Via Instagram, Fif shared a screenshot of a news report about former tour violinist Brian King Joseph’s lawsuit against the Fresh Prince. In his caption, he offered a wild reaction and expressed that he was looking forward to possibly working with Smith in the future.

“WTF is going on, I got a movie I want will for, this fool just mad he got fired,” the G-Unit mogul captioned his post. Amid other 50 Cent drama happening online, he found a break to react to this bombshell lawsuit. We’ll see how it continues to develop.

That other drama relates to 50 Cent’s beefs with other big names in hip-hop, the entertainment business, and beyond. For New York rap heads, the big story is about his feud with Fabolous, Jim Jones, Maino, and Dave East, which continues to garner interest. Other recent targets include Papoose, Dame Dash, and of course, Diddy.

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Why Is Will Smith Being Sued?

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For those unaware, Brian King Joseph’s lawsuit against Will Smith accuses the Philadelphia native of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. Will’s company Treyball Studios Management is also a part of this legal pursuit.

Joseph was reportedly a violinist for Smith’s “Based On A True Story” tour and alleged a specific incident when returning to his Las Vegas hotel room in March. He allegedly found a sexual note along with wipes, someone else’s HIV medication, and more. “Brian, I’ll be back no later [sic] 5:30, just us [drawn heart],” the note from “Stone F” allegedly read.

When Joseph allegedly reported this to hotel and tour staff, the latter booted him three days later. The lawsuit alleges that tour management justified this as “moving in a different direction,” whereas he claims this was retaliatory for reporting the incident.

Also, the violinist’s allegations accuse Will Smith of “grooming and priming [him] for sexual exploitation” since they met in 2024. They allegedly spent more time together alone before the tour, and Smith allegedly told him, “You and I have such a special connection, that I don’t have with anyone else.”

Brian King Joseph reportedly seeks personal and financial damages. Will Smith has reportedly not responded to these allegations at press time.

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As caught by ManuWay on Twitter, he responded to artist and content creator DDG showing support to the 6ix God, Ross, and Stake. “STAKE, ADIN, & DRAKE IN 5 [100 emoji],” the Michigan creative wrote. “We’ll do it in 4,” Tehrani reportedly responded.

However, the other defendants in this situation haven’t given much of a response yet. We’ll see if that changes in the near future, although we can assume they will move against these allegations. It also comes at a very interesting time, as Drake is finishing his next solo album ICEMAN.

We will see how all of this continues to play out. With more responses, information, and debates emerging in the near future, this will be a big story to follow.

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Who Is Bijan Tehrani?

For those unaware, Bijan Tehrani cofounded Stake, the largest cryptocurrency-backed casino worldwide, in 2017 alongside Ed Craven. He also cofounded Kick, the streaming platform on which Drake, Adin Ross, and many others host their sessions. Tehrani is currently based in Australia, and Forbes reportedly valued his net worth at $2.8 billion in May of last year. He launched Kick as a competitor to Twitch, which had banned Stake’s advertising on the streaming platform over concerns with consumer protections.

Since then, Stake’s profits have grown immensely, and so has the controversy. Drake’s alleged role in this civil RICO case has led to a lot of debate online from folks assuming criminal consequences or defending the lawsuit’s targets. To be clear, this civil RICO situation does not involve any federal investigations or criminal repercussions. As folks continue to discuss this massive development, we will see how it plays out in court amid other class action lawsuits against them.

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However, there is another shortcut to more recognition. That would be a co-sign from a bigger artist. Drake, love him or hate him, has put his fans and other casual listeners on by joining rappers and singers on the come up for a song. Or he’ll hit the musician with follow on social media.

He’s just done this with a beloved underground femcee, who has been putting the work in for a couple of years now. That would be Los Angeles talent Molly Santana. The 21-year-old has already developed a cult-like following, with North West being one of her biggest fans.

Molly’s popularity has grown exponentially since 2024 thanks to some trendy singles like “Windows Up,” her ever-expanding catalog on Soundcloud, and a Rolling Loud performance that year.

Her sound blends multiple genres and subcultures of rap together such as trap and rage. Similar to Playboi Carti, Molly has a grungy/punk aesthetic about her that’s captivated listeners.

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What’s The Latest On Drake’s ICEMAN?

As a result, her social media following has ballooned in succession with her current number of followers sitting at 400,000 even. That list now includes Drake as caught by Kurrco.

Molly’s fan base is mixed about this news right now, with some boldly accusing The Boy of predatory behavior given their age gap. Others are trying to shoo him away as they don’t want him to just try and hop on her wave.

