Netflix has announced the upcoming release of Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, a comedy special premiering globally on December 10. The event, directed by Hamish Hamilton, marks Foxx’s return to stand-up, delivering his signature humor and storytelling.
The special is executive produced by Jamie Foxx, alongside Datari Turner, Marcus King, James Longman, Raj Kapoor, Hamish Hamilton, and Katy Mullan. Foxx’s own Foxxhole Productions and Done + Dusted handle production. Fans worldwide can expect an evening of laughter as Foxx shares hilarious insights and moments from his illustrious career and life.
Naturi Naughton is not hearing what 50 Cent is trying to say about Omari Hardwick.
In case you missed it, 50 Cent and Omari Hardwick, once close collaborators on the STARZ series Power, appear to be at odds over Hardwick’s recent remarks regarding his compensation for the show.
In an interview with The Breakfast Club, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson expressed frustration, saying he believes Hardwick “overvalues” himself, especially since the actor hasn’t been part of any notable projects since Power concluded in 2020.
“I think he overvalues himself,” 50 Cent told the show hosts. “Because… it’s been a long time since he’s been in Power, why are we not excited about the new projects?”
Charlamagne Tha God, seeming puzzled, asked, “What new projects? I didn’t know…”
“See, that’s what I’m talking about,” 50 replied. “If there was noise going on, if he was that big of a draw, then we would see noise, we would see new things happening. We’d see you out where you’re actively in a place where they’re looking for you.”
When asked if they still have a good relationship, 50 responded bluntly: “No, because you leave it like it’s me not giving you the money.”
“That’s insane to me,” Naturi Naughton said to TMZ in response to 50’s statements. “Omari is literally the epitome of Power. Omari Hardwick started this amazing journey and I don’t know all of what happened with 50 and O. But I’ll say this: I love Omari Hardwick. He’s an amazingly talented human and he’s also a good person. But there would be no Power without Ghost.”
If you don’t know the why of it all, the tension traces back to a June 2022 episode of The Pivot podcast, where Hardwick shared that he earned $150,000 per episode on Power, a figure he felt was too low given his role as “the face of the network.” Hardwick revealed, “I still haven’t made what I should have made. I still never made the money—no, the money, I never made what I should have made. Never. Period. It’s happening now, finally.” He added that he had to borrow money from 50 Cent to support his family during production breaks and was proud to have repaid it. Hardwick suggested that 50 and series producer Courtney Kemp knew he was being underpaid, although he primarily blamed STARZ.
As for 50 Cent, even a minor mention of his name alongside Hardwick’s compensation issues was reason to take offense. “If you’re saying, ‘Courtney and 50 know,’ you’re saying that, but they don’t know who Courtney is—I introduced people to her. They don’t know who she is, so you’re leaving it as, ‘50 didn’t make sure I got paid.’ Mary [J. Blige] will tell you, she got paid a lot of money on the show the whole time. I made sure that sh*t was right.”
Femme It Forward, a music and entertainment company championing female empowerment, has announced the return of its Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala. The 3rd annual event, executively produced by Miatta Johnson and Massah David of MVD Inc., is set for Friday, November 8, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Known for bringing together industry leaders, artists, and visionaries, the gala celebrates women who have made impactful strides in their respective fields.
This year’s honorees include:
GloRilla (Big Femme Energy Award) – Recognized for her powerful influence on this generation’s music scene.
Doechii (Visionary Award) – Celebrated for redefining creativity and shaping the future for women in music.
Jill Scott (Muse Award) – Honored as a living legend, inspiring generations with her timeless artistry.
Chloe & Halle (My Sister’s Keeper Award) – Acknowledged for exemplifying the strength of sisterhood.
Nija (Pen It Forward Award) – Recognized as a trailblazing songwriter behind some of music’s biggest hits.
Lady London (Self-Love Award) – Celebrated for embodying self-confidence and empowerment.
In addition to these honors, the evening will feature performances from R&B talents Tanerelle, Jai’Len Josey, Amaria, and Zyah Belle, along with DJ sets by DJ Faucet. The legendary MC Lyte will lend her voice as the ceremony’s narrator.
“We are beyond excited to bring the Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala back for a third year,” said Heather Lowery, CEO and Founder of Femme It Forward. “This celebration isn’t just about recognition. It’s about planting seeds for a legacy that will last long after us. Every year, we honor the trailblazing women who continue to shift culture and open doors, while also lifting up the emerging creatives following in their footsteps. We celebrate, support, and champion women at every stage of their journey because giving women their flowers isn’t just a moment – it’s a movement.”
