Is it safe to call Khia the queen of shade? For the last several months, she has come after Trina, Bobby Lytes, and tons of others in her own unique fashion. Her charisma and nerve tell the entire story as she captivates her audience with unique disses and reads that always seem to end up in the headlines.
As she takes a short break from Trina, Khia found herself dragging Nicki Minaj for her collaboration with Tekashi 6ix9ine before one post caught fans off-guard.
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All week long, B. Simone has been taking heat for claiming that she would never date a man who works a 9-5 job. An office job is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, Tory Lanez reminded her that some people who work regular careers make more money than artists and entertainers. After the fiasco, Khia came for B. Simone and warned her that more was coming.
"Y’all Been Sending This Whoraaaa In To The Docket," wrote the artist on Twitter, posting a picture of B. Simone and referring to the drama on social media. "Yall Know I Have A Few Encouraging Words For Bum Simone. Girullll."
She kept it at that for the night but we wouldn't be surprised to see an entire video series devoted to B. Simone at this point. Khia is beyond petty and she has nothing to lose.
Nicki Minaj Fans Think Meek Mill Is Shading Her Again
Meek Mill tweeted that he's ashamed of some of his former girlfriends and, of course, Nicki Minaj fans think he's speaking about her.
It doesn't matter what Meek Mill is talking about, Nicki Minaj fans will always find a way to implicate the Queen.
Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj broke up years ago but, in recent months, their feud was restored with a series of hateful tweets being thrown in both directions. Insults were aplenty during their short-lived beef reenactment and now, the Barbz are under the impression that Meek is coming for their lord and savior again.
Admitting that he's ashamed of some of his past romantic partners, the rapper's comments blew up with Nicki fans requesting some peace on this fine Wednesday.
"Every n***a got a few ugly bodies he ashamed of," retweeted Meek Mill, adding that he's even got some bad girls that he regrets ever getting with. Now, it's possible that he is actually sending some slight shade at Nicki Minaj. However, he could honestly be speaking about anybody.
"The one that gave you your career?" asked one Nicki stan in his replies. "Stop talking about Nicki, you know you miss that girl. Everybody was clowning her for dating you," said another.
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The 32-year-old has dated several women not named Nicki Minaj that he could be ashamed of. Long story short, not everything is about the Queen.
Let this man live.
3LW’s Kiely Williams & Destiny’s Child’s Farrah Franklin Go Off In Old Footage
Former 3LW member, Kiely Williams, and former Destiny’s Child member, Farrah Franklin, were at each others throats in this viral clip that just resurfaced.
The battle of the girl groups was hot back in the day, only further proven by this old footage of Kiely Williams and Farrah Franklin attempting to one-up each other’s credentials. Ever since she dredged up some past drama with her former fellow Cheetah Girl and 3LW member, Adrienne Houghton (née Bailon) over IG live this week, Kiely has been making headlines for the first time in many years.
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This resurfaced girl group drama no doubt had the Internet fishing for tangible evidence of the former besties’ feud, which lead someone to come across some throwback footage of Kiely and a (shortly-lived) member of Destiny’s Child, Farrah Franklin, going head-to-head in the most catty, passive-aggressive fight over each other’s career accolades.
Their exchange appears to have taken place on some kind of series that never made it to air, and it’s a shame, because it’s comedy gold. Kiely starts throwing shade in the clip by pointing out, “I’ve been in two multi-platinum, successful groups and they weren’t disbanded.” Farrah fires back with, “And I’ve been in the biggest one and they’re still together.” However, Kiely makes a very important distinction that, “I know, but you weren’t in it,” referring to when Farrah got kicked out of Destiny’s Child early on in the group’s career. “I was in it,” Farrah insists. “I sold 19 million albums on ‘Say My Name.'” Kiely goes on to imply that it wasn’t exactly Farrah’s vocals that led to that record’s success. “I know but did you—” she says.
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“Did I what? Ask.” Farrah says. “Did you s—” Kiely trails off. “Absolutely, I did sing.” The footage then cuts to Farrah attempting to prove that she did, in fact, sing in the group, by belting out the hook of “Say My Name.” This viral back-and-forth has the Internet going crazy, with everyone wishing we could see more of this lost series.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Appears To Send Shade At Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan was recently crowned the best college basketball player of all time and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar seemed amused.
Michael Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player in NBA history. However, he wasn't even the first overall pick in his draft year as some felt there were other players who were better than him. In fact, some felt like he wasn't even the best player on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Regardless, SportsCenter recently held a bracket in which they looked to see who was the best college player of all time. Somehow, Jordan ended up winning which was a surprise to numerous basketball fans.
Many said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should have won considering everything he did in college. The NBA legend seemed to agree as he took to Twitter with one phrase, "LMAO." As you will see from the tweet, there is no context as to why he is saying this but when you consider the timing, it is pretty clear that he is referencing the slight he received in the recent bracket.
We're sure Abdul-Jabbar has no ill will towards Jordan and that he is simply commenting on the results as opposed to the player himself. Abdul-Jabbar is well-aware of everything he accomplished and at this stage of his life, he would probably like to be recognized for his contributions.
