As a result, it’s not all that surprising to hear him label the OVO boss as the “best rapper alive.” Harlow, who was featured in Rolling Stone‘s newest episode of “My Life in 10 Songs,” spoke on “10 Bands,” per Kurrco.

It’s one of the many hits off of If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, which happens to be the project when Harlow gave Drizzy this honor. “I remember vividly this album coming out and being like, ‘Oh, Drake’s the best rapper alive…’ Yeah, it was powerful.”

The Kentucky native then explains how amazing it was to then get to work with someone he looks at in this light. Speaking on his “Churchill Downs” collaboration Harlow explains, “Watching him work. Not punching in. Delivering that whole way through. It’s just cool to see a rapper really be a rapper and not be some packaged thing that a team is putting together.”

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Who Will Be Featured On Drake’s ICEMAN?

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The Monica artist goes on to credit Drake for teaching him how to create hits with minimalism. As he puts it, “[Drake] does a great job of recognizing what’s actually necessary. A lot of his greatest songs are so spacious, him and a couple of instruments.”

Harlow continues, “I think people forget, just either out of habit or a need to compensate, that you don’t need that much sometimes. It’s really in the essentials…”

Lastly, the hitmaker believes Drake has just gotten better with time all around from flows to writing.

Before moving onto the next song, Harlow was asked if he’s anticipating ICEMAN. He responded, “I’m anticipating it with you.” This has us wondering if he may have a feature on the project, which seems to be dropping on May 15.

We are still pretty unsure on the guests as Drizzy has yet to reveal that piece of information. The only possible costars would be Central Cee, Yeat, and Julia Wolf. The former appeared on “Which One” whereas the latter two landed on “Dog House.”

But they too could be removed from the final tracklist as we are unsure if Drake is using anything from last year for this 2026 release.

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“One of the darkest and coldest and most disheartening memories of my life is the day my brother [Niko] calls me sobbing — with all he’s going through — looking death in the eye, to tell me I’m right about telling him not to call my father because I knew what was going to happen,” he alleged.

“Because I knew where my dad was, I told [Niko], ‘Dad is gone,'” he also alleged. “All my brother wanted, needed, asked for was my father to tell him he loves him. […] My father responds to my brother, ‘I can’t arbitrarily say that I love you.'”

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Brian McKnight’s Lawsuit

Now, TMZ reports that McKnight is firing back. According to the outlet, he’s filed a new lawsuit against his ex-wife Julie, Brian Jr., Marc Lamont Hill, Tasha K, and the New York Post.

He alleges that they all worked together to make money off “malicious character assassination” and pushed the “sensational but false narrative” that he refused to tell Niko he loved him before his death.

McKnight also alleges that Tasha K falsely accused him of cheating and sleeping with a minor. He claims the alleged “relentless and persistent assault upon his character” left him feeling like he had no choice but to take legal action. The singer is seeking damages tied to reputational and professional harm.

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But while this will be the project that gets the most play, especially on the first day, another rapper isn’t backing down from competing for ears. That would be Chicago MC Lucki, who’s coming through with a much-anticipated tape of his own in Dr*gs R Bad.

Similarly, the 29-year-old also took quite a while to give his fans a concrete timeline. However, he announced his offering would drop on May 15 much sooner than Drizzy. Lucki did so on March 18 via his social media.

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But even though Drake is stepping on his moment, he’s not going to bow down and make way for the Toronto superstar. As caught by No Jumper, Lucki says he’s got too much confidence in himself to shy away from a challenge.

He tweeted, “Maybe i would push the album back if I didn’t have so much new swag. But me & Aubz 5/15 lets go.”

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Drake Teases ICEMAN

While we expect The Boy to still get a lot of first listens, Lucki does have a solid fan base himself and will still put up solid numbers.

Like Lucki, Drake is hyping up his release but doing so in a more cryptic way. Taking to his Instagram, he shared three separate messages in the ICEMAN album text. The first read: “WHEN I CALL YOUR BLUFF MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER ME ON THAT FIRST RING.”

The second: “PLEASE STOP MISTAKING CHAT FOR FACT, REELS FOR REALITY, STREAMING FOR FLOW, AND LIKE FOR LOVE, THANK YOU.” Then, his last said: “HERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ALL CRITICIZE AND PRETEND DOES NOT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER THAN EVERYTHING.”

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The clip has earned mixed reactions from social media users. While some find it amusing, others are calling out Cam for making fun of Dame, given their history.

“That show you none of these dudes was solid with each other. Too easy to talk bad on em,” one Twitter/X user claims. “Much as dame did for cam to be down talking about him is crazy,” another writes. Someone else says, “Mann I don’t care how bad my mans is down even if he done did it to himself and not my mans no more im not dragging him in front of anyone. Sh*ts sad.”

