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Cardi B & Offset Celebrate Their Newborn’s Arrival In Adorable New Footage

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Last weekend, Cardi B gave birth to her third child with Offset. The “Bongos” performer filed for divorce right before announcing the pregnancy. Regardless, the co-parents still appear to be on good terms. She even defended him amid rumors that he wasn’t supportive enough last month, clarifying that he’s a major part of their kids’ lives, and has even helped out a lot when it comes to her career.

Now, she’s taken to social media to unveil some heartwarming footage of their daughter’s arrival. In the footage, both she and the former Migos member are seen holding their daughter. Cardi is even shown sharing the exciting news with her six-year-old daughter Kulture, who assured her she was on her way to meet her new sister.

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Cardi B Unveils New Footage From Daughter’s Birth

Of course, fans are flooding her comments section with congratulations and words of support. “Omg! Kulture wanting to be there for her mommy is so heartwarming! Mommy I’m going to come there ok! Had me in tears,” one TikTok user writes. “Congratulations cardi you’re such a good mother [heart emojis] hope this new baby brings you nothing but joy and happiness,” another says. While Cardi B certainly has a lot on her plate at the moment, considering her brand-new little one, she’s not wasting any time before getting back to rapping.

Last week, she hopped on Twitter/X to announce that she was going to start getting serious about finishing her upcoming sophomore album. “Now is crunch time [album emoji] on my kids,” she declared. The project doesn’t have an official title yet, or a release date, but it’s expected to drop sometime this year. What do you think of Cardi B unveiling new footage from the birth of her third child with Offset? Share your thoughts in the comment section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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The Weeknd Makes His Grand Return On Our New “R&B Season” Playlist Update: Stream

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R&B Season is upon us once again, and our new playlist update is here to round up the best of the best new music releases this week. Of course, we have a massive comeback to talk about to kick things off: The Weeknd’s new single “Dancing In The Flames.” It’s the lead single to his upcoming album Hurry Up Tomorrow, which will wrap up his After Hours trilogy and his moniker as a whole. The song still has the ’80s-inspired synth-pop leanings of previous installments, but with a little more brightness when it comes to the lyrical content and the melodic and harmonic structure. Needless to say, it’s a jam.

On a more traditional R&B tip, we also wanted to shout out Leon Thomas and Ty Dolla $ign’s new single, “FAR FETCHED.” The atmospheric pads and samples, plus an earthy and groovy drum pattern, highlights their vocal chemistry even more. Eventually, piano chords come in to introduce Ty’s feature and turn the track into more of a regal and dreamy experience for a moment. While it isn’t the most game-changing thing you’ll hear this week, the songwriting makes this cut reach its potential.

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HNHH R&B Season Playlist: Stream

As far as new albums to talk about, we finally have the next excellent release from Foushée, Pointy Heights. Even though some great highlights here like “feel like home” don’t necessarily fit completely into typical R&B aesthetics, the vocal harmonies and runs fit right at home, ironically enough. Nevertheless, there are some great indie and alt-rock fusions here that show off her creativity even more than what we’ve already heard. So if you’re looking for something more breezy and warm to extend the summer as much as you can, look no further.

In addition, we’d be remiss not to mention N3WYRKLA’s “mind now” with Skilla Baby for its peppy and charismatic fusions between catchy melodies and charismatic verses. Finally, we recommend you check out Yoko Gold’s “Nothing Like Your Lips” for a sultry slow-burner whose gentle guitars entrance its listeners. Let us know what your favorite R&B Season pick was this week, as well as what else we missed, down in the comments section below. Check the playlist out above and, as always, stick around on HNHH for the best new music around the clock.

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Latto Trolls Ice Spice With Shady Meme Amid Style-Biting Accusations

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It’s no secret that Latto and Ice Spice don’t get along, but recently, the two of them were spotted in the exact same outfit. The outfit in question is a leopard print tank top and pants with lace details, which Latto was first seen wearing in Instagram photos in May of this year. Ice Spice wore it to twerk in a jet in her new music video for “Popa,” which she dropped last week.

Of course, this prompted theories that this was intentional on Ice Spice’s part. This remains a mystery, but Latto took to her Instagram Story today to seemingly acknowledge it. The “Sunday Service” rapper posted a meme of Princess Jasmine face-to-face with her ugly lookalike. While it’s unconfirmed whether or not this was a jab at Ice Spice, fans are convinced.

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Latto Appears To React To Ice Spice’s Matching Outfit

With that being said, this wouldn’t be the first time the two artists clashed over clothing. Last summer, Latto was seen sporting a pleated mini-skirt with a crop top and Von Dutch jacket. Some fans thought it looked like something straight out of the Bronx femcee’s closet, and apparently, so did she. At the time, an Ice Spice fan account shared a photo of Latto’s look, writing “No identity lmao.” Shortly after, Ice Spice posted a Tweet of her own, telling her followers “I h8 a b**ch wit no identity.”

Despite all of this apparent shade, Ice Spice insists that there are no issues between her and Latto. During an interview with Rolling Stone in July, she called their rumored feud a joke. “I feel like if we ever spoke and I asked her ‘What’s the issue?’ it’d be like a blank stare. It’d really be no issue whatsoever. Especially from me,” she added. What do you think of Latto seemingly throwing shade on her Instagram Story? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Bianca Censori Proudly Films Kanye West & His Kids’ Performance In China

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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign recently held their VULTURES listening session in China on Sunday (September 15), which was a pretty magnanimous affair. He even previewed a new song for fans, which heartened its admirers who felt disappointed by VULTURES 2. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Ye show these days if his kids didn’t go up to perform with him. North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm all accompanied him onstage at Hainan’s Wuyuan River Sports Stadium to perform “Everybody,” one of the numerous cuts from this album series that still hasn’t seen the official light of day. Bianca Censori was there to film the whole thing from the stands. You can check that out by clicking the “Via” link down below.

