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Kevin Gates is an endless fountain of wisdom. Because he’s been doing press for his new album Khaza, we’ve been exposed to a lot of new takes from the Baton Rouge rapper.

In a recent interview with HipHopDX, Kevin Gates discussed toxic masculinity, explaining what he believed it’s rooted in and how men can avoid it. He also described how the trait impacted him personally through his relationship with his grandfather.

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“You’re overcompensating for a lack of something, that’s when masculinity becomes toxic,” said Gates. He described the ideal masculinity as a masculinity which finds an equilibrium. “The holy divine feminine energy and the sacred masculinity together is balanced. That’s God,” he said. “Mother Earth, Father Sky, it has to be balanced.”

Gates talked about this balance in his grandfather. “My grandfather was very nurturing and he was a monster. He was a real monster, but he was very nurturing,” he recalled. “He taught me how to cook, he taught me how to fish, he taught me how to make my bed. He was nurturing. He didn’t fuss at me, ‘Get up you’re a man!’ Nah man you’re alright, s**t just do it again. That was his approach. ‘You’re alright, do it again.’ He was gentle with us, but when he was teaching us how to fight he taught us, you know, aggression. Controlled aggression.” According to Gates, most people nowadays have it wrong. “A lot of times I just be seeing this alpha male movement and this feminist movement. No, that’s not God,” he said.

On his recent “Super General” freestyle, Gates alluded to some of his own issues with the holy divine feminine energy, claiming that Dreka Gates had cheated on him. Check out our list of Kevin Gates’ freakiest songs, released in honor of his new record.

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Rick Ross makes it no secret that he’s richer than he’s ever been, but the 46-year-old didn’t get to where he is by lavishly spending his cash on all of life’s finest luxuries – rather, he got there by pinching his pennies where he could, including on expensive private jets, opting instead to fly commercial.

Earlier this week, the “Purple Lamborghini” artist hopped on Instagram to express his discontent at having to charter his own plane instead of taking a normal flight home from his performance at a festival.

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“I’m disappointed,” Ross told his 15.3M followers. “I’m backstage at the Juneteenth celebration and just found out all the commercial flights being cancelled because of people quitting, and now I’m being forced to charter a private jet.”

According to Rozay, he would rather spend his precious dollar bills on his beautiful Atlanta estate, The Promise Land. “Man, that’s $50,000 I could’ve spent on my garden or buying some buffaloes. Come on, Delta,” he ranted.

If you’re not familiar, the Mississippi-born recording artist has spent the last few years curating an impressive collection of goods at his home, from a fire truck and a military tank (which he proudly showed off during his first-ever car show just a few weeks ago) to hinting at bringing some big cats to the property and opening a zoo to the general public.

In other news, Ross was recently spotted out and about with Lamar Odom’s ex-fiancée Sabrina Parr in Miami, sparking romance rumours – read more about that here, and let us know if you’re surprised by the rapper’s preference for flying commercially in the comments below.

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