(AllHipHop News) Rihanna found herself the biggest meme star of the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, thanks to the raunchy dance moves during her performance of “Wild Thoughts.”

The 29-year-old star looked stunning in a flowing pink dress as she took to the stage inside New York’s Madison Square Garden to perform the tune alongside DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller.

During the routine, Rihanna narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction as she performed the Gwara Gwara, a South African dance made popular by DJ Bongz, alongside around 50 dancers.

As she gyrated and moved to the music, the Barbadian star stuck her tongue out and pulled some hilarious facial expressions – which led to fans using the images to create memes.

Among the themes were many food-related jokes, with captions including “When she hungry and finally get some food” accompanying a clip of Rihanna sexily dancing.

DJ Bongz told local outlet TshisaLIVE that he is thrilled Rihanna’s performance drew more attention to the Gwara Gwara, explaining:

“I created the dance from scratch and it feels so special to have it shown on an international stage like the Grammys. It shows that Africa can make a big impact on international dance.

“I don’t know what the next step is but I know it will be become bigger. This is a great moment for both me and South Africa.”

Not everybody was impressed with Rihanna’s performance, however, as some commented on the singer’s apparently curvier than usual figure – body shaming her in the process.

Many speculated she might be pregnant, with one writing: “Rihanna looking a little pregnant up on that stage #Grammys2018.”

Another added: “I don’t think Rihanna is pregnant I just don’t think she’s missing no meals.”

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(AllHipHop News) Meek Mill is currently incarcerated in a Pennsylvania state prison, but the Philadelphia-bred rap star is still giving back to others. Colin Kaepernick announced the “Young Black America” spitter is the latest celebrity to take part in the former NFL quarterback’s #10For10 initiative.

“Despite my brother [Meek Mill’s] current circumstances, he continues to stay connected in the community of Philly. He pledged to go #10for10 on my #MillionDollarPledge. We’re both donating $10k for a combined $20k to Youth Service Inc. Keep staying strong Meek, we love you brother!” tweeted Kaepernick on Monday morning.

Stephen Curry, Jesse Williams, Kevin Durant, Snoop Dogg, Jhené Aiko, Chris Brown, Nick Cannon, T.I., and Joey Bada$$ have also given funds for #10For10. Colin Kaepernick matched each donation with a personal contribution of $10,000.

Since 2016, Kaepernick’s Million Dollar Pledge has contributed to over 40 organizations such as Communities United By Police Reform, School On Wheels, Angel by Nature, Mother’s Against Police Brutality, Communities United for Police Reform, and J. Cole’s The Dreamville Foundation.

(AllHipHop News) There have been hints that a new Rae Sremmurd album is on the way. Then Swae Lee told the world his R&B project Swaecation Vol 1 is close to dropping as well.

EarDrummers head Mike Will Made It spoke about Rae Sremmurd’s forthcoming musical work while on the Grammy Awards red carpet. Pitchfork caught up with the “Humble” producer at the event.

“We got the Swae Lee, Swaecation, [Slim] Jxmmi’s Jxmtroduction, and then the Rae Sremmurd side,” said Mike Will.

The Mississippi-raised duo previously let loose the platinum-certified collections SremmLife and SremmLife 2. While originally billed as SremmLife 3, the next LP from Swae and Jxmmi could be titled Sremmin’.

OutKast famously released a double album that consisted of Big Boi’s rap side (Speakerboxxx) and André 3000’s R&B side (The Love Below). The legendary Atlanta Hip Hoppers’ Speakerboxxx/The Love Below went on to win the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year.

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(AllHipHop News) Last year, Donald Glover revealed he planned to retire his Childish Gambino alter ego. The multi-talented entertainer won his first Grammy on Sunday for the hit record “Redbone” (Best Traditional R&B Performance), but that triumph apparently will not stop Glover from eventually moving on from music.

“I stand by that. I’m really appreciative of this [Grammy]. I’m still making another project,” said the Atlanta native. “But I like endings. I think they’re important to progress. I think if a lot of things had death clauses in them we wouldn’t have a lot of problems in the world, to be honest. I think endings are good because they force things to get better.”

