Cardi B put breakup rumors to rest Sunday when she showed up to support boyfriend Stefon Diggs at MetLife Stadium.
The rapper watched her NFL star boyfriend earn a massive $500,000 bonus during the Patriots’ 42-10 win over the New York Jets.
Diggs hit his 80th reception of the season with a three-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Drake Maye in the second quarter. The catch triggered a performance bonus worth half a million dollars.
Cardi B celebrated from the stands, wearing a bright pink outfit she posted to her Instagram story. The public appearance came after days of speculation about their relationship status.
Fans started talking about a possible split when Diggs posted Christmas photos with his other children but didn’t include Cardi B. Social media users noticed he spent the holiday with his extended family while Cardi B was nowhere to be seen.
The couple welcomed their first child together in November 2025 – a baby boy.
This makes Cardi B a mother of 4 children. She has three kids with ex-husband Offset: daughters Kulture and Blossom, plus son Wave. Her youngest daughter, Blossom, was born in September 2024.
Diggs has been dealing with complicated family matters recently. He was confirmed as the father of another child with Instagram influencer Aileen Lopera, who goes by Lord Giselle online.
Court documents showed paternity test results proved Diggs fathered Lopera’s daughter, Charlie, who was born earlier in 2024. The Patriots’ wide receiver has multiple children with different women. Reports suggest he has at least 4 children, though the exact number remains unclear.
The paternity situation with Lopera created drama while Diggs was dating Cardi B. The couple has faced constant scrutiny about their relationship timeline and family dynamics.
Sunday’s game appearance seemed designed to shut down breakup talk. Cardi B’s presence at the stadium sent a clear message that their relationship remains strong.
With this company’s cards having some of the highest annual fees on the market, Amex cards have become a status symbol. This Black Chicago man knows it and is tired of microaggressions at restaurants when he uses his Amex card to pay.
“One of the craziest things about being Black is that there are so many opportunities for it to drive you crazy if you let it,” says Zach (@callmebyzach) in a video with an on-screen caption that says, “the worst part about having the platinum or gold Amex as a Black person.”
What Are Amex Cards?
Amex is short for American Express. Amex cards have a range of benefits, like rewards on travel, shopping, dining, and other areas, like most credit card companies. The platinum card has a $825 annual fee, and the gold card has a $325 annual fee. Zach has both cards, and he says he often experiences microaggressions when he goes out and pays with one of them.
‘I Can’t Tell You the Amount of Times….‘
In the video, Zach recounts several microaggressions he experienced as a Black person at restaurants. Microaggressions are “the everyday, subtle, intentional — and oftentimes unintentional — interactions or behaviors that communicate some sort of bias toward historically marginalized groups,” says Professor Kevin Nadal in an NPR interview.
Zach recounts one experience where he went into a restaurant and the staff thought he was there to pick up food for a delivery service.
“Doesn’t matter the restaurant, how fancy or not fancy it is, … I am assumed to be delivering food,” Zach says. He says he let it go in an instance with a sushi restaurant because there was only one table of diners, but a backlog of delivery orders.
In another experience, he explains that when he’s dining with a non-Black person, when the server returns with the card in the checkbook after swiping it, they often assume the Amex card belongs to the other person he’s dining with.
“If I’m not dining with another Black person, they always pass my card to the other person. This wouldn’t normally be a thing, but this has now happened hundreds of times to me,” he says.
This has even happened with a woman, and typically, one might assume the card belongs to the man.
“This weekend, my friend was in the city. She is Peruvian. She is fair-skinned. We went out. She is a woman; I am a man. My name is Zach. Her name, in my opinion, does not look like somebody that’s normally called Zach. So, irrespective to the race factor, my name is Zach. We put down one card because I paid, and it happened again at that restaurant,” Zach explained.
The video has almost 715,200 views, 121,300 likes, and 2,000 comments.
Viewers Weigh In
Unfortunately, Zach is not alone in picking up on these subtle microaggressions or unfortunate trends. Other Black people in the comments section voice similar experiences.
“Yeah they be hella confused when I walk into the centurion lounge by myself,” says one comment.
“Make them uncomfortable. ASK THE SERVER WHY THEY ASSUMED,” suggests another.
“I have an Amex and the person checked my id and the card four times before she ran it, I finally had to say run the [expletive] card,” someone else says.
“My dad let me use his black card and someone threatened to call the cops on me lol. Granted i was like 17. He came to the store and went the [f] off lol,” says another.
“Microaggressions really do show up everywhere. It even happens to me at the grocery store. I work from home, and when I shop during the day the cashiers will assume I’m doing an Instacart order. Smh,” another chimes in.
AllHipHop has reached out to Zach for comment via TikTok direct message and email, and to American Express via email.
Zeus announced a new documentary series focused on the lives of Justin Combs and Christian Combs in Los Angeles to explore their perspective during a period of public scrutiny tied to their father Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The project will stream on Zeus Network and is scheduled to premiere in 2026 according to a statement shared on social media by Zeus chief executive Lemuel Plummer.
The series centers on Justin Combs and Christian Combs, also known as King Combs, and aims to document their experiences as the sons of Didd during a time when their family name has dominated headlines. Current promotion did not specify the trial of their father, considered by many to be the trial of the century.
