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A resurfaced comment from 50 Cent has the internet in a chokehold this week. In the now-deleted remark, he claimed that men who date transgender women are g*y. No context. No explanation. Just the statement.

The timing of it coming back online only fueled the fire. Within hours, it was everywhere — and the reactions were split down the middle.

Some people backed him, saying he voiced what many think but don’t say publicly. Others pushed back, calling the comment harmful, oversimplified, and rooted in a misunderstanding of gender identity.

50 Cent hasn’t said anything since it resurfaced. The comment may be gone — but the debate it sparked is far from over. Thoughts? 👀

Erykah Badu got booed after praying for R. Kelly during a live performance.

When the crowd reacted negatively, she pushed back, saying unconditional love means showing compassion even to people who need healing. She later doubled down, writing, “I love you. Unconditionally,” while clarifying that love doesn’t mean approving of someone’s actions.

Now the internet is divided.

Is Erykah promoting forgiveness and healing, or was this the wrong message to send?

Thoughts? ??

Appearing on 'On the Spot' with Rickey Smiley, CeeLo Green revealed that Ms. Lauryn Hill will be the perfect opponent for him in a Verzuz for one particular reason...

Queen Latifah hasn't released music in 17 years.

Lady of Rage never stopped working. The woman who refused to appear on Hit Em Up and kept her integrity on Death Row while everyone around her fell apart has been grinding quietly ever since.

Now the two are working on a project together — no details, no announcement, just this photo and four words: "Working on a new project."

Queen Latifah said earlier this month that new music is finally coming.

"I got all this music at home and I forget y'all haven't heard it. Get ready."

Two of the most respected female MCs in hip hop history in the same room with something to say.

Hip hop has been waiting.

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📌 Sources: Facebook · Power 98 FM · Lipstick Alley · TikTok

Words really do have power. Congrats Tyla.

In 2023 she tweeted "Disney, hmu when you free. I jus wanna be a princessssss."

She posted it as a joke. Three years later Disney called for real.

She is now the voice of Inflatable Flamingo in Toy Story 5, the first African artist to voice a character in the history of the franchise.

The film opens June 19 with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back as Woody and Buzz.

She grew up watching Toy Story with her whole family in South Africa. Now her family gets to watch her in it.

"This is a full-circle moment for me."

Two Grammys. A FIFA World Cup song with Future. And now Disney.

She tweeted it into existence.

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📌 Sources: The Citizen · Yahoo · IOL · ECR · HelloBeautiful

50 gave an update on his progression in Shreveport, saying that G-Unit Studios is 10% Complete, G-Unit Arena is 20% Complete and his show “Put Me On, 50” is scheduled in start in November

rapped about School Street in Yonkers before anyone knew his name.
Now that same street has his name on it.
On May 27, 2026, the Yonkers City Council voted unanimously to rename the intersection of School Street and Brooke Street "Earl DMX Simmons Way." The exact block where he grew up in the Calcagno Homes projects. The streets that raised him, broke him and made him who he was.
Not one objection. Not a single vote against.
He mentioned School Street on his 1998 debut and again on The Great Depression in 2001. That block wasn't just an address, it was his whole story.
74 million albums sold. Five consecutive number 1 debuts on the Billboard 200. A record that has never been broken.
He put Yonkers on the map.
Yonkers put his name on the map right back.
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📌 Sources: AllHipHop · Complex · WBLS · Black Westchester · NME

NBC passed on The Wayans Bros. because they claimed John Witherspoon was “too ghetto” and demanded he be swapped out. But the Wayans stayed ten toes down—they refused to recast, took the show to the WB in 1995, and ended up making Black sitcom history.