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A week or so ago, Joseline Hernandez(of VH1's "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta") went on a social media rant towards executive producer of the show, Mona Scott Young. Joseline alleges that Young along with VH1 owes her $150,000. She called out the producers(mostly Young) over how they make the cast of the show fight as well as a barrage of other claims that Joseline made(that I can't remember now since this was a few days ago). It was reported that Joseline quit "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" over money and in the trailer for tomorrow's reunion special, Joseline is seen exiting the reunion set refusing to take part in the show. On the show's finale which aired last week, a montage of Joseline's most volatile moments while on the show were chronicled which upset Joseline. Joseline said in another social media rant video that producers put together the video because they were upset with Joseline for quitting the show. Fast forward to a few days ago, Mon...

Foxy Brown reportedly showed up to a Philly nightclub and didn't perform and upset patrons. Based on what I've read, the nightclub kept playing Lil' Kim songs prior to her getting on stage. After that it was reported that Foxy stayed in the corner before being booed by patrons who chanted "Remy Ma" as she exited the building. I didn't see a flyer or anything prior to Foxy's "gig" cause usually if she's performing a flyer would of made some of her Instagram fan sites but I don't recall seeing one. Expect Foxy to speak out soon on this matter via her Instagram page that I'm blocked on. 50 Cent is getting his own late night talk show on BET. The show is titled, "50 Central" and I'm not sure what the show will consist of but if anything we can expect plenty of jabs thrown at Diddy and Rick Ross. Speaking of BET, they just unveiled some new and returning shows on the network including VH1's very own, "Hit The Floor...

Trick or Trina Trina and Trick Daddy are planning a joint album together to be released through Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic Records. The album is slated to be released by year's end. Meanwhile Trina's new album is slated to be released next month. She is shooting a video for her new single featuring K. Michelle.  "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" premiered tonight and the premiere episode was pretty explosive. Rasheeda's husband, Kirk was accused of fathering a baby by a woman named Jazmine. Yung Joc and Karlie Redd are back together. Joseline is six months pregnant and hasn't spoken to Stevie J. Tommie has been trying to stay out of jail and out of trouble period. Mimi is in yet another lesbian relationship. No surprise there. The rest of the ensemble cast was not shown but will likely be shown on the second episode.  "T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle" will air this April on VH1 and the network previewed a teaser with headlines involving the couple...

Trina surprises fans. Today is Trina's birthday and she gifted her fans with a new project titled, "Dynasty 6". The project contains 7 songs and was released through Trina's own imprint, Rockstarr Music Group. The project is available on all music streaming services. Will you be checking this out?  50 Cent is not surprised by Kanye West's recent meltdown and hospitalization. The two rappers were once rivals due to the fact that they released albums on the same day years ago. It was more of a friendly rival which benefited both artists at the time. Speaking of Kanye, there are reports that say that Kanye has been on medication and he hasn't been taking it and that led to his recent meltdown. What do you think? Do you think Kanye is medicated or needs to be medicated? We all know now Kanye has been released from the hospital and hopefully he will continue to take care of himself.  VH1 recorded their "Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night" last night...

An old banner Mary J. Blige, who is currently going through a publicized divorce has threatened to expose her ex-husband if he keeps humiliating her in the media. Allegedly Mary warned her ex-husband that she will reveal pictures of all the woman he cheated on her with. One of those women is said to be the infamous Karrine "Superhead" Steffans. If you don't know who she is, Google her!  Meanwhile Mary's new single, "Thick of It" is #1 on the Urban AC radio. She is also currently on tour with Maxwell. Mary's new album, the aptly-titled; "Strength of A Woman" will be released in December. VH1's popular reality TV show, "Love & Hip Hop Hollywood" just wrapped up its season and now "Love & Hip Hop New York" will return on November 21. Will you be watching?  Monica is co-hosting on the TV show "The Real" all this week. Monica is one of the many women in the running to be a permanent host on the sh...

An old banner Chris Brown was reportedly promised a role on "Power" by 50 Cent(who is the executive producer). Apparently Starz, the network is not too fond of Brown and feels that he has major "anger issues". 50, however is fighting to still have Chris play a drug dealer on the show.  Stevie J is said to be going to jail for non-payment of child support. Stevie's non-payment for child support was one of his many storylines for the last season of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta". Ex- wife girlfriend Joseline Hernandez pressured Stevie's baby mother, Mimi Faust to put Stevie on child support and she finally did. Stevie made a farewell bid on social media. Stevie starts his sentencing next week but for how long he is in jail, I'm not sure.  Speaking of Joseline Hernandez, she is one of the many celebrities that will be featured on VH1's reincarnation of "Hollywood Squares", now called "Hip Hop Squares". There is no...

