Month: October 2021

After spending 13 years locked into a conservatorship with her father controlling her estate, Britney Spears is now a free woman. From the looks of her Instagram, the pop star is currently celebrating the big news with a vacation near the Pacific ocean.

“Playing in the Pacific never hurt anybody,” the 39-year-old captioned her latest photo dump. “Pssss no photo edits…the tub curves.”

The pictures show the “Gimme More” singer posing nude beside an outdoor bathtub, with flower emojis strategically placed to cover her nipples and other private parts. 

Other snaps see Spears walking on a beautiful white sand beach, wearing only her red bikini bottoms and covering her bare breasts with her French manicure tipped hands. 

According to PEOPLE, the mother of two left for a vacation along with her fiancé, Sam Asghari, earlier this week to help distract and destress from Wednesday’s conservatorship hearing.

A clip posted to Asghari’s Instagram page sees the couple enjoying a boat ride together. “Baby, we bought you an island. We’re pulling up to it right now,” the personal trainer joked.

“Aww, you shouldn’t have,” Spears replied, referencing the famous line from her 2000 track, “Oops!…I Did It Again.”

A source told PEOPLE that the Mississippi-born star is “very happy” with the court’s decision to remove Jamie Spears as her conservator.

“[The next court date of] Nov. 12 will be about the termination of the entire conservatorship. It’s a great day for justice. She’s very happy. We’re all very happy.”

Check out the highlights from Britney & Sam’s playful trip to the Pacific below. 

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NBA YoungBoy and Drake’s respective new albums, Sincerly, Kentrell and Certified Lover Boy, may currently be duking it out for the top spot on the Billboard 200, but that doesn’t mean that there is any bad blood between the two sensational artists. In fact, there may even be a Drake and YoungBoy collaboration on the way.

In a recent interview that was reposted by DJ Akademiks, NBA YoungBoy’s older brother OG 3Three was asked if YoungBoy and Drake had anything in the works, and surprisingly, he revealed that there is already a collaboration in the works between the two rappers.

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“Drake was really talkin’ bout Top,” OG 3Three explained during the interview. “That’s the whole collab they working on right now as we speak. So yes, that is in the works.”

Although it makes sense for Drake and NBA YoungBoy to link up on wax given their collective influence within the music industry, this news from OG 3Three is surprising because it comes shortly after 21 Savage explained why most artists are unwilling to work with YoungBoy, especially considering Drake’s relationship with Lil Durk. Regardless, if an official collaboration between Drake and NBA Youngboy does ever see the light of day, it will almost certainly break streaming records.

Do you think a Drake x NBA YoungBoy collab would be heat or just a ploy to do huge streaming numbers?

A few years ago, we couldn’t have envisioned a time where Drake and Meek Mill would be supporting one another. The two rappers were at odds, trading diss records and uncovering all sorts of petty secrets about each other. At a certain point though, they grew past their differences and became friends, working together on a few songs and showing the world that, despite their beef, they could both be mature and move on.

With the release of Meek’s new studio album Expensive Pain, Drake made sure to send the rapper a supportive message, promoting the project and leading his fans to download it on their streaming platform of choice.

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“PAIN GETS EXPENSIVE AT MIDNIGHT,” wrote Drake on Instagram Stories on Thursday evening, sharing Meek’s album cover. “@meekmill proud of u boy since the Bahamas cook up we were plotting on the next chapter time to eat.”

Meek previously spoke about his feud with Drake during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, saying, “2019, I think my slowest year, me and Drake was beefing. I was at a disadvantage. He was winning, in the eyes of the people. I still walked my way through that, went through prison, I had to go through something. Once I bounced back out, Championships. We had a pandemic, two years go by, few people fading away. We in 2021, I’m going to stand on Expensive Pain, I’m going to stand on my talent, and I’m going to remain confident and hope that people pay attention to what’s going on because they got a long way to go. I’m trying to keep pushing.”

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Listen to Meek’s new album Expensive Pain here, and check out Drake’s message below.

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While some stars choose to go under the knife or spend hours training in the gym to get their ideal body, others, like Lizzo and Yung Baby Tate have opted to embrace and love their natural bodies. Unfortunately, the latter has been facing hate after posting a photo showing her untoned stomach. 

“I really been going off on bitches for 2 days straight,” Tate tweeted out earlier this week. “It’s always people with the least going on with the most to say. MY BODY is MY BODY to work on or NOT!”

Body shamers have been leaving hateful comments under the singer’s photos, saying things like, “she can lose 10lbs.”

The 25-year-old didn’t hesitate to throw major shade in her reply, writing, “you can lose $10 and u would be bankrupt. Stay out my business and go get some.”

