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Beyoncé’s Star-Studded ‘Renaissance’ Concert Film World Premiere Was Attended By Lizzo, Chlöe x Halle, Janelle Monáe, And More

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For Beyoncé, it’s go big or go home. That’s how she treated her award-winning Renaissance World Tour and the same goes for the premiere of her forthcoming concert film. Although the public won’t have a chance to see it until next month, on Saturday, November 25, the Grammy Award record holder’s company, Parkwood Entertainment, held a special, chromed-out premiere at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

At the premiere, the silver carpet was filled with several star-studded appearances, including card-carrying Beehive member Lizzo, Beyoncé’s musical mentees star Chlöe and Halle Bailey, Janelle Monáe, Normani, Victoria Monét, Coco Jones, and more. Thanks to clips captured by Variety, fans on social media were able to dazzle in all the over-the-top looks from the evening.

The onscreen reunion of Destiny’s Child’s longstanding members brought tears to viewers’ eyes. But the gang, including Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, LaToya Luckett, and LaTavia Roberson, were all present for the film’s premiere.

Several entertainers who lent their talents to the Renaissance album were in attendance as well. TS Madison and Kevin Aviance strutted their best look on the chrome carpet.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé is slated to hit theaters on December 1. Find more information here.

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Joe Budden’s Rap Return Might Happen Soon, He Hints

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Joe Budden hasn’t picked up the mic in a long time, deciding to further his media career within the culture and impact it positively from that perspective. While his track record isn’t perfect, just like anyone else’s in this field, it’s hard to argue against his knowledge, influence, and idiosyncratic framework through which he views hip-hop. However, the Slaughterhouse MC recently hinted on his podcast that all this might change soon. Moreover, Sunday’s conversation (November 26) saw him and his co-hosts discussed new music that week, including Kanye West and company’s new song “Vultures.” This is where Budden made his return to rap a possible reality in people’s minds.

Speaking on “Vultures,” Joe Budden said that he’s a big fan of the beat behind it, adding that it “fills his music appetite.” As discussion on the track was dying down, this is where he added some fuel to the speculative fire of the future of his rap career. “Don’t worry, I called Just Blaze the other day,” the New York media personality began. “I’m done talking about these rappers. I’ll do it myself, I’ll do it myself.”

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Joe Budden Hints At Rap Comeback: Watch At The 1-Hour & 45-Minute Mark

When one of his co-hosts asked if this was a legitimate return to rap, he had the following answer. “I’ma listen to what Just Blaze has in there that might make somebody want to rap,” Joe Budden remarked. “I’m laying a 15-minute record for sale, $20. It just might be [an] EP but you gonna get this first track for $20.” While he clarified that he doesn’t have any concrete plans, it’s better than nothing. “Whenever that is I don’t want to supe fans up to think that that’s coming soon,” the 43-year-old went on. “Me and Just Blaze have real jobs. That’s what he said. He said, ‘Yo I’m busy with my real job right now.’ Like, ‘Me too!‘ This works out perfectly, great.”

Meanwhile, are you excited for him to potentially return to music? Which one of the “Pump It Up” spitter’s rap rivals do you want to see him trade bars with? However you may feel, drop your thoughts in the comments section down below. As always, stay logged into HNHH for the latest news and updates on Joe Budden.

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Summer Walker’s Hourglass Figure Is Curvier Than Ever In Tight Denim Dress: Video

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Despite rumors of a pregnancy that might lead her otherwise, Summer Walker isn’t letting anything get in the way of showing off her curves. Moreover, she recently uploaded a video in a tight denim bodysuit that displays her hourglass figure perfectly, and really felt herself in the fit. Of course, the R&B singer usually gets a lot of praise for her style, and it’s something that’s been a big part of her entire career up until this point. We don’t know what she dressed up for, but we’re sure she had plenty of fun out on the town or to go to an event of sorts.

Furthermore, it’s an aspect of Summer Walker’s artistic identity that she always brings to the table, even with the rest of her family. For example, this year, she posed with her three children in The Cat In The Hat-inspired costumes for an adorable photoshoot. Even despite the 27-year-old’s relationship issues as of late, she still shows all the love in the world to her circle and prioritizes them along the way. After all, it’s one of her constants in her world, and a point of respite from the hassle of her career and place within the industry.

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Summer Walker’s Figure-Hugging Denim Dress: Watch

On that note, it seems like the Atlanta native might’ve fully rekindled her romance with BMF star and the son of that series’ inspiration, Lil Meech. This caused much debate among her fanbase, given that the two had quite the rocky history with cheating allegations and a pretty fast-moving public presentation. Regardless of that, Summer Walker seems to want to keep her circle tight, and do the best for the sake of her kids. It’s an admirable sentiment, and hopefully one that doesn’t cause further problems or stresses down the line.

