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The case involving the Original Block Hustlaz label and AR-Ab, real name Abdul Ibrahim West, continues to take twists and turns. It was back in 2018 when Philadelphia prosecutors came down on the label for its alleged involvement in a drug operation. Rapper Charles “Dark Lo” Salley released a song titled “Allegations” following AR-Ab’s arrest where he spun lyrics about “a rat” who he claims cooperated with authorities to take down his friend. According to The Philadelphia Enquirer, Dark Lo rapped that the mystery person responsible would be found and shot.

There was, indeed, a government witness named Dontez “Taz” Stewart who was arrested with the group, and after his identity was revealed, it’s reported that “Allegations” was the first in a series of threats Dark Lo allegedly made against him. “His lyrics promote gun violence and his music videos depict images of drug dealing and weapons possession,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Ashenfelter wrote in court documents back in 2019. “Plainly, he is a danger to the community and he enjoys that image, using it as a platform to sell his music.”

As the story goes, Stewart received a letter from an alias of Dark Lo’s where Stweart is referred to as “Stuart Little,” a reference to the mouse character. Prosecutors claimed that the letter included multiple threats against Stewart and his family if he testifies, including threats of sexually assaulting Stewart’s wife and stabbing him in prison.

In an interview in 2019, Salley allegedly told authorities that he didn’t see his letter as a threat because he knew Stewart personally. He suggested that it was a threat only if it was sent to a stranger, but because Stewart was “under” him, he “felt as though I could say that to him.”

Earlier this week, Dark Lo reportedly took a deal with the prosecution and the 39-year-old rapper “pleaded guilty to one count of witness intimidation.” He faces upwards of nine years in prison while AR-Ab is still awaiting sentencing after being convicted in 2019. It’s reported that he’s facing decades behind bars.

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Boosie Badazz has made it known that he has mad love for Rihanna, and he doubled down on his feelings while visiting Respectfully Justin. The explicit late-night series recently debuted and caused noise over their interview with Saweetie. They previously asked her if she would consider a threesome with her partner and they questioned Boosie Badazz about the same thing—albeit with a few adjustments. Justin Laboy wanted to know what two industry women Boosie would engage in a ménage à trois with. 

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“I probably have to go with Rihanna and Iggy [Azalea],” said Boosie. Laboy wanted to know why those two women were Boosie’s choices. “I just think of threesomes and I think that that’s a fire combination… I don’t know. I’m lookin’ at it ’cause when I choose different races and uh, I’m just looking at they faces and just looking at they sex appeal.”

A woman in the crowd interrupted to say that one or both of the women had a nice body, but Boosie said he’s never seen anything outside of Instagram. “I just think that’ll be a nice threesome as far as famous people.” Taking things up a notch, Boosie was asked what woman in the industry he’d relinquish his player card for and, unsurprisingly, he said he’s a “groupie” for Rihanna.

“I’m not after her or nothing like that,” the rapper clarified. “You know how you just wanna f*ck somebody in the industry… I fall for just regular, beautiful girls.” Check out the clip below.

Those first-week album sales numbers can have an artist on edge, but fans have been YBN Nahmir’s neck over his debut. Recently, Nahmir delivered Visionland, an album that he nurtured for the better parts of a year. He’d teased the project’s release for some time and last week, he dropped off his lengthy introductory effort. However, after Akademiks tweeted that it looked as if Nahmir was only projected to sell 4,000 units, the internet was swift in trolling the rapper. 

Nahmir faced off against critics who teased him over the numbers but on the rapper’s Instagram Story, he seemed grateful for the support. “Thank you so much , I got some new sh*t on the way for yall,” he wrote. “It took alot for Visionland 2 come out. I’m back onnat old YBN sh*t tho. Watch how I make the world stfu. #RealYBN #Visionland.”

Along with his message, Nahmir shared a series of reposts of people who supported his project, including Asian Doll. “This n*gga not regular lil n*gga on god,” she penned. “@YBNNahmir congratulations brother.” Earlier today (March 31), Nahmir also posted a screenshot that showed Visionland had acquired over 100 million streams. Check it all out below.

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There were plenty of confessions being made during this week’s episode of Red Table Talk. Viewers of the Facebook Watch series tune in to listen to Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow, and grandmother Adrienne Banfield-Norris banter about pop culture topics, and this week, actress Niecy Nash paid them a visit. Last year, Nash surprised her fans by marrying a woman, and she discussed how the relationship with her wife is the first same-sex romance she’s entertained. Willow Smith has previously stated that she’s attracted to women, and Jada revealed that she’s had a few experiences in the past.

“I’ve had my fair share of, like, swooning and feeling like, ‘Oh my God. She’s so beautiful. She’s so talented,’ this and that,” said Jada. “I’ve swooned a lot, I will say that…I’ve had two times I’ve been infatuated with a woman.” The actress added that she was in her early twenties during those times but didn’t name names.

Willow chimed in and said, “I don’t feel like I’ve been in love with a woman just yet, but I definitely feel like it could happen, because I’ve had very strong feelings for women before.” She also told her mother that if her parent’s marriage ever failed, Willow could see Jada in a relationship with a woman.

Gammy, on the other hand, admitted to thinking about same-sex coupling, but she realized she’s just not attracted to women in that way. However, she did say that she is interested in exploring the possibilities of a threesome. “I just never allowed myself to even experiment with it. And I know I’ve thought about, ‘Oh wow, a threesome might be really enjoyable,’ but just could never,” said Adrienne.

“You know how I was raised, with all that guilt and shame around sex, so I definitely didn’t have the freedom to consider it, as far as love is concerned,” she continued. Check out a clip of Red Table Talk below.