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Ludacris Flies Super High In The Sky – Literally – As A Pilot

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Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris is proving it’s deeper than rap. The hip-hop superstar has a new title he’s going by these days after sharing footage of himself flying an actual plane. Ludacris Flies Super High The Atlanta native went to his Instagram page with his jaw-dropping clip. The footage doesn’t provide much context other than Luda […]

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Instagram Removed Likes By Accident

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An Instagram bug briefly hid likes from some of its users on Tuesday, after the company accidentally expanded a long-running test of the feature. The company has been testing removing likes for years, and accidentally released the test to the public, which caused quite the uproar, as we initially reported.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri announced in 2019 at Wired25 that the platform would begin hiding “like” counts on posts within a week. “We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people’s well-being and health,” Mosseri said at the time.

Since then, IG has been testing the removal of Likes across different users in different areas. However, apparently yesterday, it went wide to many more people than intended.

 

An official IG Comms account released a statement saying, “We’ve been testing a new experience to hide likes on Feed posts. We unintentionally added more people to the test today, which was a bug — we’re fixing this issue and restoring like counts to those people as soon as possible.”

This was followed up by the one and only Instagram account, apologetically saying, “So Instagram …did not mean to hide likes for everyone.”

Nonetheless, once Instagram users realized that their Likes were hidden, even temporarily, the memes came in.

 

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Alabama Rapper Arrested For 42 Dugg + Roddy Shooting

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Alabama rapper OMB Peezy has some serious explaining to do. New reports claim the hip-hop artist has found himself in handcuffs following the recent shooting at a music video set for rap stars 42 Dugg and Roddy Ricch. Alabama Rapper OMB Peezy Arrested According to reports, Peezy landed in police custody on Monday and received […]

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King Von’s Manager Says Rapper “Genuinely Loved” Asian Doll

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Asian Doll has been publically grieving the passing of her ex-boyfriend, Chicago rapper King Von, who was killed last year. People have been extremely critical of Asian’s posts about Von, picking her apart in her comments and disrespectfully accusing her of using Von’s death for clout. She has been vocal against her haters, but Von’s former manager Track is coming to her defense as well, speaking about the genuine connection that the two rappers shared in the latest clips from his interview with VladTV.

We’ve been keeping you posted on the latest statements from Track, including the video where he says he doesn’t wish jail on Lul Tim, the man accused of killing Von. He went on to speak more about the rapper’s relationship with Asian Doll, touching on her confusing claims that Von texted her that his friends set him up before she later revealed that Von’s spirit told her that through an advisor. Track agrees with Vlad that her claims were “silly” but he doesn’t want people to continue disrespecting the Dallas representative, saying that Von really loved her.

“No lie, you know how the media is like, ‘yo, she’s overplaying the situation, she’s doing it for clout’? Man, you’re crazy. That girl loved Von,” said Track about Asian Doll. “For real, for real. They was really in love. I can vouch for that. That was really a real situation. She’s probably f*cked up from that situation. This girl just lost somebody that she considered her soulmate. I feel for her and I wish her nothing but love and I wish she can heal from it. I don’t like when people downplay that like she’s doing it for attention.”

Track says that he thinks Asian and Von were broken up for a few months at the time of his death, whereas Asian Doll has said that it had only been about a week since they broke up. 

Watch the latest videos from King Von’s manager’s interview with VladTV above, and listen to King Von’s posthumous verse on the new OTF posse cut here.

Tamar Braxton’s Ex-Fiance’s Restraining Order Against Her Dismissed

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Tamar Braxton has had a tumultuous last year, and a lot of the drama seems to be surrounding her ex-finance David Adefeso. When Braxton attempted to commit suicide in September 2020, originally Adefeso was among those blamed. Nonetheless their relationship is clearly confusing, because that same month, the tables seemingly turned when Adefeso filed a domestic violence restraining order against the singer.

In court documents, Adefeso stated that Tamar attacked him and started to punch him while he was driving his Rolls-Royce and threatened to have him killed. Then, allegedly, Tamar violently socked him in the jugular, disorienting him and nearly causing him to crash. When he parked the car Tamar started trashing it, apparently smashing the camera and rear view mirror. He says he suffered bruising to his neck and shoulder area along with the damage to his Rolls. 

Tamar Braxton denied all of these allegations publicly during a visit to the The Tamron Hall Show.

Now, the two were due back in court, but since neither of them decided to show in court the restraining order was dissolved and the case was dismissed.

