Offset’s new album Set It Off drops at midnight, and it’s safe to say that fans can’t wait. The performer’s been teasing the project for some time now, recently unveiling a new single with Don Toliver, “Worth It.” The laid-back track gave listeners a taste of what’s to come, and some think that this could be some of his best work yet.
Fans aren’t the only ones looking forward to the drop, however. Recently, Offset’s longtime partner and mother of two of his kids, Cardi B, shared her thoughts. “Soooo emotional MY BABYYYYY ALBUM DROPPIN TONIGHT!!!!!” the hitmaker began. “He been working sooo hard and NON STOP… I’m so proud of him. He really put his heart, sweat, and tears in this.” Cardi is even featured on a couple tracks from the new LP, “Jealousy” and “Freaky.” The duo dropped “Jealousy” back in July alongside a fun accompanying music video.
Though he’s certainly been busy getting everything prepped for the big release, Offset was sure not to forget about Cardi. The “Bongos” rapper celebrated her birthday yesterday, and he surprised her with a pretty extravagant layout. As she walked down their staircase she was elated to find their home flooded with bright pink flower petals, candles, and plenty of balloons. “Thank you soo much babe @offsetyrn …you always go beyond for me.I love your skin,I love your face,I love your body , your ankles,I love your soul,I love your heart,I love your fart ,I love your faith,I love your talent ,I will BITE anybody for you lmaaooooo,” she wrote.
Other features on Set It Off include Travis Scott, Future, Latto, Young Nudy, and more. What do you think of Cardi B’s excitement for her man’s upcoming album? Are you looking forward to listening to Set It Off when it drops? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates on Cardi B and Offset.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett have been separated for seven years, apparently. The revelation emerged during Jada Pinkett’s press run in support of her upcoming memoir, Worthy. Speaking to Hoda Kotb, she confirmed that the two have been separated since 2016, although they never made their divorce official. Nonetheless, she said that they have the utmost love for each other and their children.
Of course, Jada Pinkett’s latest statements about her (estranged?) husband follow years of scrutiny surrounding their relationship. The couple made headlines when rumors of an open relationship surfaced. Then, there was the entanglement with August Alsina. In between that and the ongoing jokes involving her relationship with Tupac, it seemed to have all culminated in the infamous Oscars slap with Chris Rock, who allegedly tried to secure a date with Jada in the midst of divorce rumors. With the couple back in the headlines, we’re exploring their relationship since the couple first met in 1994.
Will and Jada met on the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when Jada auditioned for a role on the show. Although she didn’t get the part, they formed a close friendship. It wasn’t until 1995 that they entertained the possibility of a relationship. Will was still married to his then-wife and mother to his firstborn son, Trey, Sheree Zampino, although their relationship was on the rocks.
“I had a realization I wasn’t with the person I was supposed to be with,” he said on a 2018 episode of Red Table Talk. “I was sitting in a [bathroom] stall and I was crying and laughing uncontrollably, and I knew [Jada] was the woman I was supposed to be with.”
After filing for divorce from Zampino, Jada and Will Smith took their relationship to new heights. The couple began dating, largely through Will’s efforts. Following his divorce, he asked Jada if she was “seeing anyone.” Once she said she wasn’t, Will said, “Cool, you’re seeing me now.”
Will reportedly popped the question while they were in bed together. However, it didn’t take long for the couple to get hitched. A month later, they tied the knot at a secret ceremony in a hotel room in Baltimore, Jada’s hometown.
In a 1998 interview, Jada Pinkett revealed that they had been expecting their first child a day after their wedding. The couple welcomed Jaden Cyre Smith in July 1998. In the years that followed, Jaden proved to have a knack for the big screen, just like his parents, and similar to his father pursued a career in hip-hop.
Two years after the birth of Jaden, Will and Jada welcomed Willow to their family in October 2000. She similarly made a name for herself in the music industry, as an actress and a musician. These days, she often co-hosts Red Table Talk with her mother, Jada while also pursuing a successful career in music.
While 13 years passed with little issues in their marriage, rumors of a shaky relationship began to surface in 2013. At that time, speculation surrounding an open marriage began to emerge. However, Jada denied this entirely during an appearance on HuffPost Live! but she said that she told Will he could “do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be OK.”
In a post shared on Facebook, she reiterated that they aren’t in an open marriage. “Will and I BOTH can do WHATEVER we want, because we TRUST each other to do so. This does NOT mean we have an open relationship…this means we have a GROWN one,” she said.
