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According to HotNewHipHop West Coast rapper Lefty Gunplay hit a major roadblock when he was arrested right outside Rolling Loud California, causing him to miss his performance on the Sunday of the festival.
Lefty Gunplay’s mugshot from his arrest at Rolling Loud has surfaced online. pic.twitter.com/VBdZrQVVhO
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Lefty, who’s been gaining serious buzz after his feature on Kendrick Lamar’s GNX album, was taken into custody by Baldwin Park Police. While details on why exactly he was arrested aren’t clear, online records show it was a felony arrest. A bond of $500,000 was set, with his court date scheduled for March 18th. This arrest isn’t Lefty’s first run-in with the law. Back in February, he missed a show in Texas after being arrested on charges related to drugs. Even with all the drama, Lefty kept it real with his fans, telling them he’d make up that show and stay connected to his supporters.
Mr. Scary, Spooky, Hilarious has been making waves in the rap game, and his feature on Kendrick Lamar’s album only boosted his profile. Even though these legal issues are putting a damper on his rise, his talent is undeniable. Fans are hoping he can shake off these setbacks and keep pushing forward. With his court date coming up, all eyes are on Lefty to see how he handles this latest bump in the road and if he’ll bounce back even stronger.
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Rihanna took a flight back to her hometown of Barbados on March 11 to unveil her brand new FENTY x PUMA collection, which features three new exciting items, according to Complex.
The Bajan beauty was all smiles as she schmoozed with attendees at the release party wearing a pair of the FENTY x PUMA Avanti LS stitched sneakers, one of the new items offered within the buzzing line. Inspired by the PUMA King soccer cleat, the lime green and orange sneakers paired perfectly with the “Needed Me” singer’s oversized green and white baseball jersey and her two green ruffled chiffon skirts.
The mother of two topped off the look with a green bikini top, a beautiful bun, and a Sabyasachi necklace, WWD noted.
In one photo, the Grammy-award-winning artist could be seen embracing model and Savage X Fenty ambassador Serena Page, as a group of attendees clamored for photos of the duo. Rihanna—who hails from Bridgetown, Barbados—was also spotted letting her hair down to party with guests during the fun launch event.
What else can you purchase in the new collection?
Along with the Avant L sneakers, the new FENTY x PUMA collection will also include The Cat Cleat Jelly, a sandal made from synthetic leather and rubber. The bold shoe stands out with its vibrant design and soccer-inspired cleats on the outsole, paired with vibrant colors native to Rihanna’s hometown of Barbados. The collection will also feature the Pocket Bag, crafted from polyurethane and cotton. The tiny and sleek bag offers a slim profile and is enhanced with contrast piping for added dimension.
Items from the collection range between $75 to $120 and it will officially drop on March 13.
This isn’t the first time Rihanna has returned to her home country.
In November 2021, the Fenty Beauty founder visited Barbados when she was honored as a national hero in Bridgetown. The prestigious award was presented during a historic moment as the country celebrated becoming a republic after nearly 400 years of British colonial rule.
Prime Minister Mia Mottley awarded Rihanna the National Hero of Barbados title in front of a cheering crowd, recognizing her remarkable achievements in both music and the beauty industry.
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While the release of Beyonce’s niche-busting album of the year “Cowboy Carter” drummed up fanfare around Black cowboy fashion, the culture around wide-brimmed hats, denim, pointed-toe leather boots, and ass-less chaps runs as deep as this country’s history.
Black cowboys were crucial in building 19th-century wealth for white Texan southerners. In the early 1800s, Texas was still Mexican-ruled territory, but white Americans migrated West, seeking affordable land to settle and establish cotton farms and cattle ranches. Even though slavery was illegal in Mexico, Southern whites brought the enslaved with them anyway. By 1825, enslaved people made up 25 percent of Texas’ population, according to The Smithsonian. Texas entered into U.S. statehood at the end of 1845.
