Right out the gate, rising Detroit rapper 42 Dugg makes a loud statement on his most recent collaboration with his mentor Lil Baby.

"'Fore I go broke like Joc/Fuck with that dog like Vick/Not that rock, that pit," rhymes 42 Dugg to begin the track. One of the six songs added to the deluxe edition of Lil Baby's #1 album My Turn, people have been waiting to hear what Yung Joc would say about being labeled "broke." Finally, he's coming through with his response to the line, claiming that he's actually a fan of the song.

"I like the song," said the rapper. "And the first verse they say, 'Fore I go broke like Joc' and somebody say 'I don't think it was a diss.'" He pauses to reflect how ridiculous it would be to not think this is a diss.

42 Dugg likely came up with the bar after seeing Yung Joc driving Uber at the beginning of the year. 

Despite the diss, Joc wants to tell people that he's far from broke.

"The funniest part about that is I understood," he adds. "At the end of the day, like, I'm far from that word. For real."

Peep his reaction to the song below.

Renowned American boxer Adrien Broner revealed the tracklist for his upcoming project Still Adjusting To Fame on Instagram today and it’s truly a star-studded affair.

The tracklist boasts features from heavy-hitters like Young Thug, Youngboy Never Broke Again, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, and even new Lil Baby and Yo Gotti’s signee 42 Dugg. 

The last project AB released was a mixtape back in 2017 called Wanted, but it seems like the part-time rapper is ready to step into the rap ring again. Considering the impressive features AB locked in for this new project, the album may be something to keep on your radar.

Aside from boxing and rapping, Broner also occupies his time with run-ins with the law. In just the past six months, Broner has collected a slew of legal problems. Back in March, Broner was arrested at Miami beach on DUI charges. In February, the boxer was arrested at the MGM Grand. In December, Broner was ordered to pay over $800,000 to a sexual assault victim. 

Are you excited about AB’s new project? It’s looking set to be pretty special.

Until he gets $10 million for his next fight, Adrien Broner maintains that he’s still retired from boxing. The champion fighter has had a slew of legal troubles within the last year, and he’s decided to take a pause on his boxing career to work on new music. Broner has been releasing songs for years, including dropping his 2017 mixtape Wanted, and now he’s returned to the booth in an effort to craft a full-length project.

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The Shade Room shared Bronner’s post-and-delete tracklist, and it includes features that show he’s not messing around. Why he decided to remove it from his Instagram page remains a mystery, but what we can see is that it’s coming in at 14 tracks. Features reportedly include looks from 42 Dugg, Young Thug, Cook Laflare, NBA YoungBoy, Yella Beezy, Meek Mill, and Rick Ross.

When this project is slated to hit streaming services has yet to be shared, but it will be interesting to hear what Adrien Broner has come up with. Let us know if you’re looking forward to this one and check out his posts below.

Tracklist

1. Intro (Still Adjusting To Fame)
2. Forbes List ft. 42 Dugg
3. Big Boy Status ft. Young Thug
4. Run Off ft. Cook Laflare
5. My Brotha
6. Static
7. All I Want ft. NBA YoungBoy
8. How I’m Living
9. Messages
10. Big Things ft. Yella Beezy
11. Miss My Bro’s
12. Crime Pay ft. Meek Mill & Rick Ross
13. Better Man
14. Rich B*tch

Getting a co-sign from Jay-Z probably feels surreal for an artist that has been hustling to make it for years. Known globally as one of the best rappers of all time, the Roc Nation head honcho is respected as one of the premier faces in the music industry. His ideas surpass music though, heading over into all aspects of sports and entertainment.

As we near the midway point of the year (already!?). Jay-Z gathered together a list of his personal favorite songs of 2020 so far, showing love to some of the usual characters, and also taking notice of some younger talents.

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The list starts off with Lil Baby and "Emotionally Scarred," before the Atlanta rapper appears again with "Sum 2 Prove" and "Grace" with 42 Dugg. Jay-Z is also clearly a big fan of what Polo G has been bringing to the table, shouting out the rising star for "Heartless" with Mustard. At #3, his wife makes an appearance on the remix of Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage." Elsewhere on the 20-song gathering, Jay Electronica makes several appearances, which makes total sense given Hov's involvement in the release of his debut album.

