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The latest Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has the world once again in a panic about the pandemic. Although citizens who have received a vaccine can still contract COVID, it is has been widely reported that the majority of patients in hospitals who have tested positive are unvaccinated. Many have opted to not share their vaccination status with the public, but rapper Dess Dior has taken to social media to reveal that she has recently been told she has COVID-19.

We often see Dess posting photos of herself traveling alongside Future, heading to nightclubs with her famous friends, jet-setting from one vacation spot to the next, or taking to concert stages as she did at Rolling Loud Miami this past weekend. She performed in front of a crowd of thousands, not including Rolling Loud employees and her team, so she issued a warning to people she came close to in recent days.

“I don’t think I have Covid but ima get tested to be safe,” she tweeted yesterday (June 25) before offering a follow-up today. “Update: I tested positive for Covid & everybody who’s been in contact with me should go get tested asap.”

In other Dess Dior news, there have been rumors that she and Future may be on the rocks as gossip about infidelity plagues both artists. They haven’t had many public appearances together since the end of May, fueling speculation about the status of their romance. Check out Dess’s tweet, along with a few out-and-about clips from the rapper, below.

All he had to do was say he wanted a sit-down with Tekashi 6ix9ine and Wack 100 got his wish. The famed Hip Hop manager has often commented on the goings-on within the culture, and he had had quite a bit to say regarding scandals involving 6ix9ine. Earlier this year, Wack 100 rejected the rainbow-haired rapper’s “snitch” label, instead saying that 6ix9ine is a teller of truths.

In recent weeks, Wack 100 has been trying to facilitate a boxing match between 6ix9ine and Blueface, an artist that he manages. Later, he put it out to the public that he wanted a face-to-face chat with the former Nine Trey associate, and thanks to Akademiks, it looks as if it actually went down.

Akademiks is developing a new platform in the form of his own podcast and he’s kicking things off with a bang. Although there have yet to be audio clips of this Wack 100-6ix9ine meet-up shared, a photo shows that these two commanding forces may have been at odds at least once during the conversation.

Along with the picture was a brief clip of the trio together as they posed for press and social media photos. This should be an interesting discussion and Hip Hop fans are curious as to what 6ix9ine has to say, especially on the heels of his most recent back-and-forth beef with Blueface following the California rapper revealing his head tattoo.

“The first episode of my new Podcast is filmed. Now being edited,” Akademiks tweeted. “Y’all better welcome me nicely to this podcast space. I came here for straight chaos and to be #1 [scorpion emojis].” Check out the teasers below.

Yes, we are once again reporting on DaBaby’s now-infamous Rolling Loud Miami moment, but this time, we’ve all received an explanation from the rapper, himself. The internet has been up in arms about DaBaby’s remarks during his performance this past weekend, causing many to call the rapper homophobic while accusing him of perpetuating outdated stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS. 

“If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up,” said DaBaby during his set. “Ladies, if your pussy smell like water, put your cellphone light in the air. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d*ck in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.”

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The comments caused quite the stir as T.I. supported the North Carolina artist, stating that if Lil Nas X can live in his truth then why can’t DaBaby express himself. T.I.’s nemesis Sabrina Peterson came forward to disagree, as did Amber Rose, Love & Hip Hop‘s Bobby Lytes, and Pose actress Indya Moore. DaBaby shared a brief clip of himself discussing the controversy where he stated that the internet has no business commenting on what he does at his live concerts.

“This weak ass internet sh*t one time and I’mma get back to givin’ love to my fans,” said DaBaby in his video. “What me and my fans do at the live show, it don’t concern you n*ggas on the internet, or you bitter b*tches on the internet. It’s not y’all business. What I do for the live show is for the audience at the live show. It’ll never translate correctly to somebody looking at a little five, six-second clip from they goddamn crib on they phone. It just don’t work like that.”

“Regardless of what… the internet done twisted up my mothaf*ckin’ words. All my fans at the show, the gay ones and the straight ones, we turned the f*ck up.” DaBaby added that there was a male fan with a crop top on rapping along to his lyrics and having a good time, so critics need to “shut the f*ck up,” especially those that weren’t in attendance.

This doubling down of his comments has caused backlash once again. Watch DaBaby’s clip below and read through a few reactions.

A shooting at a small party in Texas turned deadly after a guest opened fire. Americans have had months of becoming reacclimated with outside events and one of the first things that many people are taking advantage of is hosting parties and get-togethers at private residences. However, with the lift in restrictions comes a rise in violent crimes, and a tragic incident occurred in Fort Worth in the wee hours of Monday (July 26) morning.

According to reports, a “small gathering” was disrupted when someone, for some unknown reason, got upset. They left the party only to return with another person before setting off an argument with several others. Then, the trouble starter pulled out a gun and shot another guest. The injury proved to be non-fatal.

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Immediately, guests are said to have given chase to the shooter, but instead of surrendering, they turned and opened fire. Guests began picking up “landscaping stones and bricks” to defend themselves and hurled them at the gunman. This didn’t initially stop the person from shooting “at least two more people,” including one person who was later pronounced dead.

“What we’re saying is some of the people picked up what we call stone pavers. What you line your driveway with points on them. That was something they initially could get,” said Tracy Carter of the Fort Worth Police Department. “I don’t want to say maybe used as defense, but that’s what they were able to throw at the gunman.”

“They either caught him, or he fell to the ground,” Carter added. “And at that time, he lost his life what we believe by stones. The [medical examiner] is going to have to determine that.” He advised citizens to call the authorities and not to chase after an armed gunman. At this time, no one has been charged with a crime related to the shooter’s death, but that could change in the future. Do you think investigators should pursue charges?

