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Miami rapper Trina is catching heat after she referred to protestors as “animals” on Wednesday morning. “They need to make the curfew at 6 p.m.,” the “Love and Hip Hop: Miami” star, 45, said on her 99 Jamz morning radio show, insisting that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez move the time up from 9 p.m. She …
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On the third floor of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., one photograph in particular stands out amid the generally august and serious portraits. While the image looks like it could have been taken at a hip-hop slumber party, the four women laughing in the photo are pioneers: …
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Migos member Quavo is flexing his eye for talent, judging the new Triller music competition series, “Step Up to the Mic” and talking up girlfriend Saweetie. While discussing the upcoming social-media showdown, the new grad gushed — just a bit — over the talent of his fellow-rapper girlfriend, praising the 26-year-old Bay Area native for …
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It’s been a bittersweet month for Doja Cat. The rapper, 24, landed her first Billboard No. 1 hit only to be accused days later of participating in allegedly racist internet chat rooms, prompting the Twitter hashtags #DojaCatIsOverParty and #DojaCatIsCanceled. The viral footage shows Doja — real name Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini — taking part in chat …
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Like many of us, 2020 hasn’t been the best year for Louisiana rapper Boosie Badazz, who cursed the almighty himself after receiving news of a family member’s death. In screenshots captured by Hollywood Unlocked, Boosie, 37, wrote, “RIP my lil cousin, smh. F–K 2020. f–k everything about it, f–k the world. God, f–k you too!,” …
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Swizz Beatz wants today’s rap stars to pay “taxes” to the founders of hip-hop. “I want to raise a million dollars for each icon who started hip-hop from [DJ] Kool Herc,” as well as the likes of Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and Sugarhill Gang, he said. “We need to be paying taxes to the creators …
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Aspiring rappers, be warned. “I’m not bringing no dudes on the show,” Lil Wayne’s daughter Reginae Carter told Page Six months after her breakup with YFN Lucci. “I’m not making nobody famous. I’m not putting nobody on no more.” Carter, 21, and Lucci, 29, were together for more than a year before splitting up in …
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Rap legend Nas has paid tribute to his Queens protégé Kiing Shooter, who died this week, reportedly of complications from the coronavirus. “This is never easy. One of Queensbridge’s finest,” Nas’ Street Dreams Records, Nas’ label with his brother Jungle, wrote on Instagram Tuesday when confirming the 24-year-old rising star’s death. “Rest in paradise,” they …
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine can record music videos in his backyard while he rides out the rest of his prison sentence in home confinement. “The defendant is permitted to conduct employment-related activities outside the residence but within the confines of the rented property for two (2) hours per week on …
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Brooklyn rapper Smoove’L was busted with a loaded gun after running a red light, cops said Tuesday. The rhymester, whose real name is Lefty Sanders, was driving a 2015 black Suburban on Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bed-Stuy just before 5:45 p.m. when he blew through the light at Green Avenue and pulled over, according to …
Miami rapper Trina is catching heat after she referred to protestors as “animals” on Wednesday morning. “They need to make the curfew at 6 p.m.,” the “Love and Hip Hop: Miami” star, 45, said on her 99 Jamz morning radio show, insisting that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez move the time up from 9 p.m. She …
