Two rap greats came together this evening (May 8) after Eminem chatted with Lil Wayne for the latter’s Young Money Radio podcast. It was an epic meeting of the minds for two artists that are considered to be GOATS in the music industry, specifically the rap game. The pair even gave nods to a few artists that they particularly enjoy including the YBN Cordae, Big Sean, Joyner Lucas, Kendrick Lamar, Griselda, and J. Cole.

Lil Wayne and Eminem also touched on their creative processes, especially considering Em revealed and he’s been spending his days in quarantine “writing and recording.” Weezy spoke about how draws inspiration, saying “I try to listen to the new music and I can get a little buzz and go [in the studio] and kill something, but I still try to go off my regular procedure, and that’s just my natural inspiration.”

Eminem chimed in, “Same thing. When we first start out it’s a blank canvas. We paint on that sh*t until every area is full. When you’ve made so many songs about everything it gets a little tricky.” He added, “You probably write all the time, and I do, too.” Wayne admitted that he creates so much music that he often has to hit up Google to search his own lyrics to make sure he doesn’t duplicate bars he’s already written. Hilariously, Eminem added that he does the same thing and even pulled the move last night. Check it out below.

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One of the memorable highlights from the first season of Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow came from a moment between the season’s winner, D Smoke, and rap icon Snoop Dogg. Following D Smoke’s performance, Snoop, along with the other judges, critiqued his performance. When it came to the Doggystyle rapper’s turn to speak, he put a little pressure on D Smoke when he asked him where he was from. “I’m from Inglewood,” he answered. Snoop pressed him again with the same question. D Smoke was unmoving and gave the same response.

That moment may have been seen as a tense exchange, but it was a lesson that Snoop wanted to give from one fellow Californian rapper to another. While chatting with People’s Party with Talib Kweli, D Smoke expounded on the significance of that much talked about Rhythm + Flow encounter with Snoop Dogg.

“Let’s start by saying, Snoop didn’t ask everybody that,” he began. “I think, before I said I was from Inglewood, I think he already wanted to ask. And I think it speaks to the energy and, to use your word, the authenticity behind what I presented in my art, in my performance. Snoop, he didn’t ask anybody else that, which means he was moved in a different way.”

“I think I’m an intersection of all that sh*t in the same box. Like, church, street, music, art, you know what I’m saying, fightin’,” D Smoke continued. “I think Snoop saw that and I think it was a line—I didn’t mean to look at Snoop but I think I looked at him when I said, ‘If you don’t like it then fight me /  go meet the heel of my Nikes.’ I think part of it could have been like, ‘Okay, he got that energy.’… I don’t know if that part made the cut but he said, ‘I can tell you got that energy.'”  He also said that Snoop has been a major supporter of his career ever since.

The rapper added that the way Snoop approached the situation was an “L.A. thing” and he was more than familiar with what was going on. Check out his full interview with People’s Party with Talib Kweli below.

Although he’s hailed as a rap icon, the late Biggie Smalls only has two albums under his belt. The slain rapper lost his life to a drive-by shooting back in 1997, and his family, friends, and loved ones are left to speculate a life and career that could have been. On his second and final album, Life After Death, Biggie collaborated with his fellow Bad Boy artists The Lox to deliver the classic track “Last Day.” Over the years, The Lox member Jadakiss has shared stories about his times with Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, and he recently bestowed a few more memories with People’s Party with Talib Kweli.

“We would just go inside his session and pick his brain,” Jadakiss recalled. “Ask him mad questions, just ask him about all type of sh*t. Ask him what was he thinking when he wrote certain verses. Ask him what to expect. He told us Puff was gonna do a lotta things we didn’t like, but he was gon’ make us stars. That was actually a reality.”

Jadakiss added that Biggie was a big supporter of The Lox and admired their work ethic. “He had big plans for us working together,” the rapper added. “As you can see, we was one of the only rare features on the Life After Death project. Wasn’t too many. For us to be young, new artists, to be on that album was a big thing for us.”

Biggie told Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Styles P to always be hungry in the rap game and to “never take no days off.” Jadakiss also said that after Big performed at the Apollo Theater with Mase and Junior M.A.F.I.A., the late rapper told him that he needed that show because he only had $200 to his name.

“That’s one thing I might do. Sh*t come across the table that other artists might not do and if it ain’t too much going on, Imma take it,” Jadakiss said. “I always remember him saying that.” Check out the clip of Jadakiss talking with People’s Party with Talib Kweli below about being in the studio as Notorious B.I.G. recorded his classic and final album Life After Death.