Plummer said the intent is not advocacy.
“To be clear, this documentary is about giving Justin and Christian the opportunity to share their personal story. We’re not here to endorse Diddy or anyone else. As a network, we believe in giving individuals a platform to tell their own experiences, just like any network that enters the documentary space. We’re simply allowing these stories to be told, and that’s the essence of what we’re doing here. Thanks for understanding and for letting us bring these narratives to light,” Plummer said.
The announcement arrives as audiences continue to parse multiple projects connected to the Combs family.
Zeus emphasized that its series stands apart from the Netflix release Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which examined allegations and legal proceedings involving the Bad Boy founder and was executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
In that film Justin and Christian appeared only through archival footage and were not the central focus.
By contrast Zeus plans to foreground the sons’ voices with cameras trained on their day to day realities, ambitions and reflections as public conversations continue to swirl around their last name. Network executives hope to humanize them.
Production details remain limited and Zeus has not announced episode counts or a release window beyond 2026.
First things first, Althea Heart stands by what she said about Bobby V. and Benzino. I am getting word that Bobby V. is not in agreement and is working to stop the bleeding using legal or industry resources. Not sure how that will work out, but he’s reportedly not a happy camper right now. He did not ask for this drama. Real talk.
OK – let us move on.
On Saturday, Althea Heart took to Instagram and accused her ex, Benzino, of being in a secret bisexual cheating relationship with R&B singer Bobby V. She went straight for the jugular and posted what she claims are text messages that prove her point. Those messages were vague to me, but most interpreted how she was delivering it. She wrote, “You was actually f##king Bobby v.! Please. I tried to love you. And I have my last to provide as a mother so you feel good about me losing My homes.”
If there was a denial on the other end, it was not made public. Benzino is pretty adept to internet stuff, but this is probably the best time to stay silent. Anyway, working behind the scenes has not been helpful. Here is when it allegedly goes left.
Althea now alleges that Benzino refuses to return their son, Zino, unless she publicly takes back her statements and admits she lied.
“So my BD is saying that he will not give me my child back until I go on social media and say that I am lying about the total Bobby V and benzino situation,” she wrote. She went on to describe the situation as a decade long nightmare, saying she is being blackmailed and mentally manipulated while her child is used as leverage.
Althea insists she is standing by what she said, whether the public believes it or not.
At the time of this writing, neither Benzino nor Bobby V has publicly responded to her claims. As always, these are allegations, not facts.
PepsiCo is out here telling America to relax, wipe your fingers on a napkin and trust them again. How are we supposed to do that, being so health-minded? The snack / beverage giant recently announced that Doritos and Cheetos are getting a cleaned up and glowed down. They have a new, new line of snacks called Simply NKD. They are getting rid of stuff that we have hoped for.
They say the snacks won’t be wack either.
Part of the allure of Doritos is that orange dust known to stain a hood or coat your fingertips. Now, we can be bold without looking radioactive. All jokes aside, PepsiCo is taking this seriously.
PepsiCo’s chief marketing officer Hernán Tantardini framed it like a cultural moment, calling it a snacking revolution and even a renaissance. “Trust us, we taste the same, we just look a little… humble now.” There are no colors, no artificial flavors but still have that yummy, crunching taste. Wellness is a vibe in ’25! Oops…lets say ’26 since we are all about to be all “New Year, New Me.”
Now let’s talk about timing.
This announcement drops while federal regulators, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are loudly talking about phasing out petroleum based food dyes by the end of next year. The Food and Drug Administration is monitoring everything. PepsiCo, meanwhile, says absolutely nothing about any of that and just made some naked Doritos.
And here is the funniest part.
These snacks are not actually colorless, they are just colored like a regular degular corn chip color. That Nacho Cheese flavor is still booming, but that’s it. This just means Doritos wants to keep your loyalty as you wise up. Good for them.
Flavor Flav got real about his Taylor Swift fandom and his fears about wedding invites. The Hip-Hop legend said he didn’t receive an invitation to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, despite being crowned “King Swiftie” by fans.
Flav Flav talked to PEOPLE at the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix and said, “No, I didn’t get an invite to the wedding. I ain’t expect one. You know what I’m saying? The whole nine. But they know they got my blessings and if she invites me, you dig? All right. I’m going. King Swiftie going to be at the wedding.”
The rapper has been a huge Taylor Swift fan for years. He first met Swift at the iHeartRadio Awards in March 2023. After that, he went to multiple Eras Tour shows and even got a special shout-out from Swift herself during her Hamburg, Germany, show.
Flavor Flav said his favorite Taylor Swift song is “Bad Blood” because “that’s everybody’s relationships, or everybody’s families, or everybody’s friendships.”
Swift has shown love back to Flav. During her Eras Tour stop in Hamburg, Germany, she spotted him in the crowd and gave him a shout-out from the stage. Flav posted a video on social media showing Swift pointing at him and saying, “Flavor Flav!” He was so excited, he captioned it “Coming straight to Germany to see me!!!”
Flav has also been working on getting ordained so he can officiate Swift and Kelce’s wedding if they ask. At the 2025 Black Music Action Coalition Gala, he said, “And if she does, hopefully if I have my license in time, I want to be the one officiating the wedding.”
