At one point in the discussion, Wilson mentioned how Game and Drama had never collaborated before Every Movie Needs a Trailer. “That’s exactly how it happened. We laughed about it,” Game said. “I was like, ‘How we never did a tape?’ I sent him joints that weekend. He thought I was playing. Then he heard them and was like, ‘Let me cook.’ Once Drama gets on it, it turns into something else. Gangsta Grillz makes good music feel classic. And even subpar shit sounds official. So with this music? It was a wrap.”

He continued: “I don’t even usually ride around listening to myself, but I’ve been playing this tape nonstop. It just feels good. And the craziest thing? No hate. I’ve been watching. Even the usual trolls are like, ‘Yeah… but this tape is fire.'”

Game went on to describe his favorite DJ Drama moment on the project by saying: “Just hearing him scream over my sh*t. Took me right back to 2005. That’s brotherhood. He’s been solid for over 20 years. That’s the respect that you feel. That’s what makes this all legendary.”

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The Game & DJ Drama’s “Every Movie Needs a Trailer”

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The Game and DJ Drama dropped Every Movie Needs a Trailer on December 5. It featured guest appearances from Eric Bellinger, Jeremih, O.T. Genesis, and more artists across its 18-song tracklist.

With its release on Friday, The Game’s newest Gangsta Grillz mixtape will join several other highly anticipated projects releasing on that day. A$AP Rocky is finally dropping his long-awaited album, Don’t Be Dumb, while NBA YoungBoy may also be sharing his effort, Slime Cry.

Read More: The Game Crowns Himself The Best Rapper From Compton

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Drummond didn’t take the bait, instead choosing to ignore Top5’s remarks. For now, it’s unclear whether or not there’s any truth to the accusations.

This isn’t the first time Top5 has put a peer on blast over their alleged betrayal, however. In December, he also called Drake out during a conversation with DJ Akademiks, making it clear that he didn’t appreciate his decision to post his rival Pressa. In response, he also posted a photo of Kendrick Lamar and praised his hit diss track, “Not Like Us.”

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Why Does Top5 Have Beef With Drake?

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“Tell me that’s not crazy. He goes and posts my opp’s music,” he said at the time. “Pressa was supposed to perform at Wireless, and I told Drake if he lets this guy perform, it’s a problem. So, Drake pulled him out last minute.”

While he defended Drizzy from the predator allegations on “Not Like Us,” he also admitted to liking some of the lyrics from the song. “You know that part where he says ‘Chubbs’ with the ‘hand-me-downs?’ That’s facts,” he declared.

When asked why he didn’t just confront Drake directly about these issues, he was quick to fire back. “When I said this guy’s my opp, he wrote… ‘I’m trying to make Toronto look good.’ I said, ‘I’m gonna make L.A. look good tonight.'” Last month, Top5 even referred to Drake as “that nail polish guy” and called him a “weirdo” in messages shared by Hitta J3. Drake has not publicly commented on the beef.

Read More: Top5 Reveals He Posted Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Because Of Drake’s Ultimate Betrayal

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Fans on X (formerly Twitter) celebrated the news of Slime Cry‘s imminent release on Monday. “And bro, he is expecting his 14th child. I saw a tweet saying that one day, his children are gonna rule the world,” one user wrote. Another dissed A$AP Rocky, writing: “We need it. Cause that new riri baby daddy ain’t it.” Rocky is gearing up to release his long-awaited fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb, on Friday. He dropped his latest single, “Helicopter$,” on Monday.

Read More: NBA YoungBoy Reveals That He’s Dropping “Slime Cry” Album Very Soon

When Is NBA YoungBoy Releasing “Slime Cry”?

Seeing as NBA YoungBoy deleted the countdown for Slime Cry that told fans to expect the project on Friday, it is unclear whether he will stick by that plan. It wouldn’t be the first time he has delayed the project. He originally told fans he was planning to drop it in November, but that month came and went without the release. “Oh you want my album I forgot,” he wrote on X at the time.

Despite the wait, fans are far from starved of new music from YoungBoy. He put out his eighth studio album, MASA, back in July and embarked on an area tour in promotion of the project. He performed a total of 42 shows between September and November. Additionally, he teamed up with DJ Khaled for the mixtape, DeShawn, in August.

In other news, YoungBoy has been making headlines for feuding with NLE Choppa in recent months. That drama began when Choppa dissed YoungBoy on his track, “KO,” back in October. YoungBoy ended up responding with his “Zero IQ Freestyle” in November. “Bi—, f— you, you ain’t really 5 and healin’ all with real gang hoes/ Respond to him, he ain’t never ran nothin’ down,” he raps on the track.

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“GOD SAID WE SHALL LIVE & NOT DIE ,” his message began. “Want to send a big shout out to my big brother @official_kurupt get well speedy recovery need all FANZ to send kurupt a get well message flood his Instagram tell him how much we love him rest in peace to my cousin Joe, cool Nate Dogg and others that we lost so I need everybody to hit kurupt and let them know that we love HIM from his little brother Daz life is serious shout out to @leelee_calinanita for holding it down, Dogg Pound gangstaZ 4 LIFE GOD 1st.”