2015: Will & Jada Pinkett Deny Getting A Divorce
Two years later, the couple continued to face rumors of a divorce. Although we’d find on later on that there was some sort of validity to turmoil in their relationship, Will made it clear that a divorce wasn’t on the table. In a post shared to Facebook, he explained that he had received a number of messages from people sending their “deepest condolences,” so he decided to clear the air.
“So, in the interest of redundant, repetitious, over & over-again-ness… Jada and I are…NOT GETTING A DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! : -) I promise you all – if I ever decide to divorce my Queen – I SWEAR I’ll tell you myself! #Dumb People Should Have to Wear Scarlet D’s,” he wrote.
In Jada’s recent interview with Hoda Kobt, she explained that she and Will had been separated since 2016. However, the two continued to celebrate their marriage together in the public eye. In 2017, Will and Jada celebrated 20 years of marriage, which Will commemorated in a heartfelt Instagram post.
“20 Years Ago Today we held hands and walked naively down that aisle. Here’s what I’ve learned since,” he wrote. “Love is Like Gardening. I have learned to focus on HELPING you to BLOSSOM into what YOU want to be (into what you were born to be)… Rather than Demanding that you become what my Fragile Ego needs you to be.”
2018: No Longer “Married” But Life Partners
During an interview with Rap Radar, Will Smith provided more context to his relationship with Jada Pinkett. Although together for 20+ years, the rapper-turned-actor explained that they consider each other “life partners.”
“We don’t even say we’re married anymore. We refer to ourselves as life partners,” he told Rap Radar. “Where you get into that space where you realize you are literally with somebody for the rest of your life. There’s no deal breakers. There’s nothing she could do — ever. Nothing that would break our relationship. She has my support till death, you know what I mean, and it feels so good to get to that space where you’re not complaining, and worrying, and demanding that a person be a certain thing.”
Life partners aside, the world was shocked to find out that Jada Pinkett Smith had a self-described “entanglement” with August Alsina. Jada revealed that the couple had been separated in 2016 and during that period, she and Alsina developed a strong bond. In the midst of this revelation, fans began pointing out videos and clips of Alsina hanging out with the Smith family.
During an episode of Red Table Talk, Will explained that he felt that their marriage needed to be tested at that point. “I wasn’t sure I was ever going to speak to you again,” Will said. “Like the fact that I’m speaking to you again is a miracle. [Marriage] ain’t for the weak at heart. There’s just certain things that you have to go through. I wish it could be all magic and miracles.”
2021: Will Contextualizes The Entanglement
Even though the majority of people felt as though the “entanglement” was a one-sided affair, Will revealed that “that was not… in fact the case,” per Wesley Lowrey’s GQ profile on the actor. He didn’t necessarily dive any further on the topic but in his memoir, Will, he said, “For the large part of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of monogamy as the only relational perfection.” He also explained that their marriage wasn’t working.
Later that year, Will sat down with Oprah Winfrey where he explained that they hit a rough patch in their relationship in 2011. It stemmed from a birthday surprise that he supposedly spent “years planning,” which Jada felt was a “ridiculous” self-serving act that put his ego on display.
2022: The Infamous Oscars Slap
At the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith famously slapped Chris Rock in the face after the comedian cracked a joke comparing Jada to G.I. Jane, only to find out that she was suffering from alopecia. “Jada, I love ya. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see ya,” Chris said before Will stormed the stage and struck the comedian in the face. After heading back to his seat, Will told Chris: “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth!”
Even though it was an act of support for his wife, Will faced the worst of repercussions. He won the award for Best Actor – the first Oscar in his illustrious career – for King Richard before the Academy barred him from attending the ceremony for 10 years. While Will later apologized, the damage had been done and Twitter continued to pile onto Jada Pinkett.
Through the ups and downs of their relationship in the years prior, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Will had been separated for roughly seven years. In her book Worthy, she dives further into the topic but the announcement first came during a preview of her sit down with Hoda Kotb. Although Jada said that it wasn’t a “divorce on paper,” the couple was “exhausted with trying.” However, she vowed never to get a divorce. “We will work through … whatever,” she explained. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise,”
In an interview with People, she added that she and Will are still working on their relationship. “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together,” she told PEOPLE. “We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”
Ice Spice is having an incredible breakout 2023. Her meteoric rise to fame has resulted in 4 top 10 hits in 2023 alone and some major collaborations with the likes of Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift. She has a new song with Nigerian singer Rema dropping tonight and she will take the stage on Saturday Night Live this weekend. That means various publications have taken the opportunity to sit down with the rapper and figure out what she’s all about.