Despite not yet receiving a wedding invite, Flav stays supportive. He said Swift and Kelce have his blessings and he’d happily accept a last-minute invitation.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are quietly planning a wedding with privacy as the top priority. The couple has not shared a date or location and has kept details private.
FABOLOUS popped up on Instagram and did what he has always done best. Say very little and let everybody else do the talking. Four words: “I’m back on my BS.” Just enough smoke to make Hip-Hop talk about what’s next. Check this out:
50 Cent has been making it clear that people who play with him eventually pay some kind of toll. Then came the freestyles with Fab’s being the stand out. When Fab drops a message he is being intentional. He is comfortable where he stands and that says a lot.
Poking 50 Bear is not common in 2025. Fif has reach, money, influence and a very public appetite for humiliation. Fab does not look like he is rerouting around this situation. If anything, he looks planted. And people are OVERSTANDING…chipped-tooth Fab is BACK.
The Internet, of course, went into overdrive. Fans started breaking down Fab’s recent verse line by line. Watch this break down and tell me what you think in the comments.
It is also worth remembering that these two were cool once. But underneath that, there was always competition. They are from the era, same city. That kind of tension does not disappear…it just waits.
If this turns into a real showdown, which is might, it is going to be a classic. Like boxing, styles make fights! Fab is going to rap. Fifty, on the other hand, is not rushing into lyrical sparring with someone that ill. He is more likely to troll and find some dirt. Most stuff about Fab is public
The wild card is whether Fab has something tucked away. Fab knows he needs more than bars…and I cannot wait to see what he has. Pause.
Kai Cenat posted on X Saturday that he’s single and will never be in another relationship again.
The breakup comes just weeks after the Twitch star opened up about his mental health struggles during a streaming hiatus. The 23-year-old streamer wrote “I’m single I will never be in another relationship again” on social media, confirming the end of his relationship with TikTok star Gabrielle Alayah.
I’m single I will never be in another relationship again
Fans quickly flooded the comments with cheating rumors, specifically with NBA Youngboy, but Alayah shut down those claims on her Instagram story.
“I’ve never cheated on him, and YOU know that,” Alayah wrote. “I have never dealt with that man… play that sympathetic role somewhere else please.” She made it clear she initiated the split.
On December 16, he broke months of silence to talk about his struggles.
“For the past few months, I’ve been struggling with mental health out of self-doubt and fright of pursuing goals that I really want to achieve,” Kai Cenat said in an emotional video.
He talked about feeling like an impostor as he tries to branch out from streaming.
Kai Cenat has been mostly absent from Twitch since his marathon stream ended on October 1. The month-long broadcast broke his own subscriber record and made him the world’s most-watched streamer. But he said it would be his final marathon because he wants to focus on bigger projects.
“I’ve come to realize that I’m a true creator and I’m very passionate about creating,” he explained. “I have other goals and things I want to achieve and do more of.”
The timing of his relationship troubles adds another layer to his current challenges. Cenat and Alayah went public with their romance in December 2024 during his 23rd birthday livestream. They had been dating for months before confirming the relationship to fans.
Alayah, a fashion influencer with a large social media following, has remained mostly quiet about the split, aside from defending herself against cheating accusations.
Cenat’s fans have been supportive of his mental health journey, with many praising him for being honest about his struggles. The breakup announcement Saturday was his first major social media post since opening up about his hiatus.
The streamer recently appeared at the 2025 Streamer Awards, where he won three trophies, including Best Marathon Stream. But he’s been working on mysterious new projects away from his usual content.
Highstarlavista dragged a baby goat across a concert stage at Brownhill Coliseum in Nigeria during a live performance last week, igniting widespread backlash and accusations of animal mistreatment.
Footage from the event shows the rising Hip-Hop artist pulling the visibly distressed animal he has named “Chigbo” across the stage under intense lights and booming audio as the crowd cheered.
The clip quickly spread across social media, with many calling the act abusive and demanding accountability.
Animal rights advocates and online critics have called for formal investigations and urged a ban on using animals in his future performances and flooded his social media accounts with angry messages.
“What is wrong with you? Why so cruel with animals?” one user fumed. Another asked, “What purpose do you have dragging a little goat on stage and yanking that poor thing around by the neck. You must be down to your last two brain cells.”
Angry people on Facebook and Instagram described the goat as “terrified” and condemned both the performer and the audience for what they view as normalized cruelty.
The incident has sparked heated discussion online, particularly among Nigerian youth, where Highstarlavista has built a strong following.
Some supporters argue the goat is a symbolic nod to the acronym G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time), though the artist has not offered an explanation for the stunt.
Clips from previous shows and fan pages suggest the goat has become part of his on-stage persona, especially in Eastern Nigeria, where his street image and music resonate deeply with university students and local youth.
Known for blending Igbo cultural elements with modern rap and Afrobeats, Highstarlavista has gained traction with songs like “Obodobo,” “Joystick,” and “Pablo et Chapo.”
His debut project, The Prophecy, positioned him as a spiritually reflective voice in Nigerian street rap.
Despite his growing popularity, the goat incident has cast a shadow over his image and raised questions about ethical boundaries in performance art.
