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Damar Jackson Drops Visuals For His Latest Single Featuring Gucci Mane “Retawded” [VIDEO]

Damar Jackson Drops New Video Featuring Gucci Mane Damar Jackson’s latest visual off his album “Unfaithful Deluxe” features Zone 6’s own, Gucci Mane. The song is called “Retawded” but Jackson explains why he chose to use the term despite it being on the controversial side. “Retawded is something that’s big in our culture in Louisiana,” Damar said. ” We use this term in a good way and soon as I heard the beat I knew I was going go crazy. This song touches a lot of people in every city and small town because we all have a Martin Luther King street around the world. And as far as the south, we all know about Circle K. This is the song of the summer with the tempo and bounce. Me and Gucci chopped it up and he knew, as soon as he heard it, that it was a hit. I respect him for rocking wit me and recognizing my art. This is just the beginning of me becoming the new face of RnB.” The “Retwawded” video dropped Thursday, June 7th and already hit nearly well over a million views! This record has been taking over the clubs and hitting mainstream stations all over. Follow Damar on Twitter @damarjackson

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Issa Rae Says Season 3 Of ‘Insecure’ Will Be All About ‘Adulting’ & ‘Toxic Black Masculinity’

WENN.com   Issa Rae Speaks On The Next Season Of Insecure The upcoming season of HBO’s Insecure will be on our television screens in just a couple months, and luckily for us, creator and star Issa Rae is giving us some inside scoop as to what fans can expect from the series in the coming episodes. Rae spoke with  The Hollywood Reporter   about her popular show, and how difficult it is to be both the star and the driving force of the production. She went in on that dynamic explaining: “As a creator, you think you’re just going to create, but there are so many moving parts and so many business aspects. So having to be business-minded while trying to be creative and not care what is going to sell is a lot. Sometimes I want to be in actor mode, not producer mode, or vice versa.” The Insecure star then goes on to talk about what themes are going to make their way into season 3 of the series, highlighting masculinity and adulthood. Rae explained, “I love Black masculinity as it relates to Black women,” she said. “I think that’s something interesting that we haven’t gotten a chance to explore yet — and specifically toxic male Black masculinity as it relates to black women. I’m trying to find a way to explore that and get a rounded storyline that isn’t preachy.” She continued on saying, “This season is about adulting in a new way. I think we’ve watched our characters really fumble and f–k up — and in some ways in your 20s you are allowed that — but this season  is about  not acting like you’re naive anymore or that you don’t know better. So it is about, what does it look like to know better and to do better?” The characters on Insecure could definitely use a lot of knowing and doing better, so this will be an interesting change to the show. We’ll see just how much growing up they’ve done when the series returns on August 12.

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Twitter Reacts To Kanye West & Kid Cudi LP ‘Kids See Ghosts’

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#ClawsUp: Niecy Nash Makes Surprise Appearance At TNT’s ‘Claws’ NYC Pop Up Manicure Salon

TNT’s “Claws” Kicks Off Pop Up Manicure Salon Today, TNT’s CLAWS kicked-off their #ClawsUp Tour in Herald Square, New York with a surprise appearance by the star herself, Niecy Nash . Media, Influencers and Consumers stopped by the #ClawsUp pop-up manicure salon truck and were treated to nail designs by influencer nail stylist, Lady Fancy Nails with nail polish sponsored by Floss Gloss. In addition, throughout the day, there were empowering “Lady Boss” Panels moderated by The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee and TheYBF’s Natasha Eubanks, featuring women who have made major moves while building their companies. Season Two of CLAWS premieres Sunday, June 10 at 9/8c on TNT. Peep more pics below Getty Images for TNT

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Will You Be Watching? Peep The Trailer For New Lady Gaga Remake Of “A Star Is Born” [Video]

A new twist on this ’70’s classic. Do you think Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga can pull this one off? Getty/YouTube

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Sheryl Underwood Sympathizes With Kate Spade’s Daughter, Shares Her Own Experience With Suicide On “The Talk” [Video]

On today’s episode of “The Talk,” Sheryl opened up about her husband’s 1993 suicide, only three years into their marriage, and how the contents of the note he left behind still affect her to this day. Getty/YouTube

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Sheryl Underwood Sympathizes With Kate Spade’s Daughter, Shares Her Own Experience With Suicide On “The Talk” [Video]

On today’s episode of “The Talk,” Sheryl opened up about her husband’s 1993 suicide, only three years into their marriage, and how the contents of the note he left behind still affect her to this day. Getty/YouTube

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Tyrese Petitions For Full Custody Of His Daughter Shayla To Move Her To Atlanta Full Time

Tyrese Petitions For Full Custody Of His Daughter Remember when Tyrese “just wanted his baby” during court proceedings, yet skipped out on multiple scheduled visits with her to jetset overseas with his new wife? Well, the dust settled on that situation, Tyrese got his formal visitation schedule back on track . But the actor has decided that’s simply not enough for him. According to TMZ , Tyrese now claims that his ex wife Norma is marginalizing his time with their 10 year old daughter Shayla and wants to take custody of her full time — moving her away from her mother and across the country from LA to ATL. Tyrese says his 23,000 square foot home in an “affluent and safe” neighborhood will be a better environment for Shayla . He says she’ll be away from the paparazzi, enrolled in a top-notch private school, and already has established friendships with other kids in the neighborhood. Ty’s decision was allegedly prompted by his perception that he’s being cut out of his daughter’s life, despite having 50/50 custody. He says on two occasions in the past year his daughter was sick, and Norma only called him for insurance information, not to update him on her status or diagnosis. We’re not sure that that warrants taking the child AWAY from her mother altogether, but we suppose that’s for a judge to decide. Do YOU think Tyrese should take full custody of his little girl? WENN

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Ice Cube Declares It’s Over For Drake After Pusha T Beef – “He Had A Good Run” [Video]

Ice Cube has been a little…removed from the Hip-Hop scene since springboarding his movie stardom , but he’s still a fixture of classic Hip Hop and an OG. He says Drake’s career is all but over after this loss in the Pusha T battle . Meanwhile, his song Nice For What remains at #1 for the sixth week in a row, tying him in a record with Michael Jackson, so…it doesn’t seem as if his sales or popularity are dipping much, though his street cred may be dead and gone forever. Do you think he has a point? WENN/YouTube

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Woe Is Me: Terry Crews Speech On Saving Mom From Father’s Physical Abuse [Video]

(WENN) Personally, we like Terry Crews but he seems to be having a party…

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