Child star and comedian Kel Mitchell is reportedly. having his day in court. According to reports, Mitchell is pleading with a California judge to get his ex-wife to stop filing so many motions.
The Nickelodeon star was married to Tyisha from April 1999 to August 2005, and they share two kids, Lyric and Allure.
Since the couple’s split nearly 20 years ago, Tyisha continually refers to Mitchell as a deadbeat father and claims he owes her millions of dollars. Meanwhile, Mitchell refutes these claims.
In February 2023, a judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court determined he’s not obligated to provide any retroactive support payments to his former spouse.
During the court session, the judge ruled that the substantial amount of $425,000, which Tyisha received from the sale of the couple’s home, adequately addressed any potential financial support Mitchell might have owed her. But Tyisha remains committed and continues to qualify for court fee waivers, which allows her to file legal motions without incurring court fees.
She allegedly filed a series of contempt motions against him and sought a restraining order against Mitchell. She also allegedly made defamatory statements about the actor’s current wife while pushing for Mitchell to give her an additional $1.9 million. Mitchell’s estimated net worth is $3 million.
He’s pleading to the court to make her stop.
“Tyisha has done everything in her power to drag me through her path of destruction,” Mitchell said in 2022. “I was forced to start over and made an active effort to get my life and affairs in order. I focused on rebuilding my relationships and my career.
“Despite my best efforts, I’ve still had to spend all these years, and thousands of dollars, to defend myself against her actions. Tyisha has pained me as a deadbeat father, not only to this courtroom but to the community and my entire public platform.”
It’s looking dark for troubled reality star Joseline Hernandez. Her frequent acts of violence and spoiled-brat tantrums are clearly catching up to her.
Hernandez, who’s often rewarded for acting bad and fighting when cameras are rolling, was in court on Thursday (August 3) at an arraignment connected to her altercation with Big Lex during a Floyd Mayweather fight.
According to TMZ, prosecutors charged her with two felony counts of battery on a law enforcement officer.
After hearing the charges, the judge told her she’d be taken into custody and booked for the new felony charges. Although she’ll be released on her own recognizance quickly, she still has to go through the process to reflect on her record that she was indeed “booked” on the charges.
The former member of the “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” cast was involved in a backstage altercation with Big Lex during Mayweather’s exhibition fight against John Gotti III.
A video captured the incident and efforts of law enforcement officers to subdue her. Consequently, she was arrested arrest. Florida prosecutors have formally lodged multiple charges against Hernandez, including felonious resistance against officers using violence, committing battery on a law enforcement officer, perpetrating misdemeanor battery, causing bodily harm through misdemeanor battery and engaging in misdemeanor trespassing.
The impact of Mopreme cannot be understated. He’s the step-brother of Tupac, but his contributions to Hip-Hop culture transcend that fact. A pilar in the Shakur family, he’s an influential figure that steadfastly uses his voice and talent to impact the world.
A native New Yorker, like Pac, Mopreme witnessed firsthand the struggles and injustices faced by marginalized communities. He adopted Hip-Hop at an early age, but would later be an integral member of Thug Life, the collective of emcees fronted by Tupac Shakur. As part of “Thug Life,” Mopreme demonstrated his lyrical prowess and passion for storytelling through his raw and poignant verses. “Thug Life: Volume 1,” released in 1994, solidified Mopreme’s place in the world, but there still more.
The Shakur family has a history of involvement in the Black Freedom movement, and Mopreme has continued that legacy in his own way. His father, Dr. Mutulu Shakur was finally freed from prison after being imprisoned almost 37 years. He succumed to cancer later this year, but the fire he sparked continues to burn in the son. This interview is a result of the veteran rapper speaking out against the way the system has treated his family on CNN in fact.
Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur and Mopreme talk shop in this lengthy interview, which yields a lot of emotion, facts and infinite possibilites.
Mopreme Shakur: I appreciate that. I appreciate the help all through the years from you guys, you and your audience, the whole Hip-Hop community, you know what I’m saying? I really do appreciate it, because it was a struggle. First, getting him free and then trying to keep his health up these last six months.
AllHipHop: I’ve always wanted to know, Mopreme, that name. What made you give yourself that name and is there a meaning to it? What’s the meaning behind it?
