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Rihanna’s lingerie brand Savage X Fenty is known for being one of the most inclusive fashion lines in recent years when it comes to their models. In the past, Rihanna’s fashion shows have invited models to walk that represent real people rarely seen on such a large stage, including breast cancer survivors, plus-sized models, pregnant people, and diverse male models.

In the brand’s latest casting, they have brought on 23-year-old influencer Tamera McLaughlin as a brand ambassador, making her the brand’s first little person model. 

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McLaughlin said this collaboration had been a dream of hers for quite some time, organizing a Savage X Fenty lingerie photoshoot with her manager. She told Buzzfeed, “The week my ordered lingerie shipped, I got an email and it mentioned that they had somehow seen one of my viral videos and Fenty was interested in bringing me aboard as an ambassador! I CRIED IMMEDIATELY. Just that fast, it happened.”

Earlier this month, Savage X Fenty reached a valuation of $1 billion, so it’s clear that Rihanna’s efforts toward diversity and inclusivity in fashion have not gone unnoticed by consumers. As always, she continues to raise the bar and prompt other brands and designers around her to do better. 

Check out Tamera’s announcement below. 

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Lil Wayne has always worked at a prolific rate, and that doesn’t appear likely to change anytime soon. In fact, Weezy is already working on another new project, as recently confirmed during an appearance on Fox Sports Radio’s “Up On Game” podcast. As caught by HHNM, Weezy explained his intention to highlight the new voices of Young Money, as he once did with 2014’s beloved compilation Rise Of The Empire.

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After a lengthy sports discussion, Wayne shifts the focus to music, opening up about some of his upcoming endeavors, including a music video for his latest single. “I have something out with a beautiful artist from LA, Foushee,” explains Wayne. “It’s called “Ain’t Got Time.” She has her own stuff about to come out, we about to shoot that. That collaboration, I’m so proud of that. She’s super talented.” 

“Young Money, you already know I got a bunch of young artists,” continues Wayne. “We post a lot of the new artists, but we about to put the compilation out, that’s something with everybody so they can start putting their compilations out as well.” When asked about his favorite song stemming from his entire discography, Wayne opts to keep the listeners on their toes. “My favorite song is the one I recorded last night,” he teases, before revealing the title to be “Rocket Fire.” 

While it’s unclear as to when we’ll be seeing both “Rocket Fire” and Tunechi’s upcoming Young Money compilation, rest assured that 2021 will be another strong year for the legendary lyricist and his label. Check out the full interview below.

Paulo Costa lost in embarrassing fashion to Israel Adesanya just a few months ago and it’s a fight that will forever live in viral infamy. Adesanya ended the match in just two rounds but after defeating Costa, he decided to hump the fighter from behind before doing some break dancing right next to his injured body. It was the ultimate form of disrespect and Costa was livid about it, even calling Adesanya “human trash” for what he did.

Recently, Costa took to his YouTube channel where he offered up his excuse for why the fight went so poorly. As he explains, he wanted to drink some alcohol to fall asleep since he was having problems with cramping. Eventually, Costa downed a whole bottle of wine which allegedly caused him to be sluggish in the bout.

“I had a glass and didn’t work. Two glasses, it didn’t work. Half bottle, didn’t work. I had it all,” Costa said. “Keep in mind that the fight happens at 9 a.m., we have to wake up at 5 to get ready, stretch, wrap the hands. The UFC told us to wake up at 5 in the morning to go to the arena to fight. I hadn’t slept until 2:30.”

Costa’s reasoning for the loss is interesting although considering how dominant Adesanya has been over the last couple of years, it’s unlikely Costa would have actually won, sober or not. Despite this, it seems like the fighter sleeps better at night believing it was the alcohol, so more power to him.

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Over the last six months, Asian Doll has had to deal with a lot. In November, she lost her rapper boyfriend King Von to a shooting by an alleged member of Quando Rondo’s crew. Asian was, of course, devastated by the loss, as the two considered one another their twin flame. Her grief for King Von has been her public focus since he passed, however, she revealed on twitter this morning that she has suffered even more loss behind closed doors. Asian’s stepfather, brother, and grandmother all passed away between the time Von died and now, as she revealed on twitter today. Her mental health is clearly taking a beating, with the tweet being followed up with a simple: “Sad.” 

“I lost von, my step daddy, my brother & my grandmother all in 6months…. Wow,” she tweeted Monday morning.

Many fans came to her aid, just wanting the best for her and hoping that she feels better soon. 

It seems that Asian has been really evaluating what’s important in her life, though, and cutting out things that aren’t. She also told fans on Monday that she’s “been letting bridges burn…” 

Above all, though, Asian Doll definitely doesn’t let anything kill her self-esteem, posting photos of herself dripping in crystals alongside the caption, “Da Wife” shortly after this moment of openness with her fans.

Max Holloway recently won against the likes of Calvin Kattar back in January and since that time, he has been looking for his next opponent. The UFC star has fought some pretty big names in the past and it would only make sense for him to get to go up against a superstar. In fact, while being approached by TMZ recently, Holloway made a revelation about what his next fight was supposed to be.

Essentially, had Conor McGregor defeated Justin Poirier, Holloway would have been well on his way to a rematch against the Irish star. However, since the fight didn’t go in McGregor’s favor, Holloway’s future is a bit up in the air.

“[Holloway vs. McGregor] was on a very short list for UFC if everything went well in [Conor’s] last fight and it didn’t,” Holloway said. “And I don’t wanna kick a dog when it’s down. At the end of the day, we’ll see what happens.”

For those who may not remember, Holloway and McGregor fought all the way back in 2013, and McGregor ended up winning via a third-round decision. A rematch would have certainly been fun to watch, but for now, we’ll just have to settle for something else.

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