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Kendrick Lamar, 'South Park' Creators Movie Delayed Indefinitely
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Kendrick Lamar, ‘South Park’ Creators Movie Delayed Indefinitely

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Kendrick Lamar and “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone aren’t ready to unveil their mysterious live-action comedy just yet. Paramount has removed the trio’s upcoming feature from its March 20 release date, delaying the theatrical release indefinitely as the project continues to be tinkered.

““It’s true – we’re moving (again). We’re working hard at finishing the movie,” reads a joint statement from Paramount, attributed to Stone and Parker’s production banner Park County and Lamar’s company PGLang.

More to come…

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Drake Quietly Ends Partnership With Booking Agent Amid Fallout From Kendrick Lamar Feud
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Drake Quietly Ends Partnership With Booking Agent Amid Fallout From Kendrick Lamar Feud

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Drake Quietly Ends Partnership With Booking Agent Amid Fallout From Kendrick Lamar Feud

Drake quietly ended his relationship with the booking agent he shared with Kendrick Lamar earlier this year, according to Billboard. The move was kept largely out of public view in an effort to avoid media attention.

A source told Billboard that Drake and longtime agent Brent Smith of Wasserman Music have not worked together for most — and possibly all — of 2025. The split was linked in part to the fallout from Drake’s feud with Lamar, which escalated following the release of Drake’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 diss track, “Not Like Us.”

Drake had worked with Smith for more than a decade, beginning during Smith’s time at WME and continuing after Smith joined Wasserman Music in 2020. Smith currently serves as the company’s executive vice president and managing executive.

Billboard reports that Drake will now be represented at CAA by a team led by Daryl Eaton. Hits Daily Double first reported the news.

Drake’s departure from Wasserman follows the major success of Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour, which earned $358.6 million and sold 1.76 million tickets, making it one of the highest-grossing hip-hop tours on record, according to Billboard Boxscore. Drake is said to be preparing for his own 2026 tour with Live Nation, with whom he has a long-standing exclusive global touring agreement. The shared booking agent had been a point of interest in the industry as Drake and Lamar’s conflict intensified. Drake also sued Universal Music Group over lyrics in “Not Like Us,” claiming the statements were false and defamatory. A federal judge dismissed the case last month, and Drake’s legal team has filed an appeal.


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2026 Grammy Awards nominations: Kendrick Lamar leads list of music contenders - National
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2026 Grammy Awards nominations: Kendrick Lamar leads list of music contenders – National

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The list of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards has been revealed, and red-hot rapper Kendrick Lamar is leading the pack.

Lamar is up for nine trophies at the February ceremony: record, song and album of the year — marking the third time he’s had simultaneous nominations in those big categories — as well as pop duo/group performance, melodic rap performance, rap song and rap album. He’s also nominated twice in the rap performance category.

The Not Like Us rapper has 22 Grammy career wins and 66 nominations in total. His album GNX is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the year, something no other artist has ever done. If it wins, it will be his first win in the category. And it will be only the third rap album to win the top prize, following Outkast in 2004 for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and Lauryn Hill in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

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Lamar’s nine nominations for his album GNX are part of a wave of hip-hop albums competing in the top categories, including Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia and Let God Sort Em Out from Clipse, Pusha T and Malice.

Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian record producer/songwriter Cirkut follow Lamar with seven nominations each.

Cirkut is up for both record and song of the year, twice — for Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra and Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT. — as well as album of the year and best dance pop recording.


Other top nominees include Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Thomas and Justin Bieber.

Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is only the second time an all-Spanish language album has been nominated for the top prize. This comes three years after Bad Bunny’s release, Un Verano Sin Ti, became the first Spanish-language album to earn a nomination in the album of the year category.

This year’s nominees were announced during a video livestream with a host of talent, including Doechii, Gayle King, Karol G, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, David Foster, Chappell Roan and more.

Only recordings commercially released in the U.S. between Aug. 31, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2025, were eligible for nominations.

