“Good morning, it’s me, Latifah,” she says in a video shared on Instagram. “I’m 100% A-OK. Can’t believe what you read on the internet or see. Can’t believe nothing now, right? I’m good. Peace.”

Needless to say, supporters are relieved to see that the icon is still thriving and appears to be in good spirits despite the unfortunate circumstances. “Now who tf tried to kill the Queen??? Jail. Immediately,” one Instagram commenter writes. “Love you babygirl! Ain’t nobody believing that nonsense ,” another says. Someone else simply tells her, “We love you .”

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Chief Keef Death Hoax

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Queen Latifah is far from the only artist to fall victim to death rumors in recent months, however. Chief Keef was also targeted by them in January. “Popular Rapper ‘Chief Keef’ has reportedly been shot 6x in the face after returning to O’block after 15 years to film a music video, he is currently on life support,” one of the false tweets that circulated read. “Pray for Chief Keef.”

The rumor appeared to have been started by @TommyGoBraazy on Twitter/X, an account known to spread misinformation about rappers and other celebrities. Chief Keef’s manager, Idris Dykes, later set the record straight. During a chat with Fox 32 Chicago, he noted that the hitmaker wasn’t even in town.

“No, this is false,” he explained. “Keef has not been to Chicago since he did Summer Smash two years ago.” Similar rumors have also been spread about Eminem, Jackie Chan, Tom Cruise, and more.

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“A very dear and good friend of mine disagrees with me bitterly. Well, I won’t say bitterly, just aggressively and vigorously. His name is Sean Carter, better known as Jay-Z,” he explained, as seen in a clip shared by DJ Akademiks. “He hit me up, and he vigorously disagreed with my particular position. He said it with dignity, he said it with respect, he articulated his idea intelligently.”

Dyson went on to recall breaking down an essay he wrote about the beef for The Philadelphia Citizen, noting how Jay-Z kept it respectful throughout.

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Michael Eric Dyson Defends Drake

“He did not get nasty and vicious with me. So the point is that I’m saying we can disagree with each other and not be nasty. I understand a rap battle is a rap battle, and you’re trying to exploit your opponent’s vulnerabilities. But in the age of social media, it hits different when you call somebody a pedophile or when you make arguments about domestic violence.”

As for what Dyson said that led to Jay-Z’s call in the first place, he compared Kendrick trying to revoke Drake’s Black card to Donald Trump profiling immigrants. “Drake is being indicted by Kendrick Lamar implicitly and explicitly,” he claimed during an episode of the Mohr Stories podcast. “‘Not Like Us,’ is a perfect anthem for the present president.”

“‘You are not like us. You are Somalian, you are Ethiopian, you are Eritrean, you are Mexican, you are whatever, fill in the blank,’” he continued. “And so to me, that very theme, forget the song, the song is the song, whatever you think about it. But the notion itself is a man distinction, a big distinction, us versus them. And they’re trying to de-Black Drake.”

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On top of the personal perspective, musically, he’s seemingly on the cusp of dropping his next solo album. That’s still a big question mark honestly, but it is a possibility. However, what’s more concrete are these global concerts he’s been putting together.

To kick things off, he revisited Mexico City for the first time in roughly a decade and a half for consecutive performances. There, he sold out 74,000 seats for the first go-around at the famous Monumental Plaza de Toros.

Soon, he’ll be heading to New Delhi, India next where he will take the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stage on March 29. That location can withstand 60,000 people.

Then, in July, Ye and Travis Scott will be headlining the inaugural Helwatt Festival on July 17 and 18. That will go down at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia.

There are also ones coming up in the Netherlands and France, too.

But now, the Chicago rapper has just added a sixth concert to his docket. Caught by Kurrco, he will be traveling to Madrid, Spain on July 30, roughly two weeks after his Helwatt appearances.

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When Is Kanye West’s Bully Releasing?

Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano will play host, which is where the Atletico Madrid soccer team calls home. Currently, it can contain 70.4K spectators. If those Mexico City shows were any indication, then we wouldn’t be shocked if Kanye packed the house again.

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This announcement surfaces amid the hype surrounding that aforementioned solo album, Bully. As it stands, Spotify’s countdown has it slated for release in two weeks. March 20 is the date but there have been rumors of it being moved back by another week to the 27th.

However, there’s also potential for a more extensive delay based on some tidbits from a February GQ interview. Frazier Tharpe sat down with Larry Jackson, founder of rising record label gamma., who inked a deal with Ye for Bully.

He didn’t comment much on the project, but Tharpe hinted at a grand rollout similar to the ones for Donda and Yeezus, both of which Jackson assisted with. “Jackson did tease that anyone who remembers the rollouts for past Ye albums like Yeezus and Donda—both of which Jackson helped launch—should know what’s in store.”

