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Beef@ NDTV US Sports

Kai Cenat's ex Gigi to Dezz: 'Watch yo mouf' — posts a 2024 DM she says is his after he called her a bozo on TikTok Live

The Clover Boys fallout has a new name in it. On a TikTok Live on Sunday, Dezz went at Kai Cenat's ex Gabrielle "Gigi" Alayah: "She's a dork, she's a bozo. I would have took my man's girl." Gigi answered on her Instagram story with a DM screenshot she says Dezz sent her on Aug. 5, 2024, weeks after she and Kai started talking on June 17. She accused him of being jealous of Kai's success, wrote that Kai "invested more into yall then ANYBODY else," and told him to "watch yo mouf." She also wrote that she and Kai are "not even together." The screenshot is her post and has not been independently verified. Dezz had not responded as of Tuesday morning.

20h ago 2

Beef@ Jamaica Observer

Cardi B to BZR WKND promoter: 'You never sent me 2.5' — Ryan Burke says she was paid in full, Cardi vows countersuit

BZR WKND founder and CEO Ryan Burke told CVM TV on Monday that Cardi B was paid US$2.5 million for the Kingston show she pulled out of in October. "She was paid in full," Burke said, adding that organisers have hired lawyers and are pursuing legal action to recover the money. CVM said it was shown copies of five transfers totaling that amount. Cardi went on Instagram Live soon after and disputed it. She said she received her deposit, that the second half meant to cover production was due Sept. 17 and never came, and that a later payment of "750" arrived only after she said she was cancelling, so she sent it back. "You never sent me 2.5, so what are you talking about?" she said. "I'm gonna countersue you." She also apologized to Jamaican fans and said she would love to perform there for a different promoter. Whether Burke's lawsuit has been filed is not confirmed.

20h ago 2

Beef@ Baller Alert

Dezz says Kai Cenat cut off the Clover Boys; Kai on stream: 'My brothers is AMP'

Dezz, a longtime friend of Kai Cenat and a member of the Clover Boys, said on TikTok Live that Kai has stopped talking to the group. "Kai don't speak to none of us, gang," he said, adding that Kai's sister Kaiya had stopped talking to him too. "I still love them, but until y'all show me love the same way I show y'all love, I don't give a f*ck." Kai and Dezz met in college, and Dezz helped produce Kai's early videos. Later on his own stream, Kai told chat, "I have brothers, bro. My brothers is AMP," then went back to playing GTA. The comments come after Ray left the Clover Boys in October and RaKai said the house was done. Kai has not addressed Dezz by name.

1d ago 2

Beef@ Listen and Laugh YouTube, full episode

Dr. Dre and Ice Cube clash over AI on the first episode of Listen & Laugh

On the debut episode of Ice Cube and Mike Epps' Listen & Laugh podcast, Dr. Dre said he's "extremely excited about AI" in music and film, compared it to sampling, and said the only people mad about it "are the people who aren't that creative." Ice Cube pushed back: he's fine with creators using AI as a tool, but not with people using it as a shortcut past the years of work a great record takes. Dre told him, "You have to get used to it or you're gonna be left behind." The two former N.W.A groupmates agreed to disagree.

2d ago 2

Beef@ Ski Mask (@THESLUMPGOD) — 'I Don't Have WiFi:(!' announce (posted twice)

Ski Mask The Slump God drops 'I Don't Have WiFi:(!' diss; Wifisfuneral fires back

Round 2. A day after Ski Mask The Slump God called out Wifisfuneral on X for posting an IG story on a date with Jenesis Sanchez (mother of XXXTentacion's son), Ski dropped the diss track "I Don't Have WiFi:(!" (prod. @DVMNNVBEEL). He posted the title twice on X at ~9:51 AM CT Nov 5 (~71K impressions by early afternoon), then dropped the SoundCloud link under "More SC Things Before The Album :)" at ~10:37 AM CT. The track clip also went viral via accounts like @RileyTaugor (~81K impressions). Wifisfuneral answered on IG Stories. Akademiks posted a screenshot of the Stories at ~1:18 PM CT. In the response, Wifi denies putting any "voodoo" on anyone and says he and Jenesis dated as teens until 2016, had no contact for about 10 years, then ran into each other and reconnected — not for clout. Addressing Ski as "Stoke," Wifi flips the heat: he claims Ski wanted to smash Jen right after X died, alleges Ski "fucked the aunt" and "tried fucking his mom," and says Ski was telling people in Miami that "Jah" (X) was trying to sacrifice him to keep his career going. Wifi also tells tough-talking online accounts to stop acting like they're going to spin. Ski's Nov 4 "voodoo on X" line stays labeled as Ski's accusation. As of draft (~2:00 PM CT Nov 5), neither side has posted a second wax response beyond this exchange.

2d ago 1

Beef@ AllHipHop: Shyheim Calls Out Fat Joe & Funk Flex Over Alleged Blacklisting (quotes full Facebook statement)

Shyheim says Fat Joe and Funk Flex tried to blacklist him when he was 15

Shyheim, the Staten Island rapper known as the Rugged Child, is calling out Fat Joe and Funkmaster Flex over what he describes as an effort to shut him out of the industry when he was a teenager. In a statement posted on Facebook, he wrote: "In the 1990s, two grown men were on the phone discussing how to blacklist a 15-year-old kid and prevent him from accessing opportunities. Let that sink in. A child navigating an industry dominated by adults, politics, egos, and power plays. Welcome to the music industry." The post appears to point back to a 2017 conversation on Flex's #WeGotaStoryToTell series, where Fat Joe talked about getting Big Pun onto Flex's compilation. According to a report on that interview, Flex had been turning down Wu-Tang crew affiliates, and Shyheim and King Just were mentioned as examples. That supports a conversation about access, but it doesn't by itself show a coordinated effort against Shyheim, and AllHipHop noted the two weren't on the phone in that clip. Fat Joe, who dropped a Tiny Desk concert the same day, and Funk Flex have not responded. Shyheim's account is his claim.

2d ago 1

Beef@ AllHipHop, confrontation + Sober Facts response

N.O.R.E. ran up on Sober Facts. Now the food critic says he'll apologize

N.O.R.E. pulled up on New York food reviewer Sober Facts (Jason Rodriguez) while he was filming a review outside Casa Adela on the Lower East Side on Halloween, telling him to stop using the N-word. On the video, the Drink Champs host says he 'could have did you filthy' but keeps it verbal, and asks where the people backing Sober Facts online were. The two had gone back and forth online for months after Sober Facts posted a video defending his use of the word and criticized the drinking and smoking on N.O.R.E.'s show. Sober Facts first fired back, saying N.O.R.E. arrived with six or seven people and that 'nobody in New York City is gonna stop saying it.' That video is no longer on his Instagram. In a follow-up he said he wanted to 'end this' and doesn't 'even wanna use the word anymore.' On Wednesday he told Complex's Izzy Izzo he was shocked, not scared, that he respected N.O.R.E.'s request to turn the camera off, and that he will apologize. The run-in also took over Wednesday's Joe Budden Podcast, where Marc Lamont Hill sympathized with Sober Facts and the rest of the panel said online talk invites real-world consequences.

2d ago 1

Beef@ The Chill Show on YouTube: 'Yak Gotti Finally Speaks on EVERYTHING! YSL Trial, Young Thug, Gunna, Street Politics & More

Yak Gotti on Young Thug: "F*** Thug" — then brings up 21 Savage, his leaked interrogation video and Lil Baby on The Chill Show

Yak Gotti went at Young Thug on The Chill Show. In a clip from the new episode, the YSL rapper says "F*** Thug" and "you can't piss on me," a clear break from the man he stood trial beside. He also brings up 21 Savage and talks about his police interrogation video leaking while he was on trial, a sore spot since the footage spread online during the YSL case. On Lil Baby, Yak says "same s***" and calls out picking and choosing and gimmicks. Yak was acquitted at the end of the YSL RICO trial in December 2024, after Thug took a plea deal that October. As of Tuesday night, Thug, 21 Savage and Lil Baby had not responded publicly. Lil Baby's album FRESH, with Thug on "All My Partnas," drops Friday. TrapHop USA will update this story if any of them answers.

