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[omo_grind @MonqueleD]

@skyyreturns Why I just called the number

[DrakeAligned @DrakeAligned]

Drake has just liked this video about ‘FOMO’ 👀

[RNB RADAR @rnbradar]

Donell Jones' live vocals in 2000 vs his live vocals in 2026

[Jack Alter @jackalter]

ROLLY ROMERO ALMOST DROPS AND BADLY HURTS TEOFIMO LOPEZ IN ROUND 5 HOLY SHIT

[🌸$teph🌸 @awsillysteph]

"That is a grown woman" I know das right 😛

[Lou Young @LouYoungIII]

This how Donell Jones & Joe was acting during the Verzuz battle. 🕺🏾🕺🏾😂😂😂 https://t.co/hSJmCsC8Ns

[AffirmationBae🫶🏻 @affirmationbae1]

This is my song 😂 ….I can’t get it out my head 😂💃

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

Best shirt ever.

Y’all agree?
#DemsUnited

[(st_ides) @benjamins_st]

This podcast was the reason Charlamagne called Ray Daniels "a donkey"‼️

If you don't know⁉️ Let's get to it‼️

Ray Daniels, on his platform directly called out Jay-Z for repeatedly targeting younger rappers while emphasizing that any new album would require industry “cheats” like partnerships and bundles to move units‼️💯.

In the discussion (tied to reactions to Jay-Z’s freestyle shots, including at events like the Roots Picnic), Daniels argued that Jay has built much of his career by picking on artists younger than him‼️. He framed Jay as benefiting from being a late bloomer who outlasted earlier peers, while warning against dismissing those who “blossomed early.”‼️ He specifically pointed to Drake, stating that at comparable ages Drake had already surpassed where Jay was at the same point, and that flexing longevity, wealth, or paperwork on a younger artist (Drake being roughly 17 years younger) lands differently when the older figure is expected to be further ahead‼️. Daniels criticized the optics of a 56-year-old billionaire throwing shots in that context‼️.

He went further on the business side of a potential new Jay-Z album‼️. Daniels stressed that Jay would not risk a pure organic first-week number that could look modest next to bigger contemporary showings‼️. Instead, he predicted Jay would need a partnership (brand, exclusivity, or similar deal) and would lean on bundles to inflate sales—“he has to cheat.”‼️ The point was that focusing on “bills” rather than pure bars would demand engineered numbers so the project wouldn’t underperform relative to artists like Drake‼️.

These comments mixed cultural critique with specific industry mechanics‼️. Later, in early August 2026, Daniels returned to the topic on his podcast and stated more definitively that the album was “completely done,”‼️ with the same catch‼️: it would only drop if a suitable partnership materialized‼️; otherwise it stayed on the shelf‼️. He said a source close to the situation had confirmed it‼️💯.

Roc Nation pushed back hard, posting that the “album done” claim was “fake news.”‼️ Charlamagne Tha God then named Ray Daniels “Donkey of the Day”‼️ on The Breakfast Club specifically over the album-is-done report and the associated details‼️.

Daniels and others framed Charlamagne’s response as that of a Roc Nation-aligned figure or mouthpiece‼️. Daniels has publicly recounted an earlier private call in which Charlamagne denied working with Jay-Z (claiming they were just friends), only for the working relationship to surface shortly afterward‼️. In that light, the Donkey of the Day segment was widely viewed not as neutral policing of a rumor but as defense of the brand after Daniels moved past general industry talk and laid out a concrete picture of how the album would be rolled out—via partnership and sales engineering‼️to protect the numbers and reputation‼️.

That specificity is what escalated it‼️. Speaking abstractly about labels, bundles, or veteran artists protecting their legacy is common‼️; detailing an exact path (album finished + hold for the right partner + bundles to avoid an underwhelming pure sales figure) while also calling out the pattern of targeting younger rappers crossed into territory that clearly stung.‼️ The reaction from Roc Nation’s denial and Charlamagne’s on-air labeling of Daniels as the Donkey underscored how those revelations landed as more than loose speculation‼️they were treated as an unwelcome exposure of the planned approach‼️.

Daniels has since pushed back on the Donkey designation, arguing it was disproportionate for reporting what he said was confirmed information (without even claiming a firm release date)‼️ and pointing to Charlamagne’s selective use of the segment‼️. The episode highlights the friction when an industry insider with a platform maps both the personal and commercial strategies around a figure as protected as Jay-Z‼️💯.

[𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 @Punterich]

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Deeper

[𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 @Punterich]

"so you're just going to play only Drake"?

me:

[omo_grind @MonqueleD]

https://t.co/A3YFPTHVYA

[Wayward @Hustleorbeg77]

“Why can’t you sleep?”

Me every night