Jay-Z was also busy listening to some of the newer releases, including Future's High Off Life, of which he included "Hard To Choose One." Drake and The Weeknd earn their spots before Westside Gunn, Boldy James, Benny The Butcher, and Conway of Griselda impress the legend.

Check out the full playlist below.

42 Dugg is ready for his spotlight.

For much of his life, things have been uncertain. The rapper has had difficulty staying out of trouble, getting locked up for six years early in his life and being forced to grow up in the hole. Beginning to take rap seriously when he was in solitary confinement, 42 Dugg realized that he could make a career out of this, which would prevent him from needing to hustle to come up with money.

Signing a combination deal with Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group and Lil Baby’s 4PF, 42 Dugg is easily one of the highest touted rappers in the country right now. He is in high demand and, after hearing his music, you’ll know exactly why.

Dugg brings a certain vulnerability to his sound that hasn’t been heard since Lil Baby came up. There’s a pain in his voice after having had to endure so much in his early days. When he gets in the studio, he taps in with his struggle to deliver some of the rawest and most emotive tracks in modern hip-hop.

Following the recent release of Young And Turnt 2, we hopped on a video call with 42 Dugg to speak about his newfound success.

Read our interview below, edited for clarity and length.

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HotNewHipHop: What’s up, Dugg? How’s it going?

42 Dugg: What’s good, my G. What you got going on?

Not much, man. I wanted to start off by congratulating you on the success of Young And Turnt 2.

Appreciate you.

What does it mean to be young and turnt? 

To me, it just means having fun and living your life how it’s supposed to be lived. Turnt, going crazy in yo bag.

A lot of your music pertains to your experience in prison. You spent 6 years in jail. What for?

Carjacking. 

And you started rapping when you were in solitary confinement?

Yeah.

What was that like? Right now we’re all in quarantine and, just recently, Ellen DeGeneres got in trouble for saying that quarantine is like jail. What would you say to something like that?

Ain’t too far from it. We still get to do whatever we want, they ain’t on our ass. You get to move freely but you still got rules. You still gotta be somewhere at a certain time. In a sense, it is.

What are you doing to stay busy right now?

I’m doing everything. I ain’t tryna hear it.

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It’s a really distinctive sound coming out of Detroit right now. Who do you think is running the city?

Me.

Is there anybody in the city that you’re trying to work with on the next project?

I wanna work with Baby Money, my youngin’. We fuckin’ with him on my next tape. I fuck with Big Sean, I really fuck with everybody. If I don’t fuck with you then you know, but other than that, I fuck with you.

Speaking of Big Sean, he’s working on the new Detroit project right now. Is that something you’d be down to get on?

He hit me up, hell yeah I’d get on that bitch. I’m Detroit. He hit me on DM and said we could kick it. He posted my project.

You’re signed to 4PF and to CMG, Lil Baby and Yo Gotti. What are the differences in working with them and what came together from that partnership?

It came together two different ways but it’s real organic. I met Baby kicking it on some other shit. We formed a little close relationship. He asked to listen to my music and everything was history from there. With Gotti, somebody put Gotti on my music. He was like, “sh*t, what do we gotta do to make it happen?”

Somebody like Lil Baby, he’s only 25 himself. Do you consider him a mentor?

I consider him like a brother.

Do you have anything in the works with Baby as well?

You know he’s about to put the deluxe out, I might be on there. I don’t know. Gotta wait and see but I’m telling you, we going crazy.

What happened after your feature on “Grace?”

Wait till you hear this new shit. We vibe in the studio. I already know how he gon’ come, he already know how I’m gon’ come. Ain’t nobody slacking when they get on that. I know when the beat go on, me and him know you gotta come with that shit or you’ll get fucked over on this muhfucka.

It’s like a competition every time?

Yeah. Fasho. It’s like a friendly competition. Ain’t even gotta be nothing said. He know what it is, I know what it is. Let’s get it soon as the beat come on. Come with that shit. That’s the only way the song gon’ be right.

