Sometimes Hip Hop can move at a pace too frantic for even the most devoted fan to keep up with. Albums and mixtapes are released at breakneck speed, careers are made and broken with the swipe of a pen, and somewhere in between all the madness actual music (the quality of which vacillates between excellent and god awful) is being made. Twitter provides a nice summary of everything 140 characters at a time. And if you’re the type that would rather not be bothered with stepping into the Twitterverse to catch up on the latest in Hip Hop, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s tweets and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, Drake shows off his dance moves in the “Hotline Bling” music video, Gucci Mane shares a letter to his fans, and Lupe Fiasco says the sequel to “The Cool” is on its way.
Hacker Claims Slim Jesus Asked For Nudes From Underage Girls
Slim Jesus’ Twitter account was seemingly hacked by another user named “XTM.” The account was filled with images of girls exposing their breasts. XTM said the girls were underage. The hacker says he filed a crime report against the rapper after exposing his direct messages.
Slim Jesus Responds To Hacking
Slim Jesus is having a rough time of things after his “Drill Time” record went viral. Here, he responds to the hacking, and then later compares himself to ‘Pac. Is this where we stop paying attention?
Waka Flocka Flame Blasts Atlantic Records
Waka Flocka Flame goes on a Twitter rant to blast his label, Atlantic Records. Waka Flocka Flame is working on Flockaveli 2, which his IG says is set for a December release. He also called out Atlantic Records in April, saying it was holding back the album.
Wale Defends Himself Against Meek Mill
Wale and Meek Mill seem to have reignited their beef. After Wale shows shade on Meek during an interview on The Breakfast Club, Meek responds via IG stating Wale is no longer part of MMG. Here’s Wale’s response. It looks like he needs an anti-depressant.
Drake’s “Hotline Bling” Music Video Breaks The Internet
At first, we were all wondering what Drake was thinking as he releases the music video for “Hotline Bling.” We could not take his dance moves seriously. Upon further research, we soon realize it is all part of his master plan. The Internet reacts with endless memes and Tweets.
Gucci Mane Shares Letter To Fans
Although he’s currently incarcerated, Gucci Mane takes to Twitter to share a letter addressed to his fans. October 17 is also known as Guwop Day, an unofficial holiday where Gucci Mane fans come together to celebrate his music. “The streets signed me. The Trap named me God.”
Toronto Politician Norm Kelly Jokes About Meek Mill-Wale Feud
Toronto Councillor Norm Kelly has responded to Wale’s comments about Meek Mill’s feud with Drake. Wale said that Meek Mill “brought a pencil to a gun fight” after accusing Drake of using a ghostwriter. Meek Mill responded saying “Go jump off a roof like u been tryna do chump!”
Lupe Fiasco Working On “The Cool” Sequel
It appears that Lupe Fiasco fans have something to be excited about. The Chicago emcee teases what presumably is a portion of the cover art to The Cool 2, the sequel to his vaulted 2007 release, Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool.
Wiz Khalifa Names Favorite Person To Smoke With
Wiz Khalifa likes to show his fans love by interacting with them on Twitter. He continues to have no shame in the amount of pot he smokes daily. When asked who is favorite person to smoke with was, he states his mom.
D.R.A.M. Accuses Drake Of Jacking His Sound
Hampton, Virginia musician D.R.A.M. lets out his frustration with the similarities between Drake’s “Hotline Bling” and his record, “Cha Cha.” He also spoke on performing in Drake’s hometown of Toronto, Canada recently, calling the performance “bittersweet.”
Fabolous Preparing “Summertime Shootout” Mixtape
Fabolous discusses his forthcoming projects via TIDAL’s official Twitter account. He is set to release a mixtape and another project before the end of 2015. The Brooklyn, New York rapper also said that he won’t be releasing a Soul Tape project anytime soon.
Eminem Turns 43 Years Old
October 17 marks the born day of one of Hip Hop’s greatest, Eminem. Paul Rosenberg, Em’s old manager, wishes him a happy birthday, along with all the major hip hop media outlets. He turns 43 years old today.
I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend on Dx lately. While I don’t get to comment as much as I like (because I have a life) I have noticed that the site is going further down hill than even thought previously possible. Basically Ural is using this site to boost his ‘journalist’ career with the amount of ‘editorials’ he’s been posting recently. This isn’t a HipHop site anymore, the writers are turning this site into tamer MediaTakeOut, or ‘urban’ TMZ. Let’s take a look at these editorials, 4 out of the last 10 have Drake in the headlines, and here’s the disturbing part 2 out of the last 13 are about SLIM JESUS. That may not sound like a lot but in case you didn’t know, in the last couple months artists like: Talib Kweli, Method Man, and Jay Rock have put out incredible projects, but you wouldn’t know that visiting this site. They don’t get editorials, hell they hardly get news coverage. Meanwhile some joke like Slim Jesus constantly gets new links. This site is turning more into the ‘writers’ (and I use that term loosely) opinions and social media ‘events’, than it is about actual HipHop news. Pathetic.
Thanks 4 the info about Talib, Meth and JayRock. Could you recommend me some good HipHop-News Site? Im sick of HipHopDX
This comment is the realest shit i have read on this site for a long time haha! hiphopdx actually read these comments and take notice of how laughable your site has really become.
I think because this is the internet the information moves way too fast. Even for a hip-hop news site it’s tough to sift through all the content out there and decide what’s relevant for the day. Media Takeout is different in that it creates content and throws it on their site where as HHDX looks at trends in the media. People like drake so they tend to do Drake related content, it’s sticking to the rivers (and lakes that your used too…damn I shouldn’t of took it there) that yield the most fish. Pretty soon HHDX will go the way of Allhiphop,SOHH, Hiphopgame, Ballerstatus etc. and offer quantity over quality trying to find its identity and in the process make itself obsolete. Today’s Hiphopdx is tomorrow’s HopHippersomethingorother.com that enjoys success until it just simply stops. Birth. Rhymes. Death.
Im glad people are speaking out. Long time DX readers have had it. A real alternative is need at this point.
I don’t hate on people for no reason but did this clown seriously compare himself to Pac? Maaaaan this fool needs a reality check, like now.