Lauryn Hill has responded to people who have criticized her lateness to performances over the course of her much-decorated career.
Usher Serenades Kenya Moore, Who Says Singer ‘Snatched My Soul’
Usher has serenaded lots of women over the course of his Las Vegas residency, and he recently added ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Kenya Moore to the list.
Young Dolph’s Alleged Murder Mastermind Appears Before New Judge For First Time
Young Dolph’s alleged murder mastermind, Hernandez Govan, has appeared before Judge Jennifer Mitchell for the first time since she replaced Judge Coffee.
50 Cent Laughs At Old Photo Featuring Top Dawg & Dwight Howard
50 Cent has shared a throwback court side picture featuring a long-ago moment with TDE’s Top Dawg, Denzel, and then-Laker Dwight Howard.
Lil Yachty Gets Excited For Gas Station Hot Dog In New Clip: Watch
Lil Yachty expressed his excitement to purchase a gas station hot dog in a new clip circulating on social media over the weekend. “I’ll tell you how to know the dog is fresh,” Yachty begins in the video. “Little pink on the ends and it’s wet, that’s how you know the dog is fresh. Put that dog between them buns. Or, you go like me. I go bunless.” When OutGenerationMusic shared the clip on Instagram, fans shared plenty of laughs in response.
One user commented: “Hot dogs from 7/11 be having my stomach on go mode [crying emoji] I gotta be home if im eating that.” Another defended Yachty: “Quiktrip does have good food though. It ain’t that regular gas station food.”
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Lil Yachty Performs In New Orleans
The fun video comes as Yachty has been making headlines for an interview he recently conducted with J. Cole on his podcast, A Safe Place. At one point, the two discussed the backlash to Drake’s new album, For All The Dogs. “Joe Budden, with ‘First Person Shooter,’ he aggressively came at the track with a — it felt like there was already a personal vendetta towards Drake, which made it a thing to where it was like, ‘Oh, Drake got washed. Oh, Drake may not be that guy. Oh, it’s clear who the better contender is,’” Yachty said during the episode. “Personally, I think what [Drake’s] verse contributed to that song made it the song that it is. It gave it the energy, it made it a club record, it made it a festival record.” Cole suggested that Drake was focused on making the best song possible rather than competing with him on the track.
Lil Yachty Orders A Gas Station Hot Dog
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Yachty is currently performing on The Field Trip tour in support of his latest album, Let’s Start Here. Be on the lookout for further updates on Yachty on HotNewHipHop.
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Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” Sees Biggest Billboard 200 Debut In Nearly 10 Years
Taylor Swift’s latest re-recording release, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), notched the biggest opening on the Billboard 200 in nearly a decade, this past week. It debuted at No. 1 after moving 1.653 million equivalent album units in the week ending on November 2. It’s the most since Adele’s 25 sold 3.482 million units in its first week back in 2015. The figure is even higher than the original version of 1989, which debuted with 1.287 million in its first week in November 2014.
While it’s the highest-selling album since 2015, it’s also the sixth highest-selling of all time in terms of traditional album sales, which make up 1.359 million of the aforementioned total sum. In addition to being behind Adele’s 25, it’s also behind NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (2.416 million), NSYNC’s Celebrity (1.878 million), Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP (1.76 million), and Backstreet Boys’ Black & Blue (1.591 million). Swift also has the most number-one albums for a female artist of all time with 13 different projects topping the chart. She’s tied with Drake for third place on the list of any artist regardless of gender. They’re behind only JAY-Z’s 14 and the Beatles’ 19.
Taylor Swift Spotted In New York City
Swift first began re-recording her first six studio albums in 2019 amid a dispute over ownership of her masters. She was unable to reacquire them after Scooter Braun bought her former label, Big Machine Records.
Outside of Music, Swift has been dating Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. Amid their romance, the pop star has attended several of Kelce’s games. Kelce addressed the media frenzy around the relationship back in October. “We’re learning with the paparazzi taking photos from all over the place,” Kelce told reporters at the time. “But at the same time, you know, it comes with it. You’ve got a lot of people that care about Taylor, and for good reason. You’ve just got to keep living and learning and enjoying the moments.” Be on the lookout for further updates on their relationship on HotNewHipHop.
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Kid Cudi Voices Support For “Free Palestine,” Says He Can’t “Remain Silent”
Kid Cudi voiced his support for Palestine on Instagram, Sunday, amid Israel’s ongoing retaliation for Hamas’ terror attacks on October 7. After those incidents resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 people, Israel’s military has killed over 9,000 people living in Gaza, including large percentages of women and children, according to CNN.
“I can’t watch what’s happening in the world and remain silent,” Cudi began his lengthy post. “I can’t imagine the pain people are feeling. Seeing their entire neighborhoods bombed, losing generations of family members, parents crying over their children’s lifeless bodies, communities turning into mass graves, people digging through rubble of their homes in hopes of finding remains of their loved ones.”
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Protesters Demonstrate Support For Palestine In Washington D.C.
Demonstrators gathered in Freedom Plaza for a rally supporting Palestinians in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2023. The rally came in the wake of a tragic conflict that began on October 7, 2023, when Palestinian Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip launched a surprise attack in southern Israel, resulting in thousands of casualties, both Israeli and Palestinian. This escalation led Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza the following day. (Photo by Ali Khaligh / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ALI KHALIGH/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
“I recognize that there’s more to the story than what’s happened over these past few weeks. And it goes without saying, I love my Jewish brothers and sisters and condemn any violence towards them,” he added. “Your losses are unimaginable and you are all in my prayers. My prayers also go out to the hostages and their families, may they be returned safely.” Check out the full statement below.
