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89-523: Upon its release, DK3 was very well received by critics, who praised the album's diversity and commercial appeal, as well as Danity Kane's vocals. Their first independent release following their departure from Bad Boy Records , DK3 debuted and peaked at number 44 on the US Billboard 200 and became their third studio album to reach the top ten on the Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album

178-505: A Day's Work": "The glorious “here’s to the haters” rip-up of "Lemonade," Danity Kane sound more alive as a trio than ever before. The harmonies sound effortless – you can practically picture the shoulder brush when they sing about making it look easy on "All in a Day's Work" – and there's zero reflection of discord in the music. Danity Kane clearly still have a lot to offer us so, girls, a message: sort your shit out before we call Oprah to intervene. Ya heard." Elliot Robinson of SoSoGay praised

267-654: A bevy of in-house writer/producers, including: Easy Mo Bee , Chucky Thompson and D Dot —each of whom are credited on a bulk of Bad Boy's releases during this time. The rapid success of the Notorious B.I.G., and Bad Boy as a company, raised some tensions, especially with the Beverly Hills, California -based Death Row Records . For 3 years leading up to 1995, West Coast hip hop , dominated by labels such as Death Row, had been preeminent in mainstream Rap. Suge Knight , CEO of Death Row, held Puff Daddy responsible for

356-407: A few days later. On September 24, 2014, O'Day and Bex announced that the album would still be released as a thank you to their fans. Upon release, DK3 generally well received by critics. Gerrick Kennedy of The Los Angeles Times stated the album "captures Danity Kane's essence" despite murky origins, " DK3 is effervescent and completely primed for dance floors – even if the ladies have long left

445-456: A few promotional performances, Fimbres announced in May 2014 that she would be leaving the group due to being engaged and her desire to start a family, despite already having had recorded vocals for the album. Bex, O'Day, and Richard revealed that they would stay a trio and continue to perform together. However, tensions between O'Day and Richard lead to a fight in early August 2014, and the group split

534-414: A forefront of both his rap and personal character. Before the release of Lace Up , he had an addiction to heroin . He was also a heavy user of cocaine and alcohol before 2020, when he revealed that he had become addicted to Adderall and was seeking treatment. In a 2012 interview, he stated that he identifies politically as an anarchist . In 2022, when he was asked on whether he plans to vote in

623-572: A minor role in the techno-thriller adventure film Nerve with Emma Roberts and Dave Franco ; and had a recurring role on the Showtime comedy-drama series Roadies as Wes, a former Pearl Jam roadie. He played Felix in the 2018 Netflix post-apocalyptic horror thriller film Bird Box with Sandra Bullock , and portrayed drummer Tommy Lee in The Dirt , a 2019 Netflix biographical comedy-drama about Mötley Crüe . He played

712-462: A mixtape titled RockaByeBaby , to positive reception. Rapper Los announced his departure from Bad Boy Records on March 19, 2014. On October 5, 2015, Combs announced that Bad Boy would be distributed by Epic Records. This will mark the second time that Epic president L.A. Reid oversaw distribution for Bad Boy, having previously overseen distribution for the label 15 years earlier after being appointed president of Arista in 2000. Despite founding

801-446: A mixtape titled EST 4 Life , which contained both old and recently recorded material. Lace Up was released on October 9, 2012. The album featured guest appearances from Bun B , Cassie , DMX , Ester Dean, Lil Jon , Tech N9ne , Twista , Waka Flocka Flame , Young Jeezy and Dub-O. The album debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 , with first-week sales of 57,000 copies. It slid down to No. 22 in its second week, giving it

890-540: A music video was released for the Tickets to my Downfall song "Drunk Face", directed by Mod Sun , which was followed on October 22, 2020, by a music video for " Forget Me Too ". Throughout October 2020, the four episodes of Halloween in Hell , a fictionalised musical horror podcast that Baker created and starred in, were released. The series also starred Iann Dior, 24kGoldn , Dana Dentata, Phem and Tommy Lee . The podcast

979-617: A number of radio stations. On May 16, 2017, Baker performed a freestyle for KPWR , which featured a line referencing Eminem's supposed banning of him from Shade 45 . On March 1, 2018, Baker featured on a verse of Tech N9ne 's song, "No Reason". Shortly after, on August 31, 2018, Eminem released his diss track " Not Alike ," where he claimed that Baker's verse on the song was about him. On September 3, 2018, Baker responded to this with his own diss track " Rap Devil ". On September 12, 2018, Eminem released an interview with Sway Calloway through his YouTube channel where he discussed his reason behind