Meanwhile, folks like Sukihana expressed support for reconciled romance, so if they’re just seeing each other and hadn’t fully reconnected, maybe that outspoken approval will push that forward. Maybe the “Girls Need Love” hitmaker just needs a little more time to marinate on that. We’ll happily wait, especially if she keeps giving us great looks like these. For more news and the latest updates on Summer Walker, keep checking in with HNHH.

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Beyonce’s “RENAISSANCE” Film Premiere Look Reminds Us She’s A Blonde Bombshell

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Ever since Beyonce returned with her highly anticipated RENAISSANCE album in 2022, we’ve been living in her world. The mother of three followed that disco-infused project with a European and North American tour for the ages that concluded earlier this fall, with her and Jay-Z’s eldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, joining her mother for most of the performances. Those who weren’t able to catch one of Bey’s concerts in person have likely already secured their tickets for her new RENAISSANCE Tour experience film, with dates scheduled across the nation following the star-studded premiere on Saturday (November 25) night.

We saw famous faces like Lizzo, Kelly Rowland, Halle Bailey, and DDG all make their way down the red carpet in their best dressed. Though she had arguably one of the best looks of her career so far for the big event, Beyonce actually skipped out on walking in with her friends and fans. Instead, the Houston native met up with those who came out to support her inside to snap pictures after posing for a few stunning solo shots.

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Beyonce Goes Bold for Her New Concert Film’s Debut

Not only was her strapless silver gown and matching gloves perfectly on theme for the RENAISSANCE film, but the “Halo” hitmaker’s perfectly platinum blonde hair added an icy touch to her look. The premiere went down at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, and according to DailyMail, guests were encouraged to dress themselves in “cozy opulence” for their evening of celebrating Queen B‘s latest successes.

Now that the RENAISSANCE Tour has wrapped and its accompanying film is in theatres, Beyonce’s fans are curious about what the ever-ambitious starlet will get around to crossing off her bucket list next. Earlier this month, rumours began swirling about the potential of a Las Vegas residency. In her typical fashion, the Queen reportedly has a massive budget for her potential performances in Sin City. Read more about that at the link below, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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French Montana’s “Mac & Cheese 5” Gets Official Release Date

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French Montana’s next project is fast-approaching, and based on his most recent announcement, it’s going to be a part of history. Moreover, he announced on Friday (November 24) on social media that his next mixtape, Mac & Cheese 5, is officially scheduled for release on January 5, 2024. As such, the Moroccan-American MC’s upcoming tape will join the series that started with Mac Wit Da Cheese almost a decade and a half ago in 2009. “Mac n cheese 5 january 5th [calendar emoji] [exclamation mark emoji],” he captioned a teaser trailer on Instagram. “LETS FINISH WHAT WE STARTED [newspaper emoji] This one for the books ! [wave emoji] [surfer emoji] #freemaxb #foreverchinx.”

In addition, he also provided a tease of a new song and music video with this post. “Hard life…” French Montana says in the video tease. “Excuses gon’ make today easy, but tomorrow hard. Discipline gon’ make today hard, but tomorrow easy.” His last album was the 2023 tape Coke Boys 6 with DJ Drama, and that Gangsta Grillz project also came out in early January. Looks like that’s a solid season for drops for the 39-year-old.

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French Montana’s New Mixtape Announcement

Furthermore, he actually has plenty of reason to celebrate these days; not just regarding the announcement of this new mixtape, but also his 39th birthday on November 9. French Montana celebrated an elaborate birthday bash and invited plenty of famous friends to the party, including Chirsean Rock, Offset, Chris Brown, and many more. He even got a zebra for the occasion, too, and received a birthday shoutout from his friend Max B while in prison. Overall, it seems like the “Unforgettable” artist is keeping this celebratory streak up all the way through the holidays and into Mac & Cheese 5.

Meanwhile, other outings he was on didn’t end up being the most fruitful endeavors. For example, authorities raided the South Bronx-raised hitmaker’s jet for contraband, but it seems like he was able to dodge any significant issues. Regardless, are you excited for Mac & Cheese 5? Let us know in the comments and log back into HNHH for the latest news and updates on French Montana.

