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After HoneyKomb Brazy’s grandparents died in a suspicious house fire in Mobile, AL in mid-February, Brazy and others suspected there was foul play attached to the tragedy.

Sources near the scene had said they heard noises that sounded like gunshots before the house fire, and suspects related to the case soon emerged. Darrin Southall became a primary suspect, as he was heavily involved in several crimes for many years in Mobile.

Now, Southall is behind bars after pleading guilty to leading a $24 million drug operation that ran in Alabama, Texas and Mississippi. In a case that involved several kilograms of cocaine and heroine, the 43-year-old now could face a sentence of up to 30-35 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 18, 2022, which is coincidentally a year and one day after the heartbreaking loss of HoneyKomb Brazy’s grandparents.

Public safety director of Mobile Lawrence Battiste explained the significance of this arrest: “It’s a great day in the city of Mobile to be able to have someone of this magnitude taken off the streets and taken out of the drug trade. Sometimes when you take out a major head of any organization, there are people that are vying for positions to maybe take over the area or role that particular person served in. But I do think it will have a short-term impact on the disruption. In particular, his criminal organization that he had in place.Our hope and desire is that not only do we cripple him and what he’s been able to do, but maybe cripple others who may be looking to come up and fill the void that has been created by him.”

Even though he has been apprehended, it is still unclear whether or not Southall will be tried in the housefire incident. 

But, HoneyKomb Brazy does not consider the fire an accident, as he sounded certain his grandparents were targeted in a tribute post to them after their death saying: “Long live grandma n grandpa y’all was my heart fr I put y’all in every song,” the rapper said. “I hate y’all got caught up in my shit smh this hurt main I beg y’all to let me move y’all everyday.”

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Once again, singer YK Osiris has become the laughing stock of the internet after showing off his haircut, which is his own take on Drake’s Certified Lover Boy cut. During the last year, Toronto rapper Drake has been promoting his album by shaving a heart into the front of his hair, and it seems like the look has been so influential that another artist went ahead and copied him.

Popping out with a nearly-identical haircut, YK Osiris was clowned by 21 Savage (who said the heart looked more like the Disney logo), and Drake himself, who called the “Worth It” artist “burnt out.” Osiris clapped back at everybody complaining about his haircut by flexing the pricetag, claiming that he paid over a thousand dollars to rip off Drizzy Drake’s heart-embellished buzzcut.

“Stop playin’, only n***as that can do this, me and The Boy,” said YK Osiris. “Stop! Stop! And I paid $1,500 for this cut, n***a. Stop!”

There aren’t too many people that are backing up Osiris right now, with the majority of commenters telling him that he wasted his money. “Why he Bragging bout being virtually robbed,” asked one fan.

He’s calling it his “Certified Lover Thug” haircut, but it looks like all of his fans want him to move back to his old style. Are you a fan of YK Osiris’ new heart-shaped haircut?

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Megan Thee Stallion has been living a double life. 

While blowing up into one of the biggest stars in music and modern pop culture, the “Savage” rapper has also been working towards her college degree. 

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Megan has been vocal about getting her degree and how much work it has been trying to balance her music career and academics, but it’s easy to get lost in all of the jaw-dropping IG pics and chart-topping songs, and forget that she is on the verge of graduating from college. 

Back in October, Meg shared a photo of her graduation cap (decorated with the message “Real Hot Girl Shit”) and announced that she would be graduating from Texas State University with a degree in healthcare administration. 

Today, Megan returned to Instgram with a set of sultry graduation photos and some more details about her upcoming graduation from TSU.

“Showed my ass and still went to class,” Megan captioned the carousel of photos. “IMA ALWAYS STAND OUT WITH NO HANDOUTS … doing everything they said I can’t/couldn’t ! Megan Thee Mf Stallion aka the mf Htown Hottie is graduating dec 11th from TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY now go and talk abt that !”

After bouncing between a handful of community colleges, Meg landed at TSU, and after grinding as a part-time student for a couple years, she is finally getting her degree. It’s unclear if she will put it to use immediately, as it’s very clear she has no intention of slowing down her rap career, but working towards a degree while living as a global superstar is an accomplishment in and of itself. 

So here’s to Megan Thee Stallion — congratulations from HNHH, and good luck on those last final exams! 

Check out Megan’s graduation pics here, and let us know what you think in the comments. 

Kanye West’s sneaker designs have always been extremely wild and he doesn’t seem to care if fans have any adverse reactions to the initial photos of any given silhouette. In the end, sneakerheads end up coming around and giving the shoe all of their attention, even if they ended up hating on it at first. That is exactly what happened last week with the Adidas Yeezy NSLTD Boot which was first previewed by Yeezy Mafia. The shoe was laughed at for its outrageous design, but now, some are deeming them as “fire.”