At the time of writing, it remains unclear exactly what Kurupt is recovering from.

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Kurupt Alcoholism

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Back in 2019, however, it was reported that he was rushed to the hospital after relapsing on the set of Marriage Boot Camp. As a result of the incident, alcohol was banned from the set for the rest of the season.

In 2021, Kurupt opened up about his battle with alcoholism during an interview with Revolt while discussing his album, Transition.

“It’s about the change in my life,” he said of the project at the time. “I gave up liquor. I don’t drink liquor anymore. Well I make a few mistakes, I’ll be honest with y’all. The reality is not like I used to. I used to down it all the time… I’m an alcoholic, and I’m getting over it. Me and Daz, we both changed our lives similarly. I changed my life from drinking, he changed his life from anger and a lot of things that be on his mind.”

Read More: Snoop Dogg Claps Back At Cousin Daz Dillinger Over Shady Death Row Allegations

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“Why yall keep saying I have multiple n****s tatted? I only have my family and 1 N***A tatted,” she wrote. She then clarified in another post, “Once it’s covered it don’t count b*tch.”

When Live Bitez shared the posts on Instagram, fans were highly critical in the comments section. “Tatted his name and he only been home for a quarter past 5???” one user wrote. Another asked: “Does decorum even exist anymore?”

The rumors linking Shiesty to Love gained traction on social media, earlier this week. Fans theorized that the rapper’s voice could be heard in the background of a video showing Love singing Rihanna’s “Needed Me.”

Read More: Pooh Shiesty’s Record Label Clarifies He’s Not In Jail Following Reports Of His Arrest

Pooh Shiesty’s Legal Trouble

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Pooh Shiesty was originally linked to Aire Jay after he got out of jail, last year. He had served three years in prison for a firearm charge.

On Monday, DJ Akademiks falsely reported that Shiesty was back in jail. His record label later debunked the rumor. Ak had noted that his name appeared in the Federal Bureau of Prisons records with a release date listed as April 11, 2026. “It could be a HOLD stemming from possible violations but he wouldn’t be housed in a halfway house. Normally, it would be a federal detention center until the judge saw him,” Ak wrote.

In a later post on social media, he clarified: “Pooh Shiesty record label reached out to me and confirmed that he is not in jail. Apparently his April date existed since his ‘release’ and he’s on home confinement until April like he has been the whole time since his release. Rumors of his incarceration started via a stream when fans assumed a conversation on one of his closest friends stream (Bendadon) was about him being arrested.”

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In his lawsuit, Brown accused Warner Bros. and Ample of publishing defamatory claims about him. According to him, this was allegedly done after they were given “proof” that the claims were false.

“That’s not right and that’s not good and I’ll just say it right here shame on you, Warner Bros.,” his lawyer, Levi McCathern, said at the time. “Shame on you big companies for doing this to people‘s lives because at the end of the day people are more important than companies.”

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Chris Brown: A History of Violence

Now, Billboard reports that the lawsuit has been dismissed by Judge Colin Leis. “The court has personally viewed the entire documentary. The documentary recites most of the inconsistencies plaintiff notes, including the existence of the text messages,” he wrote. “Media defendants thus presented a ‘fair and true’ report of [the woman’s] statements and the judicial record and proceedings.”

At the time of writing, Brown has not publicly addressed the dismissal. He does have the choice to appeal it in the future if he chooses to.

As for the doc, the logline says, “Chris Brown’s past all the way back to his troubled childhood, explores the lasting impact of the cycle of abuse, and poses the question: how does a man with such a violent public record maintain his superstar status? With expert and cultural commentary layered throughout, the documentary provides thoughtful reflections into each survivor’s experience and the psychological destruction in the aftermath of their abuse.”

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The moderators issued an apology to Rocky in a post titled, “We F*cked Up.” They wrote: “I’m sorry Mr Rocky. We sent you a mod invite so this doesn’t happen again. Sh*t got caught in the reddit spam filter even tho we approved your account. Everyone feel free to roast us in the comments, we goofed up, nobody is gonna get banned.”

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When Is A$AP Rocky Releasing “Don’t Be Dumb”?

The drama comes as A$AP Rocky will finally be releasing his fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb, on Friday, January 16. Earlier this week, he put out his latest single from the project, “Helicopter$.” Along with the release, he shared an accompanying music video with some wild visuals.

Prior to “Helicopter$,” Rocky released another single titled “Punk Rocky.” For that music video, he teamed up with Winona Ryder. Danny Elfman, Thundercat, and ASAP Nast also made cameo appearances.

Before the release of both singles, Rocky partnered with the financial company, Bilt, to share an exclusive vinyl version of Don’t Be Dumb. The company gave some unique insight as to what fans can expect from the album in a press release at the time. “The 15-track, 2LP vinyl moves through genres the way you’d move through a city—Jazz, Hip-Hop, Metal, Indie, R&B—each track capturing a different block, mood, or moment. It’s Rocky in full range,” it read.

