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Lil Pump has lost his spot in hip-hop relevance, holding onto his fame by a string in recent months. Following his clout-chasing endorsement of Donald Trump for President, the 20-year-old Florida rapper has been doing way too much on social media. Fans have continually called him out for his painted toenails, his disrespectful song lyrics about the late Juice WRLD, his insincere apology to Eminem after dissing him, and more.

Pump has a pretty uneven hate/love ratio among his base and considering his behavior on social media, it was only a matter of time before somebody tried something on him. It looks like that day arrived this weekend when the rapper shared that his car was seriously damaged after somebody smashed his windows. 

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“Somebody gone pay for this shit! I’ma bust your f*cking brain open,” said Pump on Instagram Live, showing that the back window and side windows of his car were broken into. “Come back to this yard. I’m right here now! Come back, n***a. How f*cking dare you? You see this? Bet, that’s how y’all wanna play? Let’s get it, bet. N***a, I’m gonna be here for the next three-four days. Come back to my house so I can blow your f*cking head off. I’ll be waiting right here with my baby,” said Lil Pump in the video, showing off his gun.

After the video was reposted to Akademiks’ feed, people started making jokes and theorizing that Pump did this to himself just to film the threatening video. Hopefully, the rapper has insurance…

Watch the video below.

Yesterday, reports surfaced that J. Cole was set to sign with a Basketball Africa League team in Kigali, Rwanda. The Basketball Africa League is a joint effort between the NBA and FIBA that hopes to bring more sine to the continent of Africa and the number of basketball stars that it is producing. Each team has a few foreign player roster spots available, and it was believed that J. Cole would be joining the Patriots as one of those stars. 

Now, the news is being confirmed by Shams Charania of The Athletic. As Shams explains in the tweets below, Cole will get to play about three to six games with the team this season. In fact, he will play his very first game on Sunday as his team takes on a Nigerian club.

This is unique timing as Cole will be releasing his latest album The Off-Season on Friday. With all eyes on Cole, he will be able to help grow the game of basketball in Africa and we’re sure a whole lot of Americans will be glued to their TVs as they look to see how well Cole will perform on a professional basketball court.

J. Cole has previously expressed interest in playing professional basketball, and now, he will finally get to live out that dream. Needless to say, this is about to be a whole lot of fun.

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LeBron James has had his fair share of injury issues this season. After Anthony Davis went down with a calf injury back in February, LeBron was tasked with carrying this Lakers squad and, of course, it led to some stress on his body. Shortly after the all-star weekend, LeBron went down with an ankle injury which kept him out of the Lakers lineup for over a month. It was a rough period for the Lakers who continued to fall in the Western Conference standings.

They were expected to bounce back once LeBron returned although last weekend, he tweaked his ankle again which forced him back out of the lineup. Now, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, LeBron received some good news recently as it is likely that he will either come back on Tuesday or Wednesday.

The Lakers only have four games left in their season and they are trying to jump back into sixth place, where they would be able to avoid a potential play-in game. With LeBron back in the lineup, such a task will immediately become easier, and Lakers Nation is banking on LeBron’s health to be enough to carry the team to a deep postseason run.

Stay tuned for more news from the NBA as we will continue to keep you informed.

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When Kodak Black returned from his latest stint in prison, the rapper kicked off a new chapter in his life by getting a massive tattoo over his forehead. Apparently, that wasn’t the only piece that the rapper felt like adding to his face because, on Monday, he debuted another new tattoo, this time getting the word “Murder” inked over his eyelids.

People have been reacting to Kodak Black’s latest ink acquisition: red ink spelling out “Murder” over his eyes. The tattoo is nearly illegible with his eyes open but once he closes them, you can see that he’s got murder on his mind. Yak hasn’t posted about the tattoo yet– the only existing video is from a user on TikTok named @1kexotic_, who only has one upload. The video shows the rapper with all of his chains on, placing an emphasis on the new tattoo over his eyes.

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This comes shortly after Kodak was sentenced in his sexual assault case, pleading guilty to first-degree assault and battery. He was sentenced to 10 years suspended to 18 months probation. Many feel that the rapper got off easy in this case.

Let us know what you think of Kodak Black’s new eye tattoos. Are you feeling them? Are you not? Let us know in the comments.

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Cryptocurrency is in the midst of a Bull market which means investors are seeing massive returns on investment. Back in March of 2020, Bitcoin was at a low of $3000 per coin and now, it is sitting at $58K, with some forecasters claiming a $100K Bitcoin could be on the horizon, this summer. With this in mind, we have seen many big institutions invest their money in Cryptocurrencies, including altcoins like Ethereum, Cardano, and even Dogecoin.

Now, it seems like the greatest football player of all time, Tom Brady, is also getting into crypto. Last night, Brady responded to a tweet claiming that the star was looking at buying Bitcoin and that as a result, he should change his profile picture so that he has laser eyes. This has become a trend amongst Bitcoin investors and just about an hour ago, Brady came through and added the lasers to his PFP.

While Brady hasn’t directly stated that he’s bought Bitcoin, it’s pretty clear that he is hopping on a trend that has become synonymous with crypto investors. NFL players as a whole have also been looking at BTC as some are now having their salaries converted to Bitcoin.

For now, it remains unknown just how much Brady bought although it’s clear he is thinking long term with his investments.

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Producer JetsonMade has been in high demand for the last few years after he initially broke out through his extensive work with DaBaby. One of the biggest hip-hop producers of the modern era, the 23-year-old has picked up credits with Jack Harlow, Roddy Ricch, Playboi Carti, Youngboy Never Broke Again, and many more. One of the most exciting moments in his young career has been his connection to J. Cole, having produced his recent song “Lion King On Ice.” 

During a recent interview with Our Generation Music, JetsonMade revealed that he had an opportunity to also work with Rihanna. While that would have been a huge addition to his growing resumé, the Grammy-nominated producer ultimately turned that down to continue working with J. Cole.

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“I was really supposed to go work with Rihanna. I swear to god, I skipped out on that shit to go work with Cole,” explained Jetson during the interview. “Shout out to Rihanna though, I hope we can get in there. It was more personal. Cole reached out to me personally, I was at this man’s house, like, f*ck that, I’m going with this n***a.”

Jetson went on to say that he feels he would have been pretty nervous around Rihanna. At the rate his career is going, he’ll probably get another chance to work with the icon soon. At the very least, this confirms that Rihanna is working on new music, which will surely excite her fans.

What would you have done in that situation? Would you have worked with J. Cole or Rihanna? Let us know in the comments.