When Love Turns Petty: The Papoose & Remy Ma Situation Got More Seasons Than a Bronx Bodega Drama Let's keep it a buck. One of the wildest things to watch isn't when two people hate each other. It's when two people are still low-key in love with each other but too stubborn, too hurt, and way too petty to admit it. And right now, that's exactly what the internet sees when it looks at Papoose and Remy Ma. Before we get into the relationship drama, funny story. Years ago, me and my guy MP got blocked by Pap on Twitter. Why? We asked how some of his records kept getting rotation on Hot 97. Looking back, maybe we were being a little messy, but that's Twitter for you. Now don't get it twisted. Papoose was always respected as a lyricist. Anybody who came up on the DVD era knows that. His freestyles were legendary. He had bars for days. I still remember hearing lines that had people rewinding the DVD player like it was a championship instant replay. But when it ca...

  Nicki Minaj & The Art of Alignin’ Herself With Whoever’s Useful Today Aight, pull up a chair and crack open a cold one, ’cause we about to talk spicy. And before anybody get in they feelings—nah, I ain’t no political analyst, strategist, commentator, none of that. Politics to me feel like one big group project where everybody lyin’, everybody cheatin’, and somehow the people still get the F on the report card. Both sides be pushin’ propaganda like it’s a Black Friday sale, so miss me with the “pick a side” energy. But anyway… let’s get into the real tea. Nicki Minaj: Queen of Rap or Queen of Strategic Friendships? Look, over the last few years, I been peepin’ something about Nicki Minaj. And I ain’t sayin’ it’s good or bad—I’m just sayin’ it’s there . Sis got a pattern, and it’s louder than a Bluetooth speaker from Five Below. When the Lil’ Kim beef was cookin’ Suddenly Foxy Brown was poppin’ up like a surprise guest on Maury. Coincidence? Maybe. But it felt like Nicki was co...