During a livestream clip caught by Akademiks TV on Twitter, Rock shed tears while talking to Blue about their love, sharing a kiss and looking at each other warmly. The California rapper asked her if she feels it in her heart, which led to the crying. He also asked Chrisean if her make-up was waterproof or tear-proof, but she said she didn’t care.

“You’re the best,” the reality television star and boxer expressed. “I believe in us,” she added, with Blue saying, “Me too.” “We’ll get through it… In Jesus’ name,” Chrisean Rock expressed.

Sadly, this move-in situation was unexpectedly hectic for both, and for their son Chrisean Jr. In yet another swatting incident, police showed up to the house, but left quickly after identifying the little one was okay.

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Blueface & Chrisean Rock’s Relationship

Of course, given Blueface and Chrisean Rock’s turbulent relationship history, many fans don’t expect this reconciliation to last long. They have clashed before over questions about Chrisean Jr.’s true parentage, as Blue has refused to claim him in the past while Rock has maintained that he is the father. In addition, their clashes over past partners, coparenting dynamics, career moves, and other matters is always in the spotlight.

As such, many folks online are just waiting for the next implosion. Still, rather than focusing on that, maybe they will begin to give more emphasis to their inevitable reunions despite whatever’s happened before.

It’s not just about them fighting frequently, but about how they always find their way back to one another. Some still believe these are ploys for content or engagement, but cynicism will only get them so far. Now that Blueface’s other partner Nevaeh seems out of the picture, we’ll see what the next chapter in this saga is.

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“The reason why we’re getting it is literally because the fans have been blowing up, you know, his DMs, you know, there’s fake uploads of the songs constantly, and clearly people like this remix from FOMO and he wanted to get it on streaming,” Ak said. “Apparently, all the publishing goes to the woman on the song. I believe the producer and Ella, so Drake doesn’t even make any money off of this.”

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Akademiks Reveals Drake Gave Up Publishing On “Choosin’ Texas” Remix

Ak tried to position this as a philanthropic effort from Drake to his fans, and gave Langley a shout-out for clearing the record. “He is giving up a portion or would be portion of the publishing, and it will go to the author,” Ak continued. “So again, the gift of Drizzy just keeps on giving as basically handing–I got to imagine this song is gonna make three-four million dollars extra bread and that’s going all to the authors of the song.”

What’s interesting is that prior to the song’s official release of Habibti (FOMO), fans speculated that there might be some tension between Drake and Ella Langley surrounding her hit song. When Drake re-uploaded the video for “Solar Eclipse” after the FOMO stream, he seemingly removed any footage of Langley that initially appeared in the visual. Although there’s no real explanation for that creative decision, the fact that she cleared the record should indicate that there’s no actual beef. 

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Release Date: October 1, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

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Complex reportedly confirmed via a representative from Em’s camp that the team-up is actually real and official, as many Internet users questioned its veracity upon its announcement. Also, the publication reportedly obtained an excerpt from Halfway To Jesus‘ foreword that goes into the mindset behind the link-up.

“I’m proud of the guests who joined me, especially my old friend Eminem,” Kid Rock reportedly expressed. “His verse speaks to something we’ve talked about and that really needs to be heard: we differ politically and on other things, but we’ve stayed friends through it all. We hope that sets an example for people who’ve lost friends or stopped talking to family because they think differently.”

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Eminem & Kid Rock’s History

Previously, Eminem has criticized Donald Trump often, even showing up to a Kamala Harris rally in Detroit in 2024. He had told Trump supporters to stop being fans of him in the past, later empathizing with them being fooled by his promises. However, the Detroit MC shares that Motor City connection with Kid Rock. They have various collaborations and moments of camaraderie over the past four decades.

Most recently, Marshall Mathers had tweeted that “one thing” they can agree on is their love for the Detroit Lions. The rapper, rock, country, and now Christian rock artist had admitted they disagree politically. But he still showed Em love for expressing his beliefs.

It seems like fans who want more context for all of this will have to wait for Halfway To Jesus‘ release on October 17. Many fans expressed outrage or less indignant criticism over the move. Regardless of what they thematically explore on their collaboration “7 Sins,” the damage is already done for lots of listeners.

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It now appears that he’s revving up to release a brand new album in the fourth quarter. Baby reportedly confirmed a November 6th release date for his upcoming project, though there’s no confirmation of a title or a tracklist. Hopefully, we get more information surrounding the effort in the near future.

