After a breakout year, Ice Spice has been crowned as Billboard‘s 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year. The honor also comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of “Munch (Feelin’ U),” her 2022 viral single that catapulted her into stardom. “I have put in so much hard work, and it means a lot to be recognized for it and have more than just plaques to show for it,” she stated according to Billboard.
Games beware: playing too many video games could officially be classified as a mental health issue. The World Health Organization will add “gaming disorder” to the 11th update of the International Classification of Diseases next year, USA Today reports. According to a beta draft from the WHO, the disorder is qualified as a “pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior” either online or offline, that basically takes over a gamer’s “life interests and daily activities,” despite possible consequences.
Ja Rule is not afraid to toot his own horn. The Queens rapper recently spoke about Billboard and VIBE‘s Top 50 Rappers list, and why the numbers back up his claim for deserving to be on it. “I’m not a hater. Congrats to everyone on the list,” he said during his Thursday (Jan. 18) appearance on The Tamron Hall Show. “[But] these lists, they’re meaningless because music is subjective. You like who you want to like, you know everybody has their favorite artist.
Former model and ex-fiancee to Jason Collins is crying foul. Carolyn Moos, 34, believes that her ex-fiancee has stolen 8 valuable years off of her biological clock — and now she’s planning to freeze her eggs before she runs out of time. According to TMZ, Moos previously said she had a life plan to have kids with Collins during their time together — and after she learned he was gay, she felt the NBA player shattered her dreams.
Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the famous Jackson family, has reportedly passed away on June 27, at the age of 89, after battling terminal cancer, according to TMZ. Jackson passed away at 3:30 a.m. PST in a Los Angeles hospital according to reports. He was previously hospitalized on June 22, for complications with his cancer diagnosis. His wife, Katherine was reportedly by his side at the time of his death, alongside some of his children and grandchildren.