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Megan Thee Stallion is still in shock that nobody told her how great Sex and the City is.
The rapper and singer shared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday (Oct. 23) that she just recently started watching the iconic series starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattral.
“Nobody told me Sex and the City was this good?” Stallion quipped. “I’m pissed. Nobody said, ‘Megan, you should be watching Sex and the City. Girl, this for the culture. Watch it! I don’t even know how I like stumbled upon it. I think I just kept seeing like pictures of Sarah Jessica looking pretty as f—.”
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She continued, “Her hair, her shoes, her outfits were always so beautiful. And I was like, what is this show? Let me just watch it, let me get into it because nobody put me on. So I started watching the show and I’m like, I cannot look away. This is the best thing! I’m watching it while I’m working out, I’m watching it while I’m in glam, I’m watching it when I don’t have nothing else to do, and I’m a busy girl. I’m like squeezing Sex and the City in there. And I’m like asking everybody, ‘Have you seen Sex and the City?”
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The “Body” artist later informed host Jimmy Fallon that she has yet to see the 2008 Sex and the City movie as well as its 2010 sequel.
“The way Sex and the City ended, you know, I was a little upset, and they said, ‘No, no, no, no, no, you have to watch the movie.’ And I say, ‘OK, take me there because I don’t understand what’s happening,’” she said.
Fallon also asked Meg if she would be open to sharing her reviews for each of the show’s characters, including Carrie [Parker], Samantha [Cattral], Charlotte [Davis] and Miranda [Nixon], and she didn’t hold back on her thoughts.
Up first was Samantha: “When Sex and the City first started for me, I said, ‘Oh, I hate this character.’ Like why are y’all making her like, oh my God, sex is like the ruler of my life. And it’s like, I’m just so desperate. I was like, this is horrible, this is a horrible character. But then as the show kept going, I was like, ‘OK, hold on. Wait a minute.’ I’m glad I hung in there, because she runs men. Like she does not let men run her and she keeps trying to tell the girls, like stop making the man the center of your life. Like go shopping, have a good time, make your money and then have fun with your little toys. And I’m like, yes, I did that.”
As for Charlotte, Stallion said, “She is a little delulu, but it’s cute. She would be my bestie because she’s so emotional and I feel like it’s OK to cry. It’s OK to be a little crazy. She might be a cancer in the show, her character has to be a cancer… I’m sorry, cancers, but y’all are very emotional and I feel like caners and Aquarius go together very well.”
Miranda was next on the list: “Miranda, this is the worst character on the show. I cannot stand Miranda. She never got nothing good to say. She’s so sad all the time … How could anybody even fix their lips to be mean to Steve [David Eigenberg] and Miranda figured out a way to be mean to Steve. The only thing Steve ever wanted to do was love this crazy lady.”
And for Carrie, Stallion added, “Her hair is good, her makeup is great. I’m pretty sure this dress is great paired with a pair of Manolos. Like she’s always attractive, doing these sick old things. She’s nuts. But you know what [Laughs]? I see a lot of myself in this character, like Carrie really loved drama. Like she would literally wake up and figure out how can I mess up everybody’s day? How can I be my cutest messing up everybody’s day? How can I make my life more complicated? Simply, she could have always made the right choice. She could have chosen sanity, but she always chose insanity. And then I had to wonder, is that me?”
Sex and the City, which ran from 1998 to 2004, follows the lives of four women living in New York City as they navigate love, friendship and sex in the big city, all while remaining inseparable and confiding in each other. A series spinoff, And Just Like That, which sees Parker, Davis and Nixon return, has also been renewed for a third season.
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KATSEYE is fully in “TOUCH” as a girl group, as the six-member squad took the stage on The Kelly Clarkson show on Wednesday (Oct. 23) to perform their latest hit.
The group delivered the track out of the studio, on a rooftop against the Los Angeles skyline, dressed in coordinating pastel outfits and go-go boots. “You been so out of touch, touch, touch, touch, touch/ Thought about you way too much, much, much, much, much/ Over, over thinking us, us, us, us, us/ ‘Cause you been so out of touch,” they sing in the instantly catchy chorus as they delivered in-sync choreography.
