The reported tension between J. Cole and Smokepurpp seems to be heating up. It was originally suspected that Cole dissed Smokepurpp and Lil Pump on his recent single “1985” off of his album, KOD. The rapper may have snuck in a few subliminal messages on the track, but now Smokepurp is returning the favor. The rookie recently led a chant aimed at Cole at Purpp’s concert in Atlanta’s Buckhead Theatre last Friday (Apr.
Method Man feels that Summer Jam may be for the kids now due to a “generational gap,” and Soulja Boy wholly understands the icon’s sentiment. TMZ caught up with Soulja on Tuesday (June 4), where the outlet asked him about the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s comments and asked how he felt about his stance. While Soulja kept an open mind, he insisted that Meth didn’t really feel that way about Summer Jam and that he was in his feelings after experiencing a lackluster crowd.
T.I.‘s son, King Harris, has shared that rapper Waka Flocka Flame has “hurt” his feelings by not responding to a text inviting him to his 19th birthday bash. On Tuesday (Aug. 8), Harris took to his Instagram Story with a video to express his feelings. “It’s one ni**a that I’m hurt about, mane,” he began. “Sh*t done hurt me mane but it’s iight — ’cause I know how sh*t be. Waka Flocka.
Over the weekend, Rick Ross announced via Twitter that he officially joined the Warner Bros. Records family. Signing his company, Maybach Music Group, to a label deal, Ross has secured new distribution for himself and artists Wale, Meek Mill, Torch, Gunplay, Masspike Miles and others. Home to acts such as Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Jason Derulo, and Curren$y, Warner Bros. was rumored to be in an intense bidding war with Bad Boy/Interscope and Cash Money/Universal.
Clive Davis recently shared insight into his relationship with the late Whitney Houston and her battle to beat drug addiction. During an interview with Page Six, Davis, 90, spoke of the actress and singer’s final 48 hours and how she worked mercilessly to get clean just before her death in 2012, which shocked him. “I was with her 48 hours before her death,” the music legend said before adding, “it never occurred to me” that she would ultimately pass away days later.