Weeks later, Cannon popped back up on Lil Wayne’s Instagram page. It was here that the legendary artist revealed that they were, in fact, engaged. This led to a lot of questions. After all, Cannon is considerably younger and does not have an established career like Wayne.

Regardless, the two appeared to be quite happy, and for fans, that’s what matters. Cannon had mostly remained quiet on social media in the aftermath of the announcement. That changed over the weekend, however, as Cannon actually revealed her engagement ring from Wayne.

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Madi Cannon Reveals Ring From Lil Wayne

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As you can probably imagine, the ring is massive, with a large yellow stone in the middle. At this time, it is unknown how much the ring cost. Although we’re sure Wayne could afford the three-month salary rule.

Lil Wayne has been engaged six times and was married once to Toya Johnson. The other engagements include Nivea, Trina, Dhea Sodano, La’Tecia Thomsa, and now, Madi Cannon.

Wayne’s relationship with Cannon has led to discourse and debate on social media. These debates mostly center around the age gap as well as Wayne’s recent dating history.

That said, Wayne and Cannon appear to be happy right now. As it stands, neither party has revealed a potential wedding date or whether plans are underway.

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Over the weekend, these two got engaged. With Chrisean moving back into his home, Blueface decided to pop the question at the club. Whether or not this was for love or for content remains to be seen. After all, Chrisean has been great for Blue’s Kick empire.

To commemorate the engagement, Blueface decided to get a new tattoo. As you can see below, this tattoo is actually of Chrisean’s name, and it’s in big cursive letters along the top of his back. It’s a tattoo you surely cannot miss.

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Blueface Takes Things A Step Further

Of course, when it comes to unsightly tattoos, Chrisean Rock wins that by a country mile. She has Blueface’s face tatted on her cheek. Despite attempts to remove it, it appears as though Chrisean will be keeping the tattoo until further notice.

At this rate, we doubt Blueface is going to call things off with Chrisean anytime soon. It might be cynical to say, but Blueface is making over $130K per week on Kick. Much of this is because Chrisean is on his streams. The antics are bringing in viewers, and unlike a show on Zeus Network, he gets to pocket all the money.

It’s proven to be a better revenue stream than music. That said, don’t expect any Blueface albums anytime soon.

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According to Rocky on X, he announced five new tour dates across Australia and New Zealand. This will be the first time in eight years that he performs in these countries, and there is no doubt that fans are excited.

The first date is December 5 in Melbourne, while the final date will be December 17 in Perth. These five dates will take place in a 12-day span, and just like his other shows, they will take place in arenas.

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A$AP Rocky Back On The Road

Rocky made it clear that pre-sale tickets will be available as of Wednesday, October 14. Meanwhile, the official on-sale date is Friday, October 16. For those who want to cop these tickets, you can do so on his website.

This announcement comes in the midst of Rocky teasing the release of DISC 2. Don’t Be Dumb dropped back in January, and since that time, some sort of deluxe has been on the horizon. However, just like the original album, Rocky has been kicking the can down the road, and no one knows when it will drop.

Either way, Rocky remains active on the road, and we’re looking forward to his next move. If you live in Australia and New Zealand, you can’t help but be excited by the prospect of some new Rocky shows.

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Nike Basketball invited a group of creators and basketball figures to its Beaverton campus. Each guest got a chance to test the LeBron 24 before its launch. Some also took home a pair.

Overall, the look is simple. Black covers the entire shoe, which is common for weartest pairs. It does not preview any retail colorway. The details are still interesting. The upper uses a new material called KingKnit, made from three layers of Flyknit. Nike calls it the lightest LeBron yet.

The shoe also sits lower than recent LeBron models. Underneath, there is a ReactX midsole with Zoom Turbo and Zoom Air units. That is a big tech package for a shoe that is supposed to feel lighter. Of course, this pair will not come out. Samples like this are used for testing, and Nike keeps them small. The invite-only setup makes this one extra rare.

If one ever reaches the resale market, expect a very high price. Fans love anything tied to LeBron’s signature line.

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Nike LeBron 24 “Black”

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The LeBron 24 is a big moment for LeBron and Nike. It is his 24th signature shoe, and it arrives as he starts a new chapter with the 76ers.

We have already seen retail pairs. LeBron debuted the Nike LeBron 24 “Greater China” at the Sixers’ open scrimmage earlier this month. It is a cream-colored pair with cloud embroidery and red laces.

That pair is much louder than this sample. Together, they show how wide the LeBron 24 lineup could be. Nike is balancing bold regional designs with simple performance looks.