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“It’s such a beautiful song. We all love it,” KATSEYE’s Daniela previously told Billboard of “TOUCH,” which is featured on their recent EP, SIS (Soft Is Strong). “The song itself is like our softer side and it shows complexity of love. Filming the whole music video was such an amazing experience and recording as well. It’s ethereal and shows our softer side, but we can tap into our fierceness and our self-confidence too.”
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The K-pop-inspired international girl group featuring members Sophia, Manon, Daniela, Lara, Megan and Yoonchae, were formed as part of the competition series The Debut: Dream Academy, and while they only debuted back in June, they’ve already established an impressively dedicated fanbase, known as the EYEKONS.
Watch KATSEYE perform “TOUCH” on The Kelly Clarkson show below.
Juvenile clarified his comments about Lil Wayne not being tapped to headline this season’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.
He and Mannie Fresh made appearance on Los Angeles-area radio show, Power 106’s Brown Bag Morning Show where they both addressed Kendrick Lamar being picked instead after being asked if they would perform if the Compton rapper extended an invite. “Oh, we there,” Juvie answered with no hesitation. “Kendrick is one of the best performers we’ve ever seen. He’s top notch, especially in hip-hop. In the hip-hop world, and he raises the bar. So it’s something that everybody want to see, and if he calls, I’m there. No problem.”
Mannie then interjected that social media has a habit of mucking things up. “The thing is, the internet always makes something that it’s not,” he said. “Because people felt like we took a side ’cause we said that it would be cool if Wayne was in it. Of course we going to say that — that’s from our team, but respectfully, Kendrick is that dude. He’s a good dude.”
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Juvie added: “Never throwing shade on Kendrick not one time because I don’t live my life like that anyway. I don’t like to tear somebody else down to put somebody else in a position, right? But I felt like Wayne was campaigning for that spot, he came out months ahead of time and I’m like, well, if he’s asking for it, at least consider him — give him a call or something.”
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The New Orleans rapper continued by reemphasizing that his beef was always with the NFL and never with Lamar or the person ultimately responsible for the pick in Jay-Z. “My quarrel was never with Jay-Z or Kendrick or anything like that,” he reiterated. “My quarrel was with the NFL and the other 11 Super Bowls they had in my city and they never gave us a chance to put anybody from the city on. How they come to our city and they throw this big major event and they rent all the buildings and they don’t let the people from the city… we don’t see those benefits. My cause is totally different.”
Back in September, a day after Kendrick announced that he was headlining Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, Juvie took to social media to give his two cents. “So everybody wants me to speak on this Super Bowl situation,” he began visibly upset while sitting in a car. “Look, I’m mad about the situation just like y’all, but my hatred is towards the NFL — not really the people that booked the halftime show. I’m mad at the people that hired the muthaf—as that booked the halftime show. I feel like y’all should step in. Y’all done had 11 Super Bowls in New Orleans, man. Y’all have yet to put a hip-hop artist from New Orleans on the damn Super Bowl!”
He continued: “I feel like every time y’all come here, y’all should have somebody from our city on the sh—t. But this time it really hits hard when you don’t have Lil Wayne on the show. I don’t see how the f—k y’all don’t have Lil Wayne doing the halftime show. Somebody that has a whole bunch of f—ing hits and somebody that really deserves it and somebody that can bring out multiple artists of all genres. Think about it.”
The N.O. legend then aimed his anger towards NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, saying, “So this goes to you, Roger Goodell, you need to get it right, man. You coming to our city, sucking up our culture and making all this money and putting all this bread in your pocket and other people’s pockets and hanging us dry. It gotta stop.”
He wasn’t the only rapper upset. Nicki Minaj, Cam’ron, Mase, Master P, and Boosie all felt like Weezy was snubbed. Wayne even admitted to feeling broken over the situation.
You can watch the full convo below:
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg recently sat down with Stephen A. Smith, and the topic of modern hip-hop came up. Snoop first compared his mentor to retired college football coach Nick Saban, who, like Dre, is considered the best in his field and coached up his fair share of stars over the years.
