Not just musically speaking, but on a personal level too. In his more recent sit-down with Cam’ron on Talk With Flee! the North Carolina spitter expressed just how much it hurt him to see the “culture” try to undermine Drake at every turn.

In general, J. Cole despises the concept “culture.” He believes it’s an “algorithm” and that it centers around “campaigns… positive or negative” with incentives.

Essentially, the Dreamville founder was praying for the culture to “fail” and is happy to see that it isn’t working against Drizzy. While he reiterates that he’s happy for Kendrick Lamar and the moments he seized, Cole agrees with Cam’ron that it was “f*cked up” to see the public bashing a “friend.”

The “Bunce Road Blues” rapper also makes it a point to clarify that Drake did engage with Lamar and that it’s not his place to “judge” how they handled things, though.

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Is J. Cole Friends With Drake & Kendrick Lamar?

At the end of the day, Cole doesn’t want to lose the friendships he has, and their beef has kept him in an awkward position whenever he’s asked about it.

This is something that bothers Drake and Kendrick fans alike, but the former’s camp even more so, it seems.

But it doesn’t like he’s going to budge on his stance any time soon. Elsewhere in this same interview, J. Cole said this: “The world became like politics, you either Democrat or Republican. You either Kendrick, or you Drake. I was disgusted both ways, damn near.”

He also said this, regarding Drake specifically: “The ‘out of hand’ that to me is disgusting, how people try to use that opportunity to show how they really felt about Drake the whole time, or just to pile on and tear this dude down and create a narrative as if he’s not great. It was a whole campaign.”

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Needless to say, social media users couldn’t be happier for the duo. They’re making their feelings known in the comments section. “That’s what I’m talking bout shut them allegations down babyyy ,” one user writes. “The fact that we knew since day they were with each other … We need to work for the CIA,” another claims. Someone else simply says, “I’m so happy for her.”

A baby isn’t all Latto has on the way, however. She’s also currently gearing up to drop her fourth studio album, Big Mama. The project is slated for release on May 29 and will follow the femcee’s 2024 LP, Sugar Honey Iced Tea.

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Is 21 Savage Married?

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While most are glad to see the 27-year-old embracing the next chapter of her life, others have a major problem with it. This is largely due to the fact that 21 Savage is allegedly still married to the mother of two of his kids, Keyanna Joseph. Joseph allegedly liked Latto’s album announcement on Instagram a few days back, leaving it unclear exactly where she stands in all of this.

Le’Veon Bell even hopped on Twitter/X to throw some serious shade after hearing that the former Rap Game star is expecting. “Latto just announced she’s pregnant by a married man with 3 kids and made it part of her ALBUM ROLL OUT,” he wrote. “And that’s who today’s women look up to? We’re doomed.”

Despite the backlash, it looks like Latto is enjoying her pregnancy. She popped out at an Atlanta Hawks home game last week to flaunt her growing bump. This indicates that for now, she’s unbothered by all the noise.

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However, last night, Ye tried to stop those fears. He released the album’s tracklist and even told fans there wouldn’t be any AI. Furthermore, he revealed that the song “Father” would be on the album, which suggests a Travis Scott feature is on the way.

With the album set to drop tonight, fans have been wondering if a release would actually happen. After all, Ye has been known to lie about this kind of thing in the past. Oftentimes, he remasters songs, changes out features, and even makes additions and subtractions to the tracklist.

Last night, numerous sources came out with information suggesting that yet again, Ye was about to delay his album.

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Kanye West Delays Listening Parties Worldwide

A source states that Ye’s listening parties have been delayed until further notice. The artist has made it clear that he is not satisfied with how the album has been mastered. Tickets will be honored at a later date, but for now, Ye needs more time to finish up Bully.

Another video stated the exact same thing. At this time, Ye is mastering the album and is going to have to push the release date back. For now, it is unclear how this is going to develop. He could delay the album by a few days or a few weeks. Kanye has always worked on his own timeline, no one elses.

