As caught by Hollywood Unlocked on Instagram, you can see him sitting beside Tanjali in the clip. When the 19-year-old streamer got up, the former pro boxer tapped her behind with the back of his hand. Then, she walked away and eventually said she was going to head home.

“That has never happened to me,” Aya Tanjali remarked on stream outside of the location she, Adrien Broner, and others were at. “That’s the first time somebody actually slapped my a** or tried some s**t on me… That’s crazy. I really hope he apologizes. ‘Cause I know he’s drunk. But being drunk doesn’t excuse your behavior. That’s just all around weird. I low-key wanted to cry in that moment. I’m not going to lie. That’s never happened to me, ever.”

The Shade Room reportedly got a chance to talk with Broner after this situation went viral. “Man ain’t nobody violated that girl,” he reportedly expressed. “She over-doing it. Tell her I said I’m sorry and I apologize call or text me.”

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Aya Tanjali Speaks On Adrien Broner

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Aya Tanjali took to her Instagram Story recently to address some of the chatter. She clarified that she’s not seeking legal action at press time despite what some rumors indicated. The 19-year-old streamer said she felt uncomfortable at the time, but now thinks he probably didn’t mean anything by it after watching the video again.

“At the same time, I still feel like no man should be putting their hands on a woman in any way that can make her uncomfortable, intentional or not,” she added. Tanjali asked folks to stop spreading false information and thanked those who checked in with her to show love.

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Adrien Broner has faced controversies with women before, and this wouldn’t be the first time his comments towards a woman led to backlash. We’ll see if there’s anything else in this saga.

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According to XXL, Judge Kimberly Fernandez denied Andrews’ motion to appeal the conviction today (Friday, May 22). Judge Fernandez then handed down a 15-year sentence. “After having reviewed all of the defense’s assertions as to the defense’s argument as to errors made by my predecessor judge, I’m going to place on the record that I would not have ruled any differently,” the judge reportedly expressed.

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Mays emotionally spoke on her son’s murder during her statement, as caught by No Jumper on Instagram. “My son was hunted, followed and ultimately murdered in what authorities described as a coordinated plot involving multiple individuals,” she reportedly expressed. “It is extremely painful to hear Alicia Andrews portray herself as someone who didn’t know what was going on. They could have turned around, but they still carried on the plan to hunt my son down like a deer in the woods…My son’s life mattered. He was not disposable.”

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Have Foolio’s Killers Been Sentenced?

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Four men received convictions for Foolio’s murder, those being Alicia Andrews’ boyfriend Isaiah Chance, Rashad Murphy, Davion Murphy, and the aforementioned Sean Gathright. A jury recommended life sentences for all four men for the heavier charges, and they will reportedly learn their fate on June 22.

Foolio’s mother Sandrikas Mays, who celebrateed the convictions and mocked the perpetrators, claimed Gathright is also responsible for other murders in Florida. As caught by My Mixtapez on IG, she claimed during an Instagram Live session that bullet casings from her son’s case matched forensic information from other murder cases in the state.

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Alicia Andrews’ conviction and 15-year sentence rests on the notion that she tracked the late MC and provided his whereabouts to the perpetrators. Now, the case can finally come to a close, with the four killers’ sentencing date happening in about a month. We will see what their fates are, and what other reactions to this may emerge.

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Per Billboard, ICEMAN debuted at number one in the country’s Official Albums Chart today (Friday, May 22). MAID OF HONOUR reportedly landed at number six, and HABIBTI landed at number seven. This makes the Toronto superstar the first artist in the chart’s history to debut three studio albums simultaneously in the chart’s top ten.

Ironically enough, Prince achieved something similar in 1993 by having three compilations in the chart’s top ten. Michael Jackson and Prince, not to mention their comparison and rivalry, were big lyrical reference points for Drizzy during his battle with Kendrick Lamar.

ICEMAN is now his seventh chart-topping album in the UK, and its “Janice STFU” and “National Treasures” tracks landed at numbers two and three respectively on the UK’s Official Singles Chart.

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Drake’s First Week Sales Projections

This UK chart news follows Drake’s anticipated takeover of the Billboard charts, both for songs and albums. First week sales for the trilogy are almost officially in, and fans have been waiting to see which tracks rank high.

Projections indicate ICEMAN will go number one with 475K album-equivalent units sold, followed by MAID OF HONOUR and HABIBTI at either two or three with about 120K units each. This would make him the first artist in history to take up Billboard‘s top three positions on the 200 albums chart with three simultaneous studio album debuts.

As for Drake’s new songs, he could take up all but one of the Hot 100’s top 15, according to early projections. Even if the numbers look a little different when it’s all said and done, it would still be an impressive feat.

Meanwhile, all of this is going down as fans continue to dissect the albums, discuss them, and look forward to the next moves. On both sides of the pond and much further beyond, the ICEMAN trilogy is spinning.

