Your eyes did not deceive you and one of the more well-known impersonators is confirming his involvement. That man in particular is known as Fabio Jackson. As caught by Live Bitez and Complex, he spoke about the collab and how cool it was to be a part of it.

“It’s not my project, but I’m happy to say that, yes, I was involved and yes that is me. It was amazing. All this was very magical to me because this was my very first involvement in a music video,” Fabio expressed.

He also praised everyone behind the scenes on this project, including Ye’s wife, Bianca Censori. Fabio reveals that she was a great director all around.

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“She was welcoming, she was warm, she was happy, positive. She was giving such great vibes all the time.” He also tells anyone ready to hate on Bianca to “cut [her] some slack.”

While he seemed very humble in his video, a lot of people aren’t too fond of people like Fabio taking advantage of Michael Jackson since his passing.

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Kanye West To Headline Wireless Festival 2026

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“Mike was such an icon. People are still making a living impersonating him in 2026,” one disgruntled commenter writes.

Another adds, “Fabio the one thing you haven’t said is that you are an impersonator of the KING MICHAEL JACKSON and WHY they wanted MJ is this video! You are not MICHAEL JACKSON so please explain why they wanted the image which is you of Michael Jackson in this video! Don’t forget Fabio this was for MJ!!!!! [red heart emoji].”

There’s a chance that some of this anger has to do with the fact that a Michael Jackson biopic is coming to theaters on April 24.

But while this situation is causing some controversy, Kanye has some more less divisive news to share elsewhere. Earlier today, it was revealed that he is going to be headlining all three nights of Wireless Festival.

The three-day event begins on July 10 and ends on the 12th. The first pre-sale, which is for PayPal users, starts at 12 p.m. BST on March 31.

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“I just ran across a racist-ass bitch, a white stanky racist ass-b*tch” Boosie began in the post. “B*tch see my jewelry and get jealous. [She] going in, talking about I got a weapon in there. Talking about my ring is a weapon, I can’t fly with it. You racist b*tch. Then, she go to her boss, he a racist b*tch.” From there, he explained that he tried telling the woman that he could miss his flight due to the delay, but she didn’t care.

In a since-deleted caption on X (formerly Twitter), Boosie added: “U RACIST STANKY ASS B*TCH ! U UGLY HOE !! QUIT YO F*CKING JOB B*TCH IF U MAD AT THE WORLD !! ICE DONT EVEN ACT LIKE U MFS N THE AIRPORT.”

When Align With Nae shared the clip on Instagram, fans had mixed reactions in the comments section, with many pointing out how often Boosie runs into similar incidents. “Every week, literally EVERY WEEK someone does something to Boosie,” one user wrote.

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Boosie Badazz’s Feud With Kodak Black

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Prior to the airport drama, Boosie Badazz had been making several headlines for feuding with Kodak Black, this month. The two had been at odds for years, but the drama heated up again after an exchange of words on Instagram Live.

Eventually, Boosie decided to be the “bigger man” and stop engaging with the beef. “TO THE MUSIC PEOPLE WHO WE BOTH GOT RELATIONSHIPS WITH WHY YALL AINT TELL HIM NOTHING? YALL HAD A YEAR N A HALF TO TELL HIM SOMETHING? WHY YALL AINT CALL HIM SMH YALL CONFUSING ME CAUSE PEACE IS PEACE IF YALL REALLY SEARCHING FOR IT RIGHT,” he wrote in a post on X. “I SAID WHAT I SAID N MOVED ON THIS N**** KEPT IT GOING FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS LOL NOW I NEED TO BE THE BIGGER MAN!! WHAT A WORLD. WHAT YALL THINK ABOUT THESE DUDES N THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?”

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But we have to imagine that information will be coming fairly shortly. It’ll be interesting to see how Ye structures each night as well. If you remember, Drake had a specific theme for his three shows. The first was more R&B centric with acts like PARTYNEXTDOOR and Summer Walker onstage.

Night two was all about rap and bringing explosive energy to the table. The final performance focused more on global artists. Vybz Kartel and Burna Boy were among the stars on display that evening.

Perhaps Ye decides to perform alongside some of Bully‘s guests such as Travis Scott or Don Toliver. Him and La Flame are already headlining a day at the inaugural Helwatt’s Festival in Italy a week later that month.

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But those details will come another day. What we know for a fact is how to get your hands on tickets. Wireless Festival took their Instagram just moments ago to provide a full breakdown on pre-sales and the times.

For the general pre-sale, that will kick off at 12 p.m. BST (British Summer Time) on Tuesday, April 7.

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Streaming Numbers On Kanye West’s Bully

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So, if you are in the states, you are going to need to get up at 7 a.m. local time as there is a five-hour difference. The general on sale will start a day later at the exact same time. But if you are PayPal user, there’s an exclusive, 48-hour pre-sale event starting tomorrow at 12 p.m. BST as well.

