The Young, Black, and Fabulous

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• DRIZZY ON RADIO: Drake Dishes On BEEFING With Nicki Minaj, RAP BATTLES With Kendrick Lamar, And If He's As GOOD As Jay Z & Kanye
• OH?: Blac Chyna Goes To Lunch With New Bestie Kim K.....And Other Kardashian Klan Members
• BODY WORK: Nicki Minaj Goes BOOBS OUT At "Ellen" + KeKe Palmer Flosses Her Abs For "Heart & Soul"
• Soap Star Eye Candy You May Be Missing On TV + Jamie Foxx & Quvenzhané Wallis' "ANNIE" Remake Gets A RELEASE DATE!
• Lamar Odom's Daddy BLASTS The "Controlling" Kardashians, "They Don't Give A F**k About My Son, Just Their Image!" + Khloe Parties With The Game...At 2 Hotspots
• VIDEO FAB: A$AP Rocky's "Fashion Killa" STARRING Rihanna
• [UPDATED] The Way They Were: Teyana Taylor THINKS She's Beefing With Rihanna....
• VIDEO FAB: Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" Vid (Mini Movie)
• Mike Will Made-It's "23" Video Ft. Miley Cyrus, Juicy J & Wiz Khalifa (Plus Kanye Gives Miley Words Of Worship....And 5 Pairs Of Shoes)

DRIZZY ON RADIO: Drake Dishes On BEEFING With Nicki Minaj, RAP BATTLES With Kendrick Lamar, And If He's As GOOD As Jay Z & Kanye Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:02 AM PDT Drake is on the road doing promo for "NWTS" and we have a roundup of a few of his interviews.  Find out what he revealed about his fight with Nicki Minaj, what he thinks about Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse and how he compares himself to Jay Z and Kanye West inside..... A few days ago, Drake dropped by "Chelsea Lately" to set the mood for the release of Nothing Was the Same (in stores) and now, he's branched out to various radio outlets on both coasts about the disc. During a stop by Big Boi's Power 106, he discussed the "Tuscan Leather" song, which hints at a riff with Nicki Minaj and a break-in their friendship.  When asked where the two rappers stand with each other today, he said,  "I was at a point with Nicki when I made that song. The first song is not where I'm at right now. That song picks up at an earlier point in my life. I have done something that I had to reevaluate and fix. We're good. I choose to express personal things in my music. I don't ever do it with malice. I hope when she hears that line she knows that she's necessary in my life and I care about her."   Listen to the Power 106 interview here: And on Hot 97..... Drake stopped by Angie Martinez's show where he addressed the infamous Kendrick Lamar "Control" verse (sigh) and where he stands on battling with Mr. Lamar. "Then let it be real, then. 'Cause those were harsh words, right? You can't just say that and then see me and be like nothing ever happened. That's not like the nature of battling. There's passion behind it. There's anger behind it. I personally enjoy making, like, great music and bodies of work over, like, being the talk of Twitter for, like, five days ... I don't know if it was worth it. Because there's a lot of people that were mentioned that I feel like can't really go back and fuck with that guy after that."   Angie also asked Drake about his relationship with Jay Z and he said, "[It's] one of the strongest, if not the strongest [ with any rapper] ... He's just like an incredible mentor to me."  And in case you were wondering if Drake thinks of himself as a rapper of the same caliber as Jay and Kanye West, he said, "I'll forever be looking up at those guys but, I do have the best album of the year, I will say that." Snaps. In other Drake news, Page Six reports that he and Chris Brown have allegedly buried the hatchet. Apparently, a "peace treaty" was worked out by Def Jam music exec Abou Thiam, one of Chris' managers (and Akon's brother). Sources say Abou is “very friendly with Drake, and worked to try and get him and Chris together to put their differences aside.” A spy said Drake and his crew watched Chris' entire set at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas over the weekend.  The source said,  "They were backstage hugging and drinking.”   Well....we're glad that's over.

OH?: Blac Chyna Goes To Lunch With New Bestie Kim K.....And Other Kardashian Klan Members Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:50 AM PDT Well isn't this...interesting.  After rapper Tyga and girlfriend Blac Chyna's recent double date with Kanye West & his girl Kim K., it looks like Kim's found herself a new bestie in Blac Chyna.  Pics of the twosome grabbing lunch yesterday with Kourtney K. & Scott Disick inside... Kimmy is back to calling the paps and seems ready to be back on the scene after working on her post baby bod.  She also grabbed a new prop friend (since LaLa, Serena & Kelly Rowland seem to not be in the picture like they used to be) to tout around. Stripper turned rapper's baby mama Blac Chyna was spotted leaving Stanley's Restaurant in L.A. with Kim (who rocked a cute army green cargo jumpsuit), her sister Kourtney, and Scott yesterday.  And since Chyna has always tweeted & IG'd her obsession with Kim -- who is the brand ambASSador of the stripper/porn star come-up -- we're not that surprised the two have become fast friends after being introduced by their baby's daddies. The production cameras were rolling, of course, so it's very likely Ms. Chyna will get her 15 mins on one of the umpteen Kardashian shows on E!. Maybe they were planning a playdate with North & King Cairo.  How cute...   Photos: INF/Pacific Coast News

