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Kyrie Irving called out Dennis Schröder for his use of the n-word on Twitter, following the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 126-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets, Saturday night. Both Irving and Schröder were ejected during the game.

“The N-word is a derogatory racial slur!” Irving wrote on Twitter after the game.

He explained that the word will never be a term of endearment. 

“NEVER FORGET ITS FOUL AND TRUE HISTORY! Throw that N-word out the window, right alongside all of those other racist words used to describe my people,” he added. “We are not slaves or N’s”

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The two point guards came to blows with 9 minutes, 41 seconds remaining in the third quarter when they exchanged tense words following a foul call on Irving. Irving appeared visibly upset with Schröder’s use of the n-word.

Schröder disagreed with the refs’ decision to eject him, telling reporters after the game that he was confused he did wrong.

“I think it was unnecessary,” Schröder said after the game. “It’s just unfortunate that I left my team out there by their self. And I mean, I don’t even know what I did; but I got kicked out, and I apologize for that just to my teammates.”

Refs said it was Schröder waving goodbye to Irving that was seen as taunting and resulted in his ejection.

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Keri Hilson says she and Beyoncé have squashed their long-standing beef that dated back to 2009 when she dissed the beloved singer in her track “Turnin’ Me On.” Hilson discussed her relationship with Beyoncé in a new interview with radio host Persia Nicole.

“She actually has introduced herself. It was a gracious moment,” Keri revealed of when they first met in person. “I appreciated it. I feel like she understood what happened, what had transpired and there was a bit of healing in that moment when we met. I take her as a very intuitive kind of soul, as am I.”

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Hilson added that she would be interested in collaborating with Beyoncé in the future, despite their history: “Yeah, it would be a very fun experience to do that if she were open. I do feel like she understood what that was all about. She’s amazing. I’ve always felt that way. That’s the truth of the matter, but no one will believe that.”

“We can understand and nod and have a mutual respect [now],” Keri continued. “I think at the very minimum there can be that. That’s always possible and that’s where I’m at. I made a decision that was not authentic to who I truly am and of course I regret it. Of course.”

In “Turnin’ Me On,” Hilson sings, “Your vision cloudy if you think that you da best, You can dance, she can sing, but need to move it to the left… She need to go have some babies, she need to sit down, she fake, them other chicks ain’t even worth talkin’ bout.”

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Australian violinist Sally Cooper says she was hand-picked by Beyoncé to perform at Jay-Z’s birthday party and detailed what it was like interacting with the music legends behind the scenes, in a new interview.

‘I just couldn’t believe it was even real,’ she told the Daily Mail.

Of meeting Beyoncé, she said, “She speaks with that silky smooth Beyoncé voice and was just so sweet.”

“I’ll never forget her telling me I was beautiful,” she added.

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Cooper’s performing style tends to include putting a classical twist on conventional pop songs using her violin.

Cooper also said that the love between the couple was palpable in person: “It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, watching Beyoncé and Jay-Z together. You could truly feel the love between them and it was so special to see.”

She said the event was extravagant and that Jay-Z sat atop a throne, wearing a crown and cape that Beyoncé had prepared in accordance with the theme. Beyoncé sported a glittering, gold outfit, which Cooper said had “lots of drama.”

After the performance, Jay-Z and Beyoncé left in a horse and carriage.

As his mother says on “December 4th,” “Shawn Carter was born December 4th, weighing in at 10 pounds, 8 ounces.”

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Pooh Shiesty says that Lil Baby’s cameo in his music video for “Neighbors” wasn’t planned and came as the result of the two becoming close friends. 

Responding at length regarding his relationship with the “Bigger Picture” rapper, Shiesty explained that the two have hit the studio together “like 10 times.” The pair recently collaborated on the track “Monday to Sunday.”

“Man, just being the type of dude I am and him being the type of dude he is — like he know what I come from,” Pooh told HipHopDX. “So, just how I’m describing to y’all how If I see something, I’m going to embrace it, that’s exactly like what he did. He didn’t hate on it or nothing — it was in his face so he acknowledged it.”

Earlier this year, Shiesty dropped a new project titled, Shiesty Season. “Neighbors” was one of the singles leading up to the project’s release.

“Even with being the person he is, knowing how big he is, he still didn’t care,” Shiesty continued. “He pulled up — it was lit, too lit. Like, he gone pull up. We been in the studio like 10-times, we ain’t got to record every time. You know, it’s just like regular life, he’s a bro now he’s locked in. See, that’s how he’s in the ‘Neighbors’ video – he just might text me one day, ‘What you got going?’ I’m like, ‘Nothing, cooling, pull up on me,’ whole time we shooting a video today so it’s just like, it’s just whatever.”

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Michael B. Jordan says that he has “respect” and “a shit-ton of love” for Sylvester Stallone, following the announcement that the Rocky star will not be returning to the Creed franchise for its upcoming third installment. Stallone first portrayed the legendary Rocky Balboa in the 1976 film.

Jordan discussed why Stallone isn’t returning and how the story will progress without him in a new interview with IGN:

I think that Sly let it be known that he wasn’t coming back for this one but I think, you know, his essence and his spirit… there’s always going to be a little bit of Rocky within Adonis. But this is a Creed franchise, and we really want to build this story and this world around him moving forward. So, it’s always respect and always a shit-ton of love for what he’s built, but we really want to push and navigate Adonis forward and the family that he created. So, hopefully you guys will love what I’m thinking… what we’re cooking up. I think it’s going to be something special.

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Jordan first starred as Adonis, the son of Apollo Creed, in 2015.

Creed III is set to hit theaters in 2022.

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Chet Hanks was spotted getting a lap dance from Love and Hip Hop star and rapper, Akbar V, on Saturday night, fully celebrating his self-declared “White Boy Summer.”

In a video surfaced on The Shade Room, Hanks and Akbar can be seen dancing together in public.

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Hanks recently declared that, in addition to “White Boy Summer,” it is also “Black Queen Summer.”

“You know, they’ve been asking me, ‘Chet, if it’s going to be a white boy summer does that make it a black queen summer for you?’” he said in a video posted to social media. “Do you know me? ‘Cause if you did you’d know that’s all year round.”

Prior to Hanks, Akbar comically tried to land a date with Drake in a video on Instagram.

“Hey Drake, this is Akbar V, I know you don’t know me or anything but I just be watching you all over the blogs and I see you with the joggers on and I seen that print hanging out of it and it’s real big I was just telling my girlfriends that,” she said in the video. “And I was wondering, could I test drive it? I mean like, I think we would make a good couple…I remember the first tape Take Care and I just feel like you need someone like me Drake.” 

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Former President Donald Trump called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a bitch,” ahead of a Republican National Committee donor retreat Saturday. He also criticized McConnell’s wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, for resigning in wake of the infamous Jan. 6 insurrection.

Trump reportedly began going off-script at some point during his 50-minute speech. He also railed against Mike Pence, saying that he was “disappointed” in the former Vice President for not backing his claims of voter fraud from the 2020 Presidential Election.

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“Saturday’s speech will be welcomed words to the Republican donors visiting Mar-a-Lago to hear directly from President Trump,” Trump adviser Jason Miller said, according to Politico. “Palm Beach is the new political power center, and President Trump is the Republican Party’s best messenger.”

McConnell has yet to comment on the harsh words from the former President.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Sen. Marco Rubio were all also present at the fundraising event.

Saturday was not the first time Trump had publically called out McConnell. Back in February, Trump released a statement, in which he referred to the Republican Senator as “a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack.”

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