“The truth of the matter was that it was a crazy sample… It was a Whitney Houston sample,” Yachty explained. He hinted at possible sample clearance issues as the real reason behind the holdup. “People gotta understand, The Boy’s a grown man.”

Yachty also addressed the chatter suggesting he had influence over Drake’s decisions. “I said something about the record because I have a verse on it,” he said. “I don’t know why people think I was the person influencing him to do all these things.”

“At The Gates” first surfaced in 2021 and quickly became one of the most talked-about unreleased tracks among fans. However, despite the buzz, it never received an official rollout, leading to widespread theories about behind-the-scenes politics.

According to Yachty, though, the situation was far less dramatic than social media made it out to be. And ultimately out of his hands.

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Lil Yachty Attempts To Explain What Happened

It’s not clear what led fans to assume Yachty was responsible for the song’s delay. Though some have speculated it may stem from rumored tension between him and Uzi. Yachty has consistently denied any issues.

During a livestream with PlaqueBoyMax last year, he shared that he had recently crossed paths with Uzi and made it clear there was no bad blood between them.

 “He was in the car,” he explained. “I opened his car door, and I was like, ‘My bad.’ He was like, ‘Wrong car.’ And I said, ‘Okay,’ and I closed the door. I ain’t got no problem with him.”

Anyways, fans are not believing the story and still think that he had something to do with it. Moreover, it remains to be seen if the song will ever get released.

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Shields did not hold back in her response. The multi-division champion shared a side-by-side image of the woman and the cartoon character “Sid,” the sloth from Ice Age. She captioned it with laughing emojis and “hey lil ugleeee.” The fan responded “Tell pap come fw A REAL CHAMP UGLY.” To which Shields then followed up with another sharp reply, writing, “He wouldn’t look your way you snail you ain’t cute.”

The exchange quickly gained traction, with thousands of views and reactions pouring in as fans debated the back-and-forth.

“How are y’all coming for Clarissa? and not the women who keep making sleek comments,” one person commented on the post. “And Clarissa have every right to respond to whoever.”

“Clarissa gotta learn everything doesn’t warrant a response,” said another. “Baby girl you too bossed up to be letting these nobodies control your emotions. She kinda needs media training in the worse way.”

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Claressa Shields Argues With Fan

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Shields and Papoose’s relationship has remained in the public eye over the past few years. The two reportedly started dating in 2024, following Papoose’s highly publicized split from Remy Ma.

In December, Shields sparked even more conversation when she alluded to future wedding plans. During a sit-down with Justin Laboy, she opened up about getting Papoose’s name tattooed on her and explained the meaning behind it.

“I always said I wanted to get my husband name tatted on me,” Shields said. “I always said that. So me and Pap are not married yet, but we will be.”

Whether it fizzles out or sparks another round of responses remains to be seen, but one thing is certain. Claressa Shields is just as quick with her words as she is with her hands.

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In new filings, as reported by AllHipHop, the state claims Beezy has ties to the Crips and a group known as Get Rich Cartel. They plan to present social media posts, lyrics, and his public image as evidence that he embraced and promoted a gang lifestyle. Prosecutors also describe him as someone who associates with dangerous individuals and has a history involving weapons.

The filing outlines several past arrests and cases, dating back to a 2005 juvenile assault case. It includes weapon and drug charges from 2009, an unlawful carrying of a weapon charge in 2011, and multiple assault cases between 2020 and 2024. Some of those cases were dismissed, while others resulted in probation or reduced charges. A 2021 sexual assault case in Plano was reportedly reduced to a misdemeanor, with related charges later rejected.

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Feds Plan On Using Lyrics In Case

While many of these incidents did not lead to convictions, prosecutors say they show a pattern of behavior. They argue this history helps explain the alleged bad blood between Beezy and Mo3, which they say started around 2017 and escalated over time.

The fallout from Mo3’s death also reached Louisiana rapper Boosie Badazz. He was one of his close collaborators who appeared on “Errybody (Remix).” Just days after Mo3 was killed, Boosie was shot in the leg while in Dallas to pay his respects. Prosecutors now argue that the tension between camps had spiraled far beyond music. They accuse Yella Beezy of turning a public rap rivalry into a murder-for-hire scheme. They claim he hired Kewon Dontrell White to carry out the shooting on the freeway.