Needless to say, it's clear the results of this bracket are dubious, at best.
Babyface Throws Shade At R. Kelly On Stage
R. Kelly becomes the punchline of Babyface’s story of his fifth-grade teacher.
The music industry continues to shun R. Kelly as his legal issues regarding sex crimes pile up. The singer is still behind bars with his trial date postponed to later this year. People have distanced themselves from him in recent times specifically and his name continues to serve a punchline to many jokes. Babyface, for instance, was on stage recently when he recounted a crush he had on his fifth-grade teacher.
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“Fifth grade. That was the one. Could’ve changed my life. I don’t know if I’d eveb=n be standing here today if that hadn’t happened. You know what her name was? Mrs. Potter. That’s right, my fifth grade teacher,” he began. “I had a thing for her but to be honest, I kind of think she had a thing for me.” He explained how she’d give him extra credit even though he didn’t do anything to deserve it.
“If that was today, you’d get hooked up,” he added as he alluded to a thrusting motion. “If that had happened back then, I’d be a whole different kind of songwriter. Don’t you think?” He asked the crowd. “I mean, I don’t know. I might write songs like R. Kelly or something.”
Peep the entire clip below.
Halle Berry Disses Distant Relative Sarah Palin
Halle Berry dissed her distant relative, politician Sarah Palin, on a viral Twitter thread, clarifying that the former VP candidate "ain't invited to the cookout."
Halle Berry has a very surprising distant relative in her family tree, but let her be clear, former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is NOT invited to the cookout. Halle threw some shade Ms. Palin's way on Friday Twitter, after the Daily Blast Live tweeted the little known fact about her family tree as part of a thread on celebrities who are surprisingly related. Among the herd are Hillary Clinton and Madonna, best buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, Kerry Washington and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and lookalikes Sen. Bernie Sanders and Larry David, who actually plays the Democratic presidential candidate on SNL.
The thread noted Halle and Sarah's relation in a tweet that reads, "This pair shares roots that may seem like they're from different trees, but @halleberry and former VP candidate @SarahPalinUSA are distant relatives -- though the actual connection is unclear." Halle saw the mention of her and the unwelcome member of her bloodline, and decided to respond in the most hilarious way possible.
"She may be on the tree but she ‘AINT invited to the cookout," Halle responded, making her feelings toward the conservative politician very clear. The actress has never denied their relation, however, and even addressed their ties back in 2012 during a promotional tour for Cloud Atlas. "You want to know who I'm related to?" she asked in an interview. "Sarah Palin."
"No!" interviewer Jerry Penacoli, exclaimed. "That's what I said! 'NOOOOO!'" Berry shouted while laughing. When her co-star, Tom Hanks, asks, "is it a DNA thing?" she replies, "some twisted way...somebody sent me this information that she was my distant [relative]."
Mariah Carey Comes For The Grammys Neck With Shady Tweet
Mariah Carey isn't a fan of the Recording Academy.
Mariah Carey took some time to throw some subtle shade at The Grammys and the Recording Academy in a recent Tweet. Earlier this week, Mariah Carey posted a video of her daughter attempting to jokingly perform the #highnotechallenge which revealed that is none other than the "A No No" singer behind her daughter's impressive performance. With the clip going viral, one Tweeter responded to the video writing, "Mariah Carey is always dressed like she’s accepting a Grammy and I love it,” which prompted Carey to get in Twitter fingers mode and take shots at music industry gatekeepers.
Mariah Carey took her Twitter account to respond to the popular response Quote Tweeting it with a shrewd response, writing: "If only they felt the same way lol." As of today, Mariah Carey is a five-time Grammy Award winner and 33-time Grammy nominee. 2006 was her most successful year as a Grammy-nominated artist, as she nominated for a total of eight Grammy's including Album of the Year for The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) and Song of The Year and Record of The Year for "We Belong Together." That year she won honors for Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best Contemporary R&B Album of The Year.
This isn't the first time that Mariah Carey has thrown shade at the Recording Academy. In a 2018 interview with V Magazine, Mariah Carey discussed her disdain for the Grammys stating:
"In the music business, if you care about the Grammys and submitting your stuff before a certain time frame, you want a single out in the summer, and then you want to have your record [out] before the Grammys (consideration) deadline, which has changed. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn."
She then went to claim that the Recording Academy didn't want to be biassed towards popular artists during the beginning stages of her career as she continued:
"I mean, I have five Grammys. That’s cute. There (are) people that have been doing this half the time that have twice as many (Grammys). I won two Grammys the first year I started, but after that, (the Grammys) are like, ‘We don’t go with the people that are selling a lot of records and are popular; we’re gonna go the opposite way.’ So I got screwed out of certain years. I wasn’t bitter about it. I was just like, okay, well, I guess I’m not standing here barefoot onstage singing and trying to go a certain way. I’m just me."
While Mariah Carey might not be receiving as many accolades from the Grammys as she would like there are still many committees and boards that are singing her praises. The 49-year-old legendary songstress is one of this year's Songwriter Hall of Fame inductees, she's the first modern-day artist to have four number-one singles across four decades, she's been immortalized with one of the most popular holiday songs of all-time, and currently has one of better Las Vegas residency shows on The Strip.
