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Rihanna is the latest artist to be interviewed for Interview magazine, which has been conducted by none other than Mel Ottenberg.

Mel is Rihanna’s longtime stylist and is the editor-in-chief of Interview magazine so it made perfect sense for this sit down. In the chat, the superstar singer discusses her life, wanting to get breast lift done, how she started dating ASAP Rocky, wanting to have more kids with him, plans for new music, what she likes best about NY and LA, and more.

“We’ve known each other for a long time. I’ve seen him in relationships. He’s seen me in relationships. We’ve seen each other outside of relationships. We knew what we’re capable of, and the trouble that we could bring to each other’s lives,” Rihanna said about how it started with Rocky. “We can make or break each other’s hearts. And so, we started dating with a lot of caution.”

“COVID sped up our relationship, which I felt like god knew we needed because we were going to start a family. And had it not been for COVID, we would’ve taken a lot more time to get comfortable with each other, to even know that we were ready,” she continued.

“I let god lead and just let go. Because in previous relationships, I tried and tried and tried my best, and you still feel like it’s not enough. So when someone sees you completely, and believes in you, and thinks you’re worthy of being the mother of their kids, it’s a great feeling. I felt the same about him. I knew he would be a great dad.”

When asked if she’d like to have more kids, she replied, “I don’t know what god wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl. But of course if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”

RiRi said she may go for a breast lift but nothing else under the knife. “No. I’m also scared of the knife. So if I had to pick one thing, I’m going to pick my boobs.”

Regarding new music, Rihanna said she has visual ideas but not enough songs. “I have a lot of visual ideas. It’s weird. My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals, and I don’t have the songs for them yet, but maybe that’s the key, this time. Maybe the visual ideas are leading me to the songs that I need to make.”

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are the proud parents of two boys: RZA and Riot Rose.

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In what seems to be light work for Kendrick Lamar, his latest song ‘Like That’ has overtaken and surpassed previous hits from his discography on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The scathing track, crafted in collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin, is now the longest running number 1 hit for Kendrick, comfortably peaking on top for two weeks and counting. Kendrick’s previous personal record was solidified with tracks like ‘HUMBLE’ and ‘Bad Blood’, both of which spent a week each at the coveted summit.

With this monumental feat, Kendrick now has a total of 3 songs that have made it to the #1 position on the charts. Notably, 72 of the tracks in his discography have made it to the Hot 100, out of which 13 songs have made the top 10 cut. In contrast, his contemporary J. Cole (one of two artists the track was intended towards) has had a total of 74 songs in the Hot 100 – with 12 songs making it to the top 10, and only 1 at the top. It would also be remiss not to include rapper and singer Drake in this conversation, who has had an impressive 77 songs in the Top 10 alone, with a whopping total of 329 songs making it to the Hot 100 and 13 making it to the number one position.

What remains yet to be seen is how the chart positions fluctuate with fans of the ‘Big 3’ anticipating follow up releases from the three in the midst of ongoing controversy between these top tier artists. With J. Cole issuing a formal apology to Kendrick for his response to the hit ‘Like That’, a Cole release in the ongoing lore is unlikely, whereas Drake’s response is awaited with baited breath in light of his insinuations on social media and otherwise.

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Meek Mill is not happy that Wale was hanging out with his opp, Dean.

On Monday morning, Meek took to Twitter to call Wale out over taking a picture with his old friend, Dean. “Wale never liked me … now ima treat him like the streeets everytime I see him … I gave him 1000 chances these guys be thinking they linking with the enemy clown ass nigga I wish I woulda knew the other day I woulda stretched you!” he wrote along with a screenshot of Wale and Dean at a strip club.

Dean is a former Dream Chasers affiliate and an old friend of Meek’s. He even accused Meek at one point of physically abusing Nicki Minaj during their time together as a couple.

