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Pop Smoke Mural Gets Roasted Online

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Years after his untimely death, Pop Smoke’s legacy continues to loom large over the hip-hop world. However, not every attempt to immortalize and celebrate his memory has gone over particularly well. On one hand, some people disrespectfully vandalized The Woo’s mural last December to many’s outrage. Still, a new mural has people feeling heated for other, albeit much less overtly disrespectful reasons. On Monday (April 17), an unknown mural made rounds on social media, for which people don’t know the location, artist, or if it was even meant to resemble Pop. However, the details certainly match up, even if many fans think it looks nothing like the rapper.

Of course, Twitter had a field day reacting to this news, either making jokes about it or expressing straight up disgust. Still, since it’s unclear where this mural is, it’s not like people can go out and ask around its location to see who could explain some more. Despite the confusion, it looks to be inside a store, so take that hint and run with it if you’re in the New York area. Also, this news comes shortly after a suspect in his murder pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and received a sentence of four years and two months in juvenile detention.

Pop Smoke Mural Gets Blasted Online

Even though this mural isn’t the best look for Pop Smoke’s legacy, given that his fans seem to hate it, the New York legend lives on in many other ways. One of those is his strong connections to other heavy-hitters in the industry who tell stories of what a pleasure he was to work with. “I f***ed with Pop Smoke and the whole Drill sound,” Polo G said on the Full Send podcast. “You know, coming from Chicago, that’s where that s**t started at. So, I really tapped into they s**t. I hit up Pop like, ‘Yo, let’s do this.’ He had been hitting me up in the past, but before I knew who he was. And then, when I seen they wave going strong, I hit him like, ‘Yo, I f**k with y’all s**t. Let’s do something.’” Polo was asked if he worked with Pop in the studio.

“The craziest thing, I worked with him right before he passed,” he continued. “I was in the studio with him. He said he was leaving to L.A. I stayed in New York an extra day to make sure Fivio [Foreign] laid his verse [for ‘Clueless’]. And Pop, a contact was telling me Pop wanted to get in the stu in L.A. the night he passed. ‘Cause I live there, he live there. We was supposed to get up.” Furthermore, he shared that Pop Smoke asked Polo for the name of a popular Chicago spot to shout out in his verse, and he did exactly that. Check out reactions to the controversial Pop Smoke mural below and return to HNHH for more on the late legend’s legacy.

Twitter Reacts To Mural

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Blueface Shows Off His Feet On Social Media

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Blueface just took to social media to show off his incredibly large feet… for some reason. In fact, fans might be surprised to find that the California rap and reality TV star often talked about his size 12s on the ‘Gram. For example, he caught a lot of attention last September for letting his girlfriend Chrisean Rock play with his toes, even getting a little intimate with them. Now, however, his antics are much less explicit, as he just shared a video of himself talking about his feet. Moreover, he talked about having “Crip feet,” getting bunions, and trying to keep his feet clean while being a “big stepper.”

Meanwhile, Blueface and his big feet have to get ready for an upcoming boxing match with TikTok star Ed Matthews. The two have taken a lot of shots at each other on social media after the fight’s announcement, despite the “Thotiana” MC not knowing who Matthews is. As such, many wonder how this even came about, but not a lot of people will complain about a tussle involving Blue, either. That’s especially the case for him, as he already practiced by squaring up with DDG while Swae Lee moderated.

Blueface Explains His Massive Feet

Also, he might be a huge hypocrite for showing his feet online for free. He recently called OnlyFans just another form of prostitution. “I don’t know who needs to hear this but if you having sex on OnlyFans, you are a prostitute,” he expressed. “Any form of sex in exchange for payment is called prostitution. I didn’t make the dictionary, I didn’t make the definition, I didn’t make the word. Don’t be mad at me, baby! I’m just spreading awareness. If you just playing with yourself, that’s kind of just pornography… Only women can be prostitutes. Men can not be prostitutes,” he remarked additionally, calling it a “hell of a double standard.”

Still, Blueface is not opposed to the platform at all. In fact, he launched his own page and encouraged others to do the same on their own terms. ““If you can find a way on OnlyFans without showing your private parts I highly recommend,” he wrote on Instagram. Nothing wrong with showing your private parts on there tho, I ain’t knocking the hustle. S**t my privates is online for free, I’m just not promoting that to my audience none personal.” Regardless of your take on that (or his feet), log back into HNHH for the latest on Blueface.

Chloe Bailey Reflects On Quitting Social Media

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Chloe Bailey says that she’s opted not to be involved in any of her social media accounts. Appearing on The Tamron Hall Show, Bailey explained how she came to terms with that decision and the effects it has had. She says that the constant influx of negativity was draining.

“For a minute, I removed all socials off my phone and I just turned it over to my team,” she said. “Of course I’d make the content, I’d come up with the captions and I would just send it to them, but I got rid of my social media because I realized the things people were saying.”

