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After singer LaTocha Scott told TMZ that Xscape and SWV would definitely be facing off on Verzuz, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz moved in to confirm. Fans of 1990s R&B have been repeatedly calling for the Verzuz gods to get these two legendary groups together and the powers that be finally made it happen. The next Verzuz will feature icons Earth, Wind, and Fire along with the Isley Brothers on Easter Sunday on April 4 for some good old-fashioned Soul music. Weeks later, Verzuz will appropriately celebrate 4/20 with Method Man and Redman.

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Regarding her appearance, Xscape’s LaTocha Scott said, “It’s happening. It’s happening now. May 8th. Y’all better check it out!” She teased SWV by saying, “Coco, bring your vocals baby!” All the members of Xscape are participating, unlike a few of the other group acts that have appeared on the series. “Everybody’s been asking about it. So, when they’re asking, we’re ready,” said Scott. “We’re never going down from a battle.  We’re ready for it. It’s great for the culture.”

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Verzuz shared a flyer for the event on its Instagram page to add to the already rising hype around the celebration of R&B. Check out LaTocha’s video below where she spills the beans and read through the flyer, as well. What hits do you want to hear these two groups of ladies bring to the Verzuz stage?

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There’s a beef brewing over the word—and sound—”Prrr” and it’s confusing Rap fans. Artists and social media influencers often try to coin their own terms and phrases in order to not only stand out from the crowd but to hopefully create a new “it” word that will take the world by storm. It looks as if there is a bit of a disagreement going on between rapper Coi Leray and social media figure Rolling Ray over who was the first to make “Prrr” popular.

Rolling Ray has been purring his way through social media for a while now, and he noticed that Coi Leray often likes to say the word “purr” on her tracks. “Aw @coileray Trying steal my worddddddd… aw i hate that for her,” he wrote on Instagram to a video where he reiterated his stance. Leray decided to answer Ray with an audio message.

“First of all, I’m not big ‘purr.’  It’s not ‘purr.’ I’m big ‘prrr,'” said the rapper. “It’s a difference. Stop playin’ with me.” Leray recently engaged in a back-and-forth with her father Benzino on social media and Rolling Ray brought him up, causing the rapper to clap back. “Now n*ggas wanna bring my dad in it,” she tweeted.

“Misery loves company!! ANYWAYSS IM ONLY DOING SH*T THATS GONNA MAKE ME ELEVATE !! B*TCH !!!” Meanwhile, Eartha Kitt has entered the chat. Make sure to check out “Big Purr” by Leray and Pooh Shiesty on Friday (March 26). Check out the exchange below.

Season two of Waka & Tammy: What The Flocka is upon us and the Hip Hop couple are back to showing intimate moments of their lives. This season, viewers will see more of Charlie, Tammy’s daughter and Waka’s stepdaughter, as the 15-year-old prepares for her quinceanera. On the show, Charlie reveals that she wants to bring her girlfriend as her date, and cameras captured the moment she told Waka about her plans. The rapper didn’t seem phased by the news and simply told her, “Okay.”

Waka Flocka revisited the reality TV moment while chatting with the hosts of The Mix on Fox Soul. “Okay,” Waka said as he restated his original response with a laugh. He wondered what people expected him to do and mimicked what it would look like if he was, for whatever reason, upset about Charlie being apart of the LGBTQIA+ community.

He was asked what he was thinking the moment Charlie made her big reveal. “I don’t think. I don’t have expectations,” said the rapper. “The stuff you expecting is never gon’ be a hundred percent. I don’t believe in a hundred percent. I believe in experience. So, I can’t say I don’t like something or love something if I never experienced it. I approach it like a strong-minded male and it’ll run her away. I followed my wife’s footsteps like, baby just chill, just listen to her.”

It was also noted that Charlie didn’t have to “come out” because she was never encouraged to hide. Check out the full interview below.

We have received another Justin Bieber album and listeners immediately had a bone to pick with the singer. Justice has arrived in all of its glory causing another stint of Biebermania, but what fans didn’t understand was why the Canadian icon interlaced clips of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches with love songs about his wife, Hailey Bieber née Baldwin. Thousands have taken to social media with questions about the project and critics have penned think pieces about the topic, but Romeo Miller believes that this generation is making something out of nothing.

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“All I’m saying is, why are we really mad?” questioned Miller while on Fox Soul’s The Mix. “You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t. And that’s what this generation like, one thing that I said at an early age when I  started my career, I said, ‘Pops, I want my career to represent hope.’ I want people to look at me and know that anything is possible. I think what Justin is doing is like, he’s just trying to give back and shine that light on something where people saying, ‘Well, he has a whole R&B album about love songs. What does that have to do about Martin Luther King Jr.?’ and this and that.”

“He’s trying to actually [do] what everybody tell us to do. Use your platform for something good,” Miller added. “It’s that simple.” Miller’s co-host Jazz Anderson agreed and said that although she probably won’t ever listen to Justice, she commends Bieber for using his creative space to bring awareness. 

Do you think Bieber uplifted the Black community by including MLK Jr.’s speeches?