Mopreme Shakur: I didn’t give myself that name.
AllHipHop: Who gave it to you?
Mopreme Shakur: It was – rest in peace – Pac. Pac and Stretch, and back in them days when we was in New York a lot, Supreme‘s name was ringing bells. On the low, I was the man in the crew, “So, you Mopreme, that’s Mopreme,” and the best Mo you’ll ever know.
AllHipHop: No doubt. What year was that? It had to be the ’80s?
Mopreme Shakur: Early ’90s.
AllHipHop: Early ’90s, because before you had a different name.
Mopreme Shakur: Yeah, I busted on the scene with “Feels Good,” man. You know what I’m saying? With Tony! Toni! Toné!, a young Mopreme was out there. I was Mocedes The Mellow back then – I got it in early.
AllHipHop: I was going to save that for last. But since you said it, I always wanted to know how did that happen? I mean, first of all, Feels Good is a legendary songs, such a happy record. It was just a dope record, but I never really could understand how you made that connection. I’m assuming it was in the Bay or something?
Mopreme Shakur: Affirmative. We all ended up in the Bay at different times. I had got out the military in Monterey, California, and then as soon as I got out, I went to the Bay. And I was a young rapper from New York, but I was still doing my thing, and the Tonys gave me a shot. They came into one of my sessions, or I was recording my own demo. I was doing it, you know what I mean? And one of the producers I was working with, he helped me out. He made the connection. My man, Kenya, Kenya Gruv. He’s the brother of one of the band members.
AllHipHop: Got you. I was wondering also if you were going to get back with them. They recently reunited. Maybe you can hop on stage with them.
Mopreme Shakur: Hey, you never know. You know what I mean? You never know. We survived through this ill, ill industry in one way or another, and we not enemies.
AllHipHop: So, I reached out initially, because long follower, but you said something that made me really think, you spoke about the treatment by the media of your father and Tupac.
Mopreme Shakur: I assume you’re talking about the CNN interview?
AllHipHop: Yeah.
Mopreme Shakur: I said it was the way the system, the system has treated our family, you know what I mean? Each one of us individually plus, you dig? They started framing us in a certain way, my father’s era on, you dig? It felt like in Pac and my case, once they were aware of us, it seemed to be intensified. The scrutiny, the ridicule, instead of seeing this is two young Black boys trying to make it.
AllHipHop: What about how the system treated Pac? I mean, he was an entertainer, so it seems a little different to me. He was in the limelight much more. Do you agree with that or is it just because the times changed?
Mopreme Shakur: I agree. It was intensified, that’s granted. He was the king of rap, you know what I mean? He was a movie star, so all eyes was on him before all eyes was on him. You dig? What Pac did was dare to fight. He dared to fight back. He dared to say something. He dared to question the police, and it comes with a certain amount of baggage.
AllHipHop: Those [undercover] cops who were brutalizing that young Black guy, they were undercover or they didn’t have badges on or anything. Even in that instance, I was just really thinking, this guy’s [Tupac) different. This guy is, he sees different, he’s built different…
Mopreme Shakur: They were off duty. You would think someone would be supposed to be a peace officer or peace officers in the civilian world. You would think they would behave better, come to find out, they were police.
AllHipHop: There’s a lot more to your dad than people know. What are some of those things that we don’t necessarily associate with your father that we should know?
Mopreme Shakur: My father was part of the Black diaspora as well. He fought in Africa as well. The revolution was bigger than just the United States. He was with all that. He was somewhat like America’s Mandela, you dig? Honestly, he was a professional. He was a doctor. [Afeni] was a lawyer. They fought the good fight. They both fought the good fight and paid the price. That’s what I don’t think people know. He used to do fundraisers and raise money and go buy ambulances in Africa during the revolution. I mean, he went above and beyond.
AllHipHop: What was your relationship with Afeni like?
Mopreme Shakur: Afeni was my stepmom, especially my stepmom. I mean, I was around her from the time I was five years old, and between my mother, going up with her house and she was my stepmom, cool as sh#t to to the end.
AllHipHop: Why did you all end up in the Bay? I mean, what’s the magic there?
