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Jay-Z Talks Beyonce’s Views on 4:44, ‘The Story of OJ,’ Therapy, and More with The New York Times

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Following his opinion editorial on the unjust sentence of Meek Mill and the prison system, Jay-Z returns with an exclusive interview with the New York newspaper where he sat down with executive editor Dean Baquet for a detailed 35-minute conversation.

Throughout the sit down, Jay-Z talks about his 4:44-LP cut, “The Story of OJ,” teaching his children compassion, being a black man in Trump’s America, Beyonce loving 4:44, signing Colin Kaepernick if he were an NFL team owner, and much more.

Read an excerpt from an interview below where he talks about his relationship with Kanye West.

BAQUET: So now I gotta ask my one gossipy question. Talk about Kanye West and your relationship with him, which you alluded to a little bit in the album. When’s the last time you talked to him?

JAY-Z: I [talked to] Kanye the other day, just to tell him, like, he’s my brother. I love Kanye. I do. It’s a complicated relationship with us.

BAQUET: Why is it complicated?

JAY-Z: ‘Cause, you know — Kanye came into this business on my label. So I’ve always been like his big brother. And we’re both entertainers. It’s always been like a little underlying competition with your big brother. And we both love and respect each other’s art, too. So it’s like, we both — everyone wants to be the greatest in the world. You know what I’m saying? And then there’s like a lot of other factors that play in it. But it’s gonna, we gonna always be good.

BAQUET: But there’s tension now, right?

JAY-Z: Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that happens. In the long relationship, you know, hopefully when we’re 89 we look at this six months or whatever time and we laugh at that. You know what I’m saying? There’s gonna be complications in the relationship that we have to get through. And the only way to get through that is we sit down and have a dialogue and say, “These are the things that I’m uncomfortable with. These are the things that are unacceptable to me. This is what I feel.” I’m sure he feels that I’ve done things to him as well. You know what I’m saying? These are — I’m not a perfect human being by no stretch. You know.

BAQUET: Is he as evolved as you?

JAY-Z: He’s highly evolved. No, he’s … I think he started out in a more compassionate position than me. You know what I’m saying. I don’t know if he’s had the level of — I mean, I had to survive by my instincts. I’m here because I grew up a different way. And I got out of that.

You know, my first album came out when I was 26. So I was already a different artist. You know, a lot of people’s album come out they’re 17, 18. So their subject matter is that of a 17- or 18-year-old. Unless you’re Nas, and you like, well-read14… — like, he was way more advanced with the album that he wrote. So I just grew up a different way. But [West is] a very compassionate person. And a lot of times he get in trouble trying to help others. So I can identify with it. It’s just that there’s certain things that happened that’s not really acceptable to me.

BAQUET: Right.

JAY-Z: And we just need to speak about it. But there’s genuine love there.

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Gunna Announces New Album ‘One of Wun’

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April 15, 2024

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Gunna has announced the release of his new album, “One of Wun.”

The cover art, created by Calvin Clausell Jr. with creative direction by Spike Jordan of The Genius Club and art direction/design by Tal Midyan, was unveiled to accompany the announcement on socials. While no release date has been specified, the album is now available for pre-order, including physical copies.

The album will be distributed by Young Stoner Records/300 Entertainment.

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BIA Disses Cardi B on Dreezy’s ‘B**ch Duh Remix’

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April 13, 2024

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BIA took aim at Cardi B on Dreezy‘s ‘B**ch Duh Remix,’ despite denying any issues between them just last month.

The track, dropped last Friday and featuring Lakeyah, KenTheMan, and BIA, subtly throws shade at Cardi B, adding to the speculation of a brewing feud. This started when Cardi B released her “Like What (freestyle),” sampling Missy Elliott‘s 1999 single, “She’s A B***h.” BIA responded to fans, noting similarities to her own track, “I’m That B***h,” featuring Timbaland, which also sampled the same record. This escalated further when Cardi B teased her new track, “Enough (Miami),” leading fans to draw parallels to BIA’s 2023 ‘REALLY HER‘ EP single, “Fallback.”

The visuals for Cardi’s new release bear resemblances to BIA’s “Millions.”


In her verse on ‘B**ch Duh Remix,’ BIA fired shots with lines like, “I hear b***hes poppin’ sh*t and that’s so funny to me/ How you say you runnin’ down but you can’t walk on the beat?” referencing Cardi’s struggle to catch the beat on an unreleased version of Ice Spice’s “Munch” remix.

“I did a thing for Ice Spice, but I did not like how it sounded,” Cardi admitted in an interview with Speedy Mormon last month. “I can’t catch the beat for sh*t. Doing drill music is not as easy as it looks.”

BIA also threw in, “I can never turn my phone on just to cry on a live/ I hate a sneaky n***a, pick a side/ If you wanna get up with me, tell that b***h that we outside,” possibly alluding to Cardi B’s emotional Instagram Live in December addressing rumors of her partner’s infidelity with Chrisean Rock which led to their separation.


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Ari Lennox Reignites Beef with Joe Budden

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Ari Lennox has reignited her feud with Joe Budden again after he mentioned her name on the most recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast.

During the episode, Joe Budden engaged in a discussion with his peers about J. Cole’s apology for his previous diss towards Kendrick Lamar, delivered at Dreamville Fest. Budden expressed skepticism about the sincerity of Cole’s apology, noting the wavering tone in his voice and the choice of words from someone esteemed as one of the greatest lyricists.

Expressing his frustration, Budden exclaimed, “I don’t want to hear no more about that record. “It sounded like he didn’t mean it. His voice was trembling like he didn’t mean it. His choice of words as one of the greatest lyricists says he didn’t mean it. I don’t want to hear a fucking peep out of Earthstone Twitter … Cole is on that— Y’all think I’d be playing with the Ari Lennox, Scottie… They do all that earthy college campus, grass root shit. If you listen to [J. Cole’s] raps, he just been trying to be the best fucking— the best rapper, the best MC. But it been, you got to listen to the n***as story. It’s been college life.”

Lennox, displeased with Budden once again bringing her name into a discussion, took to social media to share footage of Budden being punched by rapper Consequence during the 2013 Love and Hip Hop: New York reunion.

In a series of Instagram Stories, Lennox repeatedly uploaded the clip along with a message aimed at Budden, stating, “Knocked your little glasses off and everything. Keep my precious name out of your psychotic, animal abusing, women terrorizing, demonic trolling, nicotine encased mouth. All this meth smoke for a woman but not for any man beating your ass in real life. Bald bitch!”

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