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The Grammy Awards made a change this year to the best country album category, following Beyoncé’s historic win of best album and best country album at the 2025 Grammy Awards for Cowboy Carter. The category has now been divided into two, with the creation of a best traditional country album category. The existing best country album category has been renamed best contemporary country album.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 1 live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. A host is yet to be announced.

Find a list of the nominees in the major categories below.

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Album of the Year

Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator

Record of the Year

DtMF, Bad Bunny
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Anxiety, Doechii
Wildflower, Billie Eilish
Abracadabra, Lady Gaga
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
APT., Rose & Bruno Mars
The Subway, Chappell Roan

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Song of the Year

Abracadabra, Lady Gaga
Anxiety, Doechii
APT., Rose & Bruno Mars
DtMF, Bad Bunny
Golden [From KPop Demon Hunters], HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Wildflower, Billie Eilish

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Best Music Video

Young Lion, Sade
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
So Be It, Clipse
Anxiety, Doechii
Love, OK Go

Best Pop Solo Performance

Daisies, Justin Bieber
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Disease, Lady Gaga
The Subway, Chappell Roan
Messy, Lola Young

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Defying Gravity, Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Golden [From KPop Demon Hunters], HUNTER/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
Gabriela, Katseye
APT., Rose, Bruno Mars
30 for 30, SZA & Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album

Swag, Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2), Teddy Swims

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
Sombr
Lola Young
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren

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Best Rap Performance

Outside, Cardi B
Chains & Whips, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Anxiety, Doechii
TV Off, Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay
Darling, I, Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Proud of Me, Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill
Wholeheartedly, JID Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
WeMaj, Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody
Somebody Loves Me, Partynextdoor & Drake

Best Rap Song

Anxiety, Doechii
The Birds Don’t Sing, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire
Sticky, Tyler, the Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
TGIF, GloRilla
TV Off, Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay

Best Rap Album

Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, JID
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator

Best R&B Performance

Yukon, Justin Bieber
It Depends, Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
Folded, Kehlani
Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk), Leon Thomas
Heart of a Woman, Summer Walker

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Here We Are, Durand Bernarr
Uptown, Lalah Hathaway
Love You Too, Ledisi
Crybaby, SZA
Vibes Don’t Lie, Leon Thomas

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Best R&B Song

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Folded, Kehlani
Heart of a Woman, Summer Walker
It Depends, Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
Overqualified, Durand Bernarr
Yes It Is, Leon Thomas

Best R&B Album

Beloved, Giveon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Mutt, Leon Thomas

Best Dance Pop Recording

Bluest Flame, Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
Abracadabra, Lady Gaga
Midnight Sun, Zara Larsson
Jus Keep Watching, Tate McRae
Illegal, PinkPantheress

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Eusexua, FKA Twigs
Ten Days, Fred Again..
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale, Rüfüs Du Sol
F*** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! , Skrillex

Best Rock Album

Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
Never Enough, Turnstile
Idols, Yungblud


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Best Rock Song

As Alive as You Need Me to Be, Nine Inch Nails
Caramel, Sleep Token
Glum, Hayle Williams
Never Enough, Turnstile
Zombie, Yungblud

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Best Rock Performance

U Should Not Be Doing That, Amyl and the Sniffers
The Emptiness Machine, Linkin Park
Never Enough, Turnstile
Mirtazapine, Hayley Williams
Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning, Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

Best Metal Performance

Night Terror, Dream Theater
Lachryma, Ghost
Emergence, Sleep Token
Soft Spine, Spiritbox
Birds, Turnstile

Best Alternative Music Album

Sable, Fable, Bon Iver
Songs of a Lost World, The Cure
Don’t Tap the Glass, Tyler, the Creator
Moisturizer, Wet Leg
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, Hayley Williams

Best Contemporary Country Album

Patterns, Kelsea Ballerini
Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers
Evangeline vs. the Machine, Eric Church
Beautifully Broken, Jelly Roll
Postcards From Texas, Miranda Lambert

