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Boosie Badazz found himself under fire, once again, this weekend for homophobic comments made towards Lil Nas X. The Louisiana rapper found himself getting trolled by the “Old Town Road” rapper who took to social media to joke about a collab he had with Boosie. It was a lighthearted jab at their continuous back-and-forth that resulted in a long-winded tweet from Boosie encouraging Lil Nas X to commit suicide, among other things.

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Lil Nas X seemingly brushed off Boosie’s tweet shortly after but his father, on the other hand, isn’t tolerating any sort of slander towards his son. Robert Stafford, Lil Nas X’s dad, went to social media where he aired out Boosie Badazz. Stafford called out Boosie’s disingenuous concern for the future of the children as a gangsta rap with questionable morals.

“How the hell you’re a gangsta rapper promoting drugs, gun violence, degrading women and getting high every video talking about you’re for the kids man sit your old man looking ass down,” he wrote. “The game has past you. We real Bankhead over here. Not like the guy who claims it.”

The Bankhead that Stafford is referencing is likely the neighborhood in Atlanta where Lil Nas X was raised.

Boosie Badazz faced serious backlash after his comments over the weekend but he fired back at his critics, claiming that he’s still loved internationally. The amount of criticism he’s received, however, has not reflected that in recent times. 

Ludacris is a man of many talents. 

Between producing, rapping, DJing, acting and his most recent foray into television production, the 44-year-old Atlanta icon can do it all, and as a result, Luda pops up in seemingly every corner of the entertainment industry. 

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Just recently, the Word of Mouf rapper appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show to tell the story of how he almost missed his youngest daughter’s birth because he was filming a movie in New Mexico. He released his Netflix original children’s series, Karma’s World, sat down with Gunna to discuss Atlanta’s hip-hop scene, dished on the delicate relationship between The Rock and Vin Diesel, and that was just in the last two weeks. 

The man is literally always doing something big, and in staying true to his 2 Fast 2 Furious roots, Ludacris was the first person to test drive the first, fully-electric Mercedes Benz. 

“First fully-electric Mercedes Benz, and who gets to test drive it first?,” Luda asked. “It is I who gets to test it out first. It is I.”

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Explaining that the new Benz model is called the Mercedes EQS 580, Ludacris gives a tour of the view from the driver’s seat. Showing off the huge dashboard screen that allows the passenger to listen to different music than the driver and watch whatever they want from the comfort of the passenger seat, Ludacris likened the new Mercedes model to a virtual simulation.

“I feel like I’m about to play a video game,” Luda exclaimed. “But it’s not a video game, it’s real life. And that I love.”

Whether or not Luda was actually the first person behind the wheel of a EQS 580 is up for debate, but he is absolutely the most famous person to get a first look at the car, and based on what he showed off on his IG page, a lot more famous people are going to be lined up to get their hands on the first fully-electric Benz. 

What do you think of Luda getting an early chance to test drive the new Mercedes? Let us know in the comments. 

When Drake’s beloved Degrassi character, Jimmy Brooks, was shot in the back and paralyzed during the show’s fourth season, fans were devastated. And according to recent reports, Drake wasn’t too happy either. In an interview with A.V. Club, Drizzy’s cast mate Lauren Collins said that the actor then known as Aubrey Graham had a hard time adjusting to his character’s transformation.

“I don’t want to speak for anyone, but I think (Aubrey) probably struggled with the idea that he was one of two Black characters on the show, and that he was the one who was winding up shot and in a wheelchair, which obviously is part of a much larger conversation,” Collins said. 

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In the same A.V. Club interview, it was revealed that Graham’s representation had drafted a letter demanding that his character be healed from his injuries and out of the wheelchair, but ultimately the show progressed forward with Brooks in a wheelchair, and despite ascending to his current status as the biggest rapper in the game, Drake still has to deal with references to Wheelchair Jimmy.

Lil Yachty, who worked with Drake on “Oprah’s Bank Account,” recently revealed that after trolling The Six God about his Degrassi character, he was left on delivered, which is undeniably worse than on read. 

“I’m not gonna lie bro, seeing u smile, in a wheelchair, is some funny shit,” Yachty texted.

Despite the radio silence on Drake’s end, Yachty took to his Instagram story in an attempt to get at the Certified Lover Boy rapper. 

“@champagnepapi never responded… lmao,” Yachty captioned the screenshot of the one-sided text conversation. 

Whether Drizzy left Lil Yachty on delivered because he was upset about the texts, or because he was busy celebrating his 35th birthday with an insane extravaganza in L.A. is up for debate, but what is clear is the lack of response was alarming enough for the Lil Boat rapper to bring it to his IG story. 

What do you think of Yachty’s attempt to troll Drake for his Degrassi character being in a wheelchair? Let us know in the comments.