Things got emotional on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson when Sugar Ray Leonard sat down with his fellow champion boxer to talk about life inside and outside of the ring. The series isn’t one that typically features its guests or hosts in tears, but Tyson couldn’t help himself as he spoke with one of his idols about their favorite sport.

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Tyson became choked up as he spoke about being in juvenile hall at 13-years-old, watching Leonard fight and knowing he wanted to do the same thing someday. Tyson could incredibly recall details of many of Leonard’s fights and explained how he felt when he was watching those wins and losses. Then, Tyson touched on who he was as a fighter and how he struggles with repressing the person he used to be because that person was out of control, while also missing his former self because that rage is what aided in making him a phenomenal boxer.

“I know the art of fight, I know the art of war,” Tyson said. “That’s why I’m so feared. That’s why they feared me when I was in the ring ’cause I was an annihilator. I was born for [that]. Now those days are gone. I’m empty. I’m nothing. I’m working on being the art of humbleness.” As he fought through his tears, Tyson said, “That’s the reason why I’m crying, ’cause I’m not that person no more and I miss him.”

“Sometimes I feel like a b*tch,” added Tyson. “Because I don’t want that person to come out because if he comes out, hell is coming with him. And it’s not fun at all. [I’m not trying] to sound cool like I’m a tough guy… I’m scared of him.” Watch Mike Tyson’s emotional clip with Sugar Ray Leonard below. 

Shea Butter Baby star Ari Lennox is enjoying the fruits of her success. The First Lady of Dreamville’s “Shea Butter Baby” single recently became certified RIAA Gold, and soon she’ll be visiting our friends Down Under for a few live shows. The soul singer stopped by the Skullcandy Podcast to share insights into her career and joked about forcing her younger brothers to learn choreography to a Ja Rule song when they were little.

Reflecting on Ja Rule’s reign, Ari called the rapper “everything.” She added, “There are people that try him and I do not like those people,” she said. “I think they’re disgusting, soulless pieces of crap because Ja Rule to me is life. Had some of the most beautiful collaborations in the world, or in life in general.” The Ja praise didn’t stop there.

“And his passion was just—I could feel that, it was beautiful,” Ari continued. “He was just talkin’ real stuff.” The R&B singer said that there are plenty of talented rappers today, but Ja had a way of making a “girl feel like, ‘I’m your b*tch, I’m your bottom b*tch, I’m your side b*tch. I’m all these bitches to you…or your wife,” she added with a laugh. For the record, she, too, believes Ja was scammed in the Fyre Festival scandal.

As much as Ari wanted Ja Rule’s music to be the “background to [her] love life,” she admitted that it didn’t happen. Watch Ari Lennox’s full interview with Skullcandy Podcast below.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. joined DJ EFN and NORE on the Drink Champs podcast and dropped a bombshell revealing that his 2014 Las Vegas altercation with T.I. was over his wife, Tiny Harris. Despite making nearly a $1 billion in half a decade, Floyd Mayweather has been teasing his resurgence into combat sports, all the while celebrating his iconic undefeated boxing career. Now, the 50-0 world champion boxer has made an unexpected stop at one of the culture’s most revered podcasts to discuss his legacy and more. 

During a short segment of the two-hour-plus interview, NORE inquired about Floyd Mayweather’s scuffle with T.I. at a local Las Vegas Fatburger. TheWar Report rapper jokingly asked Mayweather if T.I. had ‘snuffed’ him during the altercation. While drinking his coffee, the non-drinking Floyd Mayweather attempted to respond in the most respectful manner he could, stating:

“My thing is this, I just tell men like this– If you feel like your woman is a trophy, she should be at home on the shelf. Period.” Mayweather continued, “A lot of times, a man gets mad at a man, you know what I’m saying? When a man should be checking his better half. Like I said before, I’m a king, I have a feast every day.”

Over the years, T.I. and Floyd Mayweather have publicly exchanged jabs. Floyd Mayweather’s DJ even claims that he was jumped by T.I. and his clique in passing last year. The Atlanta rapper also dissed Mayweather for wearing Gucci on the one-off track, “F*ck N***a.” 

While whether or not Floyd Mayweather’s fighting career is actually over remains to be a mystery, he’s making sure his voice is heard and connecting with his audience. Check out Floyd Mayweather’s full Drink Champs interview below. 

It’s been over a week since Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and their seven friends lost their lives in a helicopter accident, and people are still struggling with the reality of the sport’s star’s death. While the sensationalism around his passing has dissipated, it will still be a long road of grieving and mourning for many of Kobe’s fan’s friends, and love ones.

