Soulja Boy flexed his social media power to make this week’s top headlines. Meanwhile, Meek Mill and Jeezy both released successful projects, but made headlines outside of the music as well.
Soulja Boy Comes At Lil Yachty
Soulja Boy ignited a brief beef with Lil Yachty when the 19-year-old MC came at him for posting pictures of himself with India Love, claiming her as his shawty. Except India told the Love and Hip Hop star that she had never heard of the young gun. Soulja Boy ripped Lil Yachty for his claims and his groupie behavior towards him. But then Soulja calmed down and said he was just buggin because he didn’t have weed.
Oh, and he claimed that he bought a $6 million penthouse that people said was just an Airbnb rental. But he insists he’s not just Instagram flexin’.
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Meek Mill Gives Insight Into Drake Beef
Meek Mill’s much-awaited Dreamchasers 4 finally dropped last week. For the most part, the internet loved it even though it didn’t have a “Back to Back” remix as was teased. During his press runs for the project, the Philly rapper explained why it took him so long to come back to the scathing diss from Drake. As the beef continues, look out for the sales reports Monday where DC4 is looking like it will beat out Drizzy’s VIEWS after the Toronto superstar set multiple records with his LP.
Jeezy Unleashes “Trap or Die 3”
Last week was a busy one on the music side of things with Jeezy dropping his Trap or Die 3as well. The project features The Snowman going back to his origins after switching it up for the semi-conscious Church in These Streets. HipHopDX gave Trap or Die 3 a 3.3 rating for being classic Jeezy yet not pushing boundaries.
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Jeezy took some time to give some insight into Lil Wayne’s controversial comments disassociating himself from Black Lives Matter. Stopping short of defending Weezy, the Atlanta MC said that the Young Money boss lives on an island that has isolated him from everyday issues since he was a child.
DXclusives: Zaytoven & Mickey Factz
Zaytoven shared the creative process for producing Drake and Future’s “Used To This” single. The megaproducer will look to close out 2016 strong with more work with Future and Gucci Mane.
“When Gucci got out and we were all together taking pictures, the first thing Drake said to me when I saw him was that he’d just rapped on one of my beats with Future, which makes this collab even more special,” he said. “I think that’s why I’ve remained in this industry for so long because it’s so exciting and I love it. You never know what song’s gonna take off and when or who’s gonna jump on it. It keeps me creative and on my toes.”
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Mickey Factz explained his musical journey from the mixtape circuit to finally releasing his debut album, The Achievement: circa ’82. He reflected on the achievement of being on XXL’s 2009 Freshman list and shares how the award has evolved.
“I think these days it’s a shock factor than when we were coming up,” he tells senior features writer Ural Garrett. “It’s more about putting these guys on the cover knowing it’s going to cause a reaction and conversation as opposed to people knowing that these people are here with various styles that’s authentic to what they’re doing or trying to put out there.”