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He has had his hand in all facets of the entertainment industry, but Ice Cube’s basketball league Big3 has given him the most difficulty. The Rap mogul has dabbled in just a bit of everything from producing to directing to starring in blockbuster films to nabbing the No. 1 spot on the charts to touring the world. Yet, when Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz announced in 2017 that they were launching a 3-on-3 league featuring former NBA and international basketball players, some people gave them a side-eye.

The Big3 league has been gaining traction in its first few years, and Bossip recently caught up with Cube and asked him where the league ranked in the list of his career accomplishments. “This the biggest thing ever...and the hardest,” he said.

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“Doing music, I grew up with Dr. Dre living down the street from me, so, you know. Not saying that was easy but I was in a position to really be right there,” he continued. Then, he mentioned why acting wasn’t as tough, either.

“In movies, John Singleton saw me one day and said, ‘Hey, I wanna put you in a movie.’ So, that career took off, you know, with being discovered like that. This is something we had to conceive from scratch with all kind of people telling us that we was crazy, what are y’all doing, you rap what are you doin’ in sports, you do movies and now you doin’ basketball.”

“So, we had to push this rock uphill. This has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” He added that the challenge is what makes it all worthwhile and “fun,” and said it will feel “satisfying” once he “gets this league where it’s supposed to be.” Check out the clip below.

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If there is a rapper holding down the record number of “firsts” in the industry, Soulja Boy takes the crown. The Rap icon has been in the industry for nearly two decades as he’s developed his career from an internet celebrity into an international superstar. If there is anyone who knows how to create a trend or go viral it’s Soulja Boy, and while he has been credited for being the “first” rapper to make certain moves, Hip Hop fans are calling foul on his comments about BAPE.

During a chat with Complex, Soulja made new claims, this time about the fashion brand BAPE (A Bathing Ape), but the public was quick to let him know that the Notorious B.I.G. and The Neptunes were the icons behind putting BAPE on the map.

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“I was the first rapper on BAPE period,” said Soulja. “I understand what they did and it’s respectable, but as far as the culture, as far as internet, as far as fashion, as far as the streets, the trap, the trenches, the kids and everything that matter, that was all off of the first album.” He mentioned his attire in the music video for “Crank That,” a visual that got “millions and millions of views.” Soulja added, “They know who started it. They know who set the trend.”

The responses are continuing to pour in as Pharrell has become a trending topic on social media. People have pointed out other artists who helped catapult BAPE into Hip Hop history, including Clipse and Cassidy. Did Soulja Boy really put the streets onto BAPE? Check out a few reactions below along with the rapper’s video and let us know what you think.

Not long after it was reported that they were set to collaborate together back in 2018, Azealia Banks and Grimes had a public fallout. Banks would leak alleged text messages from Grimes about the singer’s boyfriend Elon Musk and the social media frenzy continued as the ladies exchange a war of words. Things have been relatively quiet as it pertains to the animosity between these two, but Grimes is picking up the torch as she recently revealed that her next single targets her former associate.

At the Splendour XR festival, Grimes performed her unreleased track “100% Tragedy,” and she explained that the song is about “having to defeat azealia banks when she tried to destroy my life.”

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Those years ago, Banks accused Grimes of allegedly introducing Musk to marijuana and claimed that she had been waiting on the singer in the billionaire’s home for days. Banks also accused Grimes of using meth and stated that Musk used acid. After learning about Grimes’s latest remarks, Banks couldn’t pass up the opportunity to respond.

“So you go make a bootleg @inna song about it. Yikes,” she reportedly wrote. “Grimes def has some psychosexual obsession with me. i think it’s bitterness cuz she doesn’t have the musical capacity i have. everything she does is out of pretentiousness and it comes out like that … while everything i do is out of natural swag & geniusness lmaoo. Starting to notice all the weird undercover millennial racists hide out on discord.”

Yesterday (July 25), Banks also reportedly posted and deleted an Instagram Story where she issued a loose threat. “Really thought I did you a favor by not responding to that subpoena….., i just May happen to have all those extra texts/screenshots/evidence Laying around somewhere.”

This seems to be only the beginning. Look through a few screenshots below.

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Their legal issues haven’t kept Sabrina Peterson from indirectly addressing a recent controversy involving T.I. Rolling Loud Miami went on without a hitch—aside from half of a stage collapsing just a day before it began—but the most talked about moments in recent conversations are centered around DaBaby. The North Carolina-bred rapper stole attention with viral moments including having Tory Lanez as a surprise guest, but it was his remarks about STDs and homosexuality that caused him to face backlash.

“If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases, that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up,” DaBaby said while on stage. “Ladies, if your pussy smell like water, put your cellphone light in the air. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d*ck in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.”

The rapper quickly faced backlash but soon, he received support from T.I. who threw Lil Nas X’s name into the discussion. “If Lil Nas X can kick his sh*t in peace… so should dababy [shrugging emoji] #equality,” said the Atlanta icon before he released a video explaining his remarks. Amber Rose stepped forward to call out homophobia and Peterson interjected with her take, as well.

“More Black women are catching HIV from Black men that can’t control their flesh,” she wrote. “More than gay men! Actually the safest best for a Black woman these days may be with a woman.” In the caption, Peterson added, “I said what I said!” DaBaby attempted to clarify his Rolling Loud comments by saying that people took his words out of context, but that just further fueled the fire.

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