Derek Blanks The video for Missy Elliott‘s 1997 hit “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” has been praised as futuristic and innovative, but that was far from the rapper’s mind when she was on set filming. As the cover star of Essence‘s July/August Music print issue, she says she was simply “having fun when doing the videos.” “I never even…
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ABC/Craig Sjodin Latto is a family-oriented person who is particularly close with her mom and sister. Speaking to Cosmopolitan, she says doesn’t “know what I would do without” them. “That’s probably my biggest fear—not having them with me. I go to them when I have any problems,” she says. “I don’t trust other people. So it’s like they’re…
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Yung Miami seemingly responded to backlash regarding a lyric in her teased “Put It On Da Floor” remix. “So I said ‘h** RAP FOR WHAT? this p**** pay the bills!!!” she tweeted. “Cause y’all always saying I can’t rap but I ain’t even gotta rap tho!! LIFE IS GREAT b**** do you see how I’m living??? I ain’t…
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Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images Rick Ross helped save a Fayette County clinic that was on the verge of closing down. According to WSB-TV, the rapper donated a little over $30,000 to the Fayette C.A.R.E. Clinic, which serves residents 18 and older, especially those in underserved areas and with no insurance, for free. “A clinic like this means a lot to me.…
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Courtesy Atlantic Records Ty Dolla $ign is headed on the road with some help from rapper Symba, R&B singer Leon Thomas and his longtime DJ Dre Sinatra. The group will visit a total of 31 cities as part of what he calls the More Motion Less Emotion Tour. Included on the schedule are San Diego, Dallas, New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta and…
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Trae Patton/NBC Jazmine Sullivan fans attended the Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival Monday with hopes of seeing her headlining set, but were met with the news of its cancellation. The singer updated fans via her Instagram Story, informing those in attendance to make their way home. “I hope everyone made it home to their loved ones tonight! I’m so disappointed…
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Scott Kowalchyk/CBS As Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice gear up for their “Barbie World” collaboration, a Compton rapper alleges the stars stole the idea for the song from Saweetie. JasonMartin posted on social media June 18 that he was a writer on a track that Saweetie created and sent to Nicki for a collaboration she wanted on the Barbie soundtrack. He claims Nicki then…
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Francis Specker/CBS After being appointed Men’s Head Designer at Louis Vuitton, Pharrell will debut his first collection with the brand Tuesday, June 20, during Paris Fashion Week. Speaking to WWD, he shared he’s “touched” to be chosen for the role. “Every day, I gotta pinch myself because it’s an appointment, and I was chosen,” he said. “Pietro [Beccari] saw…
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John Parra/Getty Images for TAG Heuer Gunna has released the music video for “i was just thinking,” another cut off his latest album, a Gift & a Curse. The clip finds him fidgeting while stuck in a box and in a room rapping about snitching allegations and the toll that prison took on him. “That’s four walls talkin’ to you, tellin’ you…
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Prince Williams/WireImage 21 Savage and his Leading by Example Foundation teamed up with Freedom Is a Choice Inc. to host a youth basketball camp in his hometown in DeKalb County, Georgia, on June 18. Geared toward 10- to 13-year-olds with a similar background as Savage and fathers who are currently behind bars, the event was held to…
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