Redman is back with a bang, delivering the self-directed music video for his standout single, “Booyaka Shot. The song is from his highly anticipated album Muddy Waters Too. The dynamic visual showcases Redman’s signature energy, eccentric style and, of course, his raw bars.
The video co-stars Oshun Dryv (@SuperStarShunHun) and Merideth Morgan (@MeridethMorgan), is a testament to Redman’s crazy creative vision. It is a dense and heavy. The song was produced by @Th3oryHazit and co-produced by Redman himself. “Booyaka Shot” boasts a hard-hitting beat that perfectly complements Redman’s unique delivery.
Fans can stream “Booyaka Shot” on all major platforms and explore exclusive merch via Redman’s Linktree.
Drake has abruptly withdrawn one of the petitions he filed against industry giants Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify. The Toronto native initially accused the companies of conspiring to inflate streaming numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s now-classic diss song, “Not Like Us.”
In Drake’s complaint, he accused UMG and Spotify of deliberately pushing it to the top of the charts to undermine his dominance. But the 6 God has backed down—at least partially.
On Tuesday (January 14), Drake officially withdrew his petition in the state of New York, following a reportedly tense sit-down with representatives from UMG and Spotify earlier in the day. The rapper’s legal team confirmed that no costs would be levied against any party as a result of the withdrawal.
The petition in Texas, which is very similar, remains active.
Fans and industry insiders alike have speculated about Drake’s motivations. Some opined Drake lacked sufficient evidence and others suggested a possible behind-the-scenes agreement with UMG and Spotify.
Spotify vehemently denied any wrongdoing, releasing a terse statement in December that stated, “The predicate of Petitioner’s entire request for discovery from Spotify is false. Spotify and UMG have never had any such arrangement.”
Drake forged ahead and responded with an equally strong statement.
“It is unsurprising that Spotify is trying to distance themselves from UMG’s allegedly manipulative practices. If Spotify and UMG have nothing to hide, then they should be perfectly fine complying with this basic discovery request.”
Drake was making the most of his time on courtside at the Raptors recent game in Toronto and as a result, it’s hard to ignore his interactions with Warriors franchise player Steph Curry.
Overall, it appears as though the night was a major W for Drake and his Raptors, who managed to pull out the win 104 to 101 in what turned out to be a real barn burner of a game.
In addition to his son Adonis being a part of his entourage at Scotiabank Arena, Drake also appeared to attend the game with Toronto rapper Top5. Along with earning himself some camera time for his usual sideline antics, such as barking at the referees and bear hugging player Chris Boucher after the game, Drake went viral over a series of exchanges with Curry.
In one of the clips circulating on social media, Curry can be seen making a bee line for Drake at the shoot around in the arena during pregame warm-ups. The pair share what appears to be a brief conversation before they both look into the distance as if they were pointing someone else out.
Maybe it was Drake letting him know that his associates Top5 was there—or he could’ve also been tipping him off to Adonis’ presence. No matter the case, in a post-game clip, Drizzy can be seen embracing Curry while wearing a Shiesty mask obscuring any sort of speech he may have uttered during the interaction.
If you’ll recall, Curry was one of the few players on the USA men’s Olympic basketball team who spoke up about Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” being overplayed last summer during the squad’s quest to win the gold at the Paris games.
What’s even more significant about this interaction is the fact that Curry appeared to take the time to link up with Drake and his constituents post-game for an unspecified duration of time. In an Instagram story, he shared to his profile January 13 Top5 posted a picture flexing his luxury watch with Curry’s signed jersey. Hours later, he posted up a picture of himself with Warriors player Jonathan Kuminga from what appears to be a club somewhere in Toronto.
What makes Top5’s present so polarizing in this instance is particularly his beef with Kendrick’s cousin Hitta J3, who he exchanged threats with over social medial last summer leading to the Canadian rapper’s ban from the West Coast.
Could all of this be a covert operation to smooth over sentiments about OVO affiliates with the goal of paving the way to a return to the West Coast for the collective? Honestly, who knows. It is worth noting, however, that it’s mighty coincidental that Drake is being all buddy buddy with Curry, who is a well-known close connection to LeBron James, despite the fact that fans suspect his “Fighting Irish” freestyle targets LBJ.
On Tuesday (January 14), the “WAP” rapper’s latest fiery livestream went viral as fans tuned in to hear Cardi air out her grievances against Offset—with her latest claims stemming from her accusation that he’s being spiteful toward her and their children.
Cardi claims that the father of their children is being difficult and refusing to sign the divorce papers. Cardi opened up the entire saga in a profane rant about the emotional toll it’s taking while making it clear she’s determined to stay strong and move forward.