As the civil war ripped the country at its seams from 1861 to 1865, white Texans left their land to fight for the confederate South. Black enslaved hands were left behind to handle and maintain the cattle-herding. The work was gritty, and included duties like breaking in horses (training wild horses to be ridden), lassoing-up herds, and transporting cattle through unforgiving terrain. Even though Black Americans were freed when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law in 1863, White settlers, unwilling to give up the free labor that sustained their businesses, didn’t enforce the legislation. Two years later, on June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger informed 250,000 Texans who were still enslaved that they were free, which is the day we now celebrate as Juneteenth. As former white enslavers scrambled to maintain their land and livestock without the help of forced, unpaid laborers, skilled Black cowboys were in high job demand. Historians estimate 1 in 4 cowboys were Black, and even though their influence has often been discredited by mainstream culture, music artists have rode alongside them to keep their legacy alive.
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Black cowboy fashion penetrated mainstream culture as big Southern stars gained popularity in America in the 20th century. Georgia-born Ray Charles rocked a cowboy hat during performances of his country songs, The Guardian reports, and other iconic artists, like Otis Redding and Curtis Mayfield, accompanied their music with cowboy stylings. The video for The Gap Band’s single, “Burn Rubber On Me,” featured the group in denim and cowboy hats.
In 2001, while promoting their highly anticipated comeback album Survivor in New York City, Destiny’s Child rocked cobalt blue, tasseled midriff-bearing bralettes, accented with sparkling silver cowboy hats with matching boots (pre-Renaissance era). The women stood strongly together as a newly formed trio, and they let their music and fashion choices do the talking: not only were they still standing, but they were also still insanely talented, country, and Texas AF.
Fast forward, Beyonce’s solo career has continued to be an extension of her Texas roots, with Cowboy Carter triggering an emergence of cowboy fashion into the Black cultural zeitgeist. Hip-hop artists, like Swae Lee, are known to don steel-toe boots during rap performances, and Lil Nas X’s hip-hop, country, genre-blending hit, “Old Town Road” had the whole world rocking gallon-hats with pride.
Beyonce’s upcoming, highly-anticipated Cowboy Carter tour is sure to set off another wave of cowboy fashion obsession, as thousands of fans flock to stadiums all over America in their country’s best. Their fits, whether it’s a white-fringed blouse or a bold-buckled brown-leather belt, are a symbolic bow to the past.
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After three decades in the rap game, Hip-Hop legend Busta Rhymes is still out here showing he can go bar-for-bar with whoever you consider your GOAT and from the look of things, he’s going to continue to cook up some marvelous sh*t to feed his fans and his seeds.
Dropping off some new visuals to “Letter To My Children,” Busta Rhymes uses footage from his classic music videos to spit his bars while he walks around his manor and wonders when he’s going to his much deserved Verzuz battle. Truth be told, who can go up against Busta Rhymes track-for-track? Jay-Z? LL Cool J? Q-Tip? It would have to be another Hip-Hop legend of that caliber to even have a chance.
Elsewhere Don Toliver finds himself in an interesting situation and in his clip for “No Pole” DT pulls up to an empty parking lot in the dead of night to find a woman treating a lamp post like a stripper pole about 30 feet in the air. Pretty impressive we must say.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Icewear Vezzo, Stunna Gambino, and more.
BUSTA RHYMES – “LETTER TO MY CHILDREN”
DON TOLIVER – “NO POLE”
ICEWEAR VEZZO – “MINNESOTA”
VONTEE THE SINGER – “TIME”
STUNNA GAMBINO – “ARMED N DANGEROUS”
LUCKI – “BAD INFLUENCE FREESTYLE”
BABY RICH – “DEAD WRONG”
SHENG – “KING KONG”
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At the 2025 Oscars, Conan O’Brien dropped a witty Drake joke. This had everyone crying when the host said, “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile”
omg this Oscars joke from Conan O’Brien
“Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile” pic.twitter.com/d7gzCFHfsF
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The joke about Drake being a pedophile played off Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” The joke hit just after Kendrick had a massive halftime performance where he called out Drake, saying he’d probably sue if Kendrick ever performed the track. The timing of O’Brien’s joke was on point, especially with all the heat Kendrick was throwing Drake’s way. But what made it even crazier was that a producer at the Oscars was actually pushing hard for this controversial joke to air.
