The title of King Of New York has been claimed in the past but in the past two years, there seems to be a spike in disputes surrounding who actually deserves that crown. Last weekend, ahead of the release of State Of Emergency, Lil Tjay came out of the woodwork claiming that he's the King Of New York while simultaneously sparking a feud with High Bridge The Label as well as Rubi Rose and Chinese Kitty.

Yesterday, the apparent King Of New York, according to Spotify at least, 6ix9ine made his return with "GOOBA" and a subsequent return to Instagram Live where he addressed Tjay's claim as "King Of New York." "For the King Of New York shit -- let's cut that out. Little boy, sit down," 6ix9ine said. "I ain't beefin' with anyone from New York if you don't got this watch. If you don't got this watch right here, you're a little boy to me. I'll kiss you on your forehead."

Though Tjay didn't necessarily bash 6ix9ine's name, he did initially bashed the idea that he's a little boy. He then shared another post detailing that he's been going up without the support from major artists in the game and that he's made a concerted effort in helping other artists out from New York in an attempt to unify the city.

He doubled down on the fact that he helped unify New York City while simultaneously dragging Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and A Boogie into his rant.

"If you think about it, why do you think Nicki and Cardi beefing right now? It's New York shit, bro," he said. "Why you think Nicki never gave A Boogie a feature? Besides that, why you think Cardi ain't never give A Boogie a feature? Why you think me and Boogie never got on a song? Mind you, I don't want to do a song with him, I'm just sayin'... This whole unify New York shit started with me. Understand that, you heard? I just dropped a whole tape with the city on it."

Peep his rants below. 

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Deemed one of the most important hip-hop songs of the last decade by Rolling Stone, Big Sean's "Control" changed the world. Kendrick Lamar had a huge hand in making the track so noteworthy, calling out a number of high-profile rappers to challenge him and take the crown. The track arguably made him the favorite on Top Dawg Entertainment, cementing him as one of the best rappers in the world. 

In the track, the Los Angeles rapper calls himself the King of New York, which did not sit well with a number of stars from the city. The track was so impactful that it is still causing rumors to break out today.

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A story has been going around that J. Cole and Diddy got into a physical fight at a VMAs after-party over the "Control" verse. Apparently, Diddy was drunk and attempted to have some words with Kendrick Lamar over the "king of New York" claims. Things got ugly when Diddy allegedly tried to pour a drink on Kendrick, before J. Cole intervened and fought the legend himself. 

According to J. Cole's manager, none of that actually happened though.

Taking to Twitter, Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad debunked the rumors and said that the story is untrue.

"Yea thats def not what happened," he said next to a bunch of laughing emojis. So, what did happen then? Inquiring minds are begging to find out.

It has been a busy weekend for Lil Tjay who recently celebrated his birthday. Even though he’s still two years shy of the legal drinking age, he’s been feeling himself and that’s come along with some drama. Now, the timeline was flooded with his lady drama after flying out Rubi Rose for his birthday without paying for her return flight. Shortly after, Chinese Kitty chimed in and Tjay was left defending himself on the timeline.

That wasn’t all, though. Shortly after all the drama blew over, the rapper hit the ‘Gram where he declared himself the King Of New York. Now, we all know that there are very few rappers who can claim that title without facing disagreement from the public (Jay-Z, Biggie, Diddy etc.). However, Don Q, who also quickly fired back at 6ix9ine’s claim of being the King Of NY, fired off at Tjay. “Next time n***as see n***as, n***as gettin’ stripped out of everything, respectfully,” Don Q said.

Lil Tjay replied with the quintessential New York City, “suck my d*ck” before putting Don Q on blast. “Don, you mad because you fuckin’ dead. You fuckin’ dead. You givin’ n***as features for like three bands right now, n***a. You’re broke, n***a. Tell Boogie put some bread in your pockets,” Tjay taunted. The disrespect trickled down to the entire Highbridge crew as well as A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie‘s baby mama who Tjay brought up.

“Fuck me? NEVER. I kno we around the same age but I wouldn’t even talk to that little boy I got Fuckn morals don’t play w me & don’t use me for clout,” A Boogie’s baby mama Ella said. 

Despite Lil Tjay’s success, it appears that the Highbridge Crew works diligently at protecting their own. TrapManny for Highbridge The Label hit the ‘Gram with a video what apparently shows Tjay having different energy. Check out the videos below. 

