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Caitlyn Jennfer Set to Pose Nude and Let It All Hang Out on Sports Illustrated Cover

By
Roger Ratchet

Just when you thought it was safe to take a break from Caitlyn Jenner, here she comes with another publicity stunt to get eyeballs on her and tongues wagging.

This latest move is a doozy though. According to US Weekly, Jenner is going to pose nude on the cover of Sports Illustrated with her Olympic gold medal. You know, that medal that she won 40 years ago, back when she was a man named Bruce Jenner?

The 66-year-old I Am Cait star (formerly known as Bruce) set a world decathlon record at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of her win, she’ll pose with her gold medal for the first time post-transition, adds the source: “She’s excited about that.” (Her ex-wife Kris appeared topless with a medal during a 2007 photo shoot on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.)

As much as I blame Jenner for this foolishness, I also have to cast a sideeye at SI for suckling from the teat of Kardashian celebrity and spectacle. Let’s face it: Jenner hasn’t been thought of or held in high esteem in the professional sports since those Olympic Games way back in the day.

And there are plenty of Olympic Gold medalists who’ve celebrated anniversaries that SI has NOT covered, so let’s not act like this is routine for them.

All I know is that I pray Photoshop is fired up and ready to go because the raw footage of this shoot will not be a pretty sight. And I won’t even get into how Caitlyn is going to shield her twig ‘n’ berries as she poses seductively.

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The transgender community wanted a pin-up girl and I guess there’s no going back now.

Jamal Decides to Be Gay Again and Other “Empire” Highlights

By
Roger Ratchet

As the second season of Empire starts to wind itself down, the showrunners have decided to ramp up the ante and keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

While Empire often overreaches, there were some genuinely intriguing scenes in season 2 episode 16: “The Lyon Who Cried Wolf.”

Let’s dig in, shall we?

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Hakeem Chooses Tiana Rather Than Laura for a Duet

After icing Tiana for much of the season and focusing Hakeem’s lovey dovey eyes on Laura, the Pupusa Princess, Empire is finally bringing back the Rihanna-Chris Brown storyline that they established in season 1 with Hakeem and Tiana.

And when I say bringing back the Rihanna-Chris Brown story, I mean that literally as they have Hakeem essentially re-enact what happened with Rihanna and Chris Brown in real life. Confused? Let me refresh your memory. Remember after Chris Brown and Rihanna had been successfully apart and distant following Chris’ assault on Riri, how shocked everyone was when rumors surfaced that Chris Brown was potentially recording a guest verse for a remix to Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake?” Remember how surprised even Chris’ then-girlfriend Karrueche was by the news? And how shortly after the remix came out, Chris put out a random-ass video saying he was in love with both Karrueche and Rihanna?

Yeah, Hakeem and Laura and Tiana are gonna follow this track for the most part. Which is fine, because I love a good Chrihanna replay.

The duet, which sounds hot with Tiana on it by the way, gets recorded and Tiana and Hakeem trade googly eyes in the studio as they record it. Once recording wraps, Tiana makes it known she’s ready to rekindle the fire whenever Hakeem is. After Hakeem initially said that Laura would be OK with not being on the track, we see Laura blow up on Hakeem for NOT picking her for the duet. He tells Laura to trust him and his loyalty to her.

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“I trust you. I just don’t trust Tiana. She’s still feeling you,” says Karrueche, err … I mean, Laura.

Look, somebody is gonna end up with hurt feelings and a bruised ego. I’m hoping it’s the Pupusa Princess.

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Grandma Leah Walker Is Creepier Than Kathy Bates in Misery

Once Andre caught wind of the fact that his bipolar grandma was alive (thanks to Harper), Andre has fast become Captain Save-a-Granny. After locating Lucious’ mother Leah Walker, Andre drags her into the Lyon family, much to Lucious’ dismay.

