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As of late, boxing legend Mike Tyson has been making waves in the entertainment with his podcast Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, and he has mostly been making headlines only for positive reasons. That being said, if you’ve ever seen what Iron Mike could do in the boxing ring, you’d be smart not to never get on his bad side. Streaming service Hulu, however, must not feel that way, because it has recently become at odds with the pop culture icon.

Hulu recently ordered an eight-episode docuseries about Mike Tyson’s life, and the miniseries, titled Iron Mike, will reportedly focus on the wild, tragic, and controversial moments throughout his career. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tyson isn’t involved with the series in any capacity, but sources close to Hulu claim that the streaming service‘s executives briefed the former heavyweight boxer and his team about the series months ago.

However, that hasn’t stopped Mike Tyson from speaking out against Hulu and urging his followers to boycott the Disney-backed streaming platform.

About an hour ago, Tyson posted a picture that featured Hulu’s logo with a giant red “do not” symbol stamped on top of it and the words “#BOYCOTTHULU” featured underneath the graphic. For anyone confused about his call to action, Tyson left a long-winded caption to explain, saying, “Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorized mini-series of the Tyson story without compensation, although unfortunate, isn’t surprising. This announcement on the heels of social disparities in our country is a prime example of how Hulu’s corporate greed led to this tone-deaf cultural misappropriation of the Tyson life story.”

“To make this announcement during Black History Month only confirms Hulu’s concern for dollars over respect for black story rights. Hollywood needs to be more sensitive to black experiences especially after all that has transpired in 2020,” Tyson continued before finally urging his followers to boycott the beloved streaming service. “The real Mike Tyson authorized story is in development and will be announced in coming days. Hulu to announce stealing a black athletes story during Black History month couldn’t be more inappropriate or tone deaf. #boycotthulu #corporategreed.” 

Will you be siding with Iron Mike on this one and join the Hulu boycott?

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Stephen A. Smith is one of the most beloved personalities on sports talk television and as many of his fans already know, he was quite the basketball player in both high school and college. Smith was a star at Winston-Salem State, where he was a point guard from 1987-1991. It was during these years that Smith also learned how to become a broadcaster, and eventually a reporter who covered the Philadelphia 76ers.

Recently, Smith’s photo from his years at Winston-Salem went viral, which led to a ton of jokes on social media. In fact, Dwyane Wade was one of the people chiming in, as he said “Giving this dude 50 and icing by the 4th quarter.”

While many found Wade’s Tweet humorous, Smith immediately made not of it and replied in jest, in true Stephen A. fashion.

“All Hell-To-The-No! You did not come at me like that. Well, I’ve got a response Damnit! I’ve got a Response………You’re absolutely correct! I have no comeback. Damn!” Smith said.

Whenever Smith is at a basketball court, he always tries to chuck up a few threes, and more often than not, he makes them. While he may not be as talented as an NBA star, he is certainly one of the few reporters who understands the game from a player’s perspective.

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Zack Snyder currently has DC fans waiting on the edge of their seats for the long-anticipated release of the mythical Snyder Cut. After Snyder stepped down from directing 2017’s The Justice League due to a myriad of personal and professional issues, the final version of DC’s superhero epic left fans disgusted and longing for Snyder’s original version, and after four years, its release has finally been confirmed for March 18. However, that’s not all that Snyder has in store for fans this spring.

While his superhero flick will be arriving next month on HBO Max, Zack Snyder also has a zombie epic set to premiere on streaming competitor Netflix on Friday, May 21. Titled Army of the Dead, Snyder’s next action-packed horror effort arrives 14 years after Snyder and James Gunn’s remake of the classic zombie movie Dawn of the Dead, and today, fans got an exclusive new look at the upcoming Netflix film.

Army of the Dead is set to star Huma Qureshi, Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, and Omari Hardwick, among others, and its new trailer shows several characters reacting to Las Vegas being overrun by the walking dead. If you’re a fan of zombie-related cinema, check out the trailer for Zack Snyder’s upcoming Netflix film Army of the Dead below.

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Nicki Minaj’s fanbase is probably one of the most explosive and die-hard collections of fans in Hip-Hop, and probably the entire music industry. The group of stans often referred to as The Barbs has clashed with several high-profile artists and celebrities when defending their favorite rapper, from Cardi B in 2019 to more recently Doja Cat. At times, Nicki Minaj herself has even had to step in and tell her faithful fans to chill out.

Now, it looks like the Queen artist may have to do that once more because The Barbs have a new target: Claudia Jordan.

Yesterday, it was reported that Claudia Jordan felt embarrassed for Nicki while she was dating Meek Mill after witnessing the Philly explode on restaurant patrons taking photos of them. In light of recent 6ix9ine and Kobe Bryant-related controversies regarding Meek Mill, Jordan recalled her past impression of the Dreamchasers artist, saying that he was “emotional” and “impulsive.”

