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Joe Budden has made claims that Drake and Kendrick Lamar have both gone into the studio and made diss tracks against one another.On the 2023 single ‘First Person Shooter’, fellow rap peer J. Cole called himself, Lamar and Drake “the big three” of modern rap music.

Lil Wayne has said he believes Drake is “hated on” the hip-hop community because he is “light-skinned.”The Louisiana-born rapper appeared on The Richard Sherman Podcast last week. Sherman praised Wayne’s talent-scouting skills, to which the latter credited his mentor and Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman for showing him how to pick great artists.This led the American footballer to ask about Drake – his protégé and one of the first signees on the Young Money/Cash Money label imprint – and why he receives so much criticism in the rap community.“He red,” Wayne replied, “he light-skinned.

Morgan Wallen joins Drake for dinner in Drake’s new video for ‘You Broke My Heart’, off the ‘Scary Hours Edition’ of his 2023 album, ‘For All The Dogs’.The six-minute video begins in a restaurant, where Wallen and Drake share a table over dinner, celebrating Wallen’s breakup with an unnamed girl. “I didn’t like her,” Wallen admits.

In March 2022, Nicki Minaj sat down with Joe Budden for a wide-ranging conversation about Billboard metrics, plastic surgery, trend-chasers and more. A little under an hour into the conversation, the topic shifts to her influence in the world of fashion.

Drake has mentioned numerous musicians and public figures on his new album, ‘For All The Dogs: Scary Hours Edition’ – check out who below.The reissue of Drake’s eighth studio album ‘For All The Dogs’ was released last Friday (November 17) as ‘…Scary Hours Edition’. Colloquially known as ‘Scary Hours 3’, it is the third instalment of Drake’s musical series ‘Scary Hours’.

Drake and Joe Budden‘s ongoing feud has been reimagined as an epic movie trailer.It comes just days after the latter criticised Drizzy’s new album ‘For All The Dogs’, taking issue with the rapper collaborating with 21-year-old Twitch streamer, Kai Cenat.“He rappin’ for the children. Yo dog, I had to look up how old this n***a was when I finished listening to the album,” Budden said.

Azealia Banks is coming very hard for Drake on social media.

There's been an update in the longstanding beef between Drake and Joe Budden. Drake dropped his latest — and possibly last, for a while — album, For All The Dogs, last week (October 6).

Drake has hit back at Joe Budden for criticising his new album ‘For All The Dogs’ in a lengthy Instagram comment.On a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the retired rapper and broadcaster took issue with Drake collaborating with 21-year-old Twitch streamer, Kai Cenat – you can find a video of the moment below.“He rappin’ for the children. Yo dog, I had to look up how old this n***a was when I finished listening to the album,” Budden said. “You are 36 [years old].

Drake is going in on Joe Budden, and he’s not holding back.

Joe Budden has called Logic “weird” for “snitching” on his mother in revealing a story in which she used the N-word.In May, Logic appeared on Andrew Santino’s Whiskey Ginger podcast. He recalled an incident where his white mother was stabbed in retaliation for her use of the derogatory word.“My mom got stabbed,” Logic said. “Yeah, she was in the park, hit the hard ‘R’ on somebody, which she also did to me and my siblings all the time.

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Joe Budden has cleared up the rumours surrounding Jay-Z wanting Budden to pay him $250,000 to feature on a song.The song in question is ‘Pump It Up’, Joe Budden’s most popular track. Since the song’s release in 2004, hip-hop fans have speculated that Jay-Z wanting a large payout is the reason why he failed to feature on the rapper-turned-media-personality’s remix.Whilst on the Drink Champs podcast, the 42-year-old confirmed the cash amount is a rumour, saying that Jay-Z’s demands were “big”: “I didn’t personally ask him.

Diddy has reportedly teased that he wants to purchase BET, after commenting on the network and how he thinks it should be Black-owned.According to Variety, BET Media Group’s parent company, Paramount Global, wants to unload brands such as BET, BET+, BET Studios, and even VH1.A source, who is allegedly someone close to Diddy — real name Sean Combs — said the mogul is “exploring the opportunity to purchase BET as a part of his strategy to build a Black-owned global media powerhouse.”Combs’ recent Instagram post suggested that these claims can be true. He posted a video explaining the power of media and why Black people need a specific network by @earnyourlesuire.A post shared by LOVE (@diddy)“Media is the most powerful industry in the world but it’s the industry where we have the least amount of ownership, influence and control!” he wrote. “It’s time for @BET to be Black-owned again so we have the power to tell our own stories, control our own narrative! This is not about me it’s about WE!!!!”The caption concluded with Combs stating that he’s “building a team of leaders” to “pursue ownership in BET”.

Joe Budden has hit out at J. Cole for “pandering” in his recent musical output.In a new clip posted on his YouTube channel, Budden accused Cole of coming up with a false story about the inspiration of his recent single ‘Procrastination (Broke)’. Back in January, Cole said he had come across producer Bvtman when he searched “J.