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Cam’ron & Dame Dash Beef

While Cam’s comment hasn’t sat well with some viewers, it didn’t exactly come as a surprise. He and Dame have been at odds for years now, and it doesn’t look like they plan on reconciling any time soon. During an appearance on The Danza Project last month, Cam even theorized that they’ll never make amends.

“Dame done so much for me… he helped me get on Roc-A-Fella Records… and I’m forever grateful for that,” he said at the time. “My problem is… regardless of what happens, I never take our problems to the Internet. […] It kept going on… and I’m like, why are you throwing me in the spot?”

Dame, on the other hand, seems open to the idea of a reunion. In a video shared on social media last September, he explained that their beef stems from a simple lack of communication. “I’d prefer to squash this,” he added. “I want to apologize to Harlem.”

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Overall, this is quite the allegation. After all, you would prefer that commentators are neutral parties. Sure, Budden has his biases, and he wears them on his sleeve. But getting paid to believe a certain narrative is certainly a betrayal of the audience. At this time, Budden has yet to respond to the allegations. Instead, DJ Akademiks has done it for him.

While on stream, Akademiks spoke about Kendrick Lamar’s promo team. He notes that it isn’t Lamar himself who handles that stuff. Instead, it is a man named Kojo, who has come up quite a bit in the Drake-UMG case.

Akademiks claims that he has worked with Kojo in the past on a range of rollouts for various artists. Prior to Kojo’s transition to TDE, Ak claims he got paid handsomely for his work, and sees Kojo as a smooth operator in the music promotion space.

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DJ Akademiks Speaks On Joe Budden

Ak subsequently went on to say that he sees a scenario in which Kojo could have been paying Joe Budden. However, he doesn’t really have the proof to say anything one way or the other. Instead, Ak simply feels as though it is a plausible theory given what he has gone through in the past.

The commentator then went on to say that Budden is making a bag right now off Patreon, and that he probably doesn’t really need the extra money. Either way, it is clear that Akademiks could not help but engage himself in the same speculation loop as the rest of the internet.

In the coming days, it will be interesting to see whether or not Budden addresses any of this.

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As caught by Kurrco, there are five major names that have decided to do so. Kali Uchis is one of them, and she had “Crashing” removed from DSPs. Interestingly, this song did belong to the Queens native and appeared on his debut album WITHERED.

However, despite this, Uchis and the teams behind were able to get it off streaming. This has actually been known since the Celeste Rivas investigation got underway in September.

Back then, Uchis responded to some criticizing her for having the song up. However, the Virginia native affirmed that it was being taken down. “Not my friend i did a song with him which is currently in the process of being taken down given today’s disturbing news.”

But with his recent arrest the list has grown or its resurfacing.

Others to join the R&B artist include Laufey, Bryant Barnes, Damiano David, and Holly Humberstone.

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D4vd In Jail

Folks in the comments are calling out The Kid LAROI for keeping his song with D4vd up. At the time of writing, their track “THE LINE,” which appeared on a deluxe version of his 2023 album THE FIRST TIME.

This news also surfaces after D4vd’s jail conditions have been revealed. Reportedly, they are far from ideal. Per TMZ, the 21-year-old is isolated from other inmates in a one-person cell. No one can visit him and he only gets three hours of fresh air per week. Overall, in-person interactions have been stripped from him. D4vd also has no access to TV, no money, and can only make phone calls every other day. Same goes for showering.

It’s also very “dirty and smells,” and it’s reportedly a “wild” scene overall. He’s being housed at the L.A. County Men’s Central Jail.

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MyNewsLA reports that Nicki’s responses to the plaintiff’s written questions submitted earlier this year allegedly “consisted entirely of vague, repetitive boilerplate objections and were devoid of any substantive information or answers.” His team wants her to pay a fine of nearly $4K to cover the cost the current motion.

As for what Garrett is suing Nicki for in the first place, he accuses the femcee of going off on him during her Pink Friday 2 tour back in 2024. Apparently, he allowed someone else to pick up a prescription he was specifically told to collect.

“Are you f**king crazy having him pick up my prescription? You have lost your f**king mind,” she allegedly told him at the time. “If my husband were here, he would knock out your f**king teeth.”

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Brandon Garrett’s Nicki Minaj Lawsuit

“You’re a dead man walking,” she allegedly added. “You just f**ked up your whole life.”

From there, Garrett accuses Nicki of striking him him in the face. Allegedly, she hit him so hard that his neck snapped back and his hat fell off. Fortunately, security was around to intervene before the situation escalated any further.

Garrett alleges that after that, he went and hid in a bathroom for several hours. When he finally came out of the bathroom, he quickly realized that Nicki and her team had allegedly left him stranded in Detroit.

