If you've been waiting for albums from Rihanna or Lil Uzi Vert, you've likely been wildly disappointed. The two have been teasing their respective projects over the course of the past few years, we can't help but think that the two might never drop at all. We do, however, has some good news and some bad news, depending on how you want to look at it. 

A fan tweeted that Uzi should drop his new album before Rihanna which has now led to the revelation that the fate of their respective albums is now in each other's hands. After making it clear that he and RihRih are "on the same team," he revealed that they'll be moving as a unit when their albums drop.

"We on the same team if I drop she drop IF SHE DROP I DROP," he wrote. 

Uzi has expressed his love for Rihanna in the past which seemingly led to their friendship. The rapper publicly announced his crush for the Fenty mogul. Although he said that she wouldn't look his way, that didn't end up being the case. She not only reached out but sent him a signed copy of her book.

The likelihood of Uzi's crush for Rihanna becoming anything more than that seems unlikely but hey, at least they're on the same team.

Tee Grizzley became one of the hottest rappers out of Detroit in the past few years but everyone’s wondered why he never got any love from Eminem yet. Royce Da 5’9″ explained to the Breakfast Club that Em has shown interest in the young spitter but Royce suggested that he waits until Grizzley’s bigger so Em wouldn’t “take credit for his success.” However, the alleged “shot” Tee Grizzley fired off was apparently a moment where he “burned a bridge that he didn’t even know he had.”

It didn’t take long for Tee Grizzley to catch wind of those comments. Tee didn’t seem to be in his feelings about it too much but he did find it weird. In two videos posted to Instagram, he explained why he thought that it wasn’t necessarily cool for Royce to handle the Eminem situation the way he did. However, he did hope that 8 Mile Pt 2 arrives so he can get the part and eventually squash the little misunderstanding between one another.

In regards to Royce seemingly advising Em to not to the collab, Grizzley said, “Bro, what type of shit is that? You told this n***a wait. If anything that’ll help both of us. It gon’ make him look like a big homie in the city and it’s going to give me some more pull in this industry.”

Tee Grizzley isn’t wrong and truthfully, Eminem should be doing more to uplift the younger generation of rappers. 

The tragic passing of Mac Miller was a shock to the hip hop community. The 26-year-old passed away from a drug overdose in 2018 and since that time, the beloved rapper has been remembered by both the industry and fans with kind words. Eve rapper Rapsody had a close personal and professional relationship with the late star, and she reflected on Mac’s respectable character with People’s Party with Talib Kweli.

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“Every legend he sought out,” said Rapsody. “You, DJ Premier, didn’t matter. He came in and respected the culture and what it was and made sure he did it the right way.” Talib added that Mac was one of the “rare white emcees to speak openly about black issues.” Rapsody agreed and added that after meeting her once, he added her to his tour. 

“I think I had maybe one mixtape out. Didn’t know me from Adam and was just like, ‘I like you, I like your music, I wanna help you come on tour with me. Straight like that,” she said. “And I know I’m not the only one. I’m one of many artists that he’s done that for and it speaks to his character and at the end of the day, he didn’t come in the culture feeling like he was owed anything or I can be here ’cause I wanna be. He was like, no, I understand this culture and who created this culture and where it started. Some people say white people are guests in hip hop…he entered it like he was that. And he did it the right way. It was respectful.”

Rapsody added that even when Mac was “going through dark days,” he was still a “light and a joy” to people around him. “He was about love, and at the end of the day, that’s what humans are put here to do: Love. And he embodied that.” Check out Rapsody on People’s Party with Talib Kweli below and listen to her talk more about Mac Miller and collaborating with Nipsey Hussle.

Back in the mid 2000s, a soul singer by the name of Duffy took the industry by storm with her huge hit “Mercy” and an equally successful debut album titled Rockferry released in 2008. She would go on to release only one more album, the 2010 follow-up Endlessly, before going on what has now been a 10-year musical hiatus. However, the break was surprisingly due to an extremely heartbreaking sexual assault situation that she had to endure and has finally got the courage to publicly reveal.

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Hopping on Instagram two days ago, Duffy wrote an extensive explanation behind her break from making music that sent shockwaves through those who caught wind of her post. “You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this,” she started off her caption, following up by writing, “The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter. Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why.” She then made the big revelation, adding, “A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak. The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days.”

She confirmed that the assault is behind her, writing, “Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.”

Some may have questioned as to why she didn’t channel the pain into her music as many artists have done in the past, to which she noted,”You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke. In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview. If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can.” 

She concluded her message with the following: “I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that x Duffy.” She also adding a quick closing request to fans and the general public, writing, “Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience.”

As someone who was shaping up to be in the same lane of Adele and the late Amy Winehouse, we can only pray that Duffy can make a full recovery and continue to make beautiful music as she once did. Much respect, Queen.