Logic has addressed negative comments made by Joe Budden in a new interview with the rapper-turned-podcaster’s former co-hosts Rory and Mal.In a 2019 episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Budden described Logic as “easily one of the worst rappers to ever grace a microphone”. His comments came after he had listened to French Montana‘s ‘Twisted’ single featuring A$AP Rocky, Juicy J and Logic.“I’m going to be honest with you – I don’t know what they tell you at Def Jam, I know you sold a lot of records, I know you sell out a whole bunch of tours and I know just how successful you are,” Budden said, referring to Logic. “I have to be honest, you are horrible, man.”Budden’s co-host’s at the time were Rory Farrell and Jamil Clay (aka Rory and Mal), who now have their own podcast, New Rory & Mal. On the latest episode of the pair’s show, Logic, whose new album ‘Vinyl Days’ was released on Friday (June 17), opened up about Budden’s comments and how they were partly responsible for him deciding to retire from rap in 2020.Recalling the moment he found out Budden had called him the “worst rapper”, Logic said: “I read this and my heart rate explodes.

American rapper Isaiah Rashad has come out as “sexually fluid” in an interview – his first since a sex tape featuring him and two other men was leaked. “I’d say I’m sexually fluid,” Rashad (31) told Joe Budden. “I’m still learning about it myself.

Isaiah Rashad is addressing his sexual identity.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFormer Lady Gaga manager and Spotify exec Troy Carter and fellow Q&A co-founder Suzy Ryoo have announced the Venice Music Collective, an independent membership music community for creators powered by Web3. Launching this month, the collective is a place “where members are given access, opportunities and the ability to achieve greater wealth as an independent,” according to the announcement, which adds that “The goal is to empower and support independent artists and their careers in a more equitable way that currently exists.”Membership provides access to industry contacts: distribution, sync, analytics, financial services, events, workspaces, and more, according to the announcement.

Isaiah Rashad is breaking his silence.

On a Wednesday episode of his podcast, consistently ornery Slaughterhouse rapper turned media personality Joe Budden expressed his distaste for the enormously successful K-pop septet BTS. "You can get mad at me… but I hate them BTS n—as,” he told his co-host, Parks Vallely.

BTS.On the most recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, was released on April 6, the 41-year-old rapper discussed his thoughts about the K-pop boyband with co-hosts Ice, Ish and Parks Vallely, during which he said: “You can get mad at me… but I hate them BTS n***as.”When asked by his co-hosts to elaborate, Budden said: “Do I need a reason? … I hate them n****s. I don’t have to divulge my reason to you, I just hate them n****s.

Fashion flashback. A Yeezy collaboration with Nicki Minaj was once on the table, but it turns out Kanye West turned the 39-year-old singer down because he didn’t think then-wife Kim Kardashian “would love that idea.” 

We’re obviously WAY past Kimye being a thing. But how inneresting, in these days when Kanye West is non-stop begging Kim Kardashian to come back to him, to go back and get a little insight into who they were as a couple.

Nicki Minaj opened up about a lot of things in her new interview with Joe Budden.

Mike Wass Nicki Minaj is reclaiming the narrative. After opening up a dialogue with fans in last night’s Instagram Live, the rapper sat down with Joe Budden for an exhaustive interview. While the 39-year-old steered clear of the hot-button issues that have plagued her of late, she addressed a long list of topics including plastic surgery, upcoming projects, chart manipulation, motherhood, and the state of female rap.The “Do We Have A Problem?” hitmaker was particularly transparent about the latter subject, explaining how she feels about being the blueprint and avoiding trends that many of her contemporaries jump on.

Nicki Minaj has opened up like never before in a candid new interview with Joe Budden.

Joe Budden has hinted that he might return to rap years after announcing his retirement.The news came during a new episode of his podcast in which he asked Benny The Butcher to work with him on a rap song.“Benny, we gon’ rap together one day,” Budden said on a new episode of his show, which you can hear below.“And you not gon’ say that ‘Butcher Coming’ shit when I’m there,” he laughed.

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Joe Budden of sexually harassing her.Dope was a former co-host on the See, The Thing Is podcast, which launched last year and is produced by the independent Joe Budden Network.In a 26-minute video post on Instagram yesterday (May 17), Dope explained that Budden’s alleged behaviour towards her during a recording of one episode of See, The Thing Is in January was the “final straw” that ultimately led to her departure from the show.“I sat with this for three months, anxiously debating with myself

“Pump It Up.” The musician-turned-main mouthpiece of the “Joe Budden Podcast” is at the center of a social media shade storm after alleged audio of him firing former friends and show co-hosts Rory Farrell and Jamil “Mal” Clay leaked online Wednesday. “From this point forward, you are fired and you’re not welcome back,” Budden, 40, allegedly spat at his ex-podcast partners during a since-deleted episode that fans claim aired this week.

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Five months after walking away from his exclusive podcast deal with Spotify, Joe Budden is launching a membership business in partnership with Patreon. The media personality is bringing his Joe Budden Network to the Patreon platform, giving fans of his show the option of becoming members for between $5 and $25 each month.

Joe Budden has ended his deal with Spotify that has seen The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory and Mal hosted exclusively on the streaming platform for the last two years.On the latest episode of the podcast, Budden talked at length about his dissatisfaction with the platform, and said that once the deal expires in September 23 he will no longer be hosting it there.“September 23rd, I cannot tell you where this podcast will be,” Budden said.

One of Spotify’s biggest podcasters says he’s taking his show off the platform. Rapper and broadcaster Joe Budden, whose The Joe Budden Podcast has streamed exclusively on Spotify since 2018, says his contract with the tech company will end in September.