Remy in ATL Remy Ma and Trina will both be performing live in ATL on Saturday, September 3 at Premiere One. If your in the Atlanta area, will you be checking out the ladies? Hopefully we get another Remy Ma and Trina collab, that would sound good right about now. I'm really happy at how Remy has turned her life around and got back on her grind. She is doing really well right now. Her, Fat Joe, and French Montana have a new record out now called, "Cookin", have you heard it?  The big story yesterday was Chris Brown getting arrested for allegedly pulling a gun out on a woman. The woman called the police then called TMZ. The woman, turns out to have quite the extensive criminal record has been blasted on social media by fans and celebrities alike. When I first read about this, I believed her because of Chris' past behavior. Then I realized though something must of taken place for her to make up such a story. Either the hoe ain't get no coke, no dick, or somet...

For the love of... I was just reading two days ago about how NBA player Matt Barnes is looking for love after being turned down by Rihanna and his ex-wife moving on to Derek Fisher. It made me think that VH1 should give him a show to help him find love. I mean that is what they do right? Well I compiled a list of celebrities that VH1 has helped launch dating shows for. I'm about to take you back, way back down memory lane. Tila Tequila - Remember when the charming and exotic, now psycho racist bitch had that dating show? Then again was her show on MTV or was it VH1? Any who it doesn't matter since MTV and VH1 are both owned by the same company. Nowadays Tila is on social media making racist statements and just being herself I suppose. (The) Game - The Game has been a fixture on VH1 for quite a few years, First, we got to see he and his former girlfriend Tiffeny(sp) try and make it down the aisle but it never happened. At the time it seemed as if Game wasn't quite r...

Trina circa 2008 Trina has a new phone app via iTunes and it features up-to-date info on her busy touring schedule, up close and personal pictures with celebrities and fans, plus six new songs. Trina also remixed DJ Khaled's new song, "Free" complete with a video that features Trina on a yacht in abevy of revealing bathing suits.  Joseline Hernandez of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" fame has landed herself yet another spin-off with VH1, this time documenting her pregnancy. Joseline revealed on the "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Reunion" that she was pregnant. Joseline has even posted videos of her growing belly as she works out. Stevie J is alleged to be the father of the baby but some feel Young Dro may be the father thanks to a few subtle hints he's posted on social media. Oh and will Joseline will be returning for season 6 of "Love & Hip Hop", the self-proclaimed Puerto Rican princess said "yes!" Will I be watching? Pr...

Amid rumors of infidelity in her marriage, its being reported that Monica is pregnant. The reports haven't been confirmed as of yet but we will have to wait and see just how true this is. If so, congrats to Monica and her family. Drake performed in Chicago last night and brought out Chicago's own Kanye West who took a dig at Taylor Swift. The outspoken rapper thanked his wife, Kim Kardashian for having Snapchat. If you recall Snapchat was where the phone call between Kanye and Taylor Swift was shown. And shocking news today involving Mary J. Blige! She is reportedly filing for divorce from her husband after 13 years of marriage. There had been reports of trouble in paradise in the past but this story is everywhere. Mary J.'s husband is also her manager. VH1 continues to make BET look like crap with yet another Black-themed show titled, "Hip Hop Squares". The show is take on the classic game show, "Hollywood Squares". The show is being executive produc...

Drake opened up his Summer Sixteen tour in Dallas by taking some shots at his adversaries; Joe Budden, Tyga, and Tory Lanez. Drake jokingly informed concert goers that he should of brought Joe Budden out to perform "Pump It Up". Drake also made a reference to the many artists(Tyga and Tory Lanez) that remade or ripped off his song, "Controlla". To say Drake's concert was interesting is an understatement. Personally I don't think Drake should waste his time on Joe Budden or even Meek Mill for that matter but that's just me. Brandy's record label, Chamelon Entertainment(or I think its a production company) she's with that helped her land a record deal with RCA has blasted her! After Brandy publicly complained about her label likening their business practices to slavery the label shot back saying they were reluctant to sign Brandy being that she hasn't had a hit record since the 2000's. Ouch! VH1's new season of "Basketball Wives...

Foxy Brown is mad at VH1 for leaving her out of the "Hip Hop Honors" tribute that aired Monday. She went on to include how Lauryn Hill was also left out. In VH1's defense they did have a picture of Foxy Brown up in the background during the finale performance. Foxy promised her fans once again that she has new music and plans to return. She's been saying that for years so I'll believe it when I see it. I do feel like Foxy should of been honored though but maybe next year would of been her year. But she might of cost herself a shot now since she's blasted VH1. Angie Stone was also upset at VH1 because she felt that the misrepresented her group, Sequence. Sequence was one of the first female rap group and VH1 made many believe that Salt-N-Pepa were just that. VH1 featured a picture of Sequence as well in the background during the finale performance. I think most people know of Sequence but a lot of people don't know who they are. I don't think we can ...

Last night's VH1's "Hip Hop Honors" went down last night! If you missed it, it was a tribute to some of the Queens that paved that way and are icons in Rap & Hip Hop. The honorees included Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim, and Missy Elliott. Perhaps the highlight of the night or some of the highlights included Teyana Taylor who paid tribute to Lil' Kim. Also Rich Homie Quan performed with Lil' Kim and forgot the lyrics to "Get Money" which prompted Twitter to go all the way in. Ashanti, Eve and Keke Palmer paid tribute to Salt-N-Pepa. Rah Digga, YoYo, Da Brat paid tribute to Queen Latifah. Trina, Nelly Furtado, Monica paid tribute to Missy Elliott. Other appearances included Suga T, Babs Bunny, Diddy, Keyshia Cole, Heather B, Monie Love and many more. Oh let me not forget, Faith Evans introduced the Lil' Kim tribute which surprised many but Kim and Faith have patched thing up awhile back so that was nice to see Faith in that respec...