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1068-517: A picture of a letter on his social media accounts which read: This project is dedicated to love, because for my entire life it has been taken from me. Granted, when it was given, I pushed it right back. I couldn't handle it. This was until I experienced the loss of love for what I love doing most: music. That was the one thing worth fighting for, even more-so then[sic] the love of my father. I've found that love again. And I plan on never surrendering it. Find what you love and fight!! Black Flag. Following

1157-459: A remix of "My House" by PVRIS . Some tracks were later re-released on special editions of Tickets to My Downfall . Tickets to My Downfall' s first single " Bloody Valentine " was released on May 1, 2020, followed by " Concert for Aliens " on August 5 and " My Ex's Best Friend " featuring Blackbear on August 7. In August 2020, Baker opened his own coffee house called 27 Club Coffee in his hometown of Cleveland , Ohio. On September 29, 2020,

1246-506: A reported $ 10 million deal. However, the deal ultimately fell through. On February 6, 2003, it was announced and confirmed that Bad Boy had signed a distribution deal with The Universal Music Group 's Universal Records . Under terms of the deal, Combs would retain 100% of the company, while Universal would handle distribution and provide marketing and promotional support. In September 2003, Bad Boy's Da Band released their debut studio album, Too Hot for TV . The group's exposure on MTV helped

1335-577: A successor label, Love Records to independently release his fifth studio album, The Love Album: Off the Grid . After his climb from a non-paid internship to becoming an A&R executive at Uptown , Sean "Puffy" Combs was fired in 1993 by Andre Harrell and founded his own label, Bad Boy Records, shortly after. The label's first release was " Flava in Ya Ear " by Craig Mack , followed quickly by Mack's debut album, Project Funk da World in 1994. On

1424-405: A total of 65,000 copies sold. As of September 2015, the album has sold 263,000 copies. In early 2012, Baker announced that he would be releasing a new mixtape. Pusha T and Meek Mill were the first artists to be featured on the mixtape, both appearing on the track "Pe$ o". Baker also announced that Wiz Khalifa will be featured on the mixtape. On February 18, 2013, Baker announced the name of

1513-477: A young rapper from Brooklyn , who garnered generally mixed reviews for his deep voice and slow flow—which many considered to be too reminiscent to, and perhaps a rip-off of the Notorious B.I.G., meanwhile, Combs' later albums failed to generate the same kind of acclaim that his debut had. In an attempt to further market himself, he underwent several name changes; from "Puff Daddy" to "Puffy" to "P. Diddy", to simply just "Diddy" then shortly Diddy- Dirty Money". But with

1602-476: Is alleged that the tension between the two labels stemmed from Combs believing that Universal had not done enough to market their music, while Universal in turn had refused to offer more money until Bad Boy started to produce more hit records. Though Bad boy's contract with Universal was set to expire in 2006, Combs had already began talking to other record labels, in particular The Warner Music Group and Sony Music 's Columbia Records , for distribution. In 2005,

1691-593: Is serving as an A&R representative on Montana's forthcoming Bad Boy debut, " Excuse My French ", as well as appearing on the remix of Montana's "Everything's a Go". "I'm not sure what kind of decisions he's going to make," Montana says, "[but] I would love to see him in my camp." Mase is currently resigned to Bad Boy Records but has yet to announce whether he is resigned as part of a joint venture deal between Bad Boy and MMG. He later announced he had gotten his release from Bad Boy. In April 2013, Cassie released her first full-length project seven years after her debut album,

1780-486: The Billboard 200 chart, becoming his fourth top ten album. On December 18, 2019, Baker released the single "Why Are You Here", another pop punk song. Later on in the same month, he began teasing an upcoming project with Travis Barker producing, it was then later revealed that the album would be an entirely pop punk, stating he was inspired to pursue a whole release in the style because of his two previously released in

1869-479: The Billboard 200. It was preceded by the singles "Loco" and "Rap Devil", and coincided with the release of his Ronny J -produced single, "Lately" that same day. The EP saw largely unfavorable critical response. In April 2019, Billboard reported that Baker's upcoming album would be titled Hotel Diablo . The first single, " Hollywood Whore ", was released on May 17, 2019. The second single, " El Diablo ",

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1958-477: The Billboard 200—becoming the only rock album to do so that year—and was supported by the single " My Ex's Best Friend " (featuring blackbear ), which peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. Its sequel, Mainstream Sellout (2022) served as his sixth album and matched its commercial success, although critical reception was mixed. MGK had his first starring role in the romantic drama Beyond

