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Cancel culture has been a hot topic over the past few years; a controversial one, at that. We’ve seen plenty of people, including the former president of the United States, rail against the concept of being ‘canceled’ but in hip-hop and R&B, it’s been a particularly touchy subject. Artists like R. Kelly and Tekashi 6ix9ine, particularly, have been polarizing figures at large which have played a role in how they’ve maintained their relevance.

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Some people don’t appear to be on board with the ideas of canceling artists, especially if the art, itself, is worth consuming. During a recent interview with Fox Soul, the rapper explained that he’s able to separate the art from the artist in regards to artists like R. Kelly and Tekashi 6ix9ine. “How I would view him as an artist, he’s almost like a rockstar,” explained Bow Wow of his fandom of R. Kelly. “When I look at him as the artist, right? What he does in his personal life is what he does in his personal life but when I look at Tekashi 6ix9ine, I look at the artist.”

Shad explained that he doesn’t ‘hop on waves’ in terms of ‘canceling’ individuals in the limelight because he doesn’t know these people personally. “We know the story, we see what it is. That’s what it is. Cool. But, that’s not my business, but, you know, the music is something separate,” he added. “We all don’t agree with what happened to R. Kelly but do I still listen to his music at times? The artist? Yes, I do. It’s great music.”

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On Friday night, a series of “chaotic” shootings transpired at the oceanfront of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Officers have since confirmed that 2 people are dead as a result of these shootings, and 8 more are seriously injured. According to Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate, who conducted a short press hearing, shots were fired just after 11pm, and police were patrolling the area when they heard gunshots and found about 8 victims at “the original crime scene.”

While police were investigating the first shooting and transporting victims to the hospital, shots were fired about a block away, which resulted in “an individual being confronted by a uniform Virginia Beach police officer,” said Neudigate. This second shooting is supposedly related to the first and the confrontation was described as a “police intervention shooting.” 

It is unclear if the person confronted at the second crime scene was the original shooter. Additionally, a second person was shot and killed in a separate shooting nearby, which police do not believe is related to the first two. Another officer was also taken to the hospital after being hit by a car and sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. 

“What you can see is we have a very chaotic incident, a very chaotic night in the beach. Many different crime scenes,” explained Neudigate.No arrests have yet been made, but several people whose involvement is unclear are currently in police custody. 

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Chet Hanks has been a prominent personality on the internet, particularly for his Jamaican-accent antics that received mixed reviews from the audience. He’s remained relatively out of public scrutiny since he was confronted about the accent on Clubhouse back in December, sticking to his typical shirtless workout selfies. That changed yesterday (March 26) however, when he shared a video on his social media yesterday declaring it was going to be a “White Boy Summer,” setting off all types of reactions on Twitter. 

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Playing on Megan thee Stallion’s influential term “Hot Girl Summer,” the son of Oscar-award-winning actor Tom Hanks took to Instagram to offer his own take about what this summer’s slogan should be. “Hey guys, um, look I just wanted to tap in really quick, I got this feeling man” he began.

“That this summer, it’s about to be a White Boy Summer. You know, take it how you want. I’m not talking about Trump, NASCAR type white, you know,” he further explained. 

“I’m talking about you know, me, you know, Jon B, Jack Harlow type White Boy Summer. Let me know if you guys can vibe with that and you know, get ready,” he continued, referencing the Louisville rapper and the popular 90s singer. 

He finished, “Cause I am!” He penned in the caption of the video to further hone in his point, “Is it bout to be a White Boy Summer or am i trippin ??? Tag a REAL vanilla king #respectfully.”  

As you can probably already imagine, social media took no time to waste in roasting Chet. “I physically can not imagine Chet Hanks and Tom Hanks talking to each other,”  commented one user. 

Another hypothesized, “You will never convince me that Chet Hanks is anything but an elaborate prank designed by Hollywood execs to test the limits of Tom Hanks’ marketability.” Check out more reactions to Chet’s latest controversy and let us know what you think down in the comments. 

Former Washington Football Team and former LSU running back Derrius Guice has been accused of sexual assault by a 74-year-old woman by the name of Gloria Scott. In testimony on Friday, Scott harkened back to 2017 when she was doing security at a high school game that was played at the Superdome. As the story goes, Guice came up to her and grabbed at her private parts all while suggesting that they should leave and go have sex. The woman reprimanded him for his behavior and even reported him to LSU.

Scott says head coach Ed Orgeron knew about the allegations but refused to do anything about it and even tried to cover it up. As she said in the clip below, LSU hides their transgressions and to this day, she is traumatized by everything that went down.

“I had to come here today and let you all know that LSU hides a lot of things… This didn’t happen on the campus, but still it scarred me,” she said. Scott also said she was eventually transferred from her usual security spot ad that the whole ordeal was incredibly unjust. 

These are some extremely serious allegations, and an investigation is still ongoing. More updates will be coming so stay tuned as we will be sure to keep you informed.

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