But if you want to sign up for the general pre-sale, click here. This will be Ye’s first time performing in the UK in 11 years per Ticketmaster Discover.

This exciting news surfaces after the first weekend since the release of Bully on Saturday, March 28. While the public is split on how the feel about it, it’s still been running up the streams. According to the album’s distributor, gamma., his twelfth studio LP did “close to 50 million” streams in its first day on Spotify.

In correcting initial reports about it doing around 33 million streams, they also took a dig at Ye’s rival, J. Cole. “That would make it one of the biggest first weeks of the year on Spotify alongside BTS and Harry Styles, and the biggest hip-hop release of the year on Spotify far exceeding J. Cole. “Father” did 4.1M streams on Spotify in its first full day globally.”

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It’s one of several tracks of West’s new album, Bully, that rank inside the top 10 spots. After “Father,” there’s “All The Love” at number three, “King” at number four, “Punch Drunk” at number six, “This A Must” at number eight, and “Whatever Works” at number nine.

The distribution company that West worked with on Bully previously confirmed that “Father” also dominated on Spotify within its first day on the platform. Responding to a report from Chart Data claiming that Bully earned 33.2 million streams on Spotify during its first day, they claimed that the figure was much higher. “Since they are giving a partial view, we’ll share a more accurate one,” the company’s post read. “BULLY did close to 50M in its first full day at Spotify. That would make it one of the biggest first weeks of the year on Spotify alongside BTS and Harry Styles, and the biggest hip-hop release of the year on Spotify far exceeding J. Cole. ‘Father’ did 4.1M streams on Spotify in its first full day globally.”

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Kanye West Concerts

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Following the release of Bully, Kanye West will be headlining several concerts across the globe. In addition to shows in the Netherlands and Italy, he’ll be performing his first concert in Los Angeles since 2021. That event is scheduled at SoFi Stadium in April.

West’s return to performing in the United States comes after issuing a lengthy apology to the Jewish community in the Wall Street Journal, earlier this year. “I lost touch with reality,” he wrote in January. “Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret. Some of the people I love the most, I treated the worst. You endured fear, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of trying to have someone who was, at times, unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self.”

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So, his fate was pushed back to today, March 30. But once again, Smiths’ team still needs more time to finalize this portion of the deal. It’s still intact, just not this specific area.

As a result, a Memphis, Tennessee courthouse has decided to give both the plaintiff’s side and the defendant’s side more time to work something out.

Per FOX 13, Cornelius Smith’s hearing is now going to happen in “mid-May” if all goes according to plan. It seems like Smith would prefer to be held in solitary confinement for his own protection. However, that’s merely speculation as of now.

It would make sense for him considering the crime he committed was on a beloved rapper in Young Dolph.

Given that Smith has been working with authorities and testified against co-shooter Justin Johnson, there’s a chance his sentence isn’t as life-ending.

But there’s also still a great chance that a life bid is still on the table.

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Young Dolph’s Murder Case

Johnson did in fact receive that punishment, as well as an additional 50 years behind bars. Earlier this month, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld his 2024 conviction.

He did try and bring forward four issues he had such as there not being sufficient evidence for the jury to convict him. However, the court of appeals didn’t see any sort of avenue in which Johnson wasn’t at fault. “… The evidence of defendant’s guilt was overwhelming, and the prosecutor’s comments were brief,” they said at the time.

Johnson was found guilty on charges of premeditated first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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The list of dates kicks off on July 17 with a concert in Minneapolis at The Armory. From there, he travels to Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, New York City, and many more North American cities through August 18, when he’ll wrap up San Diego with a performance at Gallagher Square at Petco Park.

Tickets for the tour will begin with an artist presale on Tuesday, March 31, at 10:00 AM local time. General sale will follow that on Friday, April 3, at 10:00 AM local time.

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Yeat’s “ADL” Album

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Yeat released ADL on March 27 as a double album containing both A Dangerous Lyfe and A Dangerous Love. It marks his sixth studio album and features collaborations with Don Toliver, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Kid Cudi, Grimes, Julia Wolf, Kylie Jenner, Swizz Beatz, Joji, and 070 Shake.

THE LOVE/LYFE TOUR DATES:

# with BNYX |  ^ with SLAYR | * support TBD | ~ with Lyrical Lemonade All Stars | @ with Yeat & Friends

• Fri, Jul 17 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory #
• Sun, Jul 19 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island ~
• Tue, Jul 21 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum #
• Wed, Jul 22 – Montreal, QC – Place Bell #
• Thu, Jul 23 – New York, NY – SummerStage in Central Park ^ #
• Sat, Jul 25 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^ #
• Mon, Jul 27 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre ^
• Tue, Jul 28 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome by Rutter Mills ^
• Thu, Jul 30 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy #
• Sat, Aug 1 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – War Memorial Auditorium ^
• Tue, Aug 4 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall *
• Wed, Aug 5 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^
• Fri, Aug 7 – Denver, CO – Junkyard #
• Mon, Aug 10 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater @ Lumen Field #
• Tue, Aug 11 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum #
• Thu, Aug 13 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium #
• Sat, Aug 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Intuit Dome @
• Tue, Aug 18 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park #

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Part of that frustration stems from her consistent collaborations with disgraced streamer N3on. Over the last several months, they have been linking up for livestreams. They are usually just hanging out and trying random things with each other.