They believed it was going to land, no matter how risky it seemed. They were all in on the joke. Turns out, it wasn’t just O’Brien who believed in it. The punchline was written by his longtime writer, Skyler Higley, who knew exactly what he was doing.
wrote the Kendrick Lamar joke and bet our executive producer $50 that it would kill. just made $50.
— Skyler Higley (@skyler_higley) March 3, 2025
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After the joke landed and the crowd reacted, Higley hopped on Twitter and let everyone know how confident he was. He tweeted, “Wrote the Kendrick Lamar joke and bet our executive producer $50 that it would kill. Just made $50.” The whole thing was a gamble, but it paid off. The producers stuck their necks out for it, and with the audience laughing, Higley cashed in. Sometimes, timing and a little bit of risk lead to a perfect moment.
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In today’s episode of Just Checking To See If Elon Musk Is Still Racist…Yep, He’s Still Racist, the South African migrant who spent President Donald Trump’s first day in office turning the Nazi salute into a MAGA trend has, for the second year in a row, decried diversity at the Oscars.
On Sunday, Musk reposted a tweet from a fellow white-and-eternally-whiny fanboy who was being fragile over the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ diversity policy regarding Best Picture nominees.
“This is messed up,” Musk captioned his post. “Should just be who is best, not best with an asterisk!”
Oh nah, Musky, that asterisk has always been there.
You see, Musk, like millions of white people across the Western world, believes the reason white actors and filmmakers have always dominated the Oscars is due to merit, ignoring the fact that white people have always dominated the academy because no racial demographic has ever been more catered to than white people.
It’s the same false logic they use when claiming DEI is racist against white people while ignoring the fact that diversity initiatives were only ever necessary in the first place because, for the overwhelming majority of America’s history, white men were hiring white men and only white men in every single major industry. That’s not “merit,” it’s the lasting effect of patriarchy and white supremacy.
Similarly, Musky Musk and his Nazi Bunch are pretending to believe an academy full of white people who view art through a culturally white lens are likely to always find the right nominees for Best Picture — as opposed to the nominees white people are most likely to believe are the best nominees for Best Picture. White people who relate more closely to white people consistently selecting predominately white films for Best Picture is not an example of “merit.”
Art is subjective. White privilege is a demonstrable fact.
Mind you, just under a year ago, Musk was on X calling the Oscars a “woke contest” because he thought too many non-white people were winning. When it was pointed out to him that white actors and directors dominated all the major awards, which they have almost every single year since the inception of the Academy, he immediately backpedaled and admitted that he was “wrong.”
That’s right, folks, Musk was educated on the fact that the Best Picture, Best Actor/Actress and Best Director categories, among others, were overwhelmingly dominated by white people in 2024, and the Woke Boogieman that haunts his nightmares retreated back under his bed and allowed him to rest at ease. All was right in his white world once again.
So, you know, maybe Musk and his fellow fragile, diversity-hating white men are just plain bigots, and the “woke” Oscars is just another excuse for them to let their bigotry shine.
Sad.
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, announced he’s quitting Twitter “for now,” saying the app’s been censoring his freedom of speech. In his tweet, he wrote, “I quit Twitter for now. They just deleted my last tweet. Jordan leaving the NBA.”
The Chicago rapper clearly draws a parallel to Michael Jordan stepping away from basketball for a bit before making a legendary comeback. Ye’s saying his exit could be temporary, just like MJ’s break, and he might be back sooner than later. This announcement comes after Ye’s been pretty vocal about his relationship with Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk. Ye’s shared a bunch of screenshots of their private convos, showing that the two have been having casual chats. Despite their connection, Ye’s frustration with how Twitter handles free speech seems to have hit a tipping point.
The platform’s been under fire for limiting content, and Ye’s decision to step away looks like a protest against those restrictions on what he can say. It’s clear that Ye feels like his voice is being silenced, and he’s not having it. Whether this is a permanent move or just a brief break, only time will tell. But for now, Ye’s out — and he’s making it clear that he’s not here for any platform holding him back.
Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori, recently went viral after they crashed the Grammys recently, and they turned heads. Bianca showed up in an outfit so revealing, she was damn near topless. The couple didn’t hold back, and their bold move had the internet buzzing. Ye doesn’t seem to stay away from the limelight for too long.
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Is there a new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game coming? Based on recent developments, it sure seems so.
