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It’s unclear what has ruffled SZA’s feathers this time around, but she’s still at odds with her label. The Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records artist’s fans have been begging for her to release a new album, but there seems to be something brewing behind the scenes. SZA hasn’t released a project since her 2017 debut Ctrl, and while she’s shared a few singles and assisted her fellow artists on their tracks, there doesn’t seem to be a solid game plan for the rollout of her next record. At least, not shared publicly.

Over on an Instagram account for SZA’s fans, they shared a tweet that shows the singer’s December 2020 single “Good Days” has lost a coveted chart position. “‘Good Days’ by @sza goes recurrent and departs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week,” the tweet read. A song reaches its recurrent status if it has reportedly has spent 20 weeks on the chart below the 50th spot.

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“The smash hit scored SZA her first solo top 10 hit in the region, peaking at #9 and charting for 20 weeks. This is SZA’s BIGGEST solo hit yet,” the tweet concluded. SZA made an appearance in the comments. “I hate my label. So much,” she simply wrote without further explanation. Back in August 2020, SZA shared that her relationship with TDE was hostile, but after the public began posting “Free SZA” hashtags, the singer returned to say that everything was all good.

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The Gossip Queen is known to stir the pot and she didn’t switch up her routine on Tuesday’s (May 25) episode of her talk show. Wendy Williams is known for finding out industry information and sharing the gossip, and this time the news centered around Drake and Kim Kardashian. According to her “Hot Topics” segment, both celebrities attended Kim’s sister Kendall Jenner’s launch party for the model’s new liquor brand, 818 Tequila. 

“The rumors have been for years that they have been dating or hooking up or whatever,” said Wendy while sharing video footage. “Well, they arrived separately to Kendall’s tequila party. Kendall has a tequila and she just launched it. Kim arrived separately in a Yellow Cab? While Drake arrived separately, as well.”

“The rumor was they were all over each other inside the party. Do I believe this? For a moment,” Wendy continued. “Do I believe that Drake and Kim are on the same plane? No. I don’t mean to take away from him or even add to her. I’m just saying, they’ve got their two greatnesses but he’s got a lot of growing up to do to catch up with a woman, you know, divorces under her belt and a bunch of children and a full career and she’s older than him…no.”

“You know what I think this was? A slide by. Several times over,” she added. “I think they could have fun, they can watch TV and so on and so forth. I don’t believe this is a real relationship. You believe what you want.” Wendy then posed a question. “Is it okay to date your ex’s enemy?” she said, referring to Drake and Kanye West’s feud, to which several people in the studio audience quickly yelled “yes.”

We’ll let you debate that one while you check out Wendy sharing rumors about Drizzy and Kim K. at the beginning of the episode below.

He is recognized as one of the most memorable voices in Disney’s animation history and celebrated by The Little Mermaid fans worldwide. Any person who has watched the underwater animated film has sung along to any one of Sebastian the Crab’s songs, but the most famous has to “Under the Sea.” Sebastian was voiced by actor Samuel E. Wright and the 1989 classic quickly became a fan favorite. Hoards of Wright’s fans have taken to social media to share their condolences after it was announced on Tuesday (May 25) that the beloved actor had passed away. He was 74.

The sorrowful news was shared on the official Facebook page for the city of Montgomery, New York where Wright reportedly lived with his family. “Today, the Town of Montgomery mourns the loss of Sam Wright,” reads the post.

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“Sam and his family have impacted countless Hudson Valley youth always inspiring them to reach higher and dig deeper to become the best version of themselves,” the post stated. “On top of his passion for the arts and his love for his family, Sam was most known for walking into a room and simply providing PURE JOY to those he interacted with. He loved to entertain, he loved to make people smile and laugh and he loved to love.”

Wright continued his Disney career by voicing Sebastian the Crab in a variety of films and his “Under The Sea” hit earned two Academy Awards. The actor also worked on Broadway with The Lion King and is fondly remembered by those who knew him personally as well as those who were touched by his talents. 

We send our sincerest condolences to Samuel E Wright’s loved ones. Check out a few tributes below.

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On Saturday (May 21), Lil Nas X took to the Saturday Night Live stage. The singer brought his controversial “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” single to the forefront once again with a pole-centered sexy performance, but he suffered a mishap in the middle of his dance routine. While Lil Nas X’s face showed that something went wrong, he proceeded like the professional he is and finished it off without a hitch.

During the singer’s appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lil Nas X was asked about that moment and the pant-splitting wardrobe malfunction.

“So, I was pretty much going down the pole, you know, doing my little sexy drop down and boom, I feel air,” said Lil Nas X as the audience laughed. “I was like, okay, there’s definitely a breeze going on and I also felt like, some popping, like still happening while I was down there. I was like, ‘Oh God, I hope it’s not…just please don’t be on TV already.'”

“And SNL was actually live,” he added. “You know what the worst part is? At the end of the performance, the dancers are supposed to like touch me and tug on me or whatever, and they were tugging on the pants and I was like, ‘Please, God no.'” Lil Nas X recognized her couldn’t necessarily tell his dancers because they were in the middle of a performance but he did his best at handling the situation.

Fallon couldn’t stop laughing at Lil Nas X’s expression on stage when he realized his pants had torn. Check out the interview, and the SNL performance, below.

At the top of the month, an artist named Jamie Sun came forward with accusations that seem to be poised against Drake. According to Sun, his fiancé of eight years, singer Naomi Sharon, was invited to allegedly lend her vocals to Drake’s anticipated Certified Lover Boy project, but during the sessions, something happened. Sun never explicitly revealed that Naomi and Drake had something going on, but he made it clear that his relationship with the singer was over.

Kwame Brown seemed to reference these rumors in a video he recently made where he mentioned Drake and that he would never let his woman interact with the Billboard Music Award Artist of the Decade alone.

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“You look like one of them corny light-skinned n*ggas,” said Brown said of one of his recent foes in the video clip. “N*gga, you lucky you got money. I told you, you should been a player like Drake, punk. Drake, if I ever see you in the same room with my old lady, n*gga, I know you got bodyguards, but I’m [fighting] yo ass. Just off the trim. I know what you tryin’ to do. F*ck that sht n*gga. *laughs*”

As he continued to chuckle, Brown added, “I’m on yo ass!” He said men need to guard their women around Drizzy. “Salute to you. If you can do all that, gotdamn, boy.” Check out Kwame Brown cracking a few jokes about Drake below.