Femme It Forward’s Next Gem Femme Mentorship Program will also be recognized, highlighting its dedication to advancing career paths for young women of color. With support from major industry players like YouTube, Netflix, Google, and Amazon, this event embodies a mission of inclusivity and elevation for women in entertainment.
The Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala underscores Femme It Forward’s commitment to fostering talent and acknowledging women’s achievements, uniting icons and innovators in a powerful celebration of progress and creativity in the industry.
Cardi B has politically outspoken for most of her career. While her politics rarely show in her music, the rapper has made a point of endorsing various Democratic politicians over the years. She kept this streak intact during the campaign rally on November 1. Cardi B took the stage in Milwaukee and made it crystal clear that she was endorsing Kamala Harris for president. The rapper not only praised Harris for what she represents, but she criticized Donald Trump for what he represents.
“Hustler” is a term that’s been utilized positively in hip hop, but Cardi B made it clear that she was not in support of Donald Trump’s hustle. In fact, she’s diametrically opposed to everything the former president wants to do. “Donald Trump is a hustler,” she asserted. “Who is trying to hustle women out of their rights and hustle Americans out of their money.” The rapper also rattled off the things that Trump stands for, in her estimation. “He’s selling more than watches and sneakers,” she said. “He’s selling bigotry, misogyny, division, chaos, and confusion.”
Cardi B’s speech at the Kamala Harris campaign rally in Milwaukee
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Cardi B made it clear that she has been itching to speak against Trump for a long time. She said as much to the campaign rally audience. “I do not take lightly the call to show up,” she assured. “The call to speak up, the call to deliver a message that has been on my heart for a hot minute now.” In addition to labeling Trump a “hustler,” Cardi B called the former president a “bully” who needed to be stood up to. She feels Kamala Harris is the right person for the job. She even likened herself to Harris, noting that both are often perceived as underdogs.
Cardi B is the latest musical superstar to throw her support behind Harris. Eminem appeared at the Harris rally in his native Detroit. He even introduced former president Barack Obama. Then Beyonce brought the house down when she endorsed Harris at a campaign rally in Houston. None of these artists have performed, but they have used their words to both champion Harris and knock Trump. Eminem, in particular, made it clear that he believes Harris will preserve the liberties of the U.S. that Trump is trying to take away.
Kodak Black is going to do or say whatever he wants. It’s the attribute that has landed him in prison several times throughout his career. It’s also helped him accumulate a die-hard fanbase and a highly successful career. Pros and cons, obviously. Kodak Black decided to showcase his boldness in an unexpected way on his new album, Dieuson Octave. The album is packed with standard bars about enemies and flexing, but the song “Versatile” sees the rapper shoot his shot with superstar actress Zendaya.
It’s somewhat ironic that Kodak Black has a song highlighting his versatility. His music can be enjoyable, but few, if anyone, would describe him as versatile. We digress. The rapper dedicates a whole section of the song to Zendaya, and the crush he’s seemingly had on her for years. “Tell Zendaya I’d like to meet her,” the Florida superstar raps. “Had crush on her since she was on Shake It Up. Seen her on Disney I think she pretty and she fit me and like her name ‘cuse I’m Z’d up.” Shake It Up is the Disney show that gave Zendaya her start. Kodak Black also brags about being Z’d up, which means being drunk and high at the same time.
The rapper’s Zendaya crush checks out. He voiced a similar desire to meet the Emmy winner during a 2022 interview with HipHopDX. Kodak claimed that he wanted to audition for Shake It Up as a kid as an excuse to meet the actress. “I wanted to audition for Shake It Up so I could push up on Zendaya,” he said. The rapper also claimed that he wanted to audition for Nickelodeon, and that fans don’t realize how good of an actor he can be. “Just, just stay tuned,” he teased. “I know how to act.”
This is not the first time Kodak Black has publicized one of his celebrity crushes. The rapper actually took a lot of heat when he expressed interest in Lauren London in 2019. It wasn’t that he was interested in the singer, it’s that she had just lost her partner, Nipsey Hussle, a week before Kodak Black decided to shoot his shot. “I’ll give her a whole year,” he noted during an Instagram Live. “She might need a whole year to be crying and s*** for him… [I’ll] be the best man I can be for her.” Needless to say, London did not reciprocate.
50 Cent has done a lot for the Starz brand. He provided the network with one of its biggest shows to date, Power, and has provided them with various spinoffs as well. 50 knows how to concoct marketable television. Unfortunately for the network, the G-Unit mogul has decided to take his business elsewhere. He posted screenshot of a TV show announcement dating back to 2022, and proceeded to call out the network. The show in question involved Diddy. And as we all know, 50 Cent does not tolerate anything in relation to Diddy.
