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Chrissy Teigen is returning to Twitter, after announcing that she would be leaving the social media platform, back in March. 

“Turns out it feels TERRIBLE to silence yourself and also no longer enjoy belly chuckles randomly throughout the day and also lose like 2000 friends at once lol,” Teigen wrote in her first tweet back.

“I choose to take the bad with the good!!” she added.

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As for what she’s been up to during her Twitter absence, she replied to a fan that she’s  “spent weeks just saying tweets to shampoo bottles.”

Teigen originally decided to leave the platform, explaining that her experience has become more negative than positive: “This no longer serves me as positively as it serves me negatively, and I think that’s the right time to call something. My life goal is to make people happy. The pain I feel when I don’t is too much for me. I’ve always been portrayed as the strong clap back girl but I’m just not.”

Before leaving the platform, she also said that she feels “like everyone hates me.”

“I feel like everyone hates me. I’m not looking for you to tell me you don’t, I swear, please don’t!!! it is just overwhelming. I keep seeing ‘how has she not disabled these comments’ across all platforms on anything I say and it sucks,” she explained.

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The Chicago prosecutor who claimed that 13-year-old that Adam Toledo was holding a firearm when he was fatally shot by police, has been placed on leave.

Earlier this week, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office defended the prosecutor by saying that he “failed to fully inform himself” before the court hearing.

“An attorney who works in this office failed to fully inform himself before speaking in court,” the spokesperson said. “Errors like that cannot happen and this has been addressed with the individual involved. The video speaks for itself.”

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Sarah Sinovic, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor, confirmed to The Hill that he was placed on leave.

“In court last week, an attorney in our office failed to fully present the facts surrounding the death of a 13-year-old boy,” Sinovic said. “We have put that individual on leave and are conducting an internal investigation into the matter.”

Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body-cam footage of the killing, Thursday, that showed Toledo had dropped the weapon and surrendered before officer Eric Stillman fired one shot into his chest.

Following the release of the footage, and in wake of Daunte Wright’s recent death, the Derek Chauvin trial, and the countless killings committed by police officers, protests erupted.

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Future and Quavo are the latest to perform the “Ski Challenge” on social media. The challenge is a reference to Young Thug and Gunna’s standout track “Ski” off of Slime Language 2. Bad Boy Records founder Diddy recently posted a video of his dancing to the song as well.

“Waddup twin?” Future wrote on the video, tagging Young Thug. Thug reposted the video and challenged Lil Uzi Vert to do the move.

Future appeared on a separate song elsewhere on Slime Language 2. He contributed vocal to “Superstar,” but was clowned by fans on social media for his performance.

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The album features a myriad of other stars in the hip-hop game as well including Drake, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, Big Sean, Lil Baby, and more.

“Gon Skii Lil Bih SLATT,” Quavo captioned his video of himself doing the dance move.

The Migos rapper, who recently celebrated his 30th birthday, separated from Saweetie in a highly publicized breakup. Earlier this week, Quavo commented on the split with a new preview for an upcoming track.

“Lil’ bitty b*tch, she slimy, she sneaky/I’m takin’ back that Bentley,” he raps, referencing a story that alleged he had Saweetie’s Bentley repo’d.

Check out Future and Quavo’s videos below.

Warriors star Stephen Curry spoke candidly about his future in Golden State, this week, with just one more year on his current contract following this season. The three-time NBA Champion says his priority is staying with the Warriors; however, he admitted that anything can happen.

“It’s always been a priority [to stay with the Warriors],” Curry said. “… You never know what can happen, obviously. But I feel like that’s always been something that would mean so much to me.”

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Curry also referenced Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki who both spent their entire careers with one team.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr recently spoke about how well Curry is performing this year, admitting that he is still “in awe” of his skill:

“It seems like every night, even though I say nothing surprises me, I’m still in awe of the shot-making,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It’s just incredible. The level of confidence and skill is just stunning. It’s beautiful to watch. It’s a man at the peak of his powers with a lifetime of training and work, and not just on his body, but on his mind. This is a guy who is functioning at a level that very few human beings ever function at in their particular field. It’s just beautiful to watch.”

The Warriors are currently 28-28 and in 9th place in the Western Conference Standings.

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The hip-hop community has come together once again to mourn to loss of a legend gone too soon. Following the death of Black Rob, Saturday, numerous friends and fans shared condolences on social media throughout the day.

“Damn rest in peace Black Rob. We have to come up with a way to take care of our artists after the industry is done with them,” wrote Open Mike Eagle on Twitter.

Pete Rock wrote, “All this death in hip hop really SUCKS!!! R.I.P. DMX & Black Rob! I can’t believe I just said that. Just don’t sound right no time to grieve 1 death anymore X just died last week and BR dies today.”

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Rob passed away at the age of 51, after years of struggling with health issues. Before his death, he released a video explaining his recent hardships: “Oh man, I’ve been dealing with this for five years. Four strokes … I don’t know what to tell you man. Shit is crazy. This shit is hard. I don’t got no house to live in — except maybe an apartment. Me and my man be trying to get together. I’m telling you man, this shit is strange.”

Check out more responses on social media below.

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Britney Spears answered numerous fans’ questions on Instagram, Friday, amidst the “Free Brittney” movement that has grown in response to the New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears. The documentary details Spears’ career and ongoing 13-plus years spent in a conservatorship battle.

“The next question is, am I okay?” Spears says in the video. “Yes, I’m totally fine. I’m extremely happy. I have a beautiful home, beautiful children. I’m taking a break right now because I’m enjoying myself.”

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Spears‘ conservatorship has been mainly overseen by her dad since 2008.

“Yes, I get extremely dizzy,” Spears says. “But I’m a dancer, so as long as I have a focus for my head as I turn, as long as I keep finding that spot, usually in the end it’s not as bad.”

She also spoke about a picture she shared of a vintage refrigerator on social media: “What does the red refrigerator mean on my Instagram? Honestly, I just thought it was cool. I thought it was vintage, it was red. And it’s just really cool.”

In the caption of her video, Spears explained, “This was me yesterday before I went to Malibu randomly in my boyfriend’s brown blazer to stay in disguise … but s— … the paps still found me!!!!”

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Bobby Shmurda says that he has new music on the way featuring the likes of DaBaby, Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, and more. During a recent appearance on the Maino Presents: Kitchen Talks podcast, Shmurda dropped some information about his upcoming album.

“Man, we got so much new music coming,” Bobby proclaimed during the interview. “We got music coming with the biggest artists, from Maino, Quavo, DaBaby, 42 [Dugg], Uzi, Rowdy [Rebel], Jay. There is so much sh*t coming out it’s gonna be a hot summer.”

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After spending over six years in prison on third-degree conspiracy and weapons possessions charges, Shurmda has finally been freed. The rapper was released from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York in February. He will remain out on parole until early 2026.

Hip-hop legend Jim Jones recently praised Shmurda after the two ran into each other at the studio: “He did it like he was supposed to. He paid his debt to society like a real n***a do, you heard? Back to the bag.”

Shmurda’s upcoming album will be his first project since 2014’s Shmurdaville. Earlier this week, he teased his return to the studio on Instagram.

Check out Shmurda’s appearance on the Maino Presents: Kitchen Talks podcast below.

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