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Following the revelation that Simone Biles had withdrawn from the Olympics, the champion gymnast spoke candidly about her decision. Biles is poised as America’s top-tier athlete who was a leading candidate to help bring home the gold for the United States, but on Tuesday (July 27), it was revealed that Biles decided to bow out gracefully. 

“Official statement: ‘Simone Biles has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue. She will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions,'” the U.S. Gymnast team tweeted. “Thinking of you, Simone!”

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There was much speculation as to why Biles would opt to leave the Olympics and rumors about a physical injury grew. However, Biles returned to say that she was taking a break due to her mental health. “Whenever you get in a high-stress situation you kind of freak out and don’t really know how to handle all of those emotions, especially at the Olympic Games,” she told reporters. “I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and wellbeing.”

Just yesterday, the gymnast shared a post on Instagram where she revealed she felt “like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times… I know I brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn’t affect me but damn sometimes it’s hard.” This is a similar take as fellow athlete Naomi Osaka who decided not to participate in the French Open or Wimbledon before the Olympics.

Watch Simon Biles explain herself below and look through a few reactions.

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As Hip-Hop becomes increasingly democratized, the lines become more and more blurred with what sits at the mainstream. As it pertains to the newest era of emcees, perhaps no label has flirted with that gray area as best as J. Cole’s Dreamville has.

In a recent sit down with No Jumper, Bas revealed that this is the case by design as he dived into the differences between more conscious lyricists and street rappers and how the Revenge Of The Dreamers sessions were a purposeful bridge between the two.

“I think that was the whole point of Revenge Of The Dreamers III,” Bas said. “It’s like you know Dreamville has always been kind of you know on its own off to the left you know left of industry in a sense. And we were like let’s go to Atlanta let’s link with a bunch of People. Let’s bring them to our world, you know, let’s collaborate. We all got a really open collaborative process when it comes to creating music. So we were down there and Nudy pulled up. I think he did a couple joints when he came to the sessions you know and ‘Down Bad’ was just like was the one.”

Bas would go on to reveal that he believes more traditionally trap and street artists like DaBaby, Young Nudy, NBA Youngboy and Kodak Black to be conscious rappers. 

“I mean Kodak to me is a conscious rapper. He’s a street rapper but he got songs where you like, ‘Damn like I feel exactly where he’s coming from.’ I feel his struggles a lot of NBA Youngboy. They’re considered street rappers. Those dudes are conscious as hell if you’re listening to some of the like the pain and then they’re putting in their records like I never been through what they’ve been through right you know what I mean so I’m getting it through them I’m learning that through them.”

In that same spirit, Bas continues to be a conduit, revealing his forthcoming collaborative track with Gunna. Watch the interview in full up top.

Several artists are mourning the death of Florida rapper Money Mitch today (July 27), including Lil Baby. Although reports about Money Mitch, whose real name has been identified as both Marcus Pettis and Mitchell Holmes in conflicting articles, have surfaced this week, it is reported by several sources that the 23-year-old rapper was found dead back on July 23. Mitch was reportedly riding in an Uber in West Palm Beach, Florida when the car was pulled over for a traffic violation. It is stated that he jumped out of the vehicle and began shooting at the officers who, in turn, returned fire.

It is also reported that police claimed that Mitch wasn’t injured in the shootout with cops but was able to flee the scene. 

In their search for the rapper, authorities reportedly located blood about a block away before finding Money Mitch with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Frank DeMario from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office seemed to absolve officers of responsibility. “We followed him to a building and on the second floor, we noticed some blood droppings on the first floor. We thought he was wounded,” said DeMario. “We didn’t have any involvement in the shooting.”

Two officers involved in the shooting were immediately placed on administrative leave and following the news of his death, it was revealed that he was hoping to sign a record deal with Lil Baby. “Bra I’m sorry I couldn’t save you,” the Atlanta superstar reportedly wrote on his Instagram Story over the weekend. “Dam Mitch you was on me everyday.”

No one else was harmed in the shooting. We send our condolences to Money Mitch’s loved ones.

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She’s a rising artist hoping to solidify her mark in the Rap game, but Omeretta faces criticisms that many women in the industry are confronted with. Several ladies in Rap have previously spoken out about being told that they need to have BBLs or cosmetic surgery in order to make it big while also facing off with the public. Recently, Omeretta shared a few selfies and after an Instagram user reposted her photos with a note about her body, she issued a response. 

“If she had a ass she would b the baddest chocolate thang alive on god!” the person wrote. “She jus need a lil more ass man.” The Love & Hip Hop star called the comment “weird af” and argued that remarks such as this are why “so many girls walking around looking like ants now.”

