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Kanye West Confirms Collab With DaBaby In The Works

Kanye West might still be trying to become the president of the United States but he’s still cooking up in the lab. In the past few months of controversy, ‘Ye’s sprinkled in hints that he’s working on new music. A sign of new music though with no timeline to expect it, he’s continued to hint at the release of new music. He dropped snippets on the timeline, hinted at collaborations, and most recently, dropped off his latest miss, “Nah Nah Nah.”

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As many have expected some sort of new album to emerge out of his presidential campaign, Ye took a break from tweeting about SNL and Jaden Smith to give fans an update on who we might be able to expect on his next project. It turns out that he recently sent DaBaby a record that he’s going to get back tonight. “Yoooooi it’s Ye Thank you for everything bro,” his text to DaBaby reads.

“Nah Thank you!… Been inspired. Still inspired!… Since graduation,” DaBaby texted back before adding that he’d send back his verse for their song tonight.

It’s unclear when or if the song will see a release date anytime soon. It’s not really that much of a shock that DaBaby would be working with Kanye West. For one, they’re both God-fearing men. Two, DaBaby nearly faced cancellation when he revealed that he’d be voting for Kanye West in the upcoming election. “Ima let y’all finish…. But you got me fucked up you think I ain’t voting for Ye,” he tweeted along with the American flag. Maybe DaBaby’s dropping a verse for Kanye’s campaign song? Who knows, really.

What do you think a Kanye West x DaBaby collab gonna sound like?

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DJ Akademiks questions if Lil Durk will get bond as the racketeering case goes on

Lil Durk’s legal battle is about to take another big step, and DJ Akademiks is already sharing his expectations for what could go down when the rapper returns to court in November.

Durk is in custody, awaiting his next VICAR case in which authorities say he was running a criminal enterprise. His next trial was set for October 5, but recent developments have called into question when those proceedings will occur.

Durk’s murder for hire trial recently resulted in a not guilty verdict in November. Regardless of that outcome, he remains in custody because the separate racketeering related charges remain unresolved. Durk’s attorneys have asked for the new hearing and have been ordered to appear by U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, which also must submit a fresh bail report.

Against that backdrop, legal commentator Bradford Cohen had previously suggested Durk could eventually get bond. That view ties in with Durk’s not-guilty verdict in the earlier case, and the argument that the outcome could make it harder to sustain the remaining allegations.

DJ Akademiks sees things a bit differently. In a recent livestream, Akademiks predicted that Durk would not get a bond at the Nov. hearing. He believes the charges will stick and cites the seriousness of the allegations in the VICAR case as his reasoning. He also doesn’t appear to expect the rapper to be released from jail anytime soon as the case moves forward.

Akademiks’ prediction concerns the bond hearing, not Durk’s chances at trial. Durk’s legal situation remains unresolved for now. His recent acquittal has altered the circumstances of his arrest, but the separate racketeering case still looms over the rapper as both sides prepare for the next phase.

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DJ Akademiks Resurrects 2015 Drake vs. Meek Mill Beef With Alleged Nicki Minaj Backstory

DJ Akademiks is digging up hip-hop history buried for 10 years as he offers his supposed explanation for how the Drake/Meek Mill feud came to a head in 2015. The back-and-forth between Akademiks and Meek Mill has resurfaced the conversation. Akademiks returned to the long-running Drake-Meek beef on his stream last night, saying a comment by Nicki Minaj had something to do with what happened between the two rappers.

According to Akademiks, Meek and Minaj were shopping at a designer fashion store when they got to the register. He says that when Meek told her he didn’t have the cash to pay for Minaj, she allegedly told him he would never be Drake. Akademiks also claims Minaj left the store on her own, and then Meek went on X, and what happened next started the infamous feud with Drake.

The account remains an allegation, not a confirmed explanation. The information provided has not been independently verified, and ultimately only those involved, including Minaj and Meek Mill, could confirm the story’s authenticity.

The beef between Drake and Meek Mill started in 2015 and has become a staple in hip-hop conversation. Meek struggled after the fallout, while the beef became a defining moment in Drake’s career. However, the two eventually made up and collaborated on “Going Bad,” signaling a return to a more cooperative relationship despite the rivalry’s tension.

Now that Akademiks and Meek are throwing shots again, the events of 2015 are back in the conversation. By reflecting on the feud, Akademiks has added another possible piece of context to a story that has been a hot topic in hip-hop for years.

Whether his version of events is what actually happened, however, remains unresolved. Currently, the designer-store story isn’t factual, but it is Akademiks’ version of the events surrounding the beef.

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