BODY WORK: Nicki Minaj Goes BOOBS OUT At "Ellen" + KeKe Palmer Flosses Her Abs For "Heart & Soul" Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:13 AM PDT    So, Nicki Minaj wore this outfit to "Ellen" yesterday.  Check out the full look inside, plus KeKe Palmer flossing her toned bod on the cover of Heart & Soul... Nicki Nicki Nicki... While having your inner boob and under boob on full display could work inside the club...or even one of your raunchtastic videos, we're not sure it works for daytime tv's "Ellen".  It's possible she didn't wear this leather jogging pant with a leather barely buttoned blazer for the actual taping, but she surely wore it on her ay to the taping, and after the taping. We shall see.... Meanwhile, Nicki's on a Minajesty press tour to pub her new fragrance.  And we're sure she'll be mentioning her new Nicki Minaj collection at KMart.   Speaking of bodies on display, 20-year-old KeKe Palmer is covering the new issue of Heart & Soul magazine.  And she's showing off the fruits of her workout labor. The all-grown-up actress/singer is talking her fitness game and her new VH1 TLC biopic "Crazy Sexy Cool" (Oct. 21st). And we're so ready for that one. Also, KeKe sat down with Yahoo Music yesterday to explain her new upper inner arm tatt, check it.  We love KeKe!     Photos: Heart & Soul/Nicki's IG

Soap Star Eye Candy You May Be Missing On TV + Jamie Foxx & Quvenzhané Wallis' "ANNIE" Remake Gets A RELEASE DATE! Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT We have a roundup of some of the hottest male actors on the soaps, Redaric Williams, Lamon Archey and Lawrence Saint-Victor (whom you should meet) as well as the official release date of the Jamie Foxx & Quvenzhanze Wallis Annie remake inside.... Any soap opera fan can speak of the legendary sexiness that Shemar Moore (aka Malcolm) and Kristoff St. John (aka Neil) brought to the table on The Young & The Restless (SIDEBAR: Kristoff is still on Y&R) and now there's a new group of sexy studs on the soaps!  Meet Redaric Williams, Lamon Archey and Lawrence Saint-Victor (stars of CBS’s The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful). We first met Redaric Williams when he covered ROLLING OUT Magazine.  Recently, the Detroit native talked to Ebony.com about his success on Y&R (as "Tyler Michaelson") and also revealed the origin of his stage name Redaric (his real name is Jimmy).  “It stems from the word red. People have been calling me that for years because of my skin tone from the time I was a little kid. I was doing music before any of this stuff so when I was looking for a name to use, nothing [else] was really giving me that feeling. I always liked Greek words. I came across the word rhetoric, [which means] the art of language, conveying a message to an audience. I took that word, changed the spelling of it, and incorporated the word red in it.” Lamon Archey stars on Y&R as Mason Wilder. He chatted with Ebony.com about the fateful moment he found out he'd landed a role on the soap. “I was picking up my son from school and pulled over on the side of the road, got out of the car and did a couple of jumps. I was so pumped. Honestly, I’m so blessed to be a part of the show. I feel like the year that I came on was just a good year because it’s the 40th anniversary. There’s so much going on with the show that I’ve been blessed to be a part of. I was able to build relationships with many of the actors and get to know them, which definitely helps.” NY native Lawrence Saint-Victor stars on The Bold and the Beautiful as Carter Walton. If you catch him on the show, you'll notice that he spends a lot of his time on-screen with a shirt off (thankfully!). He told Ebony,com, "It’s something I didn’t think about when I was training, but I knew it was something I had to be aware of. That’s why I stayed in the gym. When you join a show called The Bold and the Beautiful, you have to go hard.”   Read the full article here.  We love a fresh face around these parts....   At the movies.... Columbia Pictures’ "Annie" remake starring Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis (shown above on set) & Cameron Diaz has been given an official release date, December 19, 2014. The flick will be based on re-write of the Broadway classic and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and Shawn “Jay Z” Carter are among the producers.   And in case you were wondering.... Liftime‘s Army Wives has been cancelled! Dratz.. The network is planning a two-hour retrospective special with cast members that will air early next year. Lifetime’s EVP and GM Rob Sharenow said, “There is no denying how special Army Wives has been to both Lifetime and the television landscape. By taking on a very relevant and timely issue, it has brilliantly captured the challenges our military families endure and the bravery they and their loved ones display while serving our country.” Condolences to Ashanti.     Photos via Getty/Ebony.com/Splash

