actually sparked a dispute between Everett and her ex-husband Pedro Jimeno in an episode of The Family Everett.”I heard the rumor that Drake slipped into Chantel’s DM,” Pedro taunted in the episode. “Go with Drake, the famous rapper, you know? Go with him.”Then in April of 2023, NCAA Women’s Basketball star Angel Reese admitted to The Breakfast Club that both Drizzy and Future slid into her DMs after she led the LSU Tigers to their first national championship. However, Reese claimed it was “all congratulations.”Then in August of 2023, Drake slid into the DMs of Veronica Correia, the fan who went viral after throwing her 36G bra on stage during the rapper’s show in Brooklyn and catching his attention last year.”He slid up on a [Instagram] Story and laughed at one, simply sent a laughing face,” Correia told the Club Ambition podcast after the viral moment. “And I took a day or two to respond because I just didn’t know what to say. So I just liked it, and then I left him for like a day. Then I wrote out this paragraph, basically thanking him for the experience, an awesome show, and then I told him I own the coffee shop in Cumberland and asked if he liked coffee and how he likes it.”She continued by saying he laughed at the idea of her making a coffee for him.”So, I said, ‘Oh, do you think I’m funny?” Correia added. “And he said, ‘I think you’re really sought-after right now.'”As shown by all of the above, it doesn’t seem like Drake will be moving away from the DM slide anytime soon.Read More: Kanye West, Drake’s Feud Continues to Get More ConfusingSee Drake’s Best TV Show ReferencesDon’t watch him, watch TV.

Cop Your XXL Merch NowDiddy’s Harlem charter school Capital Prep is severing ties with the embattled music mogul, and parents, students and former employees are calling the school a disaster.Diddy’s Harlem School Reportedly a DisasterOn Friday (March 15), The Cut published an extensive report detailing the disaster and dysfunction of Diddy’s Harlem charter school Capital Prep, which the mogul opened in 2016. Fourteen individuals, including students, parents and former employees, described the school, located in East Harlem, N.Y. one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, as having frequent violence and a high turnover rate. Not to mention, Diddy has allegedly barely been involved with the school aside from the occasional photo op.”He was supposed to be an inspiration to those children, coming from what you might consider the hood—and he was not,” a parent said.There reportedly hasn’t been a full teaching staff for the entirety of its tenure, with students sometimes not getting taught subjects for months. They are instead found loitering in the lunch room. Parents claim they weren’t informed about a bedbug outbreak, and said police were often called on students who broke the school’s uniform policy.Capital Prep currently serves 500 students in grades six through 12, the majority of them Black from low-income families.XXL has reached out to Diddy’s team for comment.Read More: 50 Cent Clowns Diddy for Showing Too Much LoveDiddy Spotted Out and About For First Time Since LawsuitsThe latest bit of bad press to befall the music mogul comes after Diddy and his sons Justin and Christian were spotted out in public on Sunday (March 6). Diddy was captured on video by paparazzi as he left a restaurant in Los Angeles. In the video, Puff is seen smiling as he leaves the restaurant with his sons in tow. The group get into an awaiting SUV as photogs get flash photos, but Diddy doesn’t speak.The Bad Boy Entertainment founder is currently facing multiple lawsuits alleging abuse and sexual assault.Read More: Fans Weigh In on Diddy Sexual Assault AllegationsCop Your XXL Merch NowSee 43 Photos of Impressively Unique Mansions Rappers Own

