Several weeks ago, 50 Cent said that he would rather call 6ix9ine his son before his own biological child Marquise Jackson. The disturbing comment rubbed people the wrong way and got them thinking about the nature of his relationship with the rainbow-haired Brooklyn rapper. During a new interview with Big Boy video call, Fif cleared up the status of his relationship with 6ix9ine, noting that the two will likely never work together again.

“I wouldn’t work with him. What it is, is it’s just against the way I grew up,” said 50 Cent, shutting down any possible reconciliation. The two were formerly close friends, popping up on each other’s social media pages regularly.

He continued by stating that he understands why Tekashi told on his former associates, explaining that he doesn’t think it will hurt his career in the long run.

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“Remember I told you I understood why he did what he did?” asked Fif. “When you say he’s not a gang member or he’s not this kinda guy, but you slept with his baby’s mother and you gonna do something to his mother—tell any traditional kid, tell actual consumers of music in middle America that’s gonna buy the actual CD, that hits the button—tell them that somebody slept with my girlfriend and had intentions of hurting my mom. And you want me to do 40 years for them?”

Fiddy has a good point. Shotti, Tekashi’s manager, was accused of sleeping with his daughter’s mother Sara Molina, which he references in the interview. However, people will still be angry at 69 for breaking street code. 

Listen to his remarks at the 23:12 mark below.

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As a guest on Big Boy’s Neighborhood this week, 50 Cent answered five quarantine-specific questions in a rapid-fire manner, spilling the beans on who he would not let into his home during the lockdown and who he would risk his own health to save if he had one protective mask left.

Calling into the radio show, 50 Cent was asked if there was a rapper that he would lock the door on during this pandemic and his response may be surprising to some.

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“Probably Roddy Ricch,” said Fiddy after hesitating a touch. “He’s too popular. It’s too many kids around, too many germs.”

During the same interview, Fif was asked if he would break quarantine for anybody in particular, to which he responded that, at this point, he would leave the house for half of the “models” on Instagram.

Then, the toughest question came. Big Boy asked the star a hypothetical query that would reveal all there is to know about his bond with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

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“There’s one mask. Quarantine is going down. There’s two people and you can only give one mask. You see Dr. Dre and you see Eminem. Who do you give that one mask to?” asked Big Boy.

“That’s a foul question,” complained Fif. “I’d give Em the mask and I’d give Dre my own mask. If I had a mask on, I would give him mine.”

That was the best possible answer he could have given. Absolutely no damage was done. 

Watch below.

One of New York rap’s current poster children, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, is experiencing yet another career moment, surging high with the release of his new album Artist 2.0. Already, the Highbridge artist is planning his next moves before taking a little break, blessing the fans with another body of work before the year closes out. The singer has notably collaborated with some other popular figures in his city, including Tekashi 6ix9ine who was the veritable “King of New York” for a few months. They released “Swervin” together but, in the video, 6ix9ine does not appear. A Boogie is seemingly not down with the rapper’s “snitch” status and, whenever he gets asked about his thoughts on the colourful felon, he gets creative in dancing around the topic.

During a recent interview with Big Boy as he promoted his new album, A Boogie was asked if he thinks Tekashi will be able to pick his career back up and his response was golden. “Sometimes you just gotta think about things like how you don’t wanna think about things,” said the rapper. Wait… what? Not even he understood his response, laughing directly afterwards.

Similarly, when DJ Akademiks asked the star if he would work with 6ix9ine again when he gets released from prison on Everyday Struggle, A Boogie dropped another side-splitting gem. “Crazy… everyday struggle,” he said, not even going near the question.

Honestly, shout-out to A Boogie wit da Hoodie for handling these questions with such a good sense of humour. Watch below.

It's been a mini-Kehalni takeover this week as the singer dropped her music video where she split her singles "All Me/Change Your Life" along with her collaborative love song with YG titled "Konclusions." When Kehlani first released "All Me," the song featured Keyshia Cole. However, when Kehlani delivered her music video, Keyshia was cut from the track altogether. 

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The move caused people to suspect that there was animosity between the two performers and on Friday (February 14), the gossip fire was dowsed with fuel after someone shared alleged screenshots of the two women sub-tweeting one another. "Crazy how the ones you look up to are down to be looked up to but when they gotta be eye to eye with you all hell breaks loose. humble pie tastes good i promise," Kehlani tweeted last week. Although Keyshia didn't directly reply or reference Kehlani in a tweet she shared hours later, fans are convinced she was responding to the singer when Keyshia wrote, "Girl shut the f*ck up."

Kehlani also retweeted a video clip of Omarion's recent interview with Big Boy's Neighborhood along with a quote from the B2K singer that reads, "'If I responded to everything that happened to me on my journey I would not be here.'-@Omarion." Check out the screenshots along with a few reactions below. You can also watch Kehlani's "All Me/Change Your Life" music video right here.