Mopreme Shakur: Geronimo, His wife was up there and they had Mutulu, Afeni, Uncle G, I mean, they all worked together in California back in the late ’70s, me and Shyheim.
AllHipHop: It’s funny, because we interviewed Mutulu and Geronimo prior to his passing too, which is mind-blowing. I have to admit, those interviews did revolve around Pac. We were young, so we were younger. In hindsight, I’m like, wait a minute, we really need to talk to them about them. It all centered around Tupac.
Mopreme Shakur: The family’s ill, it’s a ill family tree.
AllHipHop: Now, that’s a fact. Now, that’s a fact. And people need to do the knowledge on Geronimo as well. That was a bad brother, man. I’ve read his book and everything, so I know quite a bit. But it’s a crazy family tree for sure. Would you consider yourself a Panther Cub? Were you ever a Panther Cub?
Mopreme Shakur: Not exactly, because my father was not in the Panthers. So many people, we don’t know enough of our own history to know that there was a lot of different groups. Afeni was a Panther. My father was in the Black Liberation Army and the Republic of New Afrika. They worked together. They worked in concert a lot on different things, but they were different entities. He’s part of RAM, Revolutionary Action Movement. But they’re not going to tell you about these other groups.
AllHipHop: That’s a fact. He used to run with Slim Williams, right? Am I correct? Am I right with that in New York?
Mopreme Shakur: I told you that. That’s my cousin, Uncle Chaz.
AllHipHop: That’s how I met him. I met him through y’all. That’s how I met him.
Mopreme Shakur: Big Chaz, rest in peace.
AllHipHop: Chaz, rest in peace. We interviewed him too. At any rate, how did it feel for you to be at the Tupac Walk of Fame was crazy. I got a play-by-play. How was that though? How was the vibes? Because when you talk about the system and then you see something like that happen, it’s kind of a contrast, the system on this side, but then this crazy Hollywood celebration on the other.
Mopreme Shakur: Because you can’t stop the bum rush, you can’t stop the bum rush. He was a phenom. He’s a phenomenon. You aren’t going to stop. You ain’t going to stop [Tupac] either way. He’s still winning. That talent was undeniable, and that’s what that was for. It was good Pac energy. It was good Pac Energy that day. There was no grief, no problems. Thank y’all. Everybody was in a good mood. We could have used a little bit more sun, but it was crazy. It was the biggest posthumous star reveal ever. The only one bigger was Michael Jackson and he was alive.
AllHipHop: So, who started rapping first, you or Pac?
Mopreme Shakur: I’m older, so I’m going to say me, because I was rapping. That’s why we were on the kind of same trajectory because he was right behind me.
Kodak Black has been rushed to the hospital. Video emerged on the internet earlier this week showing the rapper on a stretcher and being rolled into what appears to be an emergency room of Broward Health Hospital in Florida. The short clip was posted on TikTok by the user @ashmillenarian on Thursday night (August 3).
Across the bottom of the screen it says “Y’all Pray For Kodak” with the prayer hands. As the recording artist is wheeled in, he’s wearing street clothes and has his arm over his face. It’s unclear if he’s trying to hide from cameras or if he’s in pain.
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This comes days after the “Super Gremlin” told the world who his favorite rapper is.
Carson, California native Reason announced his Porches studio LP will drop on August 11. The Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist has begun his media run to bring awareness to his latest body of work.
While appearing on the Real Latewith Peter Rosenberg show, Reason addressed his feud with Maryland-bred rapper Logic. The two rhymers seemingly took subliminal shots at the other on respective songs.
“N##### pronounce my name wrong, tell me that I ain’t did much. See y’all mistake my name for Logic’s, y’all got me f##### up. How you compare a n#### that take from the culture versus a n#### that’s for it?” rapped Reason on “The Soul (Pt. 2)” track.
Logic apparently fired back on “Vinyl Days” by rapping, “Come on, homie, listen to the voice of reason. Yeah, you talk a lot of s###, but don’t want the beef like a vegan. Was passing through like the aux channel. And then I fell asleep on you, s###, we call you the golf channel.”
However, Logic tagged Reason in a June 2022 tweet where he claimed his lyrics on “Vinyl Days” were not a diss directed at the New Beginnings album creator. Reason also downplayed the back-and-forth in a since-deleted tweet.
