This album became a chart-topper and remains one of the best hip-hop albums of the 2020s. It is packed with hits and contains a new songwriting philosophy for Kendrick. Now, the artist is almost two years removed from the album, and besides a couple of features for his friends, we haven’t heard from him.

Yesterday, it was revealed that Kendrick and his fiancée were spotted at Disneyland. This sparked a discussion on DJ Akademiks live stream, where he spoke about Lamar’s current status in the rap game.

In the clip below, you can hear Akademiks let it slip that the artist actually has some new music on the horizon. Lamar has “got some sh*t cooking up.”

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DJ Akademiks Reveals The Latest On Kendrick Lamar

Akademiks then went on to say that, in the interim, the artist should look to “bless the game” by offering up some features. We rarely see Kendrick Lamar do this, and Ak believes it would make the fans, and the artists happy.

As for what Lamar has cooking up, presumably, it would be a new album. After all, the “Tiramisu” snippet from the GNX trailer has yet to be released. Fans want to hear that song, and a new album would provide Lamar with an opportunity to flesh out that track.

The timing of this news is interesting. There is a sense that Drake could be coming out with ICEMAN, very soon. Could Lamar be planning to stomp all over that release with an album of his own? Would Kendrick release a surprise project again? These are questions we would love to know the answer to. Whatever the case may be, we will always be excited about new Kendrick music.

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This makes him the perfect candidate for a biopic. In fact, one can make the argument that a Snoop biopic is probably overdue at this point. Numerous artists have gotten one, and it is time for the iconic figure to get his flowers.

Yesterday, Snoop announced the good news. He revealed that a biopic is, in fact, on the horizon. The movie is going to be released sometime in 2027. Who will play him? None other than Outer Banks star, Jonathan Daviss.

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Snoop Dogg Co-Signs Jonathan Daviss

Daviss is a talented young actor and the perfect candidate to play Snoop. It appears as though Daviss may have been handpicked by Snoop to play him, which must be quite the honor for the young actor.

Regardless, having to play an icon like Snoop is quite a bit of pressure. This is especially true as Snoop is still alive and will be watching the biopic. Now, Daviss will have to deal with Snoop’s judgment on whether or not he did a good job.

With that being said, Snoop’s announcement suggests that he will have some on-set involvement with the movie. If that is the case, he will be able to give the young actor some direction on how to play the part to the best of his abilities.

Going into 2027, this will be one of the movies on our radar. Of course, the Michael biopic is coming soon, and that is going to be one of the biggest movies of the entire year.

We wish Daviss the best of luck with the new role.

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No one knows what this means, exactly. The album could be right around the corner, or it could be slated to drop in a few months from now. It’s impossible to tell whether or not Drake wants this to be a surprise album or a calculated rollout.

Last night, music reviewer Anthony Fantano fed into the speculation with a TikTok about ICEMAN. In the video below, Fantano claims he has an inside source who told him that the album was dropping in 36 hours. Based on the timing of this video, it is clear that the music reviewer means Friday at midnight. As you can imagine, fans were quick to doubt Fantano’s report. After all, he and Drake don’t get along extremely well. Furthermore, he isn’t exactly a newsbreaker.

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Anthony Fantano Is Clearly Trolling

In our view, it is pretty clear that Fantano is trolling. Perhaps he is making fun of DJ Akademiks, who always claims to be an insider in these situations. Ak has tweeted numerous times now that ICEMAN is on the horizon, and he hasn’t hit on any of those claims. It can be assumed that Fantano just wanted to stir the pot and have a little bit of fun.

Of course, there is also the possibility that he is telling the truth and the album is coming tonight. If that were truly the case, then hip-hop fans would probably lose their minds. After all, ICEMAN is the most anticipated album of the entire year.

If we had to guess, the likeliest option is that Drake drops a new ICEMAN episode and previews a song. He hasn’t done one of those in a while, and it would give him time to slowly escalate the rollout as opposed to dropping the album out of nowhere.

For now, it is impossible to predict how this will turn out. Either way, Fantano has been successful in stirring the pot.

