The couple made the interesting revelation during a recent conversation with N3on, as captured by No Jumper. “I used to be gay and then he turned me straight,” Tejada explained. Of course, this has earned mixed reactions from social media users. Most agree, however, that their love for each other is what truly matters.

Gates’ relationship with Tejada follows his fling with Brittany Renner. The two of them first confirmed their relationship in March of last year and decided to tie the knot a few months later.

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“His name echoes in every chamber of my heart,” Renner said of Gates at the season 12 premiere of Basketball Wives. “It’s hard to describe a love like that. All I can say is that I’m with the person that I quite literally dreamed of. And to be able to just wake up next to him and spend time with him – even to have him here behind me, it’s like, so surreal.”

Sadly, their marriage didn’t last long. In June, Renner announced their decision to go their separate ways for good.

Gates’ latest relationship also follows his marriage to Dreka, who officially filed for divorce in July. She cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the divorce, also accusing him of no longer providing for her or their kids financially. He fired back earlier this month, accusing her of stealing from him.

“Aye Drek, I challenge you to tell people that we had an Islamic marriage,” he began. “That my children [have] lived with me for the past two years. I challenge you to tell people that you didn’t file for divorce, or whatever you call divorce, until I stopped giving you money because you and your family had been stealing from me the whole time.”

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Explaining how it all went down, Rocky admitted that he “had to basically stalk and harass him for a few years.” He recalled: “I hit him up and I was just like, ‘I’d be delighted to kick it with you, play you some vibes and stuff.’ So, I went out to Malibu to kick it with him when he had a break, and he was into it. I played him the album, an early rendition of it, and he was rocking with it. So, I was just like, ‘Yo, you think maybe you could do the illustration for it?’ He was keen to it and next thing I knew, he had ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Beetlejuice 2’ and stuff. I was like, ‘Damn, that means this thing is prolonged.'”

A$AP Rocky continued: “The interesting part is, when I went there, I saw a sketch lying on the table. And I was like, ‘You did this?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, every morning, me and my daughter. I do half of a sketch, and then she comes and revises it or completes it.’ So, every day, that’s what they’re practicing. They looked like it as a bond. I looked at it as, this is valuable.”

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A$AP Rocky’s “Don’t Be Dumb” World Tour

On Tuesday, A$AP Rocky shared a dual music video for his songs, “WHISKEY” and “BLACK DEMARCO.” Tim Burton makes an appearance in the visual and also provides several illustrations for it as well.

In addition to sharing his music video for “WHISKEY” and “BLACK DEMARCO,” Rocky also announced his Don’t Be Dumb World Tour on Tuesday. He’ll be performing a total of 42 concerts across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom throughout 2026.

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“I think I’m programmed to feel a little bit pissed,” he said of the man who owned his fifth great-grandfather. “But just him owning my family just sounds crazy. That sounds wild. I feel some type of way about that.”

“It’s crazy to see him as a nameless person on a grid,” he continued. “And to know how valuable that property is because it’s a life and it’s not actually property, it’s a person. No name, just a color and an age and what sex you are.”

Wiz summed the heavy conversation up to a “reality check.”

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Wiz Khalifa Romania Arrest

When Williamson gained his freedom, he registered to vote, despite the danger Black voters faced after the Civil War. “Even I feel all of them around me. I just don’t know who they are,” Wiz Khalifa said of his late ancestors. “So now I’m able to say their name. So that just makes it even better.”

The artist learned that his grandfather, Willie Wimbush Jr,. moved from the South to Pittsburgh during the Great Migration later in the episode. “It’s really good to learn it,” Wiz said of his grandfather’s history. “Just to know, just to feel Papa Bush’s ambition through his story. That’s what I could feel.”

Wiz Khalifa’s appearance on Finding Your Roots comes just a few weeks after it was reported that he could be facing up to nine months behind bars in Romania for alleged illegal drug possession. During his set at the Beach Please! Festival in Continesti, he allegedly lit up on stage, resulting in a 3,000 leu fine in addition to potential prison time.

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“Imma say it loud and clear. I heard ‘The Fall Off,’ I’m spillin’ the beans, it’s one of the best levels of rapping I have ever witnessed,” Daylyt said. “Cole is goin’ out with a nuclear missile, I’m tellin’ y’all that… he literally was like ‘I don’t give a f*** about the radio, I just wanna show the world my pen before I die.'”

When Hip Hop All Day posted the quote on X (formerly Twitter), fans shared their expectations for the album in the replies. “Lyrical miracle isn’t the thing thats gonna have this album stand the test of time,” one user wrote. “Sure we wanna see cole sp*zz but there has to be some absolutely banger tracks with a lot of replay value such as middle child, work out, love yours, and no role model.” Another added: “We already know you can rap Cole make something that’s exciting and craft some records I’m rootin for you.”

