The duo performed their 2017 Flower Boy collaboration “Who Dat Boy,” as seen in a clip caught by Tyler, The Creator Updates on Twitter. Tyler also performed his 2019 IGOR hit “EARFQUAKE,” and it seemed like a great time overall. The crowd was going wild, and there was much more to enjoy that night.

Danny Elfman, who worked extensively with Rocky on the Don’t Be Dumb album, also took the stage last night to perform “PUNK ROCKY” and “Sundress” alongside him. @awgecentral caught a clip of their performance on Twitter. It seemed like one of the best shows yet from an already successful tour, and fans hope there are even better things on the way.

Of course, we will have to wait for the rest of the trek to wrap up to run down all the highlights.

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A$AP Rocky & Tyler, The Creator Collabs

A$AP Rocky and Tyler, The Creator’s long friendship resulted in a few musical collaborations over the years. Beyond the aforementioned “Who Dat Boy,” their officially released collaborations began with “Telephone Calls” in 2016. The Playboi Carti and Yung Gleesh-assisted track appeared on A$AP Mob’s Cozy Tapes Vol. 1.

Then, they linked up for the “Potato Salad” loosie, followed by the “Lost And Found Freestyle 2019” with Nigo and “T.D” with Lil Yachty and Tierra Whack. Most recently, they joined forces on “WHARF TALK” from Tyler’s The Estate Sale deluxe for CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, and on the “FISH & STEAK (WHAT IT IS)” cut from Don’t Be Dumb alongside Jozzy.

As Tyler, The Creator and A$AP Rocky continue to support each other, we’re sure they will create many more moments for fans. We’ll see if the next link-up is a live show, a song, or something else entirely.

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Videos surfaced online of the 13-year-old greeting fans. In one particular clip, a male fan grabs her for a hug instead of doing the handshake she was asking for. The U.K. rapper took to social media yesterday (Saturday, June 27) to call this behavior out.

“A blind man could see she wanted a handshake kmt,” he wrote, captioning the aforementioned clip. “My fans know I try to stay out of peoples business but damn the way grown men, complete strangers, try to use North makes me sick.”

One fan replied to Big Smoke by claiming all North’s piercings made her “skip being a teenager,” so she’s only a child by age, not by outlook. “WOW!! Protect your kids people. Protect your kids!” he wrote. “Sickening, schools teaching French, German & English when really the language most people need to f***ing learn is ‘Body Language.’”

One user asked “Is hugging a social offense now?,” which led to a heated response from Skep. “What are you talking about?! She is 13 years old and she put her hand out for a handshake, you don’t ignore that. I can’t believe some these replies to my tweet.”

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Skepta Defends North West

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We will see if this leads to more debates and conversations or if the “MINK SB” MC’s callout will nip this in the bud.

North West’s image has come under fire from some fans, with some pointing to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s parenting and others instead focusing on media sensationalization and exposure. In any case, many fans are forgetting about North’s own agency and letting narratives go to their head, tainting proper decorum, public decency, and respect.

She’s got a tour coming up, and hopefully fans learn to keep their distance respectfully. Meanwhile, Skepta’s been keeping it low-key with new music, and hopefully there is more great material to come.

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Drizzy shared this risk on Instagram, teasing South African DJ, producer, and collaborator Black Coffee following some trash talk in the DMs. “@realblackcoffee was chirping in the DM I had to raise the STAKES,” he captioned his post. If the 6ix God is successful in this bet (or rather, if Canada comes out on top today), he will win a million dollars.

Everyone is going wild over the World Cup this year, although some Canadian fans might not be so pleased by this news. That is, if they believe in the mythical “Drake curse.” It’s a popular and long-standing meme that posits anyone The Boy aligns himself with in the sports world ends up losing.

Of course, there are plenty of examples that disprove this. But it’s always a risk, and he’s happy to lean into the narrative for the love of the game.

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Drake’s Bets

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Most recently, Drake’s big bets haven’t been as successful. He lost a big Super Bowl bet on the New England Patriots earlier this year, as well as betting on Jake Paul to defeat Anthony Joshua in their boxing match. But there have been plenty of victories since and along the way, so we’ll see how Canada fares today.

As for disprovals of “the curse,” the Toronto Raptors’ championship last decade built up enough good will to last years and years. Also, Toronto’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to victory in the NBA Finals last year, so it’s not all bad news.

Elsewhere, Drake is prepping for his exclusive Janice parties at various locations in North America today. It’s an apology to all the Janice’s who had to endure “Janice STFU” as ICEMAN‘s biggest hit.

