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Megan Fox Flaunts Rainbow Nails In Pride Month IG Post: “Putting The B In #LGBTQIA”

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Megan Fox celebrated being bisexual in her latest Instagram post, Saturday, showing off her rainbow-colored nail polish in honor of Pride Month.

“Putting the B in #LGBTQIA for over two decades,” she captioned the photos.

Fox first opened up pubically about her sexuality in a 2008 interview with GQ. “I just think that all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes. I mean, I could see myself in a relationship with a girl,” she told the publication.

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She later clarified that she believes everyone is bisexual at birth and are later socially conditioned otherwise. “I think people are born bisexual and they make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society,” she told Esquire during a 2009 June cover issue.

“I have no question in my mind about being bisexual,” she added.

Fox is currently dating rap artist Machine Gun Kelly. The two met while filming the upcoming movie Midnight in the Switchgrass, which recently received a new trailer. The film is scheduled to release on July 23rd.

Back in April, it was reported by E! that the couple intends to get married some point down the road, but Fox is still in the legal process of finalizing her divorce from her ex-husband, Brian Austin Green.

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50 Cent Hypes ‘Power Book: Force’ On Joseph Sikora’s B-Day

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New York rapper 50 Cent wants the world to know it’s a huge reason to celebrate Joseph Sikora‘s birthday. The hip-hop veteran and “Power” executive producer has saluted his actor’s born day by hyping up a highly-anticipated “Power Book: Force” series. 50 Cent Hypes ‘Power Book: Force’ Coming Fifty went to his Instagram page with […]

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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Returns To No. 1 On The ‘Billboard’ Albums Chart

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There are many arguments to be had about which artist is having the best year so far. One possibility is Olivia Rodrigo. The pop star earned her breakout moment at the beginning of the year thanks to her debut single, “Drivers License,” which smashed Spotify records and spent ample time atop the Billboard album charts. Her success continued with the release of additional singles, such as “Good 4 U” and “Deja Vu,” as well as the arrival of her debut album, Sour, which debuted at No. 1. Now, a little over a month after it dropped, it’s back at the top.

In the last week, Sour tallied a total of 105,000 album units. As a result, it joins Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album as the only full-length efforts in 2021 to sell more than 100,000 units in each of its first five weeks on the chart. Sour made its debut last month on the Billboard 200 with 295,000 albums units sold. That number was comprised of 218,000 streaming equivalent album units that came from 300.73 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs. It made for the largest overall week for an album in 2021 and the second-largest streaming week ever by a female artist behind Ariana Grande’s 2018 album Thank U, Next.

Revisit our review of Sour here.

Tyler The Creator Credits Westside Gunn For ‘Making Me Just Wanna Rap Again’

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It’s been less than two days since Tyler The Creator shared his sixth album, Call Me If You Get Lost, which arrives two years after the Grammy-winning Igor. But unlike that album, this newest release found him heading back to his old brash rap sound, thanks to DJ Drama, who appeared as the album’s host. After reading through some of the new album’s positive reviews, Tyler hopped on Instagram Live to share some words about his latest release.

“Shoutout rap music, I love it,” Tyler said. “DJ Drama, I love you. What you did for rap — phenomenal. From all the Waynes, all the Dedications, from P the In My Mind Prequel mixtape, to Clipse for the We Got It For Cheaps, from Lupe mixtape run all the Farenheits, the Revenge Of The Nerds, to JAY-Z, to Andre [3000] … to Westside Gunn for making me wanna just rap again.” He added, “I love it. I love rap. It changed n****s lives.”

Recently Drama explained what made working with Tyler unique from other artists. “Normally in these types of situations, if I do a Gangsta Grillz with somebody, they compile their music together and hand it over to me, and then I’ll go in on my own without them and do my thing and return the finished product,” he said. “With Tyler, it was a little different: I came in, gave him an abundance of things—even more than what I had originally placed—and just gave him enough material to choose from and layer it out.”

You can watch Tyler’s livestream in the video above.

Call Me If You Get Lost is out now via A Boy Is a Gun/Columbia. Get it here.

BET Awards Nominee DaBaby + Game Are Cooking Up

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West Coast rapper Game might have a serious banger on his hands with help from 2021 BET Awards nominee DaBaby. The North Carolina native has teased the world about clocking in studio time with the former G-Unit member. BET Awards Nominee DaBaby Cooking Up W/ Game DaBaby went to his social media pages to share […]

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Ibrahim H. Says Ticket Sales Are The Best Indicator Of An Artist’s “Impact In Music”

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J. Cole’s longtime manager Ibrahim “IB” Hamad says that ticket sales are the most accurate way to determine an artist’s popularity, as opposed to sales, views, followers, or any other metric. Hamad detailed his stance on the matter with a tweet, Saturday.