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“A few days ago you all held a meeting after it was brought to your attention that your artist shared a sex tape of me from when I was underage TO other women,” she alleged, as seen in a screenshot shared by Watch Live Bitez. “Rather than addressing the seriousness of that behavior, the response seems to have been to initiate a smear campaign against me.”

“This situation deserved to be handled with accountability and maturity,” Chanell continued. “Your artist clearly needs REAL HELP. To be very clear, this information is confirmed. I am in close contact with someone from the team who was present in the Zoom meeting at epic records where this situation was discussed.”

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Tatiana Chanell Accuses Real Boston Richey Of Assault

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She went on to share various screenshots from gossip pages alleging that she was only with Richey for his money. At the time of writing, Epic Records has not issued a public response to Chanell’s allegations.

Her latest posts come roughly a year after footage of Richey allegedly snatching a phone from her surfaced online. A few days later, she filed a police report, accusing him of forcing her into a vehicle and strangling her. Allegedly, she was also pregnant at the time.

He seemingly denied the allegations in a post on his Instagram Story. “Ion put my business on the internet no more but if yk me yk and you know how I’m coming from all this sh** I let a mf think what they gone think and run wit they bs and narrative REAL P Never Going LAME my ALBUM OTW PUBLIC Housin 3,” he wrote at the time. “The Real Ones Know [healing heart emoji].”

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However, at times, he damages his own reputation. The feuds he’s embroiled in, and his unapologetic support of Drake have made it easy for folks to rag on him. That especially goes for other rappers and members of the media.

But in this most recent case here, Akademiks didn’t necessarily do anything to put him in harm’s way. Instead, X users are just mercilessly clowning him over his appearance, something that’s more so out of his control to a degree.

In a clip from Ak’s latest stream caught by Kurrco, the insider shared some footage of him getting styled by friend and superstar MC, Playboi Carti. Fans in the comments section are ruthlessly picking him apart with one person replying, “carti watching akademiks try to squeeze his belly in a 1 of 1 balenci piece.”

Alongside that brutal caption is a gif of a man looking all sorts of concerned.

Another wildly writes, “Carti coked up and Ak still Sloppy with a gas station hat on still no swag. Impossible for him to get fly. Damn man. His beard look so unhealthy man.”

A third troller responds with a photo of Ak in another outfit while adding, “This n**** build doesn’t work with clothes [skull emoji].”

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DJ Akademiks’ Beef With Joe Budden Podcast

While Akademiks will probably let this roll off of his shoulders, what he won’t is his issues with Mona. She’s a cohost of The Joe Budden Podcast and has indirectly taken Melyssa Ford’s seat.

For whatever reason, he’s not a fan of hers and the two have been going after each other viciously. However, in this case, Ak did something to damage his image. While on Kick, he went way below the belt by making a joke of Mona’s severe health scares.

“You had like 8 strokes and you still ain’t get out of here….shiii” he said.

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“I just don’t do sellouts, especially in this moment,” she told TMZ last month. “Things are too serious. There are too many people that are being harmed.”

“And especially with her being an immigrant, then deciding to go and cozy up to this administration that is specifically putting targets on the backs of immigrants and anyone who stands with them,” Crockett continued. “That is wrong, and I don’t even understand how you can play with it and pretend like it’s anything but wrong.”

At the time, Crockett added that she’s “always” been more of a Cardi B fan anyway.

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Cardi B Supports Jasmine Crockett

“What happened to jasmine Crockett was karma, this woman clowned Nicki Minaj and others Insulting the Latino community and then tried to remake herself you can’t burn bridges, and win elections,” one Barb writes on Twitter/X. “The Barbz and Nicki always get the last laugh!,” another claims.

News of Crockett’s loss comes just a few days after Cardi B showed her support for her in a PSA on her Instagram Story. “Listen up, y’all, early primary voting is happening right now in Texas, and we need Jasmine Crockett to win,” she explained. “She is running for U.S. Senate and if you want somebody that’s going to fight for your rights, if you want somebody to fight for your community, if you want somebody that’s going to go up there and represent you and represent your issues, please vote for my sister, Jasmine Crockett.”

Crockett reposted Cardi’s message on Twitter/X, captioning it, “Okurrr. Y’all heard my good sis!!! She’s on a SOLD OUT tour and still took a minute to tap in. We’ve got 2 days of Early Voting left. Let’s gooooo!!! #JasmineForUS #TexasTough.”

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In one of the clips caught by Live Bitez, the 21-year-old is rapping along to Cardi’s breakout hit, “Bodak Yellow.” Nicki’s rabid fans immediately pounced on her in the comments section for this perceived betrayal.

“That’s some opp sh*t [100 emoji shrugging emoji] but I’m sure yall think it’s cool huh?” one upset Barb types. Well she said her and Nicki didn’t have a close relationship [shrugging emoji]” another says.

