“My best verse of all time is on this (prolly top 25 in rap history),” Tyler wrote while promoting the track. “What I did to the English language is insane and shall be studied. 10/10. Real grown man bars.” Pitchfork reports that the song also features Pharrell Williams and A$AP Rocky, giving Quavo one of the album’s more unexpected combinations.

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Tyler Is Setting The Bar Extremely High Before Release

“Baby Breath” appears fifth on the 14-track QRÖMELIFE, which Pharrell also executive produced. Quavo previously described the album as a project made while he was still processing Takeoff’s death and trying to work his way through that grief. The guest list stretches across several corners of Hip Hop and R&B, but Tyler’s boasting has already made his verse one of the most anticipated moments on the record.

Moreover, Tyler has never been especially shy about his own work, but “top 25 in Rap history” is the kind of statement that invites listeners to come prepared with scorecards. Whether he was completely serious or enjoying the exaggeration, he made sure the verse wouldn’t arrive quietly.

Quavo, meanwhile, is using QRÖMELIFE to bring several big names into the same room. Offset appears on “Away,” while Future, Lil Baby, Yung Miami, and Justin Timberlake also contribute elsewhere on the project. Make sure to check back with us to rate the track and let us know if Tyler’s bragging held true.

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The court gave Avila that choice after finding insufficient evidence to support portions of the original damages calculation, particularly claims involving permanent nerve damage and the amount assigned to future pain and suffering. Avila has now accepted the lower figure, according to court documents TMZ obtained.

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The $3.4 Million Reduction Ends The Damages Fight

The revised $9.5 million award includes $3.85 million for past non-economic losses and $5.4 million for future non-economic losses. Another $250,000 is earmarked for future medical expenses. Brown had successfully pushed for a new trial on damages unless Avila agreed to the reduction, arguing that the original award was excessive.

Avila was injured in December 2020 while working at Brown’s Tarzana home. She alleged that his Caucasian shepherd attacked her while she was outside, leaving injuries to her face, arm, and leg. A jury ultimately found Brown and his company liable and awarded Avila $12.9 million earlier this year. Her sister Patricia was also awarded $885,000, while Maria’s husband received $50,000. Avila keeps a substantial judgment in place and avoids another trial focused solely on damages by accepting this reduction.

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“Thank you Kanye,” Druski wrote alongside a salute emoji after receiving the shoutout. He then posted the old clip, which shows Ye arguing with a woman who seems unimpressed by his celebrity. “I’ve actually never been on the cover of VIBE,” Ye tells her. “I was on TIME.” The joke had some history behind it. Ye first landed a TIME cover in 2005 as Late Registration was arriving, then appeared on one of the magazine’s TIME 100 covers a decade later.

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Druski Dug Up One Of Ye’s Strangest Hollywood Detours

The footage came from an unaired HBO pilot Kanye West developed with Larry Charles, the producer and director behind Curb Your Enthusiasm. The project followed a fictionalized version of West and leaned into the same awkward, self-aware comedy that made Larry David’s series work. HBO ultimately passed, leaving behind clips that have circulated online for years as one of the stranger “what ifs” in Ye’s career.

Meanwhile, Druski’s own TIME moment comes as part of the magazine’s 2026 TIME 100 Next list. The honor arrives during a particularly busy stretch for the comedian, whose Livestream From Hell project with Kevin Hart and Kai Cenat is now streaming on Prime Video. His cover story also finds him reflecting on how far his comedy has carried him since he started building an audience through social media sketches.

Check out Druski’s exchange with Ye above.

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M.I.A. sued after Cudi dropped her from the tour following a Dallas performance in May. During the set, she made remarks about immigration and being “canceled” for identifying as a Republican voter, drawing boos from parts of the crowd. Cudi later said he would not keep someone on his tour after comments he considered offensive to fans. M.I.A. responded by accusing him of interfering with a Live Nation agreement that she says guaranteed her $2.805 million for the run.

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Kid Cudi Says Choosing His Openers Is Protected Speech

Cudi’s argument is not simply that he had a good reason to remove her. His attorney, Mathew Rosengart, is asking the court to treat the decision itself as protected artistic control. The motion leans on a 2019 California appellate case involving Eddie Money, where the court found that choosing musicians for a live performance could qualify as First Amendment activity. Under California’s anti-SLAPP law, M.I.A. would then have to show that her claims are likely to succeed before the case moves forward.