Cop Your XXL Merch NowJoe Budden has debuted his highly anticipated interview with Candace Owens and the conservative pundit expresses some harsh opinions on the state of Black culture.Joe Budden Interviews Candace OwensOn Friday (March 15), Joe Budden finally delivered after teasing the interview with the controversial right-wing talking head for the past couple of weeks. During the interview, which can be seen in full here, the two discuss opinions on Black America, fat acceptance, porn addiction, how she’s perceived and more. At one point during the interview, Owens got on the topic of her disdain for the current state of Black culture and cited Ice Spice’s latest single “Think U the S**t (Fart).””I just don’t need to hear about Ice Spice’s farts,” Candace sternly declares in the video below. “I just don’t. I don’t want to hear about it. We used to produce really good music and it’s gone down the drain. I think even that is international. I think it’s because it’s a part of the, ‘Let’s slowly make it modify the education systems so that Black people can’t read and, at the same time, feed them with a pipeline of garbage,’ and you will wake up one day, and what surrounds you will be garbage.”She continues: “Now, we’re at a place where we don’t even just produce it, we defend it. We’re like, ‘That’s Black culture.’ No, it’s not. When did you grow up? That’s not Black culture that I grew up with. So, don’t try to make me love filth.”Read More: 36 Feuds Involving Rappers Going at Non-RappersCandace Owens Previously Calls Out Ice SpiceThis is not the first time Candace Owens has been critical of Ice Spice. Following the released of “Fart” back in January, Ownes blasted the track on her show.”If you’re wondering whether or not it’s a good song, what do you think? It’s called ‘Think U The S**t (Fart)’,” Owens said before playing a clip from the song. “Now I think we can all admit that we’ve fallen as a society. I mean, I wouldn’t say that was Mozart or Beethoven, but I’m not all of these mainstream media publications that routinely run to defend this kind of music similar to what they did with ‘WAP’ the most disgusting and filthiest lyrics I’ve ever read. They will then sit down and write an article trying to convince you that what you just heard was magical and they did this with this Ice Spice song.”Read More: Joyner Lucas Thinks Candace Owens Should Trade Places With George Floyd to See How It Feels to Die by Asphyxiation on “Devil’s Work 2″Cop Your XXL Merch NowSee Candace Owens opining on Black culture below.Watch a Clip of Candace Owens’ Interview With Joe BuddenHere Are Rappers Who Are Still Supporting Donald Trump

Cop Your XXL Merch NowNorth West wants to be a rap star, and Kanye West is doing everything in his power to make sure that happens—for better or worse.Ye’s 10-year-old daughter has grown up before fans’ eyes. One thing that can be said is she’s definitely her daddy’s daughter. From dressing up as the Graduation bear on her father’s album cover to standing up to the paparazzi, North has proven to be the spitting image of her controversial pops. She also has Ye’s multi-hyphenate mind state.”[I want to be] a basketball player, a rapper,” North told I-D magazine in her first-ever magazine interview last October. “Well, when I was 7, I wanted to be a boxer. But now I don’t want to be a boxer. I’m going to do art on the side. When I’m, like, 13, I want to walk dogs, to make money to buy art supplies, because everything around here is so expensive. So, a rapper, a basketball player, and I’m going to make artwork that I sell. Also, one day I want to own Yeezy and SKIMS, and I want to be a business owner.”Read More: Every Artist That Appears on Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 1 AlbumAlso like her father, North appears to be ready for her time in the spotlight. And Ye is all the way here for it. The eldest of Ye and Kim Kardashian’s four children has been a mainstay at recent Vultures listening events and doesn’t appear to be shy about being the center of attention. Sound familiar?North stole the show at Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s star-studded Vultures listening event at Miami’s Wynwood Marketplace last December where the pre-teen previewed her verse on the Vultures 1 track “Talking.””It’s your bestie/Miss, Miss Westie/Don’t try to test me/It’s gonna get messy/It’s gonna get messy/Just, just bless me,” she rapped to the hyped crowdNorth’s shining moments haven’t gotten all praise, with some people questioning Ye’s parenting skills for having his elementary-school daughter around grown men rapping lyrics like, “Beautiful big t**ty butt-naked women just don’t fall out the sky, you know.”On March 10, North officially announced during a Vultures 2 listening event in Phoenix that she is following in her father’s footsteps and working on her debut album. She announced the album will be titled Elementary School Dropout, an obvious nod to Ye’s debut major label LP, The College Dropout, released 20 years ago.It appears North is already getting familiar with the press, giving her first post-album announcement interview with Jazzy’s World TV during her father’s headlining performance at Rolling Loud on March 14.Read More: Here Are the Best Parts of Big Boy’s Interview With Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ignIf there were any more doubts that North is officially in music mode, she appears to have a new verified Spotify account, displaying her sole musical appearance.With Ye’s backing, it’s clear North West is turning into his reincarnate.North West Spotify.Spotifyloading…Cop Your XXL Merch NowSee 12 Hip-Hop Duos and Groups to Look Out for in 2024