50’s screenshot features Diddy and Fat Joe. The Deadline article that accompanied the screenshot stated that the New York rappers were set to star in an interview show for Starz. The show didn’t have a title, but it did have star power. It also had the backing of LeBron James’ production company, SpringHill. It did not matter that the Starz deal was struck two years ago, though. 50 Cent was put off by the fact that the network hadn’t canceled the show on the heels of Diddy’s recent charges. “This is a sh*t head move for Starz,” 50 Cent wrote. “I have no idea why they wouldn’t clean this up but I’m not selling any new series to this network.”
50 Cent then proceeded to tag Cognac and Fat Joe. “This is why I said I’ll wait to do the show,” he added. It’s a power move (pardon the pun) to severe ties with a TV network on principle. That said, 50 Cent already has some small screen alternatives cooking up on the side. The rapper inked a deal with the production company Lionsgate in August to launch a channel called 50 Cent Action. It will feature a mix of Lionsgate content and access to the entire Power library.
50 Cent also launched G-Unit Studios this year. The studio will serve to expand the film and television output of 50’s existing production company. It’s worth noting that the rapper ended his deal with Starz in 2023, citing unhappiness with the way the network promoted his shows. “This is me packing my stuff,” he wrote. “My deal is up over here I’m out. If I told you how much dumb sh*t I deal with over here.” The tension between 50 and Starz was already high, but it looks as though the Diddy connection was the last straw.
Megan Thee Stallion has come under fire. Again. The rapper opened up about the incident in which she was shot by Tory Lanez during her recent documentary In Her Words. Fans were expecting to delve into the rapper’s trauma regarding the shooting. What they found instead, was an instance in which Megan Thee Stallion admitted that she lied. She admits that she played fast and loose with the truth during her ABC interview with Gayle King in 2022. The internet is angry, but Slim Thug is coming to her defense.
To be clear, Megan Thee Stallion stated, point blank, that she lied to Gayle King. “Yes, b*tch. I lied to Gayle King, b*tch,” she said in the documentary. I f*cked the n**ga like once, maybe twice, on a drunk night. You kept catching me out of my f*cking mind.” The internet was up in arms over this revelation, especially given the fact that Lanez is currently serving a decade in prison. Megan Thee Stallion’s rep has already been a controversial topic, but the haters have come out of woodwork on this. Slim Thug, conversely, felt that Megan was being judged too harshly.
Slim Thug asserted that most people would have kept the details of their sexual past to themselves. “Who the f*ck want to say who they slept with on ABC News,” he asked his followers. “Nobody wanna say that.” Slim Thug proceeded to call out Gayle King for her invasion line of questioning. “That’s the dumbest sh*t for her to ask her anyway,” he posited. The rapper then pointed the finger at fans who’ve attacked Megan Thee Stallion in the wake of this revelation. He called her critics “stupid” and told them it was none of her business what she did behind closed doors.
This is not the first time Slim Thug has voiced his admiration for Megan Thee Stallion. The rapper got on stage with Megan during a June concert in Texas. He proceeded to shoot his shot at Meg on Instagram. He posted a video of the two of them performing “Still Tippin” with the caption: “What yall think I got a chance or naw?” Slim Thug also made a cameo in the music video for Megan Thee Stallion’s new single “Bigger In Texas.” It’s clear these two get along, so it makes sense that Thugger would offer his support.
Wack 100 has been an outspoken critic of Diddy. The music executive has not had much empathy for Diddy following the torrent of accusations that have surfaced since last year. Wack 100 has decided to change things up as of late, however. Instead of targeting Diddy, directly, he has decided to go after the mogul’s family. He went on a live stream Tuesday, and proceeded to level some unexpected allegations at Diddy’s youngest son.
Wack 100 alleges that Christian Combs aka King Combs has been caught in sexual situations with transgender women. He then told Christian Combs to leave his people alone if he seems them. “N**ga you f*ck with transgenders,” the exec claimed. N**ga you know… which son that? The one looks like it.” Wack 100 struggled to recall the name of which Combs son he was referring to, and had to be reminded that he was talking about Christian. If that wasn’t enough smoke, Wack 100 decided to allege that one of Diddy’s other sons wasn’t biologically his. “The one that looked like that’s and the other one ain’t his,” he tossed off. “See we want you to leave us alone…”
Wack 100’s assertions were vague, especially with regards to questioning Diddy’s parentage. It’s unclear if the music executive was referring to Justin Combs or Quincy Brown. The former is the son of Diddy, as well as the late Kim Porter. Quincy Brown, on the other hand, is the biological son of singer Al B. Sure! It’s common knowledge that Brown is not biologically Diddy’s son, which leads us to suspect that Wack 100 is trying to cast aspersions on Justin Combs.
