Near the end of the first half, Brunson was trying to chase after a loose ball heading towards the sideline. However, while trying to save it, he collided with Boosie sitting courtside. Thankfully, it wasn’t too scary of an incident.

Instead, the two men shared a wholesome moment as Brunson playfully pulled Boosie out of his seat and laid him on the ground. The rapper appeared to be in a little bit of pain as he smacked the floor.

However, in the midst of Jalen Brunson dragging him down, you can see him laughing a little bit. The All-Star also cracked a smile as he ran back to play defense.

After the game, the 29-year-old went to check on the Louisiana native. Boosie, seemingly half-jokingly, told the opposing athlete that he owes him some “motherf*cking steaks.”

Boosie then took to his Instagram to quip that Brunson broke his leg with tons of laughing emojis. At least he had a fun memory to take from this evening because the Atlanta Hawks sure didn’t leave their fans smiling.

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New York Knicks Advance Past The Atlanta Hawks

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks completely throttled the six-seeded Hawks, winning by a final of 140-89. As we said, the game was pretty much a wrap as the visitors led 40-15 after one and didn’t look back.

The Hawks were giving the three seed fits early on in this first round playoff series, rattling off back-to-back wins to go up 2-1. However, from Game 4 onward, the Knicks flexed their muscles on both sides of the ball and won comfortably in each of those to close the series out in six games.

The only other notable storyline from this beat down was that Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson and Hawks wing Dyson Daniels were ejected after getting into at the free throw line.

Now, all the Knicks can do is wait for their Eastern Conference Semifinal opponent. They will play the winner of the 76ers and Celtics series. They will find out who they play when Game 7 concludes on Saturday in Boston.

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Per The OVO Docket on Twitter, a federal judge in the United States District Court’s Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit from plaintiff Genevieve Capolongo that accused Spotify of artificially inflating Drizzy’s streams on the platform. This is a separate lawsuit to RBX’s claims alleging similar conduct.

These specific “pay for play” scheme accusations saw a dismissal with prejudice, meaning the court closed the door on a refile over similar allegations. Reportedly, no discovery in the case occurred.

According to this report, the federal judge’s ruling pointed to Capolongo signing an enforceable arbitration agreement with the streaming service. This agreement reportedly waived the right to sue and stipulated any dispute must find resolution via private arbitration.

To be clear, the Toronto superstar never became a defendant in this case, so the legal pursuit has nothing to do with him directly. He was one of many massive artists the plaintiff accused Spotify of artificially boosting via fake streams.

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Drake’s Spotify Streams

Amid these claims and others, Drake is doing great on Spotify. He recently set the record for most streams in a single day in 2026 for a rapper, with 57.8 million.

Funnily enough, Drake’s launched botting claims against Spotify before, specifically in relation to his “Not Like Us” defamation lawsuit. He continues to appeal its dismissal and argue Kendrick Lamar’s diss track ruined his reputation. The OVO mogul more significantly places the blame on UMG for distributing and promoting the track.

Drake also faces other botting claims regarding Spotify, but these connect more to his involvement in lawsuits against Stake. Various legal moves accused him, the online casino, DJ Akademiks, Adin Ross, and more of defrauding users via an illegal gambling scheme.

With this most recent dismissal in mind, it seems like these inflation accusations won’t lead anywhere anytime soon. All the while, fans and haters alike continue to build anticipation or criticism for ICEMAN, which drops in two weeks.

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“Get out my face, h*e, begging for change, h*e / Get you a hustle and get that p***y out your face, h*e,” Glo rapped on her feature for the Big Mama track “You could’ve been anything, it’s a million ways to get paid, h*e / But you ain’t s**t but a freaky stud that’s laced, h*e […] I heard she don’t take care of her family, I would never / She need her own style, she always trying to copy the next b***h.”

Per Livebitez on Instagram, Drizzy allegedly liked posts about the song on social media, whereas Soulja appeared in the “GOMF” music video. As such, Victoria Woods had smoke for all of them.

“F**k Drake, f**k Soulja Boy, f**k Latto, f**k Glo,” Woods expressed in an online video. “Latto, you not even getting claimed in public by your baby daddy, b***h. H*e, you pregnant by a married man while you want to sit here and put Glo on a record. Both of y’all b***hes running behind Cardi B’s crown y’all could never get or take on no day.

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GloRilla’s Siblings

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“Drake, b***h, you suing a motherf***er over dissing the s**t out you,” she continued. “I thought it was good, I thought it was cool. Y’all write diss songs back to back. You’s a b***h any motherf***ing way. ‘Cause you mad ’cause Kendrick Lamar got on your a**. You want to sit here and ‘applaud’ Latto, b***h. Soulja Boy, your outfits still big as f**k ever since ‘Youuuu!‘ And you lame as a motherf***er and can’t rap. I’m coming for all y’all, f**k all y’all. Anybody who liked that motherf***ing song… Get like Cardi B… You and Latto could never be Cardi B. Y’all b***hes got to jump on a motherf***ing record together to try to get the type of views Cardi B get. Let’s go. I’m done being nice, f**k that s**t.”