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That’s the case, even when Drake isn’t remotely involved with their activities. In late April, Rocky performed at the Chanel Cruise 2027 after-party in Biarritz, France, in an intimate setting. Just as he breezed through some of the cuts from his latest album, it became quite obvious that the Chanel crowd isn’t really his core fanbase. 

Elle shared a video of the performance, which began circulating this week, just as the rapper gears up to launch his tour on May 27th. Unfortunately, Drake fans didn’t hesitate to troll A$AP Rocky for performing in front of a fashion audience who probably aren’t hip-hop fans to begin with. The Harlem rapper was clearly trying to deliver an engaging show with high energy, teasing what should be expected from his upcoming tour.

“Someone said ‘He should’ve just performed this for Rihanna and the kids at the house ’ ,” one X user wrote.  Another added, “rocky post testing is one of the saddest things ive ever seen.”

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ASAP Rocky’s Performance Gets Torched Online

At the end of the day, all publicity is good publicity, and even if this intimate performance didn’t translate to social clips. The viral moment arrived a week after the release of Drake’s ICEMAN, where the Canadian rapper took a few subliminal shots at both A$AP Rocky and Rihanna on songs like “Burning Bridges,” “Firm Friends,” and possibly on “Ran To Atlanta.” Check Rocky’s performance post above and sound off with your thoughts in the comments below. 

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Ye probably is one of the few, if not the only, rappers from his era who can still deliver record-breaking numbers on par with some of the streaming era’s most successful exports. Case in point: his latest Spotify feat. According to BARS, Ye has a new milestone in his career as “Heartless” became the first song in his catalog to reach 2 billion streams on Spotify. The 808s & Heartbreak song served as the second single of the project, following “Love Lockdown” and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It’s a moment that cements the influence and timelessness of 808s & Heartbreaks. Despite being polarizing upon its release, it opened the floodgates for a new era of hip-hop, including one where Drake claimed his stake as one of the genre’s frontrunners. The album often feels like it doesn’t get as many mentions as it should in broader hip-hop and pop culture discourse. However, it’s impossible to deny how it shifted music entirely and also allowed Kid Cudi to put his talents on full display in front of the world just as his career began bubbling up.

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Kanye West Hits 2 Billion Streams On “Heartless”

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The new milestone comes as Ye plots his 2026 global tour, which has faced its own setbacks and hurdles. It comes on the heels of Bully, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. Although he’s struggled to book venues in America, several European countries have been open to hosting him. The rapper recently shared a list of his upcoming performances in Europe this summer, which will see him on stages in Turkey, the Netherlands, Georgia, Albania, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Will you be attending any of his upcoming shows? Let us know in the comments below. 

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In the video of the snippet featuring NYC radio commentator Punch, you can hear Capo rap about beef, and there are specific references that are pointing some listeners to 50 and Dame. In the former’s case, it’s reportedly a Queens and Supreme flip referring to Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and his history with Fif. As for the latter’s case, it’s a bar about complaining to Jay-Z about a lack of success, alluding to Dash’s Roc-A-Fella struggles.

We’ll see if this eventually comes out and if Jones will seek more beef with his rivals. He already has other spats to take care of, such as a recent fight with Kid Cudi over his “Day ‘N Nite” remix. But Jim always keeps his foot on the gas when it comes to smoke, and we doubt future releases will stray away from confrontation.

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Jim Jones’ 50 Cent Beef

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For those unaware, Jim Jones’ beef with 50 Cent stems from tensions between G-Unit and Dipset back in the 2000s. Most recently, though, it ignited when Jones criticized 50 for his role in the Netflix Diddy documentary. He made those comments on the Let’s Rap About It podcast alongside Fabolous, Maino, and Dave East.

The G-Unit mogul went at all of them in response, but his online trolls mostly targeted Capo. They continue to send shots every now and then, but rarely are they musical. So maybe the release of this new snippet will start another chapter.

As for Jim Jones’ issues with Dame Dash, they are over a decade old. The former called the latter a “culture vulture” back in 2014, and face-to-face confrontations followed.

In both cases, this beef has so many years of history that a hatchet burial seems impossible. But maybe they can all continue to hash things out via music rather than social media trolling.

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In the aftermath of the livestream, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow sang Drake’s praises as an international ambassador for the city. Evidently, Drake expressed the same type of gratitude to her for allowing him to utilize Toronto as the backdrop for his new album. She later shared a photo of a note that Drake left her that dubbed her “Crolivia Chow.” 

“Thank you my crodi, Crolivia Chow! Iceman 2026,” he wrote on a notepad, along with his signature. 

That particular note went viral on social media, proving that Drake’s standing with local politicians hasn’t gone sideways. In fact, it feels like one of the few moments in his career where he’s integrated local politics into his career organically. And clearly, Olivia Chow takes much pride in that, as well.

