When the pair arrived, a struggle ensued and during a minor scuffle, Brooks ran off with Rolfe’s taser.
Garrett Wolfe shot Brooks three times in the back as he fled, fatally wounding the young man.
More than 2 minutes and 12 seconds passed before the officers summoned for medical help and Rolfe even kicked Brooks, as he lay dying on the ground proclaiming “I got him.”
According to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Richard Brooks was never a threat to either of the officers and that he was “almost jovial.”
Furthermore, the pair never informed him he was under arrest for DUI.
Today (June 17th) Garrett Wolfe was charged with 11 counts, including felony murder.
(AllHipHop News) There is a problem with the phrase “boys will be boys” and all of the acceptable behavior that aligns with that type of mentality.
For some … this means that boys are going to run wild and not pay attention.
Others believe that boys can’t help themselves particularly when it comes down to chasing after girls. Then there is the concept that boys are innately violent.
That very AMERICAN projection is curated in boys from the time they are able to crawl.
The toys celebrate violence. The imitation of superheroes celebrates violence.
The music, movies and video games celebrate violence and it manifests in the most subtle representations of toxic masculinity, that these man-children have no idea that they operate out of dysfunction.
In their minds, they were “boys being boys.”
Such is the case with five boys in Clayton County, Georgia who decided to allegedly flex their pellet gun in a gas station store.
After the young men leave the store, the clerk calls the police. … And the police respond.
An officer sees the boys and pulls them over. Because it is alleged that they have a gun, one that has not yet been identified as a BB gun, the cop pulls his gun out and tells them to keep their hands up in the air.
The boys are afraid. Terrified. The officer says that he is nervous also.
The six, directly involved in this incident, have had communication. It is clear; the police officer is detaining these boys and the wrong move could be disastrous.
With the current civil unrest that the nation is under, justly hyper-critical, does this leave room for the “boys will be boys” mindset to fly?
Fear and cultural insecurity is choking everyone.
Still, the anxiety is heightened as neighbors are gathering with cameras out.
The officer urges the boys to focus on him and he tries to deescalate the situation —while at the same time maintaining his own security by holding a gun on them. Remember, the cop doesn’t know that they don’t have a real gun.
Footage has been released. One video is from a bodycam that has been released and the other was from a bystander.
That Atlantic Journal-Constitution released a compilation that gives a fuller picture of what actually happened.
The boys were being boys —no harm no foul— let’s not over react.
The officer expresses it best at the end when he says that this is dangerous and could have landed them dead. Let’s be happy that this man was being a man. It could have been dangerous.
(AllHipHop News) Songs speak to us in ways that sometimes regular words and massive speeches cannot.
Music affirms what the British writer William Congreve wrote in his 1697 classic book, “The Mourning Bride,” “hath charms to soothe a savage breast.”
Take DJ D-Nice’s Instagram sets at his virtual club Club Quarantine … no one is mad up in there!
Think about when you listen to Lauryn Hill, it does not matter how late she is to her concert, once she opens her mouth with a “Strumming my pain…” you forget about it.
And alas, Sean Reyes, the Attorney General top lawyer in Utah believed that if he used music — combining Hip-Hop and Country— he will be able to calm the bustling crowds of social unrest in the country.
But perhaps he needs to listen to a few rap songs to help him with this plan.
“I think we thought that if we could get country music fans and rap fans together, somehow, that we could solve all the problems that we have in our nation,” Attorney General Reyes said in a video that has now gone viral.
“When I wasn’t working on the farm, I went back to school in downtown LA — and Eric knows that I was a rapper — so he asked me, is it OK if I break out some rap before we have the most amazing country singer?”
Then he dropped some crazy bars that even liken him to Muhammad Ali! Check out this amazing “getting-jiggy-with-it” type flow:
(AllHipHop News) Pharrell Williams declared that June 19th will be officially recognized as Juneteenth in the state of Virginia during a press conference on Tuesday.
The 47-year-old “Happy” hitmaker joined Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to share the news that the date, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, will be recognized annually state-wide.
“From this moment on, when you look at the vastness of the night sky, and you see those stars moving up there, know that those stars are our African ancestors dancing. They’re dancing in celebration because their lives are finally being acknowledged,” Pharrell said.
“This is our chance to lead by example. This is our chance to lead, to truly embrace the importance of Juneteenth and treat it as a celebration of freedom that black people deserve… this is about proper recognition,” he continued. “This is the chance for our government, our corporations and our citizens to all stand in solidarity with their African-American brothers and sisters.”
Explaining the significance of recognizing the date when the Emancipation Proclamation was read to Texan slaves on June 19, after the South lost the U.S. Civil War, the Frontin’ singer added: “I would like to see corporations that call Virginia their home give people the paid day off. There is no turning back. We are only moving one direction now: forward.”
All state employees in the executive branch will be given a paid day off on Juneteenth, according to Governor Northam, with many major companies, including Twitter, Nike, and America’s National Football League (NFL), announcing that Juneteenth will be recognized as a company holiday.
The move comes amid ongoing protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide, aiming to put an end to systematic racism and racial injustice globally.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper T.I.’s 2019 stand-off with his daughter over his podcast confession about her annual virginity test will play out in the latest episode of the family’s reality show.
Deyjah Harris learned of her father’s candid chat on the “Ladies Like Us” podcast while she was vacationing with the family and all the drama was caught on camera.
The comments sparked a period of estrangement between father and daughter and prompted the rap star to publicly apologize to Deyjah, and now the whole drama is being dredged up again on the latest episode of VH1 show “T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle,” as the 18-year-old learns what her dad said.
“Things are completely uncomfortable for me right now,” Deyjah says in a clip from the show. “I’m scrolling on Twitter and I see I’ve been tagged in a post. The only word I saw was ‘gynecologist’. I didn’t even need to read the whole title ’cause I just knew. My heart sank. (I’m) very shocked, hurt, angry, embarrassed.”
Speaking with a cousin the teenager adds, “(I’ve been) trying to put it in the back of my mind so I’m not really thinking about it. I know it’s not healthy. But I’ve been doing that since I was a child… I know it’s not healthy, but I do it because it’s easier.”
The 18-year-old also aims her father, claiming he treats her differently than his sons when it comes to sex: “My dad even jokes with (brother) King about becoming a baby daddy. He would never joke like that with me,” she says. “This situation is just a little traumatizing for me.”
