“I felt like my mixtapes were me flirting with my fans,” the “Hot Girl Summer” hitmaker said. “I never wanted to do an album ’cause I was like, ‘Oh, that feel like marriage. That’s a commitment.’ But now, I’m ready to settle down with an album.”
The rap star has played with alter egos in the past.
Her debut EP Tina Snow was inspired by Pimp C’s alias Tony Snow, and has similar confidence and an unapologetic sexual dominance, while Hot Girl Meg was the “college party girl” at the center of her latest mixtape, “Fever.”
Explaining Suga, she shared: “She’s besties with Tina Snow…it’s a big problem.”
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West got a lesson in birth control after he appeared to equate Plan B One-Stop, an emergency contraceptive pill, with the abortion pill.
In an interview with radio DJ Big Boy last Friday the Jesus Is King rapper denounced the Democratic Party and claimed that African Americans have historically been “brainwashed” into supporting the Democrats who have been instrumental in “taking the fathers out the homes, Plan B, lowering our votes, making us abort our children.”
However, the rapper’s outburst led to criticism that he was confusing Plan B One-Stop — an emergency contraception that helps prevent pregnancy — with medication that can abort an unwanted pregnancy.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Foundation Consumer Healthcare (FCH), the pharmaceutical firm that makes Plan B, responded to West’s comments, telling TMZ: “Plan B emergency contraception is a safe and effective backup option when used as directed after unprotected sex or birth control failure.
“Plan B helps prevent pregnancy before it starts by delaying ovulation. Plan B is not an abortion pill — it will not harm an existing pregnancy and it will not be effective if a woman is already pregnant.”
The company website also makes it clear the drug cannot be used to treat unwanted pregnancies.
Planned Parenthood also weighed in on the comments from the Jesus Walks rapper, with a spokesperson highlighting black women’s roles in advocating for abortion rights in the U.S. and better reproductive health care.
“As black women, we make our own decisions about our bodies and pregnancies, and want and deserve to have access to the best medical care available,” the spokesperson told TMZ. “Misinformation like this is meant to shame us and keep us from making our own health care decisions. Black women want and deserve support and access to the full range of reproductive health care, but this persistent lie is threatening our ability to obtain it.”
West has not clarified his position since the interview went viral.
(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj has managed to convince fans she’s pregnant after sharing and deleting a cryptic tweet.
The newlywed rapper sent her Twitter followers into a frenzy when she tweeted, “expecting a” – before quickly removing the post.
Nicki followed up the message with, “my bad y’all,” however the post didn’t go unnoticed, with fans convinced the star was hinting at something. One user shared a screenshot of the tweet and said, “Nicki’s having a baby,” while another responded, “album?”
Chile. The next Queen radio bout to be brazy chile. Omg 🤣 lemme book a date 🥴
However, the “Megatron” hitmaker went on to rectify the situation, later sharing: “expecting an official date/time for #QueenRadio in the morning.”
“Blogs rlly (really) reposting a typo that was up for 14 seconds chile (child). go to bed,” she added, addressing the speculation. “Even if it’s day time in your timezone. All of y’all just go to bed.”
Fans’ excitement comes after the 36-year-old musician exchanged vows with husband Kenneth Petty on October 21.
She shared a video on her Instagram page of matching “Mr and Mrs” mugs and “Bride and Groom” baseball caps confirming the news.
In the caption, Nicki revealed her new name as she wrote: “Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty 10•21•19.”
Last month, the Starships hitmaker “abruptly” tweeted she planned to retire from music to start a family with her beau, before backtracking on the claims.
(AllHipHop News) R. Kelly skipped a sexual assault court date in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday blaming his absence on a toe infection.
The singer, who was arrested in July on separate federal counts in New York and Chicago, was due to attend a status hearing.
His lawyer, Steven Greenberg, told U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber his client is recovering from having a toenail removed as a result of the infection.
Greenberg claimed the 52-year-old, who has been fitted with a walking boot, was concerned someone would accidentally step on his injured foot if he was transported from his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center to the courthouse.
(AllHipHop News) The Hotties are well aware that Megan Thee Stallion is a huge fan of the horror genre. Meg turned her fandom into art by creating the Megan Thee Stallion P.I. in: Hottieween trilogy.
Native New Yorker Teyana “Spike Tee” Taylor directed the digital series. Fellow Harlem representative Dave East stars in the ode to campy horror classics and Blaxploitation heroines. Social media comedian Jay Cole is part of the cast as well.
The first Hottieween episode, “LOVE BITES,” was published on YouTube on October 29. Episode 2, “SUCK A NECK,” arrived on the platform the following day. The third and final episode will drop later today (October 31).