Weartest samples also show how much feedback Nike gathers. Creators, athletes, and testers all play a role. By the time a retail pair hits shelves, it has been through a lot.

For now, the all-black sample remains a collector’s dream. Overall keep watching for more LeBron news.

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Hunt Auctions announced the deal on Monday. It was a private sale, which means the buyer and seller negotiated the price directly.

The jersey is the red Bulls road uniform from Game 2 of the Finals against the Utah Jazz. Jordan wore it on June 5, 1998, in Salt Lake City. He also signed it.

That night also mattered and it was when the Bulls had lost Game 1, and Jordan scored 37 points to even the series. Chicago won the game 93 to 88.

The jersey was also photo-matched to the game by MeiGray and SIA PhotoMatch. That kind of proof is huge for collectors. The buyer is collector Ron Firman of Rye, New York. In a statement, he said he is very excited about the purchase.

The price sets a new record for basketball memorabilia. Among game-worn jerseys from any sport, it ranks second. Only Babe Ruth’s “called shot” jersey sold for more, at $24 million in 2024.

Overall, it is a huge number. Jordan jerseys from the 1998 Finals are considered some of the rarest pieces in the hobby.

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Michael Jordan’s Game-Worn Jersey

This is not the first time a 1998 Finals jersey has made headlines. A Game 1 jersey sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s in 2022. At the time, that was a record for any game-worn item in sports.

A Game 3 home jersey later pushed the basketball record to $12.26 million. Now Game 2 has topped them both.

The market for Jordan items keeps climbing. His earliest known game-worn sneakers sold for $1.5 million at Sotheby’s in 2021, which was a record for kicks at the time.

As for the shoes from that Finals, Jordan closed out the series in the Air Jordan 14. It became the last shoe he wore as a Bull. That is a big reason the model still has such a strong legacy. It is a sign of how much value this era carries. Fans still love The Last Dance, and collectors keep paying historic prices.

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“Irv, who was like my DJ in London, like, it was early, early days. I’ve done everything for Irv,” Jay recalled during Chapter 7 of the HBO series. According to his version of events, trouble started when one of Gotti’s artists began “talking crazy” about him, and Gotti let it happen. The situation worsened when the Murder Inc. founder entertained signing Nas while Jay and Nas were in the middle of their famous feud.

Jay admitted that his own response crossed the same line he felt Gotti had already crossed. At the height of Murder Inc.’s issues with 50 Cent, he appeared with Fif in a 2003 Reebok commercial promoting their respective sneaker lines. “That’s betrayal because that’s his rival,” he said. “But in my estimation, I’m justified in it, ’cause I put him in a certain box already.”

That justification did not stop him from recognizing the behavior for what it was. Jay explained that once he feels someone has changed the terms of a relationship, his loyalty to them changes with it. “You already showed your hand and you already done moves to take you out of the space of a person that I have to have loyalty and integrity to,” he said. “But it’s still betrayal.”

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Irv Gotti Had Already Admitted The Nas Situation Hurt Their Friendship

Years before Jay revisited the fallout with Rubin, Gotti publicly acknowledged that trying to sign Nas was one of his biggest regrets. During a 2017 appearance on Drink Champs, he said his ambition got ahead of his loyalty to Jay, whom he had known since the late 1980s. “I should have thought of my brother Jay,” Gotti said, calling the move “one of the biggest regrets of my life”.

The two never completely severed ties. Jay told Rubin that he later stepped into a meeting to help Gotti secure a deal with BET, even after their friendship had changed. Now, in Hov’s telling, the relationship became one where affection remained, but access had limits.

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“While we are disappointed that Interscope has chosen to pursue litigation, we are confident in Summer’s legal position and her right to challenge the continued enforceability of her recording contract with Interscope,” attorney Keith Moten told Billboard. He said Walker plans to “vigorously defend” against the lawsuit while pursuing legal relief of her own.

The dispute traces back to August, when Walker notified Interscope that she was terminating the agreement under California’s seven-year rule. She originally signed with Interscope and LVRN in 2017, beginning a run that produced Over It, Still Over It and Finally Over It.

Interscope says those three albums satisfy only part of Walker’s contractual commitment. The label claims she agreed to deliver five studio albums and still owes two more, along with an EP. According to Rolling Stone, releases including Last Day of Summer and CLEAR were classified as pre-album projects rather than part of the five-album requirement.

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Summer Walker Is Still Open To A Deal

California law generally limits personal-services contracts to seven years, but recording agreements occupy a more complicated corner of that rule. A 1987 amendment allows record companies to seek damages when artists end agreements before delivering the number of recordings promised under contract.