M.I.A.’s complaint takes the opposite view. She alleges that her agreement gave her broad creative control over her performances and claims Cudi knew exactly who he was hiring before the tour began. The lawsuit accuses him of inducing Live Nation to breach the deal, costing her the guaranteed fee along with money tied to merchandise and VIP packages. She also alleges that a separate private-party opportunity worth roughly $290,000 fell apart afterward. Live Nation is not named as a defendant.

Judge Garnett’s ruling will determine whether M.I.A.’s claims survive long enough to move into discovery. If Cudi wins the anti-SLAPP fight, the $2.8 million case could end before either side gets much deeper into the contractual dispute.

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That’s not necessarily due to OutKast alone, but their influence can’t be denied. Arguments surrounding the best rap duos/groups often see them at #1, while André 3000, without releasing a solo album, is your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. Mind you, it’s been 20 years since the release of their last album. 

Three decades later, André 3000’s contentious speech at the 1995 Source Awards has come to be regarded as a turning point, both in OutKast’s career and in the dynamics of regionalism in hip-hop. Their legacy doesn’t need another reunion tour or a comeback album to revalidate. The cultural currency developed around their name is invaluable. Aquemini celebrated its 28th anniversary on September 29th. Even the albums that preceded the massive commercial success of Speakerboxx/The Love Below carry as much acclaim without a song like “Hey Ya!” 

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But when a legacy of such magnitude becomes just as much of a valuable piece of intellectual property, it starts to collide with the culture it belongs to. OutKast’s recent lawsuit against Ovrkast. sits at the crux of the dilemma between capital and art. High Schoolers LLC (the holding company owned by Big Boi and André 3000) filed a lawsuit against Ovrkast. for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract. The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that a cease-and-desist letter was sent to Ovrkast. in June 2025, and that they eventually reached an agreement where the Bay Area rapper would change his name. However, High Schoolers LLC claims that Ovrkast. didn’t hold up his end of the bargain. Apparently, he agreed to change his name to “OVERKXST,” though the up-and-coming rapper-producer argued that he never signed an agreement. 

All of this has left Ovrkast. in an awkward position, forced to defend a name that he insists was never intended to capitalize on OutKast’s legacy. Yes, he’s had plenty of people leap to his defense, but there have also been countless users on X, Instagram, and elsewhere who’ve been going at his throat as if OutKast is their family name. Ovrkast. explained his position–he told Rolling Stone that he never “had any intention of trying to copy, misrepresent or confuse fans with the name of such a legendary act.” He also explained that he started a collective online called weathrboyz and a few members had “-kast” as part of their meteorological-inspired names. “In 2015, I created an online collective called ‘weathrboyz’ a few of us had different names that were related to weather and had ‘kast’ at the end,” he wrote. “I say this to say, my name was never ever inspired by them.”

Not only does High Schoolers LLC want a court order preventing him from using Ovrkast. as a moniker, but they also want him to hand over all profits made from “unlawful activities alleged herein.” Additionally, they’re asking that he “deliver for destruction” all merchandising that involves the Ovrkast. brand. For a budding artist who is far from a household name, the scope of those demands makes the dispute feel considerably larger than the alleged overlap itself.

Yet, this isn’t the first time that OutKast has gone after a musical entity for infringing on their intellectual property. They sued the EDM duo ATLiens for trademark infringement. In that lawsuit, OutKast accused them of using ATLiens, the name of their sophomore album, without their permission while also trademarking the name without their awareness. Similarly, they were seeking damages and a court order preventing them from using their name. 

“The album’s title is a portmanteau of ‘ATL’ —an abbreviation for Atlanta, Georgia — and the word ‘aliens,’” the lawsuit explains. “The word ATLiens was invented by Outkast. Before Outkast created it, it was not used in the cultural lexicon and did not exist.”

OutKast’s lawyers argued that it was a basic brand protection issue, and eventually, they reached an agreement. The terms weren’t publicly disclosed. But the ATLiens case presents a more intuitive question of potential consumer confusion: an EDM duo was using the exact title of one of OutKast’s most recognizable albums.

In the case of Ovrkast., that confusion doesn’t seem as clear-cut, outside of the fact that they both share seven-letter names that differ by only two letters. The similarities are obvious enough that the court filing cites an interview where he acknowledged that there is confusion among fans who read Ovrkast. as OutKast. But the cultural controversy seems to center more on OutKast’s enormous name recognition than on evidence that consumers are actually mistaking Ovrkast. for OutKast.