In the official images below, you can see how this boot is quite literally made of the Michelin Man. With its padded layers and folded upper, there is a lot of material here that will keep you warm throughout both the Fall and Winter. The shoe even has a chunky midsole to it, which completes the trifecta for any sort of oversized and bizarre Yeezy boot. 

For those who have been interested in copping these, you will actually be able to do so as of Friday, November 5th which is tomorrow. The shoes cost a whopping $340 USD and will be available over at Adidas.com/Yeezy. Let us know what you think of this new Yeezy, in the comments below.

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Karl-Anthony Towns has had it rough over the past couple of years with the Minnesota Timberwolves. In addition to a lot of personal hardship sustained throughout 2020, Towns has had to deal with a terrible Timberwolves squad that can’t seem to improve. He keeps trying to do good things with the team, but it never seems to work out for him, and it has led many fans to use the hashtag “#FreeKAT” as a way to show solidarity with one of the best big men in the league. 

Interestingly enough, some noticed that on Towns’ Twitter account, he liked a tweet that said “#FreeKAT.” Towns typically isn’t one to make public statements like this, so some found it odd that he would be liking tweets that suggest he should be let out of Minnesota.

A little bit after this ordeal, KAT unliked the tweet and issued a statement, claiming that he had been hacked. “Just changed my password. We solid on here now,” he wrote. Fans immediately began to ridicule him for this as they felt like he was lying to cover his tracks. It wouldn’t be the first time an athlete has done this, however, there is no proof that Towns really is lying here.

As for a Towns trade, there have been no rumblings that such a thing could occur, although if the Timberwolves remain a bottomfeeder, perhaps a request could come sooner rather than later.

When music distribution almost completely pivoted to digital streaming in the mid-2010s, there were a handful of artists who pushed back against the Apple Musics and Spotifys of the world. 

Mach-Hommy was one of those artists. 

Selling his album, HBO, for $300 back in 2016, the Mach’s Hard Lemonade rapper opted to stick with a direct price discovery strategy, instead of relying on royalties and lowly streaming numbers. And if you visit Mach-Hommy’s website now, you’ll find $100 CDs and $75 cassettes instead of widgets linking to streaming platforms.

However, the notoriously private rapper has slowly added his catalogue to DSPs, and in a recent press release, it was revealed that Mach-Hommy’s 2018 release, Notorious Dump Legends, would be the latest addition. 

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Following in the footsteps of Mach’s Hard Lemonade, Fet Des Morts, Bulletproof Luh, HBO & Duck CZN: Chinese Algebra, Notorious Dump Legends is now available for longtime listeners to stream one of their favorites, and newcomers to hear for the first time. 

Notorious Dump Legends was made in collaboration with Tha God Fahim, and at 12 songs and 36 minutes, is Mach-Hommy and Fahim’s most extensive work to date. Featuring contributions from Earl Sweatshirt, Nicholas Craven, Sadhu Gold and The Architect, the project is some of Mach-Hommy’s best work, and according the same press release, its addition to DSPs is just a preview of what’s to come. 

Although no further details have emerged, Mach-Hommy revealed that he is releasing a new album on November 26. It is unclear whether the new album will go directly to streaming, but based on his fanbase’s track record of getting their hands on his music anyway they can, it’s almost certain there will be a high level of excitement when Mach-Hommy drops later in the month. 

Notorious Dump Legends Tracklist
Sportsmen
Bag Bag
Toothsome
Baleen Pocketknife (Prod Earl Sweatshirt)
Fud (Prod The Architect)
Olympic Fishes
Foreword (Prod Sadhu Gold)
Army Surplus
Halcyon Days
Black $ (Prod Nicholas Craven)
Tracey Morgan
Survival Patch

Go spin Notorious Dump Legends on your preferred digital streaming platform and let us know what you think in the comments. 

Ever since Trae Young entered the NBA and became a member of the Atlanta Hawks, Migos’ rapper Quavo has always envisioned a star future for the young point guard. Although an Atlanta native, Quavo’s sports ties run deeper than just home-city affiliation, as the rapper can often be found on a basketball court or a football field when he’s not making music. However, when Young joined the Hawks back in 2018, Quavo saw an opportunity to help support and lift the young star by gifting him something special.

Trae Young is already one of the NBA’s most skilled shooters and scorers and recently made an appearance on GQ Sports’ 10 Things Trae Young Can’t Live Without, showing off an expensive chain Quavo gifted the young star back in 2018, welcoming him to Atlanta. 