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In almost every song, you shout out your homies Nell, Reese, and others. What do they mean to you?

Them my uncles, you know? Nell got life, Reese died. They brothers. Nell, he still listen to the music. He still get to listen in jail. I just wanna let him know, I ain’t forgot about you bro. If there’s anything I can do, I’ma do it.

What was it like spending such a long time in jail? What’s your mentality in a situation like that?

Being safe. Getting home. That’s all you thinking about in that bitch. Just making it out how you came in that muhfucka. Muhfuckas will fuck you over in that bitch if you moving the wrong way, that’s why I just mind my business and get home.

After you got signed, once you got all that money, what was your first big purchase? 

Man, I been turnt. That shit just joined what I had. I already had my deal money, I was just gambling and losing that shit. I bought a few watches. I had cash before that shit though. I just bought a few watches and kept it going really.

Who’s been the most surprising co-sign in this last year?

Tyler, the Creator. I was a little surprised when he hit me. But I’m hard, can’t nobody fuck with me. 

On a song like “Been Turnt,” you’re communicating the prison experience with such anger and vulnerability. You can hear the emotion in your voice. How do you get back to that zone when you’re in the studio?

I really just trying to be very energetic. I was just tryna let you know, “bitch, I been on that shit. My n***as in jail still on this shit.” That’s the message I was tryna get across. 

When you’re able to perform again after the quarantine, how crazy do you think that’s gonna be?

It’s gonna be crazy. I can’t wait for the reaction. Obviously, my Detroit show got rescheduled to May, so hopefully it’s that one. You know we ’bout to go crazy.

Do you have any dream collaborations?

I ain’t gonna say no dream collaborations because I ain’t really dreaming about no shit like that. I fuck with everybody, you know? Thug, Roddy [Ricch], but these muhfuckas I done kicked it with before. Thug is who I’m looking forward to, I ain’t gonna say I dreamed about that shit though.

What do you have coming next this year?

I’ma try to go deluxe. I just wanna keep this shit going. Gotta keep the wave up. I know summertime we gon’ come with something crazy. We gon’ pipe this bitch up.

Absolutely, man. Thanks for taking the time to talk, Dugg.

I appreciate you having me.

Despite how crazy things have been, music has kept us sane for the last few weeks. We've got vibes for every mood. When things get tough, Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake will bring us right back up. If we're just trying to vibe, we've got new albums from The Weeknd and PARTYNEXTDOOR. If we want to pretend as though we're still running the streets, we've got 42 Dugg, Conway, and Blacc Zacc to keep us entertained. The great thing about music is that there is no expiry date. Each week, there's something new for us to consume, which is why we compile our favorites in a concise manner for you to enjoy the TIDAL Wave playlist.

Every week, we go through each new release as a staff, picking out the gems and leaving the dirt behind. This time around, The Weeknd has remained in steady rotation, keeping his spot on the playlist as the artist with the highest number of entries. Elsewhere, we've included new cuts from PARTYNEXTDOOR, Conway, 42 Dugg, Wiz Khalifa, and, of course, that new joint from NAV, Gunna, and Travis Scott.

If you're not yet signed up with TIDAL, try it out with a free 30-day trial here. Let us know whose list is your favorite!

Alex Zidel (Editorial)

42 Dugg - Not A Rapper (feat. Lil Baby & Yo Gotti)
42 Dugg - Hard Times
NAV & Gunna - Turks (feat. Travis Scott)
Wiz Khalifa - Contact (feat. Tyga)
The Kid LAROI - Addison Rae

Alex Cole (Editorial)

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
The Weeknd - Scared To Live
The Weeknd - Final Lullaby
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

Aron A (Editorial)

G4 Boyz - 419
Skepta, Chip, & Young Adz - St Tropez
Geko - Repeat (Remix) [feat. Lotto Boyzz]
Lotto Boyzz - +44 (feat. Dappy)
Kari Faux - While God Was Sleepin...

