It’s hard to argue that though right now as the 30-year-old is currently on a nice run of singles. The latest in this now four-song run is “What You Saying,” which they put out on DSPs yesterday, December 22. It’s a fun song that takes cues from the Jersey club banger “Just Wanna Rock” and mixes in a captivating French sample.

According to Billboard, the vocals come from Indila’s “Love Story.” On the track, Lil Uzi Vert incorporates the non-native sample into the mini story they’re rapping about. That being they are trying win over a woman who doesn’t speak English.

But on top of the song’s attention-grabbing qualities, Uzi Vert went ahead and put together an elegant but quirky visual for “What You Saying.”

It works in their other major passion, fashion. Icons in the space such as Marc Jacobs and Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima, for example, make appearances.

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Is Lil Uzi Vert Dropping An Album?

The music video follows the eccentric MC as a fashioner designer, putting together jaw-dropping pieces for their models to wear on the runway. Speaking of which, he has Adriana be their top model to show off the fictional (at least maybe for now) fashion house, UZI.

Uzi hinted that the visual would go in this direction on his Instagram. While teasing it they wrote, “Remember, this is just the beginning. You are all invited to my fashion show. Thank you for your attention and patience.”

After receiving applause and comments from fashion snobs, Uzi takes part in an interview where he explains where their fashion inspiration comes from. “I feel like Prince would not even care, that’s why he’s my inspiration. If he was alive and saw this he’d be like, ‘Who the f*ck is this?”

Overall, this song is a hit with fans and have many eager to see what’s to come for the now independent talent. Given this prolific run as of late, one could wonder if an album under this new regime is coming sometime in 2026.

That’s merely speculation but it sounds like their supporters want them to go all the way.

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“I haven’t talked to him in a while. I don’t have any problems with Joe,” Charlamagne began. “I actually got a lot of love for Joe. Me and Joe, when we are mad at each other, we go bad at each other. I’ll run into him somewhere, and we’ll pick up like we always have, I’m sure. But that’s all it is. When we go bad, we go bad on each other. When I hear why he’s upset with me, I’m like, ‘Oh I can understand why he felt that way.'”

He continued: “Like this last one, I’m like, ‘Alright, I get it.’ I didn’t mean it in the way that he received it, but I can understand why he felt that way.” As for why they both “go bad” on one another, Charlamagne joked that they’re both just “mad men.”

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Are Ebro Darden & Charlamagne Tha God Beefing?

While Charlamagne Tha God says that his relationship with Joe Budden will be fine, his relationship with another popular voice in hip-hop media may be in a bad spot. Following his departure from Hot 97, Ebro Darden took a shot at Charlamagne during an episode of The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show. He argued that he isn’t willing to sacrifice his beliefs to try to get a major payday from companies like iHeartRadio, Disney, and more, unlike Charlamagne.

“There were things that Charlamagne was willing to do that I would’ve never done. Never,” Ebro said. “And, that’s how you get to those big bags. It’s the same with Stephen A. Smith. When Disney wants to give you money like that, you gotta do a dance I ain’t willing to do.”

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So, to celebrate their hard work, the mastermind behind LGSEO, Pharrell, decided to send Pusha an incredible thank you gift. Or with Christmas just two days away, it could be viewed as such. Either way, it’s nice to see these two still love each other like siblings.

King Push showed off his brand-new Rolls-Royce Spectre Black Badge with his social media followers yesterday (Dec. 22). For those who aren’t versed, it’s the British car manufacturer’s first-ever all-electric model.

The Black Badge, though, takes it to a whole other level, upping the performance while earning some extra styling points. It allows for darker accents and bespoke customization for customers.

Pharrell decided to get Pusha T a murdered-out Spectre, blacking everything out from the wheels to the interior. It’s a stunning spec and one that has the Virginia rapper just as mind blown.

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Clipse Grammy Nominations

“Aye @pharrell [four pleading face emojis] i love you man,” he captioned the video. He also had fun with P, making jokes that he got his new car all dirty. “Aye P… She dirty P. I’ma clean that in a minute,” he said while chuckling.

He hilariously busted out a mini rap about the floor mats, which Rolls-Royce makes out of high-quality lamb’s wool.

“The Rolls got floor mats that look like they took four cats and made door mats / I rub my feet in ’em.”

After hearing his off-the-cuff bars, fans in the comments section believe another album is already in the making. “they gonna make another album,” one fan predicts. “Already thinking of bars,” says another.

But while Clipse did promise they are indeed far from done, they deserve to celebrate and relax until the Grammys roll around.

Speaking of that award show, him and Malice are up for four categories in February. They include Best Music Video, Rap Album, Rap Performance, and Album of the Year. “So Be It,” LGSEO, and “Chains & Whips” have granted these opportunities for them.

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Despite collaborating on the iconic Starz series, BMF, 50 Cent and Big Meech had a major falling out earlier this year. 50 complained about Meech and his son, Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., linking up with his longtime rival, Rick Ross. While Lil Meech tried to de-escalate the situation, 50 doubled down, labeling Big Meech a “rat” in numerous posts online.

