It’s the Harlem rapper’s second single for Don’t Be Dumb following the indie rock-laced joint, “Punk Rocky.” What Rocky has shown throughout this album rollout is a focus on early the 2000s. The visual for the latter track felt grungy and purposely dated with its homage to punk rock videos from that era.

The single artwork paid its respects by taking a cue from the PlayStation 1 game cases.

With “Helicopter$,” A$AP Rocky continues that vintage video game trend by working in the first Grand Theft Auto. It does so with the cover art but also the entire three-minute video. It all feels like how graphics from games during this time period were to a tee.

Rocky adds a whole lot of charm to the whole project by having everyone including the SWAT team on his heels throughout. If you haven’t played any of the GTA games, depending on what crimes you commit, your wanted level increases.

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Don’t Be Dumb Release Date

In the rapper’s case, he’s got five stars on him for sure as his crew highjacks a helicopter. Hilariously, the video ends with the 37-year-old getting shot out of the aerial vehicle, falling to his death in bloody and cartoony fashion.

While everything is executed to perfection, including the trap-focused banger itself, some fans are a little disappointed. Playboi Carti was speculated to be on “Helicopter$” leading up to its release, but sadly, that wasn’t the case.

Some are hopeful for him to appear on another song, which could happen. After all, Carti and the A$AP Mob were tight knit back in the late 2010s. The Opium boss will have 15 other opportunities to land on the MC’s fourth album as there are 17 cuts total.

Don’t Be Dumb drops later this week on Friday, January 16.

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“That’s what I’m talking about. Take them to Tulum,” Cardi exclaimed in one video post. “They wanna go to Tulum, tonight on Delta. Put them on Delta.” Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Cardi also shared a clip from America’s Next Top Model and wrote: “My Pat nation family how we feeling tonight?….we did that !!”

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Cardi B & Stefon Diggs’ Relationship

Cardi B began dating Stefon Diggs after she split from her estranged husband, Offset. The two confirmed their relationship last year and announced they were expecting their first child together. Cardi welcomed their son in November.

In other news, Stefon Diggs is currently facing a felony charge of strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of assault. His former private chef told police that he allegedly attacked her during an argument over her financial compensation. He has denied the allegations.

Cardi came to his defense in a since-deleted post on X. “Not once has that woman said anything to me about being touched.. NOT ONCE!!,” she wrote, as caught by TMZ.

Last week, Diggs’ arraignment was postponed from January 23 to February 9. His lawyers requested the change in case the Patriots make it to the Super Bowl, and prosecutors did not object.

In a statement provided to Boston 25, a spokesperson for the New England Patriots defended Diggs. “The New England Patriots are aware of the accusations that have been made regarding Stefon Diggs. Stefon has informed the organization that he categorically denies the allegations. We support Stefon,” the statement read. “We will continue to gather information and will cooperate fully with the appropriate authorities and the NFL as necessary. Out of respect for all parties involved, and given that this is an ongoing legal matter, we will have no further comment at this time.”

As for the Patriots, they’ll take on the winner of Monday night’s matchup between the Houston Texans and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Other winners from Wildcard Weekend include the Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, and San Francisco 49ers.

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Release Date: January 12, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: Don’t Be Dumb

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However, per her tweet caught by Mike Winslow of AllHipHop, she’s at a crossroads. While she likes it a lot, she claims UMG wants $40,000 for it. As a result, she wants to see some sort of change to the Constitution, like an “addendum to the 13th amendment.”

Moreover, she informs her 7.5 million followers that she’s been in contact with Kanye West about re-recording his music. “The problem is that all of Ye’s old music is owned by masters. He and I discussed how genius it was that Taylor Swift rerecorded hers and how he has been wanting to make time to do the same but he hasn’t yet done it.”

She continues, “I honest to God just do not understand how it’s even legal for a group of people to be like ‘oh, this person cannot participate in society and we want this person destroyed and to lose everything and to be banned from entire countries, but also…we will continue to make money off his/her voice.’ I feel like in the future there needs to be a law that after the industry moves to conduct, in effect, a public slave hanging (like Daily Wire did me) they should be required to release that person’s likeness, social channels, voice and whatever else they may have once owned. Like you cannot attempt to kill a slave and then force them to still work for you because of lingering contracts.”

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Are Candace Owens & Kanye West Friends?

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Overall, this is has been a year-long struggle of hers. She even admits that she has a hard time bringing herself to stream Ye’s older material. “I sometimes don’t even like playing the old Kanye catalogue because I know they’re getting paid from it,” she says. “But who can deny his Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy era?”

For those who may be curious, he fondness of Kanye is not new. The controversial public figures have conducted interviews together, with Owens going as far as defending his harmful statements about the Jewish community.