2047-740: The Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland . Baker released " Bad Things " in late 2016, a joint single with Camila Cabello , which has reached a peak of number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. Baker was going to be the opening act on the North American leg of Linkin Park 's One More Light Tour before the tour was cancelled due to Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington 's suicide. Baker would subsequently pay tribute to Bennington by releasing an acoustic cover of

2136-603: The lead single for the album and the song peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 98. It was soon certified gold by the RIAA . The song " Invincible " was released on iTunes on December 16, 2011, featuring co-writer and singer Ester Dean as the second single of the album. The song is featured in a commercial for the HTC ReZound as well as the official theme song of WrestleMania XXVIII . WWE also used

2225-491: The midterm elections , he replied: "I have anarchy tattooed on my stomach. I'm not a political person". In May 2020, he began a relationship with actress Megan Fox after the two met while filming Midnight in the Switchgrass . On January 12, 2022, Fox announced that the two were engaged. In March 2024, Fox revealed that the couple had called their engagement off. In November 2024, Fox revealed on Instagram that she

2314-485: The Bad Boy name and trademark, to be operated through Interscope. The previous Bad Boy catalog and roster, however, remains under the control of Warner. In 2010, Diddy offered Mase a 1-year release from Bad Boy to settle their differences after the 2009 incident with Mase wanting to be released from Bad Boy. With this Mase decided to retire from rap for good, although he was to be reassigned to Bad Boy after his year break

2403-793: The Band 3's Danity Kane , whose debut album topped the charts at No. 1 (the label's first chart topping album since the Bad Boys II soundtrack three years prior), and spun off a top five single. Their second album, Welcome to the Dollhouse also debuted at No. 1, and contained the group's second top ten single " Damaged ". Diddy also signed Day26 and Donnie Klang to the label. However, by 2009, Combs had dissolved Danity Kane, terminating Aubrey O'Day's, D. Woods', Shannon Bex's and Aundrea Fimbres' contracts. Dawn Richard remained signed working as solo artist and songwriter for Bad Boy. In March 2009, it

2492-571: The Billboard Top 200. Its first two singles, "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money, Mo Problems" also topped the singles charts. The album eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone, and is one of the highest selling rap albums ever in the U.S.. In 1996, Puff Daddy had begun recording his own solo debut album. The first single, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", peaked at No. 1 on the Rap, R&B, and pop charts that spring. In response to Biggie's death,

2581-540: The Block" single. In February 2010, he released his second mixtape 100 Words and Running , where he derived his catchphrase, "Lace Up", which started as a mixtape interlude, before making it a prominent reference in his music. Despite his rising popularity, Baker still worked at Chipotle to afford rent. Baker soon also became a father. In May 2010, he made his national debut with the single "Alice in Wonderland", which

2670-658: The L.O.X. , who had been prominently featured on various Bad Boy releases that year. Bad Boy found success with rap group The LOX . In January 1998, Bad Boy released the group's debut album, Money, Power & Respect to commercial success. It debuted within the top 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album was executive produced by Combs and Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, and featured guest appearances by Combs and Carl Thomas. That year, Combs decided to expand Bad Boy's roster to genres other than hip-hop and R&B, and subsequently signed Fuzzbubble to

2759-647: The Lights (2014), and since appeared in the techno-thriller Nerve (2016), the horror Bird Box (2018), the comedy Big Time Adolescence and portrayed Tommy Lee in the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt (both 2019). Colson Baker was born on April 22, 1990, in Houston, Texas . Baker's parents were both Christian missionaries and moved all around the world during Baker's childhood. He lived in Egypt for

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2848-484: The Linkin Park song " Numb ". On September 3, 2018, Baker released the song " Rap Devil ". The track was a response to Eminem 's diss track "Not Alike" off of his album Kamikaze . Playing on Eminem's own " Rap God " single, the track accuses Eminem of trying to sideline Baker's career after a comment Baker made in 2012 about Eminem's teenage daughter, Hailie. Baker publicly stated on his Twitter account that on

2937-580: The album had been retitled to Mainstream Sellout . Critical reception was mixed. Baker's early musical style has been described as hip hop , and rap rock . His fifth album, Tickets to My Downfall , marked a change in sound and has been described as pop-punk and alternative rock . Baker cites DMX and Eminem as music influences, as well as listening to rock bands Guns N' Roses and Blink-182 during his youth. Baker cites these rap and rock artists as major musical influences. In an interview discussing his collaboration with DMX, Baker called

