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During a recent call-in appearance on the Joe Budden Podcast, Vince Staples was asked he believes Drake’s new dance album Honestly, Nevermind marks the end of rap music as we know it.“You think Drake putting out a dance album gets us closer to the elimination of rap music as a whole?” Budden asked at the 1:57:07 mark above. Vince was quick to respond, and in turn referenced his 2017 album Big Fish Theory, which was layered with EDM and dance music elements.“I did that in 2017, n***as was on me,” Vince said. “That Big Fish…

The larger discussion of strip club discrimination spurred by recent comments from Joe Budden continued on Friday, complete with some firsthand accounts from Cardi B.As previously reported, Budden shared a post to Instagram (and later addressed the same issue on Twitter) in which he called out New York clubs for simultaneously “not hiring Black women” and “purposely hiring the SAME exact girl.”The post inspired an ongoing social media discussion about discrimination, as well as some pushback, including from Waka…

CyHi had some words for Joe Budden in a new freestyle for Sway’s Universe.A video clip of CyHi rapping made the rounds on Twitter. “Joe Budden, why you got so much hate in your heart / They gon let you fuck around make hating an art,” the Georgia native spits.Budden caught wind of CyHi’s remarks and responded on the social media platform, tweeting, “Why is Cyhi doing that to my name while I’m on vacation? That’s not nice.”Apparently, CyHi’s freestyle was later deleted—and not because of the lyrical content, but because…

Swizz Beatz won’t tolerate any Alicia Keys slander.The legendary hip-hop producer took to Twitter on Thursday to defend his wife’s performance on “Diary,” a track off her 2003 album The Diary of Alicia Keys. A Twitter user tweeted about how she thought that Keys “got cooked” on the song by featured artists Tony! Toni! Toné! and Jermaine Paul, each of which sing backup vocals on the track. From there, Joe Budden joined the conversation, replying back in agreement, “Lowkey lol.” It didn’t take long before Swizz came…

Isaiah Rashad is speaking his truth.During an extensive sit-down with Joe Budden TV, the TDE artist opened up about a leaked sex tape in which he was seen performing sexual acts with other men. The footage, which began circulating on social media in February, was met with a wide range of reactions. Some users responded with hateful, homophobic comments; while many showed their support for the 31-year-old rapper, who had yet to confirm his sexuality.“When all of the chaos broke, and I saw the news and the headlines, my…