She’s kept her fans waiting on pins and needles, but Rihanna is still churning out her forthcoming album. The singer promised that her next project would arrive in 2019, but the year came and went. It’s clear that Rihanna has been juggling multiple businesses and as the popularity of her Fenty brand rises, she’s shifted much of her attention to its continued development.

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Fans have often trolled Rihanna over the album rumored to be titled R9 and the singer has issued more than her fair share of clapbacks when fans cross the line. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight during New York Fashion Week, Rihanna was asked about her next record. “Dot, dot, dot. To be continued,” she told the outlet when asked about the whereabouts of the project. “I like to antagonize my fans a little bit. Well, they antagonize me, too! So, they get it right back.”

On Thursday, RiRi added hype around the conversation once again after she shared a photo to her Instagram Story. It suggests that she’s once against working with The Neptunes and over the photo she wrote, “Gang. Back in the STU.” Of course, that’s a nod to the Jackboys’ “Gang Gang.” She and Pharrell had a massive hit with 2017’s “Lemon,” so fans are excited to hear what they’ve cooked up.

Last Friday (February 7) The Cut asked Rihanna how she planned on spending her Valentine’s Day. “I’m going to be in the studio,” she revealed. “I’m so excited actually. I can’t say who I’m working with, but it’s somebody I’ve been wanting to work with him for a long time.” Are you looking forward to another hit from Rihanna and Pharrell?

Jeannie Mai has been forced to respond to xenophobic insults aimed at her and her boyfriend Jeezy after trolls warned the rapper not to get coronavirus, which began spreading in China, after attending a New York Fashion Week event. Jeannie Mai, whose parents are of Vietnamese and Chinese heritage, addressed the comments on a new episode of The Real, hoping to combat any misinformation about the virus in doing so.

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The daytime talk show host discussed the “hurtful” things that people have been saying to her and Jeezy since they stepped out at NYFW, using the opportunity to also speak on how the virus has brought xenophobia to the forefront nationwide. “I also heard that there are schools that are considering to quarantine Asian kids because they just want to keep it safe,” said Mai. “I just want to say, we know that misinformation coupled with fear leads to xenophobia, right? Xenophobia is a deep-rooted fear against foreigners. So, we just got to do better and know that when it comes to yourself, educate yourself so that you don’t give life to fear.”

Jeannie Mai followed that up by walking into the audience and giving hugs to the women and men who showed out to watch them talk live, attempting to erase any false narrative attached to herself and the virus. 

Watch her full statement below.

Nicki Minaj has officially made her public return, releasing a brand new single last week and stepping out with her husband Kenneth Petty at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2020 show during New York Fashion Week. The rap superstar teased her retirement last year but, clearly, something changed inside of her and she decided that the world needed more of her New York-laced bars. The highly-talented individual dropped “Yikes” and took back her Queen Radio show before bringing her hubby to one of the most exciting NYFW events last night, locking lips in their front-row seats as they considered their next stylistic moves.

Nicki Minaj is certainly a fashionable individual, being spotted numerous times over the years at Fashion Week events. As for her life partner, some would say that Kenny Petty is missing some drip. Meek Mill clowned the man for resembling a Jimmy Jazz mannequin the other day so he might be taking pointers from his wife on how to dress to impress.

Uploading some moments from their time at the Marc Jacobs runway show, Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty clearly enjoyed themselves, kissing in one video shared to Instagram and showing out for the paparazzi in another.

These two form one of hip-hop’s favorite couples of the moment. Do you think Minaj has found herself a keeper?

The rap game has proven to be successful for Dave East, but just in case it doesn’t work out, he always has a career as a fashion model. Hip hop was all over New York Fashion Week as celebrities shared photos of themselves sitting first row at various shows, but Dave East switched things up and took his strut to the runway.

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The Survival rapper was featured in the show for Hakan Akkaya on Tuesday (February 11). “Big Stepper @hakanakkaya,” Dave wrote in a caption of one of his Instagram photos. People couldn’t help but make note of his shoes and threw a few playful verbal jabs his way. He took the jokes in stride. “(The Comments Bout The ? Got Me ?).”