Ultimately, there’s an irony in what’s playing out in front of our eyes. Similar to the lawsuit against ATLiens, this lawsuit wouldn’t exist without the cultural influence of OutKast. And frankly, if they weren’t as influential, no one would have batted an eye at the fact that Ovrkast.’s name ends with “kast.”

The legacy that paved the way to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame became the intellectual property they’re now fighting for. But what’s wild is that this intellectual property feels like it’s being used to draw boundaries around a culture that always thrived on borrowing and pulling inspiration from what came before it. We’re witnessing a situation where the underdogs who fought to get their voices heard have turned into an institution in and of themselves. To some, they’re the old heads whose influence has become so valuable that even the young bulls have to account for it. Yet, OutKast doesn’t have to act maliciously for this contradiction to exist, even if they argue that Ovrkast. “knowingly, wilfully, intentionally and maliciously adopted and uses the Ovrkast mark and demonstrate an intentional, wilful and malicious intent to trade on the goodwill associated with plaintiff and the Outkast mark” in their court filing.

Their success isn’t the issue, but their success also changes what their influence means. It’s quite the 180 from demanding respect 30+ years ago, and the uncomfortable part is that protecting their legacy can feel at odds with the culture that made the legacy possible in the first place. At the center of it all is the fact that we’ve watched something as culturally fluid as hip-hop become increasingly divided into privately owned intellectual property.

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That said, 50 Cent has remained active when it comes to criticizing Joy online. This was especially true on Thursday after a clip went viral of Joy on the Pillow Talk podcast. In this clip, the model was asked if she ever had a threesome with Bianca Censori and Kanye West. She played coy in the clip, and refused to give a solid answer.

Fif ended up reposting the headline from this video clip, and then asked whether or not Joy thinks this is appropriate for their son to hear.

“Why they don’t ask how does your 14 year old son feel about you saying all this,” 50 Cent asked.

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50 Cent Addresses Daphne Joy

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50 Cent is clearly not happy about this kind of talk from his child’s mom. Although based on Joy’s moves over the last few months, it doesn’t seem like she cares for 50 Cent’s opinion on how she is living her life.

Interestingly enough, this post came just minutes before the artist reacted to the arrest of Rick Ross in Miami. Once again, 50 Cent used this as an opportunity to be a troll. On his Instagram page, he wrote “LOL ARRESTED.”

As for this Daphne Joy situation, it’s unlikely the two will see eye to eye on that anytime soon. Let us know what you think about all this, in the comments below.

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Her album trailer from last night was a triumphant one. Throughout the video, the artist could be seen picking apart some of the negative headlines she has faced as of late. Prior to “Spend Dat,” fans were counting her out. Now, she wants them to Watch Dis.

At the time, very few details were known about the album. That has since changed. On Thursday, it was revealed that this new Yung Miami album will actually come out on October 23, which is in three weeks from now.

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Yung Miami’s New Project

Furthermore, there are going to be features from Vybz Kartel, Shenseea, Kodak Black, Lil Baby, G Herbo, and Quavo. There are expected to be more features than just that, although this is what we know for now. Many of these features come from her various “Spend Dat” remixes.

If you are a Yung Miami fan, Watch Dis is the album you have been waiting for. She is finally ready to branch out as a solo artist and show people what she is truly capable of. It’s an exciting prospect, and this album could end up having some bangers.

Whether or not this album is a bit too late, remains to be seen. Some felt it should have dropped earlier amidst the “Spend Dat” momentum. Although Yung Miami’s desire to take her time is certainly a good sign.

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These allegations align with Jazzma Kendrick’s social media posts from over the weekend. TMZ initially reported that a woman called the police on Tuesday. Rick Ross was made aware of the impending charges, and it led to him surrendering at the Miami-Dade County jail this morning.

Ross was eventually given $6000 bond and had a court hearing, which led to the judge telling him that she was not aware of his celebrity status. Following the hearing, he was released from jail and took to social media, where he proclaimed his innocence from the seat of his car.

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Rick Ross Speaks Out

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However, just a few moments before that, Rick Ross was swarmed by reporters outside of the jail. It was here that he offered up his own account. He said that the allegations were baseless, and that he was looking forward to winning his case. Furthermore, he said he would be in Dubai and Paris soon, eating a big bowl of Rigatoni with Marinara sauce.

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These allegations are extremely serious, although it doesn’t appear as though Rick Ross is particularly worried given his demeanor in these videos. At this time, his case remains ongoing after pleading not guilty.

Stay tuned to HNHH for further updates.

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