The release follows September’s FOMO livestream premiere, which combined music videos, unreleased tracks and scenes from Drake’s summer in Toronto. He later confirmed that select songs from the film would reach streaming, though not everything previewed would make the cut. The original HABIBTI arrived in May alongside ICEMAN and MAID OF HONOUR. This expanded edition gives fans another reason to revisit the project, and celebrate the first day of October’s Very Own.

Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Release Date: October 2, 2026
Album: HABIBTI (FOMO)

Tracklist for HABIBTI (FOMO)

1. Rusty Intro
2. WNBA
3. Slap The City (feat. Qendresa)
4. High Fives
5. Hurrr Nor Thurrr (feat. Sexyy Red)
6. I’m Spent (feat. Loe Shimmy)
7. Classic
8. Gen 5
9. White Bone
10. Fortworth (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)
11. Prioritizing
12. Solar Eclipse (feat. Don Toliver)
13. Quebec
14. Cold Shoulder (feat. Don Toliver & Yebba)
15. Classic PT2

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“Full of weirdos and snitches and I don’t wanna be a part of it no more,” he said. “So I love y’all. And everyone who been part of this journey, I love y’all, man.”

He didn’t name anyone in those remarks or explain whether a particular situation prompted the announcement. Instead, he used the moment to thank the fans who have supported him and discuss what he might do next.

“You’ll still see me around,” Herbo continued. “Maybe I’ll go into acting. Or start a podcast or something. I love y’all. I’m out.”

Neither idea came with a release date or a formal announcement. Still, his comments suggest he’s interested in staying in entertainment even if recording music is no longer his main focus. Fans could potentially see him in a different setting, with Herbo mentioning both being on screen and getting behind a microphone for conversations.

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G Herbo Calls It Quits

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For listeners, the biggest question is whether he means a permanent retirement or needs some time away.

“He’s a Libra they’re indecisive, he’ll be back by next week,” one person commented.

“I mean the music industry has been mid lately,” another person agreed.

That leaves his next move unclear. His goodbye sounds direct, but there’s plenty of room for him to reconsider. For now, Herbo is telling fans that the demands of rap have worn on him, and he’s ready to put his energy into something else.

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In clips shared by The Neighborhood Talk, Cenat directly challenged Reggie to bring any evidence to law enforcement. He also made clear that he intends to take action himself.

“Tomorrow when you wake up call the cops, cause I’m calling the cops,” Cenat said, according to the clip’s accompanying text. “I’m suing you.”

The response follows Reggie’s public allegations involving Cenat and members of the Clover Boys circle, including RaKai. RaKai has separately denied claims that he experienced abuse growing up. The accusations remain unverified.

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Kai Cenat Responds

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Cenat also pushed back against the suggestion that he had failed to support Reggie. During the livestream, he shared alleged text messages that he said showed him checking in over several months and encouraging Reggie to stop using drugs.

One message shown in the screenshots includes a birthday message. Another, longer message urges Reggie to focus on his future, stop smoking and consider how his behavior could influence younger viewers. Cenat presented the exchange as evidence that he had tried to help behind the scenes before their disagreement became public.

He additionally claimed that he continued offering support despite Reggie insulting his sister, claiming that he called her a “b*tch.” Cenat says he expressed concern about Reggie’s wellbeing multiple times.

For now, Cenat’s announcement signals his intention to pursue a lawsuit.

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The backlash also sent people digging past Whitley Gilbert and back through Guy’s actual life. One period making the rounds revisited a part of her history that younger viewers may not know at all. She shared a close friendship with Tupac Shakur, one that began after he entered the A Different World orbit through Jada Pinkett Smith and eventually became serious enough that Guy hid him in her home after he was shot five times in New York. Tupac believed he was still in danger, and Guy later explained that her apartment made sense for one simple reason. The people he feared didn’t know they were friends.