“I am incredibly apologetic to her for that,” he said. “She understands my intentions and she knows who I am. She knows who I’ve always been. And I think that that allows a certain level of understanding. The outside, the noise, it’s distracting, it’s confusing, it’s hurtful and embarrassing.”
T.I.’s wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris recently insisted her husband’s relationship with his daughter is “really good”, adding, “That is one of the biggest things our family had to deal with this season. It was a big deal. Their relationship is definitely much better now because Deyjah is a very bright girl.
“Her dad just wants to love on her, so any time he’s around her, he just can’t stop loving on her. They’ve been doing really good. There’s a lot of conversation. A lot of talking, a lot of back-and-forth trying to figure out where the biggest problem was. And, understanding how she feels, where he was coming from, and what he actually meant by whatever he said.”
(AllHipHop News) Beyonce and Jay-Z are being sued by Jamaican singer Dr. L’Antoinette Stines, who claims the superstar couple didn’t give her proper credit for her part in their song “Black Effect.”
In the papers, filed on Tuesday in federal court, Stines claims Beyonce and Jay sought her out in March 2018 to help them find the best dancers for a video promoting their tour.
Stines alleges that after helping them with that, the couple then asked her to record her views on love which, she claims, she was told would be used in the video “for promotional purposes.”
She signed a contract handed to her by the pair’s lawyers on the day of the shoot and was apparently once again told that the interview would only be used for promotion.
However, upon hearing “Black Effect” – from Beyonce and Jay’s Everything Is Love album – for the first time, Stines was stunned to hear that the entire first minute of the tune is just her voice.
She wasn’t credited for her part in the song though, and claims the lack of recognition left her feeling “artistically raped.”
Stines is now suing Beyonce and Jay for copyright infringement and violation of her right to publicity.
She’s also asking for damages, and a writing credit on the song – as well as the royalties which come with such a credit.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have yet to publicly comment on the lawsuit.
(AllHipHop News) Cardi B has posted a video showing off her bikini body after hitting back at accusations she’s been photoshopping her images.
Some people speculated as to whether or not the 27-year-old rapper had digitally altered the bikini snap she shared on her Instagram page, leading to the Bodak Yellow star responding in her own unique way the following day.
Wearing a Louis Vuitton denim bikini and carrying a matching bag, Cardi said in the video: “I have to do this video… yesterday I posted a picture too spicy, and the haters claimed that I was Photoshopped, so now I gotta show y’all this motherf**king body. I know a b##ch gained some weight. I have to make the thighs match the motherf##king a##.”
She continued to suggest she will just go under the knife again if her weight gain gets out of control, adding: “I know y’all ain’t body-shaming me. I know I gained a little weight…it doesn’t matter though. A b##ch got lipo money.”
Sharing the video on Instagram, Cardi captioned it: “Leave my rolls alone.”
The mother-of-one has been undergoing a lengthy process to have an intricate peacock tattoo on her thigh and back finished in recent months, and initially posed in the bikini to show off the finished design.
And it seems the inking isn’t the only body modification Cardi has signed herself up for. She also shared several videos of herself having numerous clavicle piercings on her Instagram page on Wednesday, with the clips showing her holding tight to husband Offset’s hand as she admitted she was “scared” and struggling with the pain involved in the process.
(AllHipHop News) As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 13th annual Roots Picnic will be an online show this year. The legendary Philadelphia-based Hip Hop band The Roots are presenting the extravaganza on YouTube.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama was announced as an official co-host for the 2020 Roots Picnic. Obama’s When We All Vote non-profit, nonpartisan voter registration organization is involved with the festival as well.
“The show MUST go on! Excited to partner with FLOTUS @michelleobama and her @whenweallvote organization to raise awareness. JOIN US June 27 on our YouTube page and be sure to subscribe now for updates!” reads a statement on The Roots’ Instagram page.
Obama’s verified Twitter account confirmed she will be joining Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, and the rest of The Roots later this month. She tweeted, “Couldn’t be more excited that @whenweallvote is teaming up to co-host @TheRoots Picnic on June 27! Join us and get registered to vote: http://weall.vote/rootspicnic.”
Besides Michelle Obama, other people schedule to make an appearance at this year’s Roots Picnic include Janelle Monáe, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington, Tom Hanks, Chris Paul, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Deon Cole, Coach K, and more.
H.E.R., Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, SZA, Kirk Franklin, Snoh Aalegra, D-Nice, Polo G, G Herbo, Musiq Soulchild, and EarthGang are set to perform. The 13th Annual Roots Picnic virtual experience is scheduled for Saturday, June 27 at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT.
(AllHipHop News) “I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night,” tweeted J. Cole on Wednesday morning. The Dreamville Records leader was referring to his new track “Snow On Tha Bluff” which landed overnight.
“Snow On Tha Bluff” garnered a lot of attention because some listeners had a problem with Cole allegedly addressing Noname on the record. The Chicago rapstress has been critical of Black celebrities during the current Black Lives Matter protests for racial justice. For example, she called out Black men with large platforms who advocate for Black liberation but do not do more to protect Black trans and queer people.
On “Snow On Tha Bluff,” Cole raps about a “young lady” being on the Twitter timeline expressing anger at “crackers,” “capitalists,” “murder police,” “n*ggas,” and “celebrities.” He then admits on the track, “Lowkey I be thinking she talking ’bout me.” He also says, “It’s something about the queen’s tone that’s bothering me.”
Some Twitter users then accused J. Cole of being misogynistic for supposedly trying to police Noname’s opinions and tone. In addition, Cole caught heat for spitting subliminal lyrics and not actually mentioning exactly who he was referring to on the record.
After the online backlash, J. Cole took to Twitter to offer a response to his critics. The Grammy-winning emcee tweeted:
Morning. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night. Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest. Some assume to know who the song is about. That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work. I accept all conversation and criticisms. But Let me use this moment to say this Follow @noname. I love and honor her as a leader in these times. She has done and is doing the reading and the listening and the learning on the path that she truly believes is the correct one for our people. Meanwhile a n#### like me just be rapping. I haven’t done a lot of reading and I don’t feel well equipped as a leader in these times. But I do a lot of thinking. And I appreciate her and others like her because they challenge my beliefs and I feel that in these times that’s important. We may not agree with each other but we gotta be gentle with each other. ✌
Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest.