It was recently announced Gambino signed with RCA Records. He is expected to drop the follow-up to his critically acclaimed “Awaken, My Love!” album via the major label.

Additionally, Glover’s Atlanta TV series is set for a second season on FX. The popular show returns on March 1.

(AllHipHop News) Logic has made it a practice to highlight social issues during award shows. Following his much talked about set at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, the Maryland rapper once again performed his “1-800-273-8255” single at the 2018 Grammy Awards.

He ended the performance with Alessia Cara and Khalid by giving a spoken-word-esque speech. Part of the commentary included the Everybody album creator addressing Donald Trump allegedly calling African nations and Haiti “sh-thole countries.”

“Everybody is beautiful and the world is equal and we need to fight towards that,” Logic explained backstage at the Grammys. “I’m not a politician but if that man can call those beautiful places ‘sh-tholes,’ I can stand up and say that they’re not. And that they’re amazing.”

This was the second time this weekend that a high-profile Hip Hop artist spoke out against Trump’s statements about mostly black countries. During an appearance on The Van Jones Show, rap legend Jay-Z called the president’s words “disappointing” and “hurtful” which led to a response from Trump on Twitter.

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(AllHipHop News) Bruno Mars was the big winner at the 60th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night. The music superstar won all six of his nominated categories, including Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and Album Of The Year.

Kendrick Lamar took home five trophies. His DAMN project picked up wins for all four Hip Hop awards, and “Humble” received the honor for Best Music Video.

Jay Z went into the night with the most nods for any artists (8). However, he was shut out completely because of the dominance of Mars and Lamar.

Kendrick’s TDE labelmate SZA also went home empty-handed. She was the most nominated woman this year (5), but the Recording Academy passed on her CTRL album entirely.

(AllHipHop News) Drake’s latest song “God’s Plan” is heading to the top of the charts.

The single, which is taken from his two-track EP, “Scary Hours,” has already racked up over 55 million U.S. streams, and is on pace to move over 110,000 downloads.

The stats should put him on top of Billboard’s Hot 100 charts this week.

Drake released “Scary Hours” on January 19.

The release only features two songs, “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity” yet the EP broke records on both of the major streaming services upon its release.

On Spotify, the EP became the most played ever in one day, by clocking over 4,326,679 million streams in 24-hours.

Ditto for Apple, where “God’s Plan” scored 14 million streams in the same time span.

The new single also gives the rapper his third #1 single in the U.K., where it is currently the biggest hit in the country.

(AllHipHop News) Migos recently proclaimed they were the best hip-hop group ever, and they are backing the controversial boast with some solid numbers.

The group’s new album Culture II is on pace to move over 200,000 copies, with almost 40,000 of those being physical sales.

The numbers are high enough to position the group at # 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart this week.

The 24 track album which features guest appearances from Drake, Post Malone, Big Sean and others, is currently # 1 on Apple’s music charts.

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(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne made a high-profile appearance at the annual AVN Awards over the weekend.

The New Orleans rapper was the headlining act of the adult industry’s most high-profile awards show.

The rapper, who just dropped his critically acclaimed and mixtape “Dedication 6,” hit the stage at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, where entertainers took home awards performance in XXX movies like “A### Savages 3,” “Jews Love B#########,” “Justice League XXX.”

Take a look a Lil Wayne’s performance at the AVN Awards.

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(AllHipHop News) In the past week, rappers T.I. and Nas were hit with massive tax bills from the IRS, and we can add one more mogul to that list.

Master P is being targeted by the IRS, for refusing to pay a back tax bill of over $1.5 million dollars.

The government is seeking to tax P on earnings he made from 2004 to 2008, which totaled over $1,500,000 bucks.

The IRS is placing liens on multiple properties Master P owns, and they plan on seizing his assets in California if he doesn’t pay up ASAP.

Earlier this week, it was revealed the IRS was seeking over $6 million dollars from T.I., while Nas is reportedly in the hole to the IRS to the tune of $359,000.

](AllHipHop News) Yo Gotti was at the center of some minor controversy in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee over the weekend.

Gotti was one of several local influential Memphis natives to be highlighted on a billboard promoting the Shelby County School System.

But the promotion featuring the rapper, who attended Trezevant High School, was short-lived.