“I want to show y’all probably my favorite chain,” Young said on GQ’s YouTube series. “Quay got it for me my rookie year. It was like my welcome to Atlanta gift he gave me. There’s a lot of diamonds in here, I ain’t never really asked Quay what the details were. I don’t wanna get all into the details, but I was just appreciative of it.”

Young’s pricey chain from the rap star flaunts a diamond-studded piece, with the phrase “Ice Trae” written atop a basketball, featuring a diamond dripping design on the outside of the ball. 

“You got the 11 at the top, you got the basketball,” Young continued about the chain. “After he posted this and made a whole chain with it, it was kinda like a no-brainer, everybody started calling me [Ice Trae]. Just randomly on the street, it wasn’t even just in arenas anymore, it was everywhere. So, probably my favorite piece I’ve got.”

It seems as if Quavo’s gift resonated, and the rapper was right in supporting his hometown team’s future star. On the court, Young helped carry the Hawks to an Eastern Conference Championship appearance before losing to the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks, just last season.

Watch the entire GQ Sports’ 10 Things Trae Young Can’t Live Without episode, below:

For over a decade, fans of The Sopranos have been questioning the meaning of the show’s finale and the fate of the main character Tony Soprano.

The Sopranos spanned around eight years (1999-2007) for six seasons and 86 episodes. For the show’s finale titled “Made in America,” the episode cuts to black, leaving fans in suspense as to what actually happens with the main character.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter from Nov. 2, the creator and writer of the show David Chase gave insight to that mystery.

After the reporter inquired about his feelings towards fans’ reaction to the finale, Chase responded by saying: “Yeah, nobody said anything about the episode. No, it was all about the ending. I had no idea it would cause that much — I mean, I forget what was going on in Iraq or someplace; London had been bombed! Nobody was talking about that; they were talking about The Sopranos. It was kind of incredible to me. But I had no idea it would be that much of an uproar. And was it annoying? What was annoying was how many people wanted to see Tony killed. That bothered me.”

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He went on to explain that it irked him how much fans wanted to see Tony Soprano killed. He wondered how so many people could want that for a figure they loved so much. He continued by essentially confirming Tony’s fate: “They wanted to know that Tony was killed. They wanted to see him go face-down in linguini, you know? And I just thought, “God, you watched this guy for seven years and I know he’s a criminal. But don’t tell me you don’t love him in some way, don’t tell me you’re not on his side in some way. And now you want to see him killed? You want justice done? You’re a criminal after watching this shit for seven years.” That bothered me, yeah.”

The interview also touched on the new prequel movie to The Sopranos titled The Many Saints of Newark, which released on Oct. 1. The film received a mixed reception, debuting at a disappointing fourth place at the box office in its first week. The Many Saints of Newark grossed 50% less in its first week than projected.

The film was released through WarnerMedia and came out both in theaters and on HBOMax. In the interview Chase expressed his displeasure with this decision from WarnerMedia, as he wanted all fans to experience the movie in theaters: “Oh, I think it’s disgusting. And there’s all kinds of reasons for it, which you kind of can’t argue. But what they could have done was give every movie a four-week theatrical window, or a two-week window, or a one-week window, and then go on TV. But that was not their idea.”

Since he has inked a deal with WarnerMedia, Chase revealed the network urged him to release another show that picks up where The Many Saints of Newark left off: “Well, of course, the movie didn’t do well in theaters, but it, like, broke the machine on streaming — it was huge. So now they want me to do another series of Sopranos from the time the movie ends until the time the series begins.”

What did you think about what David Chase had to say?

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Giannis Antetokounmpo is coming off of a very impressive season where he won the NBA championship while also claiming Finals MVP. He is one of the best players in the world right now and to start this season, he has picked up from where he left off. He is making it look very easy right now and there is no reason why the Bucks can’t replicate some of the success they had last season.

While Giannis is working very hard on the court, he is also having some fun off of it. Giannis has been very open and vocal about the music he likes, and it just so happens that he is a big fan of none other than former One Direction member Harry Styles. In fact, Giannis was recently at Styles’ concert and had some humorous thoughts about it on Twitter.

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“I just went to @Harry_Styles concert and it was 99% women and me,” he wrote. “I’m a big fan, what a great performer.” Someone then posted underneath Giannis’ tweet with a video of him vibing out at the concert while sitting down. Giannis had a big smile on his face, and you can tell it was quite the experience for him.

Perhaps next time Styles is in Milwaukee, he can bring Giannis up on stage. The Greek Freak would be welcomed with open arms no matter where he goes, and we’re sure it would make for a truly awesome moment.