Happy Birthday today to the Queen Bee, Lil' Kim! She turns 41 or 42 depending on various bios online. If she were to tell it, she'd say she's still in her 30s but that is an untruth. I'm not sure why Lil' Kim doesn't want to ever admit to her age. Think about this, Lil' Kim was featured on Biggie's debut, "Ready To Die" in 1994. Okay, that was 22 years ago so clearly Lil' Kim had to be 19 or 20 around that time so my guess is, she's either 41 or 42. Again Happy Birthday Lil' Kim! You can see her tonight on VH1's "Hip Hop Honors" which pays tribute to Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, and Salt-N-Pepa. Pretty much every female rapper in the last 20 years has some part in it except for Foxy and Azealia Banks. Azealia is currently on tour and I don't know what Foxy's deal is but I do think she should of been honored or attending in some capacity. Rah Digga, Trina, Eve, Remy Ma, Mia X, Da Brat are just a few of the f...

I want to first start by saying prayers go out to the families, friends, and loved ones who lost someone due to the Orlando club shooting. It is a very sad and unfortunate event. Now on to some music news, Lil' Wayne suffered a seizure during a flight and had to have an emergency landing. Lil' Wayne tweeted from his Twitter account informing fans "thanks for the prayers". VH1 has revealed that they will honor Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott for this year's "Hip Hop Honors". The telecast this year will honor women in Hip Hop. No offense to Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott but they already have numerous accolades and awards. I'm not sitting here saying they are not deserving of this honor either. I just feel like female rappers like Da Brat, Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown, and Trina deserve to be honored as well. I'm interested in seeing who else they decide to honor. "The Hip Hop Honors" airs on July 11 on VH1. I did some reading and its bee...

Hello all! So a few days ago K. Michelle announced that she was returning to "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta". Now this is something I definitely didn't see coming. If that's not enough her VH1 reality show will return in January as well. Then there's K.'s third album that she will be releasing in March, so expect a K. Michelle overload in 2016. In other music news, VH1 Soul will now be known as BET Soul. This news comes directly for Viacom who owns both networks including MTV. What do you all think about that? Videos are not as viable as they used to on the networks. Videos are made now more so YouTube, VEVO, and other third party sites. It's funny because MTV used to be primarily known for showing videos as well as BET and VH1. My, how things have changed. Personally my attention is so short these days, videos don't interest. There are a lot music videos that I have never seen and don't care to see, same thing with movies. But that sounds like a pe...

Hey y'all! It seems that things over at VH1 are starting to tone down a bit. Their most popular show "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" has been told to cut down on the fighting or the cast can face termination. If that ain't enough advertisers are pulling out on the show deeming it too violent at times. Oddly enough this is the thing that makes the show so instead we'll be subjected to screaming matches. But those can be good too as long as the right amount of shade is being thrown out. Speaking of VH1 The Game's upcoming show "She's Got Game" was halted when it was revealed that the production company feared their lives when subjected to film in rough parts of California, Game's native. I mean after all what did you expect? I'm surprised this is the first time this happened giving the long relationship Game has had with VH1. He's had two shows with them in the past.

 Being the wife of a famed rapper certainly has its benefits but its even more beneficial when you've had your own career prior to that. Being the wife of T.I. has not been easy for Tameka "Tiny" Cottle-Harris formerly of the group Xscape for which she is best known. She had a hand in writing the Grammy winning single No Scrubs performed by TLC. After that Tiny dimmed the light on her own career to become a housewife and business woman when she married T.I., who became more established after he was wed. We got to see their union play out on TV courtesy of VH1 and also most recently in the media. It's being the wife of T.I. that has made Tiny a target when others have had direct issues with T.I. himself. For some reason people think its great to throw digs at his wife in for good measure. He's even been the one to throw a few shots at her as well. So with that being said I came up with a list of artists that have had their issues with Tiny(and T.I.) in the past an...

MIND CONTROL: K. Michelle will embark on her My Twisted Mind Tour 2015 beginning on February 5 in San Diego, California. The month long trek will end in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is all in support of K. Michelle's newest album which debuted at #1 on the R&B charts late last year. K. Michelle holds the distinction of releasing two #1 R&B albums last year, the first was Rebellious Soul . K. Michelle's success has obviously put a damper on her ex man Memphitz who was throwing shots at her on Instagram and looked pathetic doing so. That might be why he is having trouble in his marriage to Toya Wright. Memphitz has been too busy if you ask me promoting and slandering K. Michelle at the same time. All that time he spends bad mouth K. he should be putting in towards his dooming marriage. Once an abuser always an abuser. Then again I better watch what I say before I get sued! Memphitz is currently suing K. Michelle, VH1 and Mona Scott Young though K. never identified him by...