“A muthafucka thought that he was gonna ruin my year and have me fed up like they had me fed up last year but I’m so strong,” Cardi began. “I’m so f###### strong and it doesn’t affect me anymore.”
Despite her resilience, she admitted that Offset’s actions toward their kids still cut deep. “Even after you try to ruin me by being spiteful towards me and my kids, I still got my ass up and went to f*cking work.”
Offset with a new post following another rant from Cardi B about him doing things to her ‘behind the scenes’ and not signing the divorce papers pic.twitter.com/01XcMHivrn
Cardi B became visibly emotional as she recounted her efforts to support Offset in the past, only to feel betrayed in return. “
You do so much for a muthafucka, lift them up when they’re down, lift them up when everybody turns their back on them,” she said. “Pray for them before you pray for yourself, and then a muthafucka comes and bothers your peace to tell you that you wasn’t enough because you never listened.”
Her frustrations grew as she described Offset’s alleged attempts to manipulate the situation, claiming he’s using their children as an excuse to delay the divorce process.
“You want to talk about, ‘Oh, you haven’t accepted the divorce because you’re not gonna agree on my terms because you just want to see the kids,’ you just called your daughter for the first time this year yesterday,” she revealed. “You love your kids so much, and you bought them s### for Christmas, but you came to New York to buy your other kids gifts and bought my kids s### on purpose to spite me.”
Cardi Bdidn’t stop there, accusing Offset and his mother of wronging her in the past and continuing to stir up conflict.
“I ain’t listen after you and your mama robbed me,” she claimed. “Ask muthaf*ckas where the Christmas gifts at.”
Cardi B later touched on her frustration with Offset’s alleged tactics to make her appear unhinged.
“This is what a muthafucka wants,” she said. A muthafucka wants me to go on social media to crash out so I could look crazy. That was always their plan. That’s why I’ve been quiet. But you’re gonna stop f*cking playing with me, and you’re gonna sign these f*cking divorce papers.”
The livestream ended with Cardi delivering a firm message to Offset. “Stop using my kids for an excuse. You’re not gonna keep using my kids for an excuse because these are the facts.”
Meek Mill apparently isn’t the only celebrity interested in buying TikTok as is it nears the 23rd hour before its nationwide ban goes into effect.
The Expensive Pain rapper made his intentions clear on Monday (January 13), in typical fashion on Twitter in a string of brief and clear cut tweets. In the first message he shared, he was blatant in his attempt to establish himself as a buyer for the popular social media platform owned by parent company ByteDance.
“Sell tik tok to me!” Meek wrote in his initial tweet.
In another remark Meek Mill added, “If they cut off tik tok we going x and FANBASE.”
Initial response to Meek’s petition to buy TikTok wasn’t well received. In fact, it was mocked by several users in the thread of replies in the tweet.
“Why would they sell TikTok to ur broke freaky ahh,” one user wrote in a tweet, to which another added, “Nah you get dik dok.”
Considering the immense valuation of TikTok, another user remarked, “With all due respect i don’t think you have the mental or financial capacity to run it.”
On the contrary, an entirely different response was generated when multi-millionaire YouTube content-creator MrBeast tweeted his own ploy to buy the app.
“Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it doesn’t get banned,” MrBeast wrote in the tweet.
The replies in the thread of MrBeast’s tweets were drastically different and, for the most part, mirrored user’s belief that he’s the right person to take control of TikTok.
“Better you than anyone else,” a user wrote in a tweet in the thread. “I don’t really see you having an agenda, unlike the others that want to buy it.”
And apparently, it’s not just individuals on Twitter who are invested in the idea of MrBeast buying TikTok. MrBeast followed up in an additional tweet revealing multiple wealthy investors reached out to him since he shared the tweet.
“Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out to me since I tweeted this, let’s see if we can pull this off,” he wrote in the tweet.
Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out to me since I tweeted this, let’s see if we can pull this off 🙌🏻
But if it’s not Meek or MrBeast, apparently Elon Musk is going to be the man to buy the app. Despite a TikTok rep calling the notion “pure fiction,” the Tesla CEO is still a favorite to become a potential buyer—primarily because he’s the world’s richest man.
According to Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives likely worth $100 billion, so long as the algorithm is attached. However, without the algorithm, it could be worth a fraction of that.
“We believe China and ByteDance will never sell this with the golden jewel algorithm. Without the algorithm we believe TikTok is worth $30 billion to $40 billion,” he told CBS MoneyWatch.
Since Musk bought Twitter (X) in 2022, a $44 billion deal it doesn’t seem far off.
TikTok faces the threat of being banned in the U.S. under a law set to take effect on January 19, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block it. On January 10, the Supreme Court heard arguments in TikTok’s emergency appeal, with the company and its parent asserting that the law violates the First Amendment rights of its 170 million U.S. users.