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The tragedy will continue to be a topic of discussion for many news and media outlets in the months to come, and on the recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the hosts chatted about Black Mamba’s rap career. “He was one of us, he was a rapper,” Budden said before sharing a secret with the world. He played a vintage, unreleased track of Kobe rapping. “Shaq sent this to my phone. I thought this was just like, a joint that had come out but I had never heard it.” 

Unfortunately, we’re only able to hear a few brief seconds of the song before the podcast crew became sidetracked as they accused Budden of flexing. The remainder of the clip shows the group teasing one another, but prior to the jabs, Budden shared that he appreciated how sports players and professionals honored Kobe, including Shaquille O’Neal.

On an episode of NBA on TNT, Shaq tearfully verbalized how losing the basketball icon had affected him. “I haven’t felt a pain that sharp in a while,” Shaq said. “Forty-seven-years-old… lost two grandmothers, lost a sarge, lost my sister, and now I lost a little brother.” Watch the clip of The Joe Budden Podcast below.

Ice Cube is one of hip-hop’s most prolific songwriters to ever pick up a pen or reach for a microphone. His writing ability singlehandedly helped the west coast rise to prominence in the late ’80s and he’s also responsible for penning one of the greatest diss tracks in all-time in “No Vaseline.” However, as of the two decades, the Los Angeles-based lyricist has become a media mogul producing his own movies and running his very own professional basketball association in the BIG3. 

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Recently, the gangsta rap pioneer made his way to the Uproxx office as a guest on Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh’s coveted podcast entitled the People’s Party with Talib Kweli to discuss his legacy, his impact on the culture, the success of the BIG3, and more. 

With hip-hop purists being cognizant of his pen, the discussion of Ice Cube’s songwriting influence during N.W.A’s early days arose to which he revealed the inspiration behind writing Eazy-E’s most popular song, “Boyz N The Hood.” Cube revealed that he had initially written the cinematic song for a Queens-based rap collective called, Homeboys Only, but they were utterly confused by the context of the song as he described how Dr. Dre influenced Eazy-E to the deliver rhymes. During the interview, Cube said:

“The lyrics was foreign to them. ‘You talking another language, man.’ And I was. It was the sh*t we talk about out here. They didn’t understand what I was talking about so they rejected it and then Dre convinced Eazy to do it.”

The “Steady Mobbin” rapper then went on to reveal that the storytelling raps that he admired during that time influenced him to write the bars stating:

 “It was in the nature of (Ice-T’s) ‘6 in the Mornin,’ (Schoolly D’s) ‘P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?),’ so it was in that vein of telling a story. We was all fans of Slick Rick and fans of KRS(-One)… So those was my favorite cats at the time and so I wanted to make a rhyme that talked about what I knew about: Everything going on in the neighborhood.”

With the BIG3 continuously growing and Talib Kweli hoarding music the culture needs, both hip-hop legends have plenty of more to contribute to today’s rap climate. Also, with Ice Cube and Talib Kweli as charismatic of a unit as they are in an interview setting, this episode of the People’s Party has the potential to be one of the greatest pieces of content, Uproxx and Kweli have released to date. 

Check out the clip of Ice Cube revealing his inspiration behind writing Eazy-E’s “Boyz N The Hood” below and look out for the full episode of People’s Party with Talib Kweli featuring Ice Cube dropping on Monday, Feb. 3. 

With over ten million followers on Instagram alone, it should come to no surprise that Instagram and fitness model, Tammy Hembrow‘s DMs are flooding with suitors looking to get in contact with the Australian socialite. However, on a recent episode of her podcast Hanging With The Hembrows featuring and co-hosted by her sisters, Emilee and Amy, Tammy revealed that tons of athletes have been reaching out to her in hopes that they can connect on a more intimate level. 

Without naming any names, Tammy spilled the tea stating: “I swear to God, every single athlete in the world has slipped into my DMs.” The social media starlet took things a step further when she read an anonymous DM from an unnamed athlete on air saying, “Are you still with yours? Asking for a friend.”

Tammy then followed up reading the message declaring, “Everyone who’s on that whole team has messaged me.”

The relationship status of the 25-year-old fitness entrepreneur remains a mystery but she did go on to state that she’d be willing to give someone a shot if she deemed them worthy of her time and attention. After splitting with her ex-fiance, Reece Hawkins, in 2018, whom she shares two children with, Tammy Henbrow has been connected to both Tyga and Odell Beckham Jr. 

The Kardashian affiliate and mother of two has left a lot of room for interpretation as to who and what ‘entire sports team’ might have their sights on the blonde bombshell. From the outside looking in the general public can only speculate. Check out the clip of Tammy revealing what’s going down in her DMs in the video provided below as well as some of her latest Instagram posts.