Ultimately, the fans are definitely a bit skeptical about this album. It comes at a bizarre time for Ye and his career. It is unclear how the artist actually feels about anything these days. He has been off social media, and there is very little to go off of when it comes to how this album will sound.

For now, the fans will just have to sit tight and wait things out.

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Release Date: March 26, 1996

Genre: Hip-Hop

Tracklist for The Coming

1. The Coming
2. Do My Thing
3. Everything Remains Raw
4. Abandon Ship (feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout)
5. Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check
6. It’s a Party (feat. Zhane)
7. Hot Fudge
8. Ill Vibe (feat. Q-Tip)
9. Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad (feat. Jamal, Redman, Keith M)
10. Still Shining
11. Keep It Movin’ (feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout, Dinco, Mil)
12. The Finish Line
13. End of the World

Awards & Commercial Performance

The single “Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check” was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammys. Meanwhile, the album topped the hip-hop & R&B charts, while also peaking at sixth on the Billboard 200. The album is currently certified platinum in the United States, having sold a total of 1 million copies. Needless to say, it was a big success for the artist.

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The rare appearance came on the heels of announcing his two (now three) headlining sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt and the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint. Outside of a few appearances here and there, Jay hasn’t really performed on stage like we’d hope he would. Naturally, when he said that he’s on the offense all of 2026, we could imagine that includes not only the upcoming Yankee Stadium shows but the Roots Picnic gig with The Roots in Philadelphia. Will there be more shows announced? Maybe, but considering that he opened up about the joys of fatherhood during this same GQ interview and how he enjoys taking his kids to school every morning, it seems highly unlikely that he’ll accept any task or schedule that requires him to be away from his kids for extended periods of time.

There’s certainly a mountain of questions that Jay-Z probably won’t answer in the near future, but over the course of the 35-minute video, Hov opened up about everything from his partnership with the NFL to how he dealt with the civil lawsuit that accused him of rape. Below is a breakdown of the five main takeaways from the Jay-Z interview with Frazier Tharpe.

Rape Case Aftermath

Perhaps the biggest scandal to hit Shawn Carter’s desk in the past decade was the civil lawsuit filed by Tony Buzbee alleging that Jay-Z was involved in the sexual assault of a minor alongside Diddy. Hov refused to go through with some sort of settlement to make it go away, and eventually, the case was dismissed.

“That whole [lawsuit thing], that shit took a lot out of me. I was angry. I haven’t been that angry in a long time, uncontrollable anger. You don’t put that on someone—that’s a thing that you better be super sure. It used to be like that,” he said. “Even when we were doing the worst things, we had those kind of rules. There was a line: no women, no kids. You hear those sayings, but those are the things that I took from the street. We lived and died by that… I took that really hard. I knew that we were going to walk through that because, first of all, it’s not true. And the truth, at the end of the day, still reigns supreme.”

In one way, he cited how it exposed the true feelings that people held for him, both those who may have already held animosity toward him and those who understand his character. “I can’t take a settlement—it ain’t in my DNA. First of all, first I had to tell my wife. Let’s back up. I know the weight that this is going to bring on our family. I can’t do it. I would die,” he said.

“If I settled—make that thing go away. And for me, it would’ve been cheaper? Yes. Cheaper, quicker, move on with your life. I knew what was coming. I wasn’t naive. I called—again, after my family—my partners. They were like, ‘What do you need to help? Don’t even worry.’ In a phone call. Not even a: ‘I got to go to the board with this.’ It was like a testament because people know me. Like: ‘I know who you are and that’s impossible. Not only are we standing by you, but what do you need?’”