However, the justices appeared more receptive to the government’s stance that TikTok poses a national security risk due to its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly requested the Supreme Court suspend the law from going into effect on January 19 to give his administration the chance to work on a “negotiated resolution that could prevent a nationwide shutdown of TikTok, thus preserving the First Amendment rights of tens of millions of Americans, while also addressing the government’s national security concerns.”
Snoop Dogg’s latest interview amid the Los Angeles wildfire crisis proves both how widespread the destruction is and how far reaching the outpouring of support has been as a result.
On Monday (January 13), the West Coast gangsta rap legend made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and opened up about the devastation caused by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles.
According to Snoop, the entire world is currently facing its own tragedies, including the terrorist attack in New Orleans, which he mentions. As he empathizes, he remarks on how the profound impact the wildfires has had on those close to him has inspired him to do his part.
In doing so, he shared a sobering account of the destruction and highlighted the resilience of Californians and the overwhelming support from people across the globe.
“The family’s doing good,” Snoop Dogg began, acknowledging his immediate circle’s safety. However, his tone shifted as he revealed, “Just a couple of intermediate people that I do know, that I consider family, that lost everything.”
The personal connection to the crisis underscored the widespread devastation that has left countless individuals struggling to rebuild their lives.
Snoop Dogg then described his response to the tragedy, emphasizing the importance of stepping up in times of need.
“We come and we support and we pull our troops together,” he explained. “We make sure that we represent and we give them everything that they need.”
When asked if outsiders might struggle to grasp the magnitude of the disaster, Snoop Dogg reflected on how tragedies are often localized but universally felt.
“The world sees its own tragedy,” he noted. “If you think about New Orleans, they see their tragedy. You think about certain parts of the world that get tornadoes and things of that nature, which takes the whole city away. It’s just California, this is like our first time dealing with it.”
Despite the unprecedented nature of this crisis, Snoop praised the unity displayed by Californians and the global community.
“The way that California’s coming together, the way that the world is helping us, that’s the important thing,” he said. “People are coming together, and they’re not looking at differences. They’re just looking at trying to make a difference.”
Snoop’s gratitude for the international support was evident as he recounted the outreach he’s received. “
I’ve been getting support from people all over the world,” he shared. “Actually, I got a call from a bank that wants to help out, that wants to just contribute money to people that lost their homes.”
The influx of aid, he pointed out, extends beyond the entertainment industry, reflecting the humanity of individuals from all walks of life: “Not just rappers and not just people from the entertainment world, but people in life that just look at, how can I help?”
In typical Snoop fashion, the conversation ended on a lighter note when Kimmel joked about the possibility of people receiving clothes from Snoop Dogg’s personal collection as part of his donations. Laughing, Snoop quipped, “Well, I tell you, he going to be the sharpest on the job.”
As the scale of the devastation continues to be uncovered, officials are also still extremely busy actively fighting fire threats daily. In a new statement from Gov. Gavin Newsom on Twitter, firefighter managed to put out 11 new fires that broke out overnight on January 13, including the Auto Fire in Ventura County.
Watch the clip in the from the interview in the post above and tune into the full segment in the YouTube video below, where a fundraiser to support wildfire relief efforts is attached.
It looks like Damon Dash isn’t getting a break from the parties suing him.
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, plaintiffs Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures, who filed a lawsuit against the Roc-A-Fella Records’ co-founder in 2019, want his engagement ring to hit the auction block.
Their attorney, Christopher L. Brown, wrote a letter to Honorable Robert Lehrbuger in the Southern District of New York stating the piece of jewelry should go to auction in an effort to settle Dash’s debt with the plaintiffs. The ring was given to Dash by his fiancée, Raquel Horn.
“This office is counsel to the Plaintiffs in this matter,” the docs read. “Plaintiffs Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures LLC d/b/a Muddy Water Pictures, Inc. I write to supplement the record in regard to jewelry owned by Damon Dash for the upcoming hearing on January 22, 2025.
“Attached is a December 2021 article containing statements from Damon Dash relating to ownership of an ‘engagement ring’ gifted to him by Raquel Horn. See Exhibit A Dame Dash On His Fiancée Giving Him An Engagement Ring: ‘I Loved It.’ The ‘engagement ring’ is owned by Dash and subject to public auction.”
The AllHipHop article mentioned by Brown includes an interview with Dash, who said about the ring, “I loved it. It was beautiful.” He added, “She had already accepted my engagement. We’ve asked each other to marry each other so many times, but it’s my tax problems. We are almost there. We have a baby and we are so in love. It just goes without saying.”