Ye seemingly trusts and respects her so much that Owens claimed he gave her a list of people that want to harm him. If these people ever act, she says she will release this information as per his orders.

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“Of course you’re saying that it’s not weird,” Powell remarked. “I forgot you like them young too.” From there, Akademiks argued that 20-year-old girls only realize how strange it is to date someone that much younger once they grow up themselves.

Rumors about Summyah and Trippie Redd dating began to surface when fans spotted the two vacationing in Turks and Caicos. Summyah’s ex, NoCap, added further fuel to the fire by calling out Trippie in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “@trippieredd don’t act funny cause you with dat h** n**** still better be on that album,” he wrote, as caught by The Shade Room.

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Celina Powell’s Offset Allegations

In other news, Celina Powell has been getting tons of media attention in recent weeks for making wild allegations about Offset. Earlier this month, she shared a video of herself in bed with a man who fans believe was the Migos rapper. “Made a tape last night & all u heard was him in the video lol offset you sleepy boy,” she captioned the post.

Later, she accused Offset of threatening her and claimed that she lent him $15,000. “If ANYTHING happens to me OFFSET did it,” Powell wrote on her Instagram Story. “Tired of this grown man threatening me almost every day and got me living in fear cuz he owes me 15K+.”

Drama originally surfaced between Powell and Offset back in 2017, when he was still with Cardi B. At the time, Offset accused her of trying to extort him for $50,000 in exchange for an abortion.

In addition to Offset, Powell has been linked to numerous other hip-hop artists over the years. These have included Snoop Dogg, Akon, and NLE Choppa, among others.

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Caught AllHipHop‘s Houston Williams, longtime musician Teddy Riley is one of the biggest voices campaigning on Kelly’s behalf. Riley shared a remix of Chris Brown’s “It Depends” that the disgraced crooner laid down.

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At the very beginning, Kelly clarifies that it is in fact on the mic and then shouts out Breezy right after. As a means to also celebrate the locked-up vocalist’s birthday (Jan. 8) Riley captioned the post accordingly.

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What’s The Latest On R Kelly?

“Still the King of R&B Bar None!!!! Can’t wait for yall to hear the new music!!! Til then teaser missiles will be dropping!!! It’s about that time for real music!!! #legendary #letsgo !!!R.KELLY THE KING!!! [crown emoji HAPPY BDAY [crown emoji].”

Chris Brown caught wind of it, reacting favorably with fire and eye emojis. Many random Instagram users also gave it their stamp of approval with one user saying, “He ate this up! R. Still got it.” Another responds, “Keeping R. In our prayers! Super excited he’s with u, TR! Blessings.”

However, there’s a considerable number of others speaking out against this co-sign.

“Why would you support, promote, and work with someone who has committed so many atrocities to young women. As a father of two daughters, I couldn’t possibly reconcile within myself to ever support and endorse this kind of behavior and actions. We have to expect and demand more of ourselves and others. Would you still work with him if he violated your daughter,” one person questions Riley.

Another echoes, “The unwavering support for pedophilia, rape, grooming, & kidnapping is mind blowing & heartbreaking. It’s giving, as long as it doesn’t directly affect you or your family members it doesn’t matter.”

Whether or not this materializes into anything is going to be something to watch.

In other R Kelly news though, he’s still been trying to fight for his freedom. While things have been fairly quiet up until now, he’s tried to argue numerous times that people have tried to get in the way such as prosecutors, authority members, and more.

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Among those artists is Glasses Malone, who has let Ross know on numerous occasions that he will escalate things if Ross continues to be disrespectful. Ross doesn’t seem to care and continues to taunt Glasses and even Joe Budden.

Ross has a few defenders on this issue, including Wack 100, who has been adamant about Adin Ross being a good guy. In fact, Wack was on No Jumper this past weekend and offered up his take on the situation.

While Adam felt like Adin was taking things a bit too far, Wack says Ross was well within his rights to get a bit angry. It was a bit of a surprising take, especially when you consider what Wack thinks of Glasses Malone right now.

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Wack 100 Had a Message for Glasses Malone

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Essentially, Wack is accusing Glasses Malone of trying to chase clout off Ross’ name. It’s not the type of take you would expect from Wack, especially when you consider how Glasses is a respected West Coast artist. Wack has often been harsh with people he deems as “culture vultures.”

Regardless, Wack seems to be a staunch defender of Adin, who is under fire from hip-hop purists, and understandably so. The debates about Ross over the past week or so have been interesting, to say the absolute least.

Ross has been completely irrelevant towards hip-hop and its artists. His attitude on the matter has yet to change, and it probably never will. At the end of the day, he has the backing of someone like Drake, which does, in fact, go a long way.

Only time will tell whether or not Adin and Glasses are able to make peace.