I haven’t done a lot of reading and I don’t feel well equipped as a leader in these times. But I do a lot of thinking. And I appreciate her and others like her because they challenge my beliefs and I feel that in these times that’s important.
(AllHipHop News) The year 2020 will definitely be a major section in future history books. Besides learning about the Donald Trump presidency, the coronavirus pandemic, and the global Black Lives Matter protests, students of tomorrow will also study the individuals that stood up against injustice during this time.
Numerous celebrities have taken it upon themselves to be one of the voices for change, and other celebs have faced the wrath of the people for seemingly being on the wrong side of history. Many famous figures chose to not speak on the state of the world at all.
Hip Hop artist A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie joined Zane Lowe on Apple Music to talk about his new single titled “Bleed.” The conversation also included Lowe asking the Bronx rhymer how he is dealing with social issues like the COVID-19 crisis and the BLM demonstrations.
“To be honest, I’m having a lot of mood swings with that because there’s so much going on at the same time where a lot of people are looking at one picture. I like to look at different perspectives and put myself in different people’s shoes. And I feel like everything isn’t right,” said A Boogie.
He continued, “Even when we try to balance it, we’re not doing it the right way. So that’s why I really wasn’t speaking up that much towards it. But at the same time, I feel the energy, so everything is an iteration in the air at the same time as being a negative vibe. It’s still a positive vibe when you’re bringing it to me.”
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie is preparing to let loose a deluxe edition of his Artist 2.0 album on June 19. The original version debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart with 111,000 first-week units. The Atlantic/Highbridge backed project features Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, Gunna, Summer Walker, Lil Uzi Vert, and more.
Earlier this month, A Boogie announced that he is donating $100,000 worth of tablets and laptops to his old elementary school, PS 126, in the Bronx as part of the Artist 2.0 deluxe release. He tweeted at the time, “With everything going on in the world, I believe it’s important to invest in the youth because by doing so, we are investing in a better future. I can’t wait to see y’all soon but until then, stay safe and take care of each other!”
To the best fans in the world: Thanks for being patient and always supporting everything I do. It took a while to bring you this Deluxe because I wanted to make sure it dropped at a time that felt right. But it’s finally here! 6/19 it’s up! pic.twitter.com/DhPoUjGmoH
As part of this release, I am donating $100k worth of tablets/laptops to my old elementary school, PS 126, in the Bronx, so that they can do their remote learning in the safest way.
With everything going on in the world, I believe it's important to invest in the youth because by doing so, we are investing in a better future. I can’t wait to see y’all soon but until then, stay safe and take care of each other! 🖤
(AllHipHop News) Chloe x Halle returned on June 12 with their latest studio LP. Ungodly Hour hosts the song “Busy Boy” which had some of their fans thinking the R&B duo was focusing on a specific man.
Social media sleuths began hypothesizing that “Busy Boy” was about Chloe’s rumored boyfriend Diggy Simmons. The Bailey sisters and the son of Run-DMC’s Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons are all cast members on the Freeform sitcom Grown-ish.
Fans of Grown-ish began wondering if Chloe and Diggy were dating in real life since their characters onthe showare in a relationship. Chloe x Halle spoke with 95.7 Jamz about Ungodly Hour, and they were asked about Diggy’s possible connection to the “Busy Boy” track.
“What I love about creating music is that we can kind of just put our experiences in the music, and that’s how we share our personal lives,” stated Chloe. “And it’s fun because that’s how our fans can kind of see what we’ve been dealing with. Yeah.”
Both vocalists went on to say that they are single at the moment even though Ungodly Hour is filled with lyrics about being in love and dealing with heartbreak. Chloe x Halle’s latest project reached #1 on the US iTunes chart. It is projected to debut in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart.
It turns out the “Old Town Road” performer had a lot of fears about coming out. In a Twitter exchange on Tuesday night, Lil Nas admitted he hid being a diehard Nicki Minaj fanatic because he thought people would assume he was attracted to men.
One of Minaj’s followers asked Lil Nas why he did not claim to be a “Barb” when asked about it in the past. He responded, “I didn’t want people to know I was gay [to be honest].”
Another user stated that being a Minaj supporter does not make a person gay. Lil Nas replied, “It don’t but people will assume if you had an entire fan page dedicated to Nicki u are gay. And the rap/music industry ain’t exactly built or accepting of gay men yet.”
it don’t but people will assume if you had an entire fan page dedicated to nicki u are gay. and the rap/music industry ain’t exactly built or accepting of gay men yet.
(AllHipHop News) J. Cole is currently one of the top trending topics on Twitter. The Dreamville Records co-founder dropped a new record title “Snow On Tha Bluff,” and the song is drawing criticism.
There is speculation that lyrics on “Snow On Tha Bluff” are addressing Chicago rapper Noname. The Telefone creator’s name is not mentioned on the track, but bars about a woman that is “mad at the celebrities” has some listeners calling out J. Cole.
“Snow On Tha Bluff” also includes Cole talking about a “young lady” that tweets a lot about “crackers,” “capitalists,” and “murder police.” Noname’s Twitter timeline is filled with tweets about police brutality, capitalism, and politics. She has also slammed “every black man” with “a large platform advocating for black liberation” that does not publicly criticize violence against Black LGBT people.
Not long after Cole’s new song was released, Dreamville singer Ari Lennox wrote a message on Instagram that showed love to Noname. Lennox did not directly address her label boss in her post.
The caption for Lennox’s IG post reads:
Thank you QUEEN for giving af about us constantly and endlessly. I feel and appreciate everything you put out to the world. Almost everything you tweet moves me. I need and I am moved by so much you stand for. @nonamehiding ❤️ thank you for enlightening us queen. I pray more folks will appreciate and understand!!!
(AllHipHop Rumors) After Floyd Mayweather daughter almost got 99 years for stabbing his pregnant baby moms, NBA Youngboy has moved on and has a new girlfriend.
We all remember when YAYA Mayweather aka “Lil’ Slugga” blacked out on NBA’s other jawn, got locked up and the very next day was snuggled-up wig tilted in his bed, while he cussed out her father on live.
Now, the Louisiana rapper is posted up with another pretty young thang.
The loving comes on the heels of NBA Youngboy getting his garage broken into by some thugs.
The kids videotaped themselves fussing over the rap star’s luxury cars and squealing with excitement that they are in his space and touching his stuff.