The plaintiffs have targeted Dash’s jewelry before. On January 1, they submitted a request to Lehrburger, asking the judge for a court order to auction off his collection. The pieces of jewelry include: one gold necklace, one gold “Dame” necklace, one gold “Dusko” necklace, one gold watch, three gold rings for the hand, two Roc-A-Fella necklaces, one set of diamond earrings and one set of gold earrings.
The money would go to settling two outstanding judgments totaling $823,284.71. The plaintiffs are also seeking an order requiring Dash to produce corporate ownership documents related to his businesses—Lebanon Improvements LLC, Ocean East Improvements LLC, 1996 Songs LLC, and Blackroc LLC—and deliver them to the United States Marshal.
Eminem fans are losing it following a spate of recent leaks from the rapper’s unreleased catalog, including an incendiary two decades old diss targeting Suge Knight and Ja Rule, titled, “Smack You,”
The savage track, allegedly recorded in the mid-2000s during the height of 50 Cent’s tensions with Ja Rule, sees Slim Shady unleash on his targets, blaming Suge Knight for the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
“I’m holding Suge responsible for the deaths of the two greatest rappers to ever grace the face of this planet,” Em raps. “If only the late, great Mr. Christopher Wallace could talk / He could tell you himself / I’m holding Suge responsible for the death of Ja Rule or anyone else down with Tha Row.”
To drive the point home, the phrase “Suge shot me” reverberates throughout the track, with Eminem even reworking the chorus from Shakur’s “Against All Odds.”
“Hopin’ my thug m############ know,” he spits. “This be the realest s### I ever wrote/Against all odds, up in the studio gettin’ blowed/To the truest s### I ever spoke.”
The Detroit legend adds, “This game is gonna be the death of me,” but vows to ” expose the truth even if it kills me.”
The track is also littered with jabs aimed at Ja Rule. Eminem mocks Ja before joking Suge Knight is after his publishing and that he’ll be the next rapper “Sittin’ on the passenger side of that Benz that gets hit again.”
One of dozens leaked online, the song ignited a whirlwind of excitement among Eminem fans. Check out some of the reactions below.
I just heard that Eminem leaked diss track
Just wow, Eminem in the 00s was an animal i was tripping when i said he didn’t have a real Hip Hop beef, now i see why, because rappers were scared from him.
He literally ended two careers without dropping the diss track officially
That Suge Knight/ Ja Rule diss by Eminem is one of the many reasons why he'a a guy that you should never start some bs against. That's why all the people that went after him ended up being remembered for their beefs with Eminem or Christmas and not their careers
50 Cent isn’t letting up on Jim Jones, trolling the former Dispet rapper amid his raging feud with Cam’ron.
The online spat stemmed from a discussion between Cam and 50 Cent about Capo performing with G-Unit amid heavy internal tension at Dipset.
Jones responded, urging the pair to “Get off my dick,” sparking an explosive rant from Killa Cam on the latest episode of his “It Is What It Is” podcast.
50 Cent couldn’t get enough of the drama, and took to Instagram on Monday (January 13), with clips of Cam’ron blasting Jim Jones.
“Individual 1,” he wrote in the caption, referencing his previous taunts. “I mean joMo, jimmy you better holla at Cam privately and chill out.”
Cam’ron blasted Jones during his podcast rant, questioning his Harlem roots and Dipset leadership, insisting he was a “fan” who once “begged” to be around him.
“You are from the Bronx, bro,” he stated. You are not from Harlem. Why do you keep thinking that you are from Harlem, bro?”
Cam also claimed Jones “[makes] up with every n#### that put hands on you,” reeled off a list of people Jones mended fences after things turned physical.
“You tried to chase French Montana out the game,” he asserted. “That ain’t work out, y’all got cool. So cool that you go to his movie. You sitting in the crowd, watching his premiere and they dissing you in the movie.”
Elshere in his rant, Cam’ron responded to Jones’ claims that he stood by while Capo was jumped by eight men in Harlem, firing back with allegations of his own.
“Do you ever hear me talk about when you ran on me when BMF pulled up?” he asked. “When you ran in the hotel? They chased you to the beach.”
Meanwhile, Jim Jones has responded to Ma$e and Cam’ron in a new freestyle.
Los Angeles is still in the middle of the worst natural disaster in the city’s history—but evidently Priscilla Rainey isn’t concerned about that.
The former She Got Game contestant is still demanding a judge give her The Game’s Calabasas home as the Palisades and Eaton Fires continues their rampage.
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop and filed on Monday (January 13), Rainey—who’s been after a $7 million default judgement from The Game for years now—she wants his house to help satisfy the outstanding debt.
Rainey and her attorneys claim The Game is using an “alter ego,” Cash Jones, the real name of his manager Wack 100, to protect his property.