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Lil Baby’s New Album

The direction that Lil Baby might head in musically this year isn’t entirely clear. Outside of “Dead Fresh,” Baby hasn’t dropped a whole lot of music as of late. He has been dishing out several features as of late, some a bit more questionable than others. Don Toliver tapped Baby earlier this year for the “Tuition” remix while DJ Khaled tried to kick off the campaign for his next studio album with “One Of Them” alongside Future, which many seemed to have forgotten about. But in the past few months, he linked up with Young Thug for Slime Language 3, and also joined forces with MrBeast for an awkward remix of “Dead Fresh.” Most recently, Lil Baby appeared on Quavo’s new album, QRÖMELIFE, on the song “Ball My Love.” 

We will continue to keep an eye out for more updates on Lil Baby’s next musical outings. Hopefully, there’s a single or two we can sink our teeth into in the next few weeks before the album drops. Check his comment out above and let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. 

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Release Date: October 2, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

Quotable Lyrics from GIRLS GIRL

Her friend so bad, I think she wanna kiss her, hm (Mwah)
I’m looking at this bitch, I think she getting thicker (Haha)
Hair down her ass, bust down the middle (Shit), yeah
Only catch this bitch around real bad bitches, uh

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It’s easy to see why. Over the last 12 months, Jordan averaged 10 retro releases a month. Some months hit 19. Nobody can keep up with that, and the retail shelves prove it.

Hill said simply that Nike has been oversupplying its retro product. Going forward, certain launches will get smaller and show up less often. He pointed to the Air Jordan 1 as the example, since Nike already eased off there. Wholesale partners know what’s coming too.

We don’t know which pairs are affected yet. Nike hasn’t given exact timing either, so smaller runs, fewer drops, or both are on the table. North America should feel it first.

The business side explains the shift. Jordan Brand made up 13% of Nike’s global business last quarter, and revenue dropped by a mid-teens percentage. Hill wants the Jumpman to feel special again, and honestly, it’s about time.

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Nike CEO Elliott Hill On 2027 Jordan Releases

Jordan isn’t the only place Nike is making cuts. Hill also talked about pulling back on Dunks and some high-volume styles that stopped moving. Sportswear sales fell at a low double-digit rate. Nike is dropping some China channels that don’t fit its plan, too. Overall revenue came in at $11.2 billion, and that’s down a considerable 4%.

Caitlin Clark gave him something positive to talk about though. Hill called the Caitlin 1 Nike’s biggest women’s signature launch ever. It landed in 5,000 stores, which is double the usual for a Nike Basketball signature shoe. CNBC reported it nearly sold out in under two hours.

Nike’s women’s signature business grew nearly 500% from FY22 to FY26. That’s real momentum, and it’s the kind of heat Nike wants more of. Fewer retros and more hits like this? Hill is betting that’s the fix.

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The lawsuit came specifically from Taylor’s 100 Entertainment company (who had an exclusive distribution deal with Virgin) in California Superior Court. It alleges UMG promised half a million dollars to market and promote the project days before its release per TMZ, but only spent $179,274.79 to do so and missed out on various opportunities. Not only that, but the lawsuit alleges the label didn’t spend a single dollar from a $125K portion of the fund intended for radio push. It also claims they only spent $88K from a $170K portion of this fund for videos, and that the rest of the money they spent went to out-of-home advertising, overseas promotion, and digital marketing.

This means UMG allegedly left roughly two thirds of the signed-off budget on the table, leading to the “No Brakes” MC spending his own money on marketing and covering “a substantial portion of the production costs” for the visuals for the Big Sean-assisted cut, “Stupid.”

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The Game’s Album Sales

In addition, the complaint alleges this negligence hurt Drillmatic‘s album sales, thus making The Game lose out on royalties, streaming revenue, and more from the recoupable marketing budget, since the labels allegedly recouped the budget from these royalties. According to Billboard, the album sold 25K units in its first week, debuted at number 12 on their 200 chart in August of 2022, and charted for two weeks.

The Compton lyricist is reportedly suing for at least $500K in damages for breach of contract and wants the label to cover legal expenses such as attorneys’ fees and court payments. Per the lawsuit, UMG and Virgin denied breach of contract in legal talks before this suit’s emergence.

“Deprived of nearly two-thirds of its bargained-for promotional support during the critical release cycle, the album did not perform as it would have had Defendants administered the marketing and promotion fund as the parties approved,” Michael Trauben, 100 Entertainment’s attorney, reportedly claimed. “Plaintiff thereby lost royalties, streaming and sales revenues, and related income that the album would have generated with the promised marketing support, in an amount to be proven at trial.”

The Game’s talked about album sales recently, but in a much different context. He and Rick Ross recently clowned each other over their low sales for more recent projects.

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Release Date: October 2, 2026

Genre: R&B

Album: N/A

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Release Date: October 2, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop, Pop

Album: N/A

Quotable Lyrics from Come Back To Me

We ain’t even done unpackin’ things
Now you walkin’ out, you packed your things
Three days, I ain’t hear from you
Then you text me like you always do

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