3026-400: The album is finished, and stating that the album would contain "more lyricism and [would be more] stylistically [influenced by] hip-hop but musically, sonically [would contain] more live instrumentation." On June 25, Baker released the title of his second album as General Admission , due to be released in late September 2015. In February, Baker appeared at Fastlane , which was hosted at

3115-426: The album secure a Gold certification by the RIAA . Southern rap duo 8Ball & MJG released an album called Living Legends to some success in 2004, prompting the creation of Bad Boy South—which would eventually house acts such as Yung Joc . At this time, the label also signed a rapper named Aasim, whose Bad Boy debut album never been released. By January 2005, Bad Boy began clashing with Universal Records. It

3204-501: The artists on Bad Boy as well as outside the label. On August 20, 2015, it was announced that Kanye West was a part of the current roster. Machine Gun Kelly (musician) Colson Baker (born April 22, 1990), known professionally as Machine Gun Kelly ( MGK , stylized in all lowercase), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. MGK released four mixtapes between 2007 and 2010 before signing with Puff Daddy 's Bad Boy Records , an imprint of Interscope Records

3293-546: The chart. DK3 became their band's consecutive album to reach the US Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums , peaking at number seven, It also was their first entry on the US Independent Albums chart, reaching number six. Notes Bad Boy Records Bad Boy Entertainment , doing business as Bad Boy Records , is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean "Diddy" Combs . During the mid-1990s,

3382-430: The chorus. On December 15, 2021, Dr. Dre released a song titled "Gospel" off his new EP The Contract featuring Eminem. In this song, Eminem dissed Baker again. In January 2022, fans speculated the feud would reignite after TikToker Hannah Neuman (@unluckyp1ckle) resurfaced a 2013 interview with Fuse.tv , wherein a then 23 year old Baker said he had a crush on an underage Kendall Jenner and wouldn't wait until she

3471-620: The company formed a joint venture with Warner Music Group (WMG). This saw WMG become the worldwide distributor of the company’s back catalog of classic hits, and take 50% equity in Bad Boy Entertainment. Combs, however, retained joint control over the label and could buy back his equity stake at a later date. Bad Boy would also see its fortunes improve in 2005, with the success of releases from new signees: Cassie and Yung Joc (both of whom would score top five singles/debut albums). Also in 2006, Bad Boy hit paydirt with Making

3560-434: The end of G-Eazy's relationship with Halsey , when photographs of Baker and Halsey together surfaced. On July 18, 2018, G-Eazy revealed that he had bleached his hair blond, which Baker alleged on Twitter was in an attempt to look like him. On August 30, 2018, G-Eazy released the diss track "Bad Boy" against Baker, who responded the next day in a freestyle performed for Hot 97 . The same day, Baker tweeted side-by-side photos of

3649-452: The feud. On September 14, 2018, Eminem released " Killshot ," in response to "Rap Devil". On January 17, 2020, Eminem released the song " Unaccommodating ," which featured a verse directed at Baker. On March 17, 2020, Baker released the song "Bullets with Names," featuring Young Thug , RJMrLA and Lil Duke, which featured a verse directed at Eminem. On December 18, 2020, Eminem released the song " Gnat ". In this song, Eminem dissed Baker in

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3738-634: The film stars Chase Hudson and Sydney Sweeney as teenage lovers in what Baker described as a "pop-punk [version of] Grease ". Iann Dior , Phem , Jxdn , and Trippie Redd , also make appearances. On March 12, 2021, he released the single " DayWalker " featuring Corpse Husband . On April 29, he released the single " Love Race " featuring Kellin Quinn , the pair's third collaboration. On August 9, 2021, he announced that his next album would be titled Born with Horns and would be another collaborative project with Barker. The first single, " Papercuts ",

3827-432: The first album and a lot of my friends back home said 'we need something for the streets' and then I did 'Till I Die'. Months later, when I look back at the video [for Till I Die] I [was] like 'Okay, he's in jail, he's shot, he's dead, he snitched' and just to the point where it's sad and I wrote the song to describe how I see the world as a much mature person." He also updated the status on his second studio album, noting that

3916-720: The first four years of his life and learned to speak Arabic before he learned English. He later lived in Kenya and Germany , as well as throughout the United States in Texas , Los Angeles, California , and Chicago, Illinois . Baker's mother left home when he was nine years old and he and his father moved to Denver, Colorado to live with Baker's aunt. Baker's father fought depression and unemployment. Baker says he had just two school outfits and that he endured bullying from children in his neighborhood. He began listening to rap in