2d ago 0

Beef@ HotNewHipHop: 'Moneybagg Yo & Lil Baby Appear To Take Shots At Each Other Over Similar Drip' (Aron A.)

Lil Baby tells Moneybagg Yo "Long chain or don't bang"; Bagg replies "I see why" and flexes cash and chains on his IG Story

Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo traded shots on Instagram over the weekend, and it started with a chain. After a club clip of Moneybagg Yo in a white tee and long, iced-out chains circulated on Instagram, commenters said the Memphis rapper was dressing like Lil Baby. Baby left his own comment under the post: "Long chain or don't bang." Bagg answered him directly: "@lilbaby I see why." The phrase is also the title of Bagg's 2026 single, the song he was dancing to in the clip. Bagg then posted a series of Instagram Stories labeled "Picking & Choosing," panning across stacks of cash and a table of chains and pendants. In a voiceover reported by HotNewHipHop, he said people "will see a thousand" others do something but "pick this one person out the thousand to say something to, throw shots at." Neither rapper has called it a beef. The two have a history in the booth, including "U Played" and "No Sucker," and once talked about a joint project. Lil Baby's album FRESH is due Friday, Nov. 6. As of Tuesday morning, Baby had not responded publicly to Bagg's stories. TrapHop USA will update this story if he does.

2d ago 0

Beef@ 2 Chainz on X (@2chainz)

2 Chainz apologizes after Keith Lee clash: 'it was all love'

2 Chainz apologized on X on Nov 3 after his heated exchange with food critic Keith Lee on Kirk Franklin's Den of Kings. 'I got a chance to speak to Keith after the podcast and it was all love. I know my words offended some people and I apologize for that. What I said and what I meant were two different things. I could've done a better job getting my point across.' On the podcast, 2 Chainz defended celebrities getting better restaurant service and pressed Keith over a bad review of Esco Restaurant & Tapas, his Atlanta spot. Bossip, Vice and HotNewHipHop reported Keith never reviewed Esco; the 2024 1.8/10 takedown was Mr. Chimetime's. The apology does not mention the mix-up. A resurfaced 2020 concert clip of 2 Chainz telling a fan to 'sit yo gay ass down' is also recirculating in the backlash.

2d ago 1

Beef@ FVTV Media on X (Blueface clip + transcription)

Blueface tells Akademiks he passed him on Kick, claims $1M in 90 days; Ak fires back with stream stats

Blueface and DJ Akademiks are going at it over Kick money. On his Kick stream overnight Halloween, after Akademiks brought up an old tweet, Blueface fired back: "You're like 41, you've been streaming for like 15 years and I've already passed you. And I've been streaming for not even a year now." He also claimed he made a million dollars in 90 days on the platform and thanked DDG for getting him started there. Akademiks answered on his own stream by pulling up both of their Kick stats for the last 30 days: 85 hours for Ak, 239 for Blueface. "You stream three times as much as me. I'm a part-time worker, you're damn near full-time," he said, adding that Blueface can't beef with him because he's the one who got Blueface and his team their deals on Kick, and that he'd rather have 2-3K viewers than Blueface's kind of stream. Wack 100 jumped in on Blueface's side, per X's trending summary. Kick has not confirmed anyone's earnings, and the $1M figure is Blueface's own claim.

2d ago 0

Beef@ Papoose on YouTube ('Handshakes with Snakes' Prod by. Ron Browz)

Papoose Fires Back at Eazy The Block Captain With 'Handshakes with Snakes'

Papoose answered. Friday evening he dropped "Handshakes with Snakes," produced by Ron Browz, a straight response to Eazy The Block Captain's "Letter to Claressa." Pap doubles down on the club story, rapping that he walked in and "knocked the lame off of his feet." He says Remy Ma paid for Eazy's battles, says Eazy ain't really from Philly but "from the outskirts," and closes on the title: Eazy shook his hand, then stabbed him in the back. On X, Papoose told fans they've "been lied to about me." The video passed 176K YouTube views by Saturday morning. Eazy isn't backing down. Saturday morning he called the track "light as shit" and said he's about to "blow this shit up." Friday he'd already warned battle rap not to complain about a diss after years of talking about people's girls and families. This is round four: Eazy's "Lothario" (Oct. 10), Pap's car freestyle (Oct. 26), Eazy's "Letter to Claressa" (Oct. 30), and now this. Claressa Shields hasn't commented on the new track.

2d ago 2

Beef@ Foogiano official YouTube: 'The Misunderstood Truth [Official Music Video]'

Foogiano drops Gucci Mane diss 'The Misunderstood Truth' on Halloween

Foogiano is coming at his old label boss. The former 1017 Records artist dropped "The Misunderstood Truth" at midnight on Halloween, Oct. 31, on his official YouTube channel, the third release in three days after "Halfway In" (Oct. 29) and "Halfway Out" (Oct. 30). The video has Foogiano in zombie face paint and a balaclava, "The New 1017" logo shattered like glass, and a 1017 chain pendant lying in the dirt. On the track he appears to take shots at Gucci Mane and his wife Keyshia Ka'oir, with lines like "money don't make you real, money don't make you no gangster" and talk about somebody who "ain't right to testify." Fans online read it as Foogiano calling Gucci a snitch over the Pooh Shiesty case. Federal prosecutors allege a Jan. 10, 2026 meeting at a Dallas studio about Pooh Shiesty's 1017 contract turned into an armed takeover in which Gucci was forced to sign papers releasing Pooh from his deal; nine men were charged, including Pooh Shiesty, and the defendants have pleaded not guilty, with trial set for Feb. 22, 2027. Ka'oir said last week that Gucci "was not the one who called the popo." Foogiano, who came home from prison in April 2026, has publicly backed Shiesty, and Gucci's album "Against All Odds" includes a track titled "Crash Dummy." Gucci Mane had not responded to the diss as of Saturday morning.

2d ago 0

Beef@ Popcast (The New York Times) on YouTube: 'Lil Baby Says He Never Fell Off - Now He's Ready to Prove It'

Lil Baby on Gunna and Young Thug: 'We Can Not Like Each Other, But We Gonna Play Cool' — the Atlanta Code

Lil Baby finally got asked about Gunna and Young Thug, and he answered with the Atlanta code. On The New York Times' Popcast, host Joe Coscarelli brought up his relationships with Young Thug and Gunna, two real friends who went through something life-altering while Baby got thrown into the gossip. Baby said the talk is "98 percent never right." "Whether I like them or they like me, we're all gonna be on that personal vibe," he said. "That's what I do commend Atlanta on, because we can not like each other, but we gonna play cool for y'all. It's like an unspoken thing." If there's a problem, he said, "we can handle that problem off the internet, in person, just us. At the end of the day, we still for the town, for Atlanta." He didn't say he and Gunna are beefing, and he didn't take a shot. HotNewHipHop read it as confirmation the two aren't on good terms and likely won't team up again, but that's their read, not his words. His album Fresh (17 songs, with Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez on it, per HNHH) drops Nov. 6.

2d ago 0

Beef@ TMZ

Rah Ali says Nicki Minaj is out to destroy her after their decade-long friendship ended

Rah Ali says her friendship with Nicki Minaj is over and that the rapper is trying to destroy her. In a new Instagram video, the Onsite Media owner said the two have been friends since about 2016 and that she has been loyal, honest and trustworthy the whole time. "There comes a point where you have to say enough is enough," she said, adding she won't let someone "intentionally try to destroy me" because she won't let them be "a puppet master." On-screen text in the video claims Nicki instructed a YouTuber to spread lies about her and wants to destroy anything she's working on. The split appears to trace back to October 2025, when Nicki said three different people had used her Amex card for unauthorized charges in two months; she never named Rah, but bloggers pointed at her. Rah answered weeks later with an open letter telling Nicki to show evidence or apologize. Rah is also known for two public run-ins with Nicki's rival Cardi B, including the 2018 New York Fashion Week fight. Nicki has not responded publicly.

