The feuds outran the music this week. Cardi B escalated with BIA, Remy Ma reopened her fight with Claressa Shields, and a Blueface baby shower ended with a knife. Underneath it all, a long-shelved Nipsey Hussle album finally surfaced.

📌 Top Story

Cardi B and BIA’s Feud Turns Into Cheating Allegations

The long-running Cardi B and BIA feud escalated when Cardi tied their tensions to her personal life, alleging that a cheating rumor BIA reportedly helped spread made sense to her once she learned Offset had been involved with one of BIA’s friends, framing the original chatter as projection.^{Rolling Out} BIA, Offset, and the alleged friend have not publicly addressed the claim. The two have traded shots for years, from BIA’s “Sue Meee,” widely read as a Cardi diss and recently resurfaced online, to a pointed line on Cardi’s 2025 track “Pretty and Petty.”

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📰 News Recap

Remy Ma’s New Song Reignites Her Claressa Shields Feud

Remy Ma released a track widely believed to target boxer Claressa Shields, built around a wordplay on a trolling nickname.^{Rolling Out} The drop landed days after Shields told Cam Newton that women upset about her relationship with Papoose were not mad he left but mad he did not downgrade.

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Blueface Baby Shower Ends With Nevaeh Pulling a Knife

During Nevaeh’s baby shower, Blueface allegedly snuck ex Chrisean Rock into the home, and when Nevaeh discovered it, a clip shows her pulling a knife and pointing it at him without using it.^HotNewHipHop The coverage frames the incident as an echo of his volatile dynamic with Chrisean Rock, now spilling from Kick livestreams into private milestones.

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Joe Budden Podcast Sparks a J. Cole Live-Show Debate

A Joe Budden Podcast clip drew traction after a caller pressed the crew for criticizing J. Cole’s tour without attending, sparking debate over whether a Cole show stands out.^YouTube Budden’s camp noted Cole still sold out arena dates including Madison Square Garden and Barclays, while fans argued he deserves the same automatic New York respect as Jay-Z or Drake.

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A Chicago Hot Dog Stand Accuses Malice of Stealing a Hot Dog

On Joe Budden TV, the crew broke down viral claims from a well-known Chicago hot dog stand accusing Malice of The Clipse of stealing a hot dog during Lollapalooza, with a restaurant video naming him directly.^YouTube Malice reportedly produced receipts to push back.

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🎧 What to Listen To

A Posthumous Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux Album, PROLIFIC

PROLIFIC, a collaborative album from Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux recorded around 2017, arrived August 14 through All Money In, Out The Blue, and Atlantic, one day before what would have been Nipsey’s 41st birthday.^HotNewHipHop The 15-track project features Static Major, James Fauntleroy, Buddy, Ty Dolla $ign, Leon Thomas, BH, and Cardi B, who appears on “I Just Wanna Know” with Ty Dolla $ign.

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Internet Money Releases We All We Needed

Internet Money’s We All We Needed is a 20-track project introducing a next generation of the collective’s artists, including BabyBartier, Sir Untre, Unitus, and Lade.^{Rolling Out} It arrives on the anniversary of their breakout hit “Lemonade” with Gunna, Don Toliver, and NAV.

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Trippie Redd Drops NDA

Trippie Redd’s new album NDA arrived among the week’s headline releases, positioned in New Music Friday coverage alongside the Nipsey and Internet Money projects.^HotNewHipHop

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Pooh Shiesty Releases All Eyes on Shiest

Pooh Shiesty released All Eyes on Shiest while he remains detained, an aggressive project Joe Budden TV singled out for the track “80 Clip” and a feature from K-Carbon.^YouTube

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Erykah Badu and The Alchemist Preview a Joint Album With “Witch Doctor”

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist released “Witch Doctor,” a new single previewing an upcoming joint album, spotlighted across Fresh Friday and New Music Friday coverage.^{Rolling Out}

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Busta Rhymes, J Dilla, and Lil Wayne Share “Talk Ya Shit”

An advance cut from the forthcoming Busta Rhymes and J Dilla album pairs a new Lil Wayne verse with Dilla production, drawn from the stash of more than 300 unreleased Dilla beats Busta has spoken about.^HotNewHipHop

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Also Out This Week

New Music Friday and Fresh Friday also brought Quavo and Pharrell’s “Trance,” Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal’s album DOOMED!, Denzel Curry and Kenneth Blume’s “DIFFERENCE” with Yebba, Jorja Smith’s “I Lied, You Lied,” BIA’s “Rollin” remix with DJ Snake, Stunna Sandy, and Bay Swag, R2R Moe’s “WDYL,” and a two-pack from Bally Baby.^HotNewHipHop ^{Rolling Out}

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⚖️ The Docket

Papoose’s Team Threatens Legal Action Over a Remy Ma Freestyle

Papoose’s attorneys have demanded that Remy Ma’s “W.Y.F.L.” freestyle be removed from the internet and are reportedly working toward mutual non-disparagement agreements while the divorce is unresolved, arguing that airing the conflict could emotionally harm the couple’s young daughter.^AllHipHop No formal court filings are detailed, but the threat around the freestyle is explicit.

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Ice Spice Wig Lawsuit Expands to $454K

Ice Spice’s stylist has been added as a defendant in the wig-related lawsuit, which now seeks $454,000 in damages.^{MiixtapeChiick}

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Drake’s Stake Lawsuit in New Mexico Stalls

Drake is involved in New Mexico litigation over his promotional work with the crypto gambling platform Stake, and the case is currently stayed while Judge Gonzales considers whether to extend the pause by 90 days.^HotNewHipHop Drake maintains he never specifically targeted New Mexico residents with Stake marketing, and plaintiffs are seeking a status check on November 11 if the stay is extended.

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🎬 What to Watch

Podcasts Debate Whether Drake’s Kick Stream Hurts His Legacy

HotNewHipHop’s Friday livestream and the Brilliant Idiots episode both dug into Drake’s Kick livestream for Stake’s ninth anniversary, with HNHH’s hosts arguing his brand is strong enough that the move does not tarnish him.^HotNewHipHop ^YouTube The HNHH stream also touched on Kanye West’s recent, more measured concerts.

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📊 By the Numbers

$454,000: Ice Spice’s Wig Lawsuit

The wig lawsuit tied to Ice Spice was updated to seek $454,000 in damages after her stylist was added as a defendant.^{MiixtapeChiick}

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💬 Community Question

Cardi B and BIA’s long-running tension has now spilled into public cheating allegations and diss-track crossfire.^{Rolling Out} Where should the line be between using real personal drama as rap fuel and crossing into territory that does more damage than it is worth, for the artists, their families, and the culture? Reply and let us know where you land.

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✌🏾 That’s a Wrap

Cardi and BIA. Remy and Papoose. Blueface and a knife. The feuds ran the timeline this week. Then a Nipsey album recorded nearly a decade ago arrived and reminded everyone what the music sounds like when it outlasts all of it.

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