Kid Cudi Speaks Out
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Cudi is far from the only hip-hop artist to speak out in support of Palestine in recent weeks. On Saturday, Macklemore spoke at a “Free Palestine” rally in Washington D.C., labeling Israel’s treatment of Palestinians a “genocide.” Be on the lookout for further updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict on HotNewHipHop.
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Lil Duval Reacts To Paul Pierce & Rubi Rose’s Interaction With Yung Miami & Diddy Comparison
Lil Duval has responded to users criticizing Paul Pierce for flirting with Rubi Rose on Twitter over the weekend. Rose had posted a photo of herself in a pair of boy shorts with a caption that read, “Wake up to a bad b*tch.” In the replies, Pierce admitted that he has a “crush” on Rose. While plenty of fans trolled the former NBA champion for the post, the model responded: “Text me then 4046899173 [rose emoji].” Users were unhappy with the age gap between the 46-year-old Pierce and the 26-year-old Rose.
In responding to the posts, Duval compared the situation to that of Yung Miami and Diddy. “Women prove how hypocritical they are everyday on here. How yall mad at Paul Pierce for shooting his shot at Rubi Rose. But praise young Miami and Diddy?” In another post, he added: “How you can say you want a man that teach u something but not like older men? [laughing emojis] Y’all really just be talking.”
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Lil Duval At The BET Hip Hop Awards In 2019
When HollywoodUnlocked shared Duval’s posts on Instagram, fans had mixed reactions. Some agreed with the comedian. One wrote: “He didn’t lie! Yall pick and choose who to support and they all doing the same thing but when a person is not likable, y’all create a problem! The internet is wild.” Another wrote: “I’ve never seen anyone praise Diddy and Miami. They clown them all day. I’m convinced y’all either can’t read or just wanna argue.”
Lil Duval Responds To Paul Pierce-Rubi Rose Drama
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Check out the collection of posts above and come back to HotNewHipHop to see whether anything comes of Paul Pierce shooting his shot at Rubi Rose.
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Doja Cat Flips Off Camera While Posing For Pic With Fans
Doja Cat jokingly flipped off the camera in a new photo of her posing with fans on social media. Rocking a crop top, blue jeans, and high heels, she stood next to four young fans while sticking her middle finger up. Pop Crave shared the image on Twitter, on Sunday.
“Doja looked like she’s the one who asked for a pic,” one fan wrote in response, while one more added: “They look like they don’t know what to do when she posed like that.” Another joked: “I hope you never wear this again,” in response to her shoes.
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Doja Cat Kicks Off “The Scarlett Tour”
Doja has had a tumultuous relationship with her fans as of late. After losing over 180,000 followers, earlier this year, for calling out her fanbase, she remarked that she felt “free.” While speaking with Harper’s Bazaar afterward, she elaborated: “My theory is that if someone has never met me in real life, then, subconsciously, I’m not real to them. So when people become engaged with someone they don’t even know on the internet, they kind of take ownership over that person. They think that person belongs to them in some sense. And when that person changes drastically, there is a shock response that is almost uncontrollable… I’ve accepted that that’s what happens.” Check out Doja Cat’s latest run-in with her fans below.
Doja Cat Poses With Fans
Doja Cat with fans in new photo. pic.twitter.com/LJwXPRYXCb
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Doja Cat’s meeting up with fans comes after she embarked on The Scarlett Tour, last week. Beginning at Chase Center in San Francisco on Halloween, the tour is scheduled to run through December 13, 2023, at United Center in Chicago. Ice Spice and Doechii are joining her at the shows. Be on the lookout for further updates on the tour on HotNewHipHop.
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C-Knight Of The Dove Shack On Life Support After Stroke
C-Knight is currently fighting for his life in the hospital after suffering a stroke, according to a new report from TMZ. Knight’s father, George Lee Washington Blount Jr., told the outlet that his son was hospitalized as a result of a scary blood sugar level stemming from diabetes in October. He had been receiving dialysis and suffered a stroke.
C-Knight also apparently went into cardiac arrest and his heart stopped. Doctors needed to resuscitate him and put him on life support at that point. In the time since, he’s been unresponsive, and medical staff have detected no signs of progress. The family is currently waiting on a crucial MRI scan that will determine whether there is any brain activity. They remain hopeful as they wait; however, if the worst-case scenario comes to be, they plan to keep him on life support for the time being as they decide on future plans.
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C-Knight Performs At Summertime In The LBC Festival
C-Knight and the rest of The Dove Shack were active in the 1990s and 2000s, releasing two albums in that time. The group first popped onto the music scene on “This Is the Shack” on Warren G’s album Regulate…G Funk Era. They later dropped their debut of the same name, This Is the Shack, in 1995 and their sophomore effort, Reality Has Got Me Tied Up, over a decade later in 2006. Check out their biggest hit, “Summertime In The LBC,” below. The song peaked at 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Revisit The Dove Shack’s “Summertime In The LBC”
Dove Shack member Bo-Roc called for fans to keep Knight in their prayers in a post on Instagram, last month. He wrote at the time: “He’s the founder of the Dove Shack and the reason I had the opportunity to make #summertimeinthelbc for the world so please please send him positive energy and healing prayers.” Be on the lookout for further updates on C-Knight’s health on HotNewHipHop.
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