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That act of trust was only one chapter. Guy stood beside Tupac during one of the most chaotic periods of his life, remained part of his support system while he was incarcerated, and developed a relationship with his mother, Afeni Shakur, that continued after his death. She would eventually spend years helping Afeni preserve her own story. The connection makes Guy’s place in Tupac’s history considerably deeper than an old celebrity friendship or a good Hollywood anecdote.

A Different World Put Tupac In Jasmine Guy’s Orbit

Tupac’s connection to Jasmine began on familiar ground. He appeared on A Different World in 1993, and by that time, he was already close with Jada Pinkett, who had joined the sitcom as Lena James the previous season. Tupac guest-starred as Lena’s ex-boyfriend Piccolo in “Homey, Don’t Ya Know Me?,” an episode that brought Lena’s friends from back home to Hillman and forced her to confront how much her life had changed.

What happened off set mattered more to Jasmine than the guest spot itself. During a 2024 appearance on Sherri, she explained that Jada was the bridge between them. “First of all, I was hanging out with Tupac because he was good friends with Jada,” Guy told Sherri Shepherd. “We were always hanging out after the show.” Tupac and Jada had been close since their Baltimore days, and it was an easy friendship built around people that spent time together, not some grand Hollywood introduction.

When Tupac Needed To Disappear, Jasmine Opened Her Door

Whatever friendship had developed around A Different World was tested under far uglier circumstances on November 30, 1994. Tupac was already in Manhattan for a criminal trial involving allegations that he and members of his entourage sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel room the previous year. The jury had begun deliberating when, shortly after midnight, Tupac was shot five times during a robbery at Quad Recording Studios. He suffered wounds to his head, hand, and groin, underwent surgery at Bellevue Hospital, and checked himself out against doctors’ advice later that day.

Less than 24 hours after the shooting, Tupac returned to court because his trial was still underway. Jasmine was already moving toward him before she knew where he would eventually recover. In Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary, she recalled going to the courthouse with Jada the following morning simply so Tupac would know they were there. Tupac arrived in a wheelchair wearing a heavy bandage around his head and a bulletproof vest, with Afeni and Jasmine beside him. He left before the jury returned its verdict later that day. Tupac was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse but acquitted of the more serious sodomy and weapons charges.

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The more private part of the story happened after the courthouse cameras were gone. Jasmine has said Tupac initially went to his girlfriend’s home after leaving Bellevue, only to realize that location felt just as exposed. “He just felt like a sitting duck,” she recalled on The Breakfast Club. Plenty of people knew where his girlfriend lived. Almost nobody knew that Tupac and Jasmine were close. That made her apartment useful in a way fame usually makes difficult. It was somewhere he could actually disappear.

For roughly two weeks, Jasmine kept his presence quiet while he recovered. She worried about his wounds and later said he should have remained hospitalized several more days for antibiotics. His family gathered around him at her place, quickly testing any fantasy she had of maintaining a peaceful little hideout. Jasmine remembered attempting to impose a 10 p.m. cutoff before the Shakurs essentially informed her that this was now family headquarters. Funny in hindsight, maybe, but she was serious about the secrecy. She told them not to reveal where Tupac was staying and made no attempt to turn helping one of America’s most famous rappers into publicity for herself.

That silence lasted for years. Jasmine told The Breakfast Club that Tupac’s family had long wanted to thank her publicly, but she never needed that. “I didn’t do that for that reason,” she said of keeping him at her home. To her, it was personal. By December 14, a doctor told a New York judge that Tupac was still recovering at a private residence and receiving daily medical attention. The report did not identify Jasmine’s home, but it lines up with the period she later described.

Tupac’s Recovery Brought Jasmine And Afeni Together

Giving Tupac somewhere to recover also brought another relationship into Jasmine’s life. While everyone was focused on getting Pac through those first weeks, Jasmine and Afeni began talking late at night. The conversations eventually moved away from Tupac and into Afeni’s own history, particularly her years with the Black Panther Party in New York.