Boosie Badazz was tricked by a fake video claiming Elon Musk would cure diabetes in 17 hours. The rapper posted on X, asking Musk to contact his assistant about the supposed cure.
The Louisiana rapper wrote in all caps that he saw the video and wants to “get this sickness out my body in 2026.” But the video was a deepfake – one of many fake ads using Musk’s face to sell bogus diabetes supplements.
“JUST SAW THIS VIDEO WHERE ELON MUSK SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT CURING DIABETES N 17 HOURS. ELON PLEASE GET SOMEONE TO CONTACT MY ASSISTANT SO WE CAN GET MORE IMFORMATION ON THIS. I REALLY WANT TO GET THIS SICKNESS OUT MY BODY 2026,” Boosie wrote.
JUST SAW THIS VIDEO WHERE ELON MUSK SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT CURING DIABETES N 17 HOURS 💯💯🔥ELON PLEASE GET SOMEONE TO CONTACT MY ASSISTANT @1stSaturday205 SO WE CAN GET MORE IMFORMATION ON THIS. I REALLY WANT TO GET THIS SICKNESS OUT MY BODY 2026
Boosie has dealt with diabetes for years. He was hospitalized for blood sugar problems in August 2023 and fans have even driven hours to bring him insulin when he ran out.
These fake Musk videos have exploded since OpenAI released Sora in 2025. The AI video tool made it easier for scammers to create realistic deepfakes.
Cybersecurity experts say the volume of deepfakes has grown significantly this year. Newsrooms documented racist hoax clips, fake crime videos and sexually explicit deepfakes targeting real people, including minors.
Researchers and fraud trackers also reported a steep jump in deepfake scams, with losses reaching hundreds of millions of dollars.
Sora 2 did not start the problem, but its lifelike video quality and low learning curve made it easier for anyone to create fake footage that many viewers struggle to spot as false.
The scam videos don’t just use Musk. They also fake Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities to push diabetes “cures.” The ads lead people to websites selling questionable supplements.
Musk doesn’t have a cure for diabetes. He actually used the diabetes drug Wegovy for weight loss in 2022. It’s hard to fault Boosie given how convincing these deepfakes have become.
Ray Benzino and Bobby V go way back in the game. On paper, this has always been a straight-up music relationship: studio sessions, matching visuals, and industry overlap. They linked up on records like “Kiss Me Like You Miss Me” and “Back to Love” in the early 2010s, even popping up together in music videos and later sharing screen time in the BET film Hollywood Hearts. Nothing wild…just business…Or so it seemed.
Today, Althea Heart chose violence and the gossip rags are in shambles.
Today, Benzino’s ex, Ms. Heart, jumped on Instagram and tossed a grenade into the timeline. I thought I was going to have a chill day. Nope. According to her posts, Benzino allegedly cheated on her with Bobby V. She posted numerous text messages levying the accusations, but there was no “proof” per se, just the claim.
Now, to be clear: these are allegations, not confirmed facts. Also, something else is weird. It almost looks like somebody else is engaging with Ms. Heart, like his girlfriend. Why is he constantly talking in the 3rd person? I know celebs do that, but that is so weird to me.
So what’s the truth? I guess we have to wait for Zino to speak up. Right now, I am not going to say this is a fact. Something is off.
What’s undeniable is this: Benzino and Bobby V’s long-running professional relationship. Althea and Zino have a very well documented relationship as well. Now, it is not on a toxic reality show.
You know how toxic you gotta be to be kicked off a show rooted in drama? Yes, VH1 removed both Benzino and Althea from the series, citing unacceptable behavior. Their departure marked a rare moment where reality TV drew a hard line.
The relationship between Ray Benzino and Althea Eaton (we gonna use her real name now) became one of the most volatile and controversial storylines in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. It began as a comeback moment for Benzino but quickly spiraled into must-see chaos, entertainment and dysfunction.
Benzino was the former power player OG and Althea was the younger partner and aspiring artist. It was a mess. Unlike many Love & Hip Hop, Benzino and Althea’s issues felt real like this rumor.
Kanye West showed up at Deon Cole’s comedy show Saturday night and dropped some big news. The rapper told the crowd at Hollywood Improv that he has a new album coming.
Cole posted a video of the whole thing on Instagram. He brought Kanye on stage and asked if he had anything new for fans.
“New album,” Kanye said. That’s it. Two words that got everyone screaming.
This comes after Kanye dropped his Vultures series with Ty Dolla $ign. Vultures 1 hit streaming in February 2024. Then Vultures 2 came out in August 2024. Both albums did well on the charts.
Kanye’s been getting back into performance mode lately. He popped up at Travis Scott’s show in Japan last month. Fans went crazy when he took off his mask and did “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.”
Now he’s got two big shows planned. He’s doing Mexico City on January 31, 2026, at Plaza de Toros. Then he’s headlining Hellwatt Festival in Italy on July 18, 2026. That’s his first solo show in Europe since 2014.
The Italy show is at RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia. It can hold over 100,000 people. Tickets are already on sale and selling fast.
Deon Cole joked about wanting to be on the new album. He also asked Kanye to send him some clothes. Kanye said yes to both before walking off stage.
The rap star has been teasing the album since 2024 and he even dropped a short film, Bully V1, with the same name featuring new music, although it’s unclear if those tracks will make the final version of the new album Ye announced at Cole’s show.
