Month: February 2022

There wasn’t going to be any funny business happening at her concert if Monica had anything to say about it. Conversations about musicians stopping their shows for various reasons have been at the forefront following the tragedy that occurred at Astroworld last year. People continue to fault Travis Scott for the deaths of 10 festivalgoers, with critics maintaining that Scott could see the chaos in the audience but refused to stop his show.

Scott’s supporters, as well as his legal team, state otherwise, but this has caused artists to be more alert to issues that may be arising in their live crowds.

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A video of Monica performing at a recent concert went viral and in the clip, the acclaimed R&B icon was in the middle of a song when she saw something happening in the front row. Monica took a moment to assess what was going on after seeing people in the crowd arguing with one another.

“Hold on one minute, what’s the problem right here?” she asked one woman. “Aht! Not in this motherf*cker tonight! No, no! Not in here. Nope, nope, we ain’t killin’ no vibes in here.”

Apparently, the whole snafu had to do with someone not being able to see the show because someone else was too tall, but the petty argument was shut down swiftly by the singer and she continued with any further interruptions. Watch Monica keep it real below.

We’re not sure why the internet woke up on the last day of Black History Month and chose violence against Charlamagne Tha God, but here we are. There wasn’t anything in particular that caused Charlamagne to become a trending topic, as he often does following the release of a new interview with an entertainer or politician. This time, his 2013 interview with Kanye West on The Breakfast Club picked up steam after resurfacing on Twitter, causing the media mogul to be targeted once again over his remarks.

The fiery exchange nearly a decade ago remains one of the most talked-about confrontations between these two. Throughout the years, Charlamagne hasn’t held back in his praise and criticism of West, while the rapper has often called out the talk show host in response.

In 2013, Charlamagne famously told West that after blessing the world with hit albums, no one cared about his fashion icon aspirations to become the next Versace. He also told West that “Yeezus was wack” in his opinion, and in his own sit-down with Vibe in 2013, Charlamagne added that the rapper had yet to reach the same status as Jay-Z or Birdman.

The classic interview has been revisited by Hip Hop fans and responses to the resurfaced conversation have been mixed. Some have brought up West’s later comments about slavery and his inclusion in the 2020 election, while others have dragged Charlamagne for coming down hard on West’s dreams, only to be proven wrong.

Check out the full interview above and more clips below, along with commentary from the public.

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Jaden Smith has been up in the gym working on his fitness. On Monday, February 28th, the 23-year-old dropped off a photo dump on his Instagram feed which kicked off with a not-so-subtle thirst trap taken in the bathroom mirror showing off his chiselled abs.

“On The Road Again #JusticeTour #CTV3 Heart Eye Emoji,” he captioned the upload, which has since been double-tapped over one million times in less than 24 hours. The second snapshot appears to have been taken with the front camera, but still sees the son of Will and Jada shirtless, wearing a stack of interesting necklaces and a pair of Calvin Klein boxers under his jeans.

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Other pictures find Smith unboxing some luxurious Louis Vuitton monogrammed luggage – presumably what he’ll be packing his belongings in when he and Bieber hit the road this May on the Canadian’s Justice tour.

As E! News reports, many fans are relieved to see The Karate Kid actor in such great shape after he faced a health scare back in 2019, prompting his family to his an intervention about his eating habits, which they later discussed on the matriarch’s Red Table Talk show. “Will and I had a bit of an intervention with Jaden because he’s a vegan now, but we realized he wasn’t getting enough protein,” she explained.

“So he was wasting away. He just looked drained, he was just depleted, he wasn’t getting the nutrients,” she continued, before her son corrected her, sharing that he was actually vegetarian and admitting that there were times when he was eating just one or two meals a day. 

At the time, a doctor told Jaden that he was suffering from nutritional deficiencies and recommended that he change his diet – two years later he returned to the show, revealing that he gained 10 pounds and was feeling much better. 

“I was able to work with the doctors and really get my vitamins and get my supplements and protein shakes,” the Malibu native said last December. “That’s half of my diet. It’s like a password that I have to find to my body. I’m like, ten pounds heavier now, at this point. I feel like I’m keeping on my weight. I’m able to put on my muscle.”

Check out the full list of Justice tour dates where you can catch the “Never Say Never” collaborators performing below.

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Something new is brewing for LaKeith Stanfield, or so his fans believe after the actor shared his latest attention-worthy post on Instagram. The eclectic artist has developed a reputation as a beloved actor on the silver screen, but he has also immersed himself into his music career, as well. Although he can often come across as an aloof character in Hollywood with a scarce social media presence, it seems that whenever he does share a post, it gets the world talking.

Such was the case earlier today when Stanfield uploaded a gender-bending photo that quickly went viral.

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The picture showed the actor wearing all black as he’s sitting in a chair. His legs are crossed and Stanfield is wearing lace, knee-high stockings, and the image ruffled feathers. It was pulled from Stanfield’s recent photoshoot for Replica Man, a fashion magazine, and more images in addition to the one the actor shared were also posted online.

On Instagram, Replica Man shared a quote from Stanfield from his feature: “I approach everything as if it’s my last day on earth. 100 percent ambition and preparation meets decades of soul searching and spirit reaping.”

The photos did cause some viewers to take to social media with criticism about men and feminity, but others vocalized their excitement in seeing the remainder of Stanfield’s cover feature with the publication. Check it out below.

Virgil Abloh may have tragically left us three months ago now, but the designer’s creative legacy lives on. As W Magazine reports, the Off-White team attempted – and dare we say succeeded – to live up to Abloh’s Paris Fashion Week calibre with an incredible runway show that was attended by the likes of Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams.

The stakes were certainly high when planning this show, but with the Illinois-born multihyphenate’s extensive connections, it didn’t take long for a group of dedicated people to come together and make magic happen. On the runway, we saw appearances from Kendall Jenner, the Hadid sisters, and Karlie Kloss, just to name a few.

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Making their debut at the Off-White show was none other than world-renowned athlete Serena Williams, who previously made headlines when she wore a tutu by the brand to the 2018 U.S. Open, and Jim Jones, who rocked a super cool purple leather outfit, and provided his followers with a behind-the-scenes look at the model treatment he received backstage.

“Manicure [and] makeup at [the] same time,” the 45-year-old Bronx-born star captioned a clip uploaded to his feed earlier today. “Givin [you the] play by play of my first professional runway walk. I’m a runway steppa.”

In another clip, Jones wrote, “Safe to say I’m a professional model #JimLander #runwayJones. I had a blast even when [you] out [your] element if [you] confident they always in [your] element.”

For her part, Williams wore a skin-tight sheered dress atop a pair of ruched leggings. Other famous faces on the runway included Joan Smalls, Cindy Crawford, Adut Akech, Naomi Campbell, Candice Swanepoel, and Karen Elson who lit up a cigarette during her strut – check it out below.

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