Along with Victoria Woods, GloRilla reportedly has other siblings. She is reportedly the eighth of ten children.

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In a serious of posts, the Instagram influencer accused the Freebandz signee of abuse and kidnapping. In addition, she alleged that she was “cosplaying as a man” at times during their relationship. Her alleged proof of that was a photo of a sex toy and a screenshot of him allegedly offering to pay for it.

As for the abuse, though, Live Bitez caught wind of Chanell threatening to unleash 65 files/photos showing the physical harm that Boston Richey allegedly caused. But since he didn’t take down his diss song, she went ahead and shared the alleged evidence.

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She started off with some frightening ones, sharing photos from a time when Richey and a few other men allegedly kidnapped her. The allegedly true details make it even worse, though.

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Real Boston Richey & Tatiana Chanell’s Relationship

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Taking to her Instagram as caught by The Neighborhood Talk, Chanell writes, “Song still up, so let’s start with this [today]. When you kidnapped me had me butt naked in a truck full of men while I was bleeding on my cycle (was free bleeding the whole ride btw). And you took me from Orlando FL all the way to Alabama. Couldn’t call the police because your friends were patrolling me. And I was only able to take these photos quickly because you fell asleep. Every gas station stop you would hold me down because I’d try to bang on the windows and scream to get help. Posting the rest soon. 8 HR DRIVE NAKED IN A CAR FULL OF MEN.”

This seems to just be the start of this photographic onslaught, so stay tuned for more.

In hindsight, things were always bound to get worse between Richey and Chanell. In March, the latter put his other label, Epic Records, on blast for running an alleged smear campaign against her. She claimed this after the imprint allegedly held a meeting after they learned their artist shared an intimate video with Chanell online in which she was underage.

She wrote, “A few days ago you all held a meeting after it was brought to your attention that your artist shared a sex tape of me from when I was underage TO other women. Rather than addressing the seriousness of that behavior, the response seems to have been to initiate a smear campaign against me.”

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According to Hot 97, a Missouri court dismissed an assault charge against the rapper this week after a nine-month process. The April 29 ruling emerged after prosecutors reportedly agreed to drop the misdemeanor charge in exchange for accountability from him over the minor violation and a $750 fine.

The alleged incident reportedly went down in July of last year, and started when a security guard at Ameristar Casino allegedly asked to check Nelly’s player card. Reportedly, the guard was managing access to the casino’s restricted area. The St. Louis MC’s representatives claimed the guard’s behavior escalated rapidly, physically blocking him and, in their view, unrightfully violating his personal space.

They claimed the artist moved the guard aside briefly without causing injury. But police who responded to the situation reportedly claimed the guard alleged Nelly shoved him during the incident. His team pushed back on September 2025’s misdemeanor assault charge, and both sides continued negotiations and resolution talks outside of court.

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Is Nelly Dropping A New Album?

Now that this legal battle is behind him, Nelly can look forward to his musical moves. He reportedly has an album on the way with his St. Lunatics group, which Metro Boomin will executive produce. We still don’t have a solid timeline for this release or more details about it. But it could be a gratifying throwback.

Elsewhere, Nelly fans are still angry with him for his political affiliations. Those who disagree with his alignment with United States President Donald Trump have consistently criticized his double-downs on the matter. We’ll see if anything changes in the near future regarding this.

At least this assault case is behind the 51-year-old, even if these other controversies continue to follow him. We will see if he responds to the plea agreement or has anything else to comment on concerning this complex, murky case.

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Release Date: May 1, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Tracklist for Once Upon A Time: The Soundtrack

1. Intro ft. Yellowdawg
2. Checkmate ft. Mozzy
3. I Wish ft. LNDN DRGS
4. The Big ft. LE$ & Premo Rice
5. I Can’t Relate ft. 9th Wonder
6. 2night
7. Visions ft. Method Man
8. Same Song ft. Shyheim
9. The 4 Tops ft. T.F, Sha Hef, & Vicasso
10. Mail Order Bride ft. A$AP Twelvyy & Isa P Anchorman
11. Rosie Perez ft. Boldy James & TAS
12. Kalifornication ft. YG Hoodie
13. Ghetto Smile Interlude ft. Gwen Bunn
14. No Price ft. Novelist
15. If I ft. Rome Streetz & Evidence
16. Outro ft. Yellowdawg

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As caught by Kurrco on Twitter, they debated about the pick, especially in comparison to other artists. Marc Lamont Hill expressed confusion and surprise at Thug’s placement, whereas Parks lamented the snub of Max Martin. “Okay, then it’s an egregiously bad list,” he said.

“I don’t understand that one,” Hill expressed. “I thought y’all were joking when you said that. And no disrespect to Young Thug. I think he’s a great artist. But one of the 30 greatest songwriters ever? With that list? Yeah, it’s tough.”

“With that list? I’m sorry,” Ice chimed in. “Yeah, respectfully, I’m not putting him and Dolly Parton on the same list. But I love Young Thug,” Parks expressed. “That’s what I’m saying. I love Young Thug, too,” Hill added.