Beezy has denied involvement in Mo3’s death. As the case moves forward, jurors could hear about years of tension, music, and street politics that prosecutors claim set the stage.

Meanwhile, Beezy’s legal team already pushed back his February 2 trial date following the recent death of his mother. The rapper missed a previous court hearing on Friday, January 16, as his family dealt with the loss.

Beezy has been on house arrest with electronic monitoring since March 2025 after posting a $750,000 bond. Two other men, Kewon White and Devin Maurice Brown, are also facing federal charges tied to Mo3’s death as the case continues to unfold.

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He didn’t elaborate too much but he did say, “I just wish I had never spoke on it. I wish I hadn’t said anything about it.” Perhaps some that disappointment stems from the fact that Lil Boat had a podcast interview with Drake recorded and ready to drop right around the feud’s beginning.

The Georgia multi-talent revealed that interfered with it coming out during an interview alongside his Concrete Boys with Bootleg Kev.

As caught by Complex, he recalls it was a good episode, too. Of course, the podcast we’re referring to is the “Poland” artist’s former show, A Safe Place.

“[It was recorded] right before the Kendrick thing. It was good, too, it was really funny,” Yachty recalled. But, “That thing happened… and then things happened, and then, boom.”

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Are Drake & Lil Yachty Still Friends?

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Bootleg Kev followed up by asking if the beef put him in a weird position. Especially since Yachty caught a stray on Kendrick’s “euphoria.” On that song, Lamar rapped, “Yachty can’t give you no swag neither, I don’t give a f*ck ’bout who you hang with.”

Despite the beef being the thing that became the interview’s demise, Yachty didn’t feel a type of way. “I don’t think it put me in a weird place. I was with Drake, for sure. So, it wasn’t like a limbo. I think it’s a sticky situation. I realized just it’s beyond me and I tried to stay out of it for real.”

That’s a comment that’s got potential to stir up some debate based things Yachty previous praise for Lamar. In part during A Safe Place episode he said, “I said to Drake, I told him, ‘I don’t feel like you won or lost.’ Rappers have lost and then lost everything. […] I think Drake will still be in everyone’s rap Spotify at the end of the year at the top. He can still drop hits and it will still control the summer. I think that Kendrick made very smart moves, and I don’t think Drake would disagree.”

From what we know, they are still good friends. For example, in a February interview with Shannon Sharpe he said nothing but good things about his “Another Late Night” collaborator. “Call it glazing if you want to, man. That’s my big brother… I think that he’s a great guy, and he’s done a lot for a lot of people.”

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His post arrived after T.I. targeted him on not one, not two, but three different diss tracks. “You ain’t that savage, ni you 5-0 dispatcher / Ol tender d**k ni**a all mad ‘cause Puff let your b**ch have it / Gave her tartar sauce and mustard like a fish sammich,” he raps on one of them. “To me you just a small man in a big shell / B**ch made a*s ni**a need pigtails / You take no issues with them White boys / It’s only our people that you find to be an eyesore.”

The trap pioneer has since dropped a fourth diss track, making it clear that he’s not backing down.

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Why Is King Harris Beefing With 50 Cent?

T.I. isn’t the only one going after 50 Cent these days, either. His 21-year-old son King Harris also jumped in after Fif dissed both him and his mother, Tiny. Just yesterday, he dropped paperwork dating back to 2009, which outlines how Fif allegedly placed an anonymous tip about Lowell “Lodi Mack” Fletcher’s murder investigation.

“I got 21 question but just answer this one,” he captioned it. “So who was ‘Lodi Mac’ Yall know? Whoever he was, after he died thats when freaky cent started to fear for his life. And…. well it’s up there. Is this who called my pops a rat wit NO BLACK & WHITE WELL HERES YOURS SIR.”

