Da Brat has been a hip-hop icon for decades now, initially rising to prominence as an integral part of the So-So Def movement. With four studio albums under her belt, including the 2000 fan-favorite Undisputed, Brat has continuously held it down well beyond her musical career. Earlier this year, the Growing Up Hip-Hop Atlanta star took a moment to come out in an emotional Instagram post, announcing her relationship with Kaleidoscope Hair Products CEO Jesseca Dupart. Now, Da Brat has connected with Variety for the Pride Issue, where she opened up about her decision. 

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“I’ve always felt like being private is the better way to go, because then you don’t have so many people in your business,” Brat explained, speaking with Variety. “I was fine staying quiet, but my partner is a social media mogul — that’s how she became who she is. And when you get with somebody, you have to meet in the middle. So to me, the middle was just letting everybody know: ‘Hey, she’s the one’.” Brat also explained how the decision to make the announcement was spontaneous, a simple celebration of love. 

“Jesseca was showing me some pictures and we were going back and forth, joking ‘I’ll post it,’ ‘No, I’ll post it.’ So when she did, I was like, ‘Oh sh–! I just came out after 20-something years!’ But it feels good to share with the world when you’re happy,” continues Brat, who remembers when people weren’t so accepting within the industry. ““I was always told you want to be fuckable to men and women to sell records — you don’t want anybody to discriminate. It was absolutely my decision. I mean, you saw what happened to people like Ellen: Remember when she lost her TV show, and all these horrible things were happening? People were totally against it.”

Check out the entire Variety interview right here, and show some love for Da Brat for keeping true to herself. 

Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign has come a long way in a short amount of time. The rising star has become one of the hottest artists in his city, dropping his new project 800 B.C. and earning lots of fan praise for it. Not so long ago, he was racking his brain, trying to figure out how to reach the level he's at now. At the time, he was living in a homeless shelter with his pregnant girlfriend and, when he posted a picture of them then and now on Twitter, he likely didn't expect to get destroyed in the comments.

"Ladies.. Stay down w yah man, Yu neva know," he wrote. "& we was livin inna shelter in dat first pic."

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Jamira “Cuban Link” Haines have been together for approximately one year and, at this point in their relationship, there is not much semblance of privacy for either of them. With the quarantine keeping them both home full-time, they could easily be starting to grow tired of each other. Thankfully, it doesn’t look like that’s the case.

This week, Cuban Link shared a new video with her boyfriend 50 Cent, attempting to catch him slippin’. Without the ability to mess around with side pieces due to the coronavirus, Fif could have resorted to fielding direct messages from potential thotties. As Cuban Link discovered though, that also doesn’t seem to be in Fiddy’s plans.

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During a cuddle session on the couch, the rapper pulled out his phone and started scrolling. Naturally, Cuban found herself getting curious and she decided to see what he was up to. She did so in a secretive manner though.

“Oh nothing, just checking,” she wrote, sharing a video where she zooms into 50 Cent’s phone in selfie mode, checking in on his social activity. She went on to tag “#wephone” at the bottom, reminding her man that there will be no secrets in their relationships. His phone is not off-limits to her.

Watch the funny video below. 50 Cent can breathe a big sigh of relief now.

During a podcast appearance with Gillie Da Kid, former NFL player Tony "The Closer" Robinson made a shocking revelation about Meek Mill.

According to him, he noticed his girlfriend was sending nudes to a rapper with a Philadelphia number and, upon further inspection, he realized that she was messing around with the hottest force in the city. He's not even ashamed though.

"I'm looking at my shorty posting and sending nudes and all of that. Then I see something that really threw me off, it was like a Philly number," Robinson said before suggesting that she was texting a rapper. "The n***a's shit hot, his shit blazing. You can do some deductive reasoning and figure it out, hottest n***a in Philly."

After Gillie Da Kid was awestruck at the revelation, he guessed the correct name before Robinson confirmed.

"Meek [Mill] fucked my bitch," he said, defeated.

The rapper caught wind of the comments before racking his brain to try and figure out who Robinson's girl is, failing to remember her.

"Who is bull girl?" asked Meek on Twitter. The comments are filled with reaction clips from the podcast.

50 Cent and his girlfriend Jamira “Cuban Link” Haines are still going strong. 

The couple has been together since last year, making their red carpet debut at the Power season premiere at Madison Square Garden. She was also by his side when he accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame several months ago. The two are seemingly very much in love, but they keep their relationship semi-private. 

Although Haines has popped up a few times on 50 Cent’s social media pages, it’s mostly only when he decides to troll the aspiring lawyer. She also keeps their couple pictures to a minimum. This morning, Haines chose to let the people in on their life by sharing a new picture of themselves, confirming that they are quarantining together.

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Cuban Link cuddled up to her entrepreneur boyfriend in the picture, which did not include a caption. She posted it on Instagram Stories before it was picked up by The Shade Room and other outlets.

Considering the fact that they’ve nearly been together for a year, do you think that they’ve found true love? Or will Jamira Haines owe 50 Cent some money when this is all said and done?

Take a look at the new picture below.

Tristan “Mack” Wilds revealed to the world last week that he and his girlfriend, Christina Hammond, had officially welcomed their first child together, after announcing that they were expecting back in December. Last Thursday (April 30th), Mack shared a photo of a tiny fist wrapped around his thumb over top of a guitar, with the caption, “…My greatest creation was you… You. Glory.”

