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pic.twitter.com/k7bhpM09Yp— RapTV (@Rap) November 9, 2023Trump has shouted out Pump out before. In 2020, the former POTUS called the rapper on stage at a rally in Michigan but called the Floridian “Lil Pimp” instead of his actual stage name. He also sported a MAGA hat at the event.While on stage, Pump said: “Hello everybody, how are you all feeling? I come here to say, Mr President, I appreciate everything you have done for the country.

Ken Carson has announced new UK, US and European dates for his upcoming ‘Chaos’ world tour.Last October, the hyperrap star released his long-awaited third studio album ‘A Great Chaos’, featuring guest appearances from frequent collaborators Lil Uzi Vert and Destroy Lonely. The album peaked at Number 11 on the Billboard 200 – making it his first US Top 20 album.Now, the Atlanta rapper has announced that he will embark on a 42-stop world tour kicking off this summer.

JT has advised fans to use unofficial versions of her upcoming solo single on TikTok despite Universal Music Group (UMG)‘s banning their music from the platform.In January, Universal announced that it would withdraw its artists’ songs from the platform, citing unfair compensation for the artists and the harmful effects of A.I. Days later, TikTok confirmed that it had also started to remove songs from songwriters signed with Universal Music Publishing Group.Now, City Girls member JT – who is signed to Motown Records, a subsidiary of UMG – is set to release ‘Okay’ tomorrow (April 19).

After a five-movie spate at Universal that resurrected his career, M. Night Shyamalan now has a first-look deal at Warner Bros.

Sexyy Red has aired her frustration on social media after allegedly being denied entry to a school after staff claimed she “smelled like weed” during a visit.Earlier this week (April 3), the ‘SkeeYee’ rapper told her Instagram followers that she was upset with the treatment she faced while trying to enter a school after being invitedShe said via her Instagram story: “So this school got me [to come here]. I came over and got cute to talk to the kids, give them the word of the day, and they pull[ed] me over and told me I smell[ed] like weed.“They tried to pull me off of this school [so,] guess what? I’m coming back around this bitch,” she announced before returning to the school to meet fans in the parking lot.

Playboi Carti has received online backlash after his brief appearance on popular Kick streamer Adin Ross’ live broadcast earlier this week.On Sunday (February 4), Ross announced the ‘Whole Lotta Red’ rapper would be a guest on his livestream after he performed ‘FE!N’ with Travis Scott at the Grammys. The Florida streamer replied to a news post about the event, saying he had paid Carti $50,000 (£39,704) to join him.

Offset has announced his first-ever solo headline North American tour in support of his latest record, ‘Set It Off’.The Migos rapper released his highly-anticipated second album last year, featuring verses from his estranged wife Cardi B as well as Travis Scott, Future, Latto and more. Now, Offset has announced his upcoming tour by posting a video teaser to his Instagram.The video was a doctored scene from the 1996 cult classic film Set It Off, in which Queen Latifah‘s character robs a car.

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Lil Yachty has shared his belief that Twitch streamers are currently making “more money” than “90 per cent of rappers.”Recently, the Atlanta rapper appeared as a guest on the streetwear store CoolKicks’ ‘Shopping For Sneakers’ web series. At the end of the vlog, he and the host discussed famous Twitch streamers Kai Cenat and Adin Ross – who are both friends of Yachty’s.“Shouts out the whole AMP [Cenat’s creator group], shouts out fuckin’ Adin Ross,” he said. “The young guys, the young bros, they goin’ crazy.

Bad Bunny has announced a new album called ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana’ coming out this week.The Puerto Rican star’s new album, which translates to ‘Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow’, is out this Friday, October 13, and will follow-up last year’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’.

Offset has unveiled his plans to drop his second solo album in October, hoping to show “way more personality” than before.The Migos rapper has been teasing the follow-up to his 2019 debut album ‘Father Of 4’ for some time.Last November, he was supposed to drop the album; however, out of respect for his late friend and bandmate Takeoff’s death, he pushed it back and fans have been wondering when it will be out since. Chatting to Ebro Darden for Apple Music 1, Offset told the radio personality that the album is “coming in October but right now we just applying pressure”.“Creatively, content-wise, I’m going to just keep my rollout going,” he continued.