2d ago 1

Beef@ Vaughn Golden on X (Hochul clip, 282K views)

Gov. Kathy Hochul tells Nicki Minaj to 'get outside' after Nicki calls her an 'evil woman'

Nicki Minaj and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are going back and forth five days before the governor's race. On X, the Queens-raised rapper called Hochul "an evil woman" who "will not escape God's wrath," said the Democratic Party should forfeit her seat, and urged New Yorkers to vote for Republican Bruce Blakeman in Tuesday's election. Nicki pointed to Hochul's old remark that Black kids in the Bronx don't know what the word computer is. Asked about it at a campaign stop in Albany on Wednesday evening, Hochul fired back on camera: "I think she ought to get outside and offline a little more. And stop going to Trump rallies, because it's kind of poisoning your mind." Nicki appeared at Turning Point's AmericaFest in December 2025. The clip of Hochul's answer passed 280,000 views on X overnight. Nicki had not answered Hochul directly as of Thursday morning.

2d ago 0

Beef@ Say Cheese on X (IG story screenshot)

Pooh Shiesty shuts down claims he got multiple women pregnant: 'I don't got no baby mamas'

Pooh Shiesty is denying the talk that he left Dallas with a stack of babies on the way. In an Instagram Story that hit the blogs Wednesday morning, the Memphis rapper wrote: "Mane i dont got no baby momas, no babies otw, nun of that and dont want none! or nun to do with you gabage ass hoes." The denial comes after his former manager Brandon Rainwater alleged in an October sit-down with Say Cheese TV that Shiesty "got 4 girls pregnant in Dallas when he was living here" during his roughly five months home after his early federal release in October 2025, and claimed one of the women was linked to the late MO3. None of those pregnancies has been independently confirmed, and none of the women has responded publicly to the denial. Shiesty, real name Lontrell Williams Jr., is back in federal custody in Texas on kidnapping and robbery charges tied to the alleged Jan. 10, 2026 Dallas studio confrontation with Gucci Mane. He has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is set for February 2027.

2d ago 0

Beef@ Rap-Up on X

Fans say Lil Baby sent shots at Moneybagg Yo on FRESH, a week after 'Long chain or don't bang'

Lil Baby's fifth album FRESH dropped Nov 6 with Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez. Fans quickly flagged a bar where Baby calls himself 'Mr. Take Your B*tch' plus a going-broke line, and read both as aimed at Moneybagg Yo and Ari Fletcher (Rap-Up). Baby doesn't say a name. It lands days after Baby commented 'Long chain or don't bang' under a Bagg club clip and Bagg answered 'I see why.' No response from Bagg yet.

3d ago 0

Beef@ AP News video — Omari Hardwick on 50 Cent's claim Power creator wanted Ghost killed earlier

Omari Hardwick backs 50 Cent's claim Courtney Kemp wanted Ghost dead early

Omari Hardwick finally weighed in on 50 Cent's claim that Power creator Courtney A. Kemp wanted to kill Ghost off earlier because Omari got too big. In an Associated Press interview tied to his role as Cassius Clay Sr. in Prime Video's The Greatest, Omari was asked if he knew about that plan at the time. He said there was definitely a shift — and that's why he always rocks with 50. He also pushed back on the idea that he'd been talking smack about the Power camp, asking "I never said anything, did I?" The back-and-forth puts Ghost's star squarely on Fif's side of the long-running Power creator beef.

3d ago 2

Beef@ Primary viral receipt — @pages_xq Raud Esco review clip ("total as$", stop making meals)

Raud called 2 Chainz's Esco Restaurant 'total ass' and told him to stop making meals

Food reviewer Raud reviewed 2 Chainz's Esco Restaurant & Tapas in Atlanta and did not hold back. On the viral clip he calls the food "total ass" and advises 2 Chainz to stop making meals. The main X post from @pages_xq (video of the review) was sitting at 160K+ impressions by midday Nov 5 and was still listed in X trending. This lands in the same restaurant-review war that already had TrapHop drafts this week: 2 Chainz confronted Keith Lee on Kirk Franklin's Den of Kings over a bad Esco review, outlets then reported Keith never posted one and the scathing take was Mr. Chimetime's, and 2 Chainz apologized to Keith on Nov 3 saying it was all love. Now a new critic has hit Esco directly on camera. As of draft time (~12:50 PM CT Nov 5), 2 Chainz has not publicly responded to Raud.

4d ago 0

Beef@ Papoose on X

Papoose finally responds to Eazy The Block Captain, says he already knocked him out

Papoose finally answered Eazy The Block Captain. On Monday morning he posted a car freestyle on X, about two weeks after Eazy's 'Lothario' diss went at him and Remy Ma. Per the freestyle, Pap says he already knocked Eazy out: 'I caught a speeding ticket, I gave him so many speed knocks,' and 'been knocked him out.' He also says Eazy 'can't even spell Philadelphia' (a shot at the misspelled jacket from the diss), questions whether he's really from Philly, and says Remy Ma and URL aren't responding to him either. Eazy has said the knockout never happened, and no video of one has surfaced. Lyrics quoted from a machine transcript of Papoose's own video. Sources: Papoose on X (Oct. 26, 2026) and reposts. The knockout claim is ALLEGED, per Papoose only; Eazy has denied it. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BET (2019).

14d ago 2

Beef@ Dazed Within on X

Destroy Lonely claims he beat up Diorvsyou in Paris, warns he "might need another whoopin"

Destroy Lonely and Diorvsyou are into it. On a recent stream, Diorvsyou said he used to think Lonely would be bigger than Playboi Carti, "then he signed to Carti and that s*** broke my heart." Lonely fired back on X Sunday morning in tweets he later deleted: "I told u stop this when I caught u in Paris and u listened but I guess u might need another whoopin son," and "He hurt cause we beat him up ima keep it 100, I wasn't gone tell nobody but I guess he want the whole world to know." There's no video or report backing up a fight, so for now it's only Lonely's claim. Diorvsyou answered by posting DMs from someone he says was there, cracking that people "be havin drip brain from the G6." Fans also dug up a Paris video Diorvsyou posted earlier this year looking untouched. Lonely, who signed to Carti's Opium label, hasn't said more since deleting the posts. Sources: Screenshots and reposts on X by Dazed Within, 00ARCHIVE, STRAPPED and Kurrco (Oct. 24-25, 2026). The Paris fight is ALLEGED, per Destroy Lonely's deleted posts only. Photo: @destroylonely on X.

14d ago 0

Beef@ Say Cheese

Keyshia Ka'oir says Gucci Mane never called the police on Pooh Shiesty

Gucci Mane's wife Keyshia Ka'oir is pushing back hard on the snitch talk. In an Instagram comment Saturday night, Oct. 24, under a clip of Ebro Darden defending Gucci on his Apple Music show, Ka'oir wrote that "they painted this CRAZY false narrative about my husband" and that "MY HUSBAND WAS NOT THE ONE WHO CALLED THE POPO!" She added that it "doesn't even matter anyway" because "9 ninjas pulled down on ONE man with G*NS," calling it a "COWARD MOVE" when Gucci "was called there for a MEETING to discuss the boy's album." She said there was "NO BEEF! NO PRIOR ISSUES!" and blamed "jealousy, greed, and ungratefulness," claiming "somebody promised him money to leave 1017." Federal prosecutors allege that a Jan. 10, 2026 meeting at a Dallas studio about Pooh Shiesty's 1017 contract turned into an armed takeover in which Gucci was forced to sign papers releasing Pooh from his deal, and that cash and jewelry were taken from three victims. Nine men were charged, including Pooh Shiesty, his father and Big30. The defendants have pleaded not guilty, and trial is set for Feb. 22, 2027. Pooh Shiesty's camp had not responded to Ka'oir's comment as of Sunday morning. Sources: Say Cheese and Hollywood Unlocked (Oct. 24, 2026); AllHipHop (Oct. 19, 2026). The criminal allegations are unproven; the defendants have pleaded not guilty. Photo: @KeyshiaKaoir on X.

