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Fat Joe called out French Montana during a recent episode of the “Joe & Jada” podcast, clowning him for overstating his role in their Grammy-nominated hit “All The Way Up.”

The Bronx rapper took a playful yet pointed jab at his longtime collaborator, saying French has been talking like he carried the track solo.

“You know your man French Montana, that n#### delusional man,” Joe said with a laugh. “We did ‘All The Way Up’ with French Montana. That boy, he be talking about it’s that golden voice… He just take too much credit for it. There’s a lot of n##### signed to delusional records. I’m being honest with you.”

Fat Joe says French Montana is delusional after he says French takes too much credit for making their hit song “All The Way Up”

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The track, which also features Remy Ma, became a major success in 2016, earning Grammy nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. But behind the accolades, the song has been the center of a messy credit tug-of-war.

Joe’s remarks come amid ongoing legal tensions. Miami rapper Fly Havana has accused both Joe and French Montana of excluding him from the song’s creation credits and profits.

The active lawsuit claims Havana co-wrote the track but was never properly acknowledged or paid. While the legal battle continues, Joe has consistently recognized French’s contribution but maintains that the credit should be shared equally.

He’s made it clear that French’s narrative doesn’t match the reality of how the song came together.

Meanwhile, Joe and Jadakiss have been making waves with their “Joe & Jada” podcast.

Their recent interview with Clipse — the duo of Pusha T and Malice — went viral after they previewed a track from the group’s upcoming album Let God Sort Em Out.

In a clip shared online, Joe and Jada react to “Chains & Whips” featuring Kendrick Lamar, with the caption, “@jadakiss face says it all @clipse and @kendricklamar went CRAZY on this.”

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Lizzo cut loose on her third mixtape, My Face Hurts From Smiling, by ditching pop polish and refusing to revise her lyrics, thereby pushing her Hip-Hop persona to the forefront.

In a Billboard interview, Lizzo explained she normally reshapes her lyrics when crafting pop tracks, but this project was a different story.

“That’s how I start with everything, it’s like a freestyle and it’s typically kind of rappity, and then I add melody, and then I go in and adjust the lyrics and then be like, can you say this in pop music?” she said.

For My Face Hurts From Smiling, which dropped last month, she made a conscious decision to let her lyrics lead without a filter.

“I think that was the biggest thing, like with this project, I’m like, the first thing that comes out my mouth Imma say it. I’m not gonna edit myself,” she added.

The mixtape, which highlights Lizzo’s rap roots more directly than her previous LPs, also features a guest appearance from SZA on the song “IRL.”

The duo’s connection goes deeper than the music.

“There’s a lot of like genuine support and she’s one of the only people I can text at three in the morning when I’m crashing out,” said Lizzo. “I really appreciate her ’cause she understands, and I think it’s really hard for you to have someone in your life who’s known you for a long time and also understands the world you’re in.”

The project comes on the heels of Lizzo wrapping her fifth studio album Love in Real Life, which she confirmed she finished earlier this year.

Although she has already released the singles “Love in Real Life” and “Still Bad,” there’s no confirmed release date for the whole album.

The mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling was released in April.

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Andy Byron stepped down as CEO of Astronomer after a viral video showed him in an intimate moment with the company’s chief people officer during a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts.

The clip, captured by a concertgoer and later broadcast on massive venue screens, showed Byron and Kristen Cabot with their arms around each other.

The moment quickly turned awkward when Cabot covered her face and Byron dropped to the floor as the crowd reacted. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, narrating the scene live, quipped, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

The video, posted by TikTok user Grace Springer under the handle @instaagrace, exploded online, racking up over 100 million views and turning a night of live music into a corporate PR nightmare.

Astronomer, a New York-based tech firm specializing in DataOps, confirmed Byron’s departure in a statement.

“Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.”

The company added, “Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space. While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not.”

Co-founder Pete DeJoy will step in as interim CEO while the company begins its search for a permanent replacement.

The incident took place during Coldplay’s concert in Massachusetts and was filmed by venue staff, who projected the footage onto large screens for the audience.

The moment, meant to spotlight concertgoers, instead exposed a private interaction that quickly went viral.

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There’s something that’s been bubbling under the surface, and I wasn’t gonna say much. But now that the cat’s out of the bag, I might as well speak on it.

Nas and Raekwon are a dynamic duo that Hip-Hop needs. They never miss. Every time they link up, it’s magic. Honestly, if they ever decided to do a joint album, it could be legendary.

Raekwon just dropped his latest album, The Emperor’s New Clothes, and it’s fire. It hit right after that new Clipse release, and it’s continuing the great year for the culture. But you know how it goes… whenever something dope drops, there’s always a little mess in the mix.

Nas appears on a track with Raekwon, “The Omereta,” and that song alone is already a standout. When I first heard it, I was floored. But then another Nas verse surfaced. This one was vicious, full on fury. It started spreading fast. And as it made its rounds online, people started dissecting it, speculating that Nas was throwing shots at Jim Jones.

Now, as you probably remember, Jim had a lot to say about Nas earlier this year. That’s a whole other story. But Nas never responded, at least, not publicly. So naturally, folks thought this unreleased verse was a delayed haymaker aimed at the Harlem Diplomat. The internet led with it being a shot.

But let me set the record straight. I’ve got trusted sources who made it clear that this was not a diss to Jim Jones. Nas wasn’t trying to start anything messy. That’s not the space he’s in right now. According to people close to the situation, including Scram Jones and song’s producer Nottz, the innanet is all wrong. The verse was recorded way before Jim made his comments. It just happened to resurface after all that drama, which made it look like a response.

Well, because of the perceived beef, that powerful verse didn’t make the final cut. Which is a shame, because what we heard was raw, unfiltered Nas. This is the kind of verse us fans live for. Still, the version that did make the album is dope in its own right. The project as a whole is phenomenal too. Shout out to Rae!

Not everything needs to be a diss. Sometimes rappers are just rapping. As a community, maybe we need to stop jumping to conclusions and let the music be the music.

Nas knew how things might be interpreted. That’s why he didn’t want that verse out there in the first place. And yet, it somehow leaked. (That’s another story for another day.)

There’s been a lot of quiet damage control behind the scenes to make sure this doesn’t spiral into some unnecessary crap. And while we all love a good lyrical war, this just ain’t that. So let’s not turn it into something it’s not.

Let the art speak. Peace to Nas. Peace to Rae. And peace to Jim.

Hip-Hop Lives!

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