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J. Cole’s Release Date For “The Fall-Off”

Last week, J. Cole confirmed that he will be releasing The Fall-Off on February 6. He made the announcement with a trailer for the project, in which narrator Dan Harumi speaks about longevity in the entertainment industry.

“Everything is supposed to go away eventually,” Harumi says as Cole cleans his car. “Especially in show business with famous actors or musicians. It’s like, ‘This guy used to be famous and then he fell off.’ They want to point this, this and this and they made this mistake.”

In addition to the trailer, Cole also released his first single from the project, “Disc 2 Track 2.”  The title of the song, as well as a preview of the vinyl pressing of the project, point to The Fall-Off being a double-album.

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“But I miss you all,” she added, also sharing various photos of her luxurious living space on the island. Her father, Russell Simmons, has lived in Bali since 2018. He moved there after facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct in the United States.

He’s had his fair share of issues with his family, including Aoki, her sister Ming, and their mother, Kimora Lee.

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Russell Simmons Allegations

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Back in 2023, for example, Kimora took to social media to accuse her ex of abusing Aoki. “I’m so sorry to have to do this. But this man has been threatening my kids’ lives. I’m hearing so much more now. We won’t be bullied, threatened, or afraid,” she alleged at the time.

She went on to share a recording of Aoki on FaceTime with Simmons as he allegedly screamed at her. “Every time I spoke to you, you would yell and scream about a legal situation that I can’t even respond to because I AM NOT INVOLVED,” the Harvard graduate reminded him at the time. “I am your child, not your lawyer, your ex-wife, any of it. I can do nothing. Yet you yell at me like it’s my fault.”

Simmons has been accused of sexually assaulting several women, including former Def Jam executive Drew Dixon, singer Tina Baker, music journalist Toni Sallie, screenwriter Jenny Lumet, and more. He continues to deny the allegations.

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“LOL!!! And I purposely wrote it that way b/c I knew that would be the only way to get the c*ck suckas to post about it,” Minaj wrote on X in response to the backlash. “They would’ve all collectively ignored the despicable behavior displayed by Lemon head. I’m glad they’re angry. They’re about to get angrier.”

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Don Lemon’s Response To Nicki Minaj

Lemon responded to Minaj’s initial post by calling her out during an interview with TMZ on Monday. “I think Nicki Minaj has made it very clear how she feels about African Americans in this country,” he told the outlet. “I don’t think she’s one of them. Under Trump’s rule, she should be deported. I don’t think, reportedly, she is a legal citizen here. She is undocumented. So, she has shown her disdain for African Americans. Why are you supporting her? Why are you buying her record? I have lots of friends who love Nicki Minaj. Why are you supporting this homophobic, bigoted, ignorant woman? You should not be supporting her. Nicki Minaj is clearly out of her depth. She doesn’t understand politics. She doesn’t understand journalism, and I’m not surprised she is weighing in on something that is beyond her capacity.”

He also joked about her decision to include a Chucky doll in the post. “What I will say to her, because she put a doll, I think she put the Chucky doll in there, a better symbol that should have been represented in that picture is a pick me doll,” Don Lemon said. “Because Nicki Minaj is a pick me.”

Lemon has already denied having any affiliations with the demonstrators who protested at Cities Church. Instead, he says he was only in the area to cover the recent protests in Minneapolis as a journalist. The group accused the church’s leader of assisting ICE.

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Pastor Michael Todd discussed the skit in a recent sermon, making it clear that he thinks there could be some truth to it. “There was a video that came out this past week with a few hundred million views, and some people were trying to link it to me, and so I watched the video. It was hilarious. It was funny,” he explained.

“The thing I was most taken aback by was how much frustration it created in people,” he continued. “Like, I was literally watching people go back and forth with people, denounce people, and call people names. I stepped back for a second, I said, ‘Oh my gosh. All this was, was an attack on people’s lives of distraction.”

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Druski Controversies

“You thought it was some attack on the church,” he added. “No, it was an attack on focus.” Todd went on to claim that he wasn’t aware of his link to the skit because he wasn’t on social media.

“I had a few people tell me what was going on, I was like, ‘That’s crazy, I don’t even got a Rolls-Royce,’ he concluded, “I thought, what? I didn’t know. Like, people AI-ing pictures and doing stuff. Like, I said, ‘I don’t remember being that big.'”