14d ago 0

Beef@ Plies on X

Plies calls out Trump over 'stand up' remark to Nicki Minaj at Michigan rally

Plies is not letting this one go. At President Trump's rally in Port Huron, Michigan on Sunday, Trump praised a male Republican candidate's backside, then said, "By the way, I looked at a beautiful ass before. Nicki Minaj. That's hard to miss," and asked her to stand up as the crowd cheered, per BBC. Minaj, who flew in on Air Force One, then took the stage and told voters Trump has "changed the energy of our country." Florida rapper Plies went straight to X. "He Just Told Her To 'Get Up & Let's Us See Your Azz'," he wrote, comparing it to how enslaved people were made to stand and turn around. Hours later he doubled down: "A Married Man Told Someone Else's Wife. To Stand Up So Everyone Can See Her Azz!!! An A Room Full Of So Called Christians/Evangelicals Applauded It!!!!" That post has passed 258K views, and an earlier one saying he'll "NEVER forgive" Trump voters is near 476K. Plies has been backing Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon in Florida, posting a video with her Saturday captioned "VOTE VOTE VOTE." Nicki Minaj has not responded to Plies. Sources: Plies on X (Oct. 24-25, 2026); BBC and MLive (Oct. 25-26, 2026). Photos: Plies, @plies on X (Oct. 2026); Trump official portrait, Daniel Torok/White House (public domain).

15d ago 1

Beef@ X (fan clip)

Bunna B Performs Her Trim Diss at SC State Homecoming, the Same Show Trim Played

The Atlanta rap girl beef just went live on stage. At South Carolina State University's homecoming concert, Bunna B performed a diss aimed at Trim, and Trim was on the same bill. A fan clip that's racked up more than 140,000 views on X catches the crowd reacting to the line "F*ck a coconut," which fans read as a jab at Trim's Vita Coco brand deal. Trim posted a clip of her own SCSU set and thanked SC State earlier in the day. The two worked together on Trim's viral "Boat" remix with YK Niece last year, but it's been ugly since. Trim threw shade on a "Too Much" snippet in July. In October, after Bunna's Sept. 19 Fulton County booking on battery and felony theft charges surfaced, Trim posted a police emoji with laughing faces, and Bunna accused her of calling the cops, a claim there's no evidence for in the booking records. Trim fired back by bragging about her Vita Coco and True Religion deals. Neither rapper has said anything about the homecoming diss on X yet. Sources: fan clip posted by @ShesFishy on X (Oct. 23, 2026); Trim on X (Oct. 23, 2026); The Shade Room and MIIXTAPECHIICK (Oct. 15, 2026). The read of the "coconut" line as a Vita Coco jab comes from fans; neither artist has commented. Images: Bunna B via X (@ereunna2u); Trim via X (@Itsmstrim).

17d ago 0

Beef@ Billboard

Sunshine Benzi Tells Cardi B to 'Call Your Writer' After Cardi's X Spaces Shade

Sunshine Benzi isn't letting Cardi B's shade slide. On Wednesday (Oct. 21), Cardi got on X Spaces and told fans she's over beefing with women in rap. "I don't even like beefing with rap b—hes anymore, because it's kinda boring," she said. But in the same session she said, "Go with that s–t with Trim and that white big b—h, don't do that with me," then made clear she loves Trim's music but doesn't like "the other b—h." Cardi never said a name, but fans tied it to Benzi, the 24-year-old Chicago rapper who blew up off the viral "Trump The Bill" freestyle. Benzi seemed to agree. "call your writer ho @iamcardib," she posted on X, then followed with, "how you changed your face more times than you've written a rap? @iamcardib." Benzi's post has pulled more than 2.7 million views on X. Cardi has not responded as of Thursday evening. Cardi said she's done beefing. Does she answer? Sources: Billboard and Complex (Oct. 22, 2026); Sunshine Benzi on X (Oct. 21, 2026). Images: Cardi B by Runawaymo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Sunshine Benzi by Sunshine Holt via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

19d ago 2

Beef@ WESH

Man Accused of Pistol-Whipping Rick Ross' Son Bonds Out, Thanks 50 Cent on Camera

The man accused of pistol-whipping Rick Ross' son is out of jail, and the first person he thanked was 50 Cent. Don Roberts III, 20, was granted a $50,000 bond Wednesday and released from the Volusia County jail after six days, WESH reported. He has to stay in Florida and wear a GPS monitor. His arraignment is set for Nov. 10, according to People. Wednesday night, 50 Cent posted a video of Roberts sitting in a chair talking to the camera. "I appreciate everybody who believed in me, my family and my friends," he says. "I'm out and I'm innocent. The Lord know I'm innocent. 50, I appreciate you for everything you're doing for me and believing in my innocence. Much love." 50 captioned it: "I had a strong feeling this brother was innocent, who snitching. LOL," then plugged his Street Fighter movie. The day before, 50 said on Instagram he would bail Roberts out and called the case a misunderstanding, after mocking Rick Ross over his son going to police. Tia Kemp, the son's mother, fired back at 50. It's still not clear whether 50 Cent actually paid the bond, XXL and Akademiks reported. Daytona Beach police say William Roberts III, 21, was on a sidewalk near Bethune-Cookman University on Oct. 11 when Roberts pulled up, said "I don't care who your daddy is, I'll kill you right here," and hit him in the head with a handgun. Police say it was over a woman. Roberts III picked him out of a photo lineup. The two are not related despite the shared last name. Don Roberts III is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He pleaded not guilty. The charges are allegations. Rick Ross has not commented publicly. Sources: WESH 2 (Oct. 21, 2026); People via AOL (Oct. 22, 2026); XXL and Baller Alert (Oct. 21-22, 2026); 50 Cent on Instagram (Oct. 21, 2026). Video still: Instagram/50cent via XXL.

19d ago 2

Beef@ AdinReports

Ari Fletcher and Moneybagg Yo Confront Streamer Cuffem at WeedMaps Halloween Party, Caught on His Own Stream

Ari Fletcher and Moneybagg Yo got face to face with streamer Cuffem at a WeedMaps Halloween party, and it all played out live on Cuffem's own Kick stream. In the clip, Cuffem links up with Moneybagg before Ari steps in and checks him over things he said about her online. "Don't cop no plea, you be talking sh*t," she tells him. Moneybagg backs her up while Cuffem looks down and says the comments were old. Clip pages and online reports say Cuffem and his BAU crew were asked to leave the party after the exchange. That part has not been confirmed by the venue or anyone's team. Akademiks weighed in on his stream, saying Moneybagg was too smart to put hands on Cuffem and questioning how Ari handled it. No statement from Ari, Moneybagg or Cuffem was found as of Thursday morning. Sources: Cuffem's Kick livestream via clips posted by AdinReports and bauteddy on X (Oct. 22, 2026); Akademiks TV on X (Oct. 22, 2026). The report that Cuffem was asked to leave comes from clip captions and has not been confirmed. File photo (Oct. 2023): Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET.

19d ago 2

Beef@ HotNewHipHop

KenTheMan Drops Diss Record on Emanny Over Joe Budden Podcast Comments, Emanny Says "That's Peace"

Houston rapper KenTheMan fired off a diss record at Emanny, the R&B singer and Joe Budden Podcast co-host, after he went at the JBP crew over her music. On episode 973 of The Joe Budden Podcast, Joe got hyped over a new KenTheMan project and the room started praising her. Emanny wasn't having it. He called his co-hosts phony, saying they knocked Megan Thee Stallion for her sound not evolving, then turned around and loved KenTheMan's music, as HotNewHipHop broke it down. Ken heard it and answered with a record. According to HNHH, she takes shots at Emanny's career and paints him as a sidekick who follows Joe around for clout. It landed days after she dropped her new album, I Love 304s. Joe Budden didn't help his co-host. "KenTheMan ended Emanny in 48 hours flat," he posted Monday afternoon. The JBTV Community clip of the diss pulled more than 300,000 views on X. Emanny kept it light. "DAMN Ken!!!! That's peace tho," he wrote on X. By Tuesday morning he'd relaunched his own show under a new name: That's Peace Podcast. Fans are split. Some say the bars were weak and only proved Emanny's point. Others say Ken did exactly what she was supposed to do. Expect it to come up on the next Joe Budden Podcast. Sources: HotNewHipHop (Oct. 20, 2026); Joe Budden, JBTV Community and Emanny on X (Oct. 19-20, 2026); The Joe Budden Podcast ep. 973. Images: Left: frame from KenTheMan's official "OMG" music video (KenTheMan, YouTube). Right: Emanny Music / AEOE YouTube thumbnail.