They posted the videos online and enjoyed the 15 minutes of fame that came from stunting on a star.
But then NBA Youngboy hopped online revealing that they only took $20 and Gucci flip flops.
While on live NBA confronted the scoundrels it got hilariously ugly.
One of the guys asks, “You wanna buy your s##t back or what?”
“You ain’t get s### you flunked-out ass n##ga, I’m tryna see where you at,” claps back NBA Youngboy. “You dumb motherf##ker, what, you got $20 out the car?” asked the rapper.
“You know what we got, stop the cap,” the thief responds.
Every day there is a new drama with the NBA. We will see what pops up tomorrow.
(AllHipHop Rumors) What is going on with J. Cole? Did he just come out and diss rapper NoName on his new song “Snow On Tha Bluff”? I am so confused right now. I thought they were on the “same team” or at least adjacent.
Before you listen to the song, look at the lyrics:
I think I am seriously too OG for all of this. I mean, Noname fits the general bill, but Cole is too old to be subliming like this! Say her name, like Sandra Bland! Or NOT! It is not the time to be dissing women, especially not a smart, college-educated brother. I think he may catch some flack even if he didn’t mention…no name…get it?
Everybody tryna defend NoName and villanize j Cole where was y’all when she was basically saying an app that hasn’t been around longer than these issues have been shows how much you care ab your people🧐 s#### crazy to me idk if she a woman he had every right to make a song ab it pic.twitter.com/aehZY2fexI
(AllHipHop Features) Lecrae has seen better days. This week, Pastor Louie Giglio, who helms an Atlanta megachurch and Chic-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy were engaged in a conversation with the rapper.
After the man said that…he didn’t stop. Giglio continued on his low key, but not so low key racist rant.
And, it went completely left when Giglio said:
“We understand the curse that was slavery, white people do, and we say ‘that was bad,’ but we miss the blessing of slavery that it actually built up the framework for the world that white people live in and lived in.”
“I know that you (directly to Lecrae) and I both have struggled in these days with ‘hey if the phrase is the trip up, let’s get over the phrase and let’s get down to the heart, let’s get down to what then do you want to call it,’ and I think maybe a great thing for me is to call it ‘white blessing’. That I’m living in the blessing of the curse that happened generationally that allowed me to grow up in Atlanta.”
Giglio later apologized and Lecrae addressed it, but the damage was done. Most people were upset, because Lecrae said “Yes” and seemingly shook his head in agreement. He also said nothing to counter those words. Most people skipped Giglio and directly their rage/disappointment/frustration at Lecrae, who did not check the pastor for his racist comment.
AllHipHop’s Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur quickly reached out to Lecrae and talked to him about the controversy, what was going on his the gifted rapper’s head and much more. The conversation in full is below.
AllHipHop: Today we had a situation with a video that went viral in a conversation with yourself. an evangelical preacher, is that accurate? And the CEO of Chick-Fil-A. How are you? How are you feeling about it?
Lecrae: I was shocked then, I’m shocked now, you know what I’m saying? Obviously, you know, it was in a controlled environment, but then you do realize that now the whole world is hearing it. I understand the frustration and the pain and just how people are receiving it. It wasn’t like I was okay with it. I wasn’t like, “Yes, I totally agree.” I was shocked as well. It made me uncomfortable, but in the heat of the moment, it’s like, trying to gauge the intentions and how to respond to it in the moment.
AllHipHop: I wasn’t even asked this question, but, but somebody asked me to ask you. Why didn’t you check him at the point he said “White blessing”
Lecrae: Yes. What was funny about it is like, I really didn’t even catch it. It was like I heard it but I didn’t hear it. It was like I hear what you’re saying, but I don’t think I hear what you’re saying. I got his intention. It wasn’t like he was saying “slavery’s a blessing.” It was more like he was trying to say people hate white privilege, can we rename it. But I was just shocked. It didn’t register immediately to address it. it was more like “wow.”
AllHipHop: And so for people that don’t know I’ve been on a lot of these spaces, you know, I’ve been on Bill O’Reilly when it was most heated when Bill O’Reilly was eating people up and spitting them out and I managed to handle them and to the point where they wouldn’t have me on anymore. I’ve been on MSNBC and a lot of spaces that seem welcoming, but then you get these little, I think they call them microaggressions, you know, that that was pretty brazen,. But you know your audience and you know you’re in front of another type of audience. What were you considering in your mind when he said that? What were you thinking?
Lecrae: Part of it is like, “Yo, I know this dude does not mean what I think he means.” And all the time when I’m in these situations, whenever I’m dealing with issues of racial injustice, white supremacy, whatever, it’s always a catch 22. Being honest with you the night before that I was in downtown Atlanta after Rayshard [Brooks] got killed and they was burning up the Wendy’s so I was down there with everybody. I’m in the front of the line mad as hell talking to the police officer, so my emotions was hot you know what I mean?
And so I was even telling my man “yo pray for me as I go in here to talk tomorrow because I’m in a weird space and I don’t want to lash out and do nothing crazy,” so it was like a lot of just trying to control myself and just trying to be like “alright how am I gonna have this conversation” because just the night before and I put a little bit on my socials, but I was spazzing, I was just hot I’m breaking up fights and it was just crazy. I was spazzing.
AllHipHop: I felt like the statement was brazen I’ll be honest. Like you said, when someone says something like that, or when you say something like something or I say something, you tend to check yourself, you’ll be like, “yo what I mean is, yo what I mean to say is, Jesus died on the cross so we could be good right now,” you know what I mean? Like you figure out a way to fix it. But I didn’t get the impression that he was. And I’m not trying to demonize the brother. I saw the full conversation. It is a full conversation. But I will say this, it spoke to volumes to how subliminal and very quiet racism can be, even unbeknownst to the person perpetrating it.
Lecrae: Or the issue is that you can say something completely off the wall and not know it. You know what I mean? So I’ve been a proponent. I’m not a tap dancer for no checks. I don’t have nothing to gain by being in them spaces and places. So, because I have white friends, I’ve been like allowing them to fumble the ball as they try to figure stuff out how to say stuff in a safe place. I think the problem is, he fumbled the ball on a very big platform. You don’t even know what you’re saying. The problem is, and what I’m learning, even in this moment now is there’s too many times where we’re talking about racism in America and its the white person leading a conversation or carrying the conversation and not listening. And that’s really what it should have been. More of a posture of “let me hear what black people have to say about racism in America instead of coming out and giving my thoughts because I’m gonna drop a bomb and say some ridiculous.”
