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One of the earliest roles for actor Christopher Williams came as a bit part on Martin. The classic 1990s sitcom centered around comedic actor Martin Lawrence continues to be hailed as one of the greatest shows of all time, but Williams recently reflected on his interactions with Lawrence while on set. According to Williams, Lawrence had an unmatched ego and made the lives of the people around him difficult. It’s unclear what prompted him to tell his mid-1990s tale, but it has quickly gone viral.

Williams shared a clip of his appearance along with a detailed caption. “This was one of my first guest star roles back in the ‘90s on MARTIN,” he wrote. “It was an interesting experience for many reasons: I auditioned and got the job, but on the DAY I was shooting, I had to have a ‘extra’ audition JUST for the egomaniacal Martin Lawrence.”

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“Then when we were on set, he yelled at the person bringing him a NEW water because he had taken a sip out of the last one and had someone following him around with a fan,” Williams continued. “I had never seen a ‘star’ treat people so rudely. The piece de resistance came when shooting the scene you see here.”

Williams accused Lawrence of injuring him during the first take of the scene and claimed that he “almost had a concussion.” They reportedly stopped the scene and someone from the crew allegedly told Williams that he was a target because “you are just being too funny.” They did the scene again, but to protect himself, Williams claimed he landed on his side, but that didn’t help.

“He didn’t the same thing but THIS time he punched the dummy on the ground and then punched me twice,” he said. “This was my first lesson in my acting career that you need to take care of yourself and speak up when someone does something unprofessional. Which I did not. I didn’t know any better. I’ll never forget that day and as you can tell I am NOT a fan of his.”

That wasn’t the last time that Williams and Lawrence allegedly had a run-in. Check out his story below.

It’s safe to say that Nicki Minaj’s hiatus is over. The rapper took time off to tend to her duties and a first-time mom, but earlier this week, she surfaced with new photos as she teased a big release. We now know that she was building up to the arrival of her 2009 mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty hitting streaming services, and with the project comes a few new tracks. Prior to the release, Nicki hopped on Instagram Live to share the good news with her dedicated fans and even spent a few minutes chopping it up with Drake.

Soon, clips of the Live circulated online and Minaj faced accusations of using cocaine. The “Seeing Green” rapper returned to Livestream once again, this time addressing the gossip about alleged drug use.

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“If I ever did coke at any time in my life, I woulda been rapping about it,” said Nicki. “That’s just never been my drug of choice. I do take Allegra every day and also I have to take Allegra now, sometimes twice a day. But if I was crying or if I was just blowing my nose, this is me. All day. Runny, sniffly, all the time.”

“In fact, I’ve only ever seen coke in bricks,” she added. Nicki also said that if she references cocaine in her lyrics, she’s speaking about “weight” or “bricks.” If fans want to know what drugs she does, the rapper told them to listen to her music. “By the way, I have a lot of friends or acquaintances in the industry that actually do coke. I don’t judge them for it, but I’ve never tried it. Never wanted to. Never asked them to. Especially in the fashion world. That’s so common and normal.”

Nicki stated that in the past when people spread false information about her, she didn’t feel it was necessary to respond or clarify statements. She claimed that someone started the rumor of alleged cocaine use years ago—some are assuming it’s Joe Budden—but at the time she felt it was too ridiculous to address.

“I’ve never in my life, let me say it again, we can do a lie detector test, we can do a hair follicle test, my hair is long as f*ck, get the hair from my motherf*ckin’ scalp all the way down to my p*ssy b*tch, ’cause that’s where it reach.”

Watch her video below.

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People don’t like to think of death, but Tee Grizzley believes it’s time to get over our own fears in order to take care of business. The Detroit rapper has built his career from the ground up and has suffered a tragedy or two in his own life, so he took to social media recently to give a bit of advice to his fellow artists who he believes need to get things straightened out behind the scenes.

“So look, right. As rappers, as successful Black men from the trenches, bro. We the number one target and we the least prepared, you feel me? So, I feel like everybody should have life insurance. I need everybody to go get life insurance if you ain’t got it. If you got kids, I need you to get a will set up, bro, for your kids, bro.”

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“God forbid anything happen,” he continued, adding that it’s all about making sure that your loved ones aren’t scrambling to piece things together if something were to occur. “You know what I’m saying? We the number one target and the least prepared. I need us to get on top of this sh*t. We need to get life insurance. We need to get our wills right, so the next generation don’t have to go as hard as we did and have to go through everything we did, you feel me.”

He also encouraged people to leave comments on his post “if you know something that could help us for the future, for our family.” Watch Tee Grizzley give his advice below.