21d ago 3

Beef@ Variety

50 Cent Says He's Done Working With "Power" Creator Courtney Kemp as She Fires Back

50 Cent says he's done with Courtney Kemp, the woman who created "Power." For good. In a Variety interview published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, 50 was asked who he'd never work with again. He named Kemp. "I don't look forward to working with her ever again," he said. His issue is credit. 50 told Variety that after Power took off, Kemp would say "I wrote it." He said he helped sell the show to then-Starz boss Chris Albrecht, made the songs used in the pitch, and pulled viewers to the network. He also knocked how she handled budgets. He added that he doesn't think she's "wholeheartedly a bad person." Kemp answered in a statement to Variety. She said 50's take on budgets is "uninformed" because he was rarely in a budget meeting, and that she has "never once understated his importance in the genesis of Power." But she was clear: "While he did not write nor create the series, he was a large part of its birth." She said she's "completely bewildered" that he keeps bringing her up and hopes his "Street Fighter" success lets him move on too. 50 didn't let it go. After the interview, he posted on Instagram suggesting he'd held back a claim that Kemp had relationships with cast and crew members. He gave no names or proof. That claim is ALLEGED, per 50 Cent, and we haven't seen Kemp respond to that part yet. Kemp created Power and ran it as showrunner when Starz ordered it in 2013. 50 was an executive producer and played Kanan Stark. The original series ran six seasons and ended in 2020, and Kemp later signed with Netflix. Sources: Variety interview (Oct. 17, 2026); HotNewHipHop and AllHipHop (Oct. 18, 2026); K24 Digital and Daily Loud on 50's Instagram follow-up (Oct. 19, 2026). Photos: 50 Cent via Getty Images; Courtney Kemp by Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

23d ago 0

Beef@ HotNewHipHop

OTF Jam Allegedly Taunts Lil Durk From Behind Bars: "The Nation of Lil Durks"

OTF Jam is still coming at Lil Durk, and he's allegedly doing it from prison. On Sunday night, Oct. 18, 2026, an Instagram account believed to be OTF Jam's posted the famous jail-cell scene from "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" with the caption "The Nation of Lil Durks." HotNewHipHop reported the post Monday morning and noted someone else could be running the account, though recent posts suggest it's him. Akademiks shared the clip Sunday night. It landed just hours before Durk's 34th birthday on Monday, Oct. 19. OTF Jam, real name Kacey Hester, was one of the government's key cooperating witnesses in Durk's federal murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles. He pleaded guilty to the August 2022 killing of Saviay'a "Lul Pab" Robinson, Quando Rondo's cousin, and took the stand against Durk. Durk's lawyers went after his credibility, and on Sept. 11, 2026, the jury found Durk not guilty on all charges. Durk is still in federal custody. He has a bond hearing set for Nov. 5 and faces a separate VICAR racketeering trial set for August 2027. Those charges are still allegations. Jam remains in prison awaiting sentencing, per HotNewHipHop. We haven't seen a response from Durk's camp yet. Sources: HotNewHipHop (Oct. 19, 2026); Akademiks TV on X (Oct. 18, 2026); Los Angeles Times verdict report (Sept. 11, 2026); Courthouse News trial coverage. Photos: OTF Jam booking photo via RapUpdatesTv on X; Lil Durk file photo.

23d ago 2

Beef@ Genius

Gucci Mane Calls Out His Old 1017 Artists on "1017": "Now They Act Like I'm a Opp"

Gucci Mane is taking shots at the artists he put on. The closing track on his new album "Against All Odds," released Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, is called "1017," named after his label. On the hook, Gucci raps that he took artists "out the trap," put chains around their necks and put their names on the map, then says: "Gave a broke nigga a chance, now they act like I'm a opp / How the fuck you bite the hand that took your ass up off the block?" The verses keep going. "I should charge these niggas interest for the careers that I gave 'em," he raps, and later, "You can rewrite all the story, you can leave me out the credits / But the streets know who invested." Gucci does not name anyone on the song. The track started spreading on social media over the weekend, and Say Cheese picked it up Sunday night. It lands during a heavy stretch for 1017. Federal prosecutors have charged former 1017 artist Pooh Shiesty in an alleged January 2026 plot in which, they say, Gucci was held at gunpoint in a Dallas studio over Shiesty's record deal. Shiesty has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is set for February 2027. Nothing on "1017" names Shiesty or the case. "Against All Odds" is Gucci's 18th studio album. It has 17 tracks, with features from Summer Walker, OJ Da Juiceman and Ice Davis, via 1017/Atlantic Music Group. Sources: Genius lyrics for "1017" (Oct. 16, 2026); BroadwayWorld album release (Oct. 16, 2026); Say Cheese on X (Oct. 18, 2026). Photo: Gucci Mane's own "Against All Odds" cover-art post on X (Oct. 12, 2026).

23d ago 2

Beef@ Complex

The Kid Mero & Kazeem Blast Hot 97 Bosses On Air, Scottie Beam Alleges DJs Were Furloughed

Hot 97's own morning show turned on the people running Hot 97. On Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, The Kid Mero and Kazeem "Kaz" Famuyide used a segment of "Mornings with Mero" to spend about 15 minutes ripping the New York station's leadership. "You can have the best team in the world, but if your GM stinks, or your coach doesn't know how to coach or run plays, you're not going to win," Mero said, per Complex. He also took a shot at the weekly meetings: "It's a guy getting paid two more zeros than you, and you're like, what does this guy even do?" Kaz went further. He called Hot 97 "the worst place I've ever worked in my life" and said he understood where former hosts Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez were coming from. According to TMZ, the pair also talked about talent leaving over contract disputes, freelancers allegedly not getting paid what they were promised, and the station still running on outdated equipment. The clip blew up over the weekend. One repost on X had passed 660,000 views by Sunday morning, and Joe Budden called Mero on his podcast to ask what's going on inside the building. Then came more claims. Former Hot 97 producer Scottie Beam alleged on Threads that the station furloughed every DJ and that the owners have stopped paying rent on the building, per Complex and Baller Alert. Those claims have not been confirmed. Former contributing journalist Bryson "Boom" Paul did confirm on X on Oct. 16 that he was "one of the many laid off" at Hot 97. Mero took over the morning slot after "Ebro in the Morning" was canceled in December 2025. As of Saturday, neither Mero nor Kaz appeared to have left the station, and Hot 97 owner MediaCo had not publicly responded, TMZ reported. Sources: Complex (Oct. 18, 2026); TMZ (Oct. 17, 2026); Baller Alert; Bryson "Boom" Paul on X (Oct. 16, 2026); The Joe Budden Podcast. Photo: frame from HOT 97's "Mornings with Mero" YouTube video, Oct. 15, 2026.

24d ago 1

Beef@ Sauce Walka Kick stream / Clip King

Sauce Walka Gives DeenTheGreat a "Final Warning" to Stop Sneak Dissing

Houston rapper Sauce Walka used his Kick stream to send DeenTheGreat what he called his "final warning." In a clip that started spreading Saturday evening, Oct. 17, 2026, Sauce told Deen to stop sneak dissing him. "Do not wake up this side of me," he said. "You do not want to experience this side of me. I'm begging us to all be friends." A few seconds later he added, "I'm f***ed up in the head." Sauce kept calling Deen his "little bro" and said more than once that he loves him. But he also said he's "the real crash out" and warned, "I will go all the way to the moon and ruin everything." Near the end of the clip he said "final warning" and "please stop referencing," then said he could push it to the point where Deen would "have to fight me when you see me." He said he let a lot slide before. "I understand you talking about Kai with everything else," he said, before listing things from "Wiz Khalifa" to "some s*** last night" that he says he looked past. He also spent part of the stream pulling up pink cartoon characters on screen and roasting Deen's pink hair, calling him "Pink Power Ranger head" and "Kirby head." The two aren't strangers. Sauce, Deen and Adrien Broner rep the same C.O.B crew and made the "Kickn Flava" video together in August. Deen and Broner just dropped "Purple App Killa," their diss aimed at Kai Cenat, on Oct. 15. About an hour after the clip went up, Deen posted on X that the "past 90 days been CRAZY" and that he wants to give his team "a well deserved break," adding "we coming back SOON." He did not mention Sauce, and he has not publicly responded to the warning as of Sunday morning. The Clip King post of the warning had more than 186,000 views by Sunday morning, and DJ Akademiks' AkademiksTV account reposted a cut of it. Sources: Sauce Walka Kick stream clip (via Clip King on X, Oct. 17, 2026); AkademiksTV on X (Oct. 18, 2026); DeenTheGreat on X (Oct. 17, 2026). Photo: frame from "Kickn Flava" (Official Video), SauceDatTV, August 2026.

