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Trippie redd snuck a no. 1 hip hop album onto the charts before the clb donda craziness hit. THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Trippie redd snuck a no. 1 hip hop album onto the charts before the ‘clb’ + ‘donda’ craziness hit.

In 2021, Trippie Redd may be a rapper with fantastic timing.

After the release of his fourth album Trip at Knight on August 20, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, The “Dark Knight Dummo” rapper notched his fourth No. 1 on the chart with 81,000 equivalent album units in its first week.

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart also includes ten of the album’s songs.

The collections of artists on the big screen include Lil Uzi Vert, SoFaygo, Playboi Carti, Juice WRLD and XXXTENTACION, as well as Drake. The latter collaboration arguably sparked the present streaming wars between Kanye West and Certified Lover Boy, with both artists releasing albums over an extended period.

On the track “Betrayal,” on the Trip At Knight album, Drake fired off a quip heard throughout the world: “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know/Forty-five, forty-four (Burned out), let it go/Ye ain’t changin’ shit for me, it’s set in stone” — a shot fired at Donda’s unpredictable release.

The lyrics were as intense to Kanye West as the Michael Jordan meme was, and he allegedly leaked Drake’s house and location, prompting him to visit his Toronto headquarters with Donda advertisements.

The Trip At Knight’s Billboard feat succeeds previous albums A Love Letter to You 3, A Love Letter to You 4 and 2020’s Pegasus, which will undoubtedly bring great news for diehard fans across the country.

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Lil Nas X Shows Off Baby Belly And Will Soon Give Birth THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Lil Nas X Shows Off Baby Belly And Will Soon ‘Give Birth’

The long-awaited debut album of Lil Nas X (22) will soon see the light of day and that is why the rapper has done a maternity photo shoot for ‘People’ complete with baby belly. He declares in the accompanying interview that his new record ‘Montero’ is his baby.

The rapper, whose real name is Montero Hill, says he made that baby comment to his stylist before, who joked that he might have to have maternity photos taken. “And then I was like: That’s actually a brilliant idea!”

Lil Nas X poses in one of the photos wearing a flower crown by a pool. In another shot he is lying on a couch with an open dressing gown. The photos were not appreciated by everyone. On Twitter, the musician reacted laconically to a number of hateful comments. He joked, among other things, that he is accused of desperately trying to get attention by people who then give him all that attention.

Still, at one point, he seemed done with the response, tweeting, “I’m going to go offline for a while, all this negative energy isn’t good for the baby.”

Drake finally releases his album after months THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Drake Finally Releases His Album After Months

Drake (34) released his long-awaited new album on Friday. ‘Certified Lover Boy’ is the Canadian rapper’s sixth album and the first since his 2018 hit album ‘Scorpion’.

The album contains a total of 21 songs and numerous collaborations with other artists. Among others, Lil Baby, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Young Thug, Future, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla $ign and Kid Cudi.

Certified Lover Boy was supposed to be released in January, but Drake postponed the release several times.

Dog walker says Lady Gaga helped him process trauma THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Dog walker says Lady Gaga Helped Him Process Trauma

Ryan Fischer, the man who walked Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs when they were stolen, told his side of the story in an interview with Rolling Stone. He says, among other things, that he had “a very hard time after his near-death experience”, which led to him accusing the singer of not having supported him enough. He now regrets those statements.

“Gaga and her team were anything but supportive”

The incident happened in February, when Fischer was walking the dogs and was ambushed by a pair of dog kidnappers. The dogs were stolen and Fischer ended up injured in the hospital. Immediately afterwards, Gaga made a public appeal for her beloved animals to be returned for a high finder’s fee, without asking any further questions. The critters returned home not long after. The singer had nothing but praise for Fischer, especially because the two had not only a business but also a long friendly relationship. However, things went wrong after that.

Fischer set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise just under $35,000 to cover his expenses because he “felt abandoned and unsupported.” “When you go through such a trauma, you blame everything and everyone. Especially the people closest to you. I was depressed and languished in self-pity. When I look back at the video I put online at the time, I see I also know that that’s not okay. I should have handled that differently.”

The former dog walker says Lady Gaga did support him. “She let me stay at her house in the Hollywood Hills because so many media came to me. There I could rest and recover. She also flew in a trauma therapist who worked with me daily. When she was in Italy for filming she sent me balloons every day to cheer me up, until the hospital where I was then was no longer allowed due to fire.”

Fischer’s assistant Elisha Ault has a very different take on the matter. “Gaga and her team were anything but ‘supportive’. They were constantly telling us not to worry about anything, but when I sent them an invoice to pay him for six months because he was injured on the job, I came from a I was told by a text message that they expected to support him financially until three months after the accident. While Ryan was still in full rehab, the plug was pulled. He was shot for protecting her dogs. you can still assume that there is something in return, but that was not the case.”

