Release Date: August 28, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

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The case was barely two months old. Dupri, So So Def Recordings and So So Def Productions sued Sony in Manhattan federal court on July 6, accusing the music company of failing to properly account for money generated through a business relationship dating to the early 1990s. AllHipHop reports that the complaint alleged that royalty problems involving some of So So Def’s most successful records did not become apparent until Sony began issuing new or amended statements in 2023. An outside audit followed, according to the lawsuit.

Some of the largest disputed amounts were connected to records that helped establish Dupri and So So Def decades ago. His companies alleged that Sony had not previously reported certain producer and override royalties from Kris Kross’ first two albums and claimed at least $2.2 million remained unpaid. The lawsuit also claimed substantial shortfalls involving Xscape’s Hummin’ Comin’ at ’Cha and Da Brat’s Funkdafied. Other portions of the complaint concerned music involving Jagged Edge and artists Dupri produced outside the label.

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A Quick Resolution

Dupri’s complaint went beyond alleging ordinary accounting mistakes. His companies accused Sony of systematically underreporting royalties and claimed some earnings had gone unreported for years. Sony never filed a formal response to those accusations. When the lawsuit became public in July, however, the company said the disagreement involved royalty accounting that both sides had already been attempting to resolve and expressed disappointment that So So Def chose litigation rather than continuing those discussions.

Those discussions apparently continued after the complaint was filed. In an August 28 notice, Dupri’s attorney told the court that the matter had been resolved before Sony filed an answer in the case. The action was dismissed without prejudice, meaning the court did not rule on the substance of Dupri’s allegations, and the dismissal itself does not constitute a finding against either side.

What the resolution does not reveal is nearly as significant as what it does. The filing contains no settlement figure and does not explain whether Sony agreed to additional royalty payments or changes in its accounting. Dupri had originally sought at least $18 million, plus interest and legal fees.

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“To me, he is America,” Steel told XXL when asked how he views Young Thug outside the courtroom. The attorney pointed to the rapper’s childhood hardships and the enormous career he eventually built, arguing that Williams came from circumstances where few people expected much from him and ultimately performed before audiences numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Steel’s relationship with Thug predates the YSL RICO case that made the attorney recognizable far beyond legal circles. He told the outlet the two have known each other for roughly 15 years after Williams’ manager first contacted him about an earlier criminal case. Steel said that case was resolved through a pretrial program, beginning a professional relationship that continued as Thug’s career grew.

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That history shaped the way Steel approached the sprawling Fulton County prosecution years later. Williams was among more than two dozen people charged in Georgia’s YSL indictment, with prosecutors arguing that YSL operated as a criminal street gang. Steel maintained that authorities were attempting to turn his client’s music and public image into evidence of criminality. In the XXL interview, he accused prosecutors and law enforcement across the country of unfairly targeting Hip Hop artists through their lyrics and appearance.

Williams ultimately brought his portion of the YSL case to an end in October 2024 with a non-negotiated plea. He pleaded guilty to several gang, drug, and gun charges and was released after receiving a sentence that included 15 years of probation, with additional prison time suspended as long as he complies with its conditions.

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Steel told XXL he was prepared for a very different outcome. He said losing Williams’ case would have made him consider leaving the profession altogether, describing the prosecution as an effort to destroy both his client’s freedom and reputation. His attachment to the case became so personal that, during the contempt dispute, Steel said he was willing to remain in jail rather than reveal his source.

His work with Hip Hop defendants has only expanded since then. Steel joined Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal defense team in 2025 and is currently representing Lil Durk in his federal murder-for-hire trial. In discussing those cases with XXL, Steel returned repeatedly to his belief that prominent Rap artists are treated differently once their music and celebrity enter a courtroom.

