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Rapper, Remy Ma has just signed a multi-million dollar deal with Columbia Records(Beyoncé's record label) which will release her next album. The album's first single has been revealed and its her collaboration with Lil' Kim titled, "Wake Me Up" which is said to be a Nicki Minaj dis. It was just a month or so ago when Remy Ma and Lil' Kim posed for a picture in the studio speaking of their upcoming collaboration. A video for the single has been shot and pictures acquired from TMZ show the rappers alongside a sports car and standing alongside one another in an undisclosed location. In the song, Remy is said to attack Nicki's relationship with Nas among other things. It looks like things are about to get much worse between Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj. Oh, and on a sidenote; Remy Ma is now being managed by Tamar Braxton's soon to be ex-husband, Vincent Herbert. Now take that to the bank! In other news... Singer, The Weeknd is now a single man! He and his...

I was surprised when I heard that The Weekend was mad at Drake for breaking the bro code and then when I found out why, I was even more shocked. Well it seems that Drake is dating The Weeknd's ex-girlfriend. I don't know the name of the women in question but when you think about all of the women linked to both The Weeknd and Drake, its quite exhausting. Drake is a womanizer so him shacking up The Weeknd's ex is not a huge surprise when you think about it. Plenty of women throw themselves at Drake(and The Weeknd) and Drake throws himself at plenty of women. Maybe these two can patch things up in the long run and give us another hot collaboration. In the meantime, well continue to enjoy their old collaborations and the ones The Weeknd does with Future. In other news... DJ Envy of the syndicated radio show, "The Breakfast Club" woke up last week to find himself a trending topic on Twitter when a series of screenshot Snapchat messages of he and an unknown perso...

So 2017 has shaped up to be quite the year for stripper turned former reality TV star turned rapper, Cardi B. Her single, "Bodak Yellow" ruled the Hot 100 charts for 3 weeks and a few days ago she was on stage with her boyfriend, Offset from Migos when he proposed to her. Friday saw the release of the new Migos record, "Motor Sport" featuring Cardi B. and Nicki Minaj. News of the record quickly spread and before you know it was trending on Twitter and had everyone drawing comparisons as to had the best verse between Cardi and Nicki. Some people allege that both ladies were subliminally dissing each other since the media(and fans) have been trying to pit both ladies against one another. I do think the song was a little underwhelming but Nicki shined on her verse. In other news.. Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. aren't the only female rappers collaborating these days. Remy Ma and Lil' Kim will be dropping a video soon. The two rappers were spotted on set of thei...

It was announced last week that singer, Tamar Braxton had filed for divorce from her husband/manager; Vincent Herbert. Vincent Herbert was once sister Toni Braxton's manager and I believe that's how Tamar and Vince met. Tamar and Vince have been together for 9 years but I'm unsure if they've been married for 9 years or not. This news comes on the heels of Tamar's recent statement that she was quitting music to focus on rebuilding her marriage. Well since the marriage didn't work out, will Tamar resume her music career? I do believe that being on reality TV may of played a part in the dissolution of Tamar and Vince's marriage. We've all seen friendships, relationships, and marriages dissolve right in front of our eyes on reality TV all for the sake of money. This divorce news could also be a publicity stunt used to drum up interest in the new season of "Tamar & Vince" airing on November 9 on WE. I guess we will see how this all plays out a...

"13 Reasons Why" is a Netflix series that was very popular upon its release and I finally decided to start watching it and I let you know how I feel thus far with the show. Also, Fall is in full effect here and people are dressing like its Spring. Mary J. Blige's ex husband wants more money and he shouldn't receive it and Tyrese is in more trouble. Check out the video for all of this and more!

Hot rapper, Cardi B. is learning with her newfound fame comes a lot of problems or shall I say, "Mo Money, Mo Problems". Earlier this week, Cardi B. and her crew were kicked out of a New York hotel for allegedly smoking weed. Also, Nicki Minaj has been busy on social media lately calling out the double standards in Hip Hop but she also posted some subliminal shade towards, who many think is Atlantic Records. Watch the latest episode of my vlog to learn more.