This isn’t the first time Druski has sparked controversy with one of his skits. In 2022, he posted a skit in which he played a man encouraging women to drink too much. This left many viewers outraged, and ultimately, he decided to remove the skit from social media. “I didn’t want to continue to trigger people,” he told Rolling Stone of the ordeal. “It’s always coming from a good place.”

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Reportedly, he spent time in India back in 2009 as part of a spiritual retreat. In 2012, he traveled to Mumbai to promote his clothing brand and stayed at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Specific details like dates, venues, and tickets for the upcoming tour have yet to be announced.

News of Ye’s Indian tour comes after he’s faced rejection from venues around the world thanks to his controversial behavior. Slovakia’s Rubicon Festival, which was scheduled for July 2026, was canceled altogether amid protests about the Chicago rapper’s spot on the lineup. He was also supposed to perform in South Korea in May, but that concert was canceled following the release of his track, “Heil Hitler.”

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Kanye West Bully Release Date

As for what else Ye’s fans have to look forward to, he’s currently gearing up to drop his new album, Bully. The project is slated for release on January 30 and is currently available to pre-save on Spotify.

Roughly 500K fans have already pre-saved the project, making it the fourth-most pre-saved album on the platform right now. It follows Joji’s Piss In The Wind, Gorillaz’s The Mountain, and the Wuthering Heights soundtrack by Charli xcx.

The tracklist, which was released earlier this month, features songs with titles like “Preacher Man,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Last Breath,” “Damn,” “White Lines,” and more.

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The Don’t Be Dumb World Tour will kick off on May 27th at the United Center in Chicago, followed by shows in Toronto, New York, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, and more North American cities until Rocky performs on July 11th at Prudential Center in New Jersey. After that, he’ll travel abroad for more concerts in Europe and the U.K. from August through September. The final show will be in Paris, France, at Accor Arena on September 30th.

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When Do A$AP Rocky’s Tour Tickets Go On Sale?

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General sale tickets for the Don’t Be Dumb World Tour will be available on January 27 at 9:00 AM local time at ASAPROCKY.COM. Before that, fans in North America will be able to participate in Rocky’s Artist Presale on January 23, at 10:00 AM local time. Fans in the E.U. and U.K., on the other hand, will have Artist Presale access on Wednesday, January 21, at 9:00 AM local time. Cash App Card cardholders will also get exclusive access to U.S. dates on Wednesday, January 21, at 10:00 AM local time.

As for Don’t Be Dumb, Rocky dropped the project as his first full-length release in eight years. It features collaborations with Brent Faiyaz, Gorillaz, Doechii, Jessica Pratt, Sauce Walka, Thundercat, Tyler the Creator, and more.

“Don’t Be Dumb” Tour Dates

• Wed May 27 – Chicago, IL – United Center
• Fri May 29 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena
• Sun May 31 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
• Mon Jun 01 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
• Tue Jun 02 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
• Thu Jun 04 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena
• Sun Jun 07 – New York, NY – The Governors Ball
• Mon Jun 08 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
• Thu Jun 11 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
• Fri Jun 12 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
• Sun Jun 14 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
• Mon Jun 15 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
• Thu Jun 18 – Dallas, TX. – American Airlines Center
• Fri Jun 19 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
• Sat Jun 20 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
• Tue Jun 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center
• Thu Jun 25 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
• Fri Jun 26 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
• Sat Jun 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
• Tue Jun 30 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
• Wed Jul 01 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
• Fri Jul 03 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
• Sat Jul 04 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
• Wed Jul 08 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
• Sat Jul 11 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
• Tue Aug 25 – Brussels, Belgium – ING Arena
• Thu Aug 27 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
• Sun Aug 30 – London, UK – O2 Arena
• Wed Sep 02 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
• Fri Sep 04 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
• Sat Sep 05 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
• Tue Sep 08 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena
• Thu Sep 10 – Milan, Italy – I-DAYS
• Fri Sep 11 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle
• Sun Sep 13 – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena
• Wed Sep 16 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena
• Fri Sep 18 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
• Sun Sep 20 – Oslo, Norway – Unity Arena
• Mon Sep 21 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena
• Thu Sep 24 – Riga, Latvia – Xiaomi Arena
• Fri Sep 25 – Kaunas, Lithuania – Zalgiris Arena
• Mon Sep 28 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena
• Wed Sep 30 – Paris, France – Accor Arena

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Release Date: January 19, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop, Pop

Album: Trying Times

Quotable Lyrics from Doesn’t Just Happen

Hit an artery, stabbed in the major
That’s the Carter, cash or card though?
I got the country’s sins on finance
I know we all wanna make it to heaven, but it— (Doesn’t just happen)

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