ICYMI: John Legend told The Breakfast Club that Pharrell called him out of the blue about making an album.
The sessions became Muse, much of it recorded at Louis Vuitton's Paris headquarters via @breakfastclubam
On his YouTube show, I'll Do It Myself @Wayno119 read Funk Flex's Instagram posts .
Flex was in an Oct. 20 altercation at MSG's Delta Lounge with a rep for ex-Hot 97 host TT Torrez alleging he shoved her.
"You threw a drink at me...Thursday, 7 p.m., Hot 97." added Funk Flex.
DJ Akademiks said on his livestream that Joe Budden called him about an Emanny situation, after Emanny said on JBP he had Marc Lamont Hill's back against Ak.
Ak says his only advice to Emanny was about weight classes.
Source: @JBTVCommunity
Marques Brownlee showed how apps currently run on the iPhone Duo.
Most apps are not yet optimized for the foldable's inner display.
"They're mostly still just small unoptimized iPhone apps in the middle of this huge screen." he says via @MKBHD
ICYMI: @RobMarkman read Rapsody's Instagram essay on hip-hop journalism on his YouTube channel.
She asked why thoughtful albums struggle to get coverage in an attention economy.
Rapsody is on tour now following the debut of her latest album, God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (Aug 21)
Glasses Malone via @NoCeilingsPod speaks on how T.I. got him on the line after trying to get booked on ExpediTIously with TIP.
His texts went unanswered.
So Problem called and T.I. went on to praise FX's The Drop currently streaming on Hulu.
On the @revolttv premiere of @EffctivImmdtly @AzChike plays @DJHed Hed Scratchers.
The last of five questions: how many area codes in LA County?
Did he get em right?
Joe Budden called The Kid Mero live on The Joe Budden Podcast to ask how bad things are at Hot 97.
Mero and co-host Kaz criticized station executives over pay and layoffs on an Oct. 14 livestream.
"What can you share with me? How bad is it?" via @JoeBuddenPod
Curtiss King said he stopped keeping his phone in the room when he makes music, in a video on his Curtiss King TV YouTube channel.
He says social media and phones were killing his imagination as an artist.
"Now I'm making more music." - @CurtissKing
Mackwop read The Game's Grammy announcement on his stream.
The Game posted on IG that he submitted The Documentary III for Best Rap Album at the 2027 Grammys, per @HotNewHipHop.
"I achieved every goal I set for myself in rap." says @thegame
via @MackWop
Killer Mike addressed his "move like a capitalist" rap line on Vic Mensa's podcast, and tells FD Signifier it wasn't about him.
Many listeners read the line as a shot at the YouTuber, a longtime critic of Black capitalism.
via @VicMensa
Reports about Diddy's alleged access to contraband phones in prison triggered cell raids that saw inmates' devices seized. The fallout reportedly led to a fight with Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke, leaving Diddy with a head injury.
Producers, Consultants and Cast members @PROBLEM354 + @gmalone of #thedropfx stopped by @HOT97 to discuss the music in the show.
How Malcolm Spellman sent playlists for each character.
How West Coast Hip Hop vets: DJ Quik, Snoop Dogg and more were tapped for feedback on songs.
A fan called into Cam’ron’s show and put Ma$e on the spot over an old lyric.
What exactly did he mean by “doing them,” and why “two”?
Sometimes communication is just asking someone to explain what they meant.
A rare, unreleased 1994 phone interview with Tupac Shakur on Swedish radio, where he speaks on culture, creativity, and the turmoil in his life, days before the Quad Studios shooting and robbery.