“I feel an away I woulda just made wale dip my son was there he was tryna take pics with Rubin like a Groupie lol now he sitting around bum opps in Philly … how did these guys get this secretly jealous of me lol they went broke!,” Meek added to the above tweet which seems to have been taken down.

“I never believed this clown but now it add up lol so ima move like that these n#%gas scared of me … and I’m
Neutral cause I’m blessed but now they making me mad … niggas acting cool with my kids with OPPs same day…. It’s slime time fellas let’s goo!”

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Meek added: “Ima reply to them because in the future it will alll come together a lot of people in our culture play very pivotal jealous rolls… that’s how pac big got killed playing around jealous bums im tryna crush the opposites! Nothing less war for anything against me! They tryna destroy what I built for my family yes im wilding about it! Fuck uou niggas!

“Niggas only get killed having secret jealous niggas around… the moment nip went up with jayz puma Khaled … niggas tried to get the streets to turn on him because he was going up… nip loving his community still was there not in war mind frame that he knows too! Yall niggas know how pac got killed him and biggie ain’t even have no real beef it was the low life’s on the side … wale scared of Deen he probably ain’t wanna take this pic lol and Chris you running wit Deen yall niggas real goofie I know you dead cracked”

‘A lot of people get mad when you speak up how you want … because they never can speak up they only do what they can and gotta play a roll to even get around this shit! All this shit came around me it’s different and I’m not chasing none of that other shit nomore!

When a user said to Meek “you are at war with yourself Meek,” he responded: “Nah I just wanna fight when it’s a bunch of men around me plotting on the demise of me and my family! I’m a regular person not in a gang or anything … it’s a lot of shaking hands smiling around my kids then being around people that wanna see me die off!”

“This shit ruining the black culture they can’t mentally understand it it’s like how they control the lab mice brains by reactions … I hope we catch it soon… I lost a few family members looking at this phone too much. The females been being more solid then the males nowadays why is it men doing tell allls and pic link ups … if yall don’t like me that much go at me!”

“I was raised in jail and in kiladelphia how did yall forget so fast …. Yall not listening to my raps I been this way! I never been normal tf I have boundaries like every other American but shit not sweet out here why yall acting like it!

Wale responds:

Wale tweeted his reply to Meek in a mature manner, saying “When u get in other people unserious drama in this industry 90pct of the time they be back friends… eventually ..and then u look silly… in the end… so I love minding my business. If a photo can create such vitriol , one has to ask himself some questions. Happy Monday”

When u get in other people unserious drama in this industry 90pct of the time they be back friends… eventually ..and then u look silly… in the end… so I love minding my business. If a photo can create such vitriol , one has to ask himself some questions. Happy Monday

— Wale (@Wale) April 8, 2024

Meek had more responses for Wale: “I ignored this because if this was true you would be in danger … but now I see you around guys that’s on full meek campaigns I get you..I wouldn’t of dat you and made you uncomfortable around my family the other day! That’s why you tried to post Mike but hate me lol”

https://t.co/lmnfDJ0Ig0 I ignored this because if this was true you would be in danger … but now I see you around guys that’s on full meek campaigns I get you..I wouldn’t of dat you and made you uncomfortable around my family the other day! That’s why you tried to post Mike but… https://t.co/8UelusekMx

— MeekMill (@MeekMill) April 8, 2024

“I’m on to you when I seen you fashion week you was drunk speaking on rappers with 200 models in the room… your energy was off… let me know so we can solve this immediately if you feel a way about something!”

“If I call Glizzy and he say yeah that’s a different level of danger I have to access with you … I just didn’t ask because I’m more developed and I know you a hoe! But believe I find out any of this true I’m on you! This why the rap game screwed along of niggas be having these secretly jealous vibes you can’t do songs or tours with them lol he’s always been jealous of me but tryna link with meek haters intentionally ..wale killed all his relationships dont come around again with bad energy!”

With all this advice I hope yall have yall lives in order!

— MeekMill (@MeekMill) April 8, 2024

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Missy Elliott has announced her debut headline tour titled OUT OF THIS WORLD — The Missy Elliott Experience.