He and Christina shared few details at the time, but on Wednesday (May 6th), the couple officially introduced their daughter, Tristyn Naomi Wilds,  ESSENCE Magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. “It brings Christina and I great joy to introduce our daughter to the world the historic 50th Anniversary issue of the iconic publication, ESSENCE Magazine,” Mack wrote on a post featuring beautiful photos of the new family from their ESSENCE photo shoot.

“Today, our daughter joins the legacy of icons who have graced these pages,” he continued. “Get ready to show the world your light… my love, Tristyn Naomi Wilds.⁣”

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It was revealed late last year that the happy couple would be welcoming their first child together, after what Mack had been in “a really dark place.” Last June, the singer-actor was arrested for driving with a suspended license, and while he managed to resolve the issue by paying all his fines, it was reflective of his struggles at the time. “I told God I needed a light,” he said while announcing Christina’s pregnancy. “I needed a sign that I was supposed to be here, and that my presence here on earth was needed…Heard ju, God.” Tristan addressed that time in his life further in their ESSENCE feature, noting that finding out he was going to become a father “just made me feel like I had to be a lot stronger. I had a lot of growing up and strengthening to do to be ready to take care of this little one.” Congrats to these two on their little bundle of joy!

Meek Mill and Milan Harris will be welcoming their first child together soon, but Meek's a bit concerned that his 420-friendly lifestyle might interfere with the impending birth. The designer announced her pregnancy during her fashion show back in December, and based on some digging, she seems to have already been about 12 weeks pregnant at that point. While it's unclear exactly how far along she currently is, it looks like Meek is preparing himself for when the time comes by imaging with the worst-case hypothetical scenarios. The rapper took to Twitter on Friday to, as he's been known to often do, share his anxious thoughts with his followers about the ultimate moment his baby is born, for which he hopes he won't be high as a kite.

Former Disney Channel star Orlando Brown has been open about his struggles with his mental health in the past and it’s apparent that he has hit another rough patch in his recovery. The actor needs help, which is evidenced by a new video of him allegedly verbally berating his girlfriend in the car and threatening to slash her neck.

Whenever you see Orlando Brown’s name in the news, it’s usually never for anything positive, which is honestly saddening. The man once had a promising career in the entertainment business but his mental health took a backseat for many years, leading to this sort of behavior from him.

As reported by MTO News, the former child star is in an alleged new video yelling at his girlfriend and making several threats against her life.

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“Stop playing, n***a! Before I slash your fucking neck, n***a,” screams Brown, filming his girlfriend as she drives. She attempts to de-escalate the situation by placing her hand on his thigh to calm him down but that only made things worse.

“Now you wanna touch on me, n***a? Bitch, shut up before I knock you the fuck out,” he says. 

In the video, the woman is silent the entire way, showing very little emotion throughout the shouting match. The video is below, where you can see it all go down.

Somebody get this man some help.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s girlfriend Jade has been busy reminding everybody of her allegiance to the rapper this week, proving to be the definition of a ride or die by dyeing her in rainbow colors, just like him. She’s seemingly fighting his battles for him as well, sending shots at Don Q last night. With 6ix9ine promising to lay low on the trolling scene, his girlfriend is able to snap at anybody who chooses to hate on her rapper boyfriend.

In addition to all the drama she’s threatening, Jade also showed off her curves on the ‘gram, admitting to a couple of things and possibly debuting a new surgical procedure.

“I used to photoshop my butt but now that u home this shit really like this,” wrote the former strip club dancer on Instagram.

It’s pretty bold of her to reveal that she used to edit her photos to make her booty pop but some people are making assumptions based on the second part of the caption.

What exactly does she mean when she says that, since 6ix9ine got home, she no longer has to use Photoshop on her behind? While this is purely speculation, it’s possible that the rapper paid for her to have surgery on her butt to make it a little juicier. After all, he seemingly has had no problem throwing cash around, as it was reported he’s already parted ways with millions of dollars in cars and jewelry.

What do you think?

With Tekashi 6ix9ine officially out of prison, we’ve got to say we’re surprised at how he’s been able to stay away from social media trolling. The rapper has been out for weeks and, compared to his behavior before getting locked up, 6ix9ine is spending much less time instigating on the internet. He has come out of hiding a couple of times but still, nothing has been too controversial. 

During his stint in prison, one of his loudest supporters was his girlfriend Jade, who had only been with him for just over a week prior to his arrest. Still, she went to bat for him and wrote letters to the judge requesting his release, which was eventually granted because of COVID-19.

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While he was locked up, the former strip club dancer explored different hairstyles, straying away from the rainbow tresses that she wore to match her boyfriend. Now that he’s out though, Jade is back to repping her 6ix9ine love everywhere she goes — basically from the kitchen to the living room, since we can’t really go anywhere — getting rainbow colors in her hair once more.

“I let this n***a fuck my life up,” wrote Jade on Instagram, presumably speaking about 6ix9ine. In the video, she shows off her brand new hairstyle and offers a glimpse at her 69 shoulder tattoo, which is mostly covered by her shirt.

Do you think she looks good?