Heading into this season, the Philadelphia 76ers were heralded as the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. With players like Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris, and Al Horford, it was believed the Sixers would dominate and even get to the finals. So far, the 76ers have been a bit of a disappointment as they currently boast a record of 31-20 and are sixth in the Eastern standings. Just a couple of nights ago, the Sixers were blown out by 31 points at the hands of the Miami Heat and now, pundits are questioning their ability to succeed.

Today, 76ers player Al Horford was asked whether or not anyone in the locker room needs to be called out for their play. As he explained, "there's some stuff going on" and that the team is looking to keep everything "internal" for the time being. With this being said, it's clear the 76ers have some deep issues to work out.

Capping off an exciting start to the year, Lil Wayne conducted a closed-casket Funeral with the release of his first non-Carter album in five years. There were too many solid offerings on the body of work for us to choose just a handful of additions to this week's HNHH staff-curated TIDAL-exclusive playlist so, as a thank-you to the New Orleans legend, we've included a bunch of his new tracks.

Kicking off this week's edition of TIDAL Wave, we've got two early favorites from Funeral on tap with "Mahogany" and "I Do It" with Big Sean and Lil Baby. As we inch into the first extended break without any Tunechi efforts, we head into single releases from A$AP Ferg, Tory Lanez, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and more. In this portion, we also show love to Australian newcomer The Kid LAROI for his collaborative track with Lil Tecca. Then, we have a couple of other Weezy songs before breaking into some R&B flavor, influenced by Trevor Daniel and Summer Walker, Justin Bieber, Lucky Daye, and others. An underground/old school vibe follows with cuts from Curren$y and DJ Fresh, Gang Starr, Boldy James, and more before reaching one of the final Wayne stretches. 

The TIDAL Wave playlist is curated each week by our editorial and sales staff, who each contribute their favorite five songs of the last trio (or so..) of weeks. If you're not a member of TIDAL yet, sign up for your 30-day free trial here. Let us know who had the best picks of the week in the comments.

Alex Zidel (Editorial)

Lil Wayne - I Do It (feat. Big Sean & Lil Baby)
The Kid LAROI - Diva (feat. Lil Tecca)
Trevor Daniel - Falling (Summer Walker Remix)
Yo Gotti - H.O.E. (Heaven On Earth)
Tory Lanez - K Lo K (feat. Fivio Foreign)

Alex Cole (Editorial)

The Kid LAROI - Diva (feat. Lil Tecca)
Yo Gotti - More Ready Than Ever
A Boogie wit da Hoodie - King of my City
A$AP Ferg - Value

Chantilly Post (Editorial)

Lil Wayne - Sights & Silencers (feat. The-Dream)
Lil Wayne - I Don't Sleep (feat. Takeoff)
Lil Wayne - Bing James (feat. Jay Rock)
Lil Wayne - T.O. (feat O.T. Genasis)
Justin Bieber - Get Me (feat. Kehlani)

Mitch Findlay (Editorial)

Young Nudy - No Go
Young M.A - 2020 Vision
Lil Wayne - Mahogany
A$AP Ferg - Value
Lil Wayne - Bastard (Satan's Kid)

Noah C (Editorial)

Phony Ppl - Fkn Around (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)
Boldy James - Speed Demon Freestyle
Key Glock - I'm Just Sayin
Young Nudy - No Go
Pop Smoke - Christopher Walking

Keenan Higgins (Editorial)

Kota The Friend - Volvo
Rob $tone - Savage (feat. G Perico)
Curren$y & DJ Fresh - Gambling Shack (feat. T.Y.)
Curren$y & DJ Fresh - Gimme Some Mo
Luke James - traveling (feat. Big K.R.I.T.)

Lynn Sharpe (Editorial)

Phony Ppl - Fkn Around (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)
Gorillaz - Momentary Bliss (feat. slowthai & Slaves)
Lucky Daye - Fade Away
Lil Wayne - Mahogany
Lil Wayne - Piano Trap

Cole Blake (Editorial)

Gorillaz - Momentary Bliss (feat. slowthai & Slaves)
A$AP Ferg - Value
Lil Wayne - Mahogany
Yo Gotti - H.O.E. (Heaven On Earth)
Lil Wayne - I Do It (feat. Big Sean & Lil Baby)

Aron A (Editorial)

Lil Wayne - Mahogany
Tory Lanez - K Lo K (feat. Fivio Foreign)
J Hus - Repeat (feat. Koffee)
Lil Wayne - Line Em Up
The Colleagues - Red Vans (feat. Freddie Gibbs)

