“Wait, wait, wait. What’d you just say?” Busta asks in the video when the TikToker mentions Tracy Morgan. “Put your camera down… I’m taking a picture to show love, and you’re trying to be funny… You don’t play with a grown man, little boy. That’s how people get f***ed up.”

It isn’t the first time someone has trolled Busta Rhymes by comparing him to Tracy Morgan. Back in 2020, Busta shared a fitness update on Instagram, writing: “DON’T EVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF!! LIFE BEGINS RIGHT NOW!!! MY DEDICATION IS DIFFERENT!! I WOULD NEVER PUT OUT AN ALBUM AND NOT BE IN THE BEST SHAPE OF MY LIFE!! I RESPECT MYSELF TOO MUCH AND I RESPECT Y’ALL TOO MUCH!!! I’M ONLY HERE TO INSPIRE!!”

In response to the post, 50 Cent posted an older picture of Busta and Tracy Morgan with the caption: “They really kinda look alike right LOL. He gonna curse me out when he wake up.”

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Busta Rhymes’ “Vengeance” Album

In other news, Busta Rhymes announced that he’s working on a new album titled, Vengeance, back in August. He did so while getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “The name of the new album is ‘Vengeance,’ and the goal is to put it out sometime early in September,” he said at the time, according to Variety.

Despite the plan, September came and went with no new album from Busta Rhymes. It remains unclear when he will officially share the project. It follows multiple EPs he put out, earlier this year, titled Dragon Season… The Awakening and Dragon Season… Equinox.

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But before it came out, Kendrick and everyone responsible for pushing it out to the masses were torn on what song to lead with. It’s understandable that serious conversations were being had, especially because Lamar was really gaining a lot of momentum.

In a video from Justin Hunte, aka The Company Man, he spoke with DJ Mormile about this. He was in charge of A&R and urban music over at Interscope during this time. He is now the EVP of West Coast at Def Jam.

During their past chat, Mormile reveals that “The Recipe” and “Swimming Pools (Drank)” were the songs they were deciding between to fill that role. The former wound up becoming the lead single and it gained a lot of buzz amongst fans for its prideful representation of Los Angeles.

The lyric video boasts over 120 million views at the time of writing and for years, fans have been waiting on an actual visual. Folks thought it was going to drop after ScHoolboy Q shared some behind-the-scenes shots from the video shoot.

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Kendrick Lamar & Dr Dre Collabs

However, up until now, it’s been a mystery as to why it didn’t materialize. DJ Mormile tells Hunte the wild reason around the nine-minute mark why it’s still the case.

Ultimately, Mormile and a few others actually wanted “Drank” to be lead single. But because he had so much faith in Lamar despite not selling any records for Interscope and they had to shoot a visual for “The Recipe” because it was the lead-off track, they made one just to get to the one for “Drank.”

Hilariously, Mormile recalls telling another senior employee at the label back then, “‘We are gonna lead with “The Recipe,” even though I think it’s the wrong song.'”

“‘We’re gonna shoot the video. It’s probably gonna be very expensive. It’s probably never gonna come out… But this is how we’re gonna do it because this is how the process has to happen…'”

In the end, everything still worked and Kendrick did become the next rap superstar.

It still is a shame that “The Recipe” doesn’t have the accompanying visual. But the song is still a classic and is tied to an all-time LP. It’s not the only one him and Dr Dre have though. “Compton,” which is also on the deluxe version is another. They also have a handful of collabs on Dre’s Compton such as “Deep Water” and “Darkside/Gone.”

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The post comes after Top5 shocked fans over the weekend by posting a picture of Lamar and praising his iconic diss track, “Not Like Us.” He has been a loyal ally of Drake’s throughout his feud with Lamar over the last year.

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Why Are Drake & Top5 Beefing?

Top5 ended up explaining why he took aim at Drake while speaking with DJ Akademiks afterward. He revealed that he is upset with him for praising Pressa’s new album, Press Machine II, on his Instagram Story, following its release on Friday. Top5 and Pressa are currently at odds.

