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Sexyy Red had the stars out in Los Angeles for her 27th birthday party earlier this week as she twerked the night away at The Players Club. Among those in attendance were Justin Bieber and GloRilla.

Fresh off attending Coachella with his wife, Hailey Bieber, JB pulled up to Big Sexyy’s bash in a tan fur coat with some gold chains as he danced alongside the St. Louis rapper.

Sexyy rocked a bikini with a sparkling Santa Claus robe, a money sign red belt and a matching furry hat with plenty of flashy jewelry on.

“My 2 personalities,” she captioned the clip with Bieber and then posted another video twerking, which was soundtracked by her new “Hoochie Coochie” single. Fans were happy to see JB outside having some fun.

“LMFAOOOO THANK YOU FOR GETTING JUSTIN OUT THE HOUSE,” one person wrote to X. Another added: “Lmfao I love that dude!”

It was a busy weekend for Biebs, who was spotted turning up at YEAT’s Coachella set with his wife, as well as Tate McRae and her boyfriend, The Kid LAROI.

As for the rest of Sexyy’s rager, she turned The Players Club into a strip club alongside GloRilla, as the “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME” collaborators made it rain dollar bills.

On the music side, Sexyy Red delivered her ratchet “Hoochie Coochie” single earlier in April. The party will continue into the weekend as Sexyy’s slated to make an appearance at Club LIV in Miami and perform at the 305 hot spot.

Mass Appeal and Nas announced on Wednesday (April 16) that their Legend Has It series, which will feature seven new albums from seven different hip-hop icons, is on its way.

The heavyweight series will include projects from Nas & DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Raekwon The Chef, Big L, De La Soul and what the brand calls an “epic return by a surprise guest of honor,” according to a press release. The projects are expected to drop before the end of 2025.

Among those projects will likely be Ghostface Killah’s long-rumored Supreme Clientele 2 and Raekwon’s Emperor’s New Clothes. Additionally, the De La Soul and Mobb Deep records will be the first release since the deaths of Trugoy The Dove and Prodigy. There will also be a posthumous release from Harlem’s Big L.

The new Nas record will be the rapper’s first since his 2023 run, during which he dropped off King’s Disease III, Magic 2 and Magic 3. The Queens legend teased the aforementioned DJ Premier record in 2024, announcing it on the 30th anniversary of his seminal debut Illmatic back in April. However, the idea of a Nas and Premier record dates back to 2006, when the former first floated the idea in an interview with Scratch magazine.

“We talked about doing an album together and some of the listeners want to rush the s—t — I wanna rush it, too — but I just want to pull pieces from all kinds of different people for this next puzzle because a lot of people think s—t got easy, that I quit,” he said at the time.

Mass Appeal also teased the news on its Instagram with a video. Check it out below.

Wale recently took to X and opened up about how he once dealt with writer’s block, revealing that a fellow rapper once suggested meditation.

“Music friends, how do y’all cure writers block,” he asked. “Over the years I’ve had different methods. Curious what y’all do.” Fans responded with a ton of suggestions that ranged from taking a walk, continue writing until something clicks, and “getting past the fear of writing something trash.”

When one fan quote tweeted his original tweet with a clip of J. Cole explaining how he deals with writer’s block, saying that you need to trust yourself and just write instead of waiting around for inspiration that may never come, Folarin replied that it’s a subject the two peers often talk about and meditation helped him out when they were trying to record a song together. “I done talked to Cole ’bout the block a rack of times,” he replied. “One time [he tried to] teach me how to meditate…it worked a lil. We made ‘My Boy‘ right after.”

And while he wasn’t dealing with writer’s block at that exact moment and admitted that he “wrote a lot today,” the Washington D.C. rapper is going to try some of the methods suggested. “I don’t have the block right now FYI, he told fans. “I was just curious. I wrote a lot today lol. Next time I do I’m def comin back here.”

Wale may be gearing up to release his eighth solo album as he’s dropped two new songs late last year, premiering “Ghetto Speak” in a Nike Foamposite ad. He’s also helping the sneaker giant rollout the new Nike GT Future Foamposite that’s set to drop later this holiday season.

Coi Leray has announced the sex of her baby with Trippie Redd, sharing the exciting news on Instagram.

Sporting a cute pink outfit on Tuesday (April 15) that perfectly showcased her baby bump, Coi Leray announced to the world that she is having a girl with her ex-boyfriend Trippie Redd.

“GIRL MOM,” Coi wrote in all caps.

The exciting news comes after a tumultuous few months for Coi, who kicked off 2025 by announcing a child with Trippie before accusing him of infidelity. “[Broken heart emoji] Nothing worse than being cheated on. I wouldn’t wish this pain on my worst enemy. [crying sad face emoji] God bless.”

Regardless, she expressed excitement at the idea of becoming a mom. Writing on Instagram: “I’m a rockstar mommy! We ready for 2025.”

In February, Coi then teased a new track she penned about the breakup, where she raps: “Ex is supposed to be a ex for a reason/ Wanted to be there while you was fighting demons/ I had family plans – you had plans for cheating/ Camera in the room, you ain’t know I was creeping.”

Trippie responded with blowing raspberry emojis in the comments. Two months after the split, Trippie appeared remorseless on X, formerly known as Twitter. “To every bi— I ever did wrong, I’ll do it again,” he wrote.

Coi had shared a message a day earlier, criticizing men for lack of discipline. “Girls don’t care if he got a baby on the way, married, in a relationship, just had a baby, happily in love, it doesn’t matter what it is, they gone always be there,” she wrote. “What matters is a mans DISCIPLINE & the way he don’t play about his girl. He gotta be ready for commitment 100%.”

Check out Coi Leray’s gender reveal post below.