The most recent was the Los Angeles Times. which did a feature on the rapper packed full of new information about her life and work. But it was one detail that everyone honed in on pretty much immediately. In the piece, Ice Spice reveals that she’s actually dating someone, which came as news to even her most die-hard fans. But they missed out on the big reveal as Spice declined to comment on who exactly it is that she’s dating. She says she’s keeping it a secret “to keep their focus on what I’m here for, which is music.” Check out the full story below.
In another recent interview with Variety, Ice Spice arguably gave up even more information on her personal life. She updated fans on where she stands with The 1975 singer Matty Healy, who was part of an insulting podcast bit earlier this year about her. After he apologized to her in person the two are reportedly good now.
In the clip, she also refuted the allegations of being an industry plant. While she admitted that they bothered her at first, she’s now over it. She also explained that other female rappers can be hard to confide in as they act very differently behind the scenes than they do in public. What do you think of Ice Spice refusing to reveal who the person she’s dating is? Let us know in the comment section below.
Cardi B shared the efforts Offset put in to celebrate her birthday on Instagram, Wednesday. The Migos rapper decked out the couple’s house with a lavish display featuring flowers and candles in honor of Cardi turning 31.
“Thank you soo much babe @offsetyrn …you always go beyond for me,” Cardi captioned the video. “I love your skin, I love your face, I love your body, your ankles, I love your soul, I love your heart, I love your fart, I love your faith, I love your talent, I will BITE anybody for you lmaaooooo [heart emojis].”
In the clip, she adds: “Ahhh… So this is why you was rushing me to go downstairs and eat?… Wow, oh my God. This n—a, I swear to God! Wow. I love you, thank you. Seems like it’s gonna be his birthday the way i’m gonna [mouth noises]. I love you, I love you, thank you so much. I’ll bite you b–ches for this man!” In response to the video, fans shared plenty of birthday wishes for Cardi as well as praise for Offset. “Offset doesn’t get enough credit on how much of a good husband he is to Cardi,” one user commented. Check out Cardi’s full post below.
The post arrives as both artists prepare for the release of new albums. Offset’s Set It Off is slated to drop on Friday, October 13, 2023, while Cardi’s untitled sophomore album will be arriving sometime next year. The two will be collaborating on the song, “Freaky,” off of Offset’s project. Other featured artists include Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Future, Mango Foo, Latto, Young Nudy, and Chlöe. Be on the lookout for further updates on Cardi B and Offset’s relationship on HotNewHipHop.
News of Jeezy and Jeannie Mai’s divorce was a shock to many online, and has been a whirlwind to follow. Moreover, amid a lot of reported updates, reactions, and the like, there’s been little to say of either party’s individual remarks on it. However, we now know that Mai, at least, apparently stayed off the Internet for a while to focus on herself and get away from the noise. Recently, on Wednesday (October 11), the former The Real co-host took to Instagram to shed light on her silence, which was her first post since their split made its way to media headlines. In her post, a hand-written note read “Sometimes, you need to take a break and disconnect, to heal,” and captioned it with a black heart emoji.
Furthermore, Jeannie Mai’s break from online apps is incredibly understandable, considering all the gossip circulating around their split. A lot of speculation and “close source reports” tainted the news, and that’s not even considering how much people are weighing in on it in their own personal lives. In addition, it’s never easy to face a bunch of scrutiny from people online who don’t know either your or your partner in this case. All in all, hopefully this was a beneficial choice for her.
Meanwhile, many fans are looking elsewhere to find any hints at what happened between the two. For example, Jeannie Mai previously spoke on her temper affecting their bond on the Lovers & Friends podcast, and the Internet unearthed these remarks. “I have a really hot temper,” the 44-year-old remarked. “Not a lot of people know this; it’s just something in my family. But I didn’t notice it in myself until I was with Jeezy. It has to do with the type of relationship you have and the type of respect you have for that person to mirror things back to you.
“Here’s a person who is my equal,” she went on. “When I would spew some of my old habits, he was like, ‘Uh-uh, like, that’s not flying here.’ Also, it would trigger him to come back at me with things where I was like, ‘Who the f**k do you think you are?’ But I was triggering him, so through work, we learned that we both have certain habits.” For more news and updates on Jeannie Mai and Jeezy, check back in with HNHH.