Back in 2017, Tyra Banks told Dave that he should seriously consider a career as a professional model. She shared a picture of the rapper to her Instagram page and asked him why he wasn’t smizing for the cameras. He gave a light-hearted response, but it looks as if she may have planted a seed. Check out a few photos below, as well as a video of Dave in action. We also included Tyra’s three-year-old post for good measure.

Bill Nye has had one of the greatest resurgences into the limelight after taking a nearly two-decade hiatus from educating the youth about science. His new Netflix series, Bill Nye Saves The World, continues to bless viewers with new seasons, he's entered the political realm raising awareness about climate change, he's even educating misinformed personalities in the hip-hop realm. Now, the 64-year-old mechanical engineer might have found a new calling after walking the runway during New York Fashion Week, this past week, as an aspiring model. 

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On Wednesday (Feb. 5), Bill Nye participated in the Blue Jacket Fashion Show at Pier 59 Studios. The television personality modeled a blue floral, tuxedo jacket, designed by Nicholas Graham, black slacks, and leather wingtip dress shoes. Unlike most trained models who are taught to remain expressionless while walking down the runway, the highly-popularized educator decided to take his modeling assignment to the next level and two-step his way down the runway to Lizzo's "Juice" as the show's final presenter. 

Several other celebrities participated in this year's Blue Jacket Fashion Show including former New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, Mario Cantone, CNN's Don Lemon, former New York Giants wideout Victor Cruz, and more.

This particular event holds a special significance to Bill Nye as the fashion celebration benefitted the Prostate Cancer Foundation, an initiative funding research for the cure to prostate cancer. During a recent interview with Addy Medina, the Science Guy revealed that his father fell victim to prostate cancer and expressed how grateful he is to be able to support a good cause stating:

"You can test for this prostate hormone. So I think that we are, and by ‘we’ I mean researchers, are close to solving this problem and so to support this cause is cool."

In 2017, Bill Nye also walked the runway at the Blue Jacket Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week. Check out the footage of the young Science god, f*** it up on the runway to Lizzo's "Juice" in the video provided by Jessica Weiss below. 

Coming off the release of his latest and arguably most introspective project, uknowwhatimsayin? (2019), Danny Brown has earned his right to be considered one of hip-hop's most respected underground kings. Currently on the European leg of his 2019-2020 tour and recently unveiling a blossoming relationship with Rockstar that will immortalize the Detroit emcee forever, Danny Brown was pleasantly surprised to learn that his 2017 single "Ain't It Funny" was used during Christopher John Rogers Fall/Winter 2020 presentation at New York Fashion Week, this past Saturday (Feb. 8). 

The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund-winning designer, Christopher John Rogers presented a total of forty different garments utilizing boisterous silhouettes, iridescent fabrics, and a color-coordinated lineup of models ranging in complexion, wearing natural hairstyles. The packed house was able to consume the designs to a very fitting soundtrack, curated by Skype Williams, which included tracks like FKA Twigs and Dennis Ferrer’s "Hey Hey," Eurythmics’ "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," SBTRKT’s "New Dorp. New York," and more. 

The fashion presentation came to a climax as Danny Brown's "Ain't It Funny" instrumental was played during the show's finale. Christopher John Rogers himself took a moment to capture the models walking the runway in unison to the experimental beat his Instagram account. Yesterday evening, Danny Brown saw the clip on Twitter and simply quote Tweeted the video simply stating, "Ain't It Funny."

Check out the clip of Christopher John Rogers NYFW Fall/Winter 2020 collection featuring Danny Brown's "Ain't It Funny" as well as the "Savage Nomad" rapper's reaction in the videos provided below.

Tinashe has evolved into one of the game’s premier thirst-trappers. Ever since departing from RCA Records and pursuing the independent route to release her excellent new album, Songs For You, Tinashe has been glowing up. She continues to stunt on us with her latest series of Instagram posts. 