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However, fans aren’t just fuming over her support of Cardi’s tour. In a separate video, Ming Li appears to be in a section at a club with Nicki’s rival femcee following the performance.

“Looks like she’s about to be removed [laughing emoji],” a third person shadily comments. A fourth declares, “Betrayal at it’s absolute finest [thumbs down emoji].”

Interestingly, Ming appeared to respond to all of that criticism in some more recent Instagram Story posts. “At the end of the day we all grown and some of the drama and whatever is not finna matter in the future,” she wrote in one upload.

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Do Nicki Minaj & Ming Li Have Beef?

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She followed up with, “Pick a side? No side who said u can’t love both? Yall just want a drama that ain’t nobody but the “fans” gonna say. Like let’s be fr we grown and when yall get old and wrinkly what we post ain’t gonna matter so respectfully idgaf [crying laughing emoji].”

Overall, the relationship between Ming and Nicki has always been a bit rocky despite what the former has said. In an interview in May 2025, she told a reporter that “I love my sister.” However, that feeling has seemingly never been reciprocated on the Young Money icon’s end.

While she’s never directly addressed Ming by name before, her comments and the timing of them suggest there’s friction. During a 2024 livestream Onika said in part, “Even with blood relation, what God has given to me is mine. You have to go and get your own. You have to discover whatever it is that you’re great at. Being a mooch and a clown don’t run in my DNA.”

That year Ming was also doing interviews centered around her relative.

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One person Ak has been beefing with as of late is Mona AKA Don’t Call Me White Girl. Mona is a co-host on the Joe Budden Podcast and is the spiritual successor to Melyssa Ford. She has become quite popular on the podcast, although it is clear that she and Akademiks do not get along.

Mona has made that crystal clear, and in a recent rant, Akademiks did everything he could to shake her. In the midst of their feud, Akademiks brought up the fact that Mona had gone through a traumatic health situation involving multiple strokes. At the time, Mona was upset that Akademiks would stoop that low.

Well, last night, Akademiks decided that it would be appropriate to stoop even lower.

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DJ Akademiks Goes Off On Mona

In the clip above, Akademiks calls Mona a “crack whore,” all while wishing death upon her. He says that he wishes she had died from her strokes, and that Joe Budden isn’t going to save her from all of this. Ak says Joe did not come to his defense when Mona was talking about him. He believes that the same goes for Ak talking poorly about Mona.

Quite frankly, the rant is a bit shocking, and the negative Karma that could come from these kinds of comments is severe. However, Akademiks does not appear to care. His mission was simple. Hurt Mona as much as possible with his words. Whether or not she even pays attention to the rant remains to be seen.

Perhaps Budden will need to get these two in a room to mend fences. It can’t be easy for the podcaster to have to deal with two friends who are ideologically opposite ends of the spectrum.

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So, it’s fitting that Baby Keem is celebrating that achievement and giving the fans what they want by dropping the accompanying video for said track. It’s another visually appealing watch and making it even better is the fact that the song’s guests, Kendrick Lamar and Momo Boyd appear throughout it.

Directed by Renell Medrano (Lorde & Bad Bunny), the four-minute watch is dark, gloomy, and slightly grainy. It represents the song’s lyrics well, which detail a once strong relationship that came to an end.

While feelings are still there for Keem, he tries to search for a “good flirt” and a fun one-night stand on the weekend to fill the void. But ultimately, it doesn’t do much as he reminisces about those phone calls and experiences they shared.

That’s reflected in the video as Keem tries to engage with another woman.

Shifting focus to Lamar, a lot has been made about his verse and his inclusion feeling forced and out of place. His section takes the song in a goofier direction with lyrics about crushing on booty and plaques inside lady parts.

But underneath, his lyrics still fit the theme of the track; they just have a more toxic and playful tone than Boyd and Keem’s.

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When Did Baby Keem Drop Ca$ino?

As a result, it doesn’t feel like there’s a halt/massive switch-up in tone visually speaking either. What’s also a tad ironic is that “Good Flirts” is performing well streaming wise. In fact, it’s the most played song on Spotify, with nearly 12.1 million streams.

The title track is a small step behind at around 11.5 million plays.

Baby Keem dropped Ca$ino on February 20, ending what was almost a full five years since his last LP, The Melodic Blue. The project contains 11 songs on DSPs but 12 on physicals. On top of the Momo Boyd and Kendrick Lamar placements, Too $hort and Che Ecru (x2 on physical copies) appear as well.

It’s Keem’s most direct and personal listen as he reflects on his rough childhood, complex family dynamics, and more.

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Release Date: March 4, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: 5Problems

Quotable Lyrics from I Know

Young brew load up, blow that shit up, ain’t got no reason, huh (Brr)
They sayin’ P5 done lost his mind, don’t know these people, no (Ayy, damn)
He slime my brother (Slime), took him down, don’t do no thievin’, no

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