Check out Mariah Carey's cryptic shot at the Grammys in the Tweet provided below.
Ari Fletcher Addresses Moneybagg Yo Shade
Ari Fletcher declares that her and Moneybagg Yo's relationship is their business, after leaving a snide comment on his "pennies and dimes" Instagram post.
Ari Fletcher is telling everyone to stay out of her relationship with Moneybagg Yo, after leaving a sour comment on his recent Instagram post where he compared "dimes" and "pennies." On the post in question, Moneybagg inquired his followers about whether they prefer women who are considered "dimes" or "pennies." He elaborates, noting that while a dime "can be bad asf," they can also give you a headache, come with so many problems, and want you to keep them polished up, whereas a penny may be "basic," but she'll be loyal, treat you like a king, and do everything you ask. The caption seemed to be all in good fun as a promotional tactic for his single "1 2 3" with Blac Youngsta, in which the two rappers delve into the same debate. However, Moneybagg's girl, Ari, was not impressed, telling him to "go back to your pennies."
Of course the comment drew attention, as folks speculated whether Ari had just dumped Moneybagg right then and there. However, Ari took to Twitter to send a message to all the curious observers who feel the need to insert themselves into her and Moneybagg's business.
"Me and Mario best friends and are in a happy place," Ari wrote, referring to Moneybagg by his real name. "Our relationship is beyond this social media sh*t. Whatever I say to him or he says to me is our business. We play, talk sh*t, do and say whatever because that’s how we is. He know my heart is pure, that’s all that matters." Looks like her comment wasn't all that serious after all.
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Nicki Minaj "Queen Radio" May Have Thrown Shade At Meek Mill
Nicki Minaj kept today’s episode of “Queen Radio” drama-free aside from sending one cryptic message.
Yesterday, Nicki Minaj announced that her Beats 1 show, “Queen Radio”, would be making its return on Monday with its first episode of 2020. She detailed that the show would be airing live from New York and would feature special guest interviews. At the end of her Instagram caption announcement, she ominously wrote, “YES, WE WILL GET INTO SOME THANGZ.” This phrase is ominous given the history of “Queen Radio” and given the past week of Nicki’s life. The rapper’s irregular radio show has largely served as a platform for her to start beef, comment on beef or end beef. Last Wednesday, Nicki came for Meek Mill after he liked a photo that mocked her husband, Kenneth Petty. The exes ended up going back-and-forth on Twitter, launching disturbing accusations at one another. Nicki alleged that Meek beat her while they were dating. In return, Meek claimed Nicki paid her brother’s legal fees despite knowing that he was guilty of molesting his step-daughter. Despite later expressing regret for engaging in this online dispute, Nicki rehashed it on “Queen Radio”, although in a very mild way.
Today’s episode was primarily about Nicki’s fans. She phoned Barbz around the world and let them ask questions in exchange for giveaways. “This is the reason why I switched up my show today,” Nicki said, presumably referring to how she kept things non-scandalous. “I just love my fans so much.” However, shortly after pointing out how wholesome the episode was, Nicki may have sent some subtle shade in Meek’s direction.
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She specifically requested for her DJ to run back the beginning of her verse on her 2018 song, “Chun Swae.” She would not proceed with the show until he replayed the following bars: “Yo, I’m me, I’m Barbie drippin’ / DB9, Barbie whippin’ / If he say he don’t want me back, he be lyin’.” It’s the third line that draws attention. When Nicki was clowning Meek the other day, she wrote about him in an Instagram story, “Trigger fingers turn to #TwitterFingers bad built face ass obsessed with the Queen.” Amid this beef, Meek officially revealed that he’s dating fashion designer Milan Harris, who is also pregnant with his child. Regardless, Nicki seems to be insinuating that Meek is still not over her.
Wendy Williams Comes For Nicki Minaj Again
Wendy Williams jokes that Nicki Minaj must be rushing to get pregnant after the birth of Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena's child.
Nicki Minaj has enough on her plate to deal with today, being entangled in a nasty back-and-forth with her ex Meek Mill, but she also has shots flying in from another direction. One of Nicki's arch nemeses, Wendy Williams, brought the rapper's name up during Wednesday's episode of her talk show and it was not in a flattering manner.
Nicki's former manager and longtime boyfriend, Safaree Samuels, just welcomed his first child with wife, Erica Mena, and Wendy joked that this news must have childless Nicki feeling competitive. “Nicki Minaj is probably some place trying to one up them by getting pregnant as I speak,” the 55-year-old host said. The audience reacted to this comment with ooh-ing, likely knowing the messy history between Wendy and Nicki and anticipating the can of worms that the former just opened up.
Wendy then took things a step further with one final jab. “Nicki is married to a man named Kenneth Petty, which makes Nicki, Mrs. Petty," she said as if it were merely a matter-of-fact statement. She feigned innocence by adding, “What? That’s all.”
Nicki's last dispute with Wendy concerned her bringing up Petty's past troubles with the law on her show. When this occurred, Nicki claimed she had "no choice" but to drag Wendy. We'll have to wait and see whether this will be the case again.