“Tell me that’s not crazy. He goes and posts my opp’s music,” Top5 said during the interview. He added that Drake definitely knows they’re still beefing as well. “Pressa was supposed to perform at Wireless, and I told Drake if he lets this guy perform, it’s a problem. So, Drake pulled him out last minute,” he explained.

Despite feuding, Top5 still defended Drake from the pedophile allegations on “Not Like Us.” “He’s not a rapist,” he said. As for his favorite line from the song, he added: “You know that part where he says ‘Chubbs’ with the ‘hand-me-downs?’ That’s facts.”

Additionally, Top5 revealed that he tried to reach out to Drake directly before airing out his issues online. “When I said this guy’s my opp, he wrote… ‘I’m trying to make Toronto look good.’ I said, ‘I’m gonna make L.A. look good tonight,'” he said. Drake has yet to comment on the situation publicly.

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Whether or not he will actually cut him off completely is another story but here’s the rundown. This weekend, Top5 went off on Drake for showing love to his rival, Pressa. Also a Canadian MC, the latter put out his new project, Press Machine II. The Boy reposted the tape on his Instagram Story, allegedly knowing that Top5 has issues with him.

Telling DJ Akademiks, he said, “Tell me that’s not crazy. He goes and posts my opp’s music. Pressa was supposed to perform at Wireless, and I told Drake if he lets this guy perform, it’s a problem. So, Drake pulled him out last minute,” he claimed.

Out of anger and seeking his lick back, Top5 went on to share photo of Kendrick Lamar as well as to promote “Not Like Us.” He quoted a lyric he loved on Ak’s stream saying, “You know that part where he says ‘Chubbs’ with the ‘hand-me-downs?’ That’s facts.”

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Who Is Top5?

Moreover, in response to the journalist asking him why he didn’t just talk with Drizzy directly he replied, “When I said this guy’s my opp, he wrote… ‘I’m trying to make Toronto look good.’ I said, ‘I’m gonna make L.A. look good tonight.'”

Now, he’s taking his new hate for The Boy up a notch. While on a call with hip-hop content creator, Trap Lore Ross, he deemed that Drake’s co-signs going forward are “dead.”

He goes on to say that “Nothing was the same since Kendrick ended him.” Top5 also claims that he’s disgusted over his UMG defamation lawsuit. “You don’t sue after you lose a rap beef,” he states.

But perhaps the comment that will set most people off is: “I’m tired of listening to “Not Like Us” in my f*cking mother’s washroom. I wanna listen to it in public now.”

If Drake did indeed repost Pressa’s album knowing about their beef, then that would be an ironic twist considering how he’s been moving over the last year.

But it will be interesting to see if the ICEMAN responds.

Top5 has always been somewhat of a provocateur, so there’s a chance he may not. He’s also known for a couple of tracks such as “Drill Some More,” “Demons,” and “Heard of Me.”

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Nas and DJ Premier have been hinting at working on a collaborative project for well over a decade at this point. Speaking with Rolling Stone, back in October, Nas confirmed that a couple of the ideas they had during previous attempts to get the project to come to fruition will appear on Light-Years. “I’m going to say at least two of those ideas happened on this album. We didn’t get a chance to do ’em when we were talking about ’em, but we finally got a chance to put those recordings together this year,” he said.

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Nas & DJ Premier “Light-Years” Release Date

Light-Years will mark the conclusion of Nas’ ongoing Legend Has It… series for Mass Appeal Records when it releases on December 12. For the series, Nas has been helping release new projects from Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Mobb Deep, De La Soul, Big L, and Slick Rick.

Elsewhere during the aforementioned interview with Rolling Stone, Nas discussed the critically acclaimed album series. “It’s 1995 all over again,” Nas said. “Sometimes I feel like 2025 has that feeling. It’s not going backwards, [it’s] going forward though. It’s that feeling of urgency, that vibration, the celebration of life and these songs and these albums, what they meant 30 years ago, it’s still thriving right now. Even from younger people, they’re all derivatives of that early sound. And these artists here, from Slick Rick — he is the reason that all of us even have a pen in our hands. You look at him and you think of Mobb Deep, and you think of Raekwon and Ghostface, De La Soul, [it’s] some of the most different, brave, bold, intelligent hip hop music ever made.”

