Twitter: home of Lil B curses, the occasional Kanye West rant and where trigger fingers turn to … you know the rest. Over time, rap has made its presence known on Twitter while providing artists with a platform to directly connect with countless fans now at 280 characters at a time.
Our favorite artists, entertainers and influencers use the site as an outlet to vent without a filter, as well as to promote their latest work. With 330 million monthly active users to interact with, feeds can sometimes get overwhelming, which is why HipHopDX curates a list of the week’s best and most memorable tweets from the Hip Hop world.
This week’s installment of Tweets Is Watching includes Moneybagg Yo’s lyrics and Ella Mai’s award.
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Moneybagg Yo Clears Up Lyrics
Y’all dumb asf “Kesha” is another name for drank “WocKesha” as in Wochart ? lol I wud Neva disrespect her ??
— Big Bagg (@MoneyBaggYo) December 9, 2020
Moneybagg raps about “Kissin Kesha,” but he didn’t mean a woman.
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Kali Uchis’ Confession
when i was a cashier i used to purposefully not ring a lot of items every day to people who needed it. it means nothing to the corporation & everything to that family. if u see someone shoplifting food, mind ur business or help pay
— KALI UCHIS (@KALIUCHIS) December 12, 2020
Kali Uchis reveals the unorthodox way in which she used to help the less fortunate.
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Cardi B Reveals High School Secret
It’s the fact that I used to put 2 thick ass tights under my jeans in Highschool to make my ass look fatter and nobody ever clock the tea.????
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) December 8, 2020
Long before fame, Cardi says she used to wear multiple pants to look thicker.
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21 Savage Gives Usher His Flowers
we gotta get this album double diamond for the culture ???this is my favorite r&b album of all time on god pic.twitter.com/c8JrL7Tocr
— Saint Laurent Don (@21savage) December 10, 2020
21 Savage was deep in his R&B catalog this week.
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Hitmaka’s Misogynistic Observation
I’m so sick of y’all putting women who don’t love this shit in the booth!
My whole timeline full of strippers & IG models with heavy auto tune talking bout my new single.Get out the way for real talent pls.
Not hating at all
— HitMaka! (@_Hitmaka) December 7, 2020
Hitmaka says many women without talent or passion have turned to making music.
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Ty Dolla $ign Shouts Out Los Angeles District Attorney
Thank you for your courage and leadership @GeorgeGascon, this is incredible. Enhancements have devastated families across the state, including mine. I hope that these cases are also prioritized for a second look. https://t.co/faHFs7iFPJ
— TyDolla $ign (@tydollasign) December 8, 2020
Ty salutes George Gascon.
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Ella Mai Wins “MOBO” Awards
cant emphasize enough how important it is that a r&b album won album of the year in a country where the industry acts as if the genre does not exist. thank you to everyone who was a part of my album and to all of my fellow UK R&B artist, this is all of ours ? https://t.co/eTYxs8CceB
— Ella Mai (@ellamai) December 9, 2020
Ella writes a message of gratitude in response.
