Author: Wamala

Boosie Badazz is putting his alleged text exchanges with a Trump pardon broker on blast after claiming he paid $600,000 for help securing presidential clemency that never came. The rapper posted screenshots Monday that appear to show conversations between him and Jack Burkman, one of the political operatives Boosie says he hired to pursue a pardon from President Donald Trump. The messages appear to date from November 2025 through February 2026, with Burkman allegedly assuring Boosie that his team was working on the pardon. At one point, according to the screenshots, Burkman appeared to explain delays by pointing to other…

Kanye West is facing a potential eight-figure damages claim from a former Donda Academy employee who alleges he was discriminated against because of his hairstyle. Benjamin Provo, a former employee connected to Kanye’s now-shuttered school, says he could be owed up to approximately $23 million in damages from Kanye and Donda Academy, according to new court documents obtained by TMZ. At the center of Provo’s case is his claim that he was fired after refusing to cut his dreadlocks. Provo, who is Black, also alleges that he experienced discrimination while working at Donda Academy in 2022. Among his claims, he…

Chicago rapper BloodHound Q50 has died at 22 after a deadly early-morning shooting at a gas station in the city’s Fuller Park neighborhood. Q50, whose real name was Mikquale T. Cooper, was behind the wheel of a white Tesla parked at a BP gas station around 4 a.m. Sunday when he was shot, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has since determined that Cooper’s official cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds, with the manner of death ruled a homicide, according to TMZ. Police say the shooting involved six masked gunmen who allegedly arrived in…

Bay Area hip-hop has lost one of the producers who helped define its sound. Tone Capone, the producer behind Luniz’ iconic “I Got 5 On It,” has died at 59. Capone, born Anthony Douglas Gilmour, died Saturday, according to reports shared by family members. His cause of death has not been disclosed. For Bay Area rap, Capone’s legacy runs deep. His production helped shape the region’s distinctive mobb music sound, while his catalog stretched across generations of West Coast artists. His signature moment came with Luniz’ “I Got 5 On It.” Released in 1995, the track became a Bay Area…

Method Man is taking his talents back to television — and this time, he’s stepping directly into one of music’s biggest technology debates. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper and actor, whose real name is Clifford “Method Man” Smith, will guest star in CBS’ upcoming legal drama “Cupertino,” playing a rapper caught in a battle with an artificial intelligence music studio. Smith plays Yungwood, a rapper who sues an AI music company after his streaming revenue begins to shrink. The storyline puts Yungwood in a fight over whether the technology is profiting at the expense of his music career, bringing the increasingly…

LeBron James is stepping into the prediction-market world. The NBA superstar has announced a new partnership with Polymarket, one of the leading prediction market platforms, according to The Athletic. James teased the deal in a 60-second video posted to X, where he appears to step off an elevator after pressing a button marked “sports.” The commercial, captioned “Step inside Polymarket HQ,” features an unusually star-packed lineup, including Eli Manning, Rajon Rondo, Spike Lee, Alexandra Daddario, Emily Ratajkowski and Derek Jeter. Polymarket also welcomed James to the platform in a post responding to his video. “Thanks for stopping by our HQ,”…

Quavo is looking ahead to a new solo era — but he’s making it clear that Migos is still very much part of the conversation. The rapper stopped by HOT 97 to talk with Nessa about his upcoming album QRÖME LIFE, his creative partnership with Pharrell Williams and what could be next for Migos. QRÖME LIFE arrives October 2, with Pharrell producing the entire project. Quavo explained how working with the legendary producer pushed him creatively and helped shape the album. The collaboration has already produced plenty of memorable moments, including a Disneyland trip involving Pharrell and Justin Timberlake. But…

Bebe Rexha has no problem making the first move — and apparently, Drake was recently on the receiving end of her approach. The singer revealed that she slid into the rapper’s Instagram DMs after his viral 20 v 1 challenge, even introducing herself as his “dream girl.” Rexha made the admission during an appearance on Angie Martinez’s In Real Life podcast, released Thursday, September 10. When Martinez asked what type of men she likes, Rexha made it clear she isn’t working from a particularly narrow checklist. “All shapes, colores, sizes, everything,” she said. That led Martinez to ask whether Rexha…

Janet Jackson is missing from the latest Why Did I Get Married? movie, but Tyler Perry says there’s no drama behind her absence. The writer-director addressed Jackson’s noticeable absence from the new installment, which premiered on Netflix on September 9 and reunites much of the franchise’s original cast. Jackson famously played Dr. Patricia Agnew in the first two films, making her absence one of the first things longtime fans noticed. According to Perry, however, the decision came down to something much less dramatic: scheduling. “At the time, she was doing her residency in Vegas, so we couldn’t work out the…

Migos are coming back — and Quavo says this time, he and Offset want to give the legendary rap group a proper final run. Quavo confirmed the long-rumored Migos reunion during a recent interview, revealing that he and Offset plan to record one final album and hit the road for a world tour. “We coming back,” Quavo said. “We’re going to do it one more time. We going to tour. We going to do it right.” The announcement carries extra weight nearly four years after the death of Takeoff, the third member of the Grammy-nominated trio, who was killed in…