AllHipHop: I know you guys talked backstage. First of all, how was that conversation? And second of all, have you talked since?
Lecrae: Yeah, we talked immediately afterward and I let them know my thoughts. It was so many things that happened in that whole conversation that was like, yo, that needed to be addressed. Dude tried to shine my shoes and I was like, “yo, bro, we don’t we want Chick-fil-a stock. We don’t want shoe shines. You know what I mean? So there’s so many little things that we had to discuss. But that was one of a bunch of different things. That’s the snapshot of a lot of stuff that happens.
So my biggest thing that I was trying to communicate to them was, we can’t be doing this virtue signaling stuff, just having conversations about race. We really got to be about this. I just came from this protest last night, people was burning stuff up and screaming at police. This is a real thing.
So just this “Kumbaya, look, guys, we’re multicultural.” That’s not what we need right now. We need real work. So that was what we discussed. That’s what I was telling him. So even in this, like, even after it, it’s like what I told him, My conversation with him was you gotta lean in, you know, an apology is not going to be what people are gonna be like, “oh, thank you.” You will have to be consistent over some years of really leaning into this and dismantling white supremacy in your own life and in the culture as a whole.
AllHipHop: Do they believe in white supremacy? I haven’t been in a white church in about 10 years. One of my best friends from childhood is white. Very good guy. And he does one thing that I really appreciate and value: he listens. And sometimes he doesn’t appreciate everything but he listens. We’re still friends to this day. Do you think he’s heard what’s being said?
Lecrae: I don’t know, man. I would I would hope so. That would be my hope. I think it’s hard for white people in white context to see the areas that they can’t see. I said it in the panel like you can be so inundated your white world, because everyone around you agrees with your perspective, it must be the right perspective.
Everybody thought slavery was okay in the white community at one point in time, but it wasn’t. So, that was kind of my argument is, and I understand you live in a space so you can’t see what you can’t see. That’s why you have to humble yourself and listen. I mentioned too, as a black person, I’m double read. I’ve read the books that you read, and I got to read the books by Black authors that you never picked up. So I see stuff from a different vantage point than you’re going to see stuff and that’s why I can never say where a person is. I just want to encourage people on the journey.
AllHipHop: It was crazy to see people go at you. They wanted you to be a voice with them. They wanted you to do the most, and I think that’s why a lot of the anger was directed at you whereas he really didn’t catch it. It’s kind of like all we expect that from you, but you caught the brunt. I wanted you to talk directly to people because this wouldn’t go away. Would you have done anything different?
Lecrae: Of course, you know, I’ve learned a lot. You know, I’m on a journey too you know, at the end of the day, I don’t call myself a scholar or academic on sociology or anything, so I’m always learning and hearing perspectives. I get the anger. You know, I understand the frustration and anger because I felt it too. I learned a couple things.
One, I learned that sometimes my anger toward people who I feel like are tap dancing, maybe I don’t know the full story, cause now I’m a victim of that. So now I’m like, well, that ain’t the full story. Case in point when Charlamagne was talking to Joe Biden and Joe Biden was like, “You ain’t black” and everybody was like, “yo, Charlamagne why you just let him say that.” But what’s the whole story? What’s the context of everything that went down?
Mine is a little different because mine was an hour-long conversation. And it was a snippet where I didn’t say anything. I just let him say something. And I didn’t say anything. And so well, in that moment, I didn’t. So what I learned is man, just be ready. Even when you feel like it’s a safe environment, an environment where everything’s gonna be copacetic and you’ll be able to do your thing. Be ready, be prepared, and know what you’re getting yourself into, That’s a big piece that I’ve learned from a lot of this.
AllHipHop: I’m going to ask this question. Don’t take it the wrong way. But you released a statement earlier. Do you feel like you owe people black people an apology?
Lecrae: Yes, in a sense of this, if you are let down if you feel hurt because everyone has different vantage points. So anybody who feels hurt disrespected by that, man, my deepest apologies. Because that was not my intention. My intention was not to shuck and jive and just agree with something that is painful. I mean, that’s my history too. And so, I don’t think that’s okay. I would never approve of that. So far all of them yes. I think there’s so many subsets of us and a lot of people who are just like, “man, you know, what were you doing?” And I’m like, “let me tell you what I was doing.” So, I know my intentions. My intention was really to be there on behalf of us and to let his audience know what we wrestle with. I felt like that’s what I was trying to do throughout the conversation.
I have no problem apologizing, you know what I’m saying? I’m not too proud to admit people was hurt by my actions. I’ve said stuff in the past that people was hurt by and man, I apologized. My intention was to lift up and not tear down.
AllHipHop: I think people find it really hard to comprehend being in those spaces and talking to an audience that does not understand but also trying to be that conduit for people to understand, you know, we want things to get better. And we have to figure out a way to communicate with each other. And there’s people that are there and are able to so me like I said, you know, my business partner Greg and I, we used to strategize like “aight, this time, we’re going to wear our hats this way, cause they go understand us a little better if we were it this way. But if you were like this, they don’t think you are hood. Or this time I’m gonna wear a suit. They’re gonna listen to me more if I wear a suit,” understanding now that it really doesn’t matter what you wear, and they’re going to receive the message the same way. But to talking to white audiences Middle America, or down south is a is special as far as I’ve been able to see. But you have audiences on from sort of this ministry side being a Christian rapper, as well as sort of the mainstreaming of your music. How is it walking that line?
Lecrae: It’s a tightrope. You know what I mean? You gotta know, you gotta have integrity within yourself to not sell yourself short to really stand up for what you believe in. But then you also got to do a lot of soul searching so that you actually know what you believe in. You know, it’s a lot of actors that get caught up in that role that they’ve been acting in for so long so they don’t even know who their real selves are. And sometimes you can straddle the line so much that you don’t know what you really think, or “where do I really stand on what particular issues?” Because I’ve been so diplomatic for so long.
That’s the hard part about it. I feel like four years ago, I really turned the tide, especially with a lot of my white audience, because I really spoke out against racial injustice. And, you know, I had 3,000 people coming to my shows before that, that turned into 300 you know what I mean?