Speculation for a new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game began when an update in Call of Duty Black Ops 6 teased the return of the beloved skateboarding video game franchise.
Eagle-eyed COD players spotted the THPS Easter egg in a new skatepark map called The Grind. The map featured a banner with the game’s logo and the date “03.04.25.”
Then, the official THPS website launched a countdown clock that is currently counting down to March 4, 2025, signaling that some big news is upon us.
So what exactly could be coming? According to Gamespot, there could be two offerings from Activision, either a remake like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 or a brand new game altogether.
Per Gamespot:
If there’s news coming soon regarding the future of THPS, there are two likely options. The first is another remake like 2020’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, which helped revitalize interest in the games. There have been some predictions that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 could follow. However, a more enticing prospect would be a brand-new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. The last fully original game in the series to hit consoles was 2015’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. Additionally, there was a previous report that the next Tony Hawk game could arrive as soon as this summer. Given the timing of the announcement, that seems very plausible.
It’s been a long time since fans of THPS picked up the sticks for a new game in the franchise that first arrived in 1999. The 25th anniversary of the game has already passed, but the legendary skateboarder revealed that he has been in contact with Activision to work on something celebrating the game’s milestone while adding that the skateboarding video game franchise will continue.
We don’t know about y’all, but consider us very hyped about this news.
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It seems Dame Dash has another legal issue to deal with. A judge says he “repeatedly violated” court orders with regards to his defamation case.
As per HipHopDX a magistrate has ruled against Dame Dash on a defamation suit against him. Back in 2016 the Harlem native was slotted by film producer Josh Webber to direct an independent film titled Dear Frank. Production commenced but Dash was ultimately removed due to unprofessional behavior including allegations of being under the influence while shooting. Webber says that Dame Dash continued to promote the film as his but under under a new name The List.
Dame would say they shot the film with his equipment on his Sherman Oaks, CA property and stole it from him. Webber and his Muddy Waters company sued Dame Dash for copyright and defamation in 2019. Fast forward to 2022 they were awarded a judgement totaling $805K. On Tuesday, Feb. 18 Judge John F. Walter slammed Dame Dash for not following procedures and “repeatedly violating the court’s orders.”
As a result Walter has issued a default judgement in favor of Webber over an interview Dame Dash did with The Art Of Dialogue. During the interview the former Cakeaholic discussed the legal battle over Dear Frank. “I had a judgment. And I knew this d***head Chris Brown (pause) and Josh Webber (pause) and Muddy Waters…Chris Brown the lawyer. I went through four trials with the same lawyer…What I lost was defamation because these guys trigger me and steal my sh*t…you think there is freedom of speech, it’s really not…”
Webber has been given until March 3 to provide proof of the damages he has suffered.
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It seems Dame Dash has another legal issue to deal with. A judge says he “repeatedly violated” court orders with regards to his defamation case.
As per HipHopDX a magistrate has ruled against Dame Dash on a defamation suit against him. Back in 2016 the Harlem native was slotted by film producer Josh Webber to direct an independent film titled Dear Frank. Production commenced but Dash was ultimately removed due to unprofessional behavior including allegations of being under the influence while shooting. Webber says that Dame Dash continued to promote the film as his but under under a new name The List.
Dame would say they shot the film with his equipment on his Sherman Oaks, CA property and stole it from him. Webber and his Muddy Waters company sued Dame Dash for copyright and defamation in 2019. Fast forward to 2022 they were awarded a judgement totaling $805K. On Tuesday, Feb. 18 Judge John F. Walter slammed Dame Dash for not following procedures and “repeatedly violating the court’s orders.”
As a result Walter has issued a default judgement in favor of Webber over an interview Dame Dash did with The Art Of Dialogue. During the interview the former Cakeaholic discussed the legal battle over Dear Frank. “I had a judgment. And I knew this d***head Chris Brown (pause) and Josh Webber (pause) and Muddy Waters…Chris Brown the lawyer. I went through four trials with the same lawyer…What I lost was defamation because these guys trigger me and steal my sh*t…you think there is freedom of speech, it’s really not…”
Webber has been given until March 3 to provide proof of the damages he has suffered.
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