“I’ll talk about the Logic thing if necessary later. But I do wanna make clear I didn’t wait til he retired to take a shot. I wrote this s### a year ago. That’s corny to do that now after he’s announced retirement. Take care, enjoy the music!” Reason posted at the time.
Reason Says He Took Accountability For Starting The Beef With Logic
Over a year after “Vinyl Days” dropped, Reason is now talking about the “Logic thing.” Hot 97 radio host Peter Rosenberg spoke with the TDE representative about his verbal sparring with the “1-800-273-8255” hitmaker.
“I can’t say that he’s not a good rapper,” said Reason about Logic. He also added, “I was an early Logic fan… I’m big on accountability, so it was kinda my fault… I started it [with ‘The Soul (Pt. 2)’]. I did feel that way [about being compared to Logic].”
He continued, “I didn’t even consider that as like a shot. I considered it like, ‘This is the narrative. Everybody says it’s the narrative. I’m just speaking on a narrative that already exists.’ Logic fans were p##### off about it. I even took accountability. I was like, ‘If y’all feel a way about it, I apologize. Logic did nothing to me.'”
Reason went on to say his issues with Logic also stem from the former Def Jam signee supposedly claiming not to know who he is during interviews and ignoring his attempts to reach out. The West Coaster said, “I’m like, ‘If we’re gonna do the rap thing, then let’s just do the rap thing. But don’t play the in-between game.'”
O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson Sr. stars in the new animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. To promote the motion picture, the Hip Hop legend sat down for an interview with Capital XTRA.
Part of that Evenings with Omah Howard conversation included Ice Cube reflecting on the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop culture taking place in 2023. Howard asked the emcee/actor to name some of his favorite all-time rap tracks.
“I love ‘Rebel Without a Pause’ by Public Enemy, I go bananas over that. I still love ‘The Show’ by Doug E. Fresh. That still goes crazy,” stated Ice Cube before also rapping bars from “Party Up” by DMX.
The 54-year-old West Coast representative continued, “Y’all gonna make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here… That goes cray-cray. So, there are a few songs that go crazy. I like [‘Hate Me Now’] by Nas. That goes crazy.”
Ice Cube’s own music catalog contains classic songs as a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted N.W.A rap group. In addition, his solo career produced hits such as “Steady Mobbin,” “It Was a Good Day,” and “Check Yo Self.”
Before providing his voice to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Cube acted in films like Boyz n the Hood, Friday, The Players Club, and Barbershop. The cast of director Jeff Rowe’s version of TMNT also features Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Post Malone, and more.
“Playing a villain is great. There are no rules playing a villain so it was just fun to be able to let loose,” Cube told Omah Howard about voicing the Superfly character in Mutant Mayhem. “Superfly is the king of New York, everybody knows his name in the streets. Nothing happens in New York without going through Superfly or it’s gonna be a problem.”
The romantic relationship between Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. and Summer Walker appears to be over. People around the internet weighed in on the former celebrity couple’s breakup. Even Nick Cannon commented on the situation.
Rumors began circulating late last month that suggested R&B vocalist Summer Walker broke up with the BMF star. Then apparent door-cam footage of Lil Meech entering another woman’s apartment leaked to the internet. That video led observers to believe Meech cheated on Walker which led to their split.
However, Lil Meech implied he did not sleep with the unnamed woman in the viral clip. The 23-year-old son of convicted drug trafficker Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory claimed he just helped out a family member.
“Damn, I can’t help my cousin bring the bags in the house? We went to the grocery store,” offered Lil Meech as a reason for the apartment visit. While many people did not buy that explanation, Nick Cannon backed up the actor on Thursday.
“I believe you, my young brother! I’m always helping my cousins with the groceries! Such a F*ckin Gentleman!” wrote Nick Cannon in the caption for his Instagram post promoting Lil Meech’s appearance on VH1’s Wild ‘n Out.
With Nick Cannon being a comedian, it is very likely his statement about Lil Meech should be taken as tongue-in-cheek. A lot of the people in Cannon’s Instagram comment section seemingly understood Mariah Carey’s ex-husband was just joking.