Jasmine quickly realized she was hearing a story that rarely received the same attention as the famous son sitting at its center. “Your story needs to be told,” she remembered telling her friend. “Nobody’s heard the female perspective of the New York Black Panthers.” What began as conversations during Tupac’s recovery would eventually grow into a years-long project between the two women. The book came much later, but the idea was born while Jasmine helped Tupac heal.

Tupac confirmed that Jasmine remained part of his life once he was no longer under her roof. Speaking to Vibe from prison in 1995, he named her among the people who were “looking out” for him, along with Jada and several other friends who continued supporting him after his conviction. It is a small line in a sprawling interview, but a useful one.

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That support became visible again later that year. Because Tupac was incarcerated, the video for “Temptations” had to be made without its star. His friends filled the gap. Billboard reported at the time that Jasmine joined Jada and a much larger group of artists and entertainers for the shoot, which was organized as a show of support for Tupac. Director David Nelson said some participants were personally contacted through letters from him. Jasmine’s appearance was brief, but by then there was little mystery about where she stood.

The Last Time Jasmine Saw Pac

The last time Jasmine remembers seeing Tupac was at Afeni’s home in Stone Mountain, Georgia, after his release from prison. During her 2024 appearance on The Breakfast Club, Guy said she had not seen him in a while when he stopped by the house. “I’m strong now,” she remembered him telling her as he showed off what she jokingly called his “little prison push-up muscles.” His knuckles were black from working out on the floor. Jasmine told him he looked good, and Tupac eventually headed back out with his friends while she stayed behind with Afeni. She did not know that would be the last time they saw each other.

Remembering it nearly three decades later brought Guy to tears. She said part of what hurt about Tupac’s eventual death was the hope she had carried after sheltering him in 1994. While he was recovering in her home, Jasmine believed she was helping him get to “the next part of his life,” somewhere past the violence and instability surrounding him. Instead, prison followed, and then came another shooting. Tupac was fatally wounded in Las Vegas in September 1996 and died six days later at 25.

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Guy also recalled something Tupac had been telling her well before his death. He did not believe he would live past 25. At the time, she dismissed it as the kind of dramatic talk she heard from someone much younger than herself. “I thought it was ridiculous,” she said, explaining that she treated those comments the way she would a younger cousin making declarations about life. Only after Tupac actually died at that age did the words take on a weight she had never expected them to carry.

Whitley Gilbert made Guy famous, but Tupac knew someone he trusted enough to turn to when he needed a safe, private place. Thirty years after his death, that history is considerably more interesting than whether strangers think Jasmine Guy looks the way they remember her on a TV show.

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The tension goes back to Jay-Z’s decision to partner with the NFL in 2019. Through Roc Nation, the rapper became involved in the league’s entertainment programming, including the Super Bowl, and social justice initiatives. The move faced backlash given Kaepernick’s absence from the league following his protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Jay’s comment that “we’ve moved past kneeling” added to the controversy.

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Charlamagne Tha God

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The disagreement resurfaced this summer after Jay-Z delivered a freestyle that appeared to reference Kaepernick’s settlement with the NFL. Kaepernick later addressed their relationship while promoting his memoir, The Perilous Fight, and criticized the rapper’s decision to work with the league. He also described a conversation in which he told Jay he strongly disagreed with the partnership.

Charlamagne’s take adds another voice to a debate that has followed both men for years. His position leaves room for reconciliation, even as he questions how Kaepernick is presenting the conflict. Whether a conversation between the two could settle those differences remains an open question.

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The woman said Ross woke her around 7:44 a.m. after seeing that she had been tagged in a picture online. According to the affidavit, he accused her of lying about another relationship and allegedly slapped her in the face. The confrontation later moved into a bathroom, where she told investigators Ross hit her in the chest and grabbed the collar of her hoodie tightly enough to choke her.