Offset has reportedly dropped his lawsuit against his former record label Quality Control Music after reaching a settlement.Offset signed a production agreement with the Atlanta-based record label for his work in Migos and as a solo artist in 2013. In February 2017, the rap trio signed with Motown and Capitol Records due to QC entering a joint venture with the former.

GloRilla has spoken about her upcoming debut album, the female rap renaissance and more in a recent interview.This month marks 50 years of hip-hop. Honouring the women who have shaped the genre over the years, the American news show Good Morning America spoke to the Memphis-born rapper.When asked about what it is like being a part of a huge cohort of successful women rapping, GloRilla told the programme, “I came in at an important time when women had to come in and started dominating.

Sexyy Red has spoken to NME about motherhood, working with legendary trap producer Tay Keith and why she started rapping.The St. Louis rapper’s salacious lyrics have seen her go viral on several occasions – with the Tay Keith-produced trap hit ‘Pound Town’ recently giving her much notoriety. The song gained popularity after the comical and vulgar opening lines of the track (I’m out of town, thuggin’ wid my rounds / my pussy pink, my bootyhole brown”) were spread across TikTok.

Offset brought out his wife and frequent collaborator Cardi B to perform some of their hits for the Rolling Loud Miami crowd this weekend. Check out footage below.The couple have been together since February 2017 and secretly got married in September of the same year.

Offset has told fans that paying tribute to his late friend Takeoff at this year’s BET Awards “cleared his soul.”On June 25, he and fellow Migos bandmate Quavo performed the breakthrough hit ‘Bad and Boujee’ at the 2023 BET Awards. Before that, they honoured their late third member by shining a spotlight in between them and making space for Takeoff while his popular ‘HOTEL LOBBY’ verse played.Reflecting on their performance during a recent Instagram Live, Offset said, “I love all my fans. I love y’all.

Rolling Loud have spoken to NME about how it became the world’s largest hip-hop festival ahead of the second-ever edition taking place in Portugal this weekend.Established in Florida eight years ago, the festival was created by hip-hop event promoters Matt Zinger and Tariq Chief. In 2010, Zingler and Cherif started to organise monthly parties in Miami headlined by some of today’s most successful rappers – such as Rick Ross, Travis $cott and Kendrick Lamar.Rolling Loud was first held in a Florida warehouse and had six headliners; Schoolboy Q, Curren$y, A$AP Ferg, Action Bronson, Juicy J, and $cott.

XXXTentacion‘s estate have officially released ‘I’m Not Human’, featuring Lil Uzi Vert, in honour of the late rapper’s fifth anniversary.The track was first teased back in January on the birthday of XXXTentacion – real name Jahseh Onfroy – and leaked afterwards.Now on Sunday (June 18), five years after the influential yet controversial rapper’s death, his estate officially dropped the acoustic ballad ‘I’m Not Human’.The track sees Onfroy and Uzi Vert croon over A sombre and minimal guitar instrumental, opening with a reference to Slipknot’s 2008 track ‘Snuff’ from ‘All Hope Is Gone’: “Bury all your secrets in my skin / Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins.”In an accompanying statement, X’s longtime collaborator John Cunningham recounted the time he and Onfroy made the track whilst he lived with him in Florida in 2018.“The day he first sang ‘I’m Not Human’ as I was playing that guitar part, we both looked at each other and cracked a smile, knowing it was special,” he said. “We listened back to the voice memo he recorded and talked about finishing it, but the few times that we tried recording vocals in the studio the feeling was never the same.

Don Toliver has announced dates for the UK and European leg of his ‘Love Sick’ world tour, including a gig at Wembley Arena. Check out dates and ticket details below.The tour was announced in celebration of his popular third album, ‘Love Sick’, released earlier this year.

Gunna has released new single ‘Bread & Butter’ – addressing his recent RICO trial and allegations of “snitching”.In May last year, Gunna was arrested and charged – alongside Young Thug and 25 others – with allegedly violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. and more.

Offset has revealed that talking about the late Takeoff has been “hard” for him, since his death last year.Last year, Takeoff died November 1 after being fatally shot in Houston, aged 28. Offset was originally meant to release his sophomore album on November 11, but he pushed back its release when the news broke.Now in a new interview with Variety, Offset has spoken ahead of his highly-anticipated follow-up to his debut solo album, ‘Father Of 4’. The 31-year-old previewed an unreleased collaboration between him and Takeoff and told the publication that the pair recorded the track last summer.