Lil Tjay continues to be one of the best up and coming artists in hip-hop right now and fans are excited for his project that is coming out on May 8th called State Of Emergency. Interestingly enough, Tjay has been a lot more active on social media these days and it hasn’t always been for the right reasons. For example, Tjay is currently in a feud with Rubi Rose after he left her stranded without a flight home. It’s a situation that has gotten the attention of all the big outlets and now, all eyes are on Tjay.

Last night on social media, Tjay made sure to give himself even more promo as he teased his new project on Instagram. He also offered up a lengthy all caps caption in which he declared himself the king of New York.

“FUCK ALL THAT OTHER SHIT GOING ON RN SHIT IRRELEVANT ? ONLY THING I KNOW IS IM SHUTTING THE STREETS DOWN FROM NOW ON IM THE KING OF NY !! ALL THAT OTHER NA NA NA SHIT ND SNITCH RAINBOW HAIR SHIT GOING ON IN MY CITY A DUBB! THE REAL GON UNDERSTAND… MAY 8 IM GIVING YALL THAT PAIN YALL NEED, ITZ UP NY STAND TF UP,” Lil Tjay wrote.

This declaration will certainly rub some artists and fans the wrong way although you can’t help but admire Tjay’s confidence here. Hopefully, his project is able to deliver on these promises.

Last week, Pop Smoke and Casanova got caught up in a rather predictable beef. It seemed to have stemmed from Pop Smoke, a burgeoning Brooklyn rapper, declaring himself the “King of New York”. Bestowing oneself with the title has been a recurrent trend throughout the history of hip hop and every time a rapper does it, it incites dissenters. Considering Pop Smoke is still on the come up, fellow Brooklynite, Casanova, was not willing to let Pop Smoke’s bold claim slide.

On Pop Smoke’s newly-released song, “Christopher Walking”, he raps: “She know that Papi outside, she know I’m the King of New York.” It wasn’t only the second half of this bar that Casanova took issue with. After hearing a preview of the track on Pop Smoke’s Instagram, Casanova responded, “STOP USING MY PHRASE ‘WE OUTSIDE’ YEA MY PHASE‼️CAUSE YALL NOT OUTSIDE WE KNOW WHO’S OUTSIDE.” He also tweeted that “NOBODY RUNS NEW YORK IT’S TOO MUCH OUTSIDE N****S TO FRONT LIKE ONE N**** HAS THOSE POWER TO CONTROL THE WHOLE BITY.” 

Pop Smoke initially refused to retract his statement about being the “King Of New York”, but he and Casanova have found a way to put aside their differences. Casanova’s latest IG post shows him playfully wrestling with Pop Smoke with the following caption: “BEFORE WE ATE WE GOT SOMETHING OFF OUR CHEST… WHO YALL THINK WON?” Meek Mill was glad to see that the rappers’ heated standoff turned into a friendly one, commenting “G shit” with a ton of trophy emojis. 

On Friday, Pop Smoke was arrested for stealing a Rolls-Royce, which was apparently borrowed for a music video. After news circulated that he was locked up, Casanova took to Instagram to advocate for his release. In retrospect, this was the first sign that their beef would be squashed. We will continue to provide updates on that case. 

Pop Smoke is currently one of the hottest new artists emerging out of New York right now. Helping usher in Brooklyn’s drill movement and bringing it to an international level, the rapper’s making strides and can very well be the next rapper from New York to have a major mainstream breakout. 

Like most newcomers, the self-proclamation of being the King Of New York has been thrown around but it seems that Pop’s declaration also came with smoke for another artist from the same borough. The rapper hit the ‘Gram with a teaser of a new song, rapping, “She love the way that I talk/ She know that Papi outside, she know I’m the King of New York.” 

“YALL OLD NIGGAS BETTER PACK IT UP?THIS AINT NO TRASHANOVA SHIT?NO SCARY L SHIT??‍♂️ YALL KNOW THE WOOS RUN THE CITY?YALL NIGGAS COULD NEVER BE ME,” he wrote on the post.

It’s unclear where this beef stems from or why Pop Smoke is taking aim at Casanova, if he is, but Pop wasn’t done with the clip. Taking to his IG story, he issued another message without dropping any names. “I see what a lot of you n***as is doin’, cuz. You think I don’t see it but I see you sucka n***as. Stop suckin’ dick, n***a. You heard?”

Peep both clips below.