Chloe Bailey At The Grammys

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 03: Chloe Bailey attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

She continued: “The negative things people were saying about me were affecting me, and I noticed if I’d go out on stage or ‘if I do this people are gonna say this,’ and I realized that I was changing myself for other people and their opinions and what they were accusing me of originally, which was not being myself and being forced, that’s what I was tuning into because I was so occupied with what people thought about me, but the second I deleted the apps off my phone, I was mentally so much clearer because you’re doing what makes you happy.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Bailey also opened up about dealing with depression. She explained that it wasn’t related to her career or music but instead “personal internal things.” She further added that she’s doing better lately. “You have your ups and you have your downs,” she said. “It’s never going to be a steady course, but at least I feel confident enough in knowing this life is worth living for.”

Bailey’s discussion with Tamron Hall comes after the release of her long-awaited debut album, In Pieces. Additionally, she recently starred in Donald Glover’s new Amazon Prime series, Swarm. With regard to that, she also admitted that she hasn’t seen the backlash in relation to her controversial sex scene on the show.

Chloe Bailey On Social Media

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Bow Wow Credits Diddy For Telling Him To Stop Social Media Antics

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Bow Wow has been in the public eye nearly his entire life. He became a world famous musician at just 13. His fame grew even larger when he starred in the movie Like Mike. However, the fame came at a price. Over the years, Bow Wow struggled to evolve from a child star to a respected adult artist. Many onlookers felt the “Let Me Hold You Down” artist was overcompensating in trying to shed his child star image. The Ohio native is now crediting Diddy for setting him straight.

Bow Wow discussed his life and career during an appearance on the My Expert Opinion Podcast. During the interview, Bow Wow recalled an incident at a party he was attending. The Ohio native says he was pulled aside by Diddy and given some stern advise.  “Come here, don’t be doing no clown shit. The fuck wrong with you?” Bow Wow recalled Diddy saying. “N-gga, you know we don’t associate with no clown shit. You Bow, n-gga. You better understand your brand and get out here and go to work. ”

Bow Wow Takes Advice To Heart

Consequently, Bow Wow credits Diddy with helping get him back on track. “That conversation is what put everything in perspective to me,” he said. “once I had that conversation I was like, ‘You know, I can’t be doing that dumb ass shit.’” Much of the criticism toward Bow wow came from his behavior on social media. The 36-year-old went on to say that the internet played a major role in how he was perceived by the public. “Once we started picking up on the internet with memes and different shit, you couldn’t get away with certain shit, or people would just find things and make ’em funny,” he said. “That’s when it was like, ‘Okay, a lot of this stuff is self-inflicted.’”

Overall, we’ve already seen glimpses of the more mature version of Bow Wow. Last year, he called on rappers to unionize. His inspiration for this plan was the NBA Players Association. Moreover, Bow Wow has continued making music as well. In 2021, he released an emotional single called My Pain. The song detailed Bow Wow’s often toxic relationship with fame. Away from the public eye, Bow Wow is a father of an 11-year-old daughter and a two year-old-son. Subsequently, we look forward to seeing what he can do next as he continues to move forward in his life and career.

Roddy Ricch Speaks On Social Media Pressures

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During the latest episode of RapCaviar Presents on Hulu, Roddy Ricch spoke candidly about his often documented perspective on social media. Of course, given that his breakout album was titled Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, many might not be surprised at this revelation. However, the Compton artist is certainly a rapper who had to deal with these pressures quite quickly. Moreover, “The Box” is one of the biggest rap hits of the past couple of years, and catapulted him to an insanely high-profile status. While he’s grateful for the success he’s seen, he also had to deal with the pitfalls of fame much more quickly than most.

“A lot of people don’t have to deal with more than 10 people,” the hitmaker said during the episode, aptly titled “The Gift and The Curse.” Given the mostly mixed reception to his follow-up after such a huge hit, he has a unique and hardened perspective on living up to expectations set by others. “So just imagine seven million that see your posts every day… Jesus only had 12 disciples, and I ain’t nowhere near Jesus… Let me be great, man.”

Roddy Ricch Reflects On “The Gift & The Curse” Of Social Media

Roddy Ricch performs onstage during “Twelve Carat Toothache” tour at State Farm Arena on October 18, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)

Despite his feelings on social media and reception to his output, the 24-year-old continues to shine and stamp his name into the game. Recently, he released “I Remember” with Kodak Black and Internet Money, and also collaborated with Blxst on “Passionate.” Unfortunately, though, his gifts as of late also came with some curses. For example, he received a copyright lawsuit over his smash hit “The Box” at the end of 2022, although it’s unknown how much it will really impact the song or his success.

Also, there’s the point of multiple fan and paparazzi interactions that had people unjustly criticizing him for reacting strongly. It seems that Roddy is more aware and critical of the fact that celebrities like him get their privacy intruded on by people running up on them for pictures or statements. While it’s never easy to see someone lash out, it’s also completely understandable. As such, hopefully Roddy’s communication of these feelings can make fans think twice about judging how famous people might react to these scenarios, and how much we truly connect with them on social media. Regardless, come back to HNHH for the latest news and updates on Roddy Ricch.

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