One person wrote, “You hush because you’re the last person we need defending him! Love you though 😂😂😂.” Another IG user commented, “@nickcannon, when you carry in your cousin’s groceries, are the groceries also invisible with no bags??? 😂😂.” Someone else added, “Nick please go on somewhere cause you been helping bring yo cousin groceries in since when you were with Mariah💀😭.”
Once again, some social media users took aim at Chris Brown for his past actions. The R&B singer’s new “How We Roll” collaboration with Ciara caused more negative reactions towards Brown.
There have been critics blasting Chris Brown since he assaulted his then-girlfriend, fellow music star Rihanna, back in 2009. That settled legal situation often comes up when the Virginia native works with a female act.
Brown took to his Instagram Story overnight to offer a response to any detractors wanting his music career to be over. The 34-year-old entertainer posted, “WEIRDOS: didn’t we cancel Chris Brown? Me: I’M STILL ALIVE 😏.”
Chris Brown has collaborated with numerous women over the years, including creating 2011’s “Birthday Cake” and 2012’s “Nobody’s Business” with Rihanna. Since the 2009 incident, he also appeared on songs with Nicki Minaj, Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole, Brandy, Teyana Taylor, Jhené Aiko, H.E.R., and others.
Ciara and Chris Brown’s “How We Roll” arrives after the duo reportedly planned to perform a tribute to Michael Jackson at the 2022 American Music Awards last November. According to Brown, the AMAs canceled the set for unknown reasons. Dick Clark Productions claimed the move was due to a change in “creative direction.”
At the time, Ciara publicly backed Brown. The Georgia-raised singer/dancer wrote on her Instagram page, “MJ thank you for the inspiration you’ve given us all! Thriller 40th Anniversary. @ChrisBrownOfficial you’re a rare breed of this generation. Always fun to rock with you 💃🏽.”
Eminem is addressing his critics—including Furious Five rapper Melle Mel who said he’s only revered in Hip-Hop because he’s white.
While a host of artists jumped to Slim Shady’s defense in March when Melle Mel said the Detroit MC wouldn’t be on any Top 5 lists if he were Black, Eminem remained tight-lipped.
On the new single, which dropped Friday (August 4), Em raps “I’m only Top 5 ’cause I’m white […] my skin color’s still working against me.” He also turned the argument on its head, insisting he’s not given the top spot because of his skin color.
He also addresses the notion his music isn’t played in the clubs and acknowledges he’s a “guest” in Hip-Hop.
“Only reason they still play your s### in the clubs is because you still perform in ’em,” he raps. “I am a guest in this house, but I turned this b#### into a mansion.”
Eminem then addresses Melle Mel directly, claiming his “brain is half destroyed.”
He raps, “Shoutout to Furious Five and Grandmaster Flash, but boy/There’s someone who really is furious/ Stay out his path, his wrath avoid/ I’ll be the last to toy with a juice head whose brain is half destroyed, like a meteor hit it/ Now with Melle Mel, he lost his ass to ‘roids.”
Ez Mil, Eminem – Realest
In a March interview, Melle Mel said that while Eminem is “a capable rapper” who outsold his peers, he only excels because he’s white.
“So now if Eminem was another n####a like all the rest of us, would he be Top 5 on that list?” the Hip-Hop legend asked.
LL Cool J laughed off claims that The Notorious B.I.G. sent a shot at him on “Who Shot Ya?” after the theory began floating around recently.
According to journalist Bonsu Thompson, Biggie dissed the Queens icon on “Who Shot Ya?” and LL responded by firing back on “I Shot Ya.”
Thompson made his claims during an appearance on Sway in the Morning earlier this year. So when LL Cool J stopped by the show to promote his upcoming Rock The Bells Festival, host Sway Calloway asked him to address the theory.
“I need him to stick to his day job, and if that is his day job, he might wanna reassess that s###,” LL jokingly began. “I got love for him, I’m just teasing.
LL Cool J went on to say there’s no truth to Thompson’s claims because he was with The Notorious B.I.G. when he recorded the song.
“No, that’s not true. I’m in the studio when Biggie wrote ‘Who Shot Ya?’” he explained. “Like, I was literally in the studio when he made the song. I was literally, physically in the studio with Notorious B.I.G. when he wrote ‘Who Shot Ya?’”