Lamar Odom's Daddy BLASTS The "Controlling" Kardashians, "They Don't Give A F**k About My Son, Just Their Image!" + Khloe Parties With The Game...At 2 Hotspots Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:11 PM PDT Lamar Odom's dad, Joe, is talking....and he's saying what we've all been saying for a while now.  Check out the major bashing of the Kardashian Klan by Daddy Odom and his first hand experiences with them, and why he knows Khloe & her mama Kris are the reason Lamar is currently suffering.   Plus, Khloe seems to be on the hunt for another husband, because she hit not 1, but 2 clubs with rapper The Game last night.... It's the scenario most of America called as soon as news of Lamar's "crack cocaine" problem hit the net.   Lamar Odom is desperate to get out of his marriage to Khloe and to get away from the Kardashian Klan, this according to a new interview with his father Joe. But since their image & their money making trumps all, that family isn't letting it happen for him so easily.  While we do think it's odd Joe admitted no responsibility of his own (as a "former" hard core drug addict) having contributed in any way to Lamar's new drug problem, it's not too hard to believe everything else coming out his mouth. In a merciless rant with Radar Online, Joe revealed he wishes Lamar would leave Khloe after he saw with his own two eyes the disgusting lengths the Kardashians would go to in protecting their image: 'Someone’s got to speak out, I’ve got to do something about this. It’s simple. They brought him down.' 'He would be better off without them. Let him go and get his life together. I think the best thing for him would be to have a clean break, divorce Khloe and as a single man try and get his life back together.' He added: 'The mother has been talking a lot of trash about my son, saying he’s on drugs and stuff like that. 'She’s got something against my son, something against my family. Kris Jenner is very negative. She’s an evil b***h. She doesn’t care about Lamar, she just cares about their image and money.'   He then went on to insinuate the Kardashians have their own demons: 'I blame Kris in particular, she’s been through a lot of stuff herself. She’s no Cinderella. I can’t really say if the Kardashians are doing drugs, but my son would never use hard drugs. I can’t pinpoint right now who’s giving it him, but I’m going to investigate. The Kardashians haven’t been a good influence on my son.' And then he lashed out with this little nugget: 'They don’t give a f*ck about my son. It’s more about the damage they do to the Kardashian brand. They brought him down. He’d be better off without them. Let him go, get his life together.' Well damn! Oh, but there's more.  Lots more.  He went in on Khloe's "private" persona, which is totally different, and meaner, than her public one.  At least Joe says so: I wish he had never got married to Khloe to be honest. She’s controlling. Those Kardashian women all are. You get married they think they wear the pants. You just bring them your whole paycheck, that’s how it works. 'I saw her totally differently when I heard the way she talked privately. It isn’t pleasant. In public she’s nice, but if you see her personally you see the real person come out of her. The mother’s like that too. The whole family, they put up an act.' And the killer: 'I heard Kim say they don’t have crackheads in their family. That *issed me off. Look at where she came from. We don’t want porno stars in our family.' Bloop. Meanwhile, Khloe--who was reportedly rocking her wedding ring last night but hiding it in pics--removed her last names from her social media pages.  And hit the clubs with The Game last night:   Game's assistant (pictured in the middle above) Lolo Instagrammed pics with with Khloe, and bestie Malika there as well.  And they all hit up Hollywood hotpots Tru Hollywood and Drai’s.  Khloe's also been spending her days traveling around with her fam---who she constantly shots out on Twitter with rare mentions of her husband--and getting in great shape. Sounds like she's on a mission.  A commenter on IG said about one of the club pics: Game will marry Khloe before he marries his own fiancee Tiffney Cambridge. We chuckled...   Photos: Game's IG, E!, leauxsteez's IG

VIDEO FAB: A$AP Rocky's "Fashion Killa" STARRING Rihanna Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:47 PM PDT Rihanna stars in "Fashon Killa", the latest video from A$AP Rocky.  Watch the clip inside that sparked all those on-set make-out pics going viral....   A$AP Rocky tapped Rihanna to star as his love interest and eye candy in the clip for "Fashion Killa", the latest single from his debut disc Long Live A$AP.   Though the song itself was pretty lackluster, Rihanna provided some good visuals with her mix of street gear and high fashion, including a beaded Tom Ford zebra print.   While A$AP namedrops nearly 30 designers in the song, he told FORBES, “I think ghetto people don’t get the tastemaker side of me and I think hipsters don’t get the reckless side of me. And I’m both: I’m like a ghetto hipster. “Fashion is all around us.” What he doesn't get is....anyone with sense can see that.  Trust us, we get it. A$AP Ferg and the rest of A$AP Mob also made appearances in the vid. Watch it above....

[UPDATED] The Way They Were: Teyana Taylor THINKS She's Beefing With Rihanna.... Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:21 PM PDT Teyana Taylor seriously believes she's beefing with Rihanna and she wants the "bad gal" to "man up" and stop with the subliminal attacks.  But plenty of folks think Rihanna wasn't even thinking about Teyana at all.  Watch the Instagram videos that have started a war between Teyana and Riri's Navy inside.... The man above is Rihanna's hairstylist, Yusef, and he's started a heap of mess based on a somewhat hilarious video of himself in a curly wig and baseball cap singing Anita Baker's "Rapture."  At first look, it might appear that Rihanna and her pals are just having a little fun (while touring), but fans of Teyana Taylor are seeing red! A few days ago, T posted a video of herself singing "Rapture".  Now, Yusef has posted the same song while rocking a "look" VERY similar to Teyana's style.   If Yusef would have posted the clip on his own page, it may have gone unnoticed; however, Rihanna posted it on her own damn page!   We've all watched Rihanna take subliminal shots at Ciara and Karrueche Tran on Twitter/IG over the past few months, so it's not outside of her realm to throw SHADE at other artists.  But...you be the judge.... Teyana...... Yusef (via Rihanna)   Once Teyana's fans started complaining, Teyana snapped back going at RiRi's head... And....   We're not saying Rihanna is throwing shade.....but we're just (possibly) saying.  It very well could have been just some good ol not-that-serious fun.   [UPDATE]: Y'all know it was only a matter of time before Rihanna popped back...with Melissa in tow. Check out the below: "Tour dates available online" SHADE.   Photos via Teyana Taylor Instagram/Rihanna Instagram/Getty

VIDEO FAB: Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" Vid (Mini Movie) Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:19 AM PDT Drake is taking his "Hold On, We're Going Home" video tot he next level by making it a Godfather style mini movie.  Watch Drake try to save his kidnapped Queen from the bad guys in these shoot 'em up visuals.... As his album Nothing Was The Same hits stores today, Drizzy revisits his acting days by creating a cinematic mini movie around the single that's all about finding home again. Drake's homie A$AP Rocky has a starring role as the right hand man who helps him save his damsel in distress.  Watch the T-Dot native do a quick change from his suit and tie (well, there's no tie) into his Black Ops attire with weapons as he and his crew find and recapture his woman from the bad guys.  And it all plays out in a little over 7 minutes.     You feelin' it?

Mike Will Made-It's "23" Video Ft. Miley Cyrus, Juicy J & Wiz Khalifa (Plus Kanye Gives Miley Words Of Worship....And 5 Pairs Of Shoes) Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:04 AM PDT NoW that Miley Cyrus and producer Mike Will Made-It have convinced the masses they're now dating, or whatever you want to call it, Mike has taken his "rebound" position and put it in a basketball themed vid set in high school.   Check out his new "23" video ft. Miley, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J inside... The lead single off Mike's forthcoming Est. in 1989, Pt. 3 LP now has a video treatment.  "23"--a shoutout to the Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan--brings together this random group of folks: Mike Will, Miley Cyrus, Juicy J. and Wiz Khalifa. Everybody goes back to school to suit up in their fave gear (in Miley's case--as little as possible) and their fresh J's at Brooklyn’s Bishop Ford High School.   And this ish ensues.  Check out the video below:       BONUS: Kanye is the latest rapper to sing Miley's praises as if she's the first ratchet-wannabe blonde chick and we should all, for some reason, credit her with developing ish people have been doing for years.  In Miley's new Rolling Stone interview, she revealed that 'Ye came into her dressing room right before her much-talked-about VMAs performance and gave her some words of worship that calmed her down.  And after they recorded together and he bought her umpteen pairs of shoes, Miley says they've become "homies."  Check the excerpt below: Miley admits that before the telecast, she was feeling a little nervous. But then she got a visit in her dressing room that made her feel better. Kanye West had seen her rehearsals and wanted to talk to her before she went onstage. "He came in and goes, 'There are not a lot of artists I believe in more than you right now,'" she recalls. "The whole room went quiet. I was like, 'Yo – can you say that again?!'" She laughs. "I just kept repeating that over and over in my mind, and it made me not nervous." After the show, Miley and Kanye met up at a Manhattan recording studio to work on a remix for his song "Black Skinhead." The next day he sent a text: "He said, 'I still can't quit thinking about your performance,'" Miley says. She also happened to mention that a pair of fur Céline slippers she'd bought were falling apart, and Kanye bought her five more pairs. "Kanye is the shit," she says. "I kind of have a good relationship with him now. It's good to have someone you can call and be like, 'Yo, do you think I should wear this?' 'Do you think I should go in the studio with this guy?' 'Do you think this is cool?' That's what homies are supposed to do." Kanye's unfortunate worship of trashy porn/stripper acting (or their actual occupation) chicks continues. #WeMisOldYe

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