Kanye Wests Manager Says He Could Squash the Beef With Drake Depending on Clb Jabs THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Kanye West’s Manager Says He Could Squash the Beef With Drake Depending on ‘Clb’ Jabs

Kanye West and Drake resurrected their feud in August, with several jabs emerging from Drizzy’s verse on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal,” which was released in January. Despite all of the insults launched, Kanye’s manager Abou “Bu” Thiam thinks they have a chance to put it behind them.

In a recent interview with TMZ, Bu offered his views on the situation preceding Certified Lover Boy’s anticipated release on Friday (September 3).

“It’s two creatives taking jabs at each other, but they could rectify it, man,” he admitted. “Yeah, of course. You know, we’ll see. His album comes out I think in a couple days … Friday. Depending on what he says on his album, we’ll see.”

He agreed with the interviewer’s assessment that it was too soon to judge since Drake might have future disses up his sleeve.

Also, while answering a question, Bu also spoke about Chris Brown and Soulja Boy’s disappointment with Kanye West for not using their vocals on Donda.

“It’s Kanye’s album, man,” he said. “He’s painting his picture. You can’t tell someone to use your verse or not use your verse. There’s 10001 artists that didn’t make the album. That’s why I was so surprised when I heard the responses from all these artists. I’m like, ‘People do that shit all the time.’ No disrespect, Chris [Brown] is like my little brother, that’s family, Soulja Boy… it’s all love and it wasn’t intentional.”

Bu also hinted at Kanye West’s issues with Universal Music Group, which he says released Donda without his permission.

DaBaby Reacts to Character Assassination in Wizkid Essence Freestyle Video THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

DaBaby Reacts to Character Assassination in Wizkid “Essence” Freestyle Video

Despite the fact that he’s looking to put his controversial Rolling Loud Miami speech behind him, DaBaby wants to return to music. On Wednesday (September 1), the Charlotte native returned with his own spin on Wizkid’s popular “Essence” for a rap-heavy remix.

He transforms the track’s texture and tempo with his compact spit-fire rhymes, breaking down the Nigerian singer’s fan-favorite, which has recently become the most Shazamed song in the United States.

He even addresses the criticism he’s received for his homophobic remarks and how he plans to restore himself.

“I just feel like, you know, when situations like this present themselves, man/And people try to, you know, assassinate your character, man/And assassinate who you are, man/And everything you put that hard work in for, man/Sometimes you gotta demonstrate, you know, that’s how I came here,” he says.

DaBaby met with a group of nine HIV organizations from the United States who organized an open letter in order to meet and discuss HIV and hear personal experiences of people living with it. Over 125 organizations joined together to support the statement.

During the meeting, DaBaby apologized for his remarks while organization executives praised him for being willing to listen.

“DaBaby’s willingness to listen, learn, and grow can open the door to an entirely new generation of people to do the same,” said Marnina Miller of the Southern AIDS Coalition.

DaBaby Meets With 9 HIV Awareness Organizations and Apologizes for Making Inaccurate and Hurtful Comments THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

DaBaby Meets With 9 HIV-Awareness Organizations and ‘Apologizes,’ for Making ‘Inaccurate and Hurtful Comments’

When DaBaby took time away from his Rolling Loud 2021 Miami set to unleash a homophobic diatribe against the LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS communities, he dug himself a hole. After weeks of apologies that were ignored, DaBaby is taking another step in repairing the harm he caused by apologizing again.

On August 31, Variety revealed that DaBaby had met with a group of nine American HIV organizations who sent him an open letter on August 4 demanding that he meet and talk about facts regarding HIV and hear personal stories from individuals living with the disease. Over 125 groups joined together to back the open letter addressed to Grammy-nominated rapper.

“The open letter to DaBaby was our way to extend him the same grace each of us would hope for,” the group wrote in a press release. “Our goal was to ‘call him in instead of calling him out.’ We believed that if he connected with Black leaders living with HIV that a space for community building and healing could be created. We are encouraged he swiftly answered our call and joined us in a meaningful dialogue and a thoughtful, educational meeting.”

Representatives from Black AIDS Institute, Gilead Sciences COMPASS Initiative Coordinating Centers, GLAAD, National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Positive Women’s Network-USA, Prevention Access Campaign (U=U), the Southern AIDS Coalition, and Transinclusive Group attended.

The organization wrote that DaBaby was “extremely engaged” in the meeting and apologized for his hurtful comments. The group also credited DaBaby’s great respect for others’ stories, as well as his eagerness to listen to them.

“DaBaby’s willingness to listen, learn, and grow can open the door to an entirely new generation of people to do the same,” Marnina Miller of the Southern AIDS Coalition, who participated in the meeting, said.

Despite the fact that DaBaby’s concerts were canceled several times, he would appear on Hot 97’s Summer Jam stage on August 23 and Boosie Badazz’s Boosie Bash five days later.