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Crolivia Chow’s Press Conference

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During a recent press conference in Toronto, Olivia Chow stepped to a podium after she was introduced, joking about the new nickname. “What do you mean you didn’t introduce me as Crolivia?” she said.

In an interview after the ICEMAN reveal, Chow confirmed that Drake used her office for his music video. 

“It’s great because Drake has done so much for the city. The world was watching, and he’s making us proud,” Chow said. “He borrowed [my office] one evening, and we had an arrangement, and put it back in, and so all is good. But think about how many people outside Toronto are watching that, so it’s a promotion for the city, and his music, it’s not just Canadians, it’s worldwide.”

Check out Olivia Chow’s press conference above. 

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As caught by Kurrco on Twitter, RiRi shared a new TikTok video of a woman dance-walking to a smoke shop. “me pullin up to my man tour in flats cause now I gotta bring the kids,” the caption read.

In most other contexts, this would’ve been just a funny promotional video highlighting their high-profile relationship. But Drake’s recent disses towards Rihanna and A$AP Rocky gave fans another perspective.

The most notable of the purported disses towards them on his new album trilogy comes on ICEMAN, specifically the track “Burning Bridges.” “Your baby mama ain’t even post the single / Where she at?” is a set of bars many think is a shot at the couple. There are also other references on cuts like “Firm Friends” that are more about Rocky’s specific beef with Drizzy.

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Drake’s A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Beef

For those unaware, Drake has beef with A$AP Rocky and Rihanna for reasons that remain kind of unclear for some. But fans have plenty of dots to connect. After all, Rocky has characterized their feud as mostly being over women.

The Toronto superstar has romantic history with the Barbadian singer, but this never manifested into a relationship. Many fans assume he’s jealous of the Harlem creative, who was also allegedly with the mother of the OVO mogul’s son Adonis.

Also, A$AP Rocky went against Drake back during the Kendrick Lamar battle, seemingly dissing him on Future and Metro Boomin’s WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU album. So there are a few beef angles here to consider, which is sad for fans of all artists involved.

In the wake of these ICEMAN disses, many fans pointed out Rihanna’s past public, online, and promotional support of Rocky during the Don’t Be Dumb rollout.

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In a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, TDE signee Trap Dickey detailed some of his come-up in the game before penning a deal with the label. He explained the lengths that he went through to get his music to the right audiences, including paying DJ Akademiks for a post.

“I tried to do all that. I even paid Akademiks one time, so it’s like, I think I went through the little blueprint, but it just cost so damn much,” Dickey explained, revealing that he paid between $2000-$3000 for a post. “I was definitely paying promotion pages that I seen–that I feel like the labels were paying for these guys.”

The clip began gaining traction on X with some accusing Akademiks of taking payments from artists to post their music. Others argued that Ak has been open about his approach to managing his Instagram account and promoting music.

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Akademiks Responds To Payola Allegations

In response to an X post that argued the pay-for-post scheme was part of Akademiks’ business model, the media personality stated that he never tried to hide the fact that he accepted payment. “Wait they thought they were revealing some new stuff??” he tweeted. “I’m pretty transparent good or bad.”

What’s interesting is that these accusations surfaced the same week that Jeremy Hecht alleged that Akademiks takes payments from the head of Truth Social, as well as every major label.

Check out Akademiks’ post above and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Do you think it’s fair for artists to pay for posts on pages like Akademiks? 

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The St. Louis femcee recently spoke to Complex about the process of working with the 6ix God for these new releases. She couldn’t be happier with how they turned out, and had a lot of praise for his studio talents.

“Working with Drake always fun as hell ’cause he really be in his bag,” Sexyy reportedly remarked. “And for real for real he got the best ear in music.”

She spoke further on their “Cheetah Print” collab in particular. That’s a pretty divisive cut from these new LPs, but it’s an undeniably fun song at the very least. “We was definitely on that ‘Cha Cha Slide’ type timing,” Sexyy Red expressed.

“I knew it was going up when I opened TikTok and everybody was using the sound,” she continued concerning “Cheetah Print.” “I ain’t even expect it to blow that fast. But seeing people shake a**, make videos, and really f**k with the song like that made me happy ’cause we had so much fun making [‘Cheetah Print’].”

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Drake’s New ICEMAN Trilogy

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Elsewhere, other Drake collaborators on this new trilogy are speaking about their experience. Molly Santana wowed fans on ICEMAN‘s “Ran To Atlanta” alongside Future, and Complex‘s Jordan Rose talked to her about the link-up.

“Obviously, Drake hit me up and said, ‘Future said your name, we got to get you on this song,’” she recalled. “And I was like, ‘This has to be destiny.'”

Other artists are also talking about Drake’s trilogy, even if they weren’t involved in the process behind them. Jack Harlow revealed ICEMAN is his favorite of the three, praising The Boy’s writing. We’ll see if any other collaborators, friends, and fans chime in on this massive event.

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