4005-637: The following year. His debut studio album, Lace Up (2012) peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and was led by the single " Wild Boy " (featuring Waka Flocka Flame ), which marked his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and received triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His second and third albums, General Admission (2015) and Bloom (2017) were both met with critical praise and similar commercial success;

4094-653: The genre. On January 14, 2020, Baker announced the title of the project as Tickets to My Downfall , and that it would be released on September 25, 2020. On March 17, 2020, he released the song "Bullets with Names", featuring Young Thug , RJMrLA and Lil Duke, a rap track not associated with the album. During the COVID-19 lockdowns , Baker began to release daily recordings, covers, and collaborations as part of his #LockdownSessions series. Releases included covers of " Misery Business " by Paramore (with Travis Barker), " Champagne Supernova " by Oasis (with Yungblud), and

4183-492: The heels of these releases came "Juicy" and Ready to Die , the lead single and debut album from the Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Biggie Smalls), released the same year. While Mack's album went Gold, Ready to Die achieved multi-platinum success. Dominating the charts in 1995, B.I.G. became one of the genre's biggest names of the day and Bad Boy's premier star. Also in 1995, the label continued its success with platinum releases by Total and Faith Evans . Bad Boy, meanwhile, staffed

4272-511: The label as its 1st rock act. The group appeared on the rock remix of Puff Daddy's " It's All About the Benjamins ", but parted ways with the label before releasing a full-length album. In the years to follow, Bad Boy saw a commercial decline. In 1999, Mase became religious and abruptly retired from the business, leaving a serious dent in the company, especially since his 2nd album had just been released. Bad Boy found some success with Shyne ,

4361-879: The label in 1993, Bad Boy began celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2015 with a 20-minute mega- medley performance at the BET Awards . It stretched into 2016, starting with the label's May reunion sold-out shows at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and originating the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, starting in North America in the last week of August 2016. The Hitmen is the production team for Bad Boy Records. The collective consisted of several notable producers and musicians that either worked solo or alongside Combs in composing tracks for

4450-479: The label in 2012. On April 25, 2012, Mase featured alongside Diddy on Wale 's "Slight Work" remix, marking the first appearance of the Harlem rapper on record since 2010. Rumors began to start that Mase, as well as singer Omarion , were both signing to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group . It was later revealed that Bad Boy artist French Montana was the reason Mase was making his third comeback. According to Montana, Mase

4539-702: The label rush-released a Puff Daddy tribute song, " I'll Be Missing You ", which featured Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, and Bad Boy's R&B singing group 112 . The single topped the charts for eleven weeks and became the hasty second single from Combs' album, No Way Out , which was released in July 1997. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with over 560, 000 copies sold in its first week alone, and sold 7 million copies in America. It featured appearances from Mase, The LOX, Carl Thomas, and introduced Bad Boy signee Black Rob . Mase, Combs' newest protégé, in

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4628-464: The label signed hip hop and contemporary R&B artists, beginning with the Notorious B.I.G. Following his commercial success, the label signed other acts, including Faith Evans , Mase , 112 , Total , The Lox , Shyne and Carl Thomas . At its 1997 peak, Bad Boy was worth an estimated US$ 100 million. During the 2000s, the label signed artists including French Montana , Machine Gun Kelly , Janelle Monáe , and Cassie . In 2023, Combs created

4717-445: The latter was supported by the single " Bad Things " (with Camila Cabello ), which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. His fourth album, Hotel Diablo (2019) further experimented with rap rock . MGK's fifth album, Tickets to My Downfall (2020) saw a complete departure from hip-hop in favor of a pop-punk sound and aesthetic, with its production entirely helmed by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker . It debuted atop

4806-411: The meantime was immediately thrust into the void that the Notorious B.I.G. left. His own debut album, Harlem World , also released the same year, would go Quadruple Platinum. Due to the successive successes of Life After Death , No Way Out and Harlem World , by the end of 1997, Bad Boy as a label and brand name had hit a commercial peak. During this time, the label began to promote its latest signing

4895-524: The mixtape as Black Flag and revealed the cover. He also released a music video for "Champions" which features Diddy and samples The Diplomats song " We Are the Champions ", as the music video release served as a promotional video for Black Flag . On June 26, Baker released Black Flag without prior announcement. The mixtape also featured guest appearances from French Montana , Kellin Quinn , Dub-O, Sean McGee and Tezo. On June 4, 2013, Baker posted

