The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles Of The Week: J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Crooked I

The first week of December brought plenty of news about and sneak peeks of upcoming big releases from Hip Hop artists. J. Cole’s new album leaked ahead of release, Lil Wayne took to Twitter to share his frustrations about his own album being delayed, and more. As a result, this week’s Top 10 is crowned by a throwback J. Cole freestyle and followed closely behind by a DX Daily in which we break down the Lil Wayne Story.

Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha had some fun remixing Drake’s recent single into their own short version and lower down the list Crooked I celebrates Shady XV making it to #1 on the iTunes charts while Pusha T releases his own new verse.

J. Cole Throwback Freestyle

With J. Cole’s new album recently leaked and officially scheduled to release next week, HipHopDX dropped off an old freestyle from 2006 to prep fans for the occasion. The track originally appeared on Cole’s debut mixtape The Come Up, the lead-up to his attention-grabbing release two years later The Warm Up.

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Last night, J. Cole joined T.I., Chris Brown, Trey Songz, and Kid Ink at the Los Angeles radio station Power 106’s Cali Christmas celebration. Cole appeared alongside T.I. as one of the event’s headlining performers.

Lil Wayne Blasts Birdman, Wants Off Cash Money

Not long after Tyga made similar claims about the label, long-time Cash Money Records rapper Lil Wayne took to Twitter to air out his grievances about his album being delayed. “To all my fans, I want u to know that my album won’t and hasn’t been released bekuz Baby & Cash Money Rec. refuse to release it,” Wayne Tweeted on Thursday (December 4).

“This is not my fault,” he added in another Tweet. “I am truly and deeply sorry to all my fans but most of all to myself and my family for putting us in this situation.”

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Watch the DX Daily below for a full breakdown.

Stephen Curry’s Wife Ayesha Remixes Drake’s “0 To 100”

When Drake released his “0 To 100” single in June many fans took note of the Steph Curry reference in the first verse. A few months later the Toronto rapper airballed at a college basketball warm-up and brought the “Steph Curry with the shot” brag into a different context.

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Most recently, the basketball player and his wife Ayesha released a short video spinning the single into a version centered around her cooking prowess. Watch the “Chef Curry With The Pot” remix below.