Tay-K’s legal team has argued that multiple problems occurred throughout the trial. His attorneys identified 13 separate issues they believe played a role in his conviction when they should not have. Among those concerns were alleged violations involving constitutional rights and evidence they argue should have been excluded, with trial transcripts cited to support their position.

The filing also points to apparent friction between Tay-K’s attorneys and the judge during proceedings. One particular exchange was highlighted as potential support for that argument, with his attorneys stating, “I understand for the purpose of the record, the Court’s upset with me. The Court’s tone of voice indicates that.”

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Tay-K’s Attorneys File Brief Of Appellant

There were also questions surrounding Joanna Reyes, who testified for prosecutors during the trial. According to Tay-K’s attorneys, prosecutors gave jurors a misleading picture of Reyes despite allegations that she had violated her bond conditions multiple times.

Tay-K is currently serving 55 years for a 2016 murder in Mansfield, along with an 80-year sentence stemming from a San Antonio shooting. The sentences are being served concurrently, while this latest appeal concerns his San Antonio conviction.

Since his incarceration, Tay-K has dropped off a handful of new singles. In August, he dropped “Punch You Down.” Prior to that, he dropped off “Everywhere I Go” and “Erupt.”

We’ll continue following the case and provide further updates as they develop.

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“With HABIBTI (FOMO) dropping, OVO/Republic’s chart-chomping megastar—who’s said to be in the Coachella discussion—seizes the spotlight again, and “Texas” comes to Toronto,” the publication published on their site today (Friday, October 2). With this, OVO fans immediately got excited, as this also follows confirmations of a Drake tour coming next year.

As such, it feels like all the hype would make for a pretty significant and opportune moment to go back to Indio, California for a headlining slot. But the Toronto superstar hasn’t been there in a while.

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Drake’s Coachella History

He reportedly first appeared during Jhené Aiko’s set in 2014, headlined in 2015 (and had an infamous onstage kiss with Madonna), and guested during Future’s set in 2017. However, the 6ix God hasn’t returned in nine years, and it’s not like his profile diminished in any way.

So while he may be in the “discussion” if this report is accurate, some fans believe he would still turn it down. With a tour slated for 2027, though, it wouldn’t be a big loss.

Drake’s Coachella slots have been controversial for reasons that have nothing to do with him or the performance itself. Back in 2017, he called out a country club near the festival for racial profiling.

Elsewhere, Drake is still breaking records and seeing a lot of success with the ICEMAN trilogy and its biggest hits. It’s a wave he will continue to ride into next year, and fans can’t wait for the chance to witness it live. Whether it will actually be at Coachella or not, though, is something we will only know once the festival announces its official lineup.

In recent years, the OVO mogul has rocked three nights at the Wireless Festival in the U.K. and faced boos at the Camp Flog Gnaw Festival. It’s up in the air what a hypothetical headlining Coachella set would look like, but we doubt it would be anything less than massive and celebrated with all this momentum.

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Release Date: October 2, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Tracklist for Grip Thumb 2 Paper Cuts

1. Entendre
2. No Idols
3. Fangs
4. Head Lice
5. Broken Toilet (feat. BabyTron)
6. Switch Back 3
7. Swallow a Diamond
8. Bull Mastiff
9. Somebodylovesmeinthesky (feat. BONES)
10. Red Dot Reaper (feat. Sematary)
11. Gold Rush (feat. Riff Raff)
12. Shoelace Belt (feat. Trapland Pat)
13. Tony Glock
14. Skin in the game
15. OCD (feat. Flogo)
16. Halos
17. Wallpaper
18. Every bitch is a 10
19. Sun Scars
20. Cabin Fever
21. Talk Me Out of Suicide
22. Bathtub
23. Message to my younger self

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Release Date: October 2, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop, Folk, Pop, Experimental

Tracklist for Life 1

1. Life 1 (Where Did the Time Go)
2. Dark Magic
3. The Hero Never Dies
4. It Goes Like This
5. Celery
6. Make You My What (featuring kmoe)
7. Regular Guy
8. The Gambler
9. Like You Always Do
10. Baby Steps
11. Hell of a Time
12. Illusion of Choice
13. Good Grief
14. In Another Life…

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As caught by No Jumper on Instagram, Biehl reportedly took to her Instagram Story to share a series of alleged text messages with the Houston rapper. “Only person handling is you,” she had allegedly written. “But u gone learn to watch ur mouth when u talk to me,” he allegedly responded. “Or not talk to me at all. I HOPE UR BABY DIES. go take a swim and never come back.”

“I didn’t do s**t,” Bambi Doe allegedly responded, with Sauce allegedly replying by telling her to “block” something. The message isn’t visible because the caption cuts it off. “I didn’t say anything disrespectful,” the social media personality and content creator allegedly texted him.

“but I’m the bad guy? this is what me & my daughter have had to deal with,” she captioned her screenshot of the alleged text messages. At press time, it doesn’t seem like the rapper has publicly responded to this accusation. Or at least, if he did, it’s not on his IG page as of writing this article.

Some folks found humor in this situation due to Sauce Walka’s “Baby Mama Drama” track, which is a dark response to such a shocking alleged statement. We will see if he speaks out.

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Bambi Doe’s Sauce Walka Claims

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Bambi Doe and Sauce Walka have clashed a lot in the past, so this conflict should come as no surprise. Still, the allegations about a message like this from the “Been Crashing” lyricist certainly took things up a notch when it comes to animosity and disrespect, let alone the family dynamic.

Elsewhere, Sauce Walka’s responses to heated topics like this have gone over not just his own claims and those about him, but also extensions to other rappers. For example, amid his drama with Drake and another mother of his children, he claimed Latto and Sexyy Red are selling their bodies for sex.

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Release Date: October 2, 2026

Genre: Instrumental

Tracklist for North Of Everything

1. BC COAST
2. NIGHT CALLS
3. TEARS IN THE RAIN
4. TIME REWINDS
5. ALIGN

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At the 20-minute, 41-second mark of the YouTube video below, Maday asked the Chicago MC about the intention behind his stage name and playing with the idea of what a “rapper” is. Chance had an interesting perspective, and he made the revelation of the name change during this segment.

He said a girl from his high school gave him his moniker, which people told him to change throughout his career because he was becoming “more than a rapper.” The 33-year-old spoke on always wanting to connect to hip-hop no matter what he does, carrying it the same way it carried him.

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Chance The Rapper’s Name

“I’ve been thinking about changing my name… I’m going to take off the ‘Chance.’ I just want to be ‘The Rapper,'” he revealed. “It’s been something I’ve been thinking about a lot. I just really love the art form, I really love words. I think the greatest rappers, like myself, are etymologists and linguists at heart… And I think the ‘Chance’ part, I give a lot of vulnerability and looks into my life and what’s going on in my life… And I don’t love that as much now as I love just working within the genre and attacking things that aren’t necessarily so close to me sometimes.”

“My favorite rappers were vulnerable,” the “You Can Always Come Back Home” artist shared. “These people talk about their lives. But I also really love when they critique the state, or plan for a better future, or just do wordplay. Those things that aren’t so intrinsically tied to their existence, I like that too. When I’m working within the art form, sometimes, it’s good to just make a song that’s not about what I did that day… Sometimes it’s good to hold things just for me and my family as opposed to making it all fodder for the masses.”

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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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