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Travis Scott is very clearly one of the most coveted artists for brands to go after when they’re looking to do a joint venture. The native Texan has already collaborated Nike, Bape, Helmut Lang, and even McDonalds. He’s recently stepped into the realm of alcoholic beverages, launching his CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer drink on March 15, which has already caused a fair share of frenzy around LA supermarkets. In concurrence with the debut of the drink in collaboration with Anheuser-Busch, the Astroworld artist has released a line of merch. 

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The line consists of items ranging from traditional shirts, socks, and hoodies, to more interesting items like koozies and soccer balls. The items are live on the beverage’s site. 

CACTI contains 7% ABV and comes in three flavors: strawberry, lime, and pineapple. A commercial for the brand aired during the Grammys over the weekend, which built anticipation for the beverage’s official release. 

“Finally getting Cacti out into the world and into the hands of fans is a surreal moment for me and the team,” Scott said in a statement about the brand. “This has been something I had a strong vision for and have wanted to do for a while. It was important to me to be heavily involved in the entire creative process; from the flavor obviously, to the can design, packaging and the entirety of the brand world we’ve built.” 

Travis sent fans into a frenzy when he stopped by a number of different grocery stores in Los Angeles to promote the drink, being swarmed at a Pavillion in West Hollywood. 

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Jay-Z has been letting his hair grow during the quarantine, showing off his latest look on multiple occasions this weekend at the Grammy Awards. He’s been sporting a look that’s likely inspired by one of Hov’s favorite artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat, but there’s a certain rapper that seemingly believes that he’s the one that the legend is modeling his hair journey after.

In the last few weeks, Kodak Black has been coming after a number of artists, asking for them to credit him as the main inspiration behind some of their biggest career successes. We’ve witnessed a short-lived feud between Kodak and Pooh Shiesty, with Yak claiming that he started the money-spreading trend that Pooh has participated in. On Tuesday, the Project Baby also came after Megan Thee Stallion, stating that the Grammy-winning artist made her entire career off stealing one of his catchphrases, “let me drive the boat”. Apparently, Kodak even thinks that he’s influenced the great Jay-Z, co-signing a fan’s claim that Hov’s new hairstyle can be linked to the rapper.

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“@kodakblack done even inspired jayz,” reads the latest post on Kodak’s Instagram Story. The words were co-signed by the rapper, who found them via a fan. “Check Fam hair out.”

The picture is from the Grammy Awards, showing Jay-Z seated with his wife Beyoncé on her historic night. His hair is well-manicured in all directions, reminding the fan of Kodak’s own look. 

Do you think Jay-Z got inspiration from Kodak Black? Or is he just going with the flow and letting his hair grow without any influences?

Though the posse cut used to be a major hip-hop staple, it has seemingly fallen out of favor with the modern audience. That’s not to say it’s altogether extinct, but the days of lyricists lining up to spar on wax feels like a bygone era. Still, there are certainly exceptions. A recent announcement indicates that we’re looking at a new collaboration from a trifecta of today’s top rising artists — Polo G, Lil Tjay, and Fivio Foreign — who are joining forces for the upcoming single “Headshot.”

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All three contributing artists made sure to promote the upcoming track on their respective Instagram pages, with Tjay vowing that they were “SHAKING SHIT UP AGAIN.” Polo G added that “Headshot” will be “nothing but [fire], while Fivio teases that all three rappers “went crazy” for the occasion. With the posse cut set to drop this coming Friday, we won’t have to wait much longer to hear this one in full — predictions of who’ll hold it down with the standout verse are already underway.

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It should be noted that all three parties are steadily working on new albums, all of which should be out at various points this year. It’s unclear as to whether or not “Headshot” will appear on one or all of the forthcoming projects. Either way, the fact that we’re receiving a single from Tjay, Polo, and Fivio so soon likely indicates that a rollout will follow shortly thereafter. Check back this Friday for the release of “Headshot,” and sound off if you think this will be a solid posse cut from the new generation. 

Call it aging… or call it bad karma… call it whatever, but Wendy Williams was in the midst of spreading some messy rumors about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s divorce when her body took control, allegedly simultaneously belching and farting on her talk show, getting picked up by all of the nearby microphones.

They say that, as you start to get older, you have a harder time holding your bladder or controlling your bodily functions. Famed talk show host Wendy Williams might have something to say about that because, during a recent episode of her show, where she spoke about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s reported divorce, Wendy seemingly couldn’t contain herself, letting out a belch and a toot at the same time, apologizing directly after.

Wendy was in the midst of spreading rumors about Kim Kardashian, saying that the businesswoman probably already have five different boyfriends after splitting with Kanye West. While early reports initially suggested that she could be seeing Van Jones, nothing came from that and the speculation eventually dropped off. Kim has not been linked to any romantic suitors in weeks. Directly after saying that Kim probably has a gaggle of men leaving her house every day, Wendy let out a loud burp and fart simultaneously, apologizing to her audience as the second-hand embarrassment rose in the room.

To make matters worse, this isn’t even the first time that Wendy has been accused of letting one rip on television. Last year, she lightly lifted her leg before a flatulent sound escaped from her chair. Summer Walker even commented on the video at the time.

Watch the video of Wendy allegedly burping and farting at the same time above.

Both Megan thee Stallion and Beyoncé were among the big winners of the night, with Queen Bey becoming the most awarded women in awards show history after earning her 28th Grammy, and the Houston Hottie winning the coveted Best New Artist category. The ladies also made Grammy history by becoming the first pair of women to win the best rap performance category for their remix of Megan thee Stallion’s quarantine hit “Savage.” Trailblazer and rap veteran Lil’ Kim took to Instagram to pen a special congratulations to the pair for their monumental win. 

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Sharing a lighthearted snap of Bey and Meg the moment they took the stage to accept their award, Kim began, “SCREAMING CONGRATULATIONS‼️ To my 2 beautiful Queens ‼️”

She continued by first addressing Megan, letting her know how proud she is to see her take off this way. “I have watched how hard you worked since you stepped on the scene consistent with your work and your love. You are an amazing talent,” she gushed.

“Always keep your head to the sky and know you have made your Mommy proud! You deserve it all! May God continue to bless you,” she finished.

She addressed her “Queen Bee Soul Sister” Beyoncé next. ” I love you sooo much,” she wrote. “We came up together and as hard as I saw you work I always knew there was something special about you. You worked so hard to get to where you are and I knew that one day everything that you accomplished would be rewarded.”

“You deserve every bit of recognition that you receive and thank you for inspiring all women to be independent and strong. You are EVERYTHING. Thanks for my little screen time 😂 and including me with all of the strong women in the industry and always showing me love!! I love you BEYONDsay my Queen, Congratulations on making HISTORY,” she concluded. 

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Megan thanked Kim for the kind words in the comments, showing solidarity between the ladies of hip-hop we hopefully will continue to see.

Congrats to Megan and Bey again on making history!