A Louisiana woman posted a video about how many times she had to charge her Dyson to vacuum her entire house. Fellow Dyson owners in the comments section are unsurprised.
TikTok creator Ruby (@rubyellanore) posted a clip of her Dyson charging in the laundry room to the tune of Yung Gravy’s “Mr. Clean.”
“Just waiting for the Dyson to charge for the fourth time and I haven’t made it out of the living room,” she wrote in the on-screen caption.
Viewers React to the Dyson Vacuum’s Battery Limitations
In the comments section, plenty of viewers offered their opinions on the Dyson vacuum experience and how they handle the charging realities.
“I hate this vacuum,” wrote one person. “I’m going back to corded immediately.”
A second person suggested, “Replace the battery.”
A third person went into more specifics. “So you either got a lemon or you are one of those people that thinks everything needs to be ran in boost/high mode instead of leaving it in auto. However, it’s important to note that this is a cheaper version of the Dyson. It doesn’t last as long as the ones that have the cylinder that goes sideways. My battery lasted 45 minutes and it comes with a spare battery that I can swap right out. And I very, very rarely ever use up one full battery.”
The Dyson V8 Absolute Vacuum Battery Life
Other viewers pointed out that Ruby’s Dyson is a V8 Absolute. The model is cordless and features 115 air watts of suction and a six-cell, lithium-ion battery that should last 40 minutes of run time.
Compare that to the Dyson V12 Detect Slim, which comes with a seven-cell, lithium-ion battery that can run for up to an hour. And for consumers who want extremely long sessions, the Gen5outsize features multiple 10-cell, lithium-ion batteries that can go for a combined 140 minutes.
In a thread posted to r/Dyson a year ago, commenters noted that users must fully charge and unplug the V8 before turning it on. They also mentioned that using boost mode lowers battery life considerably. “Don’t use on max or boost mode,” wrote one person. “You get longer run time.”
According to this Vacuum Wars review, the V8’s regular mode is sufficient for handling everyday vacuuming. However, the outlet noted the absence of a medium power mode that would help consumers manage battery life more efficiently.
According to a CNN roundup, the best vacuum cleaners of the year came from Shark, Dyson, Black and Decker, Miele, Roborock, and Bissell. The Dyson V15s Detect Submarine Absolute was rated the best cordless stick vacuum. It features a seven-cell lithium-ion battery with swappable, click-in battery packs that extend run time to 60 minutes.
AllHipHop contacted Ruby and Dyson via email for comment.
Snoop Dogg is expanding his kid-friendly empire from screens to shelves through a partnership between Doggyland Media and Little Bee Books, kicking off with Snoop Dogg’s Doggyland: Affirmations Song.
The book adapts the popular tune from the animated series into a format designed to help parents bring daily positivity into their homes.
“Doggyland’s been killing it with our music and our videos, so it only made sense to bring the magic to the world of books,” Snoop told AllHipHop in a statement. “This partnership with Little Bee couldn’t be a better fit. They understand what Doggyland is all about—how to bring our fun and engaging methods of learning to kids in a whole new way. You know when you got the buzz from the bee and the woof from the dog that these books are going to make noise.”
Since its launch in 2022, Doggyland: Kids Songs & Nursery Rhymes has built a strong following with over 1.2 million YouTube subscribers and 12 million music streamers.
The animated series features a cast of musical dogs led by Bow Wizzle, voiced by Snoop himself, who guides a crew of characters like Woofee, Yap Yap, Chow Wow and Barks-A-Locks through upbeat songs that teach emotional intelligence, kindness and basic learning skills.
The show was co-created by Claude Brooks, the Emmy-nominated producer behind Hip Hop Harry, and October London, a singer-songwriter who also lends his voice to the character Woofee.
“I’ve always wanted to create a kid-friendly series that lets kids be kids and is truly representative of the culture with everything from the music to the characters,” Snoop said when the show first launched. “When I started to build my team, it was only right to partner with Claude, who created the iconic series, Hip Hop Harry, which built the blueprint to diverse kids programming, and October London, a talented singer and writer.”
The publishing program will feature a mix of board books, sound books and activity books aimed at engaging children at home, in classrooms and on the move. Following the Affirmations Song release, titles will continue through 2027, including Counting Numbers Song Sound Book, Family Barbecue, Just Breathe, and Eat Your Veggies.
“We’re beyond excited to bring Doggyland to bookshelves,” said Jeanine Le Ny, executive editor at BuzzPop, Little Bee’s media and licensing imprint. “Fresh, relevant, and rooted in empowerment, the videos show kids that they can be confident, express themselves, and navigate the world with kindness. These books extend that mission beyond the screen, giving families new ways to carry those messages into everyday life.”
A woman ordered a single pair of Apple EarPods from Amazon and was shocked to open the box to 10.
On Dec. 16, @lizardfish_ posted a TikTok revealing she had mistakenly received 10 Apple EarPods and was wondering how it possibly happened.
“I thought I ordered one, so I was wondering why the box was so big,” she says. “Y’all, what is this?”
She opens one of the pairs on camera to make sure they actually have EarPods inside, and they do. “Why do I have 10 of these?, she asked.