Police say the alleged violence escalated from there. The woman accused Ross of grabbing her by the ponytail and slamming her against a wall before striking her in the face hard enough to split her lip. She also alleged that he pushed her onto the floor, turned on the shower, and tried to spray her with the shower head. According to the affidavit, she eventually was able to get out of the bathroom and later gathered her belongings after Ross left the property.

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Police Say Photos And Surveillance Supported Probable Cause

Investigators said the woman later gave a sworn statement and provided timestamped photographs of her injuries. CBS News Miami reports police also reviewed surveillance footage from the home that showed a friend arriving to pick her up and being turned away. The affidavit notes that Ross later posted a photo to Instagram showing that friend arriving at the property.

The allegations closely resemble claims Jazzma Kendrick made publicly days before Ross surrendered to police. Kendrick posted photos showing injuries to her mouth and accused her former boyfriend of physical abuse. She later thanked supporters and warned women not to remain in relationships after violence. Police have not publicly confirmed that Kendrick is the woman identified in the criminal case.

Meanwhile, Ross turned himself in Thursday (Oct. 1) and was charged with felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery. A judge found probable cause and set his total bond at $5,000 before ordering him to stay away from the alleged victim and surrender any firearms. He was released later that morning and made a statement about the allegations.

“First and foremost, I’m totally innocent of the fabricated allegations made against myself,” Ross said after his release. His attorney, Bradley Horenstein, also denied the claims and urged people to allow the legal process to play out.

The affidavit now gives a clearer picture of what prosecutors and police say happened inside the home that morning. Ross has pleaded not guilty, and his arraignment is scheduled for October 22.

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Monét mouthed Takeoff’s verse while Quavo recreated the gestures and ad-libs fans have spent weeks watching artificial versions imitate. Monét also added, “Both of us have real albums coming out tonight! Link in both of our bios to listen and support human legacy.” Monét’s Frequency of Love and Quavo’s QRÖMELIFE both arrive October 2, turning what could have been a release-night competition into a little cross-promotion instead.

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Quavo Already Reminded Fans Who Started The Trend

Further, the recreation comes after AI-generated versions of Quavo and Takeoff’s “Hotel Lobby” performance swallowed social media throughout September. Celebrities, fictional characters, athletes, and even cats were dropped into the orange COLORS set while AI copied the duo’s movements and lip-syncing. The trend also drew criticism for using Takeoff’s likeness nearly four years after his death.

Quavo never condemned the trend outright, but he did redirect attention to the source. On September 23, he reposted the untouched COLORS performance with a simple caption, “The Original!!! #HOTELLOBBY.”

Monét and Quavo’s version takes that idea one step further. Instead of uploading two photos and letting a generator recreate Takeoff’s performance, they actually stepped into the setup and did it themselves. Having Monét take his place also makes the clip feel more like a tribute than another face swap, especially with Quavo recreating the moves he originally shared with his nephew.

Check it out above.

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Speaking with Variety, Davidson pointed to the pressures surrounding Ye’s life and the loss of his mother while explaining why he can empathize with him. “He’s also lost a parent and has mental stuff, and I don’t know how he deals with it or who he has around him,” he said. Davidson compared Ye’s level of fame to the much smaller dose of public scrutiny he has experienced and suggested that constant provocation without enough genuine support can make someone want to destroy everything around them.

“What people don’t understand about that dude — and I’m not one-one-millionth as talented or influential or powerful as that dude, but I have dealt with a fraction of what he’s had to deal with public-wise — is that’ll do it,” said Davidson. “When people are so far up your ass and constantly pushing and provoking you and not showing you love, you want to burn it all. I think it got to a certain point where he was like, ‘Leave me the f*ck alone. I’m just going to say crazy sh*t.’ There’s zero way he really feels like that.”

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Pete Davidson Says Ye’s Attacks Did Affect Him

However, having compassion doesn’t mean Davidson is pretending the feud was harmless. He told Variety that what bothered him most was Ye targeting someone whose mental health struggles were already public. Davidson has spoken openly for years about those issues, which made some of Ye’s rhetoric feel particularly cruel. As Entertainment Weekly noted, Davidson remembered the attacks as West essentially telling him to kill himself and admitted they pushed him emotionally.