Omeretta added that there isn’t anything wrong with her shape and she doesn’t take comments such as these as a compliment. “Ima just leave this here… I’m so happy I’m confident in the skin I was born in cuz this internet sh!t got folks tripping,” the rapper penned in her caption. “It’s nothing wrong with having a normal body I wish people stop letting comments like this drive them to change stuff about they selves that’s already Perfect.”

“Don’t nobody gotta like the way you look expect the person u go home to every night and if they don’t like it u need a new person!!! Period.” Check out the post below along with a few more stunning shots of Omeretta.

Most recently, the Internet caught wind of an old diss track from Nas, directed at Tupac and crafted a the height of the two emcee’s beef prior to the resolution that arrived before Pac’s death. 

But in the spirit of unearthing old artifacts, another piece of history attached to Nas has resurfaced via an old interview with FELON Magazine from 2001.

For the historians out there, quotes from the conversation found Nas speaking on Jay-Z at what was the height of the two emcee’s beef and at the peak of a post-Biggie mad grab for Hip-Hop’s throne in New York. Just ahead of the release of Stillmatic, Nas spoke with the cult publication, initially declining to comment on Jay-Z before backtracking to spill the beans on private conversations that affected the arc of Hip-Hop thereafter.

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“You know what? I want to talk about this shit with Jay-Z—FELON is a street magazine, and I fucks with the street magazines,” Esco would state. “It’s only right that I keep it real with the streets.”

He revealed that it was while attending a party thrown by Steve Stoute that Jay opened up to him, allegedly stating that he felt he was better than Biggie at that stage in his career and that Tupac and DMX were not lyricists. 

“We were kickin’ it and he told me that he’s better than Biggie now,” Nas told FELON. “I looked at him like he was crazy. Then, he started telling me Memphis Bleek was a fan and that I shouldn’t go at him. He predicted that Beanie Sigel would never sell more than 600,000 copies. He said that Sauce Money was to him what Nature was to me. Then, he really got crazy. He said that Tupac and DMX were not lyricists—they just had the hungry, starving street niggas coppin’ their shit—but me and him had all the money niggas buying ours. I told him that I disagreed with him—that Tupac was the greatest ever—period, and that DMX really brought that street shit back into the game.”

At the time, he would also state that he was unaware of what really sat at the root of the beef between himself and Hov. 

 “I don’t know if it’s over a bitch, I don’t know if it’s over the joint I didn’t do with him, I don’t know if he’s trying to show me ‘I told you so’—meaning that he would be as successful or more successful as me—and if it’s that, it shouldn’t be because I never told him that he wouldn’t or that he couldn’t. All I know is that something is really bothering him and he needs to address it, release it, and get over it.”

While the interview sparked a rift between Jay-Z and DMX, time reveals that the two men (and former labelmates) would eventually hash things out. Memorably, Jay helped DMX clear a $12 million tab at Def Jam so that he could make his exit from the label.

How people go about parenting their children are, of course, personal choices, but Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have given fans pause today (July 27). The famous couple first met on the set of That 70’s Show, and they been one of Hollywood’s most solid marriages. The pair shares two children and have a life that they tend to keep away from the spotlight, but recent remarks about how they go about bathing have caused them to become trending topics across several platforms.

While visiting Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s Armchair Expert podcast, the group began speaking about washing routines because Shephard said he told Padman not to wash her body with soap all of the time. “You should not be getting rid of all the natural oil on your skin with a bar of soap every day,” Shephard said. “It’s insane.”

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Kutcher and Kunis agreed, and the actress chimed in that she doesn’t bathe with soap daily. “But I wash pits and t*ts and holes and soles,” she said. Kutcher kicked things up a notch and added, “I wash my armpits and my crotch daily, and nothing else ever. I got a bar of Lever 2000 that just delivers every time. Nothing else.”

Padman seemed to have the same response as many in the public. “I can’t believe I’m in the minority here of washing my whole body in the shower. Who taught you to not wash?” she asked. Kunis said she didn’t have much hot water as a child so she just didn’t shower as often. This transferred into her adult life, and she even admitted that she never washed her kids when they were newborns.

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Shephard stated that his famous wife Kristen Bell would only wash their babies in the evenings. “We could care less about their cleanliness,” he added. “We haven’t washed them since. It’s been like six years.” Kunis agreed. “That’s how we feel about our children. We’re like, ‘Oof, something smells.'” Kutcher jumped in. “Here’s the thing—if you can see the dirt on ’em, clean ’em. Otherwise, there’s no point.”

Now, this is reminiscent of Taylor Swift admitting that she doesn’t wash her legs unless she’s shaving because “shaving cream is like soap,” and the internet didn’t hesitate to react. Considering we’re still in a pandemic, some people couldn’t believe regular bathing isn’t in the famous couples’ routines. Check out a few posts and let us know if you agree with these bathing techniques.

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