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The dispute comes from Benjamin Provo’s 2024 lawsuit over his time working security for Donda Academy and Yeezy. Provo alleges he was subjected to racial and religious discrimination while employed by Ye and claims Black workers received worse treatment than white employees. He also says he was ultimately fired after refusing a demand that he cut his locs, which he wore in connection with his Muslim faith. Ye has denied the allegations.

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Public Versus Private Personas

Ye’s attorneys are now challenging material Provo intends to introduce at trial. According to court filings reviewed by Complex and TMZ, the disputed evidence spans 919 pages and includes posts attributed to Ye as well as material connected to former employees and outside accounts. Among the Ye posts are statements identifying himself as a Nazi and praising Hitler, along with an Instagram image showing Nazi clothing.

The defense is not asking the court to decide whether the posts were offensive. Its argument is that jurors could be pressured to judge Ye’s public persona rather than the conduct alleged by Provo. His attorneys contend some posts came before or after Provo’s employment, while others may have originated with third-party accounts that would first need to be authenticated. They have asked Judge Brock T. Hammond to either exclude the material or require Provo’s attorneys to establish its relevance before jurors see it.

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His allegations also did not emerge in isolation. Trevor Phillips, another former Black employee of Yeezy and Donda Academy, filed a separate lawsuit weeks earlier accusing Ye of treating Black employees worse than their white counterparts. Phillips’ complaint included its own allegations involving racial discrimination and antisemitic comments inside the workplace. Ye denied the allegations in that case as well.

The court has not yet ruled on whether the disputed social media material will be admitted. Provo’s case is expected to go to trial later this year.

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The August 26 decision grew out of a 2021 lawsuit Rainey filed while trying to collect what she was still owed. According to AllHipHop, The Game, whose legal name is Jayceon Taylor, argued that a default judgment in that case should be thrown out because of problems with the way notice was mailed and published after attempts to serve him personally failed. California’s Second District Court of Appeal disagreed, finding the summons substantially complied with state requirements. He was also ordered to cover Rainey’s costs from the appeal.

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Rainey & Game Have Been At Legal Odd For Years

That leaves Rainey’s collection campaign moving forward at a moment when Taylor has returned with new music. The Documentary III arrived August 21, more than six years after a federal court gave Rainey control over L.A. Prolific Records and directed certain payments connected to Taylor and Born 2 Rap toward satisfying the judgment. AllHipHop reports that existing collection orders could potentially reach Taylor’s share of income generated by the new album, although the latest appellate decision does not specifically award The Documentary III or its royalties to Rainey.

The debt traces back to Rainey’s 2015 lawsuit over an incident that occurred while she was appearing on VH1’s She’s Got Game. A federal jury found Taylor liable for sexually battering her during filming that year and, in November 2016, awarded her $1.13 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages. Taylor denied the allegations and later challenged the verdict, but the Seventh Circuit upheld it in 2019. That court was sharply critical of how he handled the litigation, noting that he skipped the trial after having previously evaded service and missed a settlement conference.

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Winning the verdict proved considerably easier than collecting it. Rainey has spent years pursuing Taylor’s music income and other property while alleging that assets were moved beyond her reach. Her efforts eventually extended to L.A. Prolific and Born 2 Rap royalties, with court orders instructing third parties to send qualifying money directly to her until the judgment is satisfied. By early 2025, AllHipHop reported that more than $500,000 had been redirected toward Taylor’s debt.

With The Documentary III now commercially available, the question shifts back to enforcement. Whether specific revenue from the album is ultimately redirected will depend on how that income falls under existing orders, but the August 26 ruling leaves Rainey’s broader collection case intact.

