Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Soulja Boy is really out here getting his life together. After a recent stint in jail due to a parole violation, SB has reportedly quit drugs, including lean, and has gained a healthy 50 pounds. Reports TMZ : Soulja’s manager, Miami Mike, tells TMZ … the rapper started packing on the pounds after his last arrest, which led to him doing about 3 months in L.A. County Jail earlier this year. Mike says Soulja was only 130 lbs. when he started his sentence, but since then he’s quit drinking and doing drugs of any kind. Most significantly, we’re told he’s cut out lean. We’re told sippin’ on lean almost constantly killed Soulja’s appetite, but now he has a steady and healthy appetite … and he’s able to work out much more. On top of the health benefits, Soulja’s manager says his lifestyle changes have helped the rapper’s bank account … because he used to spend an average of $500 to $800 per day on lean. We’re all for Soulja Boy staying on the straight and narrow and not getting caught up in some dumb ish. Keep up the jokes and viral moments , and the hits, though—just saying. — Photo: Getty
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Well, that didn’t last very long. Today (Sept. 25), recently retired rapper Nicki Minaj announced that she will be dropping a new single, called “Fendi” tonight. Back on September 5, the Queens rapper took to Twitter to announce she was leaving the game to focus on starting a family . Reactions varied from “How could she does this to us?!” (mostly from the Barbz), to shrugs and eyes rolls. Shortly thereafter she took to Twitter to apologize for the abrupt and insensitive tweet , noting that she should have been more sensitive to her fans. But now that’s old news since Minaj took to Instagram to reveals she, along with producer/songwriter Murda Beatz, will be appearing on PnB Rock’s new single “Fendi,” which drops at midnight. Nicki has been co-signing the Fendi brand heavy , so the feature makes sense. As for whether or not she’s still hanging up the mic, we never believed it for a second. View this post on Instagram @pnbrock ft Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz – Midnight TONIGHT #Fendi @fendi A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Sep 25, 2019 at 11:28am PDT
Source: David M. Benett / Getty First came the boyfriend reveal, then the baby announcement & engagement and now Cassie and Alex Fine are husband and wife . The pair got married in a secret ceremony in Malibu on Wednesday (Sept. 25) and the man who officiated their wedding? None other than movie director Peter Berg . The pair have had a whirlwind romance over the past year or so after Cassie split from her longtime partner, Sean “Diddy” Combs. Over the summer, Cassie & Fine announced that they were expecting their first child together and less than a month ago, Fine got down on one knee and proposed. Congrats to the lucky couple!
Source: Fox / Fox Empire returned last night for its sixth and final season. We left off last season with Lucious on the run from the law and apparently because Lee Daniels is dramatic, Lucious didn’t have access to clippers despite the fact that he was shacked up with Damon Cross’ daughter. Oh yes! It’s a lot. Let’s break this down because as usual, there’s a lot going on. Cookie left Lucious, and she has been living her life. She’s on a View -style talk show and living out her dreams beyond Empire. Andre is at the helm of Empire and he is also expecting a baby with his new girlfriend. But it’s not all roses, remember he still has to keep his heart healthy and make sure that his cancer doesn’t come back. That brings us to the moment Cookie and Lucious came face to face for the first time in several months. Lucious managed to sneak into the hospital while Cookie and Andre were waiting for Andre’s doctor. Basically, Lucious and Cookie are back to not getting along but Lucious is on a mission to get some dirt on Damon Cross or Empire and the entire family could be going down again. The feds have been harassing Dre all episode and this will probably be a theme all season. Becky and Giselle are still at Empire working and looking for the next up and coming talent. That hasn’t been going so well for them but they’ve declared that that are #BlackGirlMagic so they’ll get it together eventually. Source: Fox / Fox Finally, the big teaser of the season thus far will be who shot Lucious. The episode began nine months in the future. We see a clean shaven Lucious, the version of Lucious who looks like he’s back in the mix at