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Pusha T Returns With New Single ‘Diet Coke’

Chad Mauli Feb 8, 2022

Pusha season is here. After much anticipation, Pusha T returns with his new single “Diet Coke.” The heavy-hitting track finds the rap kingpin slinging more dope rhymes over a knocking piano-driven beat, produced by Ye and 88-Keys. The track opens with Fat Joe’s tagline “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price” before Pusha goes to war. “Missy was our only misdemeanor / My tunnel vision’s better under stove lights / You ordered Diet Coke, that’s a joke, right?” he raps before declaring, “Far as I’m concerned, who’s the best? Me and…

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YG Announces New Album ‘Pray For Me’

Chad Mauli Feb 8, 2022

YG’s krazy life continues. The Compton rapper has announced his first album in nearly two years, Pray for Me. Speaking with Power 106’s “Power Mornings,” he opened up about the follow-up to 2019’s 4Real 4Real, which will showcase his evolution. “It’s just the growth of me, my headspace, what I’m on in life,” said YG. “And I think the whole COVID pandemic shit, I hated it, but I also look at it as like this shit kinda helped me get to where I’m at mentally.” https://youtu.be/xHx5qWvFwKM He plans to share…

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Julia Fox Addresses Drake Dating Rumors

Chad Mauli Feb 6, 2022

Julia Fox is going on the record about her rumored relationship with Drake. On the latest episode of her “Forbidden Fruits” podcast, Kanye West’s new girlfriend admitted that she and the Toronto rapper spent time “hanging out,” but things didn’t go much further. “He’s a great guy and a gentleman… and that was it. Nothing really happened, we were just, like, friends hanging out,” Fox said, according to Page Six. “I wouldn’t say that we were dating.” Fox claims that she told Ye about her brief relationship with his former…

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Big Sean Announces New TWENTY88 Album

Chad Mauli Feb 6, 2022

The rumors are true. Big Sean has confirmed that he and Jhené Aiko are working on another TWENTY88 album. While speaking with Queen Naija on Instagram Live, the Detroit rapper shared the exciting news. “I’m working on a new album and new TWENTY88, me and Jhené,” he said when asked about his latest projects. “We’ve been working on it for a little bit. It’s coming along though.” https://twitter.com/itsrikip/status/1489475122868424705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1489475122868424705%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rap-up.com%2F2022%2F02%2F05%2Fbig-sean-jhene-aiko-new-twenty88-album%2F There were reports that the two were recording a sequel to their joint album after Sean shared footage of him and his…

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Nicki Minaj Returns With ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ Featuring Lil Baby

Chad Mauli Feb 5, 2022

All hail the Queen. Nicki Minaj makes her long-awaited return with “Do We Have a Problem?,” the first release from her upcoming fifth studio album. The menacing track, produced by Tate Kobang and Papiyerr, finds Barbie and Baby at their best. Speaking on IG Live, Nicki praised her Atlanta collaborator. “He pleasantly surprises me all the time,” she said. “This particular record was just another moment when you could just tell the difference when somebody know they’re here for a long time. The way he pushed his pen, I loved…

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YG, J. Cole, And Moneybagg Yo Team Up On ‘Scared Money’

Chad Mauli Feb 5, 2022

Bompton is back. YG connects with J. Cole and Moneybagg Yo on his new single “Scared Money.” Over a rattling beat, the Compton rapper balls on the competition before Cole lets loose on his verse. “I was thinking about walking up a stack of crates / But I was busy stacking cake,” raps the Dreamville MC before adding, “Cole think he Drizzy Drake, he got his own plane.” https://youtu.be/ZGJxTuYJP8o He also boasts about owning “three cribs in the same neighborhood” before taking some shots: “These ni**as pray to God to…

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Nicki Minaj Reveals Why She Turned Down Feature On Gunna’s ‘P Power’

Chad Mauli Feb 2, 2022

Nicki Minaj was almost featured on “P Power.” The rapper reveals that she was originally asked to collaborate on Gunna’s hit single. During an interview with “The Dana Cortez Show,” Nicki said that Gunna came to her studio months ago and asked her to feature on the DS4EVER standout. “He asked me to get on his song ‘Pussy Power,'” she said. “I heard the beat and said, ‘Oh my God, this beat is out of here.’ No lie, I sat with the song for months and months and couldn’t bring…

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Meek Mill Says Atlantic Records ‘Raped’ Him Of Roddy Ricch

Chad Mauli Feb 2, 2022

Hours after NBA YoungBoy called out his label for “blackballing” him, Meek Mill is doing the same. In a series of tweets, the Dream Chasers rapper put Atlantic Records on blast, claiming that the label stopped Roddy Ricch from signing with him while Meek was still in jail. “So look I made Atlantic records 100’s of millions and let them rape me out out Roddy a artist they came to me about in jail,” he tweeted. https://twitter.com/MeekMill/status/1488612546986876940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1488612546986876940%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rap-up.com%2F2022%2F02%2F01%2Fmeek-mill-calls-out-atlantic-records-roddy-ricch-deal%2F According to Meek, Atlantic won’t let him release new music for nine months…