Tommy Davidson recalled a “run-in” with Will Smith in the late 90s after he kissed Jada Pinkett Smith. The incident happened after Davidson kissed Pinkett Smith without prior warning during the filming of Woo. “Me and Will had a run-in. He came into the trailer and I was sitting down. He’s standing over me and he’s like, ‘I don’t appreciate that, man. I don’t appreciate that.’ And I’m like, ‘What you talking about?’ I always know to play it off. And I’m like, ‘What’s going on man? Tell me what’s happening.’ And since he was standing and I was sitting, I was a real nice fella. That’s about physics.”
He continued. “I’m like, ‘Man what’s going on?’ ‘I don’t appreciate that.’ And Jada’s going, ‘Will. Will!’ And I’m saying, ‘What’s happening man?’ And he’s like, ‘You tell me what’s happening. Hmm? Hmm?’ And [he’s biting his lip like] he might do something. I did the snake and got up and then I was like, ‘So what are you talking about, man?’ And I was still in that posture. I didn’t [know what he was talking about] but I knew what he was doing. And I was like, ‘Just tell me what’s up.’ And he’s like, ‘You know what’s up.’ So finally I just said, ‘This is a small place and people are here. We should talk about it, me and you outside because it looks like you need to get something off your chest.’ And Jada was like, ‘Oh nah nah, y’all.’ I was like, ‘What you mean nah y’all? Tell him!’ And that was the end of that.”
Jada Pinkett Smith Claims Chris Rock Asked Her On A Date
However, it’s not the only incident that’s come out in recent days. Pinkett Smith, in her bombshell interview with People, claimed that Chris Rock once asked her on a date. “He called me and basically he was like “I’d love to take you out.” And I was like, “What do you mean?” He was like, “Well aren’t you and Will getting a divorce?” I was like, “No Chris, those are just rumors”. He was appalled. And he profusely apologized and that was that.”
The claims that Rock once asked her on a date come in the same interview as the bombshell that Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been separated since 2016. “We’re still figuring it out. We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.” However, she also said that the couple lives “completely separate lives”. In the interview came ahead of the release of Pinkett Smith’s new memoir next week.
Cam’ron has offered the radical suggestion that Russell Wilson leave his pregnant wife Ciara to improve his ailing football play. “Broncos, look like y’all season is over. Sean Payton, you tried. Rusell Wilson, get rid of your girl. That’s the only suggestion I got for you. I don’t know what else to do for you. You want to win? It depends on what kinda ring you want. You want the ring for marriage or the Super Bowl ring,” Cam’ron said on It Is What It Is this week.
The Broncos lost their fourth game of the season over the weekend, falling to the Jets 31-21. Wilson has 1210 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 119 rushing yards on the season. However, the Broncos have struggled to hold leads or find any consistent momentum over their first five games of the season. The stretch also included a brutal 70-20 loss that had many calling for the head for defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. However, things don’t get any easier for the Broncos, with two games against the Chiefs and a game against the Bills as part of their next four games.
Marshawn Lynch Speaks On Russell Wilson Relationship
However, his marriage isn’t the only relationship of Russell Wilson’s that has been a topic of conversation lately. “I can’t speak on what went down because I didn’t fuck with them. I didn’t fuck with Pete and Russ…he was just a quarterback to me. As for what happened, I can’t pick up the phone and ask him what’s up cuz I don’t got his number. I would roll with him as a quarterback because I have done that. But beyond that… there’s no relationship there,” Marshawn Lynch told Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay recently.
Lynch joined the Seahawks via trade in 2010 and quickly became RB1 in Seattle. Meanwhile, Wilson was a third-round draft pick in 2012, winning the starting gig in the offseason and watched 2011 starter Travarius Jackson be traded to Buffalo. Arguably, the Wilson-Lynch connection, which lasted until the end of the 2015 season, was one of the best periods in Seahawks history. The pair won a Super Bowl together and arguably would have won another if Wilson had just handed the ball off to Lynch on the goal line. But it’s clear from Lynch’s comments that the chemistry ended as soon as they stepped off the field.
Cher and AE Edwards are one of the more unconventional couples we’ve seen Hollywood produce lately, and their relationship has certainly been a rollercoaster. From early on, the fashion icon’s fans expressed concern about her dating a man 40 years younger than her. Regardless of the worry, Cher confidently accepted a proposal from Edwards late last year, though things came to a screeching halt in the spring when she put a halt on their wedding plans. She specifically noted their substantial age gap as a reason for worry, though the pair seems to have put their issues behind them as she prepares to drop off a new album.
