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Former Bad Boy Records artist Black Rob died Saturday, at the age of 51, Mark Curry announced in an emotional video on social media. While no official cause of death has been revealed, Rob has suffered numerous health complications in recent years and was hospitalized earlier this month.

Concern for Rob started picking up steam following a recent Instagram video, in which the “Woah” rapper admitted just how bad things had gotten: “Oh man, I’ve been dealing with this for five years. Four strokes … I don’t know what to tell you man. Shit is crazy. This shit is hard. I don’t got no house to live in — except maybe an apartment. Me and my man be trying to get together. I’m telling you man, this shit is strange.”

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Curry helped Rob reach out for help from Diddy and has been updating fans on his condition. Additionally, Curry set up a GoFundMe campaign to assist Rob in getting back on his feet. The movement has raised over $27,000.

Rob’s “Woah” originally released on February 15th, 2000, and was a defining single for Bad Boy Records.

News of Rob’s passing comes just days after the death of another hip-hop legend in DMX. Black Rob even shared a video from his hospital bed, afterward, expressing his condolences.

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Despite being a laughing stock for over a decade, the New York Knicks have managed to get things together and are now viable playoff contenders. They currently sit in sixth place in the Eastern Conference and they have a realistic shot of shooting up to fourth if they win a couple more games. Knicks fans are absolutely loving this season and after defeating the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, fans are confident that this team is going to do big things in the future.

Unfortunately, Knicks fans couldn’t even enjoy the win as they were too preoccupied with hating on former NBA star and current analyst, Richard Jefferson. Throughout the game, Jefferson came across as biased towards the Mavericks and even seemed to hate on the Knicks a little bit, even though the team was playing well.

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Knicks fans were livid about this and immediately took it as disrespect. This led to quite a few angry tweets, all while Jefferson started to trend on social media. As you can see below, Knicks fans had a lot of hatred in their heart for Jefferson and they are even calling for ESPN to stop assigning Knicks games to the former player.

While all of these comments are certainly harsh, there is no denying that when it comes to Knicks fans, you need to walk on eggshells otherwise you will become a trending topic.

There have been few parties prior to the pandemic that didn’t have at least one Juicy J song in rotation. During his comeback as a member of Taylor Gang, he became everyone’s wild uncle that took too many drugs and smoked more weed than humanly imaginable. It’s a public image that he carried with him from Three 6 Mafia’s heyday but he made sure that it never affected his business, according to Crunchy Black.

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During a recent interview with VladTV, Crunchy Black recalled some of the strict rules that were put in place to make sure that no member of Three 6 Mafia went overboard with the vices. He explained that both Lord Infamous and Koopsta Knicca’s death were from health issues, not drugs, because Juicy J made it clear that he wasn’t playing. 

“Nah, none of us actually OD’d or no shit like that,” he said, adding that Juicy J took on a leadership role within the group to make sure everyone was on a straight path. “Juicy is the father of all of Three 6 Mafia and he would tell you, ‘N***a, if you do too much? We fining you.’ And he’ll fine the fuck out of you and Paul would be with him with that shit. I appreciated them niggas for them fines. I’m still here ’cause if it wasn’t for the fines, I probably would be gettin’ high as fuck.”

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However, it wasn’t simply taking substances that would spark a fining but rather, allowing the drugs to interfere with any of their operations. “[Juicy J didn’t fine Three 6 Mafia] if we got high but if we let the drugs get in the way of studio, shows, important stuff that they would set up for u because we wanted them to do it and that was they job,” he explained. “And then we’d come behind them when they set up big shit like this and then we don’t show up or we show up fucked up on drugs.”

Check the full interview below. 

At the height of the drill movement taking over the globe, RondoNumbaNine was arrested and sentenced to 39-years in prison. The rapper was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2014 death of Javan Boyd along with Courtney Ealy. There have been updates over the past few years about his potential release, though nothing has ever materialized.

This year marks the seventh year of his 39-year sentence. A new photo of the rapper was posted to his Instagram page on Friday along with a message reflecting on his legacy in both hip-hop and the streets. “Been gone 7 still got that feelin in my heart still got that real shit in my veins,” he wrote. At a time when people have tested the authenticity of street legends, Rondo Numba Nine explained that his time behind bars has allowed him to reflect on his resilience as a man. 

“I showed y’all I’m like no other (Rondonumbanine), just thinking about my legacy I had to zone all the way in dodge the hate but I showed I’m really that thru my daily activity’s,” he continued before concluding that, regardless of what people have to say about him, he’s always remained true to himself. “It wasn’t hard it wAs more like go more harder show em this shit run to deep,” he wrote. “Put it like this u can hate on me and hate real or u can respect me and become more realer choose wisely cuz I ain’t letting up.”

Check the post out below.