This week in Hip Hop, XXXTENTACION was released from jail and voiced his frustrations over Drake allegedly copying his cadence during his first interview after getting out. Also, Chris Brown’s Party Tour kicks off sans 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar musical release rumors swirl as April 7 inches closer.
XXXTENTACION Free On Probation & Immediately Rekindles One-Sided Beef With Drake
Budding Florida rap star XXXTENTACION was released from jail this week and on Wednesday (March 29) he wasted no time connecting with his fans via Periscope upon acquiring his freedom three days prior.
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He also gave his first radio interview to Miami’s 103.5 The Beat where he talked about his time behind bars and his issue with Drake, who he says lifted his “Look At Me!” flow for the More Life song “KMT.”
Then, to add fuel to the fire, the 19-year-old internet sensation said he thinks Drizzy’s mom is “kinda cute” while rumors (which were not true) circulated that he signed to Atlantic.
He even uploaded a photoshopped family photo of himself and Drake’s mom holding a baby Aubrey in their lap and made it his Twitter profile pic.
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Chris Brown Hits The Road (Without 50 Cent)
Chris Brown announced his Party Tour in February naming 50 Cent, Fabolous, O.T. Genasis and Kap G as featured guests on the 33-city tour.
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The trek kicked off Friday (March 31) evening in Baltimore but it will be without 50 Cent. It was reported that 50 was off because the tour deal wasn’t right financially, saying that Brown couldn’t afford him.
Fiddy took to Instagram to clear up the speculation.
“I would never say my friends can’t afford me,” he captioned on an Instagram screenshot of the TMZ report. “This run wasn’t handled correctly, I’m still on set filming Den of Thieves.”
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As for how last night’s Party Tour show went, it appears some fans had a hard time enjoying Breezy’s dance moves because the stage setting was too high.
Overall, Fans Had a LIT Night at @chrisbrown's #PARTYTOUR but many not happy w/ floor seat view.
(@Zabinasrey @TRawTkThatShh @NoMoreWarTy) pic.twitter.com/Ha5TrKDGHC
— UTOR ? (@UtorOfficial) April 1, 2017
However, most seemed to love the show Chris and his featured guests put on.
?? #PARTYTOURpic.twitter.com/bV4Uim9eGW
— e♛ (@enyaa_w) April 1, 2017
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New Kendrick = New Rumors
Kendrick Lamar promised that all these rap cats have until April 7 to get their shit together and as the date comes closer, rumors surrounding the impending release of his fourth studio album follow.
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First, fans were blessed with an incredible visual for his latest single “Humble.” directed by veteran Dave Meyers.
Last Saturday (March 25), an unproven tracklist surfaced and revealed features from André 3000 and Kanye West, among others. “Humble.” however, was missing.
With the release of “The Heart Part 4,” rumors also sparked up that some of the lyrics from the surprise release were aimed at Drake and Big Sean.
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“Humble.” further spearheaded those rumors, with the main target being Big Sean.
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DXclusives: The Breakdown, Bizzy Bone & Devin the Dude
Justin Hunte took on rumors that Kendrick Lamar’s words in “The Heart Part 4” were penned especially for Drake and Big Sean. Kendrick and Drizzy have been in a silent lyrical war for some time now and now there seems to be some type of issue with Sean Don.
Elsewhere, in an exclusive interview with DX, Bizzy Bone dismissed rumors that rest of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony members aren’t doing well after it was announced that he and Krayzie Bone are making music as Bone Thugs.
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“They eatin’, they got some money, they rent paid, and they doing good,” Bizzy said. “After you’ve been in the business for 20 years, sometimes certain artists fall off and can’t feed themselves.”
Houston rap legend Devin the Dude also revealed how Scarface encouraged him to pursue a solo rap career outside of Odd Squad.
“Scarface said, ‘You really should go solo man ‘cuz I think people want to hear you,’” he shared. “Even Little J from Rap-A-Lot asked about it too. I went to the Odd Squad and asked my group members what they thought. They were real cool and down with it. I was really thankful for that. Ultimately my solo album started sounding like it would with the group because they were always involved with it anyway.”