She clarifies that she only purchased one pair. “And they were only like $19 altogether,” she states. “10 of these for $19. Am I being bamboozled?”
The on-screen caption reads, “Amazon? Apple? Am I going to jail for this?”
She‘s Not the First Amazon Customer This Has Happened To
Commenters were quick to share that this is not an unprecedented experience, and it has happened with many of them.
“I saw a lady get 25 tote bags from Amazon,” wrote one commenter. “If only we could all get so lucky lol.”
“They did this to me when I ordered 1 of the nexus’s hair treatments and sent me a box full,” added another. “Let’s just say I’m still half way through the box.”
Why Did She Get 10 EarPods Instead of 1?
One commenter speculated what happened. “You got a master case,” they wrote. “That box was supposed to be opened and put away separately. Box got put away as 1 unit. This had to get past at LEAST 4 people [before] being shipped.”
There are many reasons this mistake could have happened, as Amazon’s fulfillment operations are large and complex. However, the previous commenter’s explanation is a very likely one.
What should have been a single pair of EarPods likely started its journey in a larger master case. This is a bulk box containing many identical units meant to be broken down into individual customer orders. If that case wasn’t properly unpacked at the warehouse or fulfillment center, the whole thing could have accidentally been scanned and shipped as one item.
Redditors familiar with Amazon’s system explain that these kinds of “master pack” mistakes do happen when the containers aren’t separated into individual units and slip through quality checkpoints, especially near the end of a shift or during peak shipping times.
Alternatively, simple system or barcode glitches can misassign inventory, or human error at the picking or packing stage could result in more than what was ordered being sent. Because these operations are automated and massive in scale, small mistakes can cascade into wild results.
Can She Get in Trouble for Not Returning the EarPods?
Legally, the situation is murky, but generally doesn’t lead to criminal trouble for the buyer if the item is addressed to them and they didn’t take any intentional steps to commit fraud. Under federal consumer protection rules in the United States, you don’t have a legal obligation to pay for or return unordered merchandise, and the seller can’t demand payment just because you received it in error. Essentially, it’s considered a gift you’re allowed to keep.
That said, there are nuances. If the package was addressed to someone else and you took deliberate steps to keep it without trying to correct the error, some state laws could treat that as theft or misappropriation of property. Many states make it unlawful to “knowingly take control of misdelivered property of another without reasonable efforts to notify the true owner.”
For Amazon specifically, its actual customer service policy around wrong or extra items is usually very lenient, as it often tells customers to keep the extra item and still receive what they ordered. Legally, you wouldn’t face fines or jail time simply for keeping a shipment sent to your correct address, especially if you contacted Amazon and followed reasonable steps to clarify what happened.
AllHipHop reached out to @lizardfish_ for comment via TikTok direct message and Amazon for comment via email.
’Twas two nights before the end of the How the Grouch Stole Christmas Tour and five members of the Living Legends—Sunspot Jonz, Eligh, The Grouch, Luckyiam, Bicaso and Scarub—were at Denver’s Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom for another headlining show with Souls of Mischief and CunninLynguists.
Behind the venue in a dimly lit Mile High alley, Sunspot Jonz practically glowed as he talked about his new children’s book, Werewolves Want the Moon For Christmas, and his latest solo album, Wolfheart. But there was also a sense of sadness in the wake of Aesop the Black Wolf’s death just a few months ago.
The veteran Oakland MC/producer, a founding member of the crew, grieved open and honestly with his Instagram followers, allowing the public to share in his pain. That night was no different—he was willing to speak on the group’s profound loss.
“You always find out bad news in the morning,” he said. “That morning, Murs called me and said, ‘Yo, we lost ‘Sop.’ Tears just started streaming down my face. I couldn’t even move. He’s the first one out of the group to go and he was such a light, because he’s always laughing no matter what’s happening. A piece of the whole mantle is gone now. You’re not prepared for it. I was paralyzed. I was catatonic. I was like, ‘I cannot believe it.’I immediately called his phone.”
But…Aesop never picked up. So like a lot of creatives, he poured his grief into his art, something perfectly encapsulated on the Wolfheart song “Howl Miss You.”
“It’s wolf season and I knew I had to have the strength to make it through the winter, and only a wolf heart can do it,” he explained. “I made that beat on my MPC and I was like, ‘This sounds like the beat I’m gonna say something about Aesop on.
“I didn’t wanna make it overly deep, I just wanted to let people know I love the man, he was my brother and we had a lot of fun together. We also created magic and I wanted people to know how much I cared about him and that I’m always gonna howl for him. I’m always gonna be a beacon of his light that he left.”
Sunspot is spreading that light to children with Werewolves Want the Moon For Christmas, which he authored and illustrated. As a kid, Sunspot jumped around from foster home to foster home, and art was how he coped.
“I grew up in foster homes,” Sunspot revealed. “I was adopted and always on punishment or always in another foster home. I was in foster homes until I was about 15, because me and my new mom didn’t get along. She had divorced my adopted dad a year after I got adopted, so I was on punishment a lot, and I was always drawing. I had no TV, so I made the TV.”