“[The Game] does not get to benefit from his own fraudulent conduct,” the docs read. “A judgment in favor of a creditor, in a fraudulent conveyance action such as the one at bench, sets aside the conveyance insofar as it affects the creditor, but does not set it aside as to the grantor; as between the creditor and the grantee the conveyance is ineffective; but as between the grantor and the grantee the conveyance remains in full effect.
“The right of the creditor is to have the interest of his debtor in the property at the time of conveyance subjected to his claim.”
The docs further reveal, “As indicated by the Title Report, Calculated Risk Analytics created the lien against the Property by recording a Deed of Trust on October 3, 2019 in the amount of $2,458,400.” If Rainey is able to get her hands on the house, it would at least cover one-third of the judgment.
But, as noted in the conclusion, The Game has made it his mission not to concede to Rainey, a promise he made after she initially filed the sexual assault lawsuit in 2015.
“Taylor has gone to great extra-judicial lengths to avoid Plaintiff’s enforcement efforts on her judgment,” it reads. “These tactics of delay, misinformation1, and, paramount here, his conveyance of assets in avoidance of Plaintiff’s judgment, prevent Taylor from taking a legally viable or credible position in response to the OSC. For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff respectfully requests that an Order for Sale pursuant to Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 701.510 et. seq. be issued.”
M.I.A. is calling out Beyoncé over the lavish home she and JAY-Z purchased in 2023 for nearly $200 million. The former Roc Nation artist referenced the superstar singer during a recent rant on Instagram Live.
“I’m also in a town where the most expensive house in this town is owned by a Black woman, which is Beyoncé,” M.I.A. stated.
The power couple reportedly made history with their record-breaking purchase of the property, which was the most expensive home ever sold in California at the time. The Tadao Ando–designed minimalist Malibu mansion was previously owned by art collectors William Bell Jr. and Maria Bell.
M.I.A. continued, explaining why she believes Beyoncé was able to purchase the home.
“Because she capitalized on this level of ignorance without people like me clearing s### up. So, this is also why Im clearing this up,” the British-Sri Lankan musician said. “Money and everything and accumulation and everybody’s spirit has been feeding into this machine. And the machine has been paying out, hence you can have someone like Beyoncé have a $200 million house.”
This isn’t the first time M.I.A. has called out Beyoncé. Last month, M.I.A. blasted Adele for thanking Bey during an awards speech, claiming the British singer wouldn’t have a career if it wasn’t for her.
“[Adele’s] career would not exist if I hadn’t made Jonathan Dickens into a manager, who is her manager,” she claimed. “When she gets an award, she thanks Beyoncé. And I’m sick and tired of all of the f###### women who don’t want to give respect to me because I’m a brown woman in music.”
It appears the Yeezy SLPR proved popular with fans and boosted sales with Kanye West taking to his Instagram story to boast about a whirlwind day.
According to Ye, the website made $2,339,096, in 24 hours on Monday, January 14.
The new shoe release arriving days after adidas wiped all traces of the controversial artist and his merch from their sites seemingly put a spring in West’s step and he took to Instagram to fire off multiple braggadocious posts.
“Any brand other than Yeezy F### you,” he wrote alongside an image of a dusty laptop. “Close your dirty ass laptops I don’t hate you I just love meeee.”
He also gave a shout out to the entire Yeezy team alongside an image of the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
“We are better than anyone else that ever did anything everrrr,” he asserted, although he later deleted the post.
Kanye West Dismisses Rumors He’s Broke
In his third upload, Kanye West shared an image of a goat and declared himself the Greatest Of All Time in various categories.
He also brushed off rumors he was “broke” and had been “cloned,” questioning, “do this sound like a clone.”
West continued his rant, insisting “i dont take advice i give it,” adding “i do and say what the f### i wanna say when i wanna say how i wanna say whenever i wanna say it.”
He concluded with a message for everybody who “wanted to know what would happen if ye never got money again,” writing “i guess we’ll never f###### knoooow,” and announcing “i’m rich forever and ever in every lifetime.”
Jim Jones is firing back at Cam’ron’s scathing rant in a new freestyle repping his Harlem roots despite his fellow former Dipset affiliate’s claims he’s not actually from the neighborhood.
The rappers have been embroiled in a fiery social media feud in recent days, with the latest chapter unfolding when Killa Cam unleashed on Capo during Monday’s episode of his “It Is What It Is” podcast, following his return from vacation.
Now, Jim Jones is hitting back with a fresh freestyle reminding Cam’ron, Ma$e and any doubters exactly who he is.
“Remind them you a star,” Capo begins before going off on those “lying on me,” before reeling off his Harlem accolades.