The hostility unfolded while Kardashian and Kanye were still navigating their divorce. Davidson began dating Kardashian in late 2021, and Ye quickly made him a recurring target in posts and music. Davidson now jokes that he “cleared the path” for whoever Kardashian dated next because the first man to enter her life after Ye was probably going to absorb that anger.

Even with that history, Davidson does not seem interested in reducing Ye to the ugliest things he said during that period. Coming from the man Ye once made into a public enemy, that’s a level of grace few people would have expected.

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Martinez alleges Maceo called him after Berry jumped on him, grabbed his neck, and choked him during an argument at her home. The filing claims she shouted, “Who is dominant now?” during the confrontation. People reports Martinez also accused Berry of previous physical and verbal incidents involving their son. Berry had not publicly responded to the allegations at the time of publication.

The court also ordered both parents into confidential mediation as the custody fight moves forward. Under the temporary order, Berry can continue seeing Maceo two days each week and every other weekend, but the filing also requires that she not drink alcohol or use other substances around him. Sobriety testing may be required before or during visitation.

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Olivier Martinez Is Seeking Sole Custody

The reported September incident is now part of a larger request from Martinez to take sole custody of Maceo. His filing includes alleged text messages from the child asking to be picked up after the confrontation, along with messages Martinez says he exchanged with Berry afterward. One message attributed to Berry reads, “I feel terrible about what happened last night as I know he does as well,” though the filing does not establish that she was admitting to Martinez’s version of events.

Moreover, their co-parenting relationship was already strained well before the restraining order. Berry and Martinez finalized their divorce in 2023 with joint legal custody of Maceo. People reported that they later agreed to co-parenting therapy in 2024 in an effort to resolve ongoing disputes.

Martinez’s new filing moves that conflict into much more serious territory. He is no longer asking the court to help manage disagreements between the two parents. He is asking a judge to change who has primary control over their son’s care while accusing Berry of conduct she has not yet publicly addressed.

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During his 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards cypher, Eminem told Trump-supporting fans, “I’m drawing in the sand a line,” before ending the ultimatum with “f*ck you.” A year later, he softened the framing on Kamikaze, admitting he would reword the message and saying he empathized with people he believed Trump had misled. Still, Eminem’s political position didn’t quietly disappear. He appeared at a Detroit rally for Kamala Harris in 2024 and spoke about protecting people’s ability to express political views without fear of retaliation.

Kid Rock has spent those same years becoming one of Trump’s most visible celebrity allies. He has performed at MAGA events and joined Trump at the White House, where The Associated Press reported that he stood alongside the president during a 2025 executive order targeting ticket scalping. In 2024, Kid Rock called his own position “unequivocally MAGA” while openly acknowledging that he and Eminem disagree politically.

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Their Friendship Has Already Survived The Political Divide

The two artists have considerably more history than the new album announcement suggests. Eminem appeared on Kid Rock’s 1998 breakout Devil Without a Cause track “F*ck Off,” before The Slim Shady LP turned him into a superstar. Kid Rock later popped up in Eminem’s 2013 “Berzerk” video, and their Detroit connection has remained intact even as their politics moved in opposite directions.

Kid Rock addressed that split directly in 2024. “I love Eminem, we’ve been friends for many years,” he said in a pro-Trump video. “I don’t agree with his politics, but I do give credit to him and people like Taylor Swift for standing up and not being afraid to be vocal for that which they believe.” Eminem responded without touching the political argument, writing, “Here’s one thing @KidRock and I do agree on… GO @Lions!!!! Appreciate you, Bob.”

This announcement already has social media talking long before the track’s October 17 arrival. Check out a few reactions below and let us know if you’re ready for another collaboration between these two Motor City artists.

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