But some are welcoming this shoutout as they visualizing how cool it would be to have them collab on ICEMAN. That of course is Drake’s upcoming solo album, his ninth to be exact. It’s yet to receive a release date or even an official cover art despite him teasing it all throughout 2025.

However, updates on it have been ramping back up in the last month including snippets and details on its tracklist. The latest comes from an unexpected source, Dr. Calvin Jung, a plastic surgeon in Houston. They are seemingly good friends and in a video posted online, he says that the intro for ICEMAN is all done. This means that the project should be announced fairly soon but we will see what happens.

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Today (Friday, January 2) marks his 33rd birthday, a celebration he acknowledged on Twitter. However, Connor wants to skip this year due to the association with his alleged number of accusations. “We Skipping This Year Due To Certain Circumstances,” he quote-tweeted a post commemorating his 33rd birthday.

Many fans took to the replies with jokes of their own, criticisms, dismissals, defenses, and everything in between. Ian Connor’s attitude concerning these allegations is nothing new, as he joked about the number 33 a lot in the past. However, to be clear, the exact number of allegations against him remains quite vague, especially in the legal sense. We will see if Kanye West’s former style collaborator changes his tone on this in the future.

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What Has Ian Connor Been Accused Of?

For those unaware, Ian Connor was initially accused of rape back in 2016, and five more allegations quickly mounted against him. As of 2020, that number reportedly rose to 33, and he has denied all of them. In fact, Connor even suggested years ago that A$AP Bari (who has his own sexual assault scandal) paid women to spread false allegations about him. Allegations against or from Ian in this regard never saw strong confirmation.

Elsewhere, though, Ian Connor is going at former friends. He continues to publicly bash A$AP Rocky every once in a while online, particularly after Rocky changed a song’s lyrics to diss him during a 2023 performance. The two reportedly hashed it out via direct messages, although the public association between them is not what it used to be.

Nevertheless, Ian Connor has other industry peers. For example, he recently shared some alleged messages from Drake about visiting Young Thug in jail back during the YSL RICO trial. These allegations continue to follow Connor, but he seemingly has no plans to back down.

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Release Date: January 1, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

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As caught by No Jumper on Instagram, the Memphis rapper called out Prince Jr., who’s the CEO of the Mob Ties label that Finesse is under. He wants out of his recording contract and seeks to go somewhere more profitable for him.

“Aye, Junior, I want out my contract too,” the Purple Passion collaborator expressed, later holding his hands up. “I don’t want to be Mob Ties no more. I want my own s**t. Let me go, Junior. We done already made all the money we can make. I don’t want to go to another label with you. I love you. But I no longer want to be Mob Ties, business-wise. I love all the Mob Ties street n***as. It’s time for me [with] a new look, Junior… I’m done with that contract, bruh. We ain’t made no money. I been with you four years. We ain’t dropped nothing but two projects. Mob Ties ain’t hitting on nothing with the music s**t. I’m 33 years old. Let me go to somebody that’s gon’ let me motherf***ing get me 10, 15, 20 Ms out this s**t. If you want you some money out this s**t, f**k it, cool. You can get some money out this s**t. I ain’t tripping. But let me go make my money. It’s over with. We done. He’s more than motherf***ing able.”

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Who Is J. Prince Jr.?

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For those unaware, J. Prince Jr. founded the Mob Ties record label in 2017, following in the footsteps of Rap-A-Lot Records and his father J Prince. In 2022, Mob Ties signed a distribution deal with Atlantic Records and Moneybagg Yo’s Bread Gang Entertainment. Prince Jr. also led the Mob Ties streetwear brand in addition to his music industry moves. He is also the CEO of Young Empire Music Group

It’s under the Mob Ties/Atlantic/Bread Gang label deal that Finesse2tymes dropped his music over the past few years. We’ll see if J Prince Jr responds with understanding or with indignation.

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It visibly rocked him as he tweeted out on December 27, “I’m single I will never be in another relationship again.” He’s also been quite silent online as of late too, going as far back as October, moments after Mafiathon 3’s conclusion.

While there have been some words of encouragement shared by his fans, others have been diminishing his thoughts and feelings. For example, Blueface tweeted out, “Kai cenat a cry baby. Act funny with everybody he came up with an wonder y he got mental health problems. Stop choosing the fame over real relationships and you n****s will be okay. Stop letting fame change you. You’ll never like what you become!”

Lil Tjay, who’s been beefing with Kai for essentially the last year, allegedly didn’t have anything nice to say either. “A lot of things ya thought I did wrong gon age like [wine],” he said on an Instagram Story post.

