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Gunplay Threatens to Slap DJ Envy for Mentioning His GoFundMe

[ad_1] DJ Envy's car show beef with Rick Ross went a little too far especially after Gunplay's family was dragged into the fray. Recently, in a heated phone conversation, Gunplay threatened to slap DJ Envy for mentioning his GoFundMe page for his sick infant during the Rick Ross feud.On Sunday (May 29), Gunplay shared on his Instagram account a video of his phone call between him and DJ Envy with Charlamagne Tha God as the mediator. In the clip, the former Maybach Music Group artist asked Envy why was his name dragged into his car show beef with Rick Ross.Gunplay explained that he was angry that Envy mentioned his wife's GoFundMe account,...

Meek Mill Calls DJ Drama ‘a Goofy’ for Speaking Down on Him

[ad_1] Meek Mill called DJ Drama 'a Goofy' for speaking down on him in interviews.On Sunday (May 29), Meek Mill hopped on his Twitter account and blasted DJ Drama for talking down on him especially when he told TMZ earlier this year that he thought Lil Uzi Vert's song "Just Wanna Rock" replaced Meek's "Dreams and Nightmares" as the new Philadelphia anthem. "Dj drama a goofy over these hoes lol he won’t speak good on me I tore him up in the a," Meek tweeted.The Philly rapper added: "When he when I asked drama why he always speaking down on me with a few other words too told him he’s a goofy…...

Playboi Carti, The Weeknd FaceTime Each Other Ahead of New Collab

[ad_1] It looks like Playboi Carti and The Weeknd have something planned for this week.On Saturday (May 28), Playboi Carti and The Weeknd shared a screenshot of themselves Facetiming each other as rumors swirl they are planning to drop their collaborative song real soon. As shared on The Weeknd's social media pages, the screenshot features the King Vamp himself on FaceTime with a grin on his face while Abel greets him with a huge smile on his face. The R&B/Pop star captioned the photo with a vampire and burning heart emojis.The FaceTime photo comes after a snippet of their joint track surfaced online last week. Apparently, while at a red-carpet event at...

Coi Leray Interview – ‘I’m Amazing at This Music’

[ad_1] Perfect TimingFrom platinum bangers to designer-darling status, Coi Leray is seizing the moment she was born ready for while proving her critics wrong.Words: Stacy-Ann EllisEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.The year is 2021, and a then-24-year-old Coi Leray is pacing the Rolling Loud Miami stage, signature shoulder-length plaits swinging, doing her best to entertain a mannequin-still crowd that simply won’t budge. Despite an energetic set of brazen bars, vocals, animated moves and a posse of hype men, viral footage has memorialized the unresponsive crowd with a bevy of unkind comments piled underneath it.Fast-forward two years later, and the now-26-year-old rapper’s return to Rolling Loud...

Drake Demos Leak Including Dr. Dre Detox Album Reference Track

[ad_1] Multiple Drake demos, including a reference track for Dr. Dre's Detox album, have leaked online.On Sunday (May 28), five Drake demos leaked online. According to hiphop-n-more.com, most of the songs are demos and alternate versions of songs that have been previously leaked before.Among them is a reference track titled "Tell Me" that Drake recorded for Dr. Dre's mysterious and long-delayed Detox album in the late 2000s. There's also an alternate version of "Jaded" featuring Ty Dolla $ign and two verses by Drizzy.Another song, titled "Concentrate," contains a chorus from Drake, but his lyrics on the track were used on Fetty Wap's remix of "My Way." Two other songs, "Overdrive" and "Child's...

DJ Drama Interview – Gangsta Grillz, Lil Uzi Vert, Label and More

[ad_1] Do What I WantTwenty years into his career, DJ Drama keeps his beloved mixtape series Gangsta Grillz alive as one of hip-hop’s great cross-generational creators.Interview: Peter A. BerryEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.It's hard to pinpoint an all-encompassing snapshot of mixtape culture, but a pile of old Gangsta Grillz CDs is pretty close. Since creating the franchise at the dawn of the blog era, DJ Drama’s carved a legacy as rap’s ultimate hype man, teaming up with some of hip-hop’s biggest names to elevate street albums to an art form.Raised in Philadelphia, Drama, born Tyree Simmons, was inspired to become a DJ after watching Omar Epps...

Vic Mensa Admits Dissing Drake Was a Big Mistake in Freestyle

[ad_1] Vic Mensa admitted that dissing Drake was a big mistake during his blistering 15-minute freestyle on Sway in the Morning.Last Wednesday (May 24), Vic Mensa's fiery 15-minute freestyle was posted on the Sway's Universe YouTube channel. The Chicago wordsmith had a lot of things to get off his chest, including his past mistakes which, according to him, cost him a lot of fans. Midway through his freestyle, Vic acknowledged that dissing Drake wasn't a wise decision."I fell victim to addictions and my mental state/Stupid s**t, like dissing Drake/That was a big mistake," he rapped, referring to his 2017 Drizzy diss track "Danger." "But when you raised in a cage, all you...

When Is Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary?

[ad_1] This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and XXL has celebrated the culture with a variety of content across publishing and digital platforms.What is hip-hop and how did it begin?Fundamentally, hip-hop started in a rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, and his sister, Cindy Campbell were throwing a back to school party to raise some pocket money.Herc was famous playing long DJ sets where he would isolate the percussive sections of popular funk and R&B records that are considered a "breakbeat" in the song. While people danced to rhythm breaks from James Brown, Herc would grab...

Quando Rondo Regrets He Put His Business on the Internet

[ad_1] Quando Rondo has been candid with his fans about some of the hardships he has endured in the past few years. Recently,the Savannah, Ga.-bred rapper has expressed regret for putting his business on the Internet.On Saturday (May 27), in an Instagram Story that has since expired, Quando Rondo wrote, "I wish I can take bacc all the times I put my business on the internet!" The 24-year-old rhymer didn't expound further on what he meant with his cryptic message.In the past few years, Quando has dealt with some personal issues in his life. The shooting death of his friend Lul Pab and Lul Tim dealing with the judicial system following King...

Kanye West’s $57 Million Home Rots Away After Construction Stops

[ad_1] Kanye West's $57 million mansion is reportedly rotting away after he shut down his construction company.According to a report by UK's The Sun, published on Friday (May 26), Kanye West's Japanese-inspired mansion in Malibu, Calif., is reportedly rotting away after the rapper-producer quietly shut down his construction company, Yeezy Construction, Inc., last November. Since then, the home has been completely gutted in mid-renovation.Kanye bought the Malibu mansion in September 2021 at a discount. Initially, the home, designed by Ye's favorite architect Tadao Ando, was on sale for $75 million before being removed from the market. The property was meant to be "part house, part sculpture" with only a few Ando designs...