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Iggy Azalea loves to show off her body on social media. As she prepares her next studio album for release, she’s been focused on pushing her two new songs, “Sip It” with Tyga and “Brazil”. The rapper is known to shed some layers for Instagram, flaunting her famous derriere for her millions of followers, but when she was asked if she would ever consider joining an adult content creation service like OnlyFans, she explained that she’s not interested.

While that may come as a surprise to casual admirers of the 30-year-old Aussie rapper, Azalea explained why we’ll never see her join OnlyFans to make a quick bag.

“I think onlyfans can be really empowering for people, But I WILL NEVER, EVVVER join,” she wrote on Twitter. “I don’t want to make that type of content & it only f*cks up the bag for ppl on there who really bout that life. Shoutout to the baddies tho!!!!”

She went on to ask content creators on OnlyFans to send in their pages so she can promote their work, which she devoted the next few minutes to, giving a boost to sex workers making a buck on the platform. 

This week, Iggy Azalea exposed a decent number of thirsty creeps in her DMs, posting a TikTok where she went into her messages and shared some of the dirtiest ones from high-profile accounts. Some of the people messaging her had upwards of 27 million followers.

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ha ha ha as if!?!?! 🙃 stay outta my DMs uglies.

♬ Sip It – Iggy Azalea & Tyga

What do you think about Iggy Azalea staying away from OnlyFans?

An interesting development has recently occurred, fueling discussion on the topic of online censorship — with particular emphasis on hip-hop lyricism. YG’s “Meet The Flockers,” a Mikely Adam-produced track from 2014’s My Krazy Life, was recently removed from the rapper’s official YouTube channel; subsequently, My Krazy Life was removed in its entirety from both Spotify and Apple Music. 

Last week, it was reported that YouTube staff members were fighting to have YG’s “Meet The Flockers” removed from YouTube, citing a violation of the hate speech policy. At first, YouTube moved to keep the song uploaded, though they acknowledged that they were indeed offended by the song’s lyrical content. Yet they eventually changed their minds, and YG’s controversial song was summarily scrubbed from the website. Shortly thereafter, the album followed suit on several prominent DSPs. 

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The about-face prompted backlash from many of YG’s fans, though it would appear that YouTube was not looking to remove “Meet The Flockers” entirely. As of now, a censored version has been added to the rapper’s official channel, with the reference to Asian-Americans being scrubbed out. It is as of yet unclear is those critical of the song will feel this measure is sufficient. In the meantime, check out the censored version of “Meet The Flockers,” which features an upload date of April 5th, 2021.  

Though some applauded YouTube’s decision to take action, given that “Meet The Flockers” featured lyrics that singled out Asian-Americans, others expressed concern that YouTube’s decision marked a slippery slope — particularly where hip-hop is concerned. In a musical genre where a vast majority of albums are slapped with the “Parental Advisory: Explicit Content,” and there is little doubt many bars would be deemed problematic by today’s standards. 

It seems as if YouTube themselves acknowledged this, having noted in their initial response that “removing this video would have far-reaching implications for other musical content containing similarly violent or offensive lyrics, in genres ranging from rap to rock.” Given that they ultimately went on to remove the song anyway, it should be interesting to see how these “far-reaching implications” come to manifest in the future. 

HNHH has reached out to YG’s team for a statement on the situation. 

Paul Pierce went absolutely insane on Instagram Live this weekend, gathering up some of his closest friends and having a wild party at his house. Much of the night was caught on camera with several moments going viral on social media, including twerk-filled moments with the NBA champion requesting dances from strippers, and others of him getting lit with his boys. It’s safe to say that Pierce probably regrets this weekend.

He ended up losing his job over the live stream, getting canned from his analyst position at ESPN as a result of the raucous fun. Paul has already seemingly laughed at the reports of him getting fired, and another controversial entertainer has officially chimed in with his thoughts on the matter.

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If you’ll recall, before Tory Lanez was effectively canceled by the masses for his alleged involvement in Megan Thee Stallion’s shooting, the Toronto-based rapper was going viral every week for his Quarantine Radio live streams, which were also filled with twerking strippers. Joking about Paul Pierce’s reported firing, Tory commented this: “Damn.. he thought he was me ….. NBA give my man one more chance.”

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The blackballed rapper isn’t the only person who has voiced their opinion over Paul Pierce’s antics this weekend. Los Angeles Lakers player Kyle Kuzma also gave his two cents, laughing and calling the legend a “sicko” for his Easter shenanigans.

Do you think Paul Pierce was just trying to live his Quarantine Radio dreams?

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Erica Banks is one of the hottest it-girls in hip-hop right now. The Texas-born rapper has been shaking up the landscape of the game in recent months, going viral with her top-performing single “Buss It” and angling to follow up in a major fashion. With all of the eyes on her, Erica Banks is poised to become one of the next superstars among the talented women in rap, so it’s customary that she would have received a ton of enticing offers to sign to different record deals.

According to her latest interview with Clinton Sparks, Erica Banks says that she received many offers from the major labels, including Atlantic, Capitol, and more. As for the artists that tried to swoop her up before she signed the dotted line with Warner Records and 1501 Certified Entertainment, DaBaby was allegedly among the top class. She explained why she didn’t end up signing with the “Suge” rapper, revealing that her mother prevented her from joining his Billion Dollar Baby roster.

“I had already turned everybody down,” says Erica Banks by the time DaBaby came with an offer. “I personally did not sign with DaBaby because I was very excited, it was my second offer, I was like, ‘hell yeah’. I was about to get all the planning done. But then I called my mom, like, ‘this is what I’m about to do, I’m about to go sign with DaBaby.’ She’s like, ‘oh no, we need to slow down. This is only the second offer. We’re not gonna just jump on whatever.'” 

Erica’s mother explained to the young rapper the importance of just waiting things out sometimes, and she’s happy that she didn’t jump at DaBaby’s offer because something came to her later on that suited her best needs more appropriately.

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At the time DaBaby hit her up in her DMs, he was ready to offer her the spot of being the “First Lady” of Billion Dollar Baby. He said he would fly her to Los Angeles and give her opportunities that she had never been awarded. At the end of the day, despite the fact that she eventually turned him down, Erica still has a lot of love for the North Carolina rapper. “We love DaBaby. Appreciate him. At the same time, he’s an artist just like me. So I just had to think about that too.”

Do you think Erica Banks ultimately made the right decision?