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The former Roc-A-Fella executive was hanging out with music executive Ray Daniels and a few other peers. Unsurprisingly, Dame brought up the Reasonable Doubt pop-ups while discussing ad agencies and marketing, and it led to a bit of a rant.

“What the f**k are we doing at a train station?” he expressed. “I haven’t been on the subway since I was, like, ten. I don’t even know what it looks like. It’s in Brooklyn. Think about this: they made the n***a do that and walk down.” The video cuts off, but folks assumed it was a much longer rant.

It seems like Dash is calling the Roc Nation mogul performative and misleading with his branding for his 30th anniversary celebrations. It’s unsurprising criticism given Dame Dash’s long history of beef with Jay-Z, which turned their once-close relationship into a contentious and mostly one-sided battle on Dame’s behalf.

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Dame Dash’s Jay-Z Diss Track

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Recently, Dame Dash previewed a Jay-Z diss track after Hov mocked him during his Roots Picnic freestyle. Fans weren’t feeling it too heavily, and even Cam’ron stepped in to mock Dame. He was also a target in this diss track preview.

Dame Dash has also trashed Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt before, so these comments about the pop-up should come as no surprise. Still, he’s part of a large contingent of social media users and rap fans who have it out for Jay right now.

We’ll see if that crosses over into other narratives and critics or if Dash will continue to berate his former peer on his own. Either way, all of this ruckus is just adding to the persistence and discussions of these anniversary initiatives.

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Ak’s Akademiks TV page (reportedly ran by George Nguyen, A.K.A. Grand Wizard Chat) is in the conversation due to alleged cryptocurrency schemes for stream-botting and reporting various allegations about The Breakfast Club‘s host. On the other hand, DJ Akademiks accused Charlamagne Tha God of being on Jay-Z’s payroll and having financial ties to Roc Nation.

This all recently came to a head when Charlamagne asked Akademiks to have a live conversation. In a livestream clip caught by 2Cool2Blog on Instagram, the streamer and commentator agreed.

He said Tha God is trying to politic to be a bigger media force, and that he wouldn’t have any issues with Ak if he was very pro-Democrat. Ak claimed Charlamagne has no actual proof about the Stake and crypto scam accusations tied to Nguyen, and wants to sit down and “talk about it all.” He wants to ask the radio host why he’s so focused on these allegations when he supported Hov’s Times Square casino bid.

“I’ve been trying to talk about it… Publicly,” DJ Akademiks expressed. He painted this all as hypocrisy and posited Jay is influencing Charlamange.

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DJ Akademiks’ Beef With Charlamagne Tha God

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Charlamagne Tha God already trolled DJ Akademiks in response to the Roc Nation allegations. But that wasn’t all the former Everyday Struggle cohost talked about.

In another livestream clip caught by CY Chels on Twitter, he said Charlamagne has a “bulls**t-a**” angle about the unverified crypto scam allegations surrounding Grand. Ak said there’s no real crime here and that multiple attempts to taint their image have failed.

Also, he said all this ruckus only made Nguyen go even harder with the Akademiks TV page against Tha God. He also claimed Charlamagne blocked Akademiks on his personal Instagram.

We will see how this beef dies down or if it will continue in fiery fashion for longer. It seems like, even in a live conversation setting, it will be hard for either side to get the leg up on the other. They already drew their lines in the sand, and we doubt they will back down.

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The R&B icons recently hosted their first show of the trek in Denver on Friday (June 26) at Empower Field at Mile High. Billboard caught the whole rundown of the three-hour extravaganza. They divided the experience into nine sections, with them sharing the stage at some moments and letting the other pop off by themselves for most of the run.

Mario and Eric Bellinger were special guests for the occasion, and fans expect many more in the tour’s run through December.

Most recently, Chris Brown dropped his BROWN deluxe album, The Chocolate Edition. Usher released the song “Tampa” alongside The-Dream.

Elsewhere, they have a lot of individual matters to attend to still. We’ll see if they link up for some other special moments or if they give it their all on this “Raymond & Brown” tour. In any case, it’s going to be very exciting to see how this tour plays out and what prized memories they will create for fans. Check out the setlist below.