Meanwhile, Hot Girl Meg presently has three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Hot Girl Summer” (#35), “Cash Sh*t” (#60), and “All Dat” (#70). The breakout artist also hinted that she was ready to release her debut studio album in 2020.
“I felt like my mixtapes were me flirting with my fans,” said Megan. “I never wanted to do an album ’cause I was like, ‘Oh, that feel like marriage. That’s a commitment.’ But now, I’m ready to settle down with an album.”
(AllHipHop Rumors) Tory Lanez has been relatively quiet, but I hear he is working on something. First of all, he’s been touring so he is not all that quiet, but he has been a media furor at all. On of the flip side, his cohort-in-crime Melii is doing quite a lot of media, including AllHipHop.
In the interview, she talks quite a lot about her relatively short impactful run in the music game, a bit about Meek Mill, Harlem and also Tory Lanez. Now, her career is being managed by Tory Lanez, creatively speaking. So, that led the interviewer to ask about them working together on a project together.
And, the answer is…they are working on it! I am glad to hear, because both of them can rap and both of them can sing. They have balance!
Here is the interview:
Do you think this will be something people will be into? I think so as long as they do a nice rollout. Personally, I say lead with another Tory project and jump right into this joint effort! BUT, I think it could also go the other way around…just drop it!
(AllHipHop News) John Legend took to Twitter to clarify some comments attributed to him. The R&B pianist was quoted discussing his longtime musical collaborator Kanye West.
“I’m not trying to disown Kanye because I still love him and love everything we’ve done together creatively,” Legend told Vanity Fairabout the G.O.O.D. Music founder. “But we were never the closest of friends.”
That revelation about their personal relationship made its way into headlines across the internet. Legend then posted a series of tweets explaining his statement about West.
I get why people want to make this a thing. But I was explaining to the reporter how I’ve seen people I love reacting to the deaths of their mothers. I was thinking specifically of my own mom, Chrissy’s mom and others. Then she asked me if I was referring to Kanye as well after Dr West died. And I told her I wasn’t really in a position to say because while Kanye [and I] have a long friendship and have a made a lot of great music, we weren’t close on the level of confiding in each other about grief. As I said then, I don’t want this to sound like I’m trying to disown him now that we’ve publicly and privately disagreed about politics, etc. It was just clarifying that I had no private knowledge that equipped me to speculate on his grieving process and how that related to mine.
Legend released his debut album, Get Lifted, via the G.O.O.D. Music label in 2004. The project included production by Kanye West. The two musicians also collaborated on records such as Legend’s “It’s Over,” West’s “Blame Game,” DJ Khaled’s “Grammy Family,” Slum Village’s “Selfish,” and Consequence’s “Whatever You Want.”
I get why people want to make this a thing. But I was explaining to the reporter how I've seen people I love reacting to the deaths of their mothers. I was thinking specifically of my own mom, Chrissy's mom and others. https://t.co/zbutvJ6MgU
Then she asked me if I was referring to Kanye as well after Dr West died. And I told her I wasn't really in a position to say because while Kanye have a long friendship and have a made a lot of great music, we weren't close on the level of confiding in each other about grief
As I said then, I don't want this to sound like I'm trying to disown him now that we've publicly and privately disagreed about politics, etc. It was just clarifying that I had no private knowledge that equipped me to speculate on his grieving process and how that related to mine
(AllHipHop News) Belcalis “Cardi B” Almánzar and Kiari “Offset” Cephus are on a mission to become a power couple in entertainment and business. Cardi has gone from being a hitmaking rapper to a budding fashion mogul, and her husband has shown an interest in digital media.
News broke this week that Offset is partnering with the Quibi streaming service to host the new car series Skrrt with Offset. Cardi celebrated Set’s latest venture on her Instagram page.
She wrote:
Daddy I’m so proud of you!!!! These past few months you been workin so hard and the work been paying of and showing! From Faze partnership to Caffeine Game live streaming to this show. I can’t wait for the premiere and for people to see your personality more and the hot ass cars! I’m so happy I’m so proud I can’t stop saying it! I wanna hug you a million times. You deserve it.
Both Belcalis and Kiari made Forbes magazine’s “Highest-Paid Hip Hop Acts” list for 2019. All three Migos members came in at #9 ($36 million). The then-26-year-old Cardi B was the youngest artist to be listed this year at #13 ($28 million).
(AllHipHop News) Fat Joe is one of the few rap stars that emerged in the 1990s that can still make it on the single charts in the 2010s. The man also known as Don Cartagena has been penning Billboard hits since 1993’s “Flow Joe.”