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Release Date: April 16, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

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He can be seen rapping along to Migos’ 2017 track “T-Shirt” in a video shared on Instagram by Kevin Wong. Clearly, he was having a blast. While Cardi B and Quavo are like family, Quavo has had his fair share of issues with the Grammy-winner’s ex, Offset. During an appearance on 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony last August, however, Offset confirmed that the two of them are back on good terms.

“It be the internet trying to do some old sh*t, but with us, it ain’t about that,” he explained at the time. “We gotta holla at each other in the day, at the end of the day, man. That’s family at the end of the day, man. You’re gonna bump heads with your family sometime. In the day, a n**** ain’t finna play with him, or a n**** ain’t finna play with me.”

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Cardi B & Offset Drama

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As for Offset and Cardi, it’s a bit less clear where they stand these days. Their divorce has certainly gotten messy in the past, and tensions were reignited earlier this month after Offset was shot outside of a casino. Reportedly, she checked in on him while he was recovering in the hospital, but threw some serious shade online shortly after.

When a social media user dug up an old video of her unwrapping a luxury bag from Offset and suggested she actually bought it for herself, she set the record straight. “NEVER… I’m never the type to do lame sh*t like that,” she declared before referencing her ex’s alleged debt. “There was no money problems when I was regulating.”

It didn’t take long for Offset to respond, insisting that he spent at least $12 million on her when they were an item.

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He even praised Akademiks for being “consistent” on his platforms and building out a community of fans. “That’s what it takes and he’s willing to do the work,” he said. From there, he revealed that he reached out to Akademiks in the late 2000s when he was still making YouTube videos about rap beef.

He explained that everyone cracks jokes about Akademiks, but at some point, “he wanted to start talking real brawlic to me, like he was really gonna do something. I never responded to Akademiks with any of that. You can go back and look at his old tweets where he’s like, ‘F*ck you p*ssy, what are you gonna do when I see you?’ I was like, ‘That’s what we’re doing?’ I’ve never been on that type of time.”

“And furthermore, when Akademiks decided he wanted to deal with your personal life, Rosenberg, and that whole thing, we never done that. I’ve never done any of that to him,” he continued.

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Ebro & DJ Akademiks’ Beef

Akademiks and Ebro have been contentious for years, but the drama escalated when Hot 97 canceled Ebro’s morning show. In the following weeks, they traded tons of shots on social media.

Later in the podcast episode discussion, Ebro refuted the idea that he would hate on other independent voices in media. “I used to make little jokes like, ‘We broadcast and you podcast.’ Or, I’d be like, ‘On your little YouTube page,’ or whatever… But, I’m just taking shots. That’s what we do in the game. Everybody takes shots,” he said. Peter Rosenberg then joined in to add that Ebro would even clown on his podcast as well, but he didn’t take offense.

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He began by explaining that he didn’t know what happened and didn’t believe Gucci snitched at first. “But, I started to analyze it, and I looked at Gucci’s wife. And, I said, ‘Oh sh*t. She runs sh*t.’ So, then, I thought about the conversation they had when he got back home and got off the plane,” Maino said. “She said, ‘Motherf*cker, you ain’t no street n***a no more. You’re a businessman,'” Maino said, adding that she instructed him to file a police report. “That’s what I believe happened.”

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Pooh Shiesty’s Arrest

Authorities arrested Pooh Shiesty alongside Big30, and seven other co-defendants, earlier this month. They alleged that the group kidnapped and robbed Gucci Mane during a “coordinated takeover” of a Dallas music studio on January 10, 2026. They claim that the group wanted to force Gucci to release Pooh Shiesty from a contract with 1017 Records.

Last week, Pooh Shiesty was unsuccessful at getting out of jail on bond. After a judge shut down his argument, Shiesty’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, spoke with reporters about the decision. “What we didn’t hear today was [that] there is no contract — this mystery contract — they have no contract. They have no video of this alleged signing of a contract. They have no guns, no jewelry — they have none of that physical evidence,” he said. “What they have is allegedly five individuals, one of them being a very well-known individual, that is allegedly cooperating with the government and making these allegations…”

Maino is far from the first person to accuse Gucci Mane of allegedly cooperating with authorities in the case. 50 Cent also poked fun at the rapper while trolling Uncle Murda in a video on social media.