He also responded to Cam claiming he exploits his friends rather than get them off the streets.
Jones referenced Mel Matrix, saying it’s been seven years since he’s seen the incarcerated rapper, “But now he got to fly straight.”
Furthermore, Jim Jones hit back at Cam’ron’s claims that Ma$e showed him the ropes in the early days of his career, adding “You n##### taught me how to rap and now I’m platinum (stupid).”
Jones wore a pink shirt and matching bucket hat in the video, seemingly referencing his claim to have inspired Cam’ron’s iconic pink era in the early 2000s.
Jones took another shot at Cam and Ma$e in the caption while promoting his latest projects.
“I said wht I said after they laugh at th lies th truth still hurts,” he captioned the post. “Back to work album dropping asap lol.”
He added, “Why would I waste free promo got me trending I’m tryin to drop lol.”
Cam’ron went off on Jim Jones in an incendiary rant. Check it out below.
President Joe Biden has announced a $770 one-time payment for Los Angeles fire victims amid the historic blazing tearing through the region.
Biden announced the decision during a Monday evening (January 13) meeting with senior officials, convened to address the ongoing federal response to California’s worst wildfires in state history.
“I want to be clear, we are not waiting until those fires are over to start helping the victims,” Biden stated. “We are helping them all right now. People impacted by these fires are going to receive a one-time payment of $770. So, they can quickly purchase things like water, baby formula, and prescriptions. So far, nearly 6,000 survivors have registered to do just that, and $5.1 million has gone out.”
He added, “It’s going to cost tens of billions of dollars to get Los Angeles to what it was. We are going to need Congress to step up with the funding to get this done.”
Biden previously announced the government will cover 100 percent of fire disaster response costs for the next six months.
Affected individuals can apply for assistance at disasterassistance.gov or 1-800-621-3362.
Santa Ana winds are forecasted to create critical fire conditions across Los Angeles and Ventura counties over the next three days, intensifying the battle against the deadly blaze.
The wildfires have claimed at least 24 lives, scorched 40,000 acres in Greater Los Angeles, and destroyed over 12,300 structures, wiping out entire communities, per NBC News.
The Palisades Fire, the largest in the area, has burned more than 23,000 acres and remains only 14% contained, threatening neighborhoods like Brentwood, Encino, and Westwood.
Evacuation orders remain in place for over 90,000 L.A. residents. An additional 89,000 are under evacuation warnings.
Beyoncé is postponing her highly anticipated announcement slated for January 14, amid the ongoing fires devastating Los Angeles.
Fans were primed for major news, but the superstar songstress revealed the delay on Instagram just hours before the scheduled update.
“The January 14th announcement will be postponed to a later date due to the devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires around areas of Los Angeles,” Beyoncé wrote in a statement. “I continue to pray for healing and rebuilding for the families suffering from trauma and loss. We are so blessed to have brave first responders who continue to work tirelessly to protect the Los Angeles community.”
She also referenced her charity foundation’s recent donation, asking fans for their support.
“The BeyGOOD LA Fire Relief Fund has donated $2.5 million to directly support families who lost their homes and community organizations at the forefront of relief,” Beyoncé noted. “Please join us in supporting with whatever you can. Link in bio.”
Beyoncé first teased the announcement following her performance during Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday. Fans speculated that the Grammy Award-winning singer was set to drop her ACT III album and/or reveal a new tour.
Last week, Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles, revealed her “sacred Happy Place,” was among the thousands of homes destroyed by the blaze. She shared an old video showing off the view from her cherished Malibu bungalow while reflecting on the loss.
“It was my favorite place, my sanctuary, my sacred Happy Place,” she wrote. “Now it is gone!!”
SZA and Drew Barrymore shared an intimate moment years in the making recently after the chart-topping vocalist dished how much the actress meant to her while explaining one of her biggest hits.
On Monday (January 13), the “Snooze” hitmaker and Barrymore engaged in a heartfelt exchange during an interview that clearly left not only each other, but fans and viewers moved. The tear-jerking moment spurred amid discussion about the inspiration behind SZA’s fan-favorite song “Drew Barrymore” from her 2017 album Ctrl.
However, what started out as Barrymore giving the TDE signee her flowers for the song ended up turning into a confessional for SZA on the profound influence the actress has had on the her life.
Drew Barrymore and SZA have a warming moment together on her talk show
SZA began by expressing her excitement about being able to share the origins of the song’s title directly with Drew. “It wasn’t just titled after you, the energy that you carry,” SZA said. “Even my outfit is inspired by the way you’ve made me feel my entire life. Like the carefree, the understanding.”