The relationship between Omarion and his B2K groupmates is a slippery slope, but no matter what they’ve been through, Omarion wants to honor their legacy. The quartet stormed stages last year for their multimillion-dollar grossing Millennium Tour, but there were growing underlying issues regarding Fizz dating Omarion’s ex and the mother of his two children, Apryl Jones.

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Fizz and Apryl’s relationship became a focus of social media conversations after the pair unveiled their romance on Love & Hip Hop Hollywood. They were able to stop the gossip and live their love out loud, but people still wanted to know Omarion’s take on the situation. For months, Omarion kept his opinion under wraps, but now that he’s back in the limelight as the Millennium Tour 2020 is approaching, the singer is addressing the drama head-on.

When asked which members of B2K he’s the closest to during his visit to Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Omarion admitted that since the Millennium Tour, he hasn’t spoken to his groupmates. The singer shared that after the tour they all went their separate ways and back to their normal, everyday lives. “What I wanna say is that we share something,” he said. “We share something together with everyone. We shared it all together, and to me, that should be honored. That is the highlight and the thing that we were all able to kinda bond with and create a great, strong relationship with.”

“I don’t have a relationship with Fizz,” Omarion admitted. “I think that there should be [an] opportunity for us to talk one day. I don’t know when that is, but there should be opportunity… Because it’s such a question to people. So, it kinda creates this layer of ‘I don’t know.'” He also said that when B2K was on the Millennium Tour, Fizz and Apryl were dating.

According to Omarion, neither Fizz nor Apryl told him about their relationship. “A birdy just kinda floated the info to me and that was kinda it,” he said. “I wanna be clear though, what me and Apryl had is what me and Apryl had. We created something really beautiful and we gave something truly beautiful to each other that’s really irreplaceable. So, at the end of the day, even though I have public issues, I wish no ill intent or malice towards anyone.”

He added that people expect him to feel or act a certain way because they’re projecting how they would handle the situation. “Especially because people assume that nothing is being done,” he said with a smile. Watch the clip of his interview below.

He may have millions of followers of his own, but that doesn’t mean that Russ still doesn’t have artists that he stans over. The Shake The Snow Globe artist and author has been building his fanbase from the ground up as he carves out his own space in the music industry independently. Russ has never been shy about sharing who inspired him to become an artist, and when Big Boy ushered in an opportunity for Russ to meet Kanye West, he couldn’t believe it.

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Russ sat down with Big Boy’s Neighborhood and shared the story of how he met Yeezy. “I didn’t know who you was on the phone with,” Russ said to Big Boy. “You just [handed] me the phone and is just like, ‘You, it’s Ye.’ Like, bro. No heads up? It’s not like it’s my idol or anything.” The rapper said that he was “gassed” by the interaction but “also once again surprised that I was relatively calm. I could have sworn I was gonna f*ck this up.”

Then he shared how Big Boy later told him that he planned on taking Russ to one of Yeezy’s Sunday Services for a face to face meeting. “He was super cool,” Russ recalled. When asked what they talked about, Russ replied, “I just praised him.” In turn, Big Boy wanted to know how Russ handles being “somebody’s Kanye.” 

“It does trip me out because I get the messages all the time where it’s like, what a Kanye or what a Drake has done for me, is what I’m doing for people,” Russ said. “And that’s why I always kinda preach accountability and responsibility for what you’re putting out to the world and the messages you’re putting out. That’s why when it comes down to the self-forgiveness thing that I talk about, I forgive myself because my intentions were always pure and my message was always solid. Even if it came off like ‘f*ck you,’ it was still from a self-belief, DIY, you can do it, too, intention…. the greatest thing you can do is inspire.” Watch Russ’s full interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood below.

Now that the world has received Russ‘s Shake The Snow Globe, the Atlanta-based artist has been making his way through the press circuit to promote his release. The 27-year-old rapper visited Real 92.3’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood to chat about his career and while there, Big Boy presented him with a choice between Eminem and Lil Wayne.

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“If Eminem was in Studio A and Lil Wayne was in Studio B which studio—” Big Boy asked before being quickly interrupted by Russ choosing A. “Eminem is why I started rapping,” Russ revealed. The hosts couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought of the Russ and Eminem exchange. “I told him that when I first met him, too… I know he’s heard that 38 million times.”

Elsewhere, Russ revealed the message behind Shake The Snow Globe. “This whole process and this whole album is about growth and self-forgiveness,” Russ said. “I’m very big on self-forgiveness right now because I look back at 23, 24 and it’s like, yeah, I was goin’ hard. I was headhunting and that’s what I should have been doing. I should be going that hard. So, now that I’ve settled in a little bit, I’m still headhunting but it’s just, it’s less in your face about it. Imma still talk my sh*t and everything but it’s like, I’m more secure with my spot in the game.” Check out his clip below.