According to reports, Gotti’s billboard came down just 24 hours after it was posted, after the school was flooded with complaints.

“The billboard isn’t an endorsement of Yo Gotti or his lyrics, but we wanted a figure in the community that kids could recognize and relate to,” a representative for Shelby County said in a statement.

Officials thought it was a good idea to showcase the rapper since Yo Gotti has been a strong supporter of his alma mater, and other local area high schools.

Take a look at the billboard below.

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(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z is ending a busy weekend, with some beef with the President of the United States.

Hov was a guest on “The Van Jones Show” on CNN on Saturday.

During Jay-Z’s 12-minute sit-down, he discussed a number of things, including his career, his family and of course politics, as the conversation centered on Trump’s infamous “s##thole” comments about African and Caribbean countries.

“Everyone feels anger, but after the anger, it’s really hurtful because he’s looking down on a whole population of people and he’s so misinformed because these places have beautiful people,” Jay-Z said.

“This is the leader of the free world speaking like this,” while labeling President Trump a “Superbug.”

Jay-Z’s comments drew condemnation from President Donald Trump, who responded in the usual fashion, via during Twitter early this morning (January 28), citing the low African-American unemployment rate in the country.

“Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!” President Donald Trump said.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2018

Political pundit Joe Scarborough of the hit talk show “Morning Joe” also got involved in the debate by checking Donald Trump, whom he once supported.

“Black unemployment is at record lows thanks to a massiveness declining trend started in 2010. Congratulations @BarackObama,” Joe Scarborough Tweeted.

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— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 28, 2018

“(AllHipHop News) A man Timbaland labeled a squatter is firing back at the producer, as a battle looms over Tim’s Miami mansion.

Tim filed a lawsuit against William Zamora, whom he claims has been staying in his Miami mansion illegally.

The two men almost entered an agreement for Zamora to purchase the $3 million dollar home, but the deal fell through.

Timbaland claims William Zamora is supposed to be paying him $30,000 a month in rent, but instead, is staying in the house unauthorized and refuses to pay, or leave. In his countersuit, William Zamora noted that Timbaland had two outstanding liens against the house, which prevented a deal from going through.

To make matters worse, Timbaland is aware that William Zamora had made over $300,000 worth of repairs to the mansion.

According to William Zamora, Timbaland is trying to get over by selling the upgraded mansion behind his back.

William Zamora is seeking to have Timbaland’s lawsuit tossed, and he also wants the producer to pay his legal fees.

(AllHipHop News) Migos are in New York City for the 60th annual Grammy Awards, and they’re wasting no time getting to work.

The rappers just dropped their new album CULTURE II, a 24-track effort which features guest appearances from Drake, 21 Savage, Big Sean and others.

Yesterday, Migos was at Bloomingdale’s, where the group debuted their CULTURE II Collection.

Later in the evening, Migos hit the stage as the musical guest artists on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” where they performed their latest single “Stir Fry.”

Tonight, Migos is planning a huge bash to celebrate the release of CULTURE II at Scores in downtown Manhattan.

Take a look at some images from their in-store appearance at Bloomingdale’s, as well as their performance on “The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

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(AllHipHop News) Missy Elliot was honored last night in New York City by Essence Magazine. The superstar producer/artist was given the “Visionary Award” at the magazine’s annual Black Women in Music Event. Missy broke into tears when she was surprised with the award by Janet Jackson. Janet offered up a touching speech to Missy as she presented her with the award. “Some women sing. Some rhyme. Some rap. Some produce. Some choreograph. Some act. Some write hit songs. Some create whole new sounds. Some women are able to make their mark in one of these fields. But only one woman has made her mark in all of these fields. And not only made her mark but done so with boldness and courage,” Janet Jackson said. “Creativity is a beautiful thing. And when creativity flows so freely from a musical genius all we can do is express gratitude. I am so grateful for Missy’s beautiful soul.” Janet is the headlining artist at this year’s Essence Festival, which will take place in New Orleans from July 5-8th. Artists confirmed for this year’s Essence Festival include Mary J. Blige, Fantasia, Xscape, H.E.R., The Roots featuring Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Snoop Dogg. Take a look at some pictures of Missy and Janet below. ​ ​ ​