So it drastically changed. But I knew where I stood. So even in this, it’s like, I know where I stand. I mean, this moment, I can’t let it define. I know where I stand. It’s a terrible circumstance, a terrible moment. But I know what I’m about, you know what I mean?
And those who know me know what I’m about. They know this is not what Lecrae is about or what Lecrae stands for, so it’s tough to toe that line. And I probably was a little too diplomatic – not probably – I was too diplomatic. I was trying to explain stuff in a way that I felt like, “Okay, how can I say this so that they get it?”
Here’s another thing I learned. The truth of the matter is, people in the ’60s said it better than I ever could. And people still haven’t listened. So I just have to be 100 and say what it is. And allies come as they come in, and infrastructures get torn down as it gets torn down.
(AllHipHop News) The woman after rap star Game for her $7 million judgment is leaving no stone unturned.
Priscilla Rainey filed court documents, seeking ticket financial information from Fifth Amendment Entertainment, the management firm owned by Game’s manager, Cash “Wack 100” Jones.
Rainey filed a motion to compel Wack 100 and 5th Amendment Entertainment into court because he allegedly blew off a deposition and ignored her subpoena.
“This motion is made upon the further grounds that the requests are relevant to the discovery of assets or financial interests of Judgment Debtor, Jayceon Terrell Taylor and the refusal to respond is without justification,” wrote Priscilla Rainey’s lawyer Michael Jason Lee, Esq.
Priscilla Rainey has been targeting Game’s business entities in her quest to collect her fortune from the Compton rapper.
Rainey sued Game for groping her in a Los Angeles bar during a taping of his 2015 reality show “She’s Got Game.”
Priscilla Rainey won a default judgment in 2016, and she has been attempting to collect the judgment ever since.
Last month, Priscilla Rainey also asked a judge for a restraining order against Wack 100, to stop them from conspiring to hide his assets, including his house and the trademarks to his rap moniker.
Both Game and Wack 100 vowed that Priscilla Rainey would never see a penny.
“Let’s get one thing very CLEAR: that thirsty Gatorade mascot of a transvestite WILL NEVER see $10,000,000 or anything close 2 a penny of my money,” Game publicly stated. “Soon as I’m home, me & my lawyers will EAT THIS CASE like a box of Minion Twinkies on sale at Walmart!”
Wack 100 added: “Last time I checked #Wack owned all royalties to born to Rap . ♂️ ♂️ ♂️ ♂️ ♂️ And I don’t owe the b##ch a dime,” Wack 100 proclaimed.
That may soon change since Rainey is being dogged in the pursuit of her money.
DJ Sidereal is far more than a DJ, he’s an artist in his own right.
Born Samuel Matthew in St. Paul, Minnesota, he describes himself as “a DJ, a producer, a risk-taker, a genre-bender, and the best DJ on the planet.”
It was at age 11 when he was recovering from brain surgery that he discovered his unwavering love for music, which was a huge blessing in disguise.
At age 12, he would perform in front of a crowd of 70K people at the Paid Dues festival in Los Angeles. While he’s currently Lil Keed’s official DJ, Sidereal loves dance music down to the core. With that comes the ability to produce and create bangers, reeling in features from all the artists he’s crossed paths with on his journey to the forefront of music.
With a decade of experience shutting down shows and festivals around the world, Sidereal has an ear for what the masses like to hear. To kick off 2020 on a high note, he released his single “I See Ghost” featuring OMB Peezy and Alec Beretz, following last year’s debut “2500” with Lil Keed and K Camp. Most recently, he released his new single titled “Take You There” featuring Nimic Revenue.
Regardless, Sidereal gives hope to all those who feel the odds are against them, putting in the necessary work to overcome those obstacles that life throws at you. AllHipHop caught up with Sidereal to discuss overcoming brain surgery, how he got connected with Lil Keed, epic roast battles on Wild ‘N Out, memories with Denzel Curry, and more!
AllHipHop: How did you get your name?
DJ Sidereal: I’ve been deejaying for over a decade. I was in the 9th grade when I decided “yo I’ma be DJ Sidereal.”’ Honestly don’t even remember how I came up with that s##t, it just stuck. All my homies started calling me Sidereal, it took wind and we ran with it. Sidereal means the time it takes for the earth to go around the sun.
AllHipHop: You actually recovered from brain surgery at age 11. How difficult was that experience?
DJ Sidereal: That s##t was crazy. I was so in fear of my life but at the same time, I really was numb to the situation. I’m fortunate enough to come from a really beautiful family who’s really extensive and large. Coming from Minnesota, everybody’s there for each other. At such a young age, a lot of it was not understanding the magnitude of it, but knowing that you’re going to be okay. If you see the scan photo, I literally have 3/4th of a brain. My whole brain rerouted itself. I have one of the biggest cysts to ever exist in recorded history.
Crazy how it happened, I was playing sports. I’m 6’9”, I was born to be an athlete. My mom’s a collegiate champion in swimming, my whole family are collegiate athletes in hockey. My uncle played for Herb Brooks, playing against Russia in Miracle. I was playing and got hit in the face with a baseball, my ears started bleeding. We thought it was cool, it was routine. You get hit on the face, you get up and keep going. I went to the hospital, they found it. Next thing you know, I’m down in the Mayo clinic going over options for brain surgery. I’m really thankful. My parents paid for the surgery, but they had to go back to work right away. They couldn’t afford to not work so during that time of recovery after being in the hospital for 3 to 4 months, my grandma took care of me. After a while, I got interested in music very heavily.
AllHipHop: What’d you watch on Youtube that you liked?
DJ Sidereal: Watching DJs do scratch battles, rap battles, people playing guitar and doing different musical s##t. Really latched onto deejaying. When I got healthy, my dad bought me my first set of turntables. They were s##tty: belt-driven, not anything crazy. I rocked with those for mad time. The first year of my career from my first performance till my 10th performance, I used those until I couldn’t anymore.
Man, I’d be on those for hours. Once I got healthy, I’d skip school to sit there and use them. Practice, become better, figure out ways to be intriguing and entertaining to myself. I’m an only child so I didn’t have anybody there to witness it. That was great because that transpired into live performance. I figured if it’s dope and unique to me, then people are going to feel the same way.
AllHipHop: Coming from Minnesota, how did you land with Lil Keed?
