QUAVO PAYS HIS ASSISTANT $5,000 A DAY: Quavo's assistant is a millionaire, according to how much the rapper says he pays him on the daily. The Migos member revealed via Instagram that he pays his assistant $5,000 per day. Quavo posted a pic of his assistant holding an umbrella over the rapper's head, presumably blocking the sun, while also holding a miniature fan near Quavo's face. The rapper captioned the pic, “5k a Day My Asst. A Millionaire!”
ICE-T DEFENDS HIS WIFE BREASTFEEDING THEIR 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER: Ice-T's wife, Coco Austin, revealed during an interview with Us Weekly last month that she still breastfeeds their 5-year-old daughter Chanel. Ice-T went on Twitter on Wednesday (August 4th) to defend his wife, typing, “News Flash! We feed Chanel FOOD… She just likes to suck moms boob every now and then… Me Too!!!”
THE LOX AND DIPSET ANNOUNCE TOUR AFTER VERZUZ BATTLE: Following The Lox and Dipset's headline-making Verzuz battle, the rap crews have announced the dates of their forthcoming tour together, which also includes State Property. The rap supergroups will kick off their “Rap Superheroes Tour” in Atlanta on September 16th and will make stops in Orlando, Baton Rouge, Austin, Houston and Chicago. The tour will wrap up on October 1st in Milwaukee.
REPORT: DR. DRE'S OLDEST DAUGHTER SAYS SHE'S HOMELESS: According to a report from Daily Mail on Wednesday (August 4th), Dr. Dre's oldest daughter, LaTanya Young, has revealed that she is homeless and living out of her rental car. Young said that she works as a delivery driver for DoorDash and Uber Eats, and is employed at a warehouse, but that isn't enough for her to make ends meet in California. Dre reportedly paid for his daughter's rent and gave her an allowance until January of 2020. Young is a mother-of-three and her children are staying with her friends. The outlet also said that Dre refuses to help his daughter because she has spoken out about her dad in the media.
6IX9INE WANTS TO FIGHT LIL DURK ONE-ON-ONE: During an appearance on the pilot episode of DJ Akademiks' Off the Record podcast, 6ix9ine demanded that hip-hop executive Wack100 set up a one-on-one fight between himself and Lil Durk. 6ix9ine said to Wack, “Before you leave Miami, you call Durk and get him in the same room as me—make it happen. You got the phone right there.” Wack replied, “And what? I can make that call. You wanna head on with Durk?” Tekashi then said, “A head on with Durk. The bathroom right there,” adding that he's “been doing that.”
AZEALIA BANKS THINKS DABABY SHOULD'VE BEEN CANCELED: Azealia Banks has chimed in on DaBaby, who has been dropped from several festival performances following his homophobic comments made at Rolling Loud Miami last month. Banks said DaBaby should've been canceled when he slapped a woman at his show in Tampa in March of 2020 when she was trying to take a picture of him. Banks said on her IG Story on Tuesday (August 3rd), “Y'all should have BEEN canceled dababy when he was caught on camera punching a female fan in the face. I'm not believing any of this performative canceling ppl are doing now when everyone was so quick to forget that happened. Apology or not, keep him canceled.” DaBaby apologized for hitting the woman and he also issued an apology for his recent statements.
- On another note, rappers NLE Choppa and Polo G think DaBaby will bounce back from this controversy. In a tweet Choppa wrote, which Polo liked, he said, “Y'all should have BEEN canceled dababy when he was caught on camera punching a female fan in the face. I'm not believing any of this performative canceling ppl are doing now when everyone was so quick to forget that happened. Apology or not, keep him canceled.”
PEPA OF SALT-N-PEPA REPORTEDLY OWES $700K FOR BUTT INJECTION REMOVAL SURGERY: According to a report from Radar Online on Wednesday (August 4th), Pepa from Salt-N-Pepa owes Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. David Sayah $676,675 for his services. The doctor has apparently filed a lien as a part of Pep's lawsuit against Uber for a car accident she was involved in. If Pepa wins the lawsuit, the lien will give Dr. Sayah the right to collect the debt. The surgeon removed injections and implants from Pepa's body back in 2019.