The pioneer artist is finally ready to travel as a headline performer in arenas across North America this summer with Busta Rhymes, Multi-Platinum selling singer-songwriter Ciara and mega producer (plus regular collaborator) Timbaland.

The tour is produced by Live Nation in association with Mona Scott-Young, Elliott’s longtime manager and CEO of Monami Entertainment. It will kick off July 4 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, making stops across North America in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Tampa, Houston, Seattle and more, before wrapping up in Rosemont at Allstate Arena on August 22.

“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts.’ Being the FIRST female Hip Hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and now going out on my FIRST headline tour,” shares Elliott. “Fans have been asking me to tour forever but I wanted to wait until I felt the time was right because I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family! So get ready to be taken OUT OF THIS WORLD with me, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland! We can’t wait to share this experience with the fans!”

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Watch a promo video directed by Dave Meyers above. Tickets will be available starting with Verizon presale beginning tomorrow, April 9. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m. local time at Missy-Elliott.com.

OUT OF THIS WORLD — THE MISSY ELLIOTT EXPERIENCE TOUR 2024 DATES:

Thursday, July 4 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena

Saturday, July 6 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena

Tuesday, July 9 — Oakland, CA — Oakland Arena

Thursday, July 11 — Los Angeles, CA — Crypto.com Arena

Saturday, July 13 — Las Vegas, NV — T-Mobile Arena

Tuesday, July 16 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena

Thursday, July 18 — Austin, TX — Moody Center

Saturday, July 20 — Houston, TX — Toyota Center

Sunday, July 21 — Fort Worth, TX — Dickies Arena

Wednesday, July 24 — Tampa, FL — Amalie Arena

Thursday, July 25 — Sunrise, FL — Amerant Bank Arena

Saturday, July 27 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena

Thursday, August 1 — Baltimore, MD — CFG Bank Arena

Friday, August 2 — Hampton, VA — Hampton Coliseum

Saturday, August 3 — Belmont Park, NY — UBS Arena

Monday, August 5 — Philadelphia, PA — Wells Fargo Center

Thursday, August 8 — Washington, DC — Capital One Arena

Friday, August 9 — Newark, NJ — Prudential Center

Saturday, August 10 — Boston, MA — TD Garden

Monday, August 12 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

Thursday, August 15 — Detroit, MI — Little Caesars Arena

Saturday, August 17 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre

Monday, August 19 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena

Thursday, August 22 — Rosemont, IL — Allstate Arena

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J. Cole is having a change of heart.

The rapper headlined the Dreamville fest in Raleigh, NC tonight (Sunday) where he performed all of the biggest songs in his career. But right at the end, he did something unexpected. Cole paused the show and said that he doesn’t feel right about taking shots at Kendrick Lamar on the song ‘7 Minute Drill‘.

He added that the track, which serves as the outro to his latest album Might Delete Later, doesn’t sit right with his spirit when he listens to the song back and calls Kendrick one of the greatest artists to touch the mic.

Taking a step further, the star emcee says he plans to take the particular track down from streaming services. Watch the clip below.

 

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J. Cole surprised music fans when he dropped his new album Might Delete Later this past Friday out of nowhere.

The 12 song album has Limited features from Cam’ron, Ari Lennox, Bas and Ab-Soul. Of course, the song which is being talked about the most is ‘7 Minute Drill‘ where the rapper seems to have taken shorts at Kendrick Lamar. Among other things, he calls his second album To Pimp A Butterfly boring and said he is not consistent enough to go against him.

The album is also start of a new chapter business wise for Cole as he now seems to have a fresh license deal directly with Interscope Records. Today, we have the first week projections for the album. HHD reports that Cole’s latest effort will move 140-160k copies in the first week which will make it the highest debut on the chart next week.

In case you missed, check out the full production credits for the project here.