50 Cent even criticized Big Meech for not being more supportive of Lil Meech’s acting career. “Why old boy didn’t look out for Me Me and send him to acting school BIG SCREECH?” he wrote in one post caught by AllHipHop. “All your people that was out did nothing for him. You come home thinking you the black Pablo Escobar and f*cked him up. I helped your family make over 5 million legit dollars it’s not my fault it’s all gone. You think people don’t want to see you shine so bad you wearing the baby’s jewelry. B*tch give the baby back his jewelry!”

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50 Cent’s Beefs

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Big Meech and Lil Meech are far from the only people 50 Cent has been feuding with on social media as of late. Following the release of his new Netflix documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, he’s been trading shots with tons of critics of the project. These have included Ja Rule, Marlon Wayans, and many more.

The documentary details numerous allegations against Diddy, which the Bad Boy mogul has already denied. He is currently residing behind bars after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution earlier this year.

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Whether or not that comes out is another story.

But the actual big deal about this linkup is what transpired. You may have already seen the now viral clip of Blueface and Keke doing squats together. In it, he tells her and two other women to “go lower” while not being too subtle about it either.

Moreover, he maintained his flirty nature during some Pilates.

However, it wasn’t just him playing into it. Keke Palmer wasn’t shutting down on him whenever he made some slick comments in the clips you’ll see below.

Caught by Bossip, you can see the 32-year-old smiling, laughing, and blushing after his advances.

For example, during the recording session portion of the stream, Keke called the engineer “boo” which Blueface half-jokingly didn’t like.

“I’m your boo,” Blue said which got her giddy. He then said, “Don’t call nobody else boo but me, all right? This the engineer, you call him engineer… I’m boo.”

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Is Blueface Single?

Keke couldn’t help but smile. Then, during a conversation in which the Nope actress asked about how he’s been doing since getting out last month, Blueface effectively took his shot.

“When I got out, I was doing all right. Then you walked in, everything’s looking bright, babe… My future looking bright.”

Keke was pretty receptive to his behavior replying in a cutesy manner. “You play too much,” she said while calling him “fake.”

Her playing along with Blue has her fan base in shambles with some even going as far as to call her a “pick me.”

You can see just a handful of reactions on social media below.

But these disgusted supporters’ posts aren’t coming out of nowhere, though. Blue doesn’t have the most glowing reputation when it comes to his dating life. He’s consistently found himself in nasty breakups and dragged-out relationships that hang on by threads for months.

For example, he cut ties with reality star Hazel-E after just a few weeks. Of course, you all know about Jaidyn Alexis and Chrisean Rock. However, he has been seen with a 24-year-old social media influencer who goes by Nevaeh Akira.

But if his shots at Keke were authentic, then that pairing might be done just as fast as it started.

Keke Palmer Fan Reactions To Her Blueface Stream

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In the newest filing, which Webber made in Los Angeles federal court on Monday, he referenced Dame threatening to file a civil RICO lawsuit against him back in October. Webber included an email from someone named Tina Parmar, who notes that one of the film’s investors demanded Webber be let go after seeing an article about Dame’s threat.

Webber says that Dame’s suggestion that he was part of a criminal organization was “false and defamatory,” and that he “knew [it] was false when he made it,” according to Complex.

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Dame Dash Bankruptcy

Dame Dash previously lost multiple lawsuits to Webber related to the film Dear Frank. The drama began with Webber suing him for defamation and copyright infringement in 2022. He alleged that Dash pulled out of the project and tried to sell it under a different name while claiming to be the director.

In 2024, he hit Dame with another lawsuit, claiming that his fiery comments on the case from the Earn Your Leisure podcast cost him a job on the movie Fast Life. With Dame still in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings, he has yet to fully pay out the multimillion-dollar judgments.

In the wake of all the legal and financial trouble, Dame tried to clear the air on The Breakfast Club, earlier this year. This backfired and led to a fiery confrontation with Charlamagne Tha God that circulated all over social media.

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The $369.6M figure is significantly higher than the rest of the top 10, with Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia: The World Tour coming in at second place with $174.5M. Other tours to make the list include Nelly’s Where The Party At Tour, $uicideboy$’s Grey Day Tour, Travis Scott’s Circus Maximus Tour, Wu-Tang Clan’s Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Make America Slime Again Tour, among others.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA kicked off the Grand National Tour in April with a show in Minneapolis, but before that, they performed together during the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. The tour ended up consisting of 47 shows across Europe, North America, Australia, and South America.

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Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX”

In addition to announcing the Grand National Tour as the highest-grossing tour of 2025, Billboard also recently named Kendrick Lamar the top Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. That selection was determined by activity from the weekly Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts dated Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025. 

Helping secure Lamar’s dominance over the charts was his 2024 album, GNX. The project featured collaborations with a number of other artists, including SZA, Dody6, Lefty Gunplay, Wallie the Sensei, Siete7x, Roddy Ricch, AzChike, Hitta J3, YoungThreat, and Peysoh. It debuted at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and spent seven weeks at the top.