24d ago 0

Beef@ AllHipHop / Baller Alert

Adrien Broner & DeenTheGreat Drop Kai Cenat Diss Track "Purple App Killa" Over ComplexCon Booth Snub

Adrien Broner and DeenTheGreat took their problem with Kai Cenat out of the livestream and onto a record. The former four-division boxing champ and the Kick streamer released "Purple App Killa," a diss track and music video produced by Hitmaka, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. DeenTheGreat left no doubt about the target when he posted it on X: "KAI CENAT DISS TRACK OUT NOW." That post has passed 600,000 views. The beef goes back to a merch booth. Earlier this month, DeenTheGreat complained publicly that when he stopped by Kai's VIVET clothing booth at ComplexCon to support the brand and spend money, he felt like he was treated like a random fan. Broner piled on during an Oct. 7 livestream with Deen and Ray J. "I don't need Kai," Broner said, according to Baller Alert. The song runs just under three minutes and goes after Kai, VIVET and his Clover crew. The title plays on the platform war: Twitch, where Kai built his empire, is the purple app, and Kick, where Broner and Deen stream, is the green one. Lines include "Clover is over" and "We on the green app." In the video, the two burn cash and set fire to a custom VIVET shirt. Not everyone agrees with Deen's version of the booth story. Media executive Lemuel Plummer said he bought six outfits from VIVET and was treated with respect, AllHipHop reported. And behind-the-scenes footage Broner posted before the drop ended with the pair laughing, shaking hands and Deen saying they were "just faking," per Terez Owens. In a clip from DJ Akademiks' stream that circulated Friday night, Deen doubled down and said Kai was disrespectful when he and Broner went to buy VIVET clothes. As of Saturday morning, Kai Cenat has not publicly responded to the track. Sources: DeenTheGreat on X (official video post, Oct. 15, 2026); AllHipHop (Oct. 16, 2026); Baller Alert (Oct. 16, 2026); Terez Owens (Oct. 16, 2026). Photos: frames from the official "Purple App Killa" music video as posted by DeenTheGreat on X.

25d ago 1

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Beef@ X / Brand Risk Promotions

Deshae Frost TKOs YK Osiris In Round 2 At Brand Risk 16, Hours After DDG Brawl

YK Osiris lost to Deshae Frost by second-round TKO in the co-main event of Adin Ross' Brand Risk 16 in Miami on Friday night, Oct. 16, 2026. Brand Risk Promotions made it official on X at about 11:04 PM CT: "Deshae Frost defeats YK Osiris via 2nd Round TKO." Fight clips posted by FearedBuck and Daily Loud racked up hundreds of thousands of views within the hour. The loss caps a rough night for YK. Earlier in the evening, before the fight, YK Osiris' crew got into a heated exchange backstage with DDG, his brother DuB and their camp. Security separated the groups and DDG was escorted out of the venue, per video posted by Akademiks TV. Arrest claims from that scene are still unconfirmed. All week, YK had been calling out DDG. At Wednesday's press conference he said he would beat DDG up. Instead, Deshae Frost got the win in the ring. Neither YK Osiris nor DDG has publicly addressed the fight result or the backstage clash yet. Sources: Brand Risk Promotions on X (Oct. 16, 2026); fight clips from FearedBuck and Daily Loud on X (Oct. 16, 2026); TrapHop USA's earlier report on the DDG and YK Osiris backstage clash. Photos: Brand Risk Promotions winner graphic (Deshae Frost) and Brand Risk 16 fight poster (YK Osiris).

25d ago 0

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Beef@ X / FearedBuck

DDG And YK Osiris Camps Clash Backstage At Brand Risk 16 In Miami

DDG and YK Osiris' camps got into it backstage at Adin Ross' Brand Risk 16 boxing event in Miami on Friday night, Oct. 16, 2026. Multiple videos posted to X around 7:20 PM CT show DDG, his brother DuB and their crew in a heated, physical exchange with YK Osiris' team before YK's scheduled fight with Deshae Frost. Security stepped in and separated the groups. A clip posted by Akademiks TV shows DDG being escorted out of the venue afterward. Other clips show police at the event threatening to arrest a member of DDG's camera crew. Some accounts online claim someone was arrested, but no arrest has been confirmed by police or any outlet. Treat that part as unverified. The tension has been building all week. At the Brand Risk 16 press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 14, YK Osiris said, "On my son, I'll beat the f*** out of DDG," and claimed DDG had told him he wanted to fight on Brand Risk. DDG had not publicly agreed to any fight. YK Osiris, the Jacksonville, Florida singer behind "Worth It," came into tonight 0-2 on Brand Risk. Deshae Frost vs. YK Osiris was billed as the co-main event and moved up to headline after Wendy Ortiz pulled out of her fight with Yera. Neither DDG nor YK Osiris has made a public statement about the altercation yet. This story is developing. Sources: video clips on X from FearedBuck, Akademiks TV and others (Oct. 16, 2026); NerdBallerTV press-conference recap (Oct. 14, 2026); Brand Risk Promotions event page. Photos: DDG via X (Oct. 2026); YK Osiris via The Shade Room.

25d ago 0

Beef@ TMZ

Bhad Bhabie Clashes With Kick Streamers After Fiancé Le Vaughn's Hollywood Crash Arrest

Bhad Bhabie's fiancé Le Vaughn was arrested after a car crash in Hollywood early Monday morning. Then Bhabie got into it with Kick streamers who were filming the scene. LAPD told TMZ officers got a call about a two-vehicle collision at 5:16 AM on Oct. 12 and responded to Laurel Canyon and Kirkwood. An eyewitness told TMZ that Le Vaughn was driving a Maybach when he collided with a pickup truck. The Maybach lost a tire and was totaled. Everyone appeared to be OK. Video shows Le Vaughn doing a field sobriety test before officers handcuffed him and put him in the back of a squad car. TMZ later reported that he was arrested Monday and booked on a misdemeanor charge, according to online records. Police have not publicly said what the charge is, and the investigation is ongoing. Nothing has been proven in court. Bhabie arrived in a white Bentley, wearing a white loungewear set. She was seen kissing Le Vaughn while he stood in cuffs next to the police car. That's when the streamers started. Kick streamers including SJC and Lordhito were filming the wreck. One hit her with "Cash me outside," her old Dr. Phil line, and another said "Crash me outside." Bhabie snapped back: "I make a million dollars. You gotta sit out here at 5 o'clock in the morning and film a car accident." One streamer claimed to be Jim Carrey's son. He is not. The clips spread fast online. Bhabie went to X to tell her side. "STOP WITH THE FAKE NEWS," she wrote. She said she was not in the car and was not driving. She said her godmother woke her up at 5:30 AM and told her Le Vaughn had been in a bad accident, and she got there after it happened. She also said Le Vaughn was arrested because he hit his head and was slurring his speech, and officers thought he was under the influence. In a tweet she later deleted, she said another driver coming down the canyon hit Le Vaughn, not the other way around. She also pushed back on claims that either of them was intoxicated. Whether Le Vaughn was impaired has not been established. What police suspected and what Bhabie says happened are two different stories right now, and the misdemeanor booking is all that is on record so far. Sources: TMZ (Oct. 12, 2026, updated 4:02 PM PT with the booking); HotNewHipHop (Oct. 13, 2026); The Shade Room (Oct. 13, 2026). Photo: frame from Bhad Bhabie's official "HONEST" music video (YouTube).