He continued: “And of course, we lost some of our brothers along the way, [but] we’re still representing for them and they’re still representing themselves through the series. It’s a celebration of a great impact, a standard that they set that we could never forget because it keeps us aiming higher. This series is to encourage [and] inspire hip hop and remind us all [of] the pureness of hip hop. I hope that we all can do this together.”

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“I like Drake. I think he’s a dope artist. He puts out some great music, obviously. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be as big as he is,” Method Man began. “But, when he sent the record, we were overseas. He did send the record. Some brothers were trying to write to it and sh*t. I’m sitting there and I’m like, ‘I don’t like it.’ I was like, ‘What does this have to do with ‘Wu-Tang Forever?’ I’m not questioning his artistic ability or anything. I’m just saying for my taste, that was more or less like, ‘I’m not getting on that.'”

The song, which contains a prominent sample of Wu-Tang’s “It’s Yourz,” ended up being a hit and peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “No one knew it was gonna be that big. You become jaded when you’ve been in the business for a long time,” Method Man concluded.

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Drake’s “Iceman” Album

Looking ahead, Method Man’s comments on working with Drake come as the Toronto rapper is gearing up for the release of his next studio album, Iceman. There’s still no official release date for the project, and with 2025 almost over, his promise of releasing it before the end of the year seems unlikely.

That being said, he’s already released three singles. They include “What Did I Miss?”, “Which One” featuring Central Cee, and “Dog House” featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf. He’s also promised to have at least one more Iceman livestream episode in the works.

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In a clip caught by 2Cool2Blog from a recent Joe Budden Podcast interview, AlBee Al slams the rapper and producer for not giving a platform to local talent. “That n**** PlaqueBoyMax, he from Jersey, you never got nobody up there for Jersey.”

He adds, “When I say sh*t like this, now they gonna be like ‘let me get a n**** from Jersey.’ Now I’m the black sheep…”

After watching that clip, PlaqueBoyMax reviewed a song by AlBee Al called “My Brother.” He gives him props to him for the emotional songwriting, but then keeps it real about who he chooses to support.

“AlBee Al, you gotta understand I have brought on n****s from Jersey… I bring on n****s I f*ck with, ya feel me? You never reached out to me or talked to me.”

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PlaqueBoyMax Too Much Music

Max adds, “I would love to help out. Why wouldn’t I ever say get it how I got it? If I could help n****s that I see something in, I’ma do that and I always do that on my platform. So, I don’t know what n****s is talking about.”

It seems as if PlaqueBoy thinks AlBee Al is salty he hasn’t been invited to his studio to put the work in. That’s merely speculation, so take it with a grain of salt.

It will be interesting to see if this tension snowballs into something much larger in the coming days.

Overall, it sounds like the content creator is focused on closing out 2025 on a positive note. He just dropped off a new EP on December 5 called Too Much Music. It’s a seven-song set with zero features and just him putting his multitude of talents on display.

It’s his third one of the year, following up on his take on the UK grime scene with LONDON and the trap sound with ATLANTA. He’s also got a full project out too titled Five Forever.

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In the clip caught by Glock Topickz, Loren LoRosa asks if there’s any update regarding the legal battle with her ex-boyfriend, Javie (Javaughn) Young-White. They were in a tense custody war over Adeya during the summer of last year.

It started with the father of their child accusing Kehlani of being in a cult and that they had some sort of influence on how she had been raising Adeya. In a July filing, Young-White said the cult “controls her actions and her behavior, including when it comes to the upbringing of our daughter.”

What’s more is that he alleged that the “Folded” hitmaker left Adeya to be cared for by this alleged cult. “The environment that she has created for herself is not the type of environment that a child should be living,” he added.

In response, Kehlani filed for a restraining order in August.