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Release Date: August 28, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: Slime Language 3

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Release Date: August 28, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Tracklist for Slime Language 3

1. Gotta Love Us ft. Bslime, diamond* & Pz’
2. OWAYSL ft. Bslime, Sk8star & Rob49
3. What’s Up Mami ft. Biggs Money
4. Mob Guys ft. Quavo, Biggs Money, Lil Unky
5. Function ft. Lil Unky
6. Club Outside ft. Lil Baby
7. Wait For It ft. Papito El Franklins, Bslime
8. Eaters ft. Travis Scott, Future, Yeat
9. Grandma’s Baby ft. Bslime, Veeze
10. Black Friday ft. Lito The Plug
11. Myself ft. Biggs Money
12. Only Oway ft. Skrilla & RundownZay
13. Hood of Atlanta ft. diamond*
14. Oway Remix
15. YSL ft. Yume
16. Crocodile Skin ft. Bslime, RundownZay
17. Tezzus & diamond* ft. Quavo, diamond*, Cash Cobain
18. Shawty Shawty ft. Hittman
19. Biggest Since Michael Jack ft. Jorjiana, Lito The Plug, Sk8star
20. We Dead ft. Trippie Redd
21. Bvlgari ft. iyrus, Lito The Plug, Biggs Money, Yung Kayo, Lil Unky
22. Believe That ft. Pz’, Lil Unky, iyrus
23. Cha Ney Ney ft. diamond*
24. Consummate ft. 1300SAINT
25. Tonight ft. diamond*, 1300SAINT
26. NaNaNa ft. Sk8star, diamond*
27. Say Dat ft. 1300SAINT, iyrus
28. Baddies ft. Biggs money, Cash Cobain
29. Birthday ft. Bay Swag, Cash Cobain
30. Switch Up ft. Mariah the Scientist, Lil Unky, Bslime
31. Weird ft. Biggs money, Lil Unky
32. Freaky Girl ft. iyrus, diamond*
33. Bounce It ft. Biggs money, YKNIECE
34. Snakes On My Collar ft. diamond*, Lil Keed
35. Stole It From Us ft. 1300SAINT, iyrus, diamond*
36. Fernando Mendoza ft. Sk8star, Lil Unky
37. Countin Up ft. Lil Righteous
38. Skyami ft. Yung Kayo, Lito The Plug
39. Lil Bruh ft. Biggs money
40. Losing Sleep ft. YUME, diamond*
41. What It Do ft. Unfoonk

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Some of these shoes sold millions of pairs. Others changed the cultural conversation around what a sneaker could represent. All ten of them left a permanent mark on the industry. Here are the most iconic Nike signature shoes ever made.

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10. Nike KD 4

The KD 4’s original retail run stretched from 2011 to 2012, delivering the first true footwear hit for the then-Thunder superstar. Designed by Leo Chang, the shoe featured a low-cut silhouette, Flywire technology for support, and a unique strap system that allowed for customizable fit.

The colorway storytelling across the KD 4 was unlike anything Nike had done with a basketball signature before. The “Nerf”, the “Weatherman”, the “Aunt Pearl” each one tied to a personal chapter of Durant’s life.

Durant wore the Nerf during his MVP performance at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, cementing the shoe’s legendary status. A signature shoe that connected with fans on a personal level from day one.

9. Nike Kobe 6

The Kobe 6 arrived as the natural extension of everything the Kobe 4 and 5 had already proven. Low, light, and built for a player at the absolute peak of his powers. Its snakeskin inspired island panels gave it a visual identity that stood apart from anything else in Nike basketball at the time.

Kobe debuted it on Christmas Day 2010 against Miami’s newly formed Big Three, giving it an instantly iconic moment before collectors had even seen most of the colorway lineup.

The “Grinch”, the “Chaos”, the “Prelude” are the some of the most celebrated Kobe 6 colorways in the history of Nike basketball. A shoe that raised the bar for what a performance signature could look like off the court.

8. Nike Air Swoopes

The Air Swoopes wasn’t just the first women’s signature basketball shoe it was the first women’s signature athletic shoe, period. Nike released it in October 1995, 6 months before the WNBA was even started. Designer Marni Gerber worked closely with Swoopes on every detail: the mid-foot strap, the pull tab built for long nails, and the stylized S logo on the tongue.

