This week in Hip Hop, Drake released the lead single off his highly anticipated, fourth studio album, Views From The 6. The track, titled “Summer Sixteen,” features the Toronto rapper firing shots at Meek Mill and Tory Lanez, as well as name-dropping a string of others. Elsewhere this week, the newly released film, Murder Rap: Inside The Biggie & Tupac Murders, identifies the killers of both Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. and lastly, Young Thug and Future trade subliminal shots at one another over Twitter.
Drake Takes Aim At Meek Mill & Tory Lanez On “Summer Sixteen”
Drake let loose “Summer Sixteen” late last week, the first single off his long-awaited album, Views From The 6. The cut, which he premiered via his OVOSOUND RADIO show on Beats 1, features Drizzy taking shots at long-standing rival, Meek Mill.
“I let the diss record drop, you was staying right below me, nigga,” Drake raps during the track’s opening verse. “We must have played it a hundred times, you was going to bed / Why would I put on a vest, I expect you to aim for the head? / I coulda killed you the first time / You don’t have to try and say it louder nigga / Trust, we heard you the first time / It’s nothing personal I would have done it to anyone.”
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Drake also took aim at fellow Toronto rapper-singer-songwriter, Tory Lanez.
“All you boys in the new Toronto want to be me a little,” Drizzy spits.
After premiering “Summer Sixteen” last Saturday (January 30), Drake announced that Views From The 6 will be released sometime in April of this year.
To read the full story, click here.
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“Murder Rap” Film Names Killers Of Tupac & Biggie Smalls
The killers of both Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. are identified in the newly released film, Murder Rap: Inside The Biggie & Tupac Murders.
The film showcases the work of retired LAPD detective Greg Kading, who led a special task force to investigate the murders.
Kading’s findings led him to conclude that Puff Daddy hired Crips gang member Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis to kill Shakur and Suge Knight. The bounty was $1 million. According to Kading’s work, Keffe D’s nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, shot Tupac in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. The rapper died six days later on September 13.
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Kading later concluded that Suge Knight hired Bloods gang member Wardell “Poochie” Fouse to kill The Notorious B.I.G. as retaliation. Biggie Smalls was shot to death in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997.
During an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Kading says that the work he presents in the film should be taken as fact.
“We’re not espousing a theory,” he says. “We’re espousing the truth based on empirical evidence. We’re claiming this is the truth. We’re not promoting a theory that could be true. That’s the difference. We have a completely fact-based investigation, an evidence-based investigation.”
To read the full story, as well as the rest of DX’s exclusive interview with Kading, click here.
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Young Thug & Future Trade Subliminals Over Twitter
Young Thug and Future went back and forth this past Wednesday (February 3) just prior to the release of the latter’s then forthcoming album, EVOL.
“Boy slow down dropping all that BS music…,” Thugga wrote on Twitter with a series of laughing and peace sign emojis, later adding: “Yo family/team wish u was me lil nigga….I hope Apple save u lil niggas….Or church !!!!”
A short while later, Future fired off a few insults of his own including: “Yo bitch wish u was me…in real life.”
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To read the full story, click here.
Additional News Stories: 50 Cent, Big Kap & Meek Mill
– 50 Cent’s New Bankruptcy Documents Show He Spends $135,000 Per Month
– Big Kap Passes Away; Cause Of Death Revealed
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– Gang Responsible For Meek Mill Video Shooting Indicted
To view last week’s Hip Hop Week In Review, click here.
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