“We are unaware of the specific allegations,” Nicki’s lawyer, Judd Burstein, said about the lawsuit before she was properly served. “However, if the lawsuit is as reported by TMZ, it is completely false and frivolous. We are confident that the matter brought by this ex assistant will be resolved swiftly in Mrs. Petty’s favor.”

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However, Cheaves is back under the spotlight, and not for the right reasons. Last night, Cheaves’ former friend, Emily Huff, took to social media with some striking allegations. In a string of social media posts, Huff questioned Cheaves and her religion. She subsequently goes on to say that Cheaves and Lil Baby tried to have her jumped on three separate occasions.

Huff and Cheaves allegedly had a falling out, which then led to the alleged attempts at some sort of attack. These are some extremely heavy claims, although the context around the alleged attempted jumpings is few and far between.

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Emily Huff Makes Her Allegations

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As it turns out, the internet isn’t exactly on Huff’s side with this one. In the comments section over on Live Bitez, fans explained how they truly feel about this situation.

“That’s when you know a person reaching for sympathy bc Emily if she really did all that, why you still online running your mouth?” one person asked. “Leave well enough alone. Some ppl invite & creat they own drama then be mad at the reaction they get in return. Everyone in here speaking ill on Jayda clearly haters themselves.. Emily Jrs.”

Others users echoed these sentiments. “These people come on the internet and say anything smh,” declared one commenter. “I’m so sick of this topic with her like move on already yt girl,” said another.

Needless to say, this situation between Huff and Cheaves continues to escalate. Whether or not they are able to squash this soon is unknown.

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As caught by The Shade Room, the Virginia born singer and rapper dropped several fire emojis in her comments section. At the time of writing, it’s racked up over 55,400 likes and over 1,600 replies.

Onaka did catch wind of Brown’s compliment, pinning it to the top and liking it. Folks like Bow Wow have also reacted. He joked, “@chrisbrownofficial you must be stopped [laughing emoji].”

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Most people had a similar reaction with some writing things like, “We know bros type.”

This isn’t just spreading like wildfire just because of the comment itself, though. Of course, it is too because Chris Brown and Karrueche were an item during the early 2010s.

Things would eventually fall apart between them in 2015 after numerous allegations, including abuse. It led Karrueche to request a restraining order against Brown, which was granted in 2017. It lasted for five years.

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Chris Brown Claps Back At Critic For Thirsting

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Despite the tumultuous breakup, they did appear to be having a nice conversation at Coachella last year. It actually sparked some fans to hope and pray for them to reunite. However, Karrueche has been dating Colorado’s head football coach, Deion Sanders, since July 2025.

But this viral Instagram exchange has left some others to not be so amused. As caught by Live Bitez, one user by the name of DoliesTV sounded off on Brown for the maneuver. He labeled him a “lame a*s dude,” a “terrible a*s n****,” and that he makes “bullsh*t a*s music.”

Moreover, he slammed his female fans for continuing to thirst over him despite his sketchy dating past.

Chris Brown caught wind of this backlash and proceeded to call him “hurt” and roast him. “One of his replies read, [laughing emojis] You sound hurt my boy. l’m lame but you thought this was real news to make a post about another n****. Better be lucky I ain’t tryna crack ya mom.”

DoliesTV punched back to one of his responses writing, “@chrisbrownofficial go do that [snowflake emoji nose emoji]. Dats why you not gone ever perform at the Super Bowl lil keep dreaming you gone forever be cancelled.”

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In one clip shared by Watch Live Bitez, the child can be seen dancing right next to a scantily clad woman doing pole tricks. Many believe this to be wildly inappropriate. While some are slamming Snoop for letting it happen, others are convinced the child’s parents are at fault.

“No y’all can’t blame Snoop y’all got to blame the parents,” one Instagram user says. “The parents shouldn’t have never allowed the child to come or be on that stage first, secondly he should have had the child escorted off the stage immediately,” another argues. Someone else claims, “Nobody has good sense anymore.”

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Snoop Dogg Controversies

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This is far from the only time Snoop Dogg has found himself in hot water in recent years. In September, for example, he got ripped to shreds for some divisive comments he made on the It’s Giving podcast after seeing the Pixar film Lightyear. The film features a lesbian couple, which didn’t sit right with Snoop

“What you see is what you see, they’re putting it everywhere,” he explained at the time. “My grandson in the middle of the movie, like, ‘Papa Snoop, how she have a baby with a woman? She a woman.’ Aw, s**t. I didn’t come here for this s**t, I just came to watch the goddamn movie.”

Before that, the rapper faced backlash for performing at the first-ever Crypto Ball, which celebrated Donald Trump’s return to the White House. He later addressed the outcry on The Breakfast Club, making it clear that he stands by his decision.

“I’m not a politician,” he declared, “I don’t represent the Republican Party. I don’t represent the Democratic Party. I represent the motherf***ing Gangster Party period point blank.”

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