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“Homie got a lot of issues he got to address. I’ma leave it right there,” Ross explained. “Is it any potential of him being a real ni**a? He gotta decide that. But he got sh*t he gotta deal with and address. Hopefully, it was a lot of ni**as that was watching and learned from it. It was unfortunate for him.”

“You never change your past,” he continued. “The music I created in the past, I could never change. I enjoyed it, and I’ma still enjoy it. Can’t no lame ni**a or nobody having differences make me not enjoy something that I was a part of. […] The sad part about it is, when I play those records, everybody just be standing and they don’t sing his part no more. I be like, ‘No, y’all can sing it. Sing the little man part.”

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Rick Ross & Drake Beef

The two artists’ beef exploded back in 2024. Drake took a shot at Ross on his song “Push Ups,” prompting him to fire back with “Champagne Moments.” While Ross doesn’t seem to think their issues will clear up any time soon, one of their other collaborators has hope.

Last month, French Montana appeared on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, where he discussed “Splash Brothers.” Ross previously accused Drake of hitting French Montana with a cease and desist over his verse. According to French Montana, it was originally a Drake song and was later given to him.

He also claimed that he believes it’s only a matter of time before Ross and Drake make amends. “It’ll happen,” he said. “Brothers always fight and make up, man. It’ll happen. Nobody got shot, nobody died, you know?”

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Despite the exciting news, many fans in the replies to Ak’s post aren’t buying it. “Bro we been hearing ‘OTW’ since last summer. Drop the actual date or stop playing with our emotions Ak. Iceman better be nuclear when it lands,” one user writes. Another adds: “You’ve been sayings It’s been on the way since October it’s never dropping.”

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When Is Drake Releasing “ICEMAN”?

Despite the update from DJ Akademiks, Drake has yet to confirm an official release date for ICEMAN.
He’s been promoting the project since last year, when he shared three singles before quieting down for several months. Those tracks started in July 2025 with “What Did I Miss?,” followed by “Which One” featuring Central Cee, and “Dog House” featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf. Earlier this month, he seemingly hinted at the project nearing release by adorning his seats at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto with icicles.

The imminent arrival of ICEMAN comes amid a lengthy drought for the hip-hop genre on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. As of April, it’s officially been nine months since a rap song reached the top 10.

The Game recently weighed in on how Drake’s absence has been bad for hip-hop in a post on social media. “The Kendrick Drake beef killed commercial rap music,” he wrote. “It turned hip hop into an engagement art form, not a chart performing one. Everyone showed up, debated, replayed, picked sides, ran the numbers up. Meanwhile, the Billboard Hot 100 kept moving. The beef fed the masses and killed the charts. So I see why labels are cutting back. Black folks would rather tear down artists from both sides when collaboration is what drives expansion.”

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Big30 was arrested alongside Pooh Shiesty and seven other co-defendants for allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane, earlier this month. His attorney, Arthur Horn, recently spoke about the case with ABC24, maintaining his client’s innocence.

“He doesn’t have a criminal history. He’s been making music for a number of years,” Horne told the outlet. “He and Pooh Shiesty came up in the music game together. They were very close and made music together. It’s just sad that this is happening right now… I just hope that people will wait to pass judgment on Rodney and these other individuals until all the facts come out.”

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Pooh Shiesty’s Arrest

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Authorities have alleged that the group kidnapped and robbed Gucci Mane during a “coordinated takeover” of a Dallas music studio on January 10, 2026. They claim that the group wanted to force Gucci to release Pooh Shiesty from a contract with 1017 Records.

Last week, Pooh Shiesty’s own attempt at getting out of jail on bond ended up being unsuccessful. Afterward, Shiesty’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, spoke with reporters about the decision. “What we didn’t hear today was [that] there is no contract — this mystery contract — they have no contract. They have no video of this alleged signing of a contract. They have no guns, no jewelry — they have none of that physical evidence,” he said. “What they have is allegedly five individuals, one of them being a very well-known individual, that is allegedly cooperating with the government and making these allegations…” The drama has resulted in tons of backlash for Gucci Mane, who many fans have accused of allegedly snitching.

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