Years after launching his rap career, he was sitting on the tarmac at a Miami airport for hours and, to pass the time, pulled out his computer and started drawing what would become illustrations for his first book, The Dentist and the Fire Breathing Dragon. It took years to publish it, but it finally arrived in 2021 and his career as an author and illustrator had officially begun.
“These drawings are in my control,” he said. “I don’t have to have someone direct it, or sound off on it or anything. I just put my all into making The Dentist and the Fire Breathing Dragon. It took me probably like two and a half years to really to finish it.”
The feedback blew him away: “I couldn’t even imagine it. It got hella positive reviews on Amazon.”
Sunspot’s books go hand in hand with his non-profit, Hip Hop Scholastics, whose mission it is to “promote social-emotional well being and inspire learning through love, inclusion and Hip Hop,” according to its website. Hip Hop Scholastics has provided Hip Hop Education for schools and programs nationwide since inception. The original curriculum, created for kindergarten students at Prescott Elementary School in West Oakland, has bloomed into a comprehensive Pre-K through 5th grade standards-based curriculum. The song “8th Graders” on Wolfheart—which he also produced—is actually about that.
“Basically we go and help the community by using music as a vocational tool,” he said. “We throw an annual event at Children’s Fairyland amusement park in Oakland. We have the fourth one coming up next August.” But he has additional plans. He continued, “I want to do a children’s network because I feel like kids, especially adopted or foster kids, they need help when it comes to being mentored.”
Frozen pizza assembly lines move fast. Usually, the dough goes down, sauce follows, cheese and toppings land on top, then the whole thing gets flash-frozen and wrapped in cellophane. But somewhere in that process, @drewtastic658’s pizza skipped step one entirely. Nobody noticed until he opened the box, expecting dinner, and got a $7 arts-and-crafts project instead.
Drew is not wearing a shirt, which is how we know this is serious. This is a man who saw cardboard where crust should be and said, “The world needs to know, and they need to know rightnow.” The audacity of California Pizza Kitchen could not wait for a tank top. To be fair, righteous indignation burns hot. And 313,000 viewers didn’t seem to mind.
Walmart Customer Gets Heated
“I’m gonna show you guys what I just found,” he started. “This is the pizza we got from Walmart. Look at this: the pizza they gave me. Not opened. Still in the plastic.”
He shows that the pizza has no crust.
“’Crispy thin crust.’ … This is cardboard. This is what [the pizza] usually sits on. They put the cheese, chicken, and barbecue chicken recipe on cardboard. This is on cardboard.”
At this point, Drew is beside himself.
”Are we watching this? They forgot the crust. This is what I paid $7 for, cardboard?”
At this point, he is running his fingers through the toppings on the cardboard.
“Do we need a closer look at this? Are we out of our minds?” he asked. “This is cardboard. This is cardboard. On my—this isn’t crispy thin crust. Cardboard covered with pizza toppings. Walmart and California Pizza Kitchen, I want my money back—now.”
Drew continued reading the box.
“’No artificial flavors. Preservative-free crust,’” he said sarcastically. “Are we sure about that?”
Then, he shows the second, correctly constructed pie: “This is what it should look like. This is the cardboard under it—under the crust—and then the crust is on top. This is a crispy thin crust.”
Drew even got into why he had the pizzas in the first place.
“I got two because I usually eat two,” he says. “Not in one sitting; I’m not that fat. But I only have one, and the other one’s in the garbage.”
For one last comparison, he reiterates for educational purposes, “This is a pizza crust. This is pizza. Are we seeing this together? This is pizza. This is cardboard. This is pizza. This is cardboard.”
Got it, Drew.
The Peanut Gallery
“It probably tastes the same either way,” joked one commenter. One person said, “It’s keto-friendly.” Another said it was a “boneless pizza bruh.”
A commenter wrote that he should “just go to Domino’s…. better deal than frozen pizzas.” But Drew replied, as a call back to his eating in the clip, “I can eat this whole pizza on a calorie-restricting diet tho.”
Hidden Valley Ranch got in on the humor: “Whoever made that’s lowkey over that job.”
California Pizza Kitchen got back with Drew directly in the comments section. “That’s definitely not the pizza experience we promised!” it wrote. “Send us a DM and we’ll make it up to you.”
The Issue
Nestlé-associated frozen pizza brands have had various issues and quality control failures. A customer who bought Jack’s Pizza frozen pizza in 2023 had the same issue.
“Who was in the factory making the pizza?” she asks in her video. “Literally, one [has] the toppings on the cardboard and the bread is on the bottom, and one came double breaded,” referring to the fact that the second pizza came with two crusts.
Issues date back over a decade to 2013. A Wisconsin food company recalled DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen-branded pizzas after complaints that small pieces of plastic were found in the products. One situation resulted in at least one injury when a consumer chipped a tooth after biting into the pizza.
This isn’t a one-off. Nestlé’s frozen pizza lines have a documented history of this exact assembly error across multiple brands. Drew’s CPK pizza mishap is just the latest in a series of recorded events.
And Nestlé knows about it. It has been asking retailers to provide full refunds to affected customers in various recalls. However, it seems like it would be cheaper and easier to strengthen its quality control processes.
Who’s Responsible
Party
Role
Fault
California Pizza Kitchen / Nestlé
Manufacturer
✅ Yes — factory-sealed error
Walmart
Retailer
❌ No — they just sold it
Drew
Consumer
❌ No — but could’ve worn a shirt
AllHipHop reached out to Drew and Nestlé for comment.
