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On Sunday, artist Akbar V got into an altercation with a flight attendant while on board a flight on American Airlines. 

Akbar went live on Instagram to record the entire incident. As the video starts up, we hear the flight attendant demand to see her ID, and pointedly asked “is that your seat?” which prompted Akbar to look to her fellow passengers and ask if the flight attendant’s actions were standard protocol. “And I’m gonna need your information ’cause you don’t know who you talking,” Akbar said to the flight attendant after he asked for her information. 

The flight attendant denied that he was racially profiling her in the video, but continued to argue with her.  She told the flight attendant to “get out of her face” after he said he “don’t tell me about racial profiling.”

Later on, Akbar V said to her fellow passenger, “Nah, he just didn’t think I was in first class. That’s all that is.” The flight attendant clearly overheard and quickly interjected, saying, “I don’t care…. ma’am stop talking please.” The two continued to bicker back-and-forth before Akbar finally stopped the video.

The Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member has been known for her temper, and thus, fans commented on the video that Akbar handled the situation in a decent manner considering her temperament. 

This isn’t the first unpleasant encounter Akbar has had at an airline. She also said she felt “racially profiled” when flying with Delta Airlines last month. She posted a video on Instagram of a conversation with a Delta employee. According to the conversation, Akbar was pulled off the plane due to suspicion of drinking, although Akbar said it was just RedBull. 

While we have seen some airline incidents go terribly wrong, we’re glad that this one didn’t escalate to a point of no return. How do you all think Akbar handled the situation? Let us know in the comments. 

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Steve Harvey is set to appear on Monday’s episode of the TheEllen Degeneres Show, and during their conversation, Steve couldn’t help but talk about daughter Lori Harvey’s relationship with “sexiest man alive” Michael B. Jordan. 

“You know, I have tried not to like him,” Steve told Ellen in the episode’s preview trailer. “I have tried to find something wrong with him that I could dig in and go. ‘Cause I done got rid of all of them. All of them. Some of them that snuck in the back door on me and lasted a lot longer than I wanted it to.”

While Steve doesn’t specify which ones of her exes he particularly didn’t like, some of her other high-profile romances have included Trey Songz, Justin Combs, his father Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Future. 

“This guy is such a good guy, man,” Steve continued speaking to Ellen. “He is one of the nicest guys, man. I’ve met his father. I’ve set up with him, we’ve talked for hours. I just can’t find nothin’ wrong with him. Between me and you, I’m hoping this lasts ’cause this is a really, really good guy, man. I can’t whoop him. Most guys, I say I can jump on ’em and take ’em out, but he just looks like a real ass-whoopin’ in the making. So I’m just hoping they make it.”

Ellen seemingly agreed, telling Steve that she expected Michael would be in Lori’s life for quite some time. Aw! How sweet.

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LeBron James recently twisted his ankle and now, he will have to miss “several weeks” with the injury. This is awful news for the Los Angeles Lakers who are currently battling for a top spot in the Western Conference standings. With Anthony Davis and LeBron James out of the lineup, there are plenty of other teams who stand to benefit, including the Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, and Los Angeles Clippers.

While speaking on ESPN’s First Take today, Stephen A. Smith had some strong words about LeBron’s injury and how some of the other teams in the league should be reacting. In fact, Smith issued a challenge to the likes of Kawhi Leonard, saying that the star should be looking to guide the Clippers to a deep playoff run.

“You demanded that the Los Angeles Clippers pay the farm, mortgage the farm and everything else in between just so you could get Paul George,” Smith said. “This is not about his numbers. This is about willingness to lead, to galvanize, to maximize the potential surrounding you so that you can take this organization to heights it has never seen before.”

Leonard and the Clippers had a disappointing end to their season all the way back in 2020 and moving forward, they’re going to want to prove that their superteam is worthy of attention. If Kawhi accepts Smith’s challenge, we could be seeing a motivated Clippers squad to end out the year.

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Summer Walker and London On Da Track are expecting their first child together, and it seems like their daughter will be arriving shortly. Earlier this week, the two posed for some ruby red pregnancy photos together and announced that they would be having a girl, sweetly referring to her as “Princess Bubblegum.” It looks like the two are really starting to prepare for the arrival of their baby girl, as they’ve already created an Instagram account for her under the username @1princessbubblegum. 

There’s only one post up on the account so far, and it’s of a black loading bar, seemingly indicating that the couple are coming to the end of Summer’s pregnancy and the baby should be here soon. People were quick to point out that the username and the pink profile photo were likely a reference to the TV show Adventure Time, where there is a character named Princess Bubblegum. Many hoped, however, that they were not planning on naming their daughter Bubblegum. 

“i know you ain’t name that baby PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM… i know it for a fact,” one commenter said on the post. “Her name probably is bubblegum knowing how celebrities name their child anything,” said another. Some speculated that there’s no way Summer would name her daughter Bubblegum, writing, “Y’all do know princess bubblegum is from adventure time I don’t think they actually named that baby that it’s probably a nickname.”

We’ll likely get more news about the baby’s name once she arrives. Congrats Summer and London!

When it comes to legendary hip-hop figures, Texas-born and L.A-based rapper The D.O.C. has always been among the most underrated. Having been a frequent collaborator of Dr. Dre’s in the late eighties and early nineties — Dre actually produced all thirteen songs on The D.O.C’s 1989 classic No One Can Do It Better — the D.O.C’s hip-hop journey was brought to a devastating end following a debilitating car-crash that left his voice forever altered. 

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Though his brilliant lyricism would endure on Dre’s debut The Chronic, the accident and subsequent surgeries all but derailed The D.O.C’s trajectory as a solo artist. In 2003, the rapper emerged with Deuce, a 6-Two collaboration album that featured heavy Dr. Dre involvement. Since then, it’s been relatively quiet for the legendary emcee, who Nelly previously called “hip-hop’s biggest what-if”  — though it would appear that’s likely to change, as per his frequent collaborator Erotic D.

During an appearance on the Conversations With Chad podcast, Erotic D confirmed that he and The D.O.C. were indeed working on a new album. “We’ve been kicking around certain titles,” he teases. “We are working. We’ve also been shooting a documentary on Doc’s life. It’s been the same production company that shot the Michael Jordan documentary, The Last Dance. They were actually winning their Emmy award while they were shooting Doc’s documentary. I tell some pretty cool stories in that. It’s a real documentary where Doc invited everyone to speak openly about him — and it’s not all good.” 

We look forward to hearing further details about the upcoming documentary, as it sounds like a genuine treat for hip-hop historians. Check out the full conversation with Erotic D below, with documentary talk taking place in the closing moments.