“To me Ticket sales is the truest gauge of impact in music,” he explained. “You can fake streams, album sales, YouTube views, followers, bundles, you can have 30 songs to boost your streams. But you can’t fake people being at a show, which is why I love seeing the work pay off when a tour goes up.”

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Wale popped up in the comments to state: “U know how we Pullin up.”

Hamad’s tweet comes days after Cole announced The Off-Season Tour, which is set to kick off in September. Check out the full list of tour stops down below.

Fri Sep 24 – Miami, FL – FTX Arena
Sat Sep 25 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
Mon Sep 27 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Tue Sep 28 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Wed Sep 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Fri Oct 01 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Sat Oct 02 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Mon Oct 04 – Washington DC – Capital One Arena
Tue Oct 05 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Thu Oct 07 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Sun Oct 10 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Mon Oct 11 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Arena
Thu Oct 14 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Sat Oct 16 – Las Vegas – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sun Oct 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Phoenix Suns Arena
Wed Oct 20 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
Thu Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

BET Awards Male Hip Hop Artist: 5 Shots Of Drake W/ Pals

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The 2021 BET Awards is coming up and one of the biggest categories is stacked with competition. The Best Male Hip Hop Artist line-up is stiff with DaBaby, Drake, J. Cole, Jack Harlow, Lil Baby and the late Pop Smoke all in the mix. With the pressure to deliver a hard-hitting Certified Lover Boy album […]

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Damian Lillard Could Request Trade After Backlash To Chauncey Billups Hiring: Report

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Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard could request a trade, after the team faced backlash for their expected hire of Chauncey Billups to fill their head coach vacancy, as well as growing doubt in the front office’s ability to build a championship-contending roster, according to a new report from Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes.

Haynes announced on Twitter, Sunday, that he had been informed by league sources that “the backlash from Portland Trail Blazers’ coaching search and his concerns over whether a championship contender can be built have become major factors that could force Damian Lillard to request out.”

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Lillard was personally the victim of the team’s hiring blunder when fans attacked him on Twitter this week regarding Billups’ past rape allegation.

“Really? I was asked what coaches I like of the names I ‘heard’ and I named them,” Lillard responded to a fan criticizing his role in the hire. “Sorry I wasn’t aware of their history I didn’t read the news when I was 7/8yrs old. I don’t support Those things … but if this the route y’all wana come at me… say less.”

Earlier in the offseason, Lillard made it clear that his preference was Jason Kidd, but the former NBA point guard opted out of the running.

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Nicki Minaj Shared A Promising Update About Her Next Album And Previewed A Song With Future

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Last month, Nicki Minaj made her grand return to the music world by uploading her 2009 mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, to streaming services. It featured most of the project’s original songs as well as three new additions that included “Seeing Green” with Drake and Lil Wayne as well as “Fractions.” While the release was certainly appreciated, her supporters’ true desire is a new album from the rapper as her last one, Queen, arrived back in 2018. As the wait continues for her upcoming fifth album, Nicki shared a promising update about it and previewed a new song that has fans very excited.

Speaking about her next album during an Instagram Live session, Nicki said, “This album will be definitely my best album thus far.” She also previewed a track titled “Big Barbie” that features a guest verse from Future and production from LondonOnDaTrack. According to Nicki, the song was supposed to appear on Queen, however, it was left off the album for reasons she did not share. In addition to previewing the track, she also teased something special for her supporters that would arrive soon.

“I got a surprise for y’all. Maybe you’ll find out in a few days,” she said, adding that she has a “major announcement to make.”

Shortly after she uploaded Beam Me Up Scotty to DSPs, Nicki joined Polo G on “For The Love Of New York” off his chart-topping album, Hall Of Fame.

You can listen to the “Big Barbie” preview in the video above.

Miss Jones Hints At Having A Threesome With 2Pac & Monie Love

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Iconic radio host Miss Jones recently implied that she had a threesome with 2Pac and Monie Love while being interviewed on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s Drink Champs. The detail slipped while Jones was telling a story of being at a party alongside Love.

“I’m gonna tell you about the party,” Jones told N.O.R.E. “So Pac came and we’re walking and it’s like the music stops. Everyone else hears the music, but I’m with Monie and he stops and he looks at us and then…so like we know what the look means and we figure it out and it was a good night and that was it.”

N.O.R.E. followed up seeking confirmation: “So Pac and Monie had some relations?”

“Well no,” Jones replied. “It was just the three of us, the three of us just talked for a long time.”

Despite both hosts pressing for more details, Jones simply confirmed that the three “just talked for a long time.”

Jones’s story comes just one week after Pac would’ve turned 50-years-old. Tragically, the legendary rapper was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996 at just 25-years-old.

Check out the clip from Jones’s appearance on Drink Champs down below.

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