Kendrick Lamar & The Super Bowl Conspiracies

If you ever doubted Drake’s fanbase, just look at how quickly negative narratives began turning on Jay-Z once he announced the Super Bowl Halftime Show performer for 2025. Coming off his feud with the Toronto rapper, Kendrick Lamar landed undoubtedly one of the biggest commercial looks of his career last year, leading the way for his stadium tour. However, it didn’t take long for people to feel as though Jay-Z’s alignment with Kendrick was out of malice toward Drake. During the recent interview with GQ, Jay-Z stated that it wasn’t the deciding factor.

“I chose the guy that was having a monster year. I think it was the right choice. What do I care about them two guys battling? What’s that got to do with me? Have at it. They drag everybody in it, like everyone’s part of this conspiracy to undermine Drake, I guess,” he explained. But it’s like, what the fuck? I’m fucking Jay-Z! [Laughs.] All due respect to him. I’m fucking Hov. Respectfully. It doesn’t make any sense.”

The Death Of Battle Rap?

On the topic of Kendrick and Drake, Jay-Z reflected on the overall impact that battle rap currently has in the landscape of hip-hop. Unfortunately, it’s not something that everyone would like to hear from an elder statesman. “We love the excitement and I love the sparring, but in this day and age there’s so much negative stuff that comes with it that you almost wish it didn’t happen,” he said. Hov explained that “people that like Kendrick hate Drake” and have practically turned it into an attack on his character. Add the layer of social media into the equation, and Hov explained that he doesn’t think battle rap is necessary these days, especially when people are going as far as bringing kids into it.

“We’ve just grown so much that—I guess I’m going to say it—I don’t know if battling needs to be part of the culture anymore,” he said.

Interestingly enough, he pointed to his feud with Nas as something he regrets since they actually have a strong relationship these days. But on that note, he also noted how some of his commentary on the current state of battle rap might seem contradictory. “I realize it’s a bit hypocritical because of how many battles I’ve been in, and given the nature of ‘Super Ugly.’ It takes growth to arrive at this place, because I’ve done the bullshit too!” he texted Frazier.

Relationship With J. Cole

Maybe what feels like the most interesting part about this interview is that Jay-Z addressed his relationship with J. Cole over the years. On The Fall-Off song “Old Dog,” Cole raps, “No more record deal, yeah, I’m fresh up out of slavery,” which many perceived as a slight toward Jay-Z and Roc Nation. Plus, the seemingly distant mentor-mentee relationship they developed early on appeared to vanish in recent years. Of course, this spurred plenty of fan theories online, none of which have necessarily been confirmed by either party.

“The narrative is that we didn’t love Cole. No, we believed in him enough to let him find his journey. It took him a minute, but he found his way,” Hov explained. When the story of trying to get the Fayetteville rapper to sit down with Stargate came up, Jay said that he was only trying to expand Cole’s audience.

“I was giving him a chance to take his talent and show it to the most people possible, but his way,” he said. Jay said that he never forced the collaboration on J. Cole in the way he forced Memphis Bleek to record “Memphis Is Like.”

“Bleek is my little brother, he has to listen to me. But for J. Cole, he has to find his own direction and I’m going to give him the tools,” he continued. “Stargate made humongous records with Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa ‘Black and Yellow.’ Biggest songs in the world. You don’t want to go sit with them? Fine.”

However, Jay said there are no harsh feelings between them right now. “I don’t have any negative feelings for him. I’m actually super proud of him and what he’s done,” he added.

New Jay-Z Album?

Beyond anything, all of this chatter surrounding Hov has fans wondering one key question: Is a new album on the way? The GQ interview sheds interesting light on where Hov is creatively these days. For one, he explained that he’s “fulfilled in that space.”

“I was just so heavy [last year] and when I write, I write from experiences. And that would have been a very angry offering,” he said. “I’m not sure with the amount of negativity in the world that people needed me to add to that with my feelings—because it would have been harsh, and it would have been harsh on everybody. I don’t know how to make music that’s not reflective of how I’m feeling at the moment.” He added, “I don’t know if it would have done more harm than good. I have a lot of scratch ideas and they’re all bad [laughs]. I got to be honest.”