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Joe Budden’s Young Thug Criticisms

Joe Budden has been critical of Young Thug before, but in a very different context, as he didn’t have anything to say about the songwriters list. He and his podcast cohosts previously argued Thug’s “stock has plummeted” since his release from prison over the YSL RICO trial. “He is putting on a masterclass in how to take a good brand and totally f**k it up,” Budden expressed last year.

That followed more criticisms from Joe Budden about Young Thug’s beef moves, arguing back in 2024 that he was trying to play both sides of the Gunna tension upon his release from jail. But as far as musical takes, Joe and the rest of the pod are fans of Thugger… Just not enough to place him on a list of the 30 best living American songwriters.

But many fans continue to defend his influence, and many artists continue to embody it. So no matter what you think of the accolade, it’s an understandable one.

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As caught by Kurrco, he updated his profile picture to a new photo of a younger Weezy F. Baby. If we had to guess, it looks like this is a shot of the Louisiana great from the late 90s to early 2000s.

This is not the first time Drake has honored his mentor in this way of course. At one point, the OVO boss used another older picture of Wayne where he was with his daughter. This one is just of Tha Carter creator giving the camera the middle finger while simultaneously throwing up a love-you gesture.

In the end, this probably won’t mean too much. His other IG profile of picture him didn’t really lead to anything specifically. But with this update occurring just two weeks out from ICEMAN, it could be something to look back on and say, “Maybe Drake was hinting at something.”

The most obvious thing this could mean is that Lil Wayne will be on the album.

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What Should Fans Expect With ICEMAN?

That would be a welcome sight as the last time they were on the same track was in 2021. That year, Nicki Minaj put out a single for the re-release of Beam Me Up Scotty called “Seeing Green.”

We are just going to wait and see if this happens though as Drake has been hush hush about the album’s innerworkings. Features, the number of songs, and even the album cover has yet to be unveiled. The only concrete detail we have is the release date which is May 15.

Drake’s collaborators and insiders have been giving fans some interesting things to chew on ahead of its release though. For instance, INSIDER HUB on X claims that the format for ICEMAN will be something totally new for The Boy. What that means yet, we don’t know. It could just be a different method of track sequencing that he’s never used before, but that’s just a guess.

Producer Gordo, formerly DJ Carnage, said something similar. “What he’s [Drake] about to do is completely unheard of in music… like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The world isn’t ready for this…”

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Release Date: May 1, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Tracklist for A Time To Hurt, A Time To Heal (ATH2)

1. A Momma’s Prayer ft. Lihtz
2. Miss You Tn
3. Tour Life
4. Ion Feel Em
5. Say Dat Then
6. Worth My While
7. Put It On Somebody
8. Rollin With Me
9. Still Having Problems ft. NoCap
10. New Edition ft. Luh Tyler, 1Up Tee, & Babyfxce E
11. Dead Wrong
12. Last Long
13. Way It Goes
14. Gimme A Sing
15. Nobody Dere
16. College Girl
17. Get There
18. For The Love Of Money
19. Finding It
20. Unwashable Scars
21. Till Den

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It all started with Peggy speaking to Pigeons & Planes about his upcoming album Experimental Rap, for which he recently released the “Babygirl” single. Some fans felt the Baltimore-based artist’s comments took aim at the former Odd Future lyricist. He recently released the cloudy POMPEII // UTILITY collab LP with MIKE and Surf Gang.

“I’m already the best in this space of experimental rap,” JPEG expressed. “There’s no one who competes with me. People cannot do what I do. So me naming it ‘Experimental Rap’ is just me laying claim to something I already had. Other people in this genre, they want to pretend and try to be cool and be like, ‘I don’t want to be experimental rap. I want to be something else, I want to f***ing rap like Lucki, I want to make songs that the young people make.’ I’m not having a midlife crisis, musically. So I don’t really need to do that. I can just be myself, and I let other people try to figure out who they are at 40 or whatever.”

It seems like Earl felt the same way some fans did, especially considering JPEGMAFIA’s previous disses to Earl Sweatshirt. “lmao leave me alone pls i make music with my Friends that i have (derogatory),” he responded via Instagram comments, as caught by Kurrco on Twitter. “nobody copies cuh because his music is gnarled rough and ugly (derogatory).”

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JPEGMAFIA’s Earl Sweatshirt Beef

“1st off N****a your career is gnarled and rough. you the first n***a since joe budden to go back underground literally,” JPEG allegedly clapped back on IG. “2nd stop saying ‘cuh’ your 32 and you went to boarding school. 3rd neither you nor your friends would Ever say none of this to my face. But Thank you for the promo little guy.”

As caught by flexxico on Twitter, they traded some more blows under Pigeons & Planes‘ IG coverage of their Peggy interview. “you know what bro my fault i misspoke,” Earl wrote. “bro is the king of making crunchy a** music and wearing muay thai shorts. super excited for the album brother (positive) seems like its gonna be really experimental. i fw the new leather vibe 2 twin s**t hard.”

“Thank you cuh,” JPEG replied. “And tell jasper thanks for letting me borrow his h*es (derogatory).”

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