The rap legend believes Biggie wasn’t taking aim at a specific MC but challenging all his peers.
“He was doing what rappers do: ‘Old school, new School.’ He’s saying whoever want it, can get it. That’s regular,” he added. “Now it’s about selling swag, and that’s okay, I’m not judging but I’m just saying, that’s 100 percent false.”
Before leaving, LL Cool J also dropped off a fresh new freestyle. Watch it below.
Westside Gunn is gearing up to release a new project he’s kept secret for years, teasing a sequel to Pray for Paris that he worked on with his friend and collaborator, the late Virgil Abloh, before his passing in November 2021.
The Griselda rapper announced the new album late Thursday night (August 3), sharing a visual teaser featuring world-renowned tap dancer and choreographer Cartier Williams.
“PRAY FOR PARIS…. AND THEN YOU PRAY FOR ME,” Westside Gunn penned in the lengthy caption. “FROM THE BEAUTIFUL MINDS of WSG x @virgilabloh.”
He explained that Virgil Abloh supported him “every step of the way” while he crafted the first Pray for Paris. “From designing the cover, to twitch live shows, to us interviewing each other,” the Flygod explained.
“PRAY FOR PARIS season has returned and I have so many surprises,” he added. “I wanna thank VIRGILS family for blessing me and letting me finish off what me and bro [started].”
Westside Gunn also admitted,” I been keeping this secret for years but Virgil Abloh did do the new album ART (direction).” The project is set to arrive next Friday, August 11. Check out his post below.
Westside Gunn, Virgil Abloh And Cartier Williams All Worked On The Original “Pray For Paris”
Cartier Williams shares a special connection to Gunn and Abloh. Westside Gunn began creating Pray for Paris while on a trip to the city for Paris Fashion Week in January 2020, where he joined Virgil Abloh at the designer’s Off-White menswear show. The Washington D.C. dancer opened the show and also tap danced to Gunn’s “Perfect Plex.” The rapper later immortalized the moment on 2016’s “LE Djoliba.”
“Front row, Virgil Abloh show, this n#### GOAT/Had a n#### tap dancin’ on the blow,” Gunn raps before Williams tap dances a solo.
Westside Gunn first revealed Virgil Abloh designed the upcoming Pray for Paris 2 artwork during an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com.
“Virgil was so ahead of his time that he had already designed s### for two to three years ahead of time. There’s still collections of s### that Virgil designed before he passed,” Gunn shared in April. “What people don’t know about me, and Virgil, is he already designed four album covers for me. Pray for Paris was the first one. There’s still more that we got coming.”
Skip Bayless has announced that Undisputed will return later this month with the addition of Lil Wayne.
The Hip-Hop icon will take over from Shannon Sharpe, who left in June following a seven-year stint on the show. The show has been on hiatus ever since but will return on August 28 with Skip Bayless and Lil Wayne.
“He is heart and soul into the relaunch,” Bayless said about Wayne, who he referred to as “my brother.” He revealed the five-time Grammy winner will appear in weekly segments of around 15 minutes, although he may not always be in the studio.
“He is so deep when it comes to sports,” Bayless said on his podcast Thursday (August 3). “He doesn’t yell or scream, but he does get emotional. And you hang on his every word because trust me he has thought through every single word. I like to think that I see things and say things that others don’t.”
Skip Bayless also shared some insight into his relationship with Lil Wayne. He acknowledged that while they may not always share the same perspective, they are both passionate and constantly text each other about sports.
“Wayne is my match. That’s why I love him so much,” he declared. “We’re kindred spirits, but we do see things differently, but very deeply.”
Meanwhile, Lil Wayne fans can also see him in a new music video that dropped this week. Weezy and Young Money alum Tyga joined Mario on his latest single, “Main One.” The visuals dropped Friday, August 4. Check out the video below.
Tina Knowles has dismissed a rumor that Beyoncé snubbed Lizzo during a concert.
Hours after news broke on Tuesday that three of Lizzo’s former dancers had filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit against the “Truth Hurts” singer, Beyoncé walked on stage for a Foxborough, Massachusetts concert.