That provision is central to Interscope’s case. Rather than simply asking a court to keep Walker signed indefinitely, the company is seeking damages tied to the albums and EP it says remain undelivered. Its complaint values those missing projects at more than $50 million. Meanwhile, Walker’s camp is preparing to challenge that calculation and the agreement’s continued enforceability. Moten also left room for the dispute to end somewhere other than trial. “The parties’ discussions have remained professional, and Summer remains open to a constructive resolution,” he said.

Interscope has offered a similar explanation for taking the disagreement to court, telling Billboard that it filed to preserve its legal rights before a statutory deadline while negotiations remained active. Her team has also indicated that a countersuit could follow, giving both sides another reason to keep talking before the disagreement gets any more expensive.

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The title fits easily within Gucci’s larger story, though he has spent the last several years looking at that history with more distance than his earlier records allowed. His 2025 album Episodes arrived alongside a memoir of the same name, with both projects digging into his experiences with mental illness and addiction. The 23-track album featured appearances from OJ da Juiceman and Sexyy Red, while Gucci used much of the project to revisit periods of his life that headlines or mythology had previously reduced.

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Gucci Mane Has Kept His Release Schedule Moving

Against All Odds also extends a productive stretch that has kept Gucci from settling into legacy-act territory. Before Episodes, he reunited with DJ Drama for 2024’s Greatest Of All Trappers (Gangsta Grillz Edition), returning to the mixtape format that helped establish both men during Atlanta’s mid-2000s run.

That pace has always been part of Gucci’s identity, but his more recent releases have carried a different relationship with his past. Episodes was deliberately reflective, pairing new music with a book that gave context to moments fans had known mostly through court cases and tabloid coverage. Against All Odds arrives without that elaborate framework, at least so far, putting the focus back on a new body of music and whatever version of Gucci shows up when it lands Friday.

The timing also keeps him close to a date that has become part of his personal branding. Gucci released Episodes on Oct. 17, 2025, continuing his longtime attachment to 10/17 through his label and catalog.

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“New album called THank Que coming out next year,” Q told the crowd. “I promise you that.” He followed up with another commitment. “Ten-year anniversary, and I’mma be around for the 20th, too. I promise that. I will never retire.”

The 2027 window gives fans more than they had when Q first revealed the project over the summer. In July, he said he was finishing the 12-song album after working on it “for a minute,” but did not attach a release year. THank Que will follow 2024’s Blue Lips, which ended a five-year gap between his studio albums.

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ScHoolboy Q Is Giving ‘Blank Face LP’ Its Victory Lap

Before the next era begins, Q is spending October with one of the records that helped define his catalog. Blank Face LP arrived in 2016 and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, later earning a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. “THat Part,” featuring Ye, was also nominated for Best Rap Performance.

The 10-city anniversary tour began Oct. 1 in Atlanta and included a second Los Angeles show after the first sold out. Q performs at The Novo on Oct. 12 before continuing to Phoenix and Oakland, with the run closing Oct. 17 in Las Vegas.

That anniversary appears to have put Q in a reflective mood without turning THank Que into some kind of farewell statement. If anything, his comments suggest the opposite. A decade after Blank Face LP, he is already talking about being there when the album turns 20.

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“In the interest of fairness, accuracy and decency,” Smith said as he opened his correction. Earlier, he claimed Taylor walked away from the divorce with $25 million in cash, plus roughly $10 million in property and luxury assets, while Shumpert was left with about $2 million and nowhere to live. Smith now says those figures were inaccurate after speaking directly with Taylor. “Those statements were inaccurate, and I want to sincerely apologize to both Iman Shumpert and Teyana Taylor.”

The correction did not stop with the finances. Smith also acknowledged that statements presented during the episode as direct quotes from Shumpert were not actually his words. He said the material had circulated through media reports and social posts before reaching his program, but accepted responsibility for repeating it without properly verifying what was true.

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The Problem Was Bigger Than A Bad Settlement Number

Taylor and Shumpert finalized their divorce in 2024 after she filed privately the previous year. Much of the case remained sealed, but purported settlement details have still circulated online. Taylor has challenged some of those reports before, including claims about what she received in the divorce. People previously reported that the court determined the final judgment and that the settlement details remained private.

Smith’s correction comes after the disputed figures had already spread far beyond his show. Removing the episode addresses where the claims were amplified, but his apology also puts something else on record that Taylor has been saying for some time. The public version of her divorce settlement was never necessarily the real one.

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