Empire, getting shot and seemingly dying. But you never know with this show. Anyway, again, whose idea was it to give him that obvious and unnecessarily dramatic dreadlock wig? P.S. In case you’re wondering, they wrote Jamal ( Jussie Smollett ) off the way we knew they would. They said he ran off to London to be with his husband, and that’s that. RELATED POSTS ‘Empire’ Recap: Cookie Breaks Teri’s Big News To Andre Hoping He’ll Fight For His Life ‘Empire’ Recap: It’s Looking Like Andre Is Really Going To Die [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3059704″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty With her spring wedding less than a year away, Taraji P. Henson has her mind set on how she wants her nuptials with fiance Kelvin Hayden to go down. The actress appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote the final season of Empire and share some deets on her big day, which include not having any bridesmaids. When Colbert asked if she’s been enjoying wedding planning activities like sampling cakes, she responded, “I don’t do samples. Don’t send me swatches. I told my wedding planner make it pretty, fun, make sure the food is good and a bomb deejay. No bridal party. I’m not a bridezilla. Please, I just want to say my vows in front of people I love, eat good food and have fun. That’s it!” Sounds like a perfect plan to us. The Golden Globe winner also talked about how she never imagined Empire would have had the impact it has. Now…when it comes to the Oscar-nominee’s wedding dress, she’s got that part almost ready. She’s going with Vera Wang. “Vera Wang is definitely making my dress. The wedding is 4/4/20, I leaked it,” Taraji excitedly told Access Hollywood , adding “We haven’t pinpointed the silhouette yet.” Here’s what we know: Whatever she chooses, she will look fantastic walking down the aisle. RELATED NEWS: Taraji P. Henson Lets Us In On A Little Secret: My Fiancé Wears Magnums Taraji P. Henson Shows Off Her Natural Twist-Out…And We’re Here For It! Taraji P. Henson Will Be Releasing A Hair Line Very Soon [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2933542″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Gotham / Getty No matter what type of skin you have, somewhere along the line you’ve dealt with redness. Maybe from sun exposure or irritation, but we can all agree that it can be a pain to get rid of. And it always seems to come at the worse time from when you have a hot date planned or in Winnie Harlow ‘s case a fashion event to attend. Now, the model is keeping redness to the curb with a non-conventional method that actually works (we are actually quite surprised). In honor of New York Fashion Week , the beauty filmed her makeup routine with Vogue to give fans a glimpse on how the superstar gets ready for a night out. During the video, she shared the tricks she uses on her vitiligo skin patches , including Visine eye drops that she says helps to keep her redness at bay. “They make your eyes really white but they don’t burn like a lot of eyedrops tend to do,” Winnie says while placing Visine drops into the sides of her eyes. “Sometimes too what I like to do is use Visine eye drops on the white parts of my skin to take the redness out.”She then proceeds to rub the drops into the white parts of her skin caused by vitiligo. “I have really bad allergies so I always have Visine on me anyway,” she explains. “I thought if it whitens my eyes, wouldn’t it whiten my skin? And I tried it and it does.” Vitiligo is a skin condition where pigment-producing cells die or stop functioning causing whitish patches to develop on the skin. Millions of people all over the world are living with this condition that affects different areas of the body including skin, hair and the retina. Before applying the Visine to her skin, Winnie first cleansed her skin with a homemade mask consisting of manuka honey, apple cider vinegar and Amazon’s top-selling skincare product, the Aztec Secret Healing Indian Clay. The result, gorgeous glowing skin that we would have never known to have redness. Intrigued? Check out Winnie’s Vogue makeup tutorial below to learn some new tips and tricks! DON’T MISS: Winnie Harlow Traveled To Thailand For Only 36 Hours To Shoot This Elle UK Cover Winnie Harlow Gleams In All White And Stands Proud As The New ‘Me To We’ Ambassador GET THE LOOK: Naomi Campbell, Winnie Harlow, Willow Smith More Were Spotted At The Christian Dior Paris Haute Couture Show [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3058068″ overlay=”true”]