When asked, “what are the hallmarks of a great Jay-Z album right now?,” Jay said that he isn’t entirely sure. “I don’t know what I need to create currently that’s going to fulfill me and make me happy because that’s most important. I know I just got to be honest about what I feel and where I am. Maybe I’m overthinking it. Maybe I’m stopping myself from just creating,” he said. “Whatever it is, it just needs to be a true representation of how I feel. Trying to create something that people like is where I think a lot of artists get jammed up. And people can feel that because it’s not authentic. I just got to make something timeless that I really love and that’s really honest and true to who I am.”

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Perhaps the best part about these sketches is how unexpected they are. Seldom does he ever let us know what he has in store for us. Instead, he just drops the videos on the timeline, only for them to explode within minutes of being posted.

Tonight, we got the perfect example of that. Druski came through with a sketch captioned, “How Conservative Women in America Act.” In the video, Druski walks onto the stage surrounded by sparklers. Meanwhile, he is in heavy prosthetics to make him look like a white woman.

As for the makeup, white jacket, and shirt, it is very clear that he is parodying Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk. When Charlie Kirk passed away, Erika Kirk was heavily criticized for her demeanor, her desire to be put in the spotlight, and the crass way in which her husband’s funeral was choreographed.

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Druski’s Take On Conservative White Women

Throughout Druski’s new video, he can be seen going through drive-thrus, taking part in pilates classes, and delivering speeches on why we need to protect white men. Interestingly, there are very few verbal jokes in the sketch. Instead, everything is meant to be one big visual gag. The genius of it all is that once you say Druski appears on screen, you know exactly who he is parodying.

Of course, this is going to open up the comedian to some reactionary criticism online. Conservatives are not going to like this. They have been very protective of Erika Kirk and have mostly tried to strike down criticism of her. We can only imagine the Fox News bloviations about how Druski is a racist doing “white face.” After all, this is the same criticism he faced following his NASCAR skit at Talladega.

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Fans React

On social media, fans seem to be loving this sketch. In fact, most of the love has been going to the makeup crew, which continues to knock it out of the park for Druski. Clearly, he has hired the right people around him, and it is elevating his sketches to another level.

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West has been adamant that Scott is his “son” and that Travis steals all of his good ideas. These are pretty harsh comments, and it is easy to see why he might not want to be associated with Kanye. However, with all of the recent apologies West has been making, it is safe to say that Scott has been part of the apology tour.

In fact, just three months ago, Scott was in a Beats by Dre ad. At the end of the ad, there was a song called “Father.” It is a song that raised a few eyebrows, and some insiders claimed it was going to be part of Ye’s Bully album.

Well, thanks to Ye’s latest post on X, it would appear as though we have confirmation.

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Kanye West & Travis Scott Are Back

Above, you can listen to the snippet of “Father,” which has resurfaced amid Ye’s announcement. Meanwhile, below, you can find the 18-song tracklist for Bully. Kanye West has “Father” pegged as the third song on the album.

Whether or not this new project is actually going to come out on time is something that still very much remains to be seen. At the end of the day, Ye is known for long delays, rewrites, and everything in between.

Regardless, the prospect of a new collaboration between Kanye West and Travis Scott is something that has fans extremely excited.

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Bully Tracklist

1. Sisters and Brothers
2. Whatever Works
3. Father
4. All the Love
5. I Can’t Wait
6. Bully
7. Mama’s Favorite
8. Punch Drunk
9. This a Must
10. Outside
11. Preacher Man
12. White Lines
13. Circles
14. This One Here
15. King
16. Beauty and the Beast
17. Damn
18. Last Breath

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Unfortunately, leaks from the recent Bully vinyl release have suggested that this is going to be an AI album. Fans say the beats are terrible and the vocals are all very clearly AI-generated. There have been sources claiming that the album has been re-recorded for streaming, and that the vinyl pressings were done months ago.