29d ago 0

Beef@ Baller Alert

Claressa Shields Threatens to Punch Eazy The Block Captain After His Papoose Diss

Claressa Shields went on Instagram Live and told Eazy The Block Captain she would punch him next after he dragged her on his Papoose diss track "Lothario." Baller Alert wrote it up on Oct. 12. Eazy dropped the song and video on Oct. 10, aimed at Papoose, and called Claressa the "boxing jawn." He also suggested she moves like Pap is the first man she has ever been with. Those are bars in a diss song, not proven facts. Claressa did not hold back. "I hate a grown man who speaks on a female," she said. "I don't even know this man." She guessed he was mad about getting dumped by Remy Ma, the woman he has been linked to since the cheating allegations that blew up Remy and Pap's marriage. Pap filed for divorce in May 2025 and has been with Claressa since. She also said Pap "knocked [Eazy] out already," referring to Papoose's claim about a 2023 battle-rap confrontation. That is her claim. Eazy has disputed that version and said Pap caught him off guard and ran. Then she issued the warning: "I'm going to punch your [expletive] next. Quit talking about me." She also told him to win a battle rap match before talking like a starter. After the live, she posted on X with a photo of her and Papoose and answered critics who said she was being manipulated. Sources: Baller Alert (Lacy J, Oct. 12, 2026); Baller Alert on X (Oct. 12); AllHipHop and According2HipHop (Oct. 10 coverage of "Lothario"). Photo: Baller Alert Oct. 2026 lead collage crop (Claressa Shields).

29d ago 0

Beef@ DancehallMag

Cardi B Says "It Wasn't Me" After Her Jamaica Stadium Show Falls Apart

Cardi B was supposed to make her Jamaica debut at National Stadium. Now the show is off, and she says the blame isn't hers. Cardi B is out of BZR WKND Jamaica. Her reps told Billboard on Thursday, Oct. 8, that she "will not be performing" on Oct. 18 at Kingston's National Stadium. They gave no reason. They told fans to take ticket and event questions to the organizers. Then Cardi spoke for herself. In a video posted Oct. 9, she said: "I tried my best, I waited for things to get in place and together but it didn't. I can't talk. I can't talk due to contracts. But just know, it wasn't me." She also shot down talk that slow ticket sales killed the show. Cardi said she heard more than 18,000 tickets had been sold. That is the number she says she was told. The promoter has not confirmed any sales figure. The organizers have not explained what broke down. In a statement they said they "recognise that fans and ticket holders are looking for clarity" and promised an update "as soon as additional details are confirmed." DancehallMag reported that the festival's website then suspended ticket sales "until further notice." World Music Views later reported that sales were back up. So far there is no public word on refunds or a new headliner. This was a big booking. Cardi's manager, Kelvin Santiago, told The Gleaner in August that it was "her first stadium show that she's ever done and her first show here." Promoter Gramps Morgan had promised a show as big as last year's, which Chris Brown headlined. Keyshia Cole is also on the bill, and Spice is the host. Fans with tickets are still waiting on answers. Who dropped the ball, Cardi or the promoters? Sources: Billboard (Kyle Denis, Oct. 8, 2026); Jamaica Gleaner (Oct. 9, 2026); Jamaica Observer (Oct. 9, 2026); DancehallMag (Oct. 10 and Oct. 12, 2026); AllHipHop (Oct. 11, 2026); World Music Views (Oct. 11, 2026). Photo: still from Cardi B's Oct. 9, 2026 video statement (via Jamaica Observer).

1mo ago 2

Beef@ AllHipHop

Stabbed in Prison, Suing for $100M: California Now Says Tory Lanez Assumed the Risk

Tory Lanez says the state almost let him die in prison. Now the state says he signed up for the risk. Tory, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, is suing California prison officials for $100 million over the May 12, 2025, stabbing at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. His lawsuit calls it an "unprovoked life-threatening attack" by another inmate, Santino Casio. It says he was stabbed 16 times, suffered collapsed lungs and was left with permanent scars. His team first reported 14 stab wounds after the attack. On Oct. 7, acting warden T. Valdez answered the amended complaint in federal court in the Central District of California. The California attorney general's office filed it for him. AllHipHop first reported the filing, and Miixtapechiick, DancehallMag and HotNewHipHop have since reported on it. In the filing, the state says Tory "consented to his prison housing classification and assignment and assumed any risk alleged to be associated with that housing." It also says he "caused and contributed to the claimed injuries and damages through his own acts, omissions, and legal fault," and that Casio's attack was a "superseding, intervening cause" of his injuries. The warden doesn't deny the stabbing happened. The filing says Tory was stabbed by Casio "with an inmate-manufactured weapon" during an altercation, and that he was taken outside the prison for emergency care before he was moved to California Men's Colony. DancehallMag reported the filing also concedes Casio had a history of breaking prison rules. Valdez denies that he or his staff violated Tory's rights. He's asking for a jury trial, and he wants Tory to cover his legal costs and attorney's fees if the state wins. No trial date has been set. Tory's side says the prison knew, or should have known, that housing Casio with him was dangerous. These are claims and defenses in an open civil case. Nothing has been decided. Tory is still serving a 10-year sentence for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. So is this on Tory or on the prison? Sources: AllHipHop (exclusive, Oct. 2026); Miixtapechiick; DancehallMag (Oct. 11, 2026); HotNewHipHop (Gabriel Bras Nevares, Oct. 11, 2026). Photo: Tory Lanez during a prison visit for his 34th birthday, shared on Instagram by his friend Aggy Abby (July 27, 2026).

1mo ago 0

Beef@ The Shade Room

Eazy The Block Captain Dissed Papoose on Friday. On Saturday, Battle Rap Says Kyd Slade Swept Him 3-0

Eazy The Block Captain picked a fight with Papoose on Friday. By Saturday night, battle rap was talking about something else. Friday night, Eazy put out "Lothario (Papoose Diss)" on his YouTube channel, and the video followed Saturday. It answers "Jezebel," the song Papoose aimed at his estranged wife Remy Ma. Eazy flips Pap's Zelle line: "Check the Zelle, it's not there, maybe it's on Cash App." He raps that he "helped pack them bags," questions Pap as a father, and calls Claressa Shields "the boxing jawn." Those are bars in a diss song, not proven facts. The Shade Room and According2HipHop both wrote it up, and the video passed 100,000 views in about a day. As of Sunday morning, neither Papoose nor Claressa had answered the song. The Shade Room says Remy hasn't said anything either. Then came Saturday night. Eazy was in the main event of the Trenches anniversary card against Kyd Slade. FVTV Media called it Eazy's own card. Battle rap X ruled fast. Battlerapdose posted the "culture consensus" as 3-0 Slade, and battle rap voices like Mickey Factz and Aceito posted 3-0 too. FVTV Media reported the crowd was chanting "3-0" before it ended. Slade called it the "body of the year." No official decision has been announced. Eazy didn't hide from it. "He got the building for sure. He took the first round for sure, I ain't debating that," he told HipHopIsReal after the battle. "In the building I lost." He still says rounds two and three will look different once people watch it on camera: "He ain't beat me." When the interviewer brought up the Papoose diss, Eazy wouldn't go there. The internet found one more thing. His custom jacket said "Philadephia," with no second L. So does Papoose even need to respond now? Sources: Eazy The Block Captain Media on YouTube ("LOTHARIO - PAPOOSE DISS," Oct. 10, 2026); The Shade Room (Oct. 10); According2HipHop (Michael Dothard, Oct. 10); Battlerapdose on X (Oct. 10); FVTV Media on X (Oct. 11); HipHopIsReal post-battle interview on YouTube (Oct. 10-11). Photo: Eazy The Block Captain after the battle, HipHopIsReal interview, Oct. 10, 2026.