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In what has been a rather exciting day for fans of hip hop (courtesy of J. Cole’s surprise drop), Pharrell Williams has quietly released his surprise album VIRGINIA: Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1. Boasting lush guitar arrangements and intricate stacks of vocal harmonies, the 10-track mystery album is available for free download here.

While Pharrell himself has not announced or commented on the release of this project, the album is subtitled The City of Limitless Access and seems to be Pharrell’s spin on the yacht rock genre from the early 70s which was a hallmark of luxury, affluence and sophistication. This is perfectly in line with Pharrell’s status as a high fashion icon and founder of Billionaire Boys Club, and of course, his current role as the creative director of Louis Vuitton.

What is also interesting is the nature of this drop, which so far is not available for streaming on regular platforms. This move comes at an interesting juncture in time, with conversations around streaming pay-outs and alternative models in the music marketplace gaining momentum. From James Blake’s exclusive subscriber based releases to La Russel’s partnership with Even.biz to sell music directly to fans, the industry is visibly reiterating artist-consumer relationships. In this light, Pharrell’s latest drop, too, is likely focused on furthering direct access to fans with a free treat and a subscription form underneath.

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J. Cole surprised everyone by releasing his new album Might Delete Later tonight (April 5) which features 12 songs in total.

The album has guest appearances from Gucci Mane, Ari Lennox, Bas, Ab-Soul, Central Cee, Young Dro and more. Of course, the last song on the album ‘7 Minute Drill‘ is the talking point on social media right now as Cole takes shorts at Kendrick Lamar on the same.

P.S. listen in order please , we work hard to sequence these projects .

Much Love

— Ibrahim H. (@KingOfQueenz) April 5, 2024

As far as production on the project goes, the rapper took help from some of his regular collaborators like T-Minus and AzizTheShake. You can find the full production credits for Might Delete Later below.

Might Delete Later Production Credits

1. Pricey (Ft. Gucci Mane, Ari Lennox & Young Dro)
Produced by J. Cole, DZL, WU10, Daoud & T-Minus

2. Crocodile Tearz
Produced by T-Minus

3. Ready ’24 (Ft. Cam’ron)
Produced by T-Minus, DZL, AzizTheShake & WU10

4. Huntin’ Wabbitz
Produced by T-Minus, Charlie Heat & Ibrahim Hamad

5. H.Y.B. (Ft. Bas & Central Cee)
Produced by DZL, FNZ & AzizTheShake

6. Fever
Produced by ATL Jacob & Kuji

7. Stickz N Stonez
Produced by The Alchemist & Billa Joints

8. Pi (Ft. Ab-Soul & Daylyt)
Produced by Daylyt

9. Stealth Mode (Ft. Bas)
Produced by DZL, AzizTheShake & Daoud

10. 3001
Produced by Mike WiLL Made-It, T-Minus & Pluss

11. Trae The Truth in Ibiza
Produced by DZL & Daoud

12. 7 Minute Drill
Produced by T-Minus & Conductor Williams

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J. Cole has responded to Kendrick Lamar with some jabs on the song ‘7 Minute Drill’ which appears as the outro on his surprise new album Might Delete Later.

As we know, Kendrick came out of nowhere and threw shots at Drake on ‘Like That‘ from Metro Boomin & Future’s album. Cole also caught some strays as Kendrick said there’s no big 3, he’s the biggest one out of them all.

Now Cole has responded to Kendrick by calling his second album To Pimp A Butterfly boring and his last album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers “tragic.”

“He still doin’ shows, but fell off like the Simpsons
Yo first shit was classic, yo last shit was tragic
Yo second shit put ni**as to sleep but they gassed it
Yo third shit was massive and that was yo prime
I was trailin’ right behind and I just now hit mine
Now I’m front of the line with a comfortable lead
How ironic, now that I got it he want somethin’ with me”

Before the above lines, he also raps, “he averaging 1 hard verse like every 30 months or something/If he wasn’t dissing, we wouldn’t be discussing him.”

Listen to it below.

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