She continued, revealing a deeply personal story about a letter she had written but never sent to Barymore. “When you’re younger and you’re a Black woman, there’s not a lot of examples all the time,” she explained. “And one of the few lovely white women that I looked up to so much on television, it was you because you were so yourself. You were quirky. Your smile wasn’t perfect. I have like a slight speech impediment and people laugh all the time. They’re like, ‘What is this saying?’ but I love the way you talk. Just all the you-ness of you.”
Barrymore, visibly touched, responded with a mixture of humility and gratitude, recalling a specific encounter they previously had discussing the song prior to the interview. And still, SZA’s admiration for Barrymore’s authenticity and spirit continued to shine through. “Your laugh, even in the movies and in real life, it just reminds me of all the things about myself that make me nervous, but on you it shines so brightly,” she said. “You gave me permission to be myself and feel like this is so cool and so not whatever. I just love it.”
Watch the touching exchange between the pair in the post above.
Megan Thee Stallion filed a scathing reply to Milagro Gramz’s attempt to dodge a defamation lawsuit after she accused the blogger of spearheading a smear campaign allegedly crafted to destroy the rapper’s credibility and reputation.
The Houston-born rapper isn’t holding back; her attorneys’ filings allege Milagro Gramz spread false narratives at the behest of Tory Lanez, who was convicted last year of shooting Megan during a 2020 altercation.
Megan claims the blogger crossed the line between free speech and malicious falsehoods, launching what her legal team described as a full-blown campaign of destruction.
In their opposition to Milagro’s motion to dismiss, Megan’s lawyers wrote, “Whether Tory Lanez shot Ms. Pete is verifiable—and has been verified in a court of law.”
Her lawyer Daniel L. Humphrey fumed, “The post-truth world [Milagro Gramz] thinks she lives in is not reality. Whether [Tory Lanez shot [Megan Thee Stallion] is verifiable. Whether [Megan Thee Stallion] told the truth about the shooting was verified by a unanimous jury verdict.”
Megan’s attorneys maintain these allegations aren’t protected opinions or online gossip. They claim the blogger took deliberate actions to damage Megan’s career by muddying the truth.
The lawsuit gets more specific, accusing Milagro Gramz of intentionally egging on Lanez’s supporters and aligning herself with his family.
Megan Thee Stallion contends that Gramz referred to her mental state with phrases like “legally retarded” while also dubbing her an alcoholic. According to the filing, this campaign of calculated harassment caused Megan severe emotional trauma.
The filing also highlights Gramz’s alleged promotion of a doctored pornographic video bearing Megan’s likeness. Court documents claim Milagro Gramz liked the video on Twitter (X) and directed followers to her “likes” tab, where the explicit footage was available to her approximately 100,000 followers.
Megan’s team asserts this constitutes a violation of Florida law, which bans the distribution of altered sexual content involving identifiable individuals.
“This case is not about the right to express opinions on a criminal trial or…to silence opinions she disagrees with. Instead, it is about a malicious smear campaign undertaken for the sole purpose of harming Ms. Pete in retaliation for her defiance of a violent criminal,” the filing reads.
The lawsuit brands Milagro Gramz as a willing participant in a larger effort to tarnish Megan’s reputation, describing the blogger’s behavior as “conspiratorial coordination” with Tory Lanez’s family.
Megan’s legal team argued that the case isn’t about free expression but rather an effort to seek justice against an individual they allege knowingly spread harmful lies.
Katt Williams is back dropping bombshells in the New Year, this time specifically naming names during a shady yet endearing rant about Jamie Foxx.
More specifically, a clip from the a recent show apart of the comedian’s Heaven On Earth Tour has been making rounds on social media due to William’s bizarre and affectionate analysis of Foxx’s recent standup special for Netflix.
As he delivered a hilarious monologue about his love for Foxx, Williams also softly floated some eyebrow-raising speculation about his comedy contemporary being cloned. Williams opened his bit with an emotional confession about watching the recent special—that captures Foxx recounting the harrowing health emergency he experienced last year. “Five minutes in, I’m crying like a baby,” Williams admitted. “The f*ck am I doing crying at a special, n*gga? Jamie Foxx ain’t sh*t.”
The audience erupted into laughter as Williams mocked himself for being so moved, only to turn the joke toward Foxx. “N*gga televised his funeral, he ain’t even dead. He was just up there.”
As he transitioned into his more outlandish claims, Williams made it clear he was treading on the thin line between an electric comedic performance and a speculative conspiracy theory laden rant. “Let me be specific, anything I say tonight is allegedly, b*tch,” he said. “I don’t know sh*t, I just be up here talking.”
Williams added, “I love Jamie Foxx, let me say that, I love Jamie Foxx—But his muthaf*ckin clone ain’t sh*t.”