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Meek Mill’s Mystery Woman On Dubai Trip Had Him Going Bad For Her: Photos

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Meek Mill recently hit up Dubai for some international travel, and the baddie that accompanied him had him feeling pretty excited. Moreover, he posted some pictures of them together for which he posed quite seductively, saying that he’s “a different breed” “with the braids.” As such, the Too Good To Be True artist seemed to have a great time, and maybe their socials will show us what else they got up to in the city. Given the recent release of the Rick Ross collab album in question, we’re sure he has plenty of reason and motivation to celebrate. However, the Philly MC also reckoned with some less than positive stories and narratives in his life as of late.

For example, he recently called out Trippie Redd out of the blue, and had some harsh words for the Ohio hitmaker. “This guy no good!!!” Meek Mill wrote on his IG Story over a picture of Trippie. “I ain’t even know you said my name…. If you f**k with me f**k this guy right here…. I wanna stand on n***as freely saying my name make it tight outside! I ain’t even know you said my name I seen you get pulled in a room by the gangstas in la you was scared. But let’s see how tough yall guys are! I can’t believe these Philly young bulls gassed you to say my name! ‘ look like you repping the devil ima show you how trying god is @trippieredd.”

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Meek Mill’s Dubai Trip With Mystery Woman

 
 
 
 
 
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On the other hand, the Dream Chasers boss also recalled his very first rap battle, during which he very much got destroyed. “My first time rap battling — this some real s**t — that n***a made me cry,” Meek Mill shared. “I was like a bada** young boy at the time. We was battling, but it wasn’t about the battle. My whole hood was laughing at me and I never got laughed at about s**t. You can’t mess with my sneakers, nothing! I turned around and peeped with my eyes, got that lump in my throat, I started crying and walked off. I said, ‘All y’all n***as gonna be banging my s**t!’”

Meanwhile, what do you think about this recent post? Will we see this mystery woman more or is this a chapter in the book of the cougar fantasizer? Whatever the case, let us know in the comments down below. For more news and the latest updates on Meek Mill, check back in with HNHH.

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50 Cent Trolls Diddy With Hilarious Pants-less Photo

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50 Cent has once again turned his sights on Diddy, posting a photo of the Bad Boy Records founder dancing with his pants around his ankles. “👀what kinda batty boy party is this! 🤨Bumba clot !!!! Why ya tink I don’t go to diss?” Fif wrote as a caption. It’s a major turn around from Fif, who appeared to show some compassion for Diddy after the record mogul was served a third lawsuit. “Damn I hope he alright if you cool with him check on him. All joke a side this is a lot,” Fif wrote earlier in the week.

The third suit against Diddy was filed just hours before the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act on Thursday night. In the suit, an anonymous woman claims she went on a date with Diddy in 1991 while attending Syracuse. However, she alleges that Diddy drugged her during dinner, before filming them while he raped her. Furthermore, she claims that she was later made aware that the video of the assault had been shown to and viewed by multiple people. The wave of allegations against Diddy has come after his former long-time partner Cassie released a series of horrific allegations against him in her own suit.

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Fif Goes All In Against Diddy

However, the pants-down photo isn’t Fif’s first attack on Diddy since the allegations came out. “LOL. He paid that money real quick, should have done that before the sharks saw the blood in the water. And here they come in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 every woman he ever put his hand on,” Fif said in his first comments about the allegations.

Furthermore, social media users unearthed an old clip from Drink Champs in which Fif spoke on Diddy. In the clip, Fif told a bizarre story about Diddy really wanting to take the G-Unit mogul shopping. It’s unclear what the complete context of the story was. However, Fif definitely appeared to use it to imply that Diddy wasn’t all that he seemed to be.

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Gunna Posts Up In Atlanta Ahead Of Young Thug Trial

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Gunna has seemingly returned to Atlanta, with the rapper posting a video from the city on Saturday. It sees Gunna return to his primary base of operations for the first time (at least publicly) since being released from jail late last year. Furthermore, Gunna’s return coincides with the start of Young Thug’s trial, which is finally set to begin on Monday.

It’s a bold move for Gunna, as many people believe that the city is “off-limits” to him. There are many who still believe that Gunna’s plea deal included Gunna snitching on Thug. Evidence of this belief includes Gunna being one of the few people to admit under oath that YSL was a criminal gang. As a result, many believe Gunna should be right there alongside Thug. Despite this, Gunna has been vocal about his support of Thug, flashing a “Free Jeffrey” sign at several of his recent concerts.

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Social Media Reflects Ahead Of Young Thug Trial

 
 
 
 
 
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Meanwhile, the start of Young Thug’s trial had social media reflecting on everything that has gone down since Thug was arrested nearly two years ago. The X account ThuggerDaily posted a long list of every wild thing that has happened. Highlights include Donald Trump accusing Fani Willis of sleeping with YSL Mondo, one defendant being found to be in a relationship with his jail guard, and someone hacking the courtroom screens to play porn.

