The word is the labels are staying away from distributing Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s new album because of Ye’s anti-Semitic remarks. Rick Ross wants to fix that by signing the Chicago rapper and producer to his label Maybach Music Group. Rick Ross offers to sign Kanye West to Maybach Music Group 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZU6GGa06pX […]
Doja Cat is a chameleon who has undergone many aggressive look and vibe changes since becoming famous. Judging from this video, she also had an entirely different look and vibe before becoming famous. Here’s a young Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini in a dance battle. Old video of Doja Cat showing off her dance skills is […]
Lil Reese is trending on Twitter and not for the right reason. [Update below.] There are multiple reports that the man they call “The Grim Reaper” has been shot six times in downtown Chicago It is said his condition is critical. Lil Reese was shot 6 times and is in critical condition 🙏 pic.twitter.com/9V5Un9uzQQ — […]
Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t only trying to embarrass Will Smith on her book tour. Jada also happens to have the autoimmune disease, which results in clumpy hair loss. According to Michael Blackson, there is no shame in having alopecia. “If Tupac had alopecia that means Michael Jordan had alopecia, Aaron Hall had alopecia, R kelly […]
Hype Williams is arguably one of the most successful and well-known music video directors in Hip Hop — banging out a bunch of classic videos and the film Belly. But there’s at least one video that his client hated, and that’s the visuals to Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It All Be So Simple.” “‘Can It Be’ […]
Jada Pinkett Smith has spent a book tour saying embarrassing things about her estranged husband, Will Smith, and their marriage. Yesterday, in Jada’s hometown of Baltimore, Will joined Jada on the tour and had some interesting things to about their relationship. “I just really wanted to come out and just be here and hold it […]
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Blueface has a long history of questionable parenting involving his six-year-old son Javaughn, stretching back a few years ago when he let the toddler drive his car. His latest digression isn’t the type that would get CPS involved, but it has irked folks nonetheless. Blueface left the room and left his boy on his livestream […]
Adam22 let his new wife Lena The Plug shoot an adult video scene with another man earlier this year. This has led to widespread clowning of the podcast host. However, both Adam and Lena pushed back on that and expressed no regrets over what had happened. Is more about to happen? Lena’s podcast posted this […]
The word according to the Internet is that Halle Bailey is pregnant with DDG’s child. The couple hasn’t confirmed anything yet, but people are already criticizing the singer for having a baby with him. For example, one person called DDG a “bum,” so he responded on Twitter. worried about me so much they forgot to […]
A big part of Jada Pinkett Smith’s humiliate-Will-as-much-as-I-can tour is her constant talk about her “soulmate” 2Pac, including a revelation that he asked her to marry him when he was locked up in Rikers. So what would have happened if Pac wasn’t gunned down on that fateful 1996 day? Here’s Jada discussing what the relationship […]
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In an attempt to promote her book, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Will haven’t been together since 2016, and she was surprised that he called her his wife when he slapped Chris Rock. She also claimed that Will was getting old and frail while she was still young and robust. Of course, there […]
Boosie Badazz has a history of speaking out against what he says is an LGBTQIA agenda to feminize the Black community. During a chat with The Danza Project, Boosie offered a way to combat this effort. “As a father, we gotta be more hands-on. We gotta be more hands-on with raising our kids and letting […]
It looks like Chrisean Rock has found another man. She has a new track with Lil Mabu, where they both diss Bleuface. Lil Mabu and Chrisean Rock basically confirm they are together while dissing Blueface in their new song 😭 pic.twitter.com/Qny8RC5edp — ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) October 16, 2023 “I’m Mr. Take Your Bitch, take her […]
Westside Gunn recently told Rolling Stone that his album And Then You Pray For Me will be his last. The project dropped on October 13, and it’s gotten both negative and positive reviews. So, the Griselda rapper addressed the negative comments on Instagram and said he’s unbothered by them. “Everybody won’t get it and […]
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Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t just humiliating her estranged husband Will Smith during her TMI book tour. She’s also making claims about her criminal upbringing. According to Jada, she sold crack as a youth. Jim Jones is going to need some verification on that. [embedded content] “If you sold crack in the nineties, nine times out […]
During Jada Pinkett Smith’s tour of TMI, she revealed that she separated from Will Smith in 2016, about when she started entangling with young August Alsina. She also said she was surprised when Will called her his wife on the 2022 night he slapped Chris Rock. This isn’t to say she and Will are done. […]
The arrest of Keefe D for his involvement in the murder of 2Pac Shakur has put the 1996 killing back in the spotlight. That’s never good news for Diddy, who was beefing with Pac at the time of his death. Folks like 50 Cent believe Puff had something to do with the murder and may […]
Tyler, The Creator is a sensitive soul. The type that can be moved to tears with the right turn of phrase. According to Tyler, a particular Playboi Carti bar gets him every time. [embedded content] “Bought a crib for my mama off that mumbling sh*t,” Playboi raps on his 2018 track R.I.P. Whenever Tyler hears […]
If it wasn’t for Pusha T, the world might not know about Drake’s son Adonis. Since Push let the cat out of the bag, Drizzy has put his boy front and center. Now, he’s launching the six-year-old’s rap career. Here’s Adonis’s first single, “My Man Freestyle.” [embedded content] Adonis sounds very much like a six-year-old […]
Blueface’s mom, Karlissa Saffold, claims she didn’t leak a photo of her backside for clout. Instead, she insists it was it was a photo intended for her husband that got misdirected. Blueface’s mom addresses the viral picture she posted: “I promise I did not moon y’all for clout” pic.twitter.com/3dk8oEQyxk — SAY CHEESE! 👄🧀 (@SaycheeseDGTL) October […]
HitsDailyDouble has Offset’s album Rocket Power doing between 55 and 60K SPS in its first week. That’s a drop from the 89K his debut solo album Father Of 4 did in 2019 (and pre-Migos breakup.) But it’s more than the 33K Quavo’s album Rocket Power did first week in August. HitsDailyDouble expects Bad Bunny’s new album nadie sabe lo […]
Freeway Rick Ross did about 13 years for drug dealing. He’s an author and motivational speaker these days. TMZ caught up with him and asked how he thought Tory would handle his bid. “He in the state. The state could be rough. You know the feds is rough but the state is even rougher because […]
After Chris Rock mocked her short hair, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she had the autoimmune disease alopecia, which results in clumpy hair loss. Could you believe that the famously bald 2Pac suffered from the same affliction? During the press run for her new book, Jada revealed that Pac — who she calls her “soulmate” […]
There have long been reports that Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith share an unconventional marriage. Jada’s been on a media run for her new book, and on it, she addressed their matrimony. According to her, they’ve been living separate lives since 2016, and she was surprised that Will called her his “wife” when he […]
Last night, Tekashi 6ix9ine and his goons went wild in the Dominican Republic, jumping producers who had Tekashi’s girlfriend. While the attack isn’t on (publically available) tape, the police in DR got a warrant for his arrest. 6ix9ine tried to flee the island nation in a private. But they caught him at the airport and […]
The critics did not like Drake’s album For All The Dogs. As for the people … Drake’s eighth studio album finished its first week with 411K SPS and will top next week’s Billboard album chart. That’s similar to the 404K his last album, 2022’s Her Loss, did in its first seven days. But it’s a […]