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Britney Spears’ bombshell of a testimony last week reignited the flames for the “Free Britney” campaign. The singer has been locked into a conservatorship for over a decade, and has little say over her own decisions. In the testimony, Spears’ claimed that she was not even allowed to control her birth control. “I was told … I’m not able to get married or have a baby,” stated Spears. “I wanted to take the IUD out, so I could start trying to have another baby, but … they don’t want me to have … any more children. So basically, this conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good. I deserve to have a life.”

In a viral tweet that attacks Iggy Azalea, T.I., Rihanna, Nicki Minah, G-Eazy, and more, fans claimed these artists were, “remaining silent after Britney speaks up on abuse she’s faced by her conservators.”

Iggy Azalea, who is no stranger to drama on the internet, took to Twitter to respond to the angry fans. “I am actually here to support someone in a way that’s helpful and also mindful,” she wrote. “Britney has said in her own words, she’s embarrassed to even share this with the world. If she needed me to speak on her behalf, That message has been delivered to her. Other than that – I’m good.”

“I’ve done what I’m supposed to do, I’ve reached out,” Azalea continued. “I’m not supposed to be mindlessly telling you all whatever was happening because half of these people are just here for entertainment not to help. I actually care & she can use me if she needs my voice. Leave me alone PLEASE.”

Did you ever believe the Fast & Furious franchise would make it this far? The money-making machine keeps going, and star Vin Diesel has some more ideas for where it can head. While doing promo for Fast 9 on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Vin admitted that he’s been dying to do a musical for quite some time. Clarkson first asked Vin if he would want to do a sing-along Fast film to which he claimed he was, “this close to doing Guys and Dolls with Steven Spielberg, but we ended up not doing that.”

“I’ve been dying to do a musical my whole life,” Vin continued. He even added that he would be open to doing a Fast & Furious musical. “For the longest time, I thought the Nathan Detroit role in Guys and Dolls would be a very interesting one to revamp, the one that Frank Sinatra played in Guys and Dolls,” he stated. 

“My family is artistic, and I’m blessed to have that and I’m blessed to be in a family that is supportive of these crazy dreams,” he revealed. “I would encourage everyone to support the people who want to think outside the box and dream something impossible because there’s great beauty in that.” Do you want to see a Fast musical?

Millions of Lil Wayne fans agree that Tha Carter III was his best album in the series. In fact, Wayne was the hottest rapper on the planet at the time of its release. He was on an unprecedented feature run, and had dropped some of the biggest rap records of the decade at that point. Tha Carter III went on to sell a million copies in the first week, solidifying Weezy as a monster. Now, 13 years later, the album is still going strong. 

According to Chart Data, the 16-track album recently surpassed the one billion streams mark on Spotify.

Wayne celebrated the 13-year anniversary of the album on Instagram earlier this month. “Happy 13th to the project that really showed me my fans/supporters have love for me,” Wayne captioned a photo of the album’s cover art. “We did ‘Amilli’ the first week in a time where sales were down because of piracy/bootlegging!!! For that I’ll forever be grateful!”

The album featured bangers such as “Lollipop,” “Got Money,” “Mrs. Officer,” “Mr. Carter,” “Comfortable,” “A Milli,” “Shoot Me Down,” and “Let The Beat Build.” The album is a flawless play through and you should go bump it one time on this gorgeous weekend. 

DaBaby’s rise to international stardom is nothing short of impressive. The Charlotte-bred rapper rose to mainstream prominence in 2019 with his breakout hit “Suge” after releasing several mixtapes between 2014 to 2018. Since then, he’s collaborated with the likes of Nicki Minaj, Megan thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, and many other game-heavy hitters. 

Fellow rapper The Game experienced the height of his success years prior to DaBaby, but it looks like the “Rockstar” rapper values the Compton rapper’s skills. The pair shared footage of themselves cooking up in the studio, sharing a sneak peek of what fans can expect from the upcoming collaboration.

In the footage, The Game and DaBaby smoke a spliff and drink from a double-cupped red solo as they listen to the heat they’re been working on in the studio. “Yeah, what’s up baby/Young n*gga tell me he like my truck/He like how I get that one day baby?/Work sun up to sun up,” spit DaBaby on the track. 

The Game also briefly kept recording as the beginning of his verse was previewed. Unfortunately for California rapper, though, it seems like his legal troubles are piling up.

The rapper was ordered to pay $7 million in damages to Priscilla Rainey, a woman who accused the rapper of sexual assault. He will have to give up his royalties until the debt is completely paid off. He recently suggested he had no plans to cough up the $7 million he was ordered to pay Rainey. 

New reports also claim the rapper could also owe $12 million for endorsing a failed cannabis crypto coin known as Paragon Coin. Hopefully, the new music will help generate some revenue to help pay off the costly settlements as they continue piling up. 

Over the past couple of weeks, DaBaby has been heating up. The Charlotte, North Carolina rapper already started off 2021 right by dropping “Masterpiece” and remixing SpotemGottem’s “Beatbox,” and he has proved that he’s as hungry as ever with the latest back-to-back releases of “Ball If I Want To” and “Red Light Green Light.“

Unfortunately, the Grammy-nominated recently got into a heated back-and-forth on Twitter with his close collaborator Megan Thee Stallion, and by the looks of one of his most recent tweets, it looks like DaBaby may once again be finding himself in some drama.

“It gotta be hard waking up everyday hating on a n*gga ya auntie wanna f*ck and kids wanna be like [angry emoji],” DaBaby says in the contentious tweet. “Die slow p*ssy, it’s Baby [laughing emoji].”

While it isn’t entirely clear who’s “auntie” or “kids” that DaBaby is referring to in his recent tweet, but judging from his emoji usage, the BLAME IT ON BABY rapper probably isn’t losing any sleep over the hate that he’s been receiving. A short while after calling out his haters, DaBaby returned with another tweet that thanked his fans for making his two latest singles rack up millions of views. Check out DaBaby’s tweets below.

Mark Cuban has been a very busy man over the past couple of weeks as he has had to hire a brand new coach as well as a general manager. With Rick Carlisle leaving the team, the Mavs seemed to be in a bit of disarray, however, Cuban brought in Dirk Nowitzki in an advisory role that saw him helping the team with their big decisions. In the end, Cuban and the Mavericks hired Jason Kidd as the head coach and they got Nico Harrison as their general manager.

Following Kidd’s hiring, TMZ was able to catch up with Cuban where they asked him about the new acquisition. As you can imagine, Cuban was quite excited about his brand new head coach and stated that this is going to be huge for Luka Doncic’s development.

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“I’m excited about it, obviously,” Cuban said. “J. Kidd is going to be great for us. He’s going to be great for Luka, for the organization. I’m really excited. […] I think we’ll get better talent. We’ll keep on getting better. Luka will keep on getting better. And, I think Jason will help Luka and the team get better.”

The Mavericks still have a lot to do before they can contend for a title, although with Luka on their team, anything is possible at this point.

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