Apparently, Kanye West did not know Fat Joe wrote his own bars. L.A. Leakers caught up with the Bronx emcee, and they spoke about the 2012 song “Pride N Joy” featuring Kanye and Roscoe Dash.
“I sat down to do a record with Kanye West. We did the joint ‘Pride N Joy.’ And when I pulled out my paper and started writing he was like, ‘You write music?’ This was five years ago,” recalled Fat Joe. “He was like, ‘You rap?’ I was like, ‘What do you mean? We’re making a song together.'”
The Terror Squad frontman continued, “He said, ‘Oh, I just thought you were like a mafia don that they come give you different raps and you chose which one you’re gonna say.’ I’m like, ‘Get the f*ck out of here. I’ve been rapping my whole life. What the hell are you talking about? I never had no help.'”
“Yes” with Cardi B and Anuel AA is Fat Joe’s most recent single. The track is set to appear on Joey’s upcoming eleventh studio album titled Family Ties. His previous solo LP was 2010’s The Darkside Vol. 1. Fat Joe also partnered with Remy Ma for Plata O Plomo in 2017.
(AllHipHop News) Khalif “Swae Lee” Brown is a titan of the charts. Swae Lee and Post Malone’s “Sunflower” climbed to #1 on the Hot 100 in 2019, and the single’s video amassed more than 800 million YouTube views.
The Rae Sremmurd member also contributed vocals to a No. 1 record in 2018 when Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” reached the pinnacle of the Hot 100. However, Swae Lee seemed to feel a way about being left out of the music video which featured Scott and Drake.
“Someone said they didn’t see Swae Lee in the sicko mode video yea I noticed that too,” tweeted the Mississippi-raised crooner a year ago.
Even though Swae Lee earned two Grammy nominations for “Sicko Mode” (Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song), there are still listeners that are unaware of his involvement with the smash. DJ Whoo Kid recently asked Brown about not getting properly recognized for assisting Scott on the Astroworld track.
“Shout out to the boys,” said Swae, referring to Travis Scott and Drake. “I don’t really… The game is gonna do what it do. I just take everything, learn from it, note it. It’s a blessing to just be part of such big tracks.”
He continued, “At the end of the day, it’s a win-win situation. I don’t take nothing personally. Who knows what agenda they had for the song. I’m apart of the motherf*cker, so I ain’t tripping… I spoke my piece and left it at that.”
Swae Lee is not a stranger to big tracks. His writing credits also include Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles,” Beyoncé’s “Formation,” French Montana’s “Unforgettable,” and other hits.
(AllHipHop News) Kodak Black found himself in even more trouble behind bars. The South Florida rapper was apparently involved in a fight in a Miami detention center that led to a guard being taken to the hospital to undergo surgery.
According to reports, Black (born Bill Kapri) got into a physical altercation with another inmate. The 22-year-old supposedly kicked the guard in the groin while he was trying to break up the brawl.
Kapri pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges in August, and sentencing is scheduled for November 13. Kodak reportedly faces eight to ten years in prison.
The Atlantic recording artist has been in and out of correctional facilities since he was a teenager. Throughout his life, Kodak has also been hit with robbery, battery, false imprisonment of a child, drug possession, weapon possession, and sexual assault charges in several states.
(AllHipHop Rumors) The Game recently lost a default verdict that could render him $7 million in arrears. Priscilla Rainey sued the rapper in ’15 and was awarded a nice sum of money totaling over $1 million. The Game was accused of rubbing her v####### and lost because he didn’t come to court. Now, after he lost, his penalty was increased 6x because he said a bunch of stuff about Rainey, including call her a “tranny.”
Well, The Game has decided to talk on it and says he’s got a lot of money no matter what! Check it out!
I am not sure if he did this or not, but he is definitely supremely defiant! So he gets my props for being like that. I just hope my dude isn’t really juggling b######! That wouldn’t be good.
(AllHipHop News) Rap star offset is the latest celeb to strike a deal with mobile-only streaming service Quibi.
The rapper is planning to launch a new show on the platform called “SKRRT WITH OFFSET.”
Offset will drop the mic, and instead, interview various celebrities inside of their cars for the new show with Quibi.
“Quibi will give me a chance to connect with my fans in yet another way,” said Offset. “They don’t know how much I know about cars for real. This platform will let them see there is more to me than just buying cars.”
To produce the show, Offset partnered with Jason Goldberg and Ben Bitonti of STXtelevision, as well as Scott Weintrob, who created Netflix’s#### “Fastest Car” and directed the Emmy award-winning show “Top Gear.”