Fast forward to today and according to her, she now has sole custody. Loren then inquired about their being any communication with Young-White. She simply replied, “No.”

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When Did Kehlani & Javie Young-White Break Up?

Kehlani had more to say about seeing Adeya’s name attached to some of the “verbage” her ex was using in his complaints. While she was able to “bear” the allegations against her, she admitted it that was a “heartbreaker” in terms of Adeya being put in this situation.

But she had trust in her legal rep and God to handle this taxing ordeal.

Lastly, she once again stated that the cult claims were indeed not true and explained how she dealt while clapping back at all the people hoping for it to be true. “Yeah, it’s a tough situation,” Kehlani said. “Ultimately, the claims were false… he back tracked a lot… and a lot of it just got refuted. People who were very obsessed with disliking me and were waiting for a “gotcha” moment again… will hold onto that forever.”

She concluded, “That’s not really my ministry to change their mind. We have a lot of misery on this Earth and hopefully they find some healing.”

Kehlani and Young-White have not been together since shortly after they welcomed Adeya in March 2019. Overall, it sounds like they won’t be talking at all anytime soon either.

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“I wanted to make a true apology, a true apology meaning giving no excuses or explanation for my behavior last night at the awards,” Love said, as caught by Complex. “I did not conduct myself in a way that represents me well or my team or my community or the people that look to me and look up to me in one way, shape, or form. My behavior was completely unnecessary and distasteful, for sure. Another moment, another mistake made off being under the influence, but obviously that’s not an excuse.”

“What I did was very selfish and inconsiderate,” she said. “I wasn’t considering anybody else’s thoughts, nothing but my own, and just being in the moment, being impulsive, and I took away from your moment, and I deeply am truly apologetic for that. To FaZe Clan, I definitely respect you guys as a group. You guys are real pioneers in the Twitch space. I’m very new. … I’m still learning as I go. I respect you guys. And again, what I did was completely unnecessary and uncalled for.”

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Streamer Award Winners

Love also addressed QTCinderella, who served as a co-host for the event. “I want to apologize to QT,” she added. “First of all, I appreciate you inviting me and there is no excuse for my behavior. It was very distasteful. It was very, I keep saying, unnecessary. It was my initial emotion response and, again, I had no business being on that stage, and that is that. I hope one day you give me grace enough to forgive me for my actions.”

Elsewhere during the ceremony, several other popular streamers took home awards. PlaqueBoyMax won Best Music Streamer while IShowSpeed earned Best IRL Streamer and the highly coveted Streamer of the Year award. Kai Cenat was also honored for Best Streamed Collab for his stream with LeBron James.

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KD has always had a sharp eye for rare sneakers, but this one hit a different level. It’s a nod to Travis’ Houston roots and a reminder of just how deep their connection to Nike runs.

The colorway leans straight into Longhorns territory without feeling forced. Durant kept the fit relaxed, letting the shoes do exactly what they were supposed to do: steal the moment. Anytime KD steps out in something special, the internet moves fast, and this was no exception.

Photos popped up, and it didn’t take long for sneaker fans to start dissecting every detail. Seeing a pair like this on someone of Durant’s stature only adds to the mystique.

Travis Scott’s Jordan 1 Lows already dominate resale and headlines, but a college-themed PE takes things to another level. KD didn’t say a word about them, but he didn’t have to. The shoes spoke loud enough.

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Kevin Durant x Travis Scott

The Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low “Texas Longhorns” features brown leather overlays with a smooth grey nubuck base. The reverse Swoosh appears in a cream shade that stands out against the darker tones.

Orange accents highlight the stitching and heel, giving the shoe a subtle Longhorns feel. The tongue has a grey tag with a tonal Longhorns logo and cream laces and a vintage-style midsole tie everything together.

Further the outsole uses a dark brown finish for balance. Overall, the color palette is clean and earthy, and the materials look premium.

It doesn’t seem likely that these sneakers will be releasing any time soon, but who knows? Nike and Travis have surprised us before, so nothing is ever completely off the table.

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