1mo ago 0

Breaking

Beef@ Rolling Stone

Interscope Sues Summer Walker for $50 Million After She Tries to Leave Her Deal

Summer Walker said she was done with her label. Her label just answered in court. Interscope, which is owned by Universal Music Group, filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta singer on Friday, Oct. 9, in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Billboard and Rolling Stone each obtained the complaint. The label is asking for at least $50 million. Here's how it got here. In August, Summer sent Interscope a letter saying that as of Aug. 27, 2026, she would no longer work under her contract because it was no longer enforceable. She is using California's "seven-year rule," a law that lets people walk away from personal service contracts after seven years. She signed her joint deal with Interscope and LVRN back in 2017. That same law lets labels sue for damages if an artist leaves before turning in all the albums they promised. Labels only get 45 days to file. Interscope filed near the end of that window. The label says her deal called for five studio albums and she only turned in three: Over It (2019), Still Over It (2021) and Finally Over It (2025). It says her early projects, Last Day of Summer and CLEAR, did not count toward that total. Interscope claims she still owes two albums and an EP. These are the label's claims. No court has ruled on them. Summer's lawyer, Keith Moten, told Rolling Stone they are "confident in Summer's legal position" and "intend to vigorously defend against Interscope's claims." He said Summer plans to countersue the label. Interscope told Billboard it still hopes to settle things and that the deadline forced it to file. "We have great respect for Summer and her music and would welcome the opportunity to continue our successful partnership," a spokesperson said. This is the same deal people have been calling brutal for years. Industry experts who reviewed it for Rolling Stone said so, and the contract gave her a starting advance of just $110,000 and a 16 percent royalty on her first two albums after recoupment. Should Summer pay up or walk? Sources: Billboard (Rachel Scharf, Oct. 9, complaint obtained); Rolling Stone (Nancy Dillon, Oct. 9, complaint obtained, statement from Summer's attorney); Complex (Oct. 10). Photo: Summer Walker at CFG Bank Arena, Baltimore, June 9, 2026 (Tonya Caver / Parklife DC).

1mo ago 0

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Pharrell Says Chad Hugo Has "No Idea" Which Songs He Wrote, Wants Neptunes Lawsuit Tossed

The Neptunes split just got uglier. Pharrell Williams is asking a federal court to throw out the lawsuit his longtime Neptunes partner Chad Hugo filed against him, according to court papers obtained by Rolling Stone and Complex. The motion was filed Tuesday, Oct. 6. Hugo sued in January. He says Pharrell held back earnings and kept him from seeing the books on The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. He claims the money owed from N.E.R.D.'s 2017 album No One Ever Really Dies alone could top $1 million. Those claims have not been proven in court. Pharrell's side says that after three versions of the complaint, Hugo still hasn't said clearly which songs he owns. An earlier version listed eight songs, including Rosalía's "Motomami" and two Tyler, the Creator records. Hugo dropped all eight. The latest version names only EarthGang's "U Gotta," and Pharrell's lawyers say it doesn't even say whether Hugo is claiming the song, the recording or both. "As incomprehensible as it is, it appears that Hugo has no idea which compositions or sound recordings he supposedly authored, even though he claims to have been there, right by defendants' side, the whole time," the filing says. Pharrell wants the copyright claims dismissed and the rest of the fight pushed to state court. The two Virginia Beach natives already went to war over who owns The Neptunes name back in 2024. Who you riding with, Pharrell or Chad? Sources: Rolling Stone (Oct 7, 2026); Complex (Oct 7, 2026); HotNewHipHop (Oct 7, 2026); AllHipHop (Oct 7, 2026). Photo: Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, Aug. 20, 2003, New York City, Theo Wargo/WireImage via Rolling Stone.

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Dame Dash Says Jay-Z Cut Him Off To Look Like A "Businessman" — Calls Hov "A Box Of Rocks"

The Roc-A-Fella war is back on, and Dame Dash is not holding back. On a recent episode of Quiet Part Out Loud (Sept. 29), the Harlem-born Roc-A-Fella co-founder said Jay-Z told him straight up why they split. "I want to be known as a businessman and I can't be known as a businessman with you next to me," Dame says Jay told him. Dame said he shot right back: "I don't even want to be next to you. You're not a businessman." He said the meeting traced back to L.A. Reid, who wanted Dame in the room because "he wanted a businessman to be there." Dame says Jay's business partner John Meneilly told Reid that Jay didn't want Dame there. Dame didn't stop there. He called Jay a "figurehead," said people like Steve Stoute make the big moves behind the scenes, and said, "If you notice in his interviews, he's a box of rocks." He also brought up Reasonable Doubt and his money. "Y'all could tell me [I'm a] chatty patty when he f--ks up $40 million of my own money," Dame said. He also claimed Jay wouldn't walk The Woodsman red carpet with him. These are Dame's claims. Jay-Z has not responded. The "chatty patty" line is a callback. Jay appeared to call Dame a "Chatty Patty" in his Roots Picnic freestyle in Philadelphia on May 30, and Dame answered back then with a Goofy meme of Jay. Brooklyn's biggest rapper and Harlem's loudest executive built Roc-A-Fella together. Decades later, New York is still watching them fight about who really built it. Is Dame telling the truth, or is he just mad he got left behind? Sources: Complex (Jaelani Turner-Williams, Oct. 6, 2026); Hot 97 (Bryson "Boom" Paul, Oct. 7, 2026); theJasmineBRAND (Kellie Williams, Oct. 7, 2026); Quiet Part Out Loud (Sept. 29, 2026). Photo: Getty Images (2026).

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Beef@ XXL

At a New York Fashion Week event on Sep 14, French Montana sat on a livestream with streamer N3on when an unidentified friend said she was happy for him "because of the baby." Complex reports French appeared to hush her and pointed to his hot lapel mic; she covered her mouth. Neither French nor fiancée Dubai princess Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has confirmed a pregnancy — frame remains rumor/reportedly only.

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Beef@ TMZ

Yaya Mayweather Owes $50M Over NBA YoungBoy Stabbing

A Texas judge ordered Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather to pay Lapattra Jacobs $50,105,000 — $40,105,000 compensatory plus $10,000,000 exemplary — over the 2020 Houston-area stabbing tied to NBA YoungBoy, per court docs reported by TMZ (Sep 14) and amplified by AllHipHop. Past damages topped $8M; future damages about $32M; exemplary damages cited an extreme degree of risk and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Yaya previously pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received six years’ probation. Jacobs’s claims against YoungBoy did not go to trial. Sources: TMZ, AllHipHop.

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Beef@ allhiphop.com

50 Cent Clowns Mayweather Over Fifth Baby Mama Drama

Curtis Jackson don't miss. After finding out Pretty Boy Floyd got another shorty pregnant, 50 wasted no time sliding into the comments with the smoke. The jabs weren't just about the baby—homie was specifically targeting that child support situation, and the numbers Mayweather dealing with hit different when you're talking about maintaining five kids. Floyd stayed cool on the surface, but this is the kind of disrespect that travels different in the celebrity world. Both these niggas got bread for days, so it ain't really about money—it's about the clout and the principle. When 50 Cent decides to make you the punchline, that's a different type of L. This back-and-forth is exactly what happens when two titans from completely different worlds start throwing haymakers on social media. The internet ate it up, naturally, because anything involving 50's quick wit and Floyd's business decisions makes for instant entertainment. Beef like this keeps the culture talking.

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Beef@ allhiphop.com

Tyrese Calls Out Netflix Over MJ Documentary Timing

The Fast & Furious star took to social media calling out Netflix's strategy on the new Michael Jackson trial documentary. Tyrese wasn't feeling the timing or the motives behind putting that content out there—he sees it as straight-up exploitation of the King of Pop's legacy for clout and streaming numbers. This ain't the first time Netflix caught heat for how they package sensitive stories. Tyrese's point hits different though—MJ's already been through enough. The man left us in 2009, and every few years somebody's trying to monetize his name off some legal drama. It's the cycle that ain't right. The King of Pop's estate and fans gotta be tired of seeing his name in controversy headlines. Between the documentaries, the trials, and all the finger-pointing, MJ's legacy getting dragged through the mud for Netflix subscribers. Tyrese calling it out means the culture starting to say nah to this type of play.

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Rozay Clowns Drake's Singing: "Iceman Is Garbage"

Rozay went on record saying Drake's Iceman ain't it. The Biggest Boss in the Game straight up said the project is horrendous and took shots at Drizzy's singing abilities. This ain't no subtle shade—Ross went for the jugular, calling out the quality of the work itself. Drake been moving different lately with his sound, but Rozay clearly ain't feeling the direction. The OVO team probably ain't expecting this kind of direct criticism from a heavy hitter like Rick Ross. When someone of Ross's caliber speaks, the whole industry listens. This is peak beef season energy. Rozay making it known he got opinions on everything happening in the game, and he ain't scared to voice 'em. The streets gonna be talking about this one for weeks.

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