Jay Worthy, DaM-Funk, and DRAM pay tribute to the “Westside” on the latest offering from Worthy. Watch the three of them reminisce and recapture the essence of the G-Funk era as they ride around Los Angeles. Worthy brought one of his low-riders to the visual and they all take in the scenery as he sits behind the wheel. The underground rapper released Nothing Bigger Than The Program, his collaborative album with Roc Marciano in 2023. Dam-Funk ended 2023 with Dam-FunK Presents The Music of Grand Theft Auto Online Original Score for Rockstar Games. DRAM’s DRAM&B album came out earlier this month. 

DJ Premier and Nas recently recorded the single “Define My Name.” They released the song on April 19th the 30th anniversary of Nas’ debut album Illmatic. Nas admits on the track that he had no plans to be rapping in his 50’s but the words kept flowing through the years. The iconic producer and superstar rapper have previously worked together and Premier produced three songs from Illmatic. “Define My Name” prepares rap fans for their collaborative album scheduled to come out this year. Nas released Magic 2 and Magic 3 in 2023.  

Kendrick Lamar drops his “Euphoria” diss track aimed at Drake which is the latest edition to their feud. The Compton rapper had previously addressed Drake on “Like That” from Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You album. Drake then responded with “Push Ups” and the Tupac and Snoop Dogg AI-assisted “Taylor Made.”  On “Euphoria,” Lamar brags about how he is relevant to culture and most significantly tells the Canadian rapper that no one wants to hear him use the n-word again referencing Drake’s biracial background. Will Drake respond again? That is what fans are wondering today. 

Apple TV+ has released the trailer for The Big Cigar series about Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba with help from Hollywood director Bert Schneider.  The story is based on an article Joshuah Bearman wrote for Playboy Magazine about Newton fleeing to Cuba in 1974 after facing murder charges in California. Newton had been arrested for the fatal shooting of a young Black prostitute and after posting bond fled to Cuba where he lived for three years. Schneider had created a fake movie to help Newton’s plan to the leave the country but the feature was never completed. The Big Cigar is mostly true and reenacts some the events that happened with Schneider’s potential scheme. Don Cheadle has directed two of the six episodes for the show that premieres on May 17th. André Holland portrays Newton with a cast including Glynn Turman, Moses Ingram, Rebecca Dalton, Jordane Christie, Tiffany Boone, Olli Haaskivi, Marc Menchaca, P.J. Byrne and Alessandro Nivola. Joshuah Bearman, Jim Hecht and Janine Sherman Barrois are executive producers.