Best Traditional Country Album

Dollar a Day, Charley Crockett
American Romance, Lukas Nelson
Oh What a Beautiful World, Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price
Ain’t in It for My Health, Zach Top

Best Country Solo Performance

Nose on the Grindstone, Tyler Childers
Good News, Shaboozey
Bad as I Used to Be, Chris Stapleton
I Never Lie, Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson

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Best Country Duo/Group Performance

A Song to Sing, Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
Trailblazer, Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
Love Me Like You Used to Do, Margo Price & Tyler Childers
Amen, Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, George Strait, Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song

Bitin’ List, Tyler Childers
Good News, Shaboozey
I Never Lie, Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson
A Song to Sing, Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton

Best Latin Pop Album

Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
Bogotá (Deluxe), Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta, Karol G
Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
¿Y ahora qué?, Alejandro Sanz

Best Comedy Album

Drop Dead Years, Bill Burr
PostMortem, Sarah Silverman
Single Lady, Ali Wong
What Had Happened Was…, Jamie Foxx
Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, Nate Bargatze

Best Musical Theatre Album

Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending

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For a complete list of the 2026 Grammy nominees, visit the official Grammy Awards website.

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— With files from The Associated Press

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Kendrick, Lady Gaga Top Grammy Nominee Field
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Kendrick, Lady Gaga Top Grammy Nominee Field

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For the second year in a row, Kendrick Lamar is the top nominee for the Grammy Awards — this time in nine categories, including Album of the Year for GNX and both Song and Record of the Year for “luther” featuring SZA. The 68th annual edition of the awards will be held Feb. 1 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS.

In Album of the Year, Lamar will compete against Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM, Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Justin Bieber’s SWAG, Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out, Leon Thomas’ MUTT and Tyler, the Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA.

Thomas’ six nominations include Best New Artist, where he will battle Olivia Dean, sombr, Alex Warren, the Marías, Lola Young, Addison Rae and KATSEYE. Doechii earned five nods, including Record and Song of the Year for “Anxiety.” Producer Cirkut racked up seven nominations for his contributions to MAYHEM and ROSÉ & Bruno Mars’ “APT.,” which will vie for both Record and Song of the Year.

Tyler, the Creator, Clipse, SZA, producers Andrew Watt and Sounwave and rising underground rock band Turnstile all have five nominations. Bieber, Tyler Childers, Jesse Wells, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton scored four a piece.

Although he wasn’t nominated for Producer of the Year — Non Classical, a category he’s won three times previously, Jack Antonoff becomes the first producer/songwriter to ever earn nominations in Album, Song and Record the Year with two different artists in the same year (Carpenter and Lamar).

In Best Rock Album, Deftones’ private music is nominated alongside Haim’s I Quit, Linkin Park’s From Zero, Turnstile’s Never Enough and Yungblud’s Idols. Best Rock Performance nominees include Amyl and the Sniffers (“U Should Not Be Doing That”), Linkin Park (“The Emptiness Machine”), Turnstile (“NEVER ENOUGH”), Hayley Williams (“Mirtazapine”) and Yungblud (“Changes” from the Black Sabbath farewell concert in July).

Bon Iver, the Cure, Wet Leg and Williams each also received multiple nominations in the Alternative categories, with Tyler, the Creator scoring an unusual Best Alternative Music Album nod for Don’t Tap the Glass, which was released just eight months after CHROMAKOPIA.

Elsewhere, Nine Inch Nails’ TRON: Ares banger “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” leads the Best Song Written for Visual Media field, which also features the inescapable “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters and Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s documentary title track Never Too Late.

Visit Grammy.com for the complete list of nominees. See details for the big four categories below.