On Wednesday (October 11), Cher spoke with PEOPLE about her upcoming Christmas project, as well as her love life. “Alexander’s got diamond teeth, tattoos, white hair, and he’s way younger. He’s a beautiful man,” the “Believe” hitmaker gushed of her beau. “I hate when people say people are special, but lots of people say I’m special, so I can say that he’s special,” Cher further praised the producer. “What I learned is that it’s never too late. If you wrote out all the statistics, you would go, ‘Well, this is doomed.’ But we’ve been together a year, and if it was just a year, it would’ve been worth it. I’ve had the best time.”
Cher is Eager to Share Her and AE Edwards’ Christmas Collab
In the same interview, Cher revealed that she and Edwards first connected during Fashion Week. After their 15-minute conversation, a mutual friend passed along her contact information. “It was really shocking because people just don’t give out my number,” she recalled. “I had been telling all my friends, ‘We’re too old to go out with really younger men, and I will never fall in love on text.’ So I did what I said not to do!”
Before they went through a brief breakup earlier this year, Cher spilled some tea about the music she and AE Edwards have been cooking up together. At the time, the 77-year-old revealed that she’s got two albums in the works, one of which is obviously her upcoming Christmas-themed effort. Read everything Cher had to say about her future releases at the link below and let us know if you think she and Edwards will make it down the aisle this time around in the comments.
Since Kanye West introduced his new wife, Bianca Censori, to the world nearly a year ago, we’ve hardly heard the Australian speak directly with the press. Instead, most of the updates we’ve received on the couple have come from European locals complaining about their wild outfits, or from insider sources alleging that toxic behaviour in the pair’s relationship has caused Censori to become distant from her friends. According to reports, the architect is under the impression that those looking out for her are “jealous of her fame,” and expressing their concern has only put up more barriers.
Even family members are speaking out with their worries about Bianca, including distant cousins she’s apparently never met. One of them, Fabiola Censori, told Daily Mail that she felt “ignored” to see Kanye and his wife touring around Italy without stopping to see them. “I’ve never met Bianca but I would love to,” she gushed to the outlet. “It was a shame she didn’t come and visit us when she was here in Italy on holiday.”
Bianca Censori’s Family Wants to Spend Time with Her and Ye
“Her dad came here years ago. We had a beautiful evening together with all the family and it was wonderful to see him,” Fabiola said of Bianca’s father, whose shady criminal history was exposed in the summer. “As for Bianca and Kanye, no comment. We feel a bit ignored,” she admitted.
While Bianca Censori feels the heat from her obviously disappointed family members, elsewhere, Kanye West is facing criticism for his ever-changing musical direction. The father of four has notably switched up his creative approach in recent years, leading Charlamagne Tha God to suggest that Ye’s sonic fanbase is “dwindling.” Read everything the media personality had to say at the link below and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.
Jada Pinkett Smith confirmed that she and her husband, Will Smith, have been living “separately” since 2016 during an interview on Wednesday’s episode of the Today show. Pinkett explained that she was not “ready yet” to make the announcement before now. The comments sparked a fervor of reactions from fans on social media.
“[We were] still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership, right, and in regards to how do we present that to people,” Pinkett explained. “And we hadn’t figured that out.” From there, she recalled: “I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.” She added that they considered getting a legal divorce but decided against it. She said: “I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through whatever. And I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”
Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith At The Premiere Of “Emancipation”
In a separate interview with PEOPLE published on Wednesday, Pinkett noted that she and Smith are still trying to work out what their relationship will look like. “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together,” she noted. “We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”
Fans React To Jada Pinkett Smith’s Revelation
The comments sparked criticism from fans of Will Smith. “At this point you gotta wonder what it is Will Smith did that makes Jada wake up like once every three weeks with the intention of embarrassing this man,” one wrote. Another added: “Will Smith don’t be bothering nobody than here come Jada telling the world every few months things about they relationship that we don’t need to hear.” Check out more responses below.
At this point you gotta wonder what it is Will Smith did that makes Jada wake up like once every three weeks with the intention of embarrassing this man https://t.co/0J3fWRRaMn
I feel like they’ve both been telling us this for the past few years now but no, people still want to act like they cheated on each other and Jada is the devil https://t.co/Z6Q5AHTUs8
Jada’s emotionally abusive & it’s been sickening to watch. If she’s not telling the world that Will never, “satisfied her in bed,” bragging about cheating on him, berating him for defending her against Chris Rock, etc, she’s figuring out ways to embarrass this man. Deplorable https://t.co/bPgtWtgbRy