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The verdict’s still in the air on whether or not burgeoning Harlem emcee Melii will be quitting the rap game, telling the world just over a month ago that she’s giving up the rights to her music due to a loss of interest sparked by trust issues within the industry. However, until the ink is dry on her retirement papers, she’d very much like for other female rappers to stop stealing her unique high-pitched rap flow.

Hmm…we wonder who she could be referring to! 

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“I don’t want no more of you bitches trying to take my flow,” Melii said in a recent clip that’s going a bit viral, finishing off her message with a slightly cocky, “Yeah, I said it!” verbal sign-off.

A few names came up from spectators after The Neighborhood Talk posted the clip on social media, and a few of the names weren’t even rappers surprisingly. One follower wrote, “So I’m gonna be honest her and Daniileigh music sounds alike [sic],” referring to Def Jam’s oftentimes-controversial R&B princess DaniLeigh, meanwhile another person went for the more obvious suspect by commenting, “Y’all know damn well she talking about that lil girl Coi!” Don’t even front — you know you was thinking Coi Leray, too!

While we can somewhat understand Melii’s frustrations with feeling jacked without any proper form of credit, there’s also the notion that it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day if her plan involves quitting music anyway. Hopefully this doesn’t lead to any rap wars in the immediate future, but at the same time a little competition never hurt when it comes to hip-hop. Well, as long as it stays on wax. May the highest-pitched voice win!

Who could Melii be talking about? Sound off with your thoughts down below in the comments section: 

The back and forths between Kwame Brown and his sports critics have become chaos for Charlamagne Tha God. After Brown responded to people who continued to criticize his former NBA career, the radio host took to The Breakfast Club to air out Brown’s sordid personal family history. Later, Brown came forward to blast Charlamagne, telling him there were things that the talk show host mentioned that Brown, nor his son, knew about. Brown insinuated that he was keeping certain information away from his children, and some of those news stories were about family members he hadn’t even met.

Brown also brought up Charlamagne’s previous rape case and later, Charlamagne gave himself “Donkey of the Day” on The Breakfast Club for using the sports star’s personal life as a talking point. Apologies came a bit too late for Funk Flex who used to ordeal to take a deep dive into those rape charges and aired out Charlamagne’s personal history. 

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There have been reports that Charlamagne has unleashed his legal team on Funk Flex considering that court documents reportedly show that Charlamagne’s DNA was not found on the alleged teen victim. Ebro Daren of Hot97 has jumped in to share a few thoughts about the online meltdown that is occurring in real-time.

“So…. when you gossip for a living, people gone gossip about your allegations. But you sending lawyers?” questioned Ebro over on Twitter. “Now when you were going at Flex did he send lawyers? When you went at Mister Cee did anyone send lawyers? When you edited Cipha’s audio and lied did anyone send lawyers?”

“People make bad decisions and can change, but when them old bad decisions come back to haunt you… In this game it has been fair game in the past,” he added. “Drugging and Rape of a minor should be examined for generations to make sure other young men do not think this behavior will be swept away just because they have power and influence.”

“I have mostly left this topic alone because I don’t want to contribute to the pile on,” Ebro said. “But you sending lawyers bro?” Charlamagne Tha God hasn’t directly addressed the latest outrage over the previous rape allegations. Check out Ebro Darden and Funk Flex’s posts below.

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Receiving the title of Artist of the Decade at the Billboard Music Awards was the icing on the cake to a long, successful career for Drake. The OVO mogul accepted his coveted award with his baby boy Adonis by his side, and after taking all of the red carpet photos with his fellow famous friends, he linked up with more celebrities at the after-party of the year—thus far.

Now that the dust has settled on the BMA festivities, more information about Drizzy’s post-award get-together has been shared. According to E!, Drake grabbed a bite to eat at The Nice Guy restaurant before he made his way to SoFi Stadium where he hosted his official afterparty blowout.

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A “source” told the outlet that Drake’s team rented the stadium for the evening and inside, there was reported a “gigantic banner with his name and ‘Artist of the Decade.'” Attendees included DJ Khaled, Chris Brown, SZA, Kehlani, Offset, Lori Harvey, Michael B. Jordan, Winnie Harlow, and many more who showed face and were photographed entering and exiting the ultra-exclusive shindig.

“There are huge champagne towers and several bars set up throughout the stadium,” the source added. “Drake also has cute album books featuring his favorite moments through his career set up around the stadium.” Check out a few flicks below.

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Sometimes people will be quick to show you just how horrible of a person they can be, but there’s a special place in ‘H-E-Double Hockey Sticks’ for those bold enough (and dumb enough!) to publicly brag about committing murder. 

Sadly, that may have been the case for one Chicago woman who says local rappers made a whole music video where they admit to and depict the murder of her late husband.

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CBS Chicago spoke with Asiah Carter, who says the heartless emcees were proud of their heinous feat, telling CBS 2’s Charlie DeMar, “They literally sang about it, and they continue to mock him,” further adding, “Its not fair to kill people and mock their families. It’s not trendy.”

Her late husband, retired army veteran Aaron Williams, was shot and killed back in August 2020 after stray bullets entered the back of a house in the South Shore neighborhood where he was visiting. Although no one has been arrested in the case thus far, Asiah believes the presence of multiple rap videos that’ve popped up online are direct confessions to the murder. 

To her benefit, CBS Chicago brought to light a similar case that may help grant Asiah’s wishes completely. Take a look below to see what we mean:

“In Maryland, rap lyrics recited into a recorded jailhouse call detailing a crime were used to convict a man of murder. The state’s highest court recently upheld the decision. “It’s very controversial,” said Sanford Ungar, the director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University. “The ultimate free speech question here is whether this is on a slippery slope. If you allow a conviction or two or three on the basis of something that someone said.”

Some critics believe the Maryland verdict actually silences art and actually used the word “discriminatory.” Let us know what you think should or could be done in this case, which Chicago PD is still investigating, as always down below in the comments:

The company prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and has denounced discrimination, so when an offensive email was sent out to customers, the backlash was swift. Several social media users who are also Walmart customers woke up this morning to an email  from “[email protected]” that looked official, but its opening line was, “Welcome to Walmart, N*gger.”

Dozens of people took to Twitter to share their experience, and Walmart Canada initially sent out a copy-paste response that told one customer that if she didn’t wish to receive emails any longer, she could opt-out. Obviously missing the point of the Twitter user’s complaint, the exchange further launched Walmart into more controversy.

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The mega-retail chain finally issued a formal response from Walmart via the company’s spokesperson. “We discovered that an external bad actor created false Walmart accounts with obvious intent to offend our customers,” the spokesperson said. “We were shocked and appalled to see these offensive and unacceptable emails.”

It’s unclear just how many customers received the offensive email, but the company reportedly assured online users that their database wasn’t hacked and none of their customers’ information had been compromised. Walmart is reportedly “looking into all available means to hold those responsible accountable.”

Check out a few posts about the controversy below.

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