Album of the Year
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny
SWAG, Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse
MAYHEM, Lady Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
MUTT, Leon Thomas
CHROMAKOPIA, Tyler, the Creator

Record of the Year
“DtMF,” Bad Bunny
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Anxiety,” Doechii
“WILDFLOWER,” Billie Eilish
“Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
“luther,” Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA
“The Subway,” Chappell Roan
“APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

Song of the Year
“Abracadabra,” Henry Walter, Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Anxiety,” Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
“APT.,” Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas, songwriters (ROSÉ & Bruno Mars)
“DtMF,” Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria and Tyler Thomas Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters), EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
“luther,” Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA)
“Manchild,” Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“WILDFLOWER,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marías
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young

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No Rap Songs In Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 For 1st Time Since 1990 As Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "Luther" Exits Chart
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No Rap Songs In Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 For 1st Time Since 1990 As Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Luther” Exits Chart

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Kendrick Lamar, SZA

No Rap Songs In Billboard Hot 100
Top 40 For 1st Time Since 1990 As Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Luther” Exits Chart

For the first time in 35 years, the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 features zero rap songs following the exit of #KendrickLamar and #SZA’s song “Luther.”

The departure comes after #Billboard implemented a rule change that altered its retention criteria: songs must now hit certain thresholds, such as top 5 within 78 weeks or top 25 within 26 weeks, to remain on the chart. “Luther” dropped off despite finishing at No. 38, because it “failed to reach No. 25 after 26 weeks on the chart.”

The absence of rap in the Top 40 signals a shift in the genre’s commercial standing. Billboard noted this is “the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance.” While rap tracks still appear lower on the chart, such as #YoungBoyNeverBrokeAgain at No. 44 and #CardiB at No. 48, none currently crack the Top 40.


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Drake Files Appeal To Reopen Defamation Case Against UMG Over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us"
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Drake Files Appeal To Reopen Defamation Case Against UMG Over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”

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Drake Files Appeal To Reopen Defamation Case Against UMG Over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”

Seems like #Drake is really trying to leave his latest rap battle with something.

The Toronto native has filed an appeal to revive his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (#UMG), stemming from #KendrickLamar’s Grammy-winning diss record, Not Like Us. Originally dismissed by a judge earlier this month, the rapper’s team argues the court erred by treating the song’s allegations, including claims he is a “certified pedophile,’ as non-actionable opinion.

As reported, District Judge Jeannette Vargas said, “The fact that the Recording was made in the midst of a rap battle is essential to assessing its impact on a reasonable listener.” Judge Vargas added, “Even apparent statements of fact may assume the character of statements of opinion… when made in public debate, heated labor dispute, or other circumstances in which an audience may anticipate the use of epithets, fiery rhetoric or hyperbole.”

The appeal marks the next chapter in a contentious legal battle that began when Drake sued UMG in January 2025, alleging the label “approved, published and launched a campaign” around the song despite knowing it contained false and dangerous accusations against him.

Do you think Drake’s taking things too far, or is he right to fight this one out??


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Playboi Carti Brings Out Kendrick Lamar & A$AP Rocky at L.A. Show
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Playboi Carti Brings Out Kendrick Lamar & A$AP Rocky at L.A. Show

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Playboi Carti turned the Los Angeles stop of the Antagonist 2.0 Tour into a star-studded affair with A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar joining King Vamp on stage.

Carti and Opium crew took over Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday night (Oct. 14). Rocky, who signed Carti to AWGE, invaded the stage to turn the party up while the Atlanta native performed “Long Time” from his 2018 Die Lit album.

Kendrick brought Playboi Carti out during the Atlanta stop of his Grand National Tour in April, and Carti returned the favor on Tuesday, surprising fans with a Lamar guest appearance during “GOOD CREDIT,” which sent the crowd into a frenzy.

“You know what this is/ The vamps and the boogies/ We jugg through the party,” Lamar raps in front of a sea of moshing fans and iPhone flashlights.

The Cardo-produced Music standout reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cracked the top 10 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Kendrick doesn’t pop out much, so it typically has to be a special occasion to catch him outside. He’s currently on a break from the Grand National Tour, which will head to Australia in December.