King also dropped a diss track called “Made Men,” in which he calls 50 Cent out for dissing his mother and more. “Ni**as speaking on my mama, I tell Chaz ring the alarm / Ni**as p*ssy, probably cross his legs and f**king fold his arms,” he raps. “He just want beef up on that net, I know that boy won’t pop a grape / He trying to trick me out the streets / Gon’ trick his a*s right in a lake.”

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They are going to do whatever it takes to expose who they believe is the real 50 Cent behind all of the fortune and fame. That’s regardless of the extent or the boundary they will have to exceed in order to do so.

Tip is hammering that point home on his fourth diss track—second in the last 24 hours. However, he’s also looking to get the last word in with his tweet accompanying the audio.

“Yeah I changed my mind too FN!!!! I don’t want u to RAP bcuz we all know it’ll be A*S anyway!!!” he begins. “We just want you to answer to these Johnsons you juggling in real life!!!” Wildly, T.I. used the sex toy photo that his son King Harris posted to his Instagram. For those wondering the toy is a male’s body part which is sometimes referred to as a “Johnson.”

T.I. concludes by telling him to stick to the lane 50 is comfortable with if he really wants to carry on the beef.

“You can write a poem, draw a picture, do a dance or somn to explain this sh*t cause we wanna fckn know!!!! Now Keep on posting!!! Ion make memes I make music Pu$$yyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!”

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Why Are T.I. & 50 Cent Beefing?

On the diss track, he encourages the G-Unit boss to learn from his losses and know that he’s made a grave mistake by challenging him.

He also sounds off on Fif for trying to make fun of his wife, Tiny, which is one of the reasons why this feud reignited last week.

But mostly, it stems from the fact that T.I. accused his longtime foe of backing out of a potential Verzuz battle. This was discussed even earlier this month in interviews, but tensions never reached the level they’re at now. Fif has also accused the Atlanta rapper of being a snitch, adding another layer to this debacle.

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“If there’s anybody in the world that could not be happier that J. Cole’s Civic broke down, it’s me,” he said. “It’s me, I’m not gonna hide. I can’t, I jumped for joy when the news came across my feed that J. Cole and this stupid, performative a** Civic broke down like J. Cole knew it would. He came out and said, ‘This is the Civic from ’96 when I got my first–‘ That’s a Civic you shouldn’t be driving, Jermaine. Go get a new Civic.”

“Stop with this f*cking, ‘I’m rich, but I relate to you, college, this is the first car I drove when I had dreams.’ You’re talking about going from one side of the country to another side of the country in a car,” he concluded.

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Joe Budden Defends J. Cole

Just a few days ago, Budden rushed to Cole’s defense when DJ Akademiks suggested that the “Trunk Sale” tour is performative. “He’s him, he’s in the Civic, he’s driving around, he’s meeting with his fans. Big turnouts at a lot of colleges. I saw Ak say that it was performative. What’s wrong with performers being performers?,” he asked. “There’s a billion ways to be performative, look at the way that he chose and what it represents.”

For this reason, Budden’s take left Ak confused, as seen in a clip shared by 2Cool2Blog on Twitter/X.

Shortly before defending Cole, Budden also commended him for the first-week sales of his new album, The Fall-Off. “Congratulations to J. Cole, really big number,” he said. “I’m really not shocked by it. He’s still big three. I know the narrative… but he is.”

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Specifically, she will be joining the cast for Moulin Rouge! The Musical for an eight-week period. She’s going to play Zidler, aka Harold Zidler. He’s the owner of the infamous cabaret and is also the show’s host and M.C.

Megan can be seen from March 24 to May 17 and reportedly she’s going to be the first female-identifying performer for the character.

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This is a big deal in general, but also because Moulin Rouge! will be leaving Broadway after a lengthy seven years. It will depart the roster on July 26.

Megan’s excited to take this leap creatively, expressing as much in a statement caught by The Fader.

“Stepping onto the Broadway stage and joining the Moulin Rouge! The Musical team is an absolute honor. I’ve always believed in pushing myself creatively and theater is definitely a new opportunity that I’m excited to embrace.”

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Are Megan Thee Stallion & Klay Thompson Still Dating?

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She adds, “Broadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation and storytelling. But I’m up for the challenge and can’t wait for the Hotties to see a new side of me.”