Nicki Minaj has co-signed Sexxy Red and featured on a remix of her viral hit, ‘Pound Town’. Check it out below.The track is one of many remixes the ‘Queen’ rapper has hopped on this year.

Calvin Harris honoured the late rapper Takeoff from the trap trio Migos during his DJ set at Coachella this weekend.In 2017, he worked with Migos to create the multi-platinum-selling ‘Slide’. Whilst reviewing Harris’ ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol.

Gucci Mane has teased the return of his old rap style from 2006 in a nostalgic Instagram post.The post promoted an upcoming song, saying “06 Gucci back who ready?”Mane recreated the album artwork of his 2005 debut studio album ‘Trap House’ before two five-second-long snippets of the song that will be reminiscent of his old sound.The snippets suggested the trap pioneer still feels like he’s in his prime: “I feel like it’s me in ‘07, ‘08, and even ‘09.”A post shared by Gucci Mane (@laflare1017)The other snippet referred to Gucci Mane boasting about being “hard to kill”, suggestively alluding to his claim of killing Pookie Loc in self-defence in 2005. He rapped: “Still hard to kill/ The last n***a tried/ Go ask him, he didn’t survive.”The untitled track would be Gucci Mane’s second single of the year after the Kodak Black-assisted ‘King Snipe’.Gucci Mane has recently been occupied with running his label, 1017 Records, and building up its roster. The label last year recently released Mane’s ‘SoIcyBoyz’ album series, with its sixth and final instalment being 80 tracks long.

Rick Ross has released a new documentary chronicling the making of his sold-out Redbull Symphonic gig in Atlanta last November.At the prestigious Atlanta Symphony Hall, the Floridian rap legend collaborated with the all-Black symphony Orchestra Noir and its founder, maestro and musical director Jason Ikeem Rodgers, for a one-off night where hip-hop and classical music collided.The documentary features never-before-seen rehearsal footage and exclusive interviews with Rodgers, Orchestra Noir members, and Ross himself, detailing the creation of the event.The special event was the US debut of Red Bull Symphonic and aimed to “pays homage to the heritage of hip-hop and the excellence of Black musicianship in the city of Atlanta”.Rodgers, who is also the musical director for Red Bull Symphonic, hoped “the story of the South” with its “culture-heavy” set that reworked Ross’ cult hits ‘I’m a Boss’, ‘Hustlin” and ‘Tears Of Joy’.In the documentary, Ross commented on what he wanted the impact of the event to have on its audience as well as hip-hop culture.“I really want [the audience] to take away the appreciation for the orchestra, Orchestra Noir,” said Ross. “This isn’t something that happens a lot.

Lil Keed has been announced, launched with the new single ‘Self Employed’.The new album, ‘Keed Talk To ‘Em 2’, will be the first posthumous LP released by the star’s camp and the sequel to his breakthrough 2018 mixtape ‘Keed Talk To ‘Em’.The album will be the follow-up to the 2020 album ‘Trapped On Cleveland 3’, which was the last that Keed released during his life. ‘Self Employed’ is the second posthumous release of Lil Keed’s since the album’s lead single ‘Long Way To Go’.Last year, Lil Keed died on May 13 at just 24 years old from eosinophilia, according to the Los Angeles coroner’s report. Fellow peers – including Drake, Quavo and Lil Yachty – all paid tribute to the budding trap star.Before his death, Keed was signed to Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life Records. The two had met when Keed freestyled for Thug in an impromptu street freestyle.Keed’s death came months after his mentor and some of his fellow labelmates – including Gunna – were indicted on racketeering charges.

“We know some good pussy make a n**** say (Oh uh uh oh / Uh uh oh / Uh uh oh / Ah ah)”), ‘Make Em Say’ is only a good trap-twerk song, but could have been so much more.The second half of ‘Top Shotta’, though, is outstanding, demonstrating 17-year-old Choppa’s miraculous maturity.

Drake’s no stranger to suggestions that he’s drawn inspiration from the work of up-and-coming artists, and this time it’s that of high-pitched melodic rapper TiaCorine. Known for her viral SoundCloud hit ‘Lotto’, the North Carolina native has claimed that Drake emulated her April single ‘Stylist’ on his new DJ Khaled collaboration ‘Popstar’.