Megan Thee Stallion is slowly making public appearances again, with the rapper revealing during an Oscars after-party interview Sunday that she’ll be supporting her H-town “auntie” Beyoncé at the upcoming Renaissance World Tour.
“I ain’t gonna tell you who I gottem from,” she played coy when asked by Entertainment Tonight how she scored the hard-to-get tickets. “Because they’re gonna be hating on me, but I got ‘em. You know I called up them directly, ‘Beyoncé! Lemme get a ticket!
Beyoncé unleashed her highly anticipated COWBOY CARTER album last Friday (March 29), and the reactions are pouring in. Michelle Obama is the latest to share her glowing review, and the former First Lady had nothing but words of praise. “@Beyonce, you are a record-breaker and history-maker. With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the game once again by helping redefine a music genre and transform our culture,” the 60-year-old wrote on X.
Funkmaster Flex took to Instagram Live Thursday (May 4) to clarify the comments he made about the relationship between fallen hip-hop icons Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., but the live stream quickly turned into a dramatic, tear-stricken screaming fest. Luckily, Mike Epps stepped up to turn this awkward experience into a hilarious moment for the internet.
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Missy Elliott is one of the latest stars to be immortalized with a wax figurine. The Virginia rap icon revealed her official Madam Tussauds statue on social media, sharing images of her and the identical work of art.
“It’s caute,” the 51-year-old boasted, followed by the heart-eyes emoji. “YOU MUST SEE IT IN PERSON! The braids they did strand by strand!”
The doppelgänger is on display at the Las Vegas museum location.
Around 6:40 a.m. on Saturday (May 18), Dallas police officials were called to the scene of a crime to discover that Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman who was physically attacked by a group of men last month, was fatally shot. According to Buzzfeed News, the 23-year-old Dallas resident was discovered face-down in the street. The police department ruled her death as “homicidal violence.” An investigation is still underway.
In April, Booker was brutally assaulted by a group of men after a minor car accident.