Paul Pirotta (Sales)

Jadakiss, Rick Ross & Emanny - Kisses To The Sky
Meek Mill - Letter To Nipsey (feat. Roddy Ricch)
Tory Lanez - K Lo K (feat. Fivio Foreign)
Gang Starr - Bad Name (Remix) [feat. Method Man & Redman]
A$AP Ferg - Value 

The years-old feud between Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill took a wild turn today with both rappers making savage accusations against one another on social media. It all started when Meek Mill "liked" a meme about Minaj's current husband Kenneth Petty, which ultimately kicked off a rampage on the Queen's end. She accused her ex-boyfriend of beating up women, even claiming that he filmed himself attacking his own sister, spitting on her and throwing punches. Meek rebutted by bringing up the child rape case involving Jelani Maraj, the Queens rapper's brother. Things are presently cooling off after intense developments kept piling on earlier and now, Meek Mill is finally addressing the initial allegations spewed by Minaj. 

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Speaking on the accusations of him being a woman-beater, Meek Mill vehemently denied that he's ever laid his hands on a female, writing the following:

"For clarification I don’t hit women and I won’t let my interviews be filled with question about her or any situation to do with her when I come out to do press for my new album! No devils tricks."

Many world religions, fables, and social epithets teach the young to mind their elders. We’ve all heard the chimes. “Respect those who came before you” or “show some deference.” This may be true for most of us, in many walks of life. But on the basketball court, age ain’t nothing but a number - and as Aaliyah said “throwing down ain’t nothing but a thang.” Twenty-year-old phenom Ja Morant isn’t waiting around to pay any dues or allot homage to the more established players in the league. The Memphis guard wants his respect right now. Ironically, the rookie is earning that esteem by being down-right nasty to his opponents. No exaggeration, there have been at least a dozen times this season when Morant pulled a move out of his bag and the best commentary I could provide after seeing it was “Oh, that’s just disrespectful.” Whether he’s barking at 2018’s MVP James Harden after nailing a three-pointer, yelling “[you better] tell that mother f**cker about me,” or trying to jump clean over Kevin Love - Morant has given fans several reasons to look at their television screen or cell phone with the “stank face,” and utter things like “don’t do him like that.” He is quickly becoming one of the league’s must-see attractions - routinely delivering unforgettable moments well worth the price of admission.

Of all the names being thrown around throughout the NBA trade deadline cycle, D'Angelo Russell is one of the players we have heard the most about. Ever since joining the Golden State Warriors, it was believed he would be a rental to replace Klay Thompson for a little while. Over the past couple of weeks, it has become apparent that various teams are trying to get him, including the Minnesota Timberwolves. Now, yet another team is throwing their hat into the ring, this time, the New York Knicks.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Knicks have been pursuing Russell and have even proposed some trade packages. So far, the Warriors have denied all of them as the Knicks aren't close to matching their demands.

Last month Tia Mowry shared the results of her DNA ancestry test that gave her even more detail on her roots and where her relatives. “One of the main reasons why I wanted to do this is because as I’ve gotten older, I’ve been more intrigued with who I am and where I come from,” she said. “I’ve always known some information about my mom’s side, but I didn’t know a lot about my dad’s side.”

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The 41-year-old mother of two has made even more moves to become comfortable with her true self and this time it’s in the form of a new haircut. Tia recently debuted to her latest style update to Instagram that sees her glowing self and her much shorter locks. “It was time! #shorthair #dontcare ☺️ #skin #nofilter #nomakeup This.Is.Me #selfcare isn’t selfish ??,” she captioned the selfie. 

Tia chatted with Refinery29 on just why she decided to chop off her curls. “If I’m honest with you, 2020 was just starting pretty rough,” she said. “Between the natural disasters to worrying about viruses, and then the sudden loss of Kobe Bryant… I just wanted to chop my hair off and start over.”

On Saturday morning, Nelly may have felt inspired by Uncut Gems to hit up Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino. If he watched this new Safdie brothers film, it could also explain why Nelly was exhibiting as much rage and frustration as Adam Sandler’s character, Howard Ratner. TMZ has shared a clip of the rapper going off on a pit boss at a poker table. It got pretty hot in there.