Quality Control’s Kevin “Coach K” Lee, Pierre “P” Thomas, Offset Cephus, and Latabia Woodward through Cephus Business Consulting also serve as Executive Producers of the show.
“From Fastest Car to Top Gear, we have creatively helped define the television car genre,” said Scott Weintrob. “Skrrt with Offset will continue to drive the genre to the next level and I’m excited to cross the finish line with Offset as he is a true car expert.”
(AllHipHop News) Ja Rule doesn’t feel the need to watch documentaries about the infamous Fyre Festival because he “lived through the moment.”
The hip hop star joined forces with jailed impresario Billy McFarland to promote the 2017 event in the Bahamas, which was labeled a scam after organizers charged attendees between $5,000 and $250,000 per ticket – only to cancel the event almost immediately after attendees arrived at the festival site.
Joking Fyre was “the most iconic festival that never happened”, he told Entertainment Tonight: “I lived through the moment, I lived through all the craziness online, all the backlash of it all. I took it all like a champ like I was the only guy involved in the situation. But it’s OK. It’s cool because going forward, what I’m looking to do, is to make the situation right and have an amazing festival.
“It’s so crazy because I’m a person that doesn’t regret anything. If it happened, it happened. I try to look at everything as the glass half full. There was a lot of bad that came with the Fyre Festival, obviously, but there were some good things there too. A lot of lessons were learned. I’m taking all that into consideration going into my next venture.”
The star went on to insisted the incident hasn’t put him off future ventures, explaining: “Going forward, it’s not like you’re dead and you stop doing business. You’re still going to do business and your life goes on.
“But you’ve learned so much from that failure that you go forward and it makes your moves a hundred times stronger.”
Kim has previously claimed Psalm’s arrival completed their family, but it appears Kanye has other plans – and would like to add three more to their young brood.
The rapper made the admission during an appearance on America’s “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” during which he told the host, a father of three, that he should “absolutely” have a fourth child.
“The richest thing that you can have is as many children as possible,” Kanye said.
When asked if that meant he was game for a fifth kid, the Power hitmaker replied, “For seven children,” and confirmed he had discussed his hopes with his reality star wife – although he didn’t elaborate on her thoughts on the subject.
“It’s so important to give the perfect amount of attention to every kid, especially with school now and with everything that I’m doing, I really just can’t extend myself beyond this,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
Joking about the possibility of expanding their family, Kim added, “I would do even numbers, so I could go two more, but I won’t, I won’t. I think that’s just like, I think I’ll go crazy! But I think four is the perfect, magic number for me.”
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Fetty Wap is facing a call for a default judgment after failing to respond to a lawsuit regarding the alleged trashing of a luxury Los Angeles rental.
Landlords filed suit in June, claiming they had to have holes in the walls of the Hollywood Hills vacation home patched up, and have repairs done to the wood flooring, stairs, sinks, and vanities, among other things.
They also reportedly had to have the whole property repainted to get rid of the smell of smoke following the “Trap Queen” star’s three-month stay last year, during which he had no problem paying $35,000 a month in rent.
They sued Wap for almost $171,000 in damages, but the 28-year-old, real name Willie Junior Maxwell II, appears to have ignored the legal action.
Now the plaintiffs are seeking a default judgment, according to court documents obtained by The Blast.
Representatives for Fetty Wap have yet to comment on the news.
(AllHipHop News) Diddy is unsure whether or not there’s a place for him in today’s music industry, admitting he’s currently in “semi-retirement.”
The 49-year-old rapper hasn’t dropped any new music since the release of his single “Watcha Gon’ Do?” in 2017.
He’s long been rumored to be working on a new album, but in an interview with DJ Khaled for Rolling Stone magazine, the musician, real name Sean Combs, wondered whether or not his time is up in the business.
“To be honest, I’ve been in semi-retirement,” he mused. “If you don’t see my name on all the Top 10 records, that means I’m not making music. I’m contemplating, ‘Is there a role for me in music now?’”
Adding that he’s bringing back his TV show “Making The Band” next year, in which he leads the hunt for the hottest new music talent, Diddy continued: “I just know that for me, I would only be able to sign legends. To be honest, my decisions will be made through God. I’m at another frequency and level of music. It would have to be something that God fully put in my heart, like when I heard Biggie (The Notorious B.I.G.) or I heard Mary (J. Blige).”
(AllHipHop News) There appears to be some tension among the stars of The Breakfast Club. The presumed strain apparently came to a head after Hip Hop artist Gucci Mane reignited his issues with Angela Yee.