DJ Sidereal: It’s wild. I’ve lived in LA for the past 4 or 5 years now. I got called like “go to the studio in Burbank, 5 minutes from your house. Go tap in with this artist named Lil Keed.” Don’t let Keed hear this, but I didn’t even know one Lil Keed song at the time. I didn’t know who Keed was so I went to the studio, met his day-to-day at the time Charlie. Charlie’s like “yo, you want to go meet Keed?” I said “yeah come on.” We go in the studio, I meet Keed. The first thing Keed says to me is “you gon’ to be my DJ.” No question, nothing. I don’t know if I was dripped out or I said the right s##t, my aura was cool, but he literally said “you gon’ be my DJ.”
AllHipHop: He didn’t have a DJ?
DJ Sidereal: He had one, I don’t know what the situation was. I’m experienced on the road, being with Wu-Tang, Ludacris throughout my teen years. We have a bunch of mutual friends over at the label so he might have caught wind of that or seen something. He was on the fence because I didn’t hear back from him for a month. I thought “well is this even really gonna happen?” They announced the next tour, Gunna’s Drip or Drown tour. I didn’t even know until the day of the show in Anaheim, I get a call “oh yeah, you’re deejaying tonight.” I actually had to go buy new turntables that day, 5 minutes before soundcheck because my s##t was not adequate. I didn’t know what the situation was.
I go there, I had the whole green room to myself. I’m sitting there like “yo where’s everybody at?” They’re in the other green room, I realize “they’re about to feel me out.” I go on stage and I start the set, these kids go crazy. I’m climbing the balcony. I’m out there doing front flips off the speakers into the crowd, really going crazy. All of a sudden Kevin Liles and Thug come out, they’re standing right next to my girl behind the lights watching me perform. I get off stage, go into the green room. I’m there by myself still but then Keed comes in and goes “yo, Slime wanna meet you.” I said “why?” [laughs] He’s like “bro what you talking about? You killed that, come on man.” From there we’ve been locked in. The whole Drip or Drown tour was amazing, that s##t was all flawless. Every night was amazing, the crowd was so high energy. I really miss that tour to be honest. We’ve been locked in ever since.
AllHipHop: Greatest memory from that tour?
DJ Sidereal: There’s so many man. Leaving Minnesota for so long and being able to bring a tour that’s so colossal for them, being able to suggest “let’s go back to Minneapolis.” Everybody’s like Minneapolis? I’m like “no trust me, it’s going to crack off.” We go there on the Keed tour, it’s a sold out night at the Varsity. Craziest night of the tour. We had Meet & Greets, kids were bringing their custom clothes. So much love back home. For me, that’s the most memorable moment of really any tour and every tour. Bringing it back home and seeing what it really means for the city that you’re from.
AllHipHop: Growing up did you think you’ll be here now where you are?
DJ Sidereal: Nah, I wanted to be an athlete so bad. I was really really good at baseball. I’m so tall, so I was good at basketball. I really thought I was going to be an athlete. I wasn’t good at school. Once I got sick, I couldn’t do sports anymore. I remember I tried to play basketball but I had to wear a wrestling helmet because if I caught an elbow, it was over. I could die. Man, I’m not going to no league wearing a wrestling helmet, so I gave that up. It was perfect timing that it all came together, I’m really fortunate. I didn’t see this being my future but once I found this as my passion, I knew it’s going to happen. No doubt, full forward. No shame in the game, it was it.
AllHipHop: Talk about releasing “2500” with Keed & K Camp. Are you producing or just putting plays together?
DJ Sidereal: I’m producing all that. It’s cool, part of putting out the music is being fearless and doing something that someone might not see coming. “2500” with K Camp and Keed is along the same lines of their sound and their movements. It’s predictable but then if you look at my other music, “I See Ghost” featuring my boy Alec Beretz and OMB Peezy, you’d never picture OMB Peezy going over a guitar beat.
AllHipHop: I love Peezy!
DJ Sidereal: We did a whole tour. We did a college tour for DTLR with Trapboy Freddy.
AllHipHop: You’re tapped in!
DJ Sidereal: I mean, you have to have friends. I’m such a good dude to so many people, I’m willing to help at all costs. Putting out the music is great, but my passion is in EDM music.
AllHipHop: I was going to ask about your love for EDM, that’s crazy!
DJ Sidereal: I love hip-hop. My dad played A Tribe Called Quest. Not really hip-hop but still with rhyme schemes: Bob Dylan, the Minnesota legend. Growing up around all that, I’m really deep rooted in hip hop but EDM’s so vulnerable to me. It provokes so much emotion, can change so many views on so many things whether it’s in emotion or thought processes. You could really change someone’s life with that s##t, so it means a lot to me. Taking EDM in a hip-hop space is such a risk, you never know what’s going to happen. One day, I said “f##k it, we’re going to do it.”
I did it and it’s the best decision I ever made. I realized a lot of the hip-hop kids don’t mess with EDM, but it’s all about how you present it. Mostly all the EDM kids love hip-hop, it’s this weird dynamic. If you play a rap song at the rave, kids are going to go crazy like they would on the EDM song. I figured out if you pick the right EDM song, it’s going to go just as crazy at the rap concert. It’s cool being able to blend genres in such a dynamic way. Being able to bring rap into the EDM world by putting rappers on EDM songs, my next single is called “Take You There” featuring this super dope artist Nimic Revenue who’s on Def Jam.
She fought me on it, she really didn’t want to do it. We made 5 slappers. She said “man, I really don’t want to do this.” I’m like “yo, trust me. The way your voice rides and how melodic you could get, it’s really going to work.” She did it in one take, she’s like “yo, that’s it.” Doing the same thing with Keed, getting him tied in with Whipped Cream. Get him in such dynamic places where he could bring his flavor into a new scene and create a new palette. It’s really a beautiful thing honestly, because it pushes cultures forward.
AllHipHop: Is EDM still your main thing?
DJ Sidereal: Yes we’re very much in that direction, but that doesn’t mean the rap stuff is falling to the side. I still got bangers on the way with PARTYNEXTDOOR, Jeremih. I got a bunch of stuff in the vault. Everything’s in motion. It’s not so much one-sided, I like being able to be diverse and bring different vibes at different times. It feels good.
AllHipHop: Bring us back to the roast battles with Denzel Curry and interrupting Ariana Grande’s “thank u next” session.