The absurdity of the set quickly escalated as Williams began critiquing the so-called “clone” for its alleged blunders. “The clone showed up with a face full of freckles,” he remarked. “We ain’t never even seen Jamie Foxx with freckles, b*tch. This clone is stupid as hell. The clone didn’t even have a tattoo on the back of his head. I couldn’t believe it.”
Williams continued, poking fun at Foxx’s health scare by suggesting there was a cryptic narrative surrounding it. “That n*gga started the story with, ‘And somebody gave me an aspirin, and 21 days later’… wait a minute, what?” he quipped. “That sounds like somebody gave you a d*ck. You got to be more specific, sir.”
His most shocking pseudo-allegation, however, arrived as he shifted gears and briefley touched on Foxx’s infamous Hollywood parties. “This one I knew I was going to f*ck with Jamie,” he said. “This n*gga was having butt naked basketball parties. And I love basketball. But I don’t love basketball like that, b*tch.”
Watch the stitch-inducing clip from the show in the post above.
Diddy’s legal troubles have taken a darker turn as a former babysitter filed a shocking lawsuit accusing the music mogul of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2000.
The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, was just 16 years old and claims the incident occurred after Diddy offered her a ride home from a babysitting job in a Manhattan apartment building.
Doe alleges that Diddy and two male associates coerced her into the car late one evening as she was leaving her job.
Initially declining his offer, Doe says she agreed only after his insistence that it was “too dangerous” for her to walk alone. But what was meant to be a brief ride home turned into what Doe calls a terrifying ordeal.
The lawsuit alleges that the vehicle veered to an unknown location instead of taking her to her nearby residence.
When Doe grew visibly frightened, Diddy allegedly handed her a drink to “calm her down.” Soon after consuming it, she became groggy and disoriented.
The complaint states she was then taken to a location where Diddy sexually assaulted her, with his associates facilitating the attack.
Afterward, she claims she was dropped off at her building’s lobby by the same men.
This lawsuit, filed under the NYC Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, comes as Diddy faces mounting allegations in other cases.
The act, which opened a “lookback window” for survivors of gender-based violence, allows Doe to file the lawsuit despite the incident occurring over two decades ago.
Doe’s legal team describes the incident as part of a broader pattern of misogyny and abuse by Diddy.
Despite his legal team’s denials and attempts to downplay previous allegations, these lawsuits have already proven catastrophic for his career and empire.
Award-winning actor and son of West Coast Hip-Hop legend Ice Cube, O’Shea Jackson Jr., has shed some light on what it was like to be in the building when wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was boo’d at an arena in Los Angeles.
On Monday (January 13), Jackson Jr. appeared in a new interview on Sway’s Universe, during which he hit on a number of topics including his new 50 Cent-produced film Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera and his childhood hatred for Adam Sandler, among other things. One of the most eye-brow raising points he made arrived at the intersection of he and Sway Calloway’s conversation about the incident involving former WWE star Hogan at the recent WWE Monday Night Raw broadcast in Los Angeles at Intuit Dome.
As the pair dissected the monumental boo’ing treatment Hogan was met with upon his entrance to the show apart of the New Day branch of Raw streaming on Netflix, Jackson Jr. made some palpable statements about the elderly wrestling figure. For starters, Jackson Jr. revealed he and wrestling aficionado Wale and comedian Eric Andre were among the attendees who boo’d the crap out of Hogan.
“I’ll show you the video,” Jackson Jr. said proudly with a devious chuckle underneath his breath present.
He continued, “Me, Eric Andre, and Wale was giving it to him.”
When pressed to clarify why his trio directed such aggression to Hogan, Jackson Jr. simply replied, “Uh, the n*gga hatin’.”
However, as he clarified his strong initial statements, Jackson Jr. further uncovered the deepening rift between one of the sport’s most beloved figures and its massive Black fanbase. In particular, the Straight Outta Compton star explained the bad taste in his mouth as a result of Hogan’s racist 2008 rant had never truly left his taste buds even to this day — making it hard to stomach him in any sort of dose.
“The racism, bro,” he said in part before adding, “It’s just hard to forget how detailed that rant was.” He added, “And if you look up his rant, it’s very, you know, it’s very detailed.”
As Jackson Jr. concluded, he addressed the discourse online that Hogan received unfair treatment by shutting down the notion in the first place—suggesting Los Angeles shouldn’t have been the venue to introduce him and expect a standing ovation. “And you know, I get a lot of people online who are like, ‘Oh, well, you know, he would be mad if he found out about that whole generation’, yeah, well, when I find out, I’ll be mad,” he said. “But like right now, bringing them out here. What’d you think was going to happen in LA?”
He added, “That’s a pivotal moment in wrestling history—You know, I’m glad I was there.”