Earlier this month, Gucci claimed he was banned from the iHeartMedia radio show. He insisted his alleged banishment was over a 2016 interview where the Atlanta rapper insinuated Yee tried to have sex with him years prior.
All three hosts denied that Gucci was barred from appearing on The Breakfast Club. However, during his press run for the Woptober II album, Guwop did not stop by the station. Instead, he took part in a one-on-one Q&A with Yee’s co-worker Charlamagne Tha God.
Some observers questioned Charlamagne’s decision to still conduct the Gucci Mane interview without Yee and fellow Breakfast Club personality DJ Envy being involved. There was also criticism directed at Charlamagne for not pushing back when Gucci called Angela a “punk-ass b*tch” or when he threatened to slap Envy. Yee was asked about CTG’s solo move while speaking with The Quicksilva Show.
“I knew [Charlamagne] was doing the interview. I just think that, in general, if you work with somebody and someone is saying nasty things you can’t even say on the radio in a really derogatory way, whether or not you work with that person – talking about a woman in that way, because I have never called anybody out of their name. I think that’s the real issue. You can’t just sit there and laugh when something like that happens,” expressed Yee.
In addition, Angela Yee refuted any rumors that she had sex with Gucci Mane. The Lip Service podcaster also revealed that she still has the full audio from her old Shade 45 conversation with Gucci and would be willing to release it to prove she was not flirting with him at that time.
Previously, DJ Envy addressed the Gucci Mane/Angela Yee/Breakfast Club matter in an Instagram post uploaded on October 21. He wrote:
Me and My Dog.. … Welllllll… @cthagod gave me a heads up when this interview was done and I told him play it.. This isn’t the 1st time I’ve been threatened by an artist and probably won’t be the last time… I never been slapped, or snuffed or jumped before so not sure where that came from… but funny by all means… @laflare1017 was never banned from the @breakfastclubam When asked, “Would I do an interview without Yee…” My reply was, “I will not do anything unless you clear it with my co-worker.. We call that riding for your team where I’m from!!! And he’s upset because my coworker defended herself… Never in a million years will I tell my co-hosts what to say or what not to say.. We share that platform.. When Gucci did that post about Yee, she defended herself on the Breakfast Club and he’s mad because “I let her do it”…. I Have never ran from a Conversation in my life… My Kids are good, my wife is great and My Dog is excellent… Anyway, I heard some lies and wanted to address it… Back to enjoying Paris.
(AllHipHop News) America is one day away from Halloween 2019, but celebrities are already stepping out in their costumes. For example, Ciara and Russell Wilson dressed up as another famous married couple.
CiCi and the Seattle Seahawks quarterback uploaded pictures of themselves wearing the outfits from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Apesh*t” music video. The photos also featured a portrait of an additional powerful duo: former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
“From the Wilsons to the Carters to the Obamas… Much Love & Respect. We goin Ape $#!% #HappyHalloween,” tweeted Wilson. The Twitter post was accompanied by a video of Ciara and Russell reenacting Hov and Bey’s “Apesh*t” visuals.
Other celebs have taken on alternate egos for All Hallows’ Eve too. Nicki Minaj (Harley Quinn), Cardi B (sexy nurse), Snoop Dogg (The Joker), Jhené Aiko (Pokémon‘s Ash Ketchum), Gabrielle Union (Clovers Cheerleader), and the Black-ish cast (Us characters) displayed their respective getups on Instagram.
Of course, fans are looking to imitate their favorite stars for the holiday. According to Billboard, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Kim Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner were the most popular celebrity costume searches of 2019.
(AllHipHop News) Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter has never been shy about showcasing the fact he is a huge fan of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. The Young Money boss even has Hov’s “Lucky Me” lyrics tattooed on his body.
So it comes as no surprise that if Wayne had to pick one emcee to seek the highest office in the land, the choice would be his “Mr. Carter” and “Hello Brooklyn 2.0” collaborator. Weezy was asked about a potential Hip Hop POTUS during a conversation for “The Bumbu Room” interview series.
“If there was a rapper that should ever run for president, I believe that rapper should easily be Jay-Z,” declared Lil Wayne. “I don’t even think there’s a ‘why’ that should come after that. Plain and simple. I would love to see [Beyoncé] as the First Lady… another Carter in the White House.”
Jay-Z has never publicly expressed interest in possibly following in the footsteps of U.S. Presidents such as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. However, the Roc Nation founder did endorse Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 as well as Hillary Clinton in 2016. He has also been an outspoken critic of the current Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump.