If there’s one thing Joe Budden isn’t short on , it’s opinions. Between his podcast and his State of the Culture show , it seems there’s no topic unturned when it comes to sharing his thoughts and assessments. On his latest segment, Joe ranks the clout levels of different topics on a scale of 1-9, gauging just how much clout they hold in the culture — or in life in general — today. Do you agree with Joe’s hot takes on these topics? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images/YouTube
Not sure where the new music is that Desiigner claimed he’d be dropping in the Summer, but the “Panda” rapper is making headlines more these days for his personal drama than his music. On Monday night, he was kicked off a plane in Europe after a flight attendant allegedly put her hands on him. TMZ reports , The NYC rapper posted a series of videos Tuesday explaining a run-in he had on Scandinavian Airlines Monday night, where he says an older female flight attendant got touchy with him — which caused him to “spazz” out on her and get booted from the flight. He also says he was banned from SAS for a whole year, and goes on to call on his fans to avoid flying with them in the aftermath. Desiigner basically chalks it up to flying while black. The airline has yet to make an official statement regarding the incident, but they did tell TMZ that “some passengers behaved in a threatening manner toward the crew” and that “such behavior is unacceptable and that safety is their first priority.” Do you think the incident was race related?
Image via The Breakfast Club/iHeart Media/YouTube Mashonda On The Breakfast Club Mashonda’s drama with her ex-husband Swizz Beatz and his new wife Alicia Keys has been well-documented over the years. We’ve covered just about every angle there was in the messy beef, but alas, we’ve finally reached a day of reckoning. Mashonda’s new book Blended hits shelves today and she sat down with The Breakfast Club to do a lil’ promo… Thoughts?
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Lil Wayne And His Boys Do The #Uproar Challenge How precious! Lil Wayne just had a spectacular weekend. The rap giant just released his much anticipated album “The Carter 5” on friday and already is breaking streaming records. Reportedly, Weezy is expected to debut at number 1 on Billboard, but we will have to wait a few more days to see. In celebration, Wayne and his kiddos made an adorable dance video to one of the popular tracks on C5, “Uproar”, produced by Swizz Beatz. In the clip papa Weezy shared to IG, his sons with Nivea and Lauren London are seen dancing along in what looks like their father’s closet. Hit play. Nivea shared a video clip too of her baby and his family having fun. Dope!
XXXtentacion has released yet another posthumous video for one of his fan-favorite songs. The clip for Moonlight was conceptualized and directed by X himself. It’s always a bit tough to see projects from young artists who had not yet reached their full potential — professionally nor personally — released after their untimely deaths. What do you think of this clip? Joe Chea/YouTube
Image via Westend61/Getty Wife Sued For Discrimination Against Ex-Nanny After Racist Texts This is a story about a racist white lady who undoubtedly puts LOTS of mayonnaise on her fish and chips. The DailyMail reports that a British woman named Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman sent a racist text to who she thought was her husband. The text read: “NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON”, in reference to their new Black nanny, Giselle Maurice, who was working her very first day on the job. Lynsey then sent the text again because she didn’t get a reply. As fate would have it, Lynsey’s text wasn’t sent to her husband, it was sent to Giselle. But get this, instead of owning up to the iRacism, Lynsey fired Giselle on the spot. Why? Because SHE felt “uncomfortable”. The audacity of caucasity in all it’s glory, ladies and gentlemen. To make matters worse, Lynsey claims she sent the text because their last nanny was Black and she expected a Filipino woman this time. How she had a woman she never met working in her house, we have no idea. Giselle wasn’t about to let this evil soup cookie get away with this. She has now filed a $63,000 lawsuit against the couple for discrimination. Lynsey’s husband Joel Plasco said the following to the NYPost : ‘My wife had sent her something that she didn’t mean to say. She’s not a racist. We’re not racist people,’ Why do they always say that after their caught being racist people? SMH.
Image via Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Kanye West’s Rambling Response To ‘Yandhi’ Delay, 13th Amendment Kanye West just be talkin’. Talkin’ about a whole lotta nothin’. He sat down with TMZ today in an attempt to explain why his new album “Yandhi” didn’t drop this weekend as he previously announced. Good luck following this explanation. On the following page, Ye feebly tries to “clarify” his comments about the 13th amendment.
Jackie Brown / SplashNews.com Cardi B Performs At Global Citizen Festival Since Kulture’s birth earlier this Summer, Cardi B has been laying low and enjoying her mommy time aside from a few appearances here and there. Cardi performed at the Global Citizen concert in New York Saturday. Check out a video the festival posted below: Doesn’t she look amazing? Check out more photos below and then hit the flip for more from Cardi
Image via The Joe Budden Podcast/Erikson Corniel/YouTube The Joe Budden Podcast Episode 182 “All Of The Likes” Joe Buddden, Rory and Mal are back for another episode of brotherly hijinks and shenanigans. This week the guys give a well-deserved “Nasty Award” to Bill Cosby after the unsavory octogenarian got hit wit a 3 to 10 for the sexual assault of Andrea Constand. They also discuss the legendary Quincy Jones, Kevin Hart vs Katt Williams and crank some new-new from Sevyn Streeter, Young Thug and Lupe Fiasco. Great way to pass the time, right?
If you weren’t aware, the FBI has labeled certain Black activists as possible “domestic terrorists” seeking to incite and execute violent acts against police. Yes, you read that correct…that African Americans are supposedly posing a violent threat to police officers, and NOT the other way around . Organized actions such as self-defense training courses, safe weapons training, and open-carry neighborhood patrols in their own communities have “tipped off” the FBI for leaders of movements such as these to be seen as a threat. Vice follows the plight of Rakem Balogun, the Dallas man taken in by the FBI on weapons suspicions as a “Black Identity Extremist” and eventually freed without charges. SMH, what do you think of the FBI’s focus on groups like these as “potential terrorists?” Getty/YouTube
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