Jack Harlow‘s forthcoming Hollywood debut in the White Men Can’t Jump reboot is an exciting time for him. The 25-year-old recently stated that he enjoys the freedom of acting compared to the “constraints” of Hip-Hop. “I tell the truth on the mic, but maybe sometimes I feel some slight constraints in Hip Hop because there’s a tradition to it, and I know I’m a guest in the genre,” the Louisville, Ky.

“I don’t think I always get the respect that I deserve,” says a matter-of-fact Jadakiss, who, of all things, is getting a haircut during a spirited interview. “This is the first time someone has ever done a tribute on me.”  Indeed, Jason Phillips has had a long career of playing the role of your favorite MC’s MC. And yet as a founding member of the 1990’s Yonkers, New York rhyme trio The Lox, Jadakiss has experienced the kind of longstanding career that most artists would gladly exchange their souls on Robert Johnson’s crossroads for.

It wouldn’t be politics if it didn’t try to capitalize on a trendy pop culture moment, now, would it? President Joe Biden‘s campaign team did exactly that fortheir new promotional material as they drew from the Kendrick Lamar–Drake feud. On Monday (May 6), the Biden-Harris HQ Instagram page uploaded the new video. “Speaking of diss tracks,” the caption read, with an accompanying slideshow of photos.  The first photo shows Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris cheesing together as Kendrick raps, “It’s aways been about love and hate, now let me say I’m the biggest hater.

A couple of days later, Wayne summoned her to his house for dinner. They sat at an enormous table in an enormous room and made small talk while Nicki picked at her food. She was careful not to be too peppy, she says. “I thought if at the end of the night he doesn’t like any of my verses, I’m going to be very, very pissed off.” Once their plates had been cleared, Nicki stood up and delivered her first verse.

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is the latest Hip-Hop Head to take issue with J. Cole apologizing to Kendrick Lamar after responding to the Compton MC’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’ hit, “Like That.” During a sit-down on The Download podcast — where he also previewed his verse on the “Like That” remix and jokingly shared his interest in sleeping with Michelle Obama — Ye shared his thoughts on J. Cole dropping “7 Minute Drill” only to apologize days later, deeming it a “pu**y” move.