4984-502: The most part – well, the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock. And I think he knows who he is, but that's another story." At Riot Fest in September 2021, Baker and Slipknot were scheduled to play on the same day and time, albeit on different stages. Baker took the opportunity to respond to Taylor's comments, beginning his set by asking the crew to light the crowd so he could "see who chose to be here instead of with all

5073-455: The old weird dudes with masks." He later insulted the band again by stating, "You wanna know what I'm really happy that I'm not doing? Being 50 years old, wearing a fuckin' weird mask on a fuckin' stage, talking shit." Later on, Baker revealed on Twitter that Taylor was originally meant to feature on "Can't Look Back", a song for the deluxe edition of Tickets to My Downfall , but the collaboration did not come to fruition because Baker thought

5162-489: The party." Nicole Tucker of FDRMX notice the album "overall sound is very diverse and commercial. Though it doesn’t exactly FIT the R’n’B genre it’s listed under, the urban lyrics and brilliant engineering make a definitive sound for the collective. DK3 is a great album that’s simply an inevitable result of one of this year’s biggest music comebacks." PressPlay lauded the production, drawn praising to tracks "Lemonade" and "All in

5251-433: The rapper his idol. He also stated that DMX's music helped him through his troubles while growing up, especially bullying. Baker made his film debut in the 2014 romantic drama Beyond the Lights , where he played a "shallow, self-important" rapper named Kid Culprit. In 2016, he co-starred and co-executive produced the drama film The Land , a Cleveland-set drama produced by fellow rapper Nas . The same year, he had

5340-455: The release of Black Flag , rumors surfaced that Baker had begun working on his second studio album. In January 2014, he confirmed that he was in the early stages of working on the album, with 2015 being the scheduled year of release. On January 5, 2015, Baker released the song " Till I Die ", which was accompanied with a music video on his VEVO account. Months later, a remix of "Till I Die" with hometown fellow hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

5429-423: The response track he was "standing up for not just myself, but my generation. [I'm] doing the same shit you did back in your day." "Rap Devil" topped the iTunes Chart on September 10, 2018. On September 14, Eminem responded to "Rap Devil" with his diss track, " Killshot ". On September 21, 2018, Baker released his second extended play (EP), Binge , which had first week sales of 21,519 units and debuted at 24 on

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5518-426: The role of Newt in the 2020 superhero film Project Power opposite Jamie Foxx , and the following year, he co-starred with Bruce Willis and Megan Fox in the crime thriller film Midnight in the Switchgrass ; and starred in the action western film The Last Son with Sam Worthington . Baker played the role of "London Clash" in the self-directed film Good Mourning , released in 2022. In his teens, Baker

5607-597: The shooting death of his friend Jake Robles, allegedly at the hands of Sean Combs' bodyguard Anthony "Wolf" Jones. Tensions were heightened when Death Row signed 2Pac , who alleged that Bad Boy, notably the Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy, had been complicit in his November 1994 shooting in Quad Studios in Times Square . After the June 1996 release of 2Pac's " Hit 'Em Up ", smearing Bad Boy, tensions escalated. 2Pac

5696-593: The show, he was approached by Sean Combs , who had offered Baker a recording contract with Bad Boy Records , which ran as an imprint of Interscope Records . After Bad Boy parted ways with the label in favor of Epic Records as its distributor in 2015, Baker remained signed with Interscope in a joint venture with Bad Boy. Prior to the contract, he was featured on the XV song "Finally Home". Baker announced that his debut album would be titled Lace Up and would have an intended release on October 9, 2012. " Wild Boy " served as

5785-578: The sixth grade, when he attended Hamilton Middle School, a school with an ethnically diverse student body in Denver. While he lived in Cleveland, Baker attended Shaker Heights High School . The first three rappers that got him into the genre of hip hop as a child were Ludacris , Eminem and DMX , with Baker gaining interest in the genre after listening to DMX's " We Right Here " from the album The Great Depression (2001). After high school, Baker

5874-463: The song to highlight John Cena in his match at the event, with Baker also performing at WrestleMania prior to the main event between Cena and The Rock . "Invincible" was also used as the theme for Thursday Night Football when it was on the NFL Network . WWE also used the song "All We Have" to again highlight Cena on his rematch with The Rock at next year's event . On December 14, 2011, Baker

5963-440: The songs' harmonies and hooks, writing: " DK3 serves as a decisive reminder of Danity Kane's short-lived brilliance, full of tight harmonies and killer hooks." DK3 debuted and peaked at number 44 on the US Billboard 200 . This marked Danity Kane's lowest opening up to then and was a considerable decline from their previous efforts Danity Kane (2008) and Welcome to the Dollhouse , both of which had opened at number one on