On top of this exciting update, her fans can also rest well knowing that she’s still very much dating Klay Thompson. Rumors of a breakup swirled last week after fans noticed they didn’t follow each other on Instagram.

No one knew how long this had been going on for or if they never followed each other to begin with. Nevertheless, Megan put those rumors to bed by sounding off on people for trying to “h*e” her with such false reports.

In fact, it seems they closer to engagement/marriage rather than splitting up. In a recent hangout with two winter Olympic athletes for her “Megan Takes Milan” YouTube series, she expressed how she’s been “manifesting” it for herself.

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Per TMZ, Nicki has just been dropped by her lawyer. However, if that wasn’t rough enough, this has occurred amid a late 2025 lawsuit. Her now ex legal rep, Matthew Abbott, filed a request to withdraw from a $10 million one that was presented by a familiar foe, an ex-fan named Tameer Peak.

Abbott replaced the hitmaker’s longtime attorney, Judd Burstein, shortly after Peak refiled this massive defamation lawsuit, which was incredibly abrupt. Burstein said that it had nothing to do the “entirely frivolous” suit and was “unrelated to any concern about the merits of Peak’s claims.”

However, he didn’t give any direct explanation for leaving. Instead, Burstein said, “I believe that it would be inappropriate for me to discuss the reasons why I chose to decline the representation.”

Interestingly though, Burstein’s decision arose during the heat of Nicki’s recent political rants.

Now, Abbott is out as well after “several” unsuccessful attempts in trying to contact the superstar and her accountants over the last few months.

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Nicki Minaj’s Beef With Gavin Newsom

He says that he’s even tried reaching her via text and email, but to no avail. It looks like Abbott already submitted a letter to the court asking to give an extension to Nicki so she can find a permanent attorney going forward.

Maybe contributing to this “communication breakdown is the fact that she’s been using her Twitter fingers a lot lately. She’s been busy reigniting her feud with California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, calling him out for his behavior.

Most recently, she put him on blast for how he talked to the state’s mayor, Andre Dickens. In a viral clip, Newsom seems to imply he’s not smart or qualified for the position.

“His way of bonding with black ppl is to tell them how stupid he is & that he can’t read. This means my first read on him was correct. He’s been handed so many things & put in high positions he never earned or deserved. Do you wanna know the craziest part of this footage that will haunt him forever? He’s literally slowing his speech down & talking in a sporadic cadence. He’s not just TELLING them that they’re all probably stupid & probably can’t read, he’s LITERALLY SLOW-ING-DOWN-HIS-SPEECH to make them understand the words that are coming out of his mouth!!!! As if they’re children!!!! That means he REALLY BELIEVES they’re slow. He’s not just saying it—he didn’t misspeak!!!! He BELIEVES it!!!!” she alleged.

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“I said, Bro, Carti is my friend,” he recalled, as seen in a clip shared by @big_business_ on Twitter/X. “Not posting that. I told Carti this too. Carti knows this. Also, I like to see where this is coming from. That means there’s some other entity that got so much money, not only to promote their own, they got money to try to make someone else who they might be competing with not look good.”

“I also got offered one on A$AP Rocky, and I told them no,” he added. “I’m trying to do an interview with him. What do I look like?“

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DJ Akademiks Disses Young Thug & Lil Baby

Akademiks may not be willing to accept money to make someone look bad online, but he never hesitates to throw some shade of his own whenever he sees fit. Earlier this week, for example, he weighed in on theories that Lil Baby and Young Thug have new music on the way.

“Am I expecting some heat from these two? I’mma be honest with y’all, no. I know some of y’all think I’m just gonna be hating. No, I’m gonna call a spade a spade,” he said frankly. “This is two ice cubes linking up together, man. They might as well be in the freezer together. That’s a fact.”

“They better be driving to Gunna’s crib,” he continued. “They better put in the GPS, ‘Gunna Wunna’s crib.’ Straight up. […] This is damn near the ice bucket challenge. Y’all might as well just go to Gunna’s crib. Gunna got the sauce, I’m sorry.”

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