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The status of their marriage is unclear after the world witnessed Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena engage in a spat on Twitter. The Love & Hip Hop New York couple has been enjoying wedded bliss for a year and a half, but things recently came to a head after the rapper said “getting married was 1 of the BIGGEST mistakes.” He claimed he would be walking away before his wife called him “the most selfish, vain, and inconsiderate person” to both her and their young daughter. Since that time, the public has tweeted and retweeted both reality stars, and Mena is letting it be known that she doesn’t need anyone’s marriage advice.

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“I don’t run to y’all about my marriage issues so please save the energy on giving me advice,” Mena tweeted. “I know what’s what I do what’s best. And if I’m not the best version of myself for whatever reason that isn’t fair to my kids. MY KIDS come before every and anything.” She also carved out some time to clap back at a Twitter user who tried to come down on her for not posting her son as much as her daughter. “If you’re in a sh*tty marriage get out don’t put your kids through that,” wrote the user. “Stop posting about it thentoo.”

Mena replied, “Because how stupid you sound let me correct you. You watch me,You give me your energy by being entertained with my life. Stupid that pays my bills. I never put my son on tv like that because he deserves his own identity and actually hates the public eye. My son lives betta than U.”

This all comes weeks after Safaree shared that he didn’t want more children with Erica because she got too big during her pregnancy. Last November, Safaree took to social media to announce that they were getting divorced, but later backtracked on his comments. Check out the posts below.

These first months of freedom have been a whirlwind for Drakeo The Ruler, but the rapper still finds it all to be a bit “weird.” Last week, the Los Angeles native released his The Truth Hurts project with a coveted feature from Drake, and according to Drakeo, he has six mixtapes already completed in the vault. We can expect to receive another album sometime this summer, but in the meantime, the rapper is still adjusting to day-to-day life.

Drakeo recently sat down with Rolling Stone where he discussed a myriad of topics, including working with Drizzy on their collab “Talk to Me.” He said, “I mean, I know how my fans is, and they don’t want to hear that [Lover Boy] sh*t, so I tried to make it to where it’s Drake’s singing and I’m on what he’s talking about, but in my own way.” Considering his music and lyrics were a significant focus for the prosecution in his previous case, Drakeo was asked if he’s even thought about changing the content to be less controversial.

“Yeah, people have told me before, but this is what got me here,” he said. “I mean, I always change it up, I change it up every mixtape, but with certain stuff, I don’t know what else I would do. What’ll I do, pop music? I just think of it as my way of explaining stuff: my reality or my imagination.”

Being released from jail during a pandemic in November 2020 was a shell shock, and as we’re coming out of the harsh restrictions set in place, Drakeo is beginning to feel a sense of normalcy. “It’s just kind of weird, because you can’t really do nothing,” he said. “It’s kind of crazy. I can’t really enjoy it, like how I was before this. It’s kind of cool though, too — gives me time to make more music.”

Have you listened to Drakeo The Ruler’s The Truth Hurts? What do you think about the project?

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CyHi The Prynce has many things on his mind these days. Earlier today, he issued a message to major record companies to partner in releasing “one of the greatest albums in music/rap history.” However, his recent appearance on the No Jumper podcast explored a lot of territory from his recent shooting to Kanye West and Drake’s beef. CyHi also revisited his previous wager for Joe Budden to come out of retirement for a rap battle with $500K at stake. Even though Joe is sitting comfortably as a media host, CyHi still has his sights set on seeing Budden on a Smack stage.

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“Joe Budden really a fan of mines. He upset that he — he feel like my best friend won’t put me out,” he said, before detailing another tale about Kanye West. Adam22 brought the conversation back to the possibilities of a battle when CyHi insisted that he would destroy Joe. “I would demolish Joe Budden, though, to be honest,” he continued, explaining that he wants to do an acapella, bar-for-for battle to determine who the strongest lyricist is. “I need to look you in the face on Smack stage,” he said. “I got half a ticket.”

Adam then asked CyHi about whether he feels like Joe Budden is still an exceptional MC. “Absolutely, that’s why I know I’d destroy him. I study Joe Budden. I already know. He don’t know me, though. He don’t know how deep this — and then when I get into my feelings, like when I get into my — when Jesus lil’ nephew come out, he’ll have walked off the stage before I  know he’s off the stage,” CyHi said. 

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CyHi The Prynce said this message isn’t just for Joe Budden but any rapper that dares test his pen. Check the interview out below with the Joe Budden bit beginning around the 1:18:00 mark. 

Art dealing is one of several ways that the elite stay in their tax brackets, but not many are auctioning off their own creations. Grimes and Elon Musk are viewed as an eccentric couple with the world’s resources at their fingertips, and their moves—both business and creative—have proven to be lucrative, including Grimes’s latest that made her nearly $6 million richer. Recently, Grimes created a set of digital artworks and auctioned them off to the highest bidder. They’re described as NFTs—or non-fungible tokens including films, clips, images, poems, and the like—and they fetched the musician and artist a pretty penny.

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The art project, dubbed the WarNymph Collection Vol. 1, was a collaboration between Grimes and her brother, Mac Boucher. A video titled “Death of the Old” was a hot commodity as it was the subject of a bidding war that resulted in a selling price of $400K. Shorter video pieces like “Earth” and “Mars” sold for $7,500 and within two days sold 300 copies.

“Newborn” depicts a child that many believe is an interpretation of Elon and Grime’s infant son, X Æ A-Xii. It has reportedly been relisted for sale at $2.5 million. In all, in under twenty minutes, it’s reported that Grimes made $5.8 million from the crypto-art sale. Check out a few of the pieces below.

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