Nike’s list of basketball signature athletes that year was a short one with Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Penny Hardaway, and Chris Webber. Swoopes was just the 5th.

The shoe inspired a generation of girls to play the game and laid the foundation for every women’s signature that followed. Few shoes on this list carry more historical weight.

7. Nike Air Max CB 94

Charles Barkley was one of Nike’s most important signature athletes of the 1990s, and the Air Max CB 94 is the shoe that captured everything he represented on the court.

Its bulky, aggressive build matched his physical style of play perfectly, and the visible Air Max unit in the heel gave it a presence on shelves that was hard to miss. Barkley wore it through one of his most dominant stretches as a Phoenix Sun.

The shoe’s design philosophy of combining maximum cushioning with maximum attitude felt genuinely ahead of its time. It remains the defining entry in his Nike catalog and one of the most recognizable basketball shoes of its era.

6. Nike Air Tech Challenge II

Andre Agassi walked onto Wimbledon’s grass courts in 1990 wearing the Air Tech Challenge II in hot lava and neon, and the tennis world had never seen anything like it. The shoe was loud, angular, and deliberately confrontational and a perfect match for the player wearing it.

Agassi’s willingness to wear Nike’s most aggressive designs at the sport’s most traditional venues made him one of the brand’s most important cultural partners of the decade. The Air Tech Challenge II wasn’t just a performance tennis shoe.

It was a statement about individuality at a time when tennis still expected much more conforming style. Its influence on how Nike approached athlete identity and design storytelling is still felt today.

5. Nike Air Zoom Generation

The Air Zoom Generation arrived in 2003, before LeBron had played a single NBA game. Nike handed him a $90 million contract and built a debut shoe that matched the weight of that moment.

The design leaned into a classic, basketball-forward aesthetic Air Zoom in the forefoot, Nike Air in the heel, and a build that communicated seriousness over flash. It set the template for a signature line that now spans 24 models and counting.

20 years later, the Air Zoom Generation still stands as one of the most significant debut signature shoes in sports history. Few shoes have ever carried that much anticipation and delivered on it so cleanly.

4. Nike Air Griffey Max 1

Ken Griffey Jr. was the most exciting baseball player on the planet when the Air Griffey Max 1 dropped in 1996, and Nike built him a shoe that matched that energy.

Its backwards cap-inspired design. Also it was a direct nod to the way Griffey wore his hat during the Home Run Derby and gave it a visual look that nobody who saw it ever forgot.

The teal, black, and white colorway tied to his Seattle Mariners years remains the definitive version. The Air Griffey Max 1 crossed boundaries that most baseball shoes never touched, landing in streetwear conversations and hip-hop circles well beyond baseball. It proved that Nike’s signature program wasn’t limited to basketball courts.

3. Nike Kobe 4

Before the Kobe 4, high-top basketball shoes were the default across the entire NBA. Nobody really tried to challenged that.

Then Kobe pushed designer Eric Avar to build the lowest and lightest basketball shoe possible, drawing inspiration from the soccer boots he wore growing up in Italy. The result landed in 2009 and immediately changed the conversation. Kobe wore it to win his first championship without Shaq. He later called it the boldest move he and Nike ever made together.

Low-top basketball shoes went from a questionable idea to the new normal across the entire league. No other shoe on this list changed the direction of basketball footwear quite like this one.

2. Nike Air Penny 1

Penny Hardaway arrived in the NBA as one of the most gifted and stylish players the league had ever seen, and the Air Penny 1 matched him perfectly.

Again designer Eric Avar built the shoe around a revolutionary Visible Air window, a dynamic lacing system, and a winged support structure that wrapped the foot in a way that nothing else on the market did.

The little Penny figurine on the tongue gave it a personality that sneakerheads immediately responded to. It arrived during a period when Penny looked like the future of basketball, and the shoe captured all of that promise in one release. 25 years later, it remains one of the most beloved basketball signatures Nike has ever produced.

