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Playboi Carti may be stirring up some heated debates online over MUSIC, but he's still been showered with praise as well. The latest form of love comes from socialite Kim Kardashian via an Instagram Story. She caught one lyric that really stuck with her in particular and decided to make a post about it. It lands on the song "FINE SH*T" where Carti raps, "I bought that ho a lot of clothes, but she love her Skims." Of course, that's a nod to Kim K's clothing line that focuses on body inclusivity. She caters most of her pieces to women, but the men also have their fair share to choose from too. It's quickly become a massive brand in the space, something that Carti recognizes on this track.
Whether it's a shoutout to Kim Kardashian or not may never be known. However, she took it as a compliment and decided to show her appreciation for Playboi Carti. Speaking of Skims, though, Kanye West's ex-wife used Tory Lanez music to promote her bikini line for the summer of 2025. She specifically used "The Color Violet" to play in the background of her steamy photoshoot. That post caused a bunch of debate online due to the Canadian rapper's incarceration. As you can imagine, a lot of Megan Thee Stallion fans were the ones being the loudest about it.
Overall, it's been an exciting weekend for Playboi Carti fans, to say the least. They had been waiting on MUSIC for a couple of years. Additionally, it already been over four years since Whole Lotta Red, so anticipation was through the roof. As we said, there have been a lot of disappointed listeners as a result of all of that hype. But there are still plenty who feel this is the album of the year so far.
The first-week sales projections for the March 14 release are predicting it could be from a commercial standpoint. As it stands, the number sits around 250,000. Obviously, that's subject to change with plenty of more days to come. There were reports even earlier that nearly 150,000 were already sold prior to the album's release. MUSIC features 30 songs and features from Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, Jhene Aiko, Lil Uzi Vert, and more.
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Mustard has seemingly hit back at comments from Drake‘s producer Gordo, with a little help from JAY-Z.
Gordo, who worked on several Drizzy albums including $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, For All the Dogs and Honestly, Nevermind, called out the “Not Like Us” hitmaker this week after noticing that he was no longer following him on social media.
“omg just noticed mustard unfollowed me on ig…. Sad day,” he wrote sarcastically on X. “headlining chella must of got to his head.”
Despite unfollowing Gordo, Mustard appeared to catch wind of his post and issued a snarky yet subliminal response on Instagram.
Alongside a caption which read: “We not the same,” the producer posted a video of JAY-Z in an interview saying: “Are you kidding me? Who are you guys talking to? What have you done to even have an opinion on what I been doing? You done nothing to even have an opinion.”
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Mustard hasn’t exactly been quiet about his disdain for Drake throughout the 6 God’s beef with Kendrick Lamar which erupted last year.
The multi-platinum producer and DJ graced the stage at Tyler, The Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw last November, where he surprised the crowd by appearing to cue up Drizzy’s Take Care hit “Crew Love” with The Weeknd.
Before the song could kick into gear, however, Mustard jumped on the mic and yelled, “Sike!” before quickly pivoting to Kendrick, Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” the blistering collaboration that ignited the heated feud between the Hip Hop titans.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times months earlier, the 10 Summers hitmaker took a shot at Drake’s character while ruling out a reunion with his “Who Do You Love?” collaborator.
“I don’t think I want to make a song with that dude. He’s a strange guy,” he said matter-of-factly.
Mustard would also offer Drake some advice on how to bounce back from the beef, saying to Big Boy: “I’m not speaking at Drake or for him, but a lot of shit that’s going on — the tactics, the things that you do just to get attention. You don’t need to do that. Just make music, man. Make good music and you’ll be fine.”
Mustard also made a surprise appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s historic Super Bowl halftime show performance, joining the Compton superstar for his climactic rendition of “TV Off” which he also produced.