DJ Sidereal: [laughs] Shout out Denzel, Zel my dawg. I was living here in LA, I had a seizure in the car. I went to the hospital, they said “you have another cyst on your brain. We have to helicopter you to the Bay, you need brain surgery tonight.” I said “I have to call my mom, I can’t do this.” At the time, my girl wasn’t with me. “You have to get my mom on the line.” They’re pumping me full of drugs, I was in such hysteria like “everything I worked for is over with.” My mom’s like “nah, he’s not doing that. We’re putting him on a flight tonight back home. We’re going to his doctor, period.”
They loaded me up with horse tranquilizers, I got on the flight. I was asleep for 18 hours a day for a month, waking up not knowing where I was, who I was, who the people around me were. I was really f##ked up medically. I go to Mayo clinic again, they said “you had another cyst grow back in your brain and it literally popped in your head. We don’t know how you survived that.”
AllHipHop: Can you feel it?
DJ Sidereal: You can definitely feel it. It’s an arachnoid cyst so it’s spinal fluid that makes a bubble in your head. When the bubble bursts, it throws liquid on your brain. If that happens, your brain can drown. They treated me, I didn’t need another brain surgery. It was epic, really Godsend in that moment. I come back to LA, Zel’s out there on Sunset. I go over to the spot he’s kicking it at, my boy Nel’s there too. I played beats, they started freestyling for an hour. Zel says “let’s go to the studio right now.”
We go to my guy Peter Rafelson studio over in Burbank, we’re sitting in there clowning. Denzel writes out this whole health plan for me: how I need to eat, I need to do yoga, I need to exercise. I need to stop smoking. Denzel’s a funny guy, so we get to roasting. We’re roasting loud as hell. I forget what he said, we start hollering. The next thing you know, the engineer comes out the other room. He’s yelling at us like “you need to be quiet, you f##ked up my song 10 times now.” Come to find out, we were on Ariana Grande’s “Thank You Next” record. It wasn’t the final cut but we f##ked it up. [chuckles] They had to run it back hella times to get it right. Zel’s my guy, he’s so funny, I haven’t seen him in so long.
AllHipHop: How was your experience on Wild ‘N Out?
DJ Sidereal: That episode was crazy, with Thug, Keed, and Karlae. It’s funny as hell. We roast all the time, we’re always gunning each other. Now looking back, it feels like they let me win every one. I don’t really take a loss. I’m really good at roasting, I’ma put you down. At Wild ‘N Out, I’m sitting on the couch. [laughs] I got so angry because Thug, Keed, the whole cast was hitting me with them. It felt like 6 months to a year of roast coming out the woodwork. It was so much fun, a really good time. We had to go down to the new Tyler Perry Studios to film it, that was cool.
AllHipHop: I heard that s##t is nice!
DJ Sidereal: What? It’s like flying into Fort Knox. It was surreal.
AllHipHop: Goals for yourself at this point of your career?
DJ Sidereal: To get back on tour after surviving the quarantine. Putting out the best, most unpredictable music possible. Making sure that my fans are safe and healthy. Making sure my mother’s healthy. Continuing going onward and upward, building what we got. A lot of people come in and they get everything at once, but my progression wasn’t that way. I built it all from the ground, from the dirt, so my fans really ride or die with me. If it’s up, it’s up with them. My goal’s really to be there for them and put out the best me possible. Put out the best experiences possible, keep this thing growing.
AllHipHop: How are you surviving quarantine being a DJ?
DJ Sidereal: Barely. I got a hood on right now, look at my hair. I got pre-existing conditions, my girl got pre-existing conditions, so we really can’t be f##king around with that s##t. Health is wealth, I’d rather stay inside and stick it out. It’s really great creative-wise. We have a whole backhouse so we built a whole functioning studio in there. Really been putting stuff together and making it work.
AllHipHop: Do you smoke?
DJ Sidereal: I don’t smoke, I had to give that up. That s##t was making me paranoid. Denzel really helped with that because I was still smoking heavy, mad weed. We’d go get a zip and I’d smoke that down in an hour. I quit, it just wasn’t for me anymore.
AllHipHop: What can we look forward to next with the music?
DJ Sidereal: A new video very very soon. We can look forward to a colossal feature that I’m not even going to speak on. I can’t even give that to you, it’s on a very iconic album. All the music and the new tours after the quarantine.
(AllHipHop News) Gianna Floyd, the six-year-old daughter of George Floyd, has thanked Kanye West for paying for her college education.
The hitmaker has promised to fully cover the tuition fees for the daughter of African-American Floyd after the Minnesota resident died at the hands of a police officer last month.
Taking to Instagram on Monday, Gianna shared an image that read: “Thank you Kanye West for securing my college education.”
“Thank You Kanye, Because of You I Will have a college Education…” she added in the caption. “Mommy and I are so thankful for you and your family.”
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She also tagged Kanye’s wife, Kim Kardashian, while adding the “#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd” hashtag.
Kanye has also stepped up and donated a total of $2 million to date to Floyd’s family, and the relatives of fellow slain African-Americans Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, to help with legal fees as they fight for justice for their loved ones.
Following the donations, the Yeezy entrepreneur made a surprise appearance at a Justice for George Floyd rally in Chicago earlier this month, with representatives from Good Kids Mad City, who organized the event, telling USA Today that West called them and said he wanted to join the protest.
(AllHipHop News) Rappers Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj are preparing to hit the studio to work on a joint album.
The stars confirmed the news during the latest episode of Wayne’s Young Money Radio when he invited his protegee on-air as a guest to promote “Trollz,” her new single with fellow MC Tekashi 6ix9ine.
During the chat, Wayne revealed, “We doing our joint album. A lot of the fans been asking about it. When we gon’ do this?”
“You already know, your wish is my command,” Nicki replied.
However, Nicki admitted the thought of going head-to-head with her “No Frauds” and “Only” collaborator on multiple songs was daunting.
“It’s scary. It’s scary to put a verse on something after you put a verse on it,” she confessed. “Last time we worked together was ‘Rockstar (Remix),’ the Post Malone remix, remember we did that? Love that. But it’s like, me really, really having to think so much…
“I gotta go hard. I can’t just, you know, wing it. So that’s the only thing I would be scared of. But I would definitely do it. Whenever you say the word.”
Wayne then promised to send over some potential tracks for Nicki to check out that night.