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Gigi Alayah Leaves The Internet

But amidst all of the belittling and hate, Joe Budden is stepping in and imparting some fatherly advice onto the hurting content creator.

In clip from a recent Joe Budden Podcast episode caught by X user Killa, Joe says he’s experienced what Kai is going through and that his aforementioned tweet struck a chord with him. “That hit me because odd thing to say when you’re so young. But if you saying that, then you’re feeling that. And if you’re feeling then I assume you went through something with your lady.”

He then goes on to say, “24, 25, 26, your first real breakup. As a man or a young man, that’s the one. That’s gonna define your next 15 years. It’s gonna build character. I remember I called my mother, n****,” he admitted. Hopefully, Kai sees this and can begin his recovery process sooner than later.

We are also wishing Gigi Alayah the best as well as she’s also faced a lot of backlash for seemingly being the one to end things with the beloved streamer. She’s been accused of cheating on him with NBA YoungBoy, a completely baseless rumor.

As a result, she’s taken the liberty of stepping away from social media as 2026 gets underway.

In a lengthy video posted to her YouTube channel, Gigi signed off by saying, “I know it’s the new year. But right now, I am navigating a lot personally. I want to be honest and just take the time that I need to reset. And just protect my own peace. I am incredibly grateful and thankful for everyone who has continued to show love and support. I’m going to say, I may be quiet for a little while. I will be back. And I just want you guys to know that I love you, and I will see you guys soon.”

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As you can imagine, this led to a cavalcade of reactions from overzealous OVO haters and hardcore Stans alike, plus everyone in between. The biggest discrepancy seems to concern framing, as some have falsely interpreted this as a criminal federal investigation. Rather, it’s an allegation of harm done to individuals via organized and illegal business moves.

Folks have also brought up Drake’s previous allegations of botting against Spotify, whether as off-hand comments or as part of his lawsuit against UMG for defamation concerning Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss track. He and his legal team continue to appeal that suit’s dismissal.

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Drake’s Civil RICO Case

Many Internet users believe there is a case here, while others are confused about the alleged logistics included in the allegations. One of them is Stake’s “tipping” feature, which is allegedly not available in the United States. This is the method that plaintiffs claim that the 6ix God and his codefendants used to hide the financing of the alleged botting. But reactions on both sides suggest that there’s a lot of confusion as to how this would work.

Nevertheless, other reactions focus on the civil RICO’s allegations that Stake, Drake, Adin Ross, and Nguyen falsely promoted the allegedly illegal gambling site and misled users about how their system actually works. It also claims that false marketing allowed them to avoid gambling laws.

Fan Reactions

This is the third class action lawsuit involving these codefendants. This civil RICO appeared in Virginia, whereas the class action lawsuits appeared in New Mexico and Missouri. We will see how the parties involved respond to all of this. In the meantime, fans continue to debate, dissect, and predict what will happen next. But to be clear, nothing in this suit points to federal investigation or criminal repercussions.

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Release Date: January 1, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

Quotable Lyrics from Stupid Prizes

Take a gaze at my feet, see we all aligned
They neat on a fault line, mile long lineage of earth shakers
Couldn’t fake it with ChatCGI
Trespass in they palace while rage high

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She definitely had a good time at her bash, but her team wasn’t going to let her fall on her way to her chauffeur. As they assisted her to a Sprinter van, paparazzi noticed PlaqueBoyMax, 22, following the 26-year-old to the vehicle.

“Max! What’s up, Max?” someone shouted out of sight of the cameras.

Max didn’t say a word to the person calling for him, adding to suspicion.

This could be nothing at all, though. But that isn’t stopping folks online from having a field day with this viral video. “And the winner is…” one X user jokes by tying in the beat smith’s producer tag. Another hilariously quips, “Max a Big Guy now,” referencing Ice Spice’s song she wrote for the new SpongeBob movie.

“Boy tryna speed run catching sum sh*t,” a third types.

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When Is Ice Spice’s Birthday?

We will have to wait and see if this story develops any further. But for those hoping to ship Ice Spice and PlaqueBoyMax, try not to get ahead of yourselves just yet.

They could have very well been going to an afterparty of sorts to celebrate the calendar flipping over into a new year. Spice, who turned 26 on January 1, did have some other people at her turnt function outside of just PlaqueBoyMax.

Per some clips caught by Complex, Olympic gymnast Suni Lee, Bktherula, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and Cash Cobain were also in attendance.

Overall, it seems everyone involved a great time and finished 2025 on a high note. As for what’s next in 2026, particularly for Ice Spice, time will only tell.

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