LSMG artist Bla5er just released his cinematic visual for “Slide On Em” produced by J Reid. The video also features Bla5er’s label mate Blo5k Lil A. Bla5er and Blo5k Lil A’s ‘Tha 5’ mixtape released earlier this month and now has over 130,000 streams via MyMixtapez. Bla5er social media: Instagram: @_Bla5er Twitter: @_Bla5er Facebook: TheRealBal5er
For those of you who are not sure the awesome, talented rapper, Rapsody, she is one of the faces of RocNation. Throughout the last seven years, she has dropped three albums; her latest album dropped August 23, 2019, titled ‘Eve’. The album was very sought out. Each song was inspired and named out after some very influential black woman like Michelle Obama, Aaliyah, Serena Williams, Nina Simone and more. She stressed the importance of how we need to learn more about these powerful black women and what they embody; if fans aren’t already informed on. Some of the people she sampled are legendary artists like the late Nina Simone and Phil Collins. The highly anticipated album can be streamed on Spotify, AppleMusic and Tidal. View this post on Instagram EVE the album out next Friday! AUG 23RD! VINYL + more is available for purchase NOW ! Link in bio | creative by @bchordial A post shared by RAPSODY (@rapsody) on Aug 16, 2019 at 11:43am PDT We discussed her come up in the rapping industry, she got into the rap game further along in college. She talked about looking up to MC Lyte and black girl magic. Queen Latifah and Rapsody were chopping it up over the projects she was creating. When expressing the love and admiration for Latifah, she also went into stating how she was open to taking constructive criticism because no matter where you’re at it’s important to learn.
Source: Noel Vasquez / Getty Earlier this month we reported that Empire actor Terrence Howard announced that he would be done acting following the conclusion of this season of filming. He was asked about decision on before the Emmy’s this past Sunday. His answer was very… bizarre. Terrence Howard explaining why he left Empire is the funniest thing you’d see today. Lmaooo pic.twitter.com/OeTHSZn1Rz — JAGS (@EtniesJags) September 24, 2019 “I’ve spent 37 years pretending to be people, so that people can pretend to watch and enjoy what I’m doing. I made some discoveries in my own personal life with the science that Pythagorus was searching for I was able to open up the flower of life properly and find the real wave conjugations that we have been looking for 10,000 years. Why would I continue to walk on water for tips when I’ve got an entire generation to teach a whole new world.” It appears that Terrence Howard believes he has found a greater purpose in life than just acting. Howard continued to talk about frequencies and wavelengths in life that make things make more sense. “All energy in the universe is expressed in motion, all motion is expressed in waves, all waves are curves so where do the straight lines, so when I took the flower of life and opened it properly I found a whole new wave conjugation that exposed space.” The second part of that answer really leaves more questions than it answers. But Howard seems pretty set on being done with acting, and appears to be moving into conspiracy theory territory. Nonetheless, I wish Terrance Howard prosperity in his life after acting. The new season of Empire premiered last night and will come on Tuesday night’s on FOX.
Nicole Murphy , 51, appeared on The Wendy Williams Show today to tell her story behind the smooch that ran Lela Rochon off the internet temporarily. As far as her having a full-on affair, Murphy says “trust me, I wish it didn’t happen. It was a moment where I should’ve thought more through the situation. Make better judgments. It’s something I apologized for.” SEE ALSO: Nicole Murphy Caught Lip-Locking With Lela Rochon’s Husband Antoine Fuqua [PHOTOS] A lot of people had the impression that Murphy was a friend of Lela’s according to a statement released on her behalf and she clarified that that was a lie. “I did not put out that statement,” she revealed. “I did not release that statement, Wendy.” Nicole still seems embarrassed over the incident but she pulled it together to look into the camera and apologize to Lela publicly. SEE ALSO: LisaRaye Goes Off On Nicole Murphy: “I Don’t Know If She’s A Home Wrecker, But She Is Wrecking It” [VIDEO] Hit play to hear it. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Basketball Star Andre Emmett Shot & Killed Man Drowns While Proposing To His Girlfriend Underwater [VIDEO] D.L. Hughley’s Daughter Ryan Gets Married! [WEDDING PHOTOS] Follow @TheRSMS