However, things allegedly haven’t all been great when it comes to this family dynamic. Azealia Banks recently accused Kanye West’s associate Milo Yiannopoulos of hiding Ye’s alleged abuse of Bianca Censori. “Tell the world about how Kanye is Beating up Bianca Censori and how he threw a chair at northwest the other day big mouth,” she tweeted while responding to the Chicago artist’s former employee. “Tell the story of you and Elon making racist jokes about Kanye as if the two of you don’t both look like f***in hog cheese.”

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Kanye West & His Kids At His China Concert

This is just the latest of Kanye West’s many controversies and accusations over the past few years, ones that have been impossible to escape. Still, it looks like he will continue to drop new music and develop his career while we wait on what other wild statement he will make. For example, Playboi Carti recently teased some more collabs between the two on the Atlanta rage star’s upcoming album. Perhaps this and the other song preview will hint toward the next sound to tackle.

As such, we’re still in the balancing act of Kanye West’s controversial career and behavior. In fact, it’s lasted much longer than some folks give it credit for. Between suspended Candace Owens interviews and these Bianca Censori accusations, there’s a lot to unpack and scrutinize. But much of it remains alleged, so we’ll see how these situations develop. After all, this is always a winding and complicated road to cover.

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Reginae Carter Praises Her Dad Lil Wayne Again Amid Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Debate

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Lil Wayne is still getting love and dismissal from many hip-hop and pop culture corners over the Super Bowl halftime show controversy. When Kendrick Lamar announced his headlining slot in New Orleans next year, many fans felt that Tunechi deserved it instead, a notion bolstered by K.Dot’s Drake battle. However, we’re starting to see folks shift the conversation to the most important parts of this whole debate: commending each artist for their greatness and giving Wayne the flowers he deserves. His daughter Reginae Carter recently spoke out about this whole thing, trying to shift gears to a more celebratory and supportive narrative.

“Lil weezyana fest is gone be so lit this year!” Reginae Carter wrote of her father Lil Wayne’s New Orleans festival later in 2024. “My dad brings this to his hometown every year to make his fans and supporters proud! Let’s Focus on the positive and things we can control [red heart emoji]. Let’s talk about how he sold out in a day ‼” No matter where you stand on the Super Bowl debate, we have much more useful ways to show support.

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Reginae Carter Hypes Up Lil Wayne’s Festival

“They envy greatness !!!!” Reginae Carter initially seemed to express regarding the Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne debate. By this point, anyone happy or mad about the final decision has plenty of different reasons to feel how they feel. As such, we don’t really know where Reginae directs her previous frustration and current focus on positivity. Is it against Kendrick and pgLang for taking advantage of this opportunity? Is it against Jay-Z and the NFL for capitalizing on it? Or is it at fans who turned this choice into a competition of who can disrespect the other MC more?

Regardless, there’s a lot more to say about the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. We’re sure we will hear more connective tissue in the road to February, as we have plenty of chances for new music or statements until then from any party. No matter how Reginae Carter would characterize the Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar debate, she’s right in emphasizing the need to be supportive and hopeful. Greatness doesn’t find you: you find it.

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Lecrae Responds To Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Watch The Party Die’ Mention With A Unifying Track Of His Own

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To borrow a phrase from Uproxx cover star Latto, get in the booth. Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s heated track-for-track beef surely inspired a lot of spin-off records. Yesterday (September 14), the latest arrived courteous of Lecrae.

On Kendrick Lamar’s “Watch The Party Die” song, he named dropped the Christian rapper, asking: “What would Lecrae do?” Now fans know exactly how Lecrae would’ve handled the feud thanks to his response record, “Ain’t Watch The Party Die,” which was shared to Instagram.

“I was wrestlin’ like, should I write a verse? / The culture got enough clout-chasin’ vultures out here / Tryna prove they worth, they need attention / They can’t imagine me not tryna make myself look bigger off of this Kendrick mention / I can’t imagine his position / Before I got on my mission I was a party victim,” raps Lecrae.

Throughout the record, Lecrae advocates for unification. But he was sure to address the narrative that he turned his nose up at secular hip-hop artists after a clip of his Deep End with Lecrae podcast went viral.

“I use my trauma, my single mama, to justify commas to pay the devils wages / That probably went over they heads / Basically what I said is I was government fed / Bred for doin’ time in the feds, but Jesus bled / Instead of puttin’ dents in they head, He turned His / My cup runneth over with nonsense / They hearts grow colder, they love to do evil, they burn they conscience / I want the dealer’s head who gave my cousin fentanyl / Labels exploitin’ rappin’ addicts, man, I’m sick of y’all / My daddy ran with Compton Crips, my uncles Piru / Stuck in the middle of this madness, what should I choose? / I should be choosin’ between Howard and Hampton / I love the people that I ran with but look at the damage / You want me put you on, but I know you still with the scammin’,” raps Lecrae.

Listen to Lecrae’s song “Ain’t Watch The Party Die” above.