All in all, this would fit the bill as being inoffensive. However, given who she’s surrounding herself with, it’s only drawn negative attention to herself.

Her behavior and decisions around N3on have also been talking points, especially in this most recent clip. Caught by FearBuck, the former rapper reveals that she’s been getting some pretty extensive work done to her face in the form of Botox.

For context, the “Fancy” artist is only 35. As a result, N3on, who reacted in a saddened but frustrated fashion, is the consensus feeling folks have online.

“It’s funny but also a reminder how normalized that level of cosmetic work has become [unamused face emoji],” one X user replies.

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Iggy Azalea & N30n Dating Rumors

Another echoes that sentiment. “Barely moving is the whole point now. expression started looking too honest for that internet.” “This is really weird, I wouldn’t have expected it as well,” a third adds.

Others can’t help but rip N3on and the relationship between him and Iggy. “Why is she obsessed with a little annoying Indian with twig arms and legs. Doesn’t she know he bots like 20k of his live views. Let’s be real his stats never change even when hes doing nontent. Like nobody’s watching u walk around doing fuxk all with your annoying a*s voice.”

“It’s pointless for Neon to make so much money if he’s naive and doesn’t realize that Iggy has other plans for him and is just stringing him along. We’re not surprised that she’s full of Botox because all celebrities have had work done at some point,” a second chimes in.

While reactions to their content have mostly been negative, others speculated that they were an item. Or at the very least, people spread the rumor that they slept together. Part of that was due to the first tweet above from last year.

On another occasion, she was seen twerking on N3on multiple times right around the time of the aforementioned post.

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When Kurrco shared Tyler’s comment on X (formerly Twitter), fans jumped in to defend him in the replies. “Using AI to fake a celebrity endorsement for your restaurant is the 2026 version of photoshopping a yelp review. Except now the celebrity can see it in real time and roast you to 40 million people,” one user wrote. Another added: “See what ai is doing to people, this making Tyler go insane even sza hates ai, and I have to block every mf on Spotify who used ai to make music.”

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Tyler, The Creator’s Stance On A.I.

A.I. has been a highly controversial issue in hip-hop in recent years. Tyler, The Creator previously voiced his opinion on the technology while discussing its use in music during an appearance on Art Official Intelligence Radio on Apple Music 1 in 2024.

“I think A.I. needs to do the mundane sh*t like figure out the robot to fix these f*cking potholes or get this damn smog. … Adding snares and drawing? Like, no,” Tyler said at the time, as caught by Complex. “That’s the superpower that we have that keeps things unique and moving forward. Why have a computer do that special power that us as humans have?”

He continued: “Like, make this n***a clean up the ground [or] get the cancer cells out of us. Making a beat? Like, no. Stop. It might have its perks. And also, I’m always ahead of even myself so the A.I. will never catch up to me creatively. It’ll only have a reference point of what I’ve already did, not where I’m going, because it’s not me. I’m not scared of that.”

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“Tompkins…seeks to inject inflammatory and defamatory allegations concerning me personally into this litigation. The allegations concern purported events from decades ago that are wholly irrelevant to the issues,” 50 Cent wrote.

He continued: “If Tompkins’ inflammatory and defamatory allegations in her pleadings are permitted to enter the public record without restriction, the resulting harm to my personal and professional reputation will be immediate, severe, and irreversible.”

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Shaniqua Tompkins’s Allegations Against 50 Cent

G-Unit Books filed the lawsuit against Tompkins, alleging that she recently violated an exclusive life-rights deal they made back in 2007. The drama began after she discussed her relationship with 50 in interviews and on social media. In doing so, she claimed that 50 allegedly assaulted her during her pregnancy and was abusive throughout their relationship.

Tompkins has countered that G-Unit intimidated her into signing the deal. “Fearing for my life and for my children’s lives, I signed the agreement under extreme duress,” she alleged back in January. 50 believes that, in admitting the deal exists, she’s proving that her true motivation is unrelated to the disagreement at hand.

The legal dispute is continuing after a judge shut down 50’s request for a default judgment. With the lawsuit, G-Unit Books is seeking $1 million in damages.

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Release Date: March 30, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Album: POMPEII // UTILITY (Releasing April 3, 2026)

Quotable Lyrics from “Back Home”:

In your city n****s mobbin like we Capo, I’m Castro
B*tches on my body when I’m back home
I’m with hitters that be sliding, leave your cap gone
Bad bone, you know this sh*t inside me, why I act wrong
From BK to the Heights, I’m they last hope

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