In other news, A$AP Rocky and Rihanna welcomed their third child together, a daughter named Rocki, last year. Rihanna is also working on a long-awaited album of her own, but has yet to make an official announcement for the project.

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“In the end, I feel like it made me better,” Morant said upon his return. ”I feel like I learned some stuff about myself that I did during that process. Very eye-opening. It kind of gave me a new look on life. How I go about my days. How I carry myself.”

According to DJ Akademiks, however, the athlete wasn’t exactly shy about showing off his weapons before getting suspended. During a recent stream, the internet personality recalled Celina Powell showing him Morant’s finsta, which left him in shock.

“She showed me the finsta of all these famous guys,” he explained, as seen in a clip shared by Akademiks TV on X. “She showed me Ja Morant’s finsta. Ja Morant had a gun all up on his finsta, I swear. This is before he got suspended, and I remember saying, ‘What the f*ck?'”

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Ja Morant Gun Incident

“Obviously, he probably stopped because of the NBA,” Ak continued. “But this is this private network where I guess even rappers feel the need to not have a picture-perfect image and want to be able to showcase sh*t.”

While Morant says his suspension changed him for the better, some have their doubts. This includes various employees at Shotgun Willie’s, the strip club where the first gun-flashing incident took place. “I don’t foresee an apology [anytime] soon,” one dancer told The New York Post in May of 2023. “He’s a boy.”

“He’s clearly begging for attention and trying to be a baller,” another told the outlet. “He should be banned from all clubs and get his NBA career taken away given our country’s current circumstances on gun violence.”

Read More: Celina Powell Backs Summer Walker’s Claims About Lil Meech’s “Terrible” Life

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Soulja Boy recently launched his own sneaker brand called Soulja Boy Drip Co. The line has these wild colorful designs with cartoon graphics of Soulja all over them. Prices go from $100 to $350 depending on which style you’re looking at.

DDG’s honest take didn’t sugarcoat anything about how he feels about the shoes. He clearly wasn’t feeling the designs or the whole vibe of the collection. His public criticism might actually make people think twice before buying a pair honestly.

Soulja Boy’s been trying to get into different businesses beyond music for a while now. He’s dropped gaming consoles and electronics before with results that were all over the place. This sneaker line is just his latest attempt at breaking into fashion and merchandise.

The shoes come with bright camo patterns and bold red colorways covered in Soulja Boy branding. Cartoon versions of the rapper show up all over the sneaker uppers pretty prominently. The designs seem aimed at younger fans who grew up listening to his music.

DDG’s comment brings up real questions about whether celebrity sneaker lines actually work long-term. Plenty of rappers have tried launching shoe brands with different levels of success.

Whether these celebrity shoes make it usually comes down to quality and actual design. This callout could definitely create some beef between these two artists going forward.

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DDG Slams Soulja Boy

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DDG hopped on social media and straight up said Soulja Boy’s new sneakers are trash adding fire emojis to his comment. The promotional images show Soulja Boy’s Drip Co. sneakers with these very colorful camo patterns and bright red versions that have cartoon Soulja graphics all over them.

The shoes have this super bold look with cartoon Soulja Boy characters plastered on the uppers which is definitely a unique choice for sneaker design. That camo pair has rainbow colors just going wild everywhere while the red ones are covered in repeated Soulja Boy cartoon faces and text across the whole upper.

The whole thing shows how celebrity sneaker drops can be pretty divisive with some people probably loving the wild style while others like DDG think they completely missed the mark on what makes a good sneaker.

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In the video, Ebro explains that he is at the office early in preparation for his radio show. He shows fans where he takes lunch and hangs out during his downtime. He also hints at discussing new music from A$AP Rocky, Pusha T, and more during the next episode.

After the clip made its way to X (formerly Twitter), fans had mixed reactions, with many describing him as jealous. “I Like EBRO But He’s Just Coming Off As A Jealous OLD UNC….” one user wrote. Another added: “This n***a sounds hurt moving like a scorned ex who tries so hard to look unbothered but crying on the inside.”

Ebro initially reacted to the Hot 97 announcement by showing love for Mero on X. “Shout to @THEKIDMERO…. This is so great!” he wrote. He had previously blamed the cancellation of Ebro in the Morning on a difference of political opinion with the station’s ownership.

Read More: Ebro Darden Speaks Out After Mero Lands Hot 97’s New Morning Show

Hot 97’s “Mornings With Mero” Show

Hot 97 announced that Mornings With Mero will be taking over the 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM morning timeslot on Monday. Mero discussed his thoughts on working with the company in a press release.

“Hot 97 is the station—it’s been the voice of NYC hip-hop and culture for decades,” Mero said, according to Radio Insight. “I grew up listening to Hot 97, so to get the morning slot here isn’t just a job—it’s a responsibility to continue that legacy while bringing it into this next era of media. We’re gonna laugh, we’re gonna get into it, but it’s always gonna be real, and a real good time!”

Since being fired from Hot 97, Ebro and his co-hosts, Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez, have been hosting The Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg Show on YouTube.

Read More: Mero To Replace “Ebro In The Morning” On Hot 97

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