IT LOOKS LIKE DIDDY AND YUNG MIAMI ARE REALLY KICKING IT: It looks like Diddy and Yung Miami may really be dating. After months of speculation, Miami posted and deleted footage of herself and Diddy cuddled up. A source told Page Six that Diddy is a “perfect fit” for Miami. The source said, “Sean is known for dating young beautiful women and the City Girls mantra is to only date men with money or it is just a waste of your time. Caresha has her own money, but she wants someone to ‘match her fly’ and treat her to the lifestyle that she has become accustomed to.”
LIL BABY OPENS UP ABOUT BEING ARRESTED IN PARIS DURING FASHION WEEK: Lil Baby has opened up about being detained by authorities while attending Fashion Week in Paris. During an interview with Ice Box, he said, “I know what happened now that I done thought about it. I got locked up like Thursday night, and I had a show Saturday. I’m like if I don’t get out Friday, I’m gonna get out Monday. I ain’t trying to miss my show on Saturday.” After receiving calls and texts asking if he was okay, he said he told people, “I’m like ‘I know y’all see me going to jail.’ They like ‘You good?’ Like nah n***a, I’m not good! I’m in this b***h tripping. I went to jail a lot of times, right? But they speak English. So, this like my first time going to jail and I’m like a kid.” He added, “The whole Paris experience let me know I got to get bigger overseas. Not saying to not go to jail for breaking the law, but for the police to know who I am.”
CARDI B AND MEGAN THEE STALLION CELEBRATE 'WAP' ANNIVERSARY: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion took to social media to celebrate the one year anniversary of “W.A.P.” Cardi wrote via Instagram, “Wow I can’t believe wappity WAP turned one today. It don’t even feel like it. What a record! @theestallion we should do it again sometime.” Megan tweeted, “Happy WAPIVERSARY ? Thank you for having me. I think the people deserve another collab ??.”
MOTHER OF FETTY WAP'S LATER DAUGHTER SHOOTS DOWN REPORTS REGARDING HER DAUGHTER'S CAUSE OF DEATH: Turquoise Miami, the mother of Fetty Wap's later daughter Lauren Maxwell has opened up about TMZ revealing her daughter's cause of death. TMZ revealed that the cause of death on June 24th was from cardiac arrhythmia – an irregular heartbeat — due to complications of congenital cardiac anomalies. According to E! News, Miami said, “This is what y’all people do for fun. F–k all y’all. Her death certificate says cardiac arrhythmia due to a congenital heart defect BUT THAT IS NOT THE FULL CAUSE OF HER DEATH THAT IS WHY THE AUTOPSY HASN’T COME BACK!” She continued, “HOW DARE Y’ALL GO STEAL MY CHILD’S DEATH CERTIFICATE AND ANNOUNCE THE CAUSE OF DEATH BEFORE ANYBODY WAS READY. THERE IS A REASON WHY! HER AUTOPSY ISN’T BACK YET.”
MEGAN THEE STALLION SAYS 'IT'S ABOUT TIME' THAT HIP HOP TACKLES HOMOPHOBIA: Megan Thee Stallion has opend up about homophobia within the hip hop community. She told People, “It is about time. Representation is important, and it is really crucial for us all to have compassion and acceptance of every human.” Later in the interview, Megan touched on her upcoming music, saying, “I am keeping my next project pretty quiet but it will be a complete shock and complete surprise. I am just creating things that feel good to me right now.”
TYLER, THE CREATOR SPEAKS ON DJ KHALED BEEF: Tyler, The Creator has opened up about his issue with DJ Khaled. Tyler's 2019 Igor debuted at no. 1 over DJ Khaled's “Father of Asahd.” He said, “Bro that Khaled thing was like, it was fun, it was just watching a man die inside/ The weirdo was winning, I was moonwalking in a wig. This n***a had everyone on his album. Everyone.” At the time, Khaled called the album “mysterious sh*t.” Tyler said,”For some guy like that to kind of indirectly be like, 'That ain't real rap, that ain't real Black music.' That's what it felt like. And I was like, my n***a, don't do…but I didn’t say nothing, I just let that No. 1 speak. N****’s ego had to deal with that because his whole identity is being No. 1. And when he didn’t get that, that sat with him longer in real-life time than that moment. I moved on.” He added, “That n***a ego was deflated, he’ll probably never admit,” he added.
JIM JONES DENIES FALLING OFF STAGE DURING VERZUZ: Jim Jones took to social media to deny that he fell offstage during The Lox and Dipset battle last week. He said, “For the record, I did not fall off the stage. My ring flew off my hand and I dove off that motherf*cker head first like I was going swimming.” He laughed and added, “I dove! I didn't fall.”
C-MURDER ADDS CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP TO LEGAL COUNSEL: Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Ronald Haley Jr. have joined forces to represent Corey “C-Murder” Miller, who is currently serving a life sentence at the Elayn Hust Correctional Center in Louisiana for a murder conviction in which he continues to maintain his innocence. Most recently, Miller spoke out against the living conditions of the facility, saying, “No one in the State of Louisiana is sentenced to contract COVID-19 nor die from it. There are far too many people who are unreasonably compromised due to existing medical conditions and older age who will suffer or die due to the spread of COVID-19 and the Delta variant.” He added, “There is no form of justice that should allow this level of neglect for the health and safety of those who are incarcerated.”