1. Nike Air Jordan 1

The Air Jordan 1 was released in 1985 as Michael Jordan’s debut Nike signature, and it arrived wrapped in controversy before a single pair hit shelves.

The NBA banned it for violating uniform rules, fining Jordan $5,000 every time he wore it on the court. Nike paid every fine and turned the controversy into one of the most effective marketing campaigns in sports history.

The shoe itself was bold and clean as a high-top leather build with a design language that felt very different from everything else on the market at the time. It founded what would become Jordan Brand, changed how Nike thought about athlete partnerships, and laid the groundwork for every signature shoe that followed.

No single shoe in the history of Nike has had a larger cultural footprint. This pair is the obvious #1.

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ICE, in fact, announced his arrest on X today. Sharing his mugshot, they referred to him as “an illegal alien from the United Kingdom.”

“Yiannopoulos legally entered the country on May 14, 2019, through New York City, New York. He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws,” the tweet reads. “Yiannopoulos was issued a final order of removal by an Immigration Judge on July 22, after failing to show up for his immigration hearing. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal.”

When working for Kanye, Yiannopoulos served as the chief of staff and contributed heavily to Ye’s political run as director of political operations for YE24. It’s unclear if they ended things on a bad note, but TMZ theorizes that his presence in Louisiana might have to do with the fact that Ye is performing at the New Orleans Super Dome tonight as part of his comeback tour.

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Milo Yiannopoulos Detained By ICE Agents In Louisiana

Yiannopoulos ultimately severed ties with Kanye following the announcement of Yeezy Porn. The media personality said that he couldn’t be involved in the production of pornographic material because it is “an imminent danger to my life as a recovering addict and an unacceptable risk to my spiritual and physical health as a former homosexual.” More recently, he was tied into the nitrous scandal involving Ye.

So far, there haven’t been any statements from Milo or his legal team, but we will keep you posted on any further updates surrounding his detainment. 

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He was there to talk about his new album Organized Rhyme, but Loren LoRosa asked him about the 6ix God dissing Khaled at one point. “Nah, don’t do that with Drake, man” Joey Crack said (at around the 3:35-minute mark of the YouTube clip below) when LoRosa said the Toronto superstar could be considered a bully.

“I love Drake. I tried to fix that with him and Khaled or whatever they got going,” he continued. “Khaled’s my brother. So we gon’ stand on ten toes at all times. That’s just what it is here. Loyalty is the brand. TS [Terror Squad] equals loyalty… Everybody goes, right? So, what I do is, I’ve always loved Drake. Khaled’s my brother, he’s my best friend. I just tried to fix that. I tried to throw an olive branch. Do whatever I could… I don’t know [if I fixed it]. I know I went to Toronto and got welcome texts and all that. But still. I got the, ‘Yo, welcome to the city, you need anything?’ [Not from Drake], but close affiliates. I never disrespected him, I actually got super love for him.”

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Drake & DJ Khaled Beef

Loren LoRosa asked if Fat Joe’s previous comments on Drake dissing DJ Khaled made him feel like he might not get sympathy from OVO. “I’m just saying… My thing is, Khaled don’t rap, Khaled don’t diss, Khaled’s with his kids,” he answered. “Khaled is who he is. So I don’t care what you think, or what it is. It’s always love… He’s always helping people. So what I meant by saying ‘bullying,’ which wasn’t probably the best way to describe it, was, ‘You know Khaled ain’t going to beef with you or nothing like that.'”

Charlamange Tha God said folks still don’t know an exact reason for Drake and DJ Khaled’s fallout beyond the presumed dislike of Khaled’s silence during the Kendrick beef. “How about, if I do know the reason, is I want everybody to be unified,” Joe said. “[…] We got to show unity amongst everybody… I did everything the other way… I realized we got to appreciate every single second.”

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