Cop Your XXL Merch NowWeek in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what’s out and also what’s hot, so XXL decided to make things much easier for you. Instead of sorting out nearly everything that released this week, we’ve narrowed it down to strictly the best of the week, saving you plenty of time.Expect to see selections from the established stars, the next wave of new talent, the up-and-comers and everyone else in between. If your song is fire enough to beat the competition, it’ll take one of the weekly spots. You can trust us on this one; follow our lead and you’ll never get laughed off the aux cord again. Your friends will finally trust you with playlists; it’ll be wonderful. In addition to that, you can check back every week for the latest and greatest tracks. You’ll always have somewhere to turn to each week, being sure to find some songs you’ll dig.Enjoy this week’s list, featuring new songs from Cardi B (“Enough (Miami”), Gunna (“Prada Dem” featuring Offset), Ski Mask The Slump God (“Shibuya”) and more. See you next week.Cop Your XXL Merch Now”Enough (Miami)”Cardi B”Prada Dem”Gunna featuring Offset”Shibuya”Ski Mask The Slump God”Stand Tall”Rapsody”Real Woman”PartyNextDoor”Toast”Flo Milli”Accessible”Tierra Whack”Shakin It”Bktherula featuring Cash Cobain”Deep in the Water”Don Toliver”Pull Up Ghost-Clan”Chief Keef and Mike WiLL Made-It featuring 2 Chainz”No Then You a H*e”Maxo Kream”10pm on Fulton”Jay Critch”Skidoo”BLP KosherSee 117 Hip-Hop Songs With Over 1 Billion Spotify Streams

Cop Your XXL Merch NowLil Wayne and Post Malone are being accused of lying to federal authorities in order to obtain over $8 million in pandemic loans.Lil Wayne and Post Malone Allegedly Lie About Drug-Use to Get Pandemic AidOn Friday (March 15), Business Insider reported that they had filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Small Business Administration to investigate celebrities who had received millions in pandemic loans back in 2021. Among those celebs were Post Malone and Lil Wayne. The publication claims both artists had told the feds their touring companies were a “drug-free workplace,” a necessary step to receive pandemic-related grants.Business Insider then criticized Wayne’s open use of marijuana, as well as Posty’s admittance to using shrooms. The publication claims this meant the rappers boldly lied to the SBA in order to get grants for $8.9 million and $10 million, respectively.When reached for comment, the SBA wrote back to the outlet and said “personal actions” did not necessarily disqualify aid, but confirmed they were looking into certain loans they paid out.”The SBA’s process of monitoring and auditing of grant recipients is actively ongoing,” a statement read. “To date, about $40 million has been returned from SVOG grantees and additional files have been referred for ongoing criminal investigation or civil recovery. To date, none of the recoveries relate to the drug-free certification.”XXL has reached out to Lil Wayne and Post Malone’s team for further comment.Read More: Lil Wayne Finds André 3000’s Comment on Rap DepressingLil Wayne Settles Lawsuit With Personal ChefThe allegations come after Lil Wayne settled a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by his former personal chef. According to documents obtained by XXL, Lil Wayne’s former personal chef, Morghan Medlock, filed paperwork at Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 8. The paperwork told the court that she and Weezy had settled her wrongful termination lawsuit, though explicit terms of the settlement were not disclosed.Read More: Lil Wayne Reveals 2 Chainz Used to Be His Weed Dealer Before RapCop Your XXL Merch NowSee Which Rappers Are Touring in 2024