6052-523: The split of the group he abruptly returned to "Diddy". In June 1999, it was reported that Clive Davis and Arista had given Combs a $ 50 million advance on future earnings in 1998, but Bad Boy only generated around $ 30 million in 1999. As the 2000’s emerged, Bad Boy had noticeably floundered. Many of its more noted acts would eventually vacate the label, while those who remained saw their album sales dwindle as time went on. In spite of continually releasing new material, and various attempts at building artists to

6141-459: The status of Bad Boy's the Notorious B.I.G., few proved as successful as the company hoped. Bad Boy had success in 2000 with Black Rob , a New York City rapper who began associating with Bad Boy in 1996. His album, Life Story , was released through Bad Boy on March 27, 2000. The album debuted in the top 3 on the Billboard top 200, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. On June 20, 2002, it

6230-538: The two, with the caption "I fucked his girl now he looks like me this shit overbearing". In the track "Killshot", Eminem defended G-Eazy and the two ended the feud in April 2019, through what NME described as an "intervention by Eminem". In October 2019, G-Eazy stated that Kid Cudi is the reason why the feud ended. In 2021, Baker engaged in a feud with Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor after being alluded to in an interview where Taylor stated: "I hate all new rock for

6319-474: The verse was "fucking terrible" and accused Taylor of being bitter about not being featured on the album. Taylor responded to the tweet by sharing screenshots of emails between himself and Travis Barker , producer of Tickets to My Downfall , that showed he was the one who respectfully declined to appear on the track due to creative differences. In response, Baker stated that he had simply wanted Taylor to rewrite his verse, reiterating his previous assertion that it

6408-588: Was "really bad." Taylor later addressed the feud during a fan Q&A in January 2022 where he claimed that Baker had started it. He went on to insult Baker's change in musical direction and told him to "suck every inch of my dick." In July 2022, Baker admitted in his Life in Pink documentary that he regretted his feud with Taylor and wished that both of them handled the situation better instead of acting "ridiculous". In 2023, Taylor also expressed remorse regarding

6497-528: Was 18 to pursue her. Baker continued the interview by praising other celebrities like Robert Plant and Axl Rose for their relationships with a 14 and 16 year old girl, respectively, prompting commenters to spotlight Baker's past comments about Hailie once again. In response to the backlash, Baker tweeted a quote from Eminem's song, "The Way I Am," furthering the speculation about the controversy rekindling their feud. Eminem declined to comment on either situation, however. Baker's feud with G-Eazy began after

6586-463: Was accompanied by the album Audio Up presents: Original Music from Halloween In Hell a soundtrack performed collaboratively by all the actors involved, and written and composed by Jared Gutstadt. Baker directed the music video for Mod Sun's song " Karma ", which was released on November 12, 2020. On November 22, 2020, after his performance at the AMAs , Baker announced his album Tickets to My Downfall

6675-622: Was announced and confirmed that Combs and Bad Boy had parted ways with Arista Records after being with the label since its inception. Combs was able to walk away with ownership of Bad Boy's catalogue as well as recording roster. Around this same time, Combs began overseeing the tv show Making The Band 2 for MTV , a reality music show that focuses on the development of a group act. Making the Band 2's three seasons focused on Combs' new group, Bad Boy's Da Band . In January 2003, Combs and Bad Boy then entered talks with The Warner Music Group 's Elektra Records about Elektra possibly housing Bad Boy for

6764-440: Was confirmed and released on June 5, 2015. The song aired via WorldStarHipHop and featured French Montana , Yo Gotti and Ray Cash . On May 18, 2015, the music video for another song titled " A Little More " was released, with the single featuring vocals from Victoria Monet . Baker soon had an interview with MTV, describing the reason as to why he wrote "A Little More". Stating in the interview: "People always came up to me after

6853-457: Was done. In 2011, under his new deal with Interscope-Geffen-A&M , Diddy stated he was looking for new talent to add to his new Bad Boy roster. Jay Electronica , who had close ties with Diddy, was originally planned to be signed to the label but had signed with Jay-Z 's Roc Nation imprint instead. Machine Gun Kelly announced that he signed to Bad Boy/Interscope on August 3, 2011. French Montana and Los also were announced as signees to

6942-481: Was going to be turned into a "first of its kind musical film experience" titled Downfalls High which will air in January 2021. On November 30, 2020, Yungblud announced on Twitter he'll be releasing a new collaboration featuring Baker and Travis Barker titled " Acting Like That ". On January 15, 2021, Baker released Downfalls High on his Facebook page followed by a release to YouTube on January 18. Directed by Baker and Mod Sun and narrated by Baker and Barker,