However, after nearly a year of jury selection, Thug’s trial will start on Monday. After over 20 indictments, just six men will go to trial, Thug included. Despite this, there was still plenty of drama to go around. Thug’s lawyer was formally warned by the judge. The attorney was heard calling one of the prosecution’s pre-trial witnesses a “farce”. Similarly, Yak Gotti’s lawyer was warned after a verbal altercation. It stemmed from Gotti being denied his right to have a clear line of sight to the jury.

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Punchmade Dev Mugshot Revealed By Chicago PD

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The Chicago Police Department just released Punchmade Dev’s mugshot following his arrest on weapons charges and an obstructed front windshield. It’s unclear what the particular heft behind each of these booking reasons is as of writing this article, but we can’t imagine he’s looking forward to finding out. For those unaware, the Chicago rapper previously faced a police investigation for a worrisome song and music video. His track “Wire Fraud Tutorial” is pretty self-explanatory, and YouTube ended up taking the visual down at the behest of law enforcement. The YouTube star tried to speak to the platform about getting his video restored, but it was to no avail.

Furthermore, it’s unclear whether or not this has anything to do with this recent arrest, as the charges seem unrelated at first glance. However, surely the coming weeks will provide at least some updates on whether police investigations actually resulted in something. Punchmade Dev allegedly claimed to have access to Adin Ross’ bank account, which can’t be good considering the streamer’s tighter pockets as of late. Maybe this booking will simply exacerbate the investigation into him rather than take priority over it.

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Punchmade Dev’s Mugshot

 
 
 
 
 
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Of course, it’s still too early in this case to call anything, especially since it’s not the most visible or viral case right now. We wouldn’t expect it to reach YSL RICO levels of visibility, but “Wire Fraud Tutorial” went pretty wild in social media circles and among underground rap fans. Regardless of all that, Punchmade Dev looks quite tranquil in his mugshot, so maybe he brushed off these charges and anticipates he will see a prompt release. Only time will tell, but the situation would be wildly different if he did time for wire fraud.

Meanwhile, this is unfortunately a page in the book of Chicago hip-hop’s run-ins with the law, many of which are due to systemic issues. We’re not equating this case to that, but it’s a sadly difficult legacy for the scene to reckon with. Hopefully in this situation, we can get some more clarity and get answers to the controversy that the “Wire Fraud Tutorial” inspired a couple of months ago. For more news and updates on Punchmade Dev, come back to HNHH.

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Teezo Touchdown Meets Up With Lil Flip After Travis Scott Concert

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Lil Flip says Teezo Touchdown described him as his “favorite rapper” after the two met up backstage following Teezo’s recent concert with Travis Scott in Austin, Texas. Flip posted about the meeting on Instagram, earlier this week.

“SO MY BROTHER @fatheplug TOLD ME ABOUT THIS YOUNG ARTIST NAMED @teezotouchdown FROM #BEAUMONT #TEXAS WHO SAID IM HIS FAVORITE RAPPER,” he captured pictures of his meeting with Teezo. “SO I REACHED OUT AND TOLD HIM THANK YOU [prayer-hand emoji] AND DECIDED TO PULL UP TO HIS SHOW IN #AUSTIN WIT @travisscott LASTNITE!!”

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Teezo Touchdown Performs With Lil Yachty

AUSTIN, TEXAS – JUNE 28: Teezo Touchdown (L) joins Lil Yachty in concert during an “Austin City Limits” TV show taping at ACL Live on June 28, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)

He continued: “WE CHOPPED IT UP AND HE SAID HE LOVE @bigshasta713 [clover emoji] SO I FACE TIMED HIM AND LET THEM TALK!! IT DONT MATTER WHO U ARE NEVER [thumbs-down emoji] LOSE FAITH [prayer-hand emoji] CUZ #WINNERSWIN.” In addition to photos of himself with Teezo, Flip also shared a clip from the rapper’s recent interview on the Rap Radar podcast. Fans shared plenty of excitement for the meet-up in the comments section. Check out the full Instagram post below.

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Flip is far from the first rapper to co-sign Teezo during the last year. He’s appeared on Travis Scott’s fourth album, Utopia, as well as Drake’s eighth album, For All The Dogs. Of Teezo’s debut project, Drake had high praise. “Usually it’s a cut throat cryptic caption for the ones that turned on the gang members but tonight I just heard some of the best music ever so I am happy and I will spare you little birdies thanks to @teezotouchdown,” Drake wrote on social media. Be on the lookout for further updates on Lil Flip and Teezo Touchdown on HotNewHipHop.

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