As for Carti, the Antagonist 2.0 Tour with Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely kicked off earlier this month, and is slated to hit Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, St. Paul, Brooklyn, Chicago, Detroit, Philly, Nashville and wrap up with a hometown performance in Atlanta in December.

On the music side, Playboi Carti has continued to tease his Baby Boi album, which remains without a release date. Back in April, DJ Swamp Izzo confirmed the project was “done.”



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Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

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Published on: Oct 10, 2025 02:47 am IST

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

NEW YORK — A federal judge tossed out a defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group on Thursday, ruling that lyrics branding the superstar as a pedophile in Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” were opinion.

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

Judge Jeannette A. Vargas rejected the suit in a written opinion that began by citing “the vitriolic war of words” and saying the case arose “from perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre’s history.”

She said a reasonable listener could not have concluded that “Not Like Us” was conveying objective facts about Drake.

“Although the accusation that Plaintiff is a pedophile is certainly a serious one, the broader context of a heated rap battle, with incendiary language and offensive accusations hurled by both participants, would not incline the reasonable listener to believe that “Not Like Us” imparts verifiable facts about Plaintiff,” Vargas wrote.

Filed in January, the lawsuit alleged that UMG published and promoted the track even though it included false pedophilia allegations against Drake and suggested listeners should resort to vigilante justice.

The lawsuit also alleged that the track tarnished his reputation and decreased the value of his brand.

Universal Music Group, the parent record label for both artists, denied the allegations.

“From the outset, this suit was an affront to all artists and their creative expression and never should have seen the light of day,” UMG said in a statement. “We’re pleased with the court’s dismissal and look forward to continuing our work successfully promoting Drake’s music and investing in his career.”

Lamar was not named in the lawsuit.

There was no immediate response to mails sent to representatives for Drake seeking comment.

This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

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Nas Calls Kendrick Lamar "The North Star of Hip-Hop"
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Nas Calls Kendrick Lamar “The North Star of Hip-Hop”

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Nas Calls Kendrick Lamar “The North Star of Hip-Hop”

@the.jasmine.brand : Nas is giving Kendrick Lamar his flowers.

While reflecting on his song “Watch the Party Die,” the rap legend compared Kendrick to the “North Star,” calling him one of the brightest lights guiding hip-hop’s future.

“Kendrick is one of the brightest stars we’ve ever seen,” Nas tells Rolling Stone. “Not just a superstar — he’s like the North Star.”

Nas went on to praise Kendrick for protecting the integrity of the culture, saying that while some artists aren’t truly in it for the art, Kendrick consistently steps up to defend it.

“When we see people not here for the art, they’re damaging the future of it,” he explained. “Artists like Kendrick speak out — he reminds us where we’re lacking.”


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Young Thug Criticizes Kendrick Lamar For Not Giving Him A Feature In Leaked Jail Call
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Young Thug Criticizes Kendrick Lamar For Not Giving Him A Feature In Leaked Jail Call

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Young Thug Criticizes Kendrick Lamar For Not Giving Him A Feature In Leaked Jail Call

Another leaked jail call (allegedly) of #YoungThug has hit the internet.

In this recording, a voice that seemingly belongs to a then-jailed, frustrated Thug takes a few shots at #KendrickLamar, saying:

“These n****s too big, like ‘I ain’t doing no features,’ why? Why wouldn’t you wanna do a feature for a superstar?” Thug appears to be talking about the release of his 2023 album, Business Is Business.

 

He continues: “Put somebody on! It’s okay to run your few hundred M’s up, but who’d you help, though?”

Thug then adds: “You supposed to be a n***a who blessing n****s. That’s why these n****s will never be bigger than #Drake, EVER in life. …Kendrick gotd*mn, put a n**** on….you ain’t go bless nobody?”

Naturally, the internet is having a field day with the leaked audio.

While some agree with Thug, many others are calling him out for his stance. What do you think, should Kendrick have collaborated with Thug? #TJBReacts


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