The pictures show off the killer outfit she wore to Laquan Smith’s New York Fashion Week show on Saturday (Feb. 8). She poses in a skintight leopard-print bodysuit with a red transparent raincoat draped on top. Sporting long braids, the singer appears to have really been feeling herself. She even captioned one of her posts with a boastful lyric from her song “Link Up”: “Head coach, I might put you on the team.”

Last week, Tinashe announced the dates for her upcoming North American tour, “Tour For You”. 

Tinashe’s Tour For You Dates
April 20 – Detroit, Mich. @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
April 21 – Chicago Ill. @ House of Blues
April 22 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Spirit
April 23 – Silver Spring, Md. @ The Fillmore
April 24 – Boston, Mass. @ Big Night Live
April 25 – Philadelphia Pa. @ TLA
April 27 – New York, N.Y. @ Gramercy Theatre
April 29 – Toronto, O.N. @ Danforth Music Hall
May 9 – Denver Co. @ Summit
May 11 – Houston, Tx. @ House of Blues
May 12 – Dallas Tx. @ House of Blues
May 15 – Phoeniz, Az. @ Crescent Ballroom
May 16 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Belasco
May 17 – San Diego, Calif. @ The Observatory North Park
May 18 – Santa Ana, Calif. @ The Observatory
May 19 – San Francisco, Calif. @ August Hall
May 22 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Commodore Ballroom
May 23 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neptune Theatre

Ms. Ciara is not letting anything stop her from twerking—not even her pregnancy. The singer took the stage at a New York Fashion Week event on Thursday, and took the opportunity to show off her knees of steel and booty-shaking skills. During a mashup of various songs like Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins‘ “Get Low” and Saweetie’s “My Type,” Ciara lined up with her backup dancers before breaking to take center stage. The soon-to-be mama of three then turned around and started twerking as the medley transitioned into her 2004 hit “Goodies.”

Decked out in a black leather outfit, Ciara can still out-twerk most, even with a bun in the oven. This twerk sesh was not the first instance that Ciara has showed off her dance moves since announcing her pregnancy, however. The expectant mother shared a video last week of herself goofing around to Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” at the Super Bowl.

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She and husband, Russell Wilson, announced on January 30th that they were expecting another child. This will be their second child together, following the birth of their daughter, Sienna Princess, in April 2017. Ciara also has a 5-year-old son, Future Zahir, with her ex-fiancé Future.

Fenty officially took over New York Fashion Week on Friday (February 7). Rihanna and her bright orange Fenty drip descended on Bergdorf Goodman for her event where she shared a preview of her upcoming collection during a digital window unveiling. Earlier in the day, RiRi shared a snippet on Instagram with a message for fans in the area. “When y’all was asleep last night, I was out interacting with my @fenty digital windows at Bergdorf Goodman ?!” she wrote in the caption. “If you happen to be in NYC today do a lil drive by before it ends tonight!”

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The pop star-turned-fashion-and-beauty-mogul was all smiles during her event that included a few friends who stopped by to support her. Shade 45 radio host Daniel Jean was able to get a snippet of Rihanna as they sipped on wine and enjoyed the DJ spinning Roddy Ricch‘s hit track “The Box.” In the video, Jean jokingly says, “I think it’s time to tell the world that you’re having my baby.”

Rihanna’s face immediately twists up as she side-eyes him with a smirk. She’s rumored to be newly single so hey, do what you have to do. Meanwhile, fans are still waiting on the singer to drop her next project, and she’s tired of people harassing her about it. Fenty seems to be the priority at the moment, but we’re crossing our fingers that 2020 will be the year that the rumored R9 record hits the streets.

Cardi B and Rah Ali are back to beefing since that fateful New York Fashion Week fight that left a massive knot on Cardi's forehead. Ever since Rah was rumoured to be the culprit that threw hands (and shoes) with Cardi, Star Brim, Cardi's bestie, has been threatening to return the favour to Rah with a proper ass-whooping of her own. Star's most recent invitation to square up came on Instagram last week, after Rah called Star out for hyping up an unfavourable meme of Rah's friend and famous Cardi foe, Nicki Minaj.