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Drake is facing a new set of allegations regarding his smash hit tracks “In My Feelings” and “Nice For What.” The accuser, who has already failed twice in the same copyright lawsuit, is hoping the third time is the charm. Billboard reports that New Orleans artist Samuel Nicholas claims tha the “bounce” sound in those two Drake songs are “directly copying” his 2000 track “Roll Call (Instrumental).” The prior two times Nicholas has filed the lawsuit have been dismissed since he failed to actually litigate them. Nicholas is claiming that Drake’s producer BlaqNmilD, also known as Adam J. Pigott, sampled his song. Reps for Pigott stated to Billboard that they did not copy his track, but rather both Pigott and Nicholas sampled the same track, an earlier song by the Queens hip hop duo The Showboy...

Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa have announced a new collaborative track set to arrive later this week. The duo took to their own respective social media channels to tease fans of the collaboration, posting an image consisting of four colorful cakes featuring pictures of both artists on the icing. Megan simply put the date of the release as the caption, with a cheeky cupcake emoji, while Dua took to her Instagram to share a few second sneak peek of the upcoming track. Megan Thee Stallion is also slated to join Dua Lipa on stage for her ongoing North American tour later this month. The join track is set to land this Friday, March 11. The news come shortly after Megan filed another lawsuit against her label 1501 Certified Entertainment. Dua Lipa is also currently in the midst of fighting an...

Phoebe Bridgers celebrated the premiere of her SiriusXM radio show, Saddest Factory Radio, with a haunting cover of Billie Eilish‘s “when the party’s over.” Accompanied by a solemn piano and supported by additional vocals, the Punisher artist shared an equally sorrowful take on the 2018 hit, maintaining Eilish’s original musical vision. “when the party’s over” appeared on Eilish’s 2019 debut studio album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, which went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and win the GRAMMYs for Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, while “bad guy” took home Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Check out Phoebe Bridgers’ cover of “when the party’s over” on SoundCloud. Elsewhere in music, take a listen to the complete...

According to Snoop Dogg, JAY-Z threatened to end the partnership of Roc Nation and the NFL if Snoop, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Eminem were not allowed to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Speaking to TIDAL’s Elliot Wilson, Snoop shared that he and Hov — who was the first one that went to the dressing room after the set — shared a moment after the Halftime Show performance as if they had won a championship: “So then [JAY-Z] came down, and soon as he came in he hugged me. We hug each other tight. It was as if we won a championship. Like, you know when you’re genuinely happy for each other? People don’t understand, me and him are the ones. He’s the one on the East. I’m the one from the West. We love each other. Like, not secretly, like publicly, we love each other. It ...

The Game hopped on the mic for a new Drink Champs interview, where he boldly stated that he was better than Eminem. Despite calling Em “one of the f*cking good emcees,” the Compton-born rapper believes that he has upped his skills to surpass that of the Detroit artist’s. “Eminem, Eminem is Eminem. I like Eminem, he’s one of the f*cking good emcees, great emcees,” The Game said. “I used to think Eminem was better than me. He not. He not. He’s not. Ay, challenge it.” He went on to refute Noreaga’s claim that he would not be open to hitting the VERZUZ stage with Em, “Yes, I do! What do you mean? The f*ck you mean?” The Game further clarified that his claims were not made to start beef, “It’s not drama!… Swizz [Beatz] and Timbaland know that it’s bigger than Verzuz.” He continued, “I’m not say...

Another Nicki Minaj and Drake might just be on the horizon. The “Anaconda” rapper recently took to Twitter to answer a few questions regarding her upcoming album. When asked if she plans to bring back “Champagne Papi” for any collaborations on her new album, she was direct to let her fans know that conversations have occurred. In response, Minaj said, “We actually discussed him EP’ing this new album. That was b4 Seeing Green even came out.” In another Tweet to a different question, Minaj explained, “Few mins. What’s funny is- that was originally 1 of the many lines I had on Seeing Green. My SG verse was just way too long so I kept creating new edits & sending back & forth to Champagne Papi. Cuz he was like Wayne verse already long as well, so we gotta try to shorten the song.” The ...

Attorney Howard King, the lawyer of Dr. Dre, has shared a statement in regards to who owns the esteemed rapper and producer’s 1992 album, The Chronic. Speaking to Rolling Stone, King called out the “false reports” regarding the news of The Chronic, “There are false reports out regarding ownership by Death Row of Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. Dr. Dre owns 100% of The Chronic.” The statement arrives shortly after Snoop Dogg claimed that he owns the masters of The Chronic, thanks to his recent acquisition of Death Row Records. He confirmed, however, that 2Pac‘s masters were not part of the Death Row deal. “As far as Tupac’s masters, Tupac’s masters came back to him last year,” he said. “But I got a great relationship with his estate, and I’m pretty sure we’re going to be able to work something out …...