Although that may not seem like a reason for The Barbs to come for Jordan’s neck, one part of her statement rubbed Nicki Minaj fans the wrong way. While explaining her opinion about Meek, Jordan said, “It’s Nicki Minaj, the biggest rapper of all time, at the time.”

Some fans took Jordan’s last-second “at the time” qualifier as shade, so Nicki Minaj stans have subsequently flooded Jordan’s socials with nasty messages and death threats due to a perceived slight against the Pink Friday rapper. 

As seen in the video above, Jordan is both alarmed and confused by The Barbs’ threats. She asserts that she wasn’t shading Nicki in her statement, saying, “So you give a compliment…they mad cause you didn’t phrase it the way THEY would in YOUR convo? Get ALL the way the F*** outta here kids.”

Hopefully, The Barbs will leave Claudia Jordan alone, but if they don’t, we may be hearing from new mother Nicki Minaj very soon.

Prince from Love & Hip Hop: Miami has some stories, most notably about his lawsuit against Tory Lanez and his alleged relationship with Saweetie’s mother.

In the midst of Tory Lanez’ legal issues with Megan Thee Stallion, the rapper was met with another lawsuit about an alleged assault that took place in a Miami nightclub. That lawsuit was filed by Prince from Love & Hip Hop. He wants a million dollars out of the Toronto native after allegedly getting socked in the face, and he’s officially telling his side of the story during an interview with blogger Tasha K, challenging Tory to a celebrity boxing match.

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According to Prince, Tory’s “Jerry Sprunger” record uses the exact same beat as one of his own music releases. While he wasn’t too bothered about that, he started speaking with Tory’s manager, who asked Prince to take down one post that they believed insinuated that the song was stolen. After he agreed and made nice with Tory’s team, the two met up at the club but Tory was allegedly unaware that Prince had been talking to his manager. He went up to the man and punched him right in the face, according to Prince.

The reality star goes on to say that he’s willing to drop the case against Tory, but that the rapper will need to sign the dotted line on a celebrity boxing match with him for that to happen.

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That’s not all Prince had to say during the interview. He also spoke about his alleged relationship with Saweetie’s mother Trinidad Valentin. “A long time ago, before Saweetie got really, really big, I used to take care of her mom when she came to Miami,” said Prince. “One time she came, I think it was her fiftieth birthday, and I was just really attentive. I showed her a really good time. We ended up just staying in really close contact after that. I don’t think anything is going to happen, like a relationship or anything like that. I think it was more so this young kid who has all this potential and someone that’s giving her attention. We shared some messages and some moments.”

Tasha K dug a little deeper, asking if he was intimate with Saweetie’s mom, which he denies. “I am a gentleman and a scholar but no, we didn’t end up going all the way or nothing like that. Me and Saweetie’s mom, we just had a close relationship. It never got to get to that point. Nah. I have a lot of respect for Saweetie and I have a lot of respect for Saweetie’s mom. You tryna have me like August Alsina out here!”

Watch the full episode of Unwine With Tasha K above.

Too $hort has always been one for sharing epic tales, a testament to his storied career as a hip-hop legend. Not long ago, HipHopDX took a moment to chop it up with $hort and E40, and the former shared an interesting anecdote about his 1998′ collaboration with Jay-Z “A Week Ago.” As it happens, the Vol 2…Hard Knock Life track was actually written as a direct response to what $hort and Hov perceived to be a shifting attitude toward snitching.  

Interviewer Trent Clark cites the album’s liner notes, in which Jay-Z explains that “we made this song because snitching was becoming too cool.” When asked about the climate in the rap game at the time, Too $hort shares some backstory about the last years of the golden era, with particular regards to the perception of snitching. “At that time, you would just probably relate it to what was happening directly around with you with certain friends and stuff and experiences that you were taking in immediately in the present, but in hindsight, it was a much bigger picture involved in there,” explains $hort. 

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“When you look at it like, here’s a guy who got in the dope game, and he wanted to make some money, and he saw that it was a very lucrative opportunity,” he continues.  “He started making a lot of money, but then when he gets busted, and they tell him, ‘You’re going to do 30 years unless you give us all this information, and then you can do 10 years,’ and you’re like, ‘What you want to know?’ And you just start singing.”

“I think that in the present, you go, ‘He’s weak,’ but in hindsight, I just don’t know because of all the political things that were going on around crack cocaine,” says $hort. “The crack epidemic, and the war on crime, and the war on drugs, and all the stuff that really was just a war on minorities. It was really just trying to find a way to reinvent slavery once again. After Jim Crow, after Civil Rights, and now it’s mass incarceration. It’s the same slavery all over again.”

Circling back to the song, which covers a fractured partnership between two industrious drug-dealers, Too $hort brings things back to the present. “When you just look at these situations, that’s like a time capsule,” he reflects. “That whole, ‘It was all good a week ago,’ like, ‘He was my best friend. We were getting money, and now you’re about to send me down the river,’ and it’s like, ‘Who was going to get it?’”

For more insight from Too $hort, including his thoughts on how snitching has been weaponized in gang warfare, check ou the full interview with HipHopDX below.