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“Oh my God, I almost didn’t even write a speech because I didn’t think I would get this,” Taylor said, as caught by Entertainment Weekly. “Oh my babies! My babies are upstairs watching, y’all better be off those damn phones and watching me right now.”

From there, she turned her attention to director Paul Thomas Anderson. “To Paul ‘Let ‘Em Cook’ Thomas Anderson, thank you for your vision, your trust, and your brilliance. My gratitude is endless. I love you, we love you, and thank you so much for holding space for me and our entire cast,” she said, adding a shout-out to Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Chase Infiniti, Regina Hall, and her other castmates.

Taylor concluded: “And last, but most importantly, to my brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight, our softness is not a liability. Our depth is not too much. Our light does not need permission to shine. We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter, and our dreams deserve space. Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you!”

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Who Won At The Golden Globes?

In addition to Teyana Taylor, the Golden Globes honored One Battle After Another in several other categories. The film won Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy as well as Best Screenplay, Motion Picture. Additionally, Paul Thomas Anderson took home the award for Best Director.

Outside of One Battle After Another, Hamnet won Best Drama, Motion Picture, while Timothée Chalamet earned Best Male Actor, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Marty Supreme.

Taylor’s speech isn’t the only moment from the Golden Globes that is going viral. A clip of Snoop Dogg getting censored for joking about being high is also circulating online.

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But their many attempts to serve Hall have been unsuccessful as he seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. As a result, Tyrone A. Blackburn, Gardner’s lawyer is asking a judge permission to have legal notices published in the Los Angeles Times and the South Fulton Neighbor and mailing papers from them to his last known addresses.

This last resort-like plan was reached after Blackburn hired private investigator Carlos Jackson per Grouchy Greg Watkins of AllHipHop. Jackson tried conducting database searches and inspected areas in Los Angeles County where Hall was known to walk his dogs.

Jackson then tried Fulton County, Georgia after getting leads that he may have ties in Atlanta. His work began in September 2025. But sadly, what Blackburn says were “extensive, diligent, and good-faith efforts” turned up nothing.

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Aaron Hall & Diddy Lawsuit

It’s worth noting that prior to Jackson being hired, several locations across California and one in Ohio were searched using other means like skip tracers and process servers. But that didn’t do anything of value either as this intense search for Aaron Hall has been going on for well over a year now.

In March 2025, after multiple addresses were checked, Blackburn believed that personal mail wasn’t working. That’s why now he’s asking for this different approach. Back then, he said “I believe that service by publication is now the only remaining option to provide notice of this lawsuit to Mr. Hall. We have effectively exhausted all reasonable methods of locating him. I am unaware of any additional addresses, locations, or persons we could rely on to get the summons directly to Hall. Therefore, publication in newspapers is being sought as a last resort.”

As we said, Blackburn is doing what he can to bring his client, Liza Gardner, justice. She claims that Aaron Hall and Diddy forcibly raped her following an MCA Records event.

Her story claims that they both gave her and a friend drinks and then brought them to Hall’s apartment. There, Diddy allegedly convinced her to have sex, which is when Hall allegedly came in to pin her down. After that, the mogul allegedly made his way to Gardner place and allegedly choked her until she went unconscious.

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He walked out to his iconic 2004 song, “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” before addressing the crowd. “Need y’all to loosen up a little bit. This is the Double G’s — the Double G’s is the Golden Globes,” Snoop said, as caught by Billboard. “And you’re with the D-O-Double-G, so make sure you enjoy yourself. Don’t be no stiff biff. Need you to move around a little bit… And shout-out to all the podcasters. You all are winners, but the real winner is…” From there, he joked, “I’m high as a motherf*cker right now. Y’all had me here too damn long,” which the broadcast cut out.

As a clip of the moment began circulating on X (formerly Twitter), fans shared plenty of laughs. “That’s like censoring Bob Ross for painting happy little trees,” one user joked. Another added: “Man’s just speaking the truth, no filter needed.” Others were tired of his antics, such as someone who posted: “Does all Snoop Dogg do is just smoke weed and fill into the stereotypes? He thinks if he quits he’s gonna fall off. At this point he is literally just a cameo. Name 5 Snoop Dogg songs gun to your head.”

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Golden Globes Winners

As for the award itself, Snoop Dogg presented Best Podcast to Amy Poehler for her show, Good Hang. “This is exactly how I pictured it: Snoop giving me the award,” she joked after joining him on stage. “I don’t know about awards shows, but when they get it right, it makes sense. Thank you so much for this.” Other nominees included Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Smartless, and Up First.

As for the rest of the ceremony, Teyana Taylor took home Best Female Supporting Actor, Motion Picture for her role in One Battle After Another. Timothée Chalamet also won Best Male Actor, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Marty Supreme.

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