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Not much cut through the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend besides Wicked and Moana 2 — but maybe that’s because the hip-hop world is still reeling from Drake ‘s shocking court filings alleging Universal Music Group (UMG) — his label — and Spotify of artificially boosting the popularity of Kendrick Lamar ‘s blistering Grammy-nominated, Billboard Hot 100-topping diss track “Not Like Us.” On Friday (Nov. 29), just as people started warming up their Thanksgiving leftovers, Cole announced a special one-night-only concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden celebrating the 10th anniversary of his Billboard 200-topping 2014 Forest Hills Drive on Dec. 16. “We done gave y’all hits, hood s–t/ Dope-ass freestyles, some funny-ass skits/ You probably riding around listening to our shit right now/ Like, ‘I’m glad these n—as from my town!’ Let’s go!” Sheek spits over a soulful loop of an exclamatory riff from The Isley Brothers’ “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” — K.D.
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