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A few days ago it was reported that singer, Mariah Carey was robbed of 50K(50 thousand) dollars worth of jewelry and purses. I'm thinking her backup dancers are to blame because maybe they are not getting paid enough to be on tour with her. I know Mariah Carey casually hangs out with her backup dancers and even dates them so what makes you think they wouldn't rob her? I'm sure they have been throughout her home on various occasions and have been privy to see many of the lavish items Mariah owns. What makes you think one of those snakes with an axe to grind for whatever reason didn't go upstairs in her room and steal one of her Gucci bags? To top it off they may of wanted it for themselves or they may of stolen it and sold it off and got money for it. You never know but let's hope this is not the case. I'm just baffled that you can go in someones house like Mariah Carey who is one of the richest singers in the world and only make it out of her house with 50K wo...

Rick Ross was put on blast by his baby mother via social media making several accusations towards the rap superstar. In her social media rant, she alleges that Ross didn't call his son for his birthday but was quick to call her when he learned of her appearing on the upcoming season of "Love & Hip Hop Miami"(airing in January on VH1). She also called out Ross for being infatuated with Birdman's feud with Lil' Wayne suggesting he find more important things to do with his time like call his son. Unfortunately children don't ask to be born and many times they're caught in the middle of the drama between parents when they're no longer together and have a falling out. Rick Ross shot back via his Snapchat account saying that his baby mother was simply wanting attention and social media likes. He also went on to say that his baby mother is still holding a grudge towards him for sleeping with her sister years earlier. Now I can see exactly why she may or...

Last year, Azealia Banks angrily recalled a wild night that she spent with RZA(of Wu-Tang Clan) when they were invited to a hotel gathering held by "Gladiator" actor, Russell Crowe. According to RZA, Azealia's behavior was "erratic" and Crowe spat at Banks, called her a "nigger" and threw her out of his party. This vile act caused a rift between RZA and Azealia Banks as RZA had recently directed her in the feature film previously titled, "Coco"(now known as "Love Beats Rhymes"). Azealia publicly denounced both RZA and Russell Crowe for his behavior and RZA not defending her. Now, RZA is finally speaking out revealing that Banks' story of what went down that night was indeed true. He says that he didn't spit on her but "spat at her". He claims it almost got on him as well and Russell later apologized but Azealia has never received an apology from Russell Crowe or RZA. As a matter of fact, Azealia is still waiting ...

A few days ago a video surfaced of rapper Lil'Kim's new video and single. The untitled single was viewed at an unknown media event in which Kim attended. Later, more footage was released with Lil' Kim speaking indicating that the new single and video serves as a precursor to her new project slated to be released at the top of next year. Let's just hope that Kim sticks to her guns in releasing this video, single, and new album. We all know her history of failing to release albums, singles, EP's, and mixtapes. I can't fault Kim entirely as I know she hasn't been surrounded by people that had her best interests at heart in my opinion. I also can't just call out Kim because when it comes to female rappers in general, they are all pretty well known for pushing back projects, getting albums shelved, etc. Are you all ready for Lil' Kim to come back? Ashanti has been pretty quiet on the music front lately but you can always believe that she is cooking up...

I was shocked when I logged on to Twitter yesterday while at work and saw the headlines that Nelly had been arrested for rape. Now I don't know the full details of the story but the alleged rape took place on a tour bus in a Walmart parking lot. Nelly is currently on tour with pop country group, Florida Georgia Line(I think that's their name). Nelly has spoken out denying the allegations and thanked his fans for their unwavering support. I was on Twitter again last night and I saw a video of Nelly bringing a little girl on stage and talking to her before telling her to hold his glasses. He then proceeded to stroke her hair and sing to her. The concert goers seemed to think the gesture was cute but others online was questioning Nelly's behavior. It was making this alleged rape charge not too far fetched. Many were wondering what kids were doing at a Nelly concert but Nelly is touring with a pop country group so the audience likely varied in age. An online commentator noted...

Singer turned actor Tyrese is fuming at his "Fast & Furious" co-star, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for holding up filming for the newest installment of "FF" in favor of a standalone movie. The newest "FF" movie was slated to be released in 2019 and will now be released sometime in 2020. Okay! Big deal! The movie is still happening and as far as we know Tyrese is still attached to star in the movie. Now if Tyrese were unceremoniously dropped from the movie then I could understand the frustration. He better hope his "drag session" if we want to call it that doesn't result in him not having a job. I would think someone like The Rock has a lot of pull and may want producers to not have Tyrese involved in the film. Or they could simply decide themselves to cut Tyrese or then again they could keep him as there is no such thing as bad publicity. This spar created by Tyrese will definitely ignite some interest in the upcoming installment...