50 Cent gave us a response, just not the one most Hip-Hop fans had queued up for their Christmas weekend playlists. After all the anticipation surrounding bars aimed in his direction, the Queens mogul finally spoke. But instead of a diss record, or even a slick meme designed to set social media on fire, what we got was a statement. Plain. Controlled. And capped off with a quiet warning that felt intentional.
The message from 50 Cent essentially said this. He is not responding yet. He will respond when he is ready. And when he does, it will be on his time. The final line carried just enough edge to remind people that silence does not equal surrender.
The reactions afterward were just as revealing. In the comments, Maino appeared amused, firing off laughing emojis like he was watching a sitcom. Aw, 50…this is going to be good.
There are a few ways to interpret 50’s approach. One possibility is that he is doing what he has always done best. Taking notes and digging around. I’d say he’s lining things up before unleashing a more calculated response. His history shows that when he comes back, it is rarely just about music. It is about pressure.
Another angle is brand alignment. 50 Cent is no longer just a rapper sparring for bragging rights. He is a major phenomenon with film projects, television empires and sponsorships. Jumping headfirst into lyrical warfare with four capable New York rappers is risky for his brand. It could be too messy.
Fabolous, Jim Jones, Maino, and Dave East are all still very much rap rappers. They are MCs. They can go bar for bar with just about anyone and do not have to worry about losing movie deals or corporate partnerships. That freedom allows them to get in the mud if they want. 50 may not want that smoke in this phase of his career.
From a Hip-Hop standpoint, this hesitation does not feel great. Fans wanted that old 50 energy, not executive restraint. But strategically, 50 likely understands that once he jumps in, there is no easy exit.
So the real question remains. Is this the calm before a major storm or a delay…with no end?
A company created by the late mother of Tupac Shakur is pushing back against a lawsuit that claims unpaid royalties tied to some of the rapper’s most famous recordings, arguing the case rests on a flawed reading of long-standing contracts.
Amaru Entertainment Inc., founded in 1997 by Afeni Shakur, has asked a Los Angeles County judge to dismiss claims brought by Capucine Jackson, the widow of producer Johnny “Johnny J” Jackson. Jackson alleges she and her company are owed royalty payments connected to music her husband produced for Shakur.
Johnny J was a key creative force in Shakur’s catalog, producing or co-producing tracks such as “How Do U Want It,” “Hit ’Em Up” and cuts from the album “All Eyez On Me,” according to the complaint. He entered into a producer agreement with Amaru in May 2001 that governed his royalty rights related to master recordings featuring the rapper.
Jackson contends that whenever Shakur’s successors receive royalties from those recordings, she and Klock Work are entitled to a proportional share. Amaru disputes that interpretation.
In court papers filed Monday ahead of a March 19 hearing before Judge James I. Montgomery, Amaru’s attorneys argue there are no triable issues because the relevant agreements do not support Jackson’s claims. They point to contracts from 1999 and 2001 that, they say, only require Amaru to issue letters of direction for royalties generated by sales or exploitations through Shakur’s distributor, Interscope Records or its licensees.
The dispute centers in part on royalties collected by SoundExchange, a nonprofit that began operating in 2003 and distributes digital performance royalties from online and satellite radio. Amaru maintains SoundExchange is not covered under the agreements cited by Jackson and that neither contract grants her a share of those digital performance royalties.
Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996 at age 25. Afeni Shakur oversaw his musical legacy through Amaru Entertainment until her death in 2016.
Tyrese is healing and shared a very public ending to a lot of drama. The singer and actor has revealed the financial toll of his divorce from Samantha Gibson. I could not help but think, it is more than my value.
According to a lengthy Instagram post, Tyrese says he has spent nearly $2 million in legal fees during “one of the most emotionally draining seasons of my life.” He also alleged that he endured “almost $50 million worth of public scrutiny, PR damage and reputational attacks” tied directly to divorce and child support battles.
Tyrese revealed that the divorce is officially finalized and says he’s turned the page. This is a full reset.
“First stop: Turks and Caicos Birthday and New Years 2026!” he wrote. “Capricorn season! Birthday Dec 30th and a NYE 2026 birthday celebration LEGENDARY WHITE PARTY that will hit on NEW LEVELS.”
In classic Tyrese fashion, he said, “I’m walking proof that the cup still runneth over. [ the true bag bag stayed tucked tucked while lawyers was on the prowl FOH ]. I feel LIBERATED only the real ones out there can truly relate…. The devil tried! THANK YOU JESUS!! I survived!!!”
He said his ex essentially stole on him.
“There’s nobody in the world who’s caught me more off guard and hurt me more than that woman,” he said. “So no, I don’t trust you. I will never ever be able to unsee and unfeel.”
He stressed he is not bitter.
“Doesn’t mean I’m festering and I’m bitter. It means thank you Jesus that someone in their true intentions was revealed to me and I’m gonna make the decision to not hang out with pain.”
Tyrese and Samantha share a daughter, Soraya. They married in 2017, filed for divorce in 2020, and spent years embroiled in drama. Salute the brother for coming up out of that on top. Love and life.