Tate’s hater was quick to come for her again, commenting, “girl u must be pressed cus even with all this money u got u can’t pay for a new look.”

“Girl go feed your kids and husband. Don’t worry bout what a rich bitch like me is eating! Just know it’s GOOD,” the “Poof Be Gone” singer shot back within seconds. 

Plenty of the Georgia native’s fans were quick to come to her defence, and as it turns out, even Rihanna had some kind words for her.

“I’m really crying y’all Rihanna just dmd me,” Tate tweeted. “Y’all gone be so mad when I link with Savage X Fenty in this bomb ass body of mine.”

The star didn’t provide us with receipts revealing what she and Rihanna talked about, but from the sounds of things, Yung Baby Tate may be collaborating with Riri’s lingerie line in the near future. 

See Tate defending herself from the haters in the post below.

Meek Mill has officially released his new studio album Expensive Pain, and he spoke with Zane Lowe from Apple Music 1 all about the process of making this project, as well as other themes surrounding his career, including his friendship with JAY-Z, feud with Drake, and feeling that he doesn’t get the same respect as other artists that came up at the same time as him.

Touching on the title of his project, Meek reveals that he got the idea to name his album Expensive Pain from Brent Faiyaz.

“It’s one of my favorite right now. I think this is probably one of my favorite albums where I express myself,” said Meek. “I actually said expensive pain on a song with Uzi when we was in the booth rapping. I said, ‘You ain’t rich, your stash can’t pay my drug bill.’ Basically we smoke a lot of weed and stuff like that, and I was playing it for Brent Faiyaz one day in the studio, he heard me say that, he was like, ‘That bar hot.’ He was like, ‘That’s a fire word, expensive pain.’ He was like, ‘That should be an album title.’ And I started thinking about it and then I stuck with it. And then we start coming up with our definition of expensive pain and what I took from it, just being away from your family in the studio all night, being on tour, the things we go through in life, it could be a million different ways you could break down expensive pain, but through my album, I tell you what mines was.”

During the interview, the Philadelphia-born artist also speaks about why he can’t return to his neighborhood, and why he doesn’t feel he gets the same respect as other rappers on the XXL Freshman list from 2012.

“Personally, and it’s up for the fans to have a opinion, and that’s what keeps me going, I don’t feel like I get the credit that I deserve far as the artists,” he said. “I come from the 2012 era. If you go check XXL cover, shout out to Vanessa, I’m on the cover. It’s me, YG, it’s Kendrick, it’s Mac Miller, rest in peace, Fred the Godson. But all them guys, I respect them highly, and a lot of them guys last in the game, I’m one of them guys that’s still here in 2021, I’m about to put on at a talented level, not a marketed level. I want to go straight to the fans.”

Meek also touched on his “slowest” year, which came during the time he and Drake were beefing.

“2019, I think my slowest year, me and Drake was beefing. I was at a disadvantage,” said Meek. “He was winning, in the eyes of the people. I still walked my way through that, went through prison, I had to go through something. Once I bounced back out, Championships. We had a pandemic, two years go by, few people fading away. We in 2021, I’m going to stand on Expensive Pain, I’m going to stand on my talent, and I’m going to remain confident and hope that people pay attention to what’s going on because they got a long way to go. I’m trying to keep pushing.”

Check out Meek Mill’s new album Expensive Pain here.

On Pop Smoke’s “Tell The Vision,” Pusha T rapped, “Tyler got the album of the year, for now/But Pop about to drop, I see the platinum in the clouds/Now Push about to drop, so real trappers stick around.”

While the Hip-Hop community was undoubtedly excited to hear the G.O.O.D. Music artist confirm that he has an album on the way, several months have passed with no sign of Pusha T’s first album since 2018. Now, thanks to some Daytona-related praise, Pusha has given a much-needed update on his forthcoming project.

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According to Complex, Tidal EVP and Editor-In-Chief Tony Gervino also recently had some great things to say about King Push. On Thursday, Gervino took to Twitter to praise Pusha T’s work on Daytona, specifically in regards to the album’s second track “The Games We Play.”

“@PUSHA_T chews every corner of this landscape,” Gervino remarked, as he shared a link to “The Games We Play” on Tidal.

After admitting that he had also just revisited the standout track from his acclaimed 2018 album, Push took it a step further and confirmed that he has drastically improved as an emcee since its release.

“First of all, I was listening to this just a second ago…[eye emoji],” he replied. “Secondly, I’m so much better now than I was then.”

In addition to perfecting his craft, Pusha T has also been linking up with The Neptunes as of late, so perhaps fans can expect next-level lyrics and production when the G.O.O.D. Music president finally drops his long-awaited album.

Are you ready for the next chapter in King Push’s career? And do you think he’ll be able to top Daytona? 

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