7031-403: Was in a relationship with Emma Cannon, with whom he has a daughter, who was born in July 2009. He is open about his use of cannabis and has claimed in interviews that he smokes daily, describing it as a "source of happiness and a way people can feel a little more love [in their own right]". He has frequently mentioned cannabis references within sources of his music and rap persona , making it

7120-522: Was kicked out by his father. In March 2009, while he was on the verge of getting evicted, Baker traveled to Harlem 's Apollo Theater , where he had consecutive victories, making him the first ever rapper to win at the Apollo Theater. He recorded music in his home studio, which he refers to as the "Rage Cage", and started to gain exposure when he was featured on MTV2 's Sucker Free Freestyle, where he freestyled numerous verses from his "Chip off

7209-546: Was named the Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2011 by MTV. On March 18, 2012, Baker won the MTVu Breaking Woodie award before being featured on the cover of XXL as part of their annual "Top 10 Freshmen list" along with fellow rappers Macklemore , French Montana , Hopsin , Danny Brown , Iggy Azalea , Roscoe Dash , Future , Don Trip and Kid Ink . On August 13, 2012, Baker self-released

7298-525: Was preceded by two singles: "Lemonade" and "Rhythm of Love". Following Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods departures from the group in 2008, the remaining members, Shannon Bex , Aundrea Fimbres , and Dawn Richard , split up. In 2013, Bex, Fimbres, O'Day, and Richard reunited with plans to release a new album. The group later initiated the No Filter Tour in the US to promote their comeback and new music. Following

7387-419: Was pregnant with his child, following a miscarriage earlier in their relationship. In 2021, Baker reverted back to his birth name, Colson Baker. Baker's feud with Eminem began on May 7, 2012, when he wrote a tweet saying that Eminem's daughter Hailie was "hot as fuck", despite her being 16 at the time. In an interview with WQHT on October 19, 2015, Baker alleged this led to Eminem blacklisting him from

7476-471: Was released on iTunes and accompanied a music video along with the song. It was released via Block Starz Music . The single earned Baker the "Best Midwest Artist" at the 2010 Underground Music Awards and his "Alice in Wonderland" clip won Best Music Video at the 2010 Ohio Hip-Hop Awards. He released his second mixtape in November 2010 titled Lace Up which featured the hometown anthem "Cleveland", which

7565-492: Was released on August 11. On January 30, 2022, he posted a preview of a collaboration with singer Willow titled " Emo Girl ". On August 26, 2021, it was announced that he would star in and co-direct the film Good Mourning , alongside Mod Sun, Dove Cameron , Megan Fox and Becky G . On February 5, 2022, MGK performed during the 2022 NHL All-Star Game halftime show in Las Vegas. On January 31, 2022, he announced that

7654-416: Was released on May 31, 2019. On June 7, 2019, Baker released the third single, " I Think I'm Okay ", with Yungblud and Travis Barker , a pop punk song. Hotel Diablo was released on July 5, 2019. On July 9, 2019, he released the official music video for "Candy" featuring Trippie Redd . He released the final single, " Glass House " featuring Naomi Wild on the same day. The album debuted at number 5 on

7743-409: Was reported that Richard and Combs were assembling a new girl group but later formed Diddy – Dirty Money , composed of Combs, Richard and a singer-songwriter named Kalenna Harper . In April 2009, Bad Boy also signed Red Cafe. In September 2009, it was announced that Combs would be leaving Warner , inking a new deal with Universal's Interscope Records . Under the terms of the new deal, Combs rebooted

7832-678: Was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 7, 1996, and died September 13. Bad Boy issued a statement of condolences. On March 9, 1997, while Bad Boy were preparing the release of the Notorious B.I.G.'s double album Life After Death , he was killed in Los Angeles, California. Their deaths left many to speculate if the coastal hostility had been responsible for their deaths. The police investigations were criticized by public and judicial sources. Both cases remain officially unsolved. Posthumously, Biggie's Life After Death reached number one on

7921-591: Was then played at Cleveland Cavaliers home games and went on rotation on Z107.9 in Cleveland. The mixtape was recorded in three months in 2010 during a creative burst. Following the release of the mixtape, he was featured in the magazine XXL in 2011. He then appeared on the Juicy J track "Inhale", which also featured Steve-O from the television series Jackass , in the music video. In March 2011, Baker participated in his first SXSW show in Austin, Texas , and at

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