Kanye West Steals Logo for New Album THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Kanye West Steals Logo for New Album

According to Randy Dawkins, the creative director of the fashion label ‘Infinity G8ds’, Kanye West (44) would have stolen their logo for his new album ‘Donda’. The logo can be seen on t-shirts and hoodies, among other things, but does not come from Kanyes. This reports ‘The Daily Beast’.

“As black artists you have to support each other, which has not happened”

The company is run by black entrepreneurs, making Kanyes ‘playing borrowed neighbor’ extra hard. “It’s disappointing. We have nothing against him at all and even think he’s a good artist, but there are a few things wrong in business,” said Randy.

Randy says he was approached at the end of July by Kanye’s personal chef Willie Wallace, with whom he was friends, after which he got to speak to the singer himself. “He said, dude, I absolutely love your design, when can I meet you to talk about this? Then we drove from Miami to Atlanta to talk to him. That conversation was great, we explained to him what we do and he thought that was cool. Then he invited us to dinner together, which was really nice. But we haven’t heard anything since, and not long after that dinner we suddenly saw our logo on his merchandise.”

He continues: “Obviously I misjudged the situation. As black artists you have to support each other, which has not happened. He could also have helped me create some visibility, but that’s not how it works. I am very sorry to be treated this way and others are showing off your work.”

Kanye sold the shirts and hoodies with the ‘stolen’ logo at his listening sessions in Atlanta starting at $85. Spokespersons for the singer declined to comment.

Soulja Boy Publishes Another Missing Donda Verse Criticizing Kanye West — Again THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Soulja Boy Publishes Another Missing ‘Donda’ Verse, Criticizing Kanye West — Again

Kanye West’s delayed Donda album debuted on Sunday, unexpectedly featuring numerous special guests including JAY-Z, Travis Scott, Lil Durk, and The Weekend. However, some performers who are said to have worked on the 27-track project were left out.

Apart from Chris Brown, who referred to Kanye as a “hoe” for neglecting his contributions, Soulja Boy was apparently cut. Soulja Boy was asked about Donda on Twitter soon after the project went live. He replied, “IDK how to feel, Kanye sent me that song ‘remote control’ and I don’t hear my verse on it…hmm fuck that n-gga.”

On Tuesday, however (August 31), Soulja Boy resurrected the unused verse from his song “Remote Control,” and he fired another shot at G.O.O.D. Music founder Kanye West in a Instagram video clip.

It was shared under the caption, “Here’s my ‘Remote Control’ verse,” “Fuck Kanye #Donda.”

The omission of artists such as Soulja Boy and Chris Brown wasn’t the only thing that angered fans. During Thursday’s (August 26) listening event at Soldier Field in Chicago, listeners noticed Kanye replacing JAY-Z’s verse on “Jail” with one from DaBaby. However, when the album was finished, DaBaby’s lyrics was missing.

According to Bu Thaim, Kanye’s manager, the line was never authorized by Arnold Taylor, DaBaby’s manager, which he flatly denied on Instagram.

“This is CAP,” he wrote. “I woke up this morning to this social media bullshit. I never got a call or email from @kanyewest @__bu @johnmonopoly I just received it today and Cleared it in 2 seconds.

Then, according to Kanye, Universal released the album without his consent and blocked DaBaby’s verse.

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Trippie Redd Confesses He Completely Missed Drakes Kanye West Betrayal Shots THEURBANSPOTLIGHT.COM

Trippie Redd Confesses He Completely Missed Drake’s Kanye West ‘Betrayal’ Shots

Trippie Redd was recently on an interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood and during the interview he made a surprising admission.

According to Trippie Redd, he had no idea that Drake was dissing Kanye West on the song “Betrayal,” which premiered earlier this month on Trippie Redd’s Trip At Knight album.

“I thought he was talking about a strap or something, forty-five, forty-four,” he says. “I didn’t know what he was talking about. It is what it is.”

The statement that seemed to rouse up Drake and Kanye’s 2018 beef from its slumber was, “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know/Forty-five, forty-four (Burned out), let it go/Ye ain’t changin’ shit for me, it’s set in stone,” a reference to their album release dates.

In response, Kanye West posted an image of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker in the discussion, then added Pusha T, a long-time adversary of Drake.

“I live for this,” he wrote in the since-deleted post. “I’ve been fucked with by nerd ass jock n-ggas like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you.”

The release of Kanye West’s Donda album on streaming services on Sunday (August 29) ended the dispute as to who would drop their projects first. On Monday (August 30), Drake revealed that his long-awaited sequel to 2018’s Scorpion album, Certified Lover Boy, will be released Friday (September 3).

In terms of high-profile debuts, Kendrick Lamar is next in line. On August 20, the renowned MC appeared to start his album rollout when he revealed that his next studio project would be his last for Top Dawg Entertainment.

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