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At its core, Kanye West’s Sunday Service has always been aimed at being a wholesome, religious experience for Ye’s choir to gather and transform some of his hits into gospel anthems. However, at times, Sunday Service has mostly been best at creating headlines.

After he founded Sunday Service in 2019 to accompany his JESUS IS KING album and they took a hiatus, the choir reunited for more gatherings in October after the smoke had cleared from Ye’s Donda release. Some of the performances have been righteous and beneficial, including ones that were dedicated to the lives of Virgil Abloh and those who passed away at the Astroworld festival tragedy. Others, however, have been viewed as problematic, including the one involving Marilyn Manson, who has received numerous abuse allegations, as well as an upcoming Sunday Service event Ye has planned in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin.

But, when Kanye’s manager Bu Thiam was interviewed today by TMZ, he fully endorsed Ye’s Russia trip: “Listen man, that’s King Ye. Why Not?”

When discussing if Kanye should be going or not because of Putin’s controversial reputation, Bu doubled down: “I love that dude. He’s a leader. Sometimes he has to make tough decisions. Unfortunately in America, you hate everybody that’s not American. He’s a strong man. In his country he’s loved.”

Ye plans to set up camp in Russia to have another home he can frequent, much like his Wyoming residency. West and Putin will have “business-related” meetings, and Kanye hopes to make music with EMIN, a Russian music artist who hopes to achieve success in America. EMIN is the son of powerful Russian real estate entrepreneur Aras Agalarov.

Check out what Bu about Kanye’s Russian trip had to say below.

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The Antonio Brown saga continues. It’s been almost two whole weeks since the now-infamous scene of Antonio Brown storming off the field during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ game against the New York Jets in Week 17, and Antonio Brown has finally added a couple of thoughts on how he reacted. Offering very little insight on removing his jersey and flinging his equipment onto the bench during the game, Brown stated that his actions weren’t “necessary or professional.”

In the video taken by TMZ Sports, Antonio Brown can be seen getting asked a multitude of questions about where he thinks he will end up next in the NFL if he is given another chance on another team at all. We even received some insight into his budding rap career with rumors that he is working with Fivio Foreign and Kanye West.

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At this point, it isn’t easy to know where AB is headed next; with the NFL heading into the playoffs and the seemingly random nature of Antonio Brown’s decision to become a full-fledged rapper, who knows what to expect from one of the NFL’s most polarizing figures. What we can say is Antonio Brown, in whatever he ends up doing, will have a lot of attention on his next moves.

What NFL team do you think will give Antonio Brown a shot on their squad? Do you think he’s done with the NFL? Or is his rap career what he truly wants to do? Sound off in the comments below.

Gunna has had a wildly eventful week. After releasing his latest studio album DS4EVER on Friday, which looks at debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with 144,000 copies sold, his deluxe edition mysteriously appeared briefly then vanished from streaming services less than an hour later.

Now, as he and Young Stoner Life boss and mentor Young Thug were busy on a private flight today (Jan. 12), tension caused their pilot to land the plane. The pilot alleged that Gunna and Thug were being disruptive and disrespectful toward one of the flight crew, and kicked them off of the private jet.

After this, Gunna pulled out his phone and took to Instagram live to announce that the pilot and his crew were not “P,” the new lingo he originated this week to promote his new album and hit single “Pushin P.“: “Everybody flying on a jet, don’t ever fly with this n***a bro. Ever. This n***a ain’t P. This n***a is not P man.”

Young Thug soon followed, as he exposed the pilot and crews faces to the world on his Instagram live, counter-alleging that their reasoning behind removing them from the flight was racially motivated: “How did we disrespect one of your colleagues? Tell us! What did we do? Oh ‘you don’t have to tell y’all that,’ yeah because you’re racist. That ain’t P. You’re a racist prick.”

Drake joined Young Thug’s Instagram live during the debacle, and offered to send him and Gunna a new plane to rectify the situation: “Hit me let’s book a new plane.”

It was never fully revealed what occurred on the flight so it is purely he said-she said at the moment.

This isn’t the first, and probably won’t be the last we’ve seen of Lizzo’s nearly-naked body. Despite the harsh comments the artist receives online, she has no shame in displaying her curves all over social media, flaunting it right in her haters’ faces.

Yesterday, while the singer was enjoying some pool time at her home in Los Angeles, she pulled out her phone to give her Instagram story a full show.

Wearing a two-piece string bikini set, she first posted a clip where she was seen admiring her glowing skin and fresh face before she dove into the water and out of the frame. In the second clip, she got a little risque. The “Good As Hell” singer hoisted herself up on the edge of the pool with her back to the camera showing her lovely lady lumps. 

Lizzo, 33, seems to both embrace and broadcast the skin she’s in more than anybody else. Just two days into the new year, she posted a video of herself on Twitter dancing in a leotard and tights, and captioned it, “Bruh I’m gaining weight I look tf GOODT.”

Aside from the negative trolls online, she sure doesn’t have any trouble catching the attention of male celebrities when showing off her physique. After DaBaby saw her raising her hoodie to reveal her cheeks in an Instagram post, he swiftly dropped a peach emoji in her comments. Lizzo also had some traction with Captain America star, Chris Evans, after she slid into his DMs and he happily responded.

And when it comes to haters, Lizzo is just giving them something to kiss. She respectfully mooned the body-shamers that infiltrated her live stream and were sending her harsh comments. Just another day in Lizzo’s life.

Check out the clips below.