His collaboration with SZA, “luther,” ended 2025 as the most popular rap song of the year. Additionally, his other tracks, “TV Off,” “Not Like Us,” and “Squabble Up,” ranked inside the top five. He also held the ninth most popular song in the genre with “Peekaboo.”

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Most listeners these days want to hear you do more than spit. That’s thanks to Drizzy and his effortless R&B fusions over the last decade and change. However, what some will still push back on regardless of the beef is that he’s not all that when it comes to writing.

To this day, he still has to hear from his rap enemies and fans alike how he’s always needed ghostwriters. But Drake is his own biggest fan at the end of the day, so he’s never going to let that get to him. In fact, during his second of three Stake streams featuring BenDanDonnn, he stated outright that he’s like that.

“I’m really, I’m one of the most profound writers of our time,” he proclaimed in response to Ben dishing out some friendly smack talk. The content creator joked that him and Lil Wayne are his main writing inspirations.

Drake did credit Weezy’s mentorship as vital to his success prior to Ben’s comment. “I wouldn’t be sh*t without Wayne,” he said as “Money On My Mind” played in the background.

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Drake Iceman Release Date

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Drake swiftly clapped back, “I don’t even know if you could write one bar for me without people being like, ‘Yo, that’s not Drake.’ Brother, you can’t pronounce English words. How can you write for me?” 

However, The Boy did admit that Ben has helped him out in way with the creation of Iceman. “You did inspire me, though, on the album. You gave me a pep talk one night. We ain’t talking about that, though,” he quipped per Billboard.

Speaking of Iceman though, the world is still waiting on that release date. After rumors that it was arriving in the last third of 2025, it’s now poised to arrive in 2026. But that doesn’t mean Drake is lollygagging. During the first Kick/Stake livestream on Sunday, December 21, he reaffirmed that he’s locked in. “We’re focused. I know what you’re waiting on, so trust me. We’re cheffing.”

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They are pointing to a track he teased on his Instagram Story yesterday (Dec. 22) while showing the printing process for the physical copies of the album. Caught by OnThinIce, A$AP Rocky sings over a heavenly, almost drum-less instrumental that combines boom bap and jazz rap.

It sounds like it’s going to be a transcendental song from start to finish and fans are puffing their chests out. “Classic incoming,” one Twitter user types with conviction. “This album is gonna be so good,” another echoes.

A third fan takes his fandom a little too far adding, “who else’s top artist is rocky and never switched up and waited patiently for the album i can’t believe the rollout has started im so damn excited i’ve g**ned to the album covers at least 5 times.”

We aren’t going to go that far, but with each new tease from Rocky we are getting more and more excited.

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Who Is Going To Be Featured On Don’t Be Dumb?

Others are also on the edge of their seats because they believe this is the coveted “WHISKEY I’M NOT RESISTING.” It’s a song that was seemingly concocted a couple of years ago and will supposedly feature Westside Gunn and Damon Albarn of Gorillaz.

Moreover, it allegedly features multi-faceted production from cloud rap legend and Rocky collaborator Clams Casino.

Based on the full version, which can be found on YouTube, it sounds somewhat similar to the snippet above. It could be slightly tweaked, but we will have to wait and see on January 16.

But speaking of WSG and Damon Albarn, they join a long list of rumored features for Don’t Be Dumb. Others include Jessica Pratt, J. Cole, KayCyy, and even Playboi Carti. The latter was seemingly confirmed to be on it by Rocky himself after an engagement with a fan on Reddit.

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“I think she did a great job, an amazing job,” Rose said. “We live in a free country. She has a right to her own political opinion just like everyone else does.”

When asked about backlash from Nicki’s LGBTQ+ fans, Rose added: “She didn’t say anything wrong. She didn’t say anything about the LGBTQ+ community at all. Why do people think everybody over there is homophobic? I’m not homophobic. My assistant has been with me for 11 years. He’s Black and gay. I have a bunch of trans friends. So does Nicki. I don’t know why people twist our words or think that because we endorse Trump that we hate gay people and trans people. It’s just not true.”

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Nicki Minaj’s Political Beliefs

At AmericaFest, Nicki Minaj spoke with Erika Kirk about numerous political topics and reaffirmed her support for Donald Trump. She said that he “has given so many people hope that there’s a chance to beat the bad guys and to win and to do it with your head held high,” as caught by The New York Post. Additionally, she complained about California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Vice President JD Vance ended up mentioning Minaj during his speech at the event. “Unlike the left, we stand against treating anybody, and I love what Nicki said about this. We don’t treat anybody different because of their race or their sex,” he said. “So we have relegated DEI to the dustbin of history, which is exactly where it belongs. In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”

Amber Rose has also been open about her support for the Republican Party for years. Back in 2024, she served as a guest speaker at the Republican National Convention while Trump campaigned against Kamala Harris.

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