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Chris Brown & Usher Setlist

1. Party (both)
2. Yeah! (Usher)
3. Caught Up
4. U Don’t Have To Call
5. Love In This Club
6. Bad Girl
7. Poppin (Chris Brown)
8. Wall To Wall
9. Deuces
10. Loyal
11. Go Crazy
12. Look At Me Now
13. For The Moment
14. Run It
15. Superstar (Usher)
16. U Remind Me
17. My Way
18. U Make Me Wanna
19. My Boo
20. Trading Places
21. Lovers & Friends
22. Burn
23. Residuals (Chris Brown)
24. It’s Not You It’s Me
25. Fallin’
26. Heat
27. Warm Embrace
28. Something In The Water
29. Privacy
30. Yo (Excuse Me Miss)
31. Ain’t No Way (You Won’t Love Me)
32. Say Goodbye
33. Don’t Judge Me
34. She Ain’t You
35. Under The Influence
36. Back To Sleep (Remix) [both]
37. Seduction (Usher)
38. Feel Something (Chris Brown)
39. Nice & Slow
40. There Goes My Baby (Usher)
41. Wet The Bed (Chris Brown)
42. It Depends (Remix) [both]
43. Take You Down (Chris Brown)
44. OMG (Usher)
45. Good Kisser
46. No Limit
47. Climax
48. Confessions
49. Superstar
50. Ayo (Chris Brown)
51. Obvious
52. Kiss Kiss
53. With You
54. Forever
55. No Guidance
56. New Flame (both)

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Release Date: June 26, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: Northsbest 2

Quotable Lyrics from Every Night

I know this drank’s so wrong, but I’m gon’ pour this one,
Kick dough when no one home, thesе bands won’t leave me alonе,
I wish I could rip out a page, I’m still trying to right my wrongs,
Buy s**t, trying to bust down the frames, every night make a brand new song

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Release Date: June 26, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

Quotable Lyrics from Sunday To Sunday

The journey was hard but it made me,
But now I be talking to B.Dot cuz he be relaying a message from Jay-Z,
I’m bringing validity back, this is the industry rap,
There’s a liquidity gap, riddle me that

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That’s because of the very last moments on the cut, in which a female voice says “To be continued” before an ominous piano chord strikes. While this is a small moment at face value, the conversation around T.I.’s Kill The King being his last album puts it in a very different and much more consequential context.

But this doesn’t necessarily mean we will get another project. After all, this is only a vague tease and nothing explicit to go off of. Some folks believe the Atlanta artist will drop a deluxe version soon, whereas others hope he found new inspiration to continue his musical journey.

In any case, longtime fans and hardcore supporters seem very pleased with Kill The King. Even if we do or don’t get another album, we’re sure to get more from him as a hip-hop leader, entertainer, and businessman.

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T.I.’s “Kill The King”

What’s more is that T.I.’s reflections about Kill The King continue to emerge, and these may hold more weight than any tracklist tease. He recently spoke to The Shade Room about this project at the 2026 BET Awards’ media house, reflecting on this era.

“I’m honored,” Tip expressed concerning the reception to the LP. “I feel blessed to be able to present this part of my life with the world. Every time you create a body of work, it’s gon represent a different part of your life. This moment in my life, for it to be represented and for the world to receive it, it’s an honor… It’s important for us to do what we can for our children so they will have something to pick up where we leave off.“

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Elsewhere, T.I. clarified his controversial Verzuz comments and is looking forward to whatever’s next. Whether it’s another album or extracurricular endeavors might be more of a toss-up than fans initially thought.

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Per this report, Nicki’s mother will receive a six-figure settlement of $400K. This is according to Nassau County Supreme Court documents. They indicate the parties reached this proposed amount to resolve the claims against Polevich, although the settlement is reportedly still waiting for judicial approval to fully move forward.

According to court records, Polevich’s personal assets cover $300K of the settlement, whereas Allstate Insurance covers the remaining $100K. Now, Carol Maraj’s attorneys are waiting on the court to approve this mediation-assisted settlement. The legal team, Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, reportedly seek $133,333.32 in attorney’s fees and $9,744.38 in litigation expenses. Upon a judge’s approval, the rest of the payable settlement money (around $234,337.51) would go to Robert Maraj’s estate. Court documents also indicate no Medicaid or estate liens are outstanding in relation to the settlement.

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Nicki Minaj’s Tribute To Her Father

Charles Polevich left the scene of the collision back in 2021 and received a criminal conviction and one-year prison sentence for the death of Robert Maraj. This case previously drew attention because Polevich’s lawyers wanted to depose Nicki Minaj and dive into her relationship with her father. But it seems like this settlement rules out any possibility of further testimony.

“I can’t really bring myself to discuss the passing of my father as yet; I can say it has been the most devastating loss of my life,” Nicki Minaj wrote in an open letter in 2021. “I find myself wanting to call him all the time. More so now that he’s gone. Life is funny that way. May his soul rest in paradise. He was very loved & will be very missed.” We will see if any other updates about this case emerge.

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