Paul Pirotta (Sales)

JAY-Z & The Dream - Holy Grail (Unreleased)
Boosie Badazz - Pussy Lips on Live
Wiz Khalifa - Contact (feat. Tyga)
24 Hrs & Ty Dolla $ign - Superstar

Mitch Findlay (Editorial)

Run the Jewels - Yankee and The Brave (ep. 4)
NAV & Gunna - Turks (feat. Travis Scott)
Conway & The Alchemist - They Got Sonny (feat. Cormega)
Mick Jenkins - Snakes (feat. Kojey Radical)

Erika Marie (Editorial)

Jessie Reyez - COFFIN (feat. Eminem)
PARTYNEXTDOOR - Believe It (with Rihanna)
The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
Joyner Lucas - 10 Bands (feat. Timbaland)
Jeezy - Buy A Bank

Rose Lilah (Editorial)

Ari Lennox - BMO (Remix) [feat. Doja Cat]
Trouble - Popped (feat. Quavo)
Lil Uzi Vert - Myron
Blacc Zacc - Bang (feat. DaBaby)

Cole Blake (Editorial)

Run the Jewels - Yankee and The Brave (ep. 4)
JPEGMAFIA - COVERED IN MONEY!
Skepta, Chip, & Young Adz - St Tropez
NAV & Gunna - Turks (feat. Travis Scott)
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - Sacred Safe

Lynn S (Editorial)

The Weeknd - Faith
The Weeknd - Snowchild
The Weeknd - Too Late
PARTYNEXTDOOR - Believe It (with Rihanna)
PARTYNEXTDOOR - Savage Anthem

42 Dugg only began to get his foot in the rap game but unfortunately, he’s facing some legal problems that could become a major setback in his career. According to The Detroit News, Dugg was arrested in Detroit and is being held without bond temporarily after he was arrested on a gun charge. Federal prosecutors are holding him in their custody as they attempt to have him transferred to Atlanta to face his gun charges.

The rapper’s case goes back to November 2019 after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive agents received an anonymous tip that he and two other people were at Stoddard’s Range and Guns in Atlanta firing guns. Due to his previous carjacking and felony gun possession convictions from a decade ago, the rapper isn’t allowed to be in possession of a gun. Unfortunately, investigators claim they have video footage of the rapper and his friends firing guns at the range.

42 Dugg was set to perform this weekend for “March Badness” at Little Ceasars arena where he was supposed to perform alongside Kash Doll, DaBaby, and Yo Gotti, who alongside Lil Baby, penned Dugg to a joint deal. 

The rapper made an appearance in court on Monday where he said very little. 

“Are you asking the court to appoint an attorney for you?”U.S. Magistrate Judge David Grand asked.

“Yes, sir,” Hayes said.

It’s been a while since Lil Baby impacted the world with a brand new album and, in a number of weeks, the Atlanta star will be returning with My Turn, his latest body of work. Announcing the project earlier this year, the Quality Control rapper shared his cover artwork and continued dropping singles to promote his recent material, including “Woah,” “Catch The Sun,” and “Sum 2 Prove.” Alongside the release of the fresh music video for “Sum 2 Prove,” the pre-order is officially open for My Turn, unveiling the tracklist as a result. 

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It’s Lil Baby’s turn to take over the world. He’s been watching from the sidelines for far too long and he’s fed up of watching his peers get more shine than him. Aiming for a successful debut, Baby is loading his upcoming album with twenty songs and some very exciting features. In addition to Gunna, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug and others, the body of work will be complemented by Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, and Future. All of the aforementioned singles will be included and we’re expecting to hear even more before the official drop next week.

Take a look at the full tracklist below and let us know which song you’re most excited to hear on February 28.

Tracklist:

1. Get Ugly
2. Heatin Up (feat. Gunna)
3. How
4. Grace (feat. 42 Dugg)
5. Woah
6. Live Off My Closet (feat. Future)
7. Same Thing
8. Emotionally Scarred
9. Commercial (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)
10. Forever (feat. Lil Wayne)
11. Can’t Explain
12. No Sucker (feat. Moneybagg Yo)
13. Sum 2 Prove
14. We Should (feat. Young Thug)
15. Catch The Sun (From “Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack”)
16. Consistent
17. Gang Signs
18. Hurtin
19. Forget That (feat. Rylo Rodriguez)
20. Solid