While performing “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” at the concert, Beyoncé reportedly replaced Lizzo’s name in the song with Erykah Badu.
Beyoncé’s mother responded to fan speculation that Beyoncé had chosen to omit Lizzo’s name from the song due to the lawsuit, writing on Twitter/X, “She also didn’t say her own sisters (sic) name yal should really stop.”
While the original lyric read, “Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone (Vogue), Betty Davis, Solange Knowles. Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl,” a video captured Beyoncé singing on the night,
According to court documents, former backup dancers for Lizzo – named Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez – filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the singer as well as Big Grrrl Big Touring and Shirlene Quigley.
The lawsuit claimed that Lizzo subjected the dancers to weight-shaming and sexually denigrating behavior.
Lil Uzi Vert questioned why people believe the Atlantic Records artist is Satanic in an interview with GQ. The diamond-selling rapper challenged the persistent rumor and explained why they thought all religions were cults.
“Do these people think me being Satanic is what helps my success?” they said. “Or that I’m trying to force people into the occult?”
Lil Uzi Vert added, “Any type of religion is some type of a cult. Being Christian is a cult. You all meet at a place to pray and worship.”
Earlier this year, Lil Uzi Vert added fuel to the fire of the Satanism rumors by getting an upside-down cross tattooed on their tongue. They also raised some eyebrows with their “I make a City Girl believe in Satan” lyric, which did not sit well with Summer Walker.
“I be genuinely curious have these people ever seen or heard a demon before?” she wrote on Instagram Stories. “Or it’s just trend cause I feel like if you have you’d stop playin..really nothing funny or cute about it. May God be with y’all.”
Lil Uzi Vert downplayed any deeper meaning behind the lyric when TMZ asked him about it in March. They insisted the line was meant to be playful.
Las Vegas police dropped a criminal investigation into Cardi B throwing a microphone at a concertgoer. The rapper’s attorneys Drew Findling, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld announced she dodged charges on Thursday (August 3).
“This afternoon we were notified by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. that as a result of their investigation, there will be NO charges against Cardi,” her attorneys told Rolling Stone and TMZ. “On behalf of Cardi, we appreciate the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept’s diligent and prompt resolution of this matter.”
Cardi B hurled a microphone at a fan who attended her show at Drai’s Beachclub & Nightclub in Las Vegas on Saturday (July 29). Footage showed an audience member tossing a drink at the Atlantic Records artist, who responded by throwing her mic.
Police investigated the incident after a woman reported it as a battery on Sunday (July 30). But cops opted to not pursue charges against Cardi B.
Cardi B’s microphone was recovered and put up for auction by the audio company responsible for the equipment. The current bid is listed at $99,900 as of Thursday night.
The eBay auction ends on August 8. All the proceeds will be donated to two charities: Friendship Circle in Las Vegas and the Wounded Warrior Project.
Doja Cat upset many of her die-hard fans by criticizing them in July, but the bad publicity did not stop Victoria’s Secret from working with her. The retailer enlisted the polarizing artist to headline The Victoria’s Secret World Tour, which will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
“Victoria’s Secret has always been such a fun, go-to brand for me since early on, and I love that I can still say that today,” Doja Cat told Harper’s Bazaar. “Being a part of a global phenomenon like the Tour has been an incredible experience.”
The Victoria’s Secret World Tour – described as part fashion show, part documentary – premieres on September 26. The event will feature new music from Doja Cat.
“I don’t want to spoil too much, but like past projects, there’s lots of different energy to songs, plus new sounds that I’ve never explored before,” she said. “So that is exciting to me, and I can’t wait to put it out.”
Doja Cat collaborated with Victoria’s Secret on her look for the show. According to Harper’s Bazaar, she will wear a “futuristic nude-hued latex number” she designed with the help of Victoria’s Secret and her creative director Brett Alan Nelson.
Watch a teaser for The Victoria’s Secret World Tour below.
Lizzo has been accused of creating an ‘extremely toxic’ work environment by filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison.
The Oscar-nominated director took to Instagram and Twitter/X on Tuesday to share her negative experiences with Lizzo, 35, amid an ongoing lawsuit against the 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) singer by three of her former dancers for alleged sexual and racial harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
The filmmaker revealed that in 2019 she had considered directing Lizzo’s documentary, but ultimately decided to “walk away” after two weeks.