Leading up to Bully, Ye has mostly stayed off social media. It is hard to get a sense of where his head space is, and whether or not he is feeling good about life and everything going on.

Well, tonight, the X shadowban was lifted, and Ye was able to make his grand return to the internet’s most chaotic social media platform.

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Kanye West Returns

Ye had one simple message for all of his fans, and it is one that is certainly going to resonate. “BULLY ON THE WAY NO AI,” he wrote. Fans are already jumping for joy about this. An album without any AI is certainly something to be excited about.

The artist also dropped off an 18-song tracklist. This tracklist is certainly subject to change. As we know, Kanye likes to change things around before he comes to a final conclusion on his albums. It is a tough pill to swallow, but the fans have gotten used to it.

Fans will be waiting with bated breath until Friday to see if this actually drops. However, we aren’t going to guarantee anything until we actually see it on streaming services.

Bully Tracklist

1. Sisters and Brothers
2. Whatever Works
3. Father
4. All the Love
5. I Can’t Wait
6. Bully
7. Mama’s Favorite
8. Punch Drunk
9. This a Must
10. Outside
11. Preacher Man
12. White Lines
13. Circles
14. This One Here
15. King
16. Beauty and the Beast
17. Damn
18. Last Breath

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As we reported earlier today, the album actually got leaked thanks to the recent Vinyl release. However, fans were very upset with what they were hearing. Why? Well, it all has to do with the fact that the album had AI vocals. Of course, vinyls are pressed well in advance. This led to discouse that Ye could still re-record his vocals for a streaming release.

Just moments ago, Ye confirme that this is the case. “BULLY ON THE WAY NO AI,” he wrote on X. Furthermore, he unveiled the tracklist for Bully, which appears to contain 18 songs.

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Kanye West Teases Bully

There is no telling how this release is going to go. Ye has been telling people that this album will be released on Friday, March 27th, which is in two days from now. However, there is no telling whether or not that will be the case.

Ye is known for his wild rollouts. In fact, it would not be shocking if this tracklist ends up getting revised and cut down by the time the album reaches streaming services.

No matter what, this is going to be an interesting release for Ye, who knows how to get the fans excited. While most are still very skeptical of him and his art, there are still those out there who are curious about his next move.

Bully Tracklist

1. Sisters and Brothers
2. Whatever Works
3. Father
4. All the Love
5. I Can’t Wait
6. Bully
7. Mama’s Favorite
8. Punch Drunk
9. This a Must
10. Outside
11. Preacher Man
12. White Lines
13. Circles
14. This One Here
15. King
16. Beauty and the Beast
17. Damn
18. Last Breath

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When TMZ posted the footage on Instagram, fans had mixed reactions in the comments section. “This is the outcome of social media on young girls,” one user wrote. Another added: “Swear that generation is doomed, especially some young women that they really think these things are flexes smh.”

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Sophie Rain & Bhad Bhabie’s OnlyFans Collab

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Sophie Rain recently discussed her excitement to meet with Bhad Bhabie during an interview with The Hollywood Fix. In doing so, she referenced Bhabie’s recent cancer diagnosis. “I think she’s doing great,” Rain told the outlet. “She’s honestly, her spirits are high regardless of everything going on, and I’m just really excited to meet her and get to know more about her because I’ve never met her before.”

Sophie Rain has been making tons of headlines in recent months. She has been feuding with far-right Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback, who has run on wanting to implement a 50% “sin tax” on OnlyFans creators. He has been promoting the idea by attacking Rain directly.

Speaking with Eileen Cartter for an interview with GQ, Rain recently remarked that Fishback “only calls me out,” adding, “because yes, I’m a very big creator on the site. I’m very clear on what I do and how much I make. He only sees me, though. He doesn’t think about the family—you know, a mom could be doing this to support her family and she’s making $5,000 a month. You’re going to tax her 50% still? It’s just so messed up. It’s selective punishment.” Elsewhere during the interview, she discussed meeting Drake.

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