Read Duffy’s original post below: 

If you missed it, Danielle Bregoli, aka Bhad Bhabie, decided to go at Disney star Skai Jackson earlier this week over her “sneaky” ways online, accusing her of getting intimate with Youngboy Never Broke Again, Lil Gotit, and a few other rappers that she considers friends. While Jackson refuses to comment on the negativity, she’s definitely taking Danielle’s threats at her seriously as she’s reportedly filed a restraining order against the female rapper on Thursday.

TMZ reports that Skai filed the restraining order in Los Angeles Thursday morning, but its clear if the judge has granted it yet.

Pop Smoke was working on a ton of new music before he was tragically gunned down last week in Los Angeles, and it looks like some of those songs were with Quavo. On Thursday, footage surfaced online of Pop Smoke teasing a potential collab project with the Migos rapper, even revealing that the two had recorded 9 songs already and were wanting to call it “Huncho Woo.”

“I know y'all heard that Meet The Wuu 2. So that means y'all heard that “Shake The Room” with me & Quavo,” Pop Smoke says in the clip. “So look, I’ma give y'all some insight. Me and Quavo got like 9 songs. Ya never know, you might be hearing a ‘Huncho Woo’ mixtape coming out or some shit like that know what I'm saying? Just stay tuned.”

It appears the woman who believes Future is her baby daddy won a couple victories this week in the court system. Bossip reports that a Georgia judge has ordered Future to undergo DNA testing to see if he’s the real father of social media star Eliza Reign’s daughter. The judge ordered Future to be DNA tested within the next month or possibly face penalties from the court.

In addition, the judge also issued a court order compelling Future to reveal his income and other financial information within the next 10 days or face possible sanctions as well. In her motion, Reign said she served Future with the suit three times and it’s been 45 days since she last served him.

Reign believes Future is making about $19.5 million dollars a year but says she has yet to see a “penny” from the ATL rapper. Of course, Future has another side to the story and says Reign is a schemer who plotted to have a rich man’s child and allegedly referred to her daughter as a “check baby,” which is slang for a child who will elicit large amounts of child support. She has since denied those allegations, but we’ll know for sure in the comings weeks and months after the results come in.

We’ll keep you posted moving forward.

Waka Flocka Flame is really tired of hearing rappers talk about how hip hop is dangerous following the tragic murder of Pop Smoke and the circumstances surrounding his death. Since the news broke that the late rapper was killed during what was initially thought to be a home invasion robbery, fellow rappers have spoken out about the allegedly harmful culture that surrounds hip hop. Blueface issued a warning to aspiring rappers hoping to make it big in L.A., while Jim Jones compared the experiences of a rapper to the perils of a soldier. Amidst all of this emphasis on the dangers of the rap game following Pop’s passing, Waka Flocka felt he needed to speak out against the messages these rappers and others have been sending about hip hop. He addressed these misconceptions in an Instagram post last week, and on Wednesday, he took a step further by sharing a video captioned, “PSf*ckingA,” in which he reiterates his earlier point.

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“I’ve got to say this real quick, I’ll probably—and I’m gonna delete this sh*t,” Waka begins, “but please stop saying rap is dangerous. Y’all n*ggas is falling into the trap. Cause if hip hop is dangerous, they gon’ stop booking shows around each state, stop making hip hop popular. The f*ck are y’all doing, bro?”

“Hip hop ain’t dangerous, bro,” he continued. “This sh*t making more money outta any genre in the world. Hip hop is beautiful, bro. To be a gangbanging rapper is f*cking dangerous, to be a drug-dealing rapper is dangerous. Anything that’s negative is dangerous, idiotics. F*ck is y’all talking about, bro? Stop saying hip hop is dangerous, it ain’t dangerous. Y’all folks really about to cut y’all f*ckin’ hustle out. Fool-ass n*ggas, man. Y’all need to stop saying that sh*t on God, bro.” What do you think about Waka’s words?

The release date for Megan Thee Stallion‘s upcoming debut album, Suga, will likely be falling on her late mother’s birthday in the spring. In her solo “Women Shaping The Future” piece for Rolling Stone, the Houston Hottie opened up about how difficult it has been for her to cope with the loss of her mother, Holly Thomas, and her great-grandmother in such a short period of time. Megan lost both loved ones in March 2019, and has since spoken about the pain she’s experienced since their passing.

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With the upcoming release of her official debut album, Suga—following the success of her debut mixtape, Fever, in 2019—Megan is prepping to put out her first body of work since Holly, who was also her manager and a rapper herself, passed away. To honour her late mother’s memory, Megan hopes to put Suga out on Holly’s birthday, May 2nd, this year.

Megan first announced the title of her upcoming album back in October, revealing that it would serve as the introduction to a new alter ego called “Suga” who is a “sensitive gangsta” and “besties” with her other alter ego, Tina Snow. So far, collaborations from Kehlani and SZA, as well as production from the Neptunes, are confirmed for Suga. Her latest drop, “B.I.T.C.H.” which flips Tupac’s “Ratha Be Ya N*gga,” will serve as the album’s lead single. Stay tuned for confirmation of an official release date for Suga.