“I was treated with such disrespect by her,” she wrote in the social media post. “I witnessed how arrogant, self-centered and unkind she is.”
Sophia added, “I was not protected and was thrown into a sh**ty situation with little support.” The filmmaker returned to social media on Wednesday to elaborate on her claims.
“To be clear. Since I’ve spoken out, I’ve had others privately share their very similar experiences, and I have also been affirmed by people who witnessed what I went through,” Sophia, 36, began the statement.
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“Lizzo creates an extremely toxic and hostile working environment and undermines the work, labor, and authority of other black and brown womxn in the process. (Notice how the documentary ended up being directed by a cis white man.)”
Sophia recalled originally being “excited” to work with the Grammy winner but “quickly learned her image and ‘message’ was a curated façade.”
The filmmaker concluded the post, “I stand with dancers and anyone who has had similar work experiences working with her and her team. These working conditions are not ok.”
Dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against Lizzo, real name Melissa Jefferson, her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc., and her dance captain Shirlene Quigley.
Boosie Badazz learned a lot about himself at an anger management class on Thursday (August 3). The opinionated rapper discussed his first session in an Instagram video, revealing how much of his anger was connected to his expectations for other people.
“TODAY I WENT N CHECKED MYSELF INTO ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES!” Boosie wrote in the post’s caption. “I DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO A CLASS WITH OTHER PEOPLE! I GUESS CAUSE MY PRIDE N THAT’S ANOTHER THING HE SAY I NEED TO WORK ON LOL BUT MY EXPECTATIONS GOT ME MESSED. GREAT SESSION!”
Boosie planned to “cut a lot of people off” after getting a better understanding of the source of his frustration. The anger management class helped him realize how his expectations are too high.
“That s### was deep, bruh,” he said. “Finding out what make me angry and s###. My expectations, bruh … I expect so much out of people, bruh, who never show me loyalty, who never showed me none of that, bro. So, I gotta take accountability for that, bruh.”
Boosie attended the anger management class a day after he expressed interest in mentoring at-risk youth. The Baton Rouge native believed he could save lives by telling his story.
It appears boxer Terence Crawford feels like he can’t trust Million Dollarz Worth of Game host Wallo. After texting the motivational speaker about his recent fights and plans to take on another opponent, he said he felt betrayed when Wallo shared it with someone else.
The former Major Figgas rapper congratulated Crawford on the boxer’s recent triumph over Errol Spence via text message. After praising his exceptional performance, Wallo then asked about the possibility of Crawford squaring up with Jaron Ennis, another talent nicknamed “Boots.”
“You know Boots waiting,” Wallo texted Crawford, to which the undisputed welterweight champ responded, “Y’all trying to see another dead body.”
Wallo shot back, “He ready!!!” then posted the conversation for his 2.3 million Instagram followers.
Crawford clearly wasn’t happy. He wrote in the comment section, “That’s some weak ass s##t @Wallo267. I don’t do s### like I stand on everything I do or say. But for you to text me with that fake ass s##t, then post s##t for attention definitely not G. That’s clown s##t at its finest.”
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That’s not the only thing Wallo did with Crawford’s texts. The podcaster then screenshot the conversation and sent it to Boots, saying, “Boots Bud talking crazy.”
Boots replied, “That’s cause he got plans on moving up to 54 he acting for y’all. He a walking victim stay at 47 so we can get active.”
Wallo hasn’t publicly responded to Crawford about violating his trust, although it’s possible he reached out privately in an effort to restore the relationship.
“I have never in my life experienced anything like that,” Oprah Winfrey began. “I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t scream, I was in awe. I am in awe of that kind of talent, that kind of synergy, what it takes to do that, that kind of expression, that kind of anointing.”
Oprah continued, “I mean that is a thing that’s coming straight from a source that creates the planet. That is like the most extraordinary thing I’ve ever seen. The most extraordinary show I’ve ever seen.”
Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour is in support of her album of the same name – the singer’s seventh full-length LP which was released in July 2022.
The singer has 16 shows remaining on her tour, before a final performance at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on September 27.