If you watch the 50-second clip, you could get a pretty good idea of what went down. It starts with Nelly shouting at the pit boss: “He’s talking about his balls ’cause I said ‘you don’t know how to play,’ and you said, ‘yo get under my nuts.’ So I’m wrong?” Okay, this excerpt might seem a bit confusing at first, so let me break it down. The “he” that Nelly refers to is a fellow gambler at the table who oddly instructed him to “get under my nuts” after Nelly criticized his poker skills. 

The pit boss ends up being the target of Nelly’s wrath since he didn’t intervene in the little dispute at the table. “I didn’t hear any of this,” the pit boss is heard saying. To which Nelly retorts, “I’m telling you what he said!” The pit boss remains indifferent to Nelly’s plight, probably hoping he could just make it to the end of his shift without dealing with any drama. “Just stop. Alright? Enough’s enough,” Nelly is told. The irritated rapper surrenders, repeating “I expect you to be on their side.” At this point, the vibes at the table were totally thrown off and the other player decides that he just wants to take his chips and leave. 

In the midst of this heated social media back-and-forth we’re experiencing between Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill, some good news was confirmed by the Philadelphia rapper regarding rumors we’ve been hearing about for months. For the last year, Meek Mill has been linked to fashion designer Milan Harris, of Milano di Rouge, but the rapper never cared to justify the terms of their relationship. When she got pregnant a few months back, speculation grew even more rampant with fans assuming Meek was the father. Again, he didn’t address the topic but still, we were seeing them around each other far too often for it not to be a thing. Finally, confirmation has been granted with the “Dreams & Nightmares” star dropping some knowledge in the middle of his rant against Nicki Minaj.

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The most scathing headlines coming out of this beef have to do with the accusations Nicki is making against Meek, claiming that he beat up his sister and filmed the entire thing. Another has to do with Meek bringing up Minaj’s defense of her brother, who was just sentenced in a child rape case. On the positive end of things, Mill finally claimed Milan Harris as his girl, explaining that she’s the reason why he’s no longer entertaining this feud. 

“My girl is with me pregnant watching me tweet about my ex is very clownish … Ima exit,” wrote the rapper on Twitter. 

Milan Harris announced her pregnancy late last year and now, we’ve got official word that Meek is the father. Congratulations to them!

When comedian and TV host Joe Rogan launched his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, over 10 years ago, he probably didn’t realize that a decade later, he’d be the highest-paid podcaster in the world. According to Forbes magazine, Joe is at the top of their inaugural list of The Highest-Earning Podcasters, as the famous media personality raked in a whopping $30 million last year.

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Senior vice president at Edison Research, Tom Webster, told Forbes that Rogan is “delivering scale and engagement” that puts him at “no. 1 in terms of reach in the U.S.” Hosts of the uber popular My Favourite Murder podcast, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, are sitting just below him at the no. 2 spot, who made $15 million in 2019 off their podcast. The list was determined using “earnings figures include revenue from advertising on a host’s flagship program only, as well as ancillary revenue from touring, paid memberships and other media (like books and YouTube videos) derived from it.” These estimates are based on data from Apple, Stitcher, Magellan AI, Edison, and Pollstar, as well as interviews with industry insiders.

It’s hardly a surprise that someone like Joe Rogan would top such a list. The Youtube channel for The Joe Rogan Experience, which was first established in 2013, has accumulated over 7.39 million subscribers and has garnered over 1.8 billion views total. In 2019 alone, the host interviewed plenty of fascinating figures, such as Mike Tyson, UFO believer and alleged Area 51 worker Bob Lazar, Kevin Hart, Robert Downey Jr., and more. While his most-viewed interview of the year was Alex Jones, Joe’s sit-down with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders received plenty of attention, particularly due to Joe’s later endorsement of him for the 2020 U.S. election. Bernie received some backlash for Joe’s public support of him, as many brought up Joe’s past transphobic and homophobic comments.

New York Knicks fans around the world were jumping for joy yesterday when it was revealed that president Steve Mills was fired from his post. For years, decades even, Knicks fans have been lamenting about how bad their front office is. While much of this has to do with owner James Dolan, many were happy to see Mills get his walking papers. In light of this firing, the Knicks will now have to get themselves a new president and rumors are already starting to swirl.

Today, the always entertaining Stephen A. Smith went on First Take and made a bold suggestion in regards to who the Knicks should hire. Smith seems to think Inside The NBA analyst Kenny Smith should get the job since he is a sound basketball mind who is also from New York. Smith also went on to say the Knicks should hire Mark Jackson as head coach.