The reason for their absence in court still remains a mystery, but apparently they are at least on good enough terms that they do not wish to maintain the restraining order. We’ll keep you updated when we hear from either party on the situation.

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Eminem Faces Being ‘Canceled’ Yet Again

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Grammy-winning rapper Eminem has had everybody come at his neck, but it just never seems to work. The newest trend in cancel culture is on TikTok and aimed at the Detroit native, per users referring to themselves as “Gen Z”. TikTok Tries To Cancel Eminem After several posts on the short video platform attempting to […]

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Megan Thee Stallion Joins Maroon 5 For The Charming Single ‘Beautiful Mistakes’

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After nearly three decades in the business and three Grammy Awards to their name, Maroon 5 know how to craft a buoyant pop hit. Now teasing a new era of music, the group recruited Megan Thee Stallion for their latest offering, the shimmering single “Beautiful Mistakes.”

Over a trap-influenced beat, Maroon 5 and Megan Thee Stallion recount their regrets about an ending relationship. “I’m in love with the past / And now we liе awake, making beautiful mistakes,” they sing.

Speaking about the single in a conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine said, “I’m absolutely obsessed with the song. We love how it came out.” Levine went on to praise Megan as “a superstar” for her role on the track. “The way she built her part was just, it couldn’t have been a more epic kind of climax for the song,” he added. “I mean, it really is absolutely perfect. So, I mean, what she did was just miraculous, and it brought the song to a whole new level.”

“Beautiful Mistakes” isn’t the only exciting project Megan released on Wednesday. The rapper also announced that she’ll be one of the new faces of Calvin Klein’s 2021 campaign alongside pop singer Rina Sawayama and actor Anthony Ramos.

Listen to Maroon 5 and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Beautiful Mistakes” above.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Quavo Introduced His Movie Co-Star Robert DeNiro To Migos’ Music

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As a member of Migos and as a solo artist, Quavo could be considered among hip-hop’s A-listers. That said, there’s no guarantee that someone would be familiar with him or his music — especially a septuagenarian like Robert De Niro. However, the Academy Award-winning actor is probably well aware of his Wash Me In The River co-star’s musical credits now.

In an interview with Billboard about his upcoming two-on-two basketball game with Jack Harlow, 2 Chainz, and Lil Baby, Quavo was kind enough to answer a couple of questions about his upcoming film debut. When asked about his experience interacting with the screen icon, Quavo explained why he’s pretty sure De Niro Googled the Atlanta rap trio at the first chance he got.

“I told him I said a line in one of my new songs about the trip I just took, and he was just like, ‘For real. M-I-G-O-S, right?’” Quavo recalled. “I was like, ‘Yeah, he’s finna go home and look me up.’ It was too hard. I couldn’t wait to tell my Mom dukes that I’m gonna be on the screen and kicked it with him. He’s a nice dude.” De Niro won’t have to wait long to check out his castmate’s latest; Quavo promised in February that Migos’ next album is due in “a month and a half.”

Regarding the upcoming B/R Open Run challenge between Quavo and his teammate Harlow and 2 Chainz and Lil Baby, Quavo said he’s betting on his high school varsity team-honed skills. “You know anyone with me is going to win,” he boasted. “Let’s get it. I hope they bring their A-game.”

Check out the full Billboard interview here.

Ludacris May Not Be Able To Cook But He Can Fly A Plane Now

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Ludacris firmly established the limits of his talents with his Discovery+ television special Ludacris Can’t Cook, but as he captioned his latest Instagram post, “If you don’t evolve, you’ll evaporate.” By the way, he used that post to showcase an example of exactly what he means; apparently, he’s expanded his list of useful skills to not only include cooking but also piloting his own private jet. Maybe he wants to do his own stunt flying in the next Fast And Furious movie or maybe he just wants to save on hiring chefs and pilots, but it’s a cool thing to see him sitting at the yoke.

Of course, for fans on social media, it was just another prime opportunity to fire up the joke machines. Many of the jokes focused on Luda’s flight demeanor. As Chance The Rapper put it, “He look like a lane finna merge and he tryna get over.”

Other fans humorously pointed out the gumption of learning to fly a plane while many of us are still adjusting to the last year of social distancing.

Meanwhile, others imagined their responses to hearing the phrase “This is your captain, Ludacris, speaking” over the plane P.A.

Check out more amusing responses below.