Smith then asked what advice the legendary duo would offer aspiring artists today, and while Snoop answered to “be original,” Dre advised to “find your collaborator.” Adding, “I don’t like the fact that there are, like, nine different producers on one album. I like the idea of one producer on one album. Continuity is everything.” After Smith asked when the trend of having multiple producers contribute on a track begin, the West Coast legend answered, “I don’t know, but I don’t like it. If you a producer, you should be able to produce the entire album. That’s what I thought it was supposed to be. That’s what I was doing at the beginning.”
Timbaland, a legendary and influential producer in his own right, agreed enough to post the clip on his Instagram along with the caption: “Preach!!!! @drdre.” And he wasn’t the only major producer to co-sign Dre’s statement. Metro Boomin, who’s repping for the younger generation, was on the same page as well, commenting, “All facts!”
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Snoop interjected by saying, “There’s a lot of beatmakers, though, Doc. That’s the difference between your era and this era, is that there aren’t too many producers as there are beatmakers. It’s so easy to make beats. They giving you all these computer packets that has the drum loop, has this… Y’all had to make the loop, change the sample.” Dre then answered back that he feels there’s a “change that’s happening from all this mumble rap thing and everything that’s happening right now.”
He continued by saying, “There’s somebody in somebody’s garage that’s happening right now that’s going to be the next Snoop and Dre, or next Prince and Michael Jackson that’s coming up with something that’s gonna change the game. It’s gotta happen right now and it’s wide open because everything that’s happening right now in the music game — especially hip-hop — is weird as f—.”
While this practice has become rare in mainstream rap, producers in the indie scene like The Alchemist, Daringer and V Don have made a habit of working with rappers like Boldy James, Rome Streetz, Larry June and others in crafting full projects together. And to Metro’s credit, he fully produced two albums with Future this year that both went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
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Things are business as usual for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ 33-year-old adopted son Quincy Brown, who recently shared a teaser for his upcoming family vlog featuring the disgraced music mogul appearing in home footage from a group vacation.
In a snippet shared via The Shade Room’s Instagram on Tuesday, Diddy stands shirtless in a kitchen among his children gathered around an island with buffet pans of food. As the Bad Boy Records founder gestures to the camera and smiles, Brown shouts, “Combs family vacation!”
At the beginning of the teaser, Brown tells followers: “My life is just like yours — well, kind of.”
It then cuts to various shots of him and his siblings — 30-year-old Justin, 26-year-old Christian, 18-year-old Chance and 17-year-old twins D’Lila and Jessie — hanging out, swimming and hiking. According to Brown’s YouTube channel, the project titled “It’s Just a Vlog: Or Is It a Reality Show?” will premiere Wednesday evening (Oct. 23).
The vlog was clearly filmed some time ago, as Diddy has been in custody since his Sept. 16 arrest on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. As his attorneys prepare their defense ahead of his May trial date, new lawsuits continue to pile up; most recently, six additional civil cases were filed Oct. 20 against the rapper alleging he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl in 2000, did the same to a musical artist in 2022, forced a personal trainer to perform sexual acts in 2022 and more.
The hip-hop titan’s legal team, however, has continuously denied all accusations of sexual misconduct. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman,” they said in a recent statement.
In the midst of Combs’ legal troubles, his children have stood by him. On Oct. 22, the mogul’s adult kids — including Brown — cosigned a joint statement defending their father’s name, writing, “We hold onto the truth, knowing it will prevail, and nothing will break the strength of our family. WE MISS YOU & LOVE YOU DAD.”
Brown’s biological parents are model-actress Kim Porter and musician Al B. Sure!. After Diddy started seeing Porter in the ’90s, he legally adopted Brown. The couple went on to welcome Christian, Jessie and D’Lila before going their separate ways in 2007 after years of on-again, off-again dating.
In 2018, Porter died at age 47 from lobar pneumonia. Her death recently became a topic of discussion again in light of the Diddy allegations, leading Brown and his siblings to shut down rumors about their mother’s cause of death — in addition to debunking a “fake” and “offensive” memoir allegedly written by Porter — in September.
“We have seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, as well as about our mom’s tragic passing, that we feel the need to speak out,” they said in a statement at the time. “Claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue. She did not, and anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves.”
See Diddy in Brown’s vlog teaser below.