Wack 100’s allegations come on the heels of the altercation between Ray J and the Combs family. Ray J was reportedly confronted by Diddy’s sons outside of an L.A. party a week prior. Chris Brown, of all the people in the world, was credited with breaking up the altercation before it got serious. Ray J recounted what happened to Wack 100 via live stream, and the latter didn’t like it. He told Ray J and the rest of the people tuned in that “it’s on” the next time he sees the Combs family. “If we run into you,” he said. “Act like it’s 1995.”
Chrisean Rock has thrown everybody off their game. The rapper and reality star is known for making bold claims, but the trailer for Baddies: Midwest set a new precedent. Rock came out and accused her sister Tesehki of molesting her when she was a child. Tesehki denied the allegations outright, and even threatened to sue Rock for slander. Chrisean Rock and Tesehki have another sister, however, and she has decided to weigh in on the situation. The long and short of it is that she doesn’t believe Rock.
Rock and Tesehki’s sister, Chasity, made it clear that she does not have a bias amongst her sisters. “You know I been rocking and rolling with every sibling,” she insisted. Chasity then claimed that Chrisean Rock was lying. “What makes you think I’m gonna roll with something that’s not accurate, that’s not true,” she asked viewers via her Instagram Story. Chasity claimed that Rock dropped her molestation accusations as a means of generating buzz for Baddies: Midwest. She also revealed that she has been offered money to say things about other people for the camera, and turned it down.
“I stand for something,” Chasity stated, shading her sister. “I’m not going against the grain, I’m going against the lies.” The thing that really bothered Chasity, more than the alleged lie, is that Chrisean Rock targeted their own sister in the process. “To make another sister look bad, so you look better,” she said. “That sh*t corny as f*ck.” Chasity repeatedly makes references to what’s going on behind closed doors, which she never fully elaborates on. It could be that the sibling is referring to the production of Baddies: Midwest, but there isn’t enough to go on to draw a strong conclusion.
Chasity is not the first person to denounce Chrisean Rock’s claims. Tesehki responded to the allegations shortly after the Baddies: Midwest trailer aired. She posted footage of a conversation between her, Rock and another women, in which Rock seemed to clarify that she was never molested as a kid. Tesehki then posted text accusing Chrisean Rock of “stealing” other people’s trauma. “This shhh hurt on a whole diff level,” Tesehki noted. “How you trying [to] take me an Chas trauma and say it’s yours.” Chrisean Rock’s story was also questioned by the grandmother of her child, Karlissa Saffold Harvey.
The details of the Diddy case are slowly coming to life. The Bad Boy mogul’s trial isn’t set to begin until 2025, but TMZ has recently uncovered revelatory information about his alleged “freak off” parties. TMZ claimed that Diddy required those who attended his parties to sign an NDA agreement. This contract ensured that none of the activities that occurred would be shared. If they were, Diddy would be able to take legal action. Furthermore, the NDA states that none of the attendees were allowed to record or film other participants.
The outlet described the NDA that Diddy used as fairly standard. Given the harrowing allegations that have been leveled at him, though, the conditions of the NDA take on a sinister undertone. Partygoers were not allowed share information pertaining to Diddy, his business associates, or his family members. They could not record or photograph, nor could they hire someone to record or photograph the events of said party. The NDA also lists the name of social media sites that attendees would not be allowed to post details about their experience.
Beyond the visual medium, celebrities who attended Diddy parties were allegedly unable to talk about them during interviews. They were also forbidden from writing about them in memoirs, unless they got expressed written consent from Diddy himself. The length of the NDA agreement ensured that details of Diddy’s alleged exploits would not be shared during lifetime. TMZ reports that the agreement lasts for the life of an artist plus 20 years. Alternatively, the agreement could last 70 years, depending on which comes first.
Despite Diddy’s alleged attempts to cover the bases, legally speaking, people have come forth with stories about their party experiences. John Legend’s manager, Ty Stiklorius, told the New York Times that she was taken to a bedroom by a Diddy associate and had the door locked behind her. The party allegedly took place in 1997, and Stiklorius told the outlet that she managed to escape the seemingly dangerous situation. “To this day, I can’t remember how I managed to talk my way out of that terrifying situation,” she explained. “Perhaps my nervous babbling.” The man born Sean Combs is currently being charged with sex trafficking and racketeering.