The initial encounter between Lucious and Leah renders him speechless. After Andre lays bare the fact that Lucious has been hiding his mother away in a nursing home, Leah goes up to her Dwight for a warm embrace or hell, even a hello. But the trauma is written all over Lucious’ face and he can’t muster the gumption to return her greeting.

Slowly though, throughout the rest of the episode, Lucious and Leah start to warm up to one another and there’s even a tender moment between the two where they play and sing together on the piano.

But all of that goes right out the window when Leah becomes unhinged after being left in the house all day while Lucious and the Lyon family performed their family anthem. Leah drags Lucious out of bed with his robe and du-rag on and offers him a buffet of cakes. I say “offer,” but I mean “threaten,” because she orders Lucious to sit down with a knife in her hand. Slowly, we start to realize that something isn’t quite right with Leah and we watch as Leah verbally and emotionally starts to wring and abuse her grown son.

“I’m sorry I was too weak to kill you when I had the chance,” she says at one point.

Good god. No wonder Lucious has a black heart and no soul. His mother is all gone in the head. And there’s no way that a son’s love can overcome the evil that lives within crazy Grandma Leah’s head.

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Jamal Is Playing a Dangerous Sex Game with D Major

Now that Jamal has decided to be a homosexual again, after a brief affair with Sky (played by Alicia Keys), the writers pair Jamal in a very aggressive and lustful affair with D Major, the musical director of the ASA awards.

The two men hook up after Jamal clashes with D Major and his mother Cookie over losing his solo spot to the larger Lyon family anthem performance. Jamal, whose got an ego the size of Kim Kardashian’s inflated ass, is really feelin’ himself and doesn’t believe he should share the stage with anyone. D Major and Cookie, however, think the family performance will draw more eyeballs and press.

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Jamal decides to confront D Major in the studio and play him the song that he wants to perform. D Major clears the studio and Jamal and him get up in each other’s faces and then…D Major kisses him. Next thing you know, these two are passionately making out and tearing each other’s clothes off.

Later, when D Major runs into Jamal in public, Jamal warmly greets him but D Major acts cold toward him. Uh oh, D Major is a DL man and he ain’t tryin’ to let nobody know he likes the eggplant.

Jamal confronts D Major about his DL lifestyle and urges him to come out of the closet. But D Major refuses and Jamal issues an ultimatum: You can’t have this boy nookie if you remain trapped in the closet.

It’s a hypocritical stance for Jamal, which D Major points out to Jamal with his recent Sky tryst, but the writers have decided to have Jamal go back to his original staunchly homosexual stance. I guess that sexual fluidity thing is dead and gone now? It’s all so very confusing.

But as D Major leaves Jamal’s apartment after Jamal’s rejection, there’s a hint of danger in D Major’s eyes. I’m going to do a little fortune telling here, but I think D Major might end up raping or physically abusing Jamal.

This is only confirmed at the end of the episode when Jamal inexplicably REVERTS his stance and invites D Major to his house for a little bump ‘n’ grind. Is there anyone in Empire with more of a jelly spine than Jamal? I don’t think so. But this D Major thing will not end well for him.

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Rhonda Realizes Anika Might’ve Pushed Her Down the Stairs

After traipsing around with Anika as BFFs, the writers have decided that Rhonda’s amnesia is finally going to clear up as Rhonda slowly remembers key moments from the night when she “fell” down the stairs.

It was never explained why Rhonda even forgot these details, but there are a few experiences in her time spent with Anika as she prepares for her baby’s arrival that jog her merely. For example, when a box nearly falls on Rhonda, she’s pushed out of the way and she remembers then and there, the feeling of someone’s hands on her back before she fell down the stairs that night.

She tells Anika as much and damn, this snake-ass bitch acts like she has no idea what’s going on.

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Then, when Rhonda and Anika are sitting on the couch and shooting the shit, Rhonda notices Anika’s Louboutin shoes with the signature red bottoms. That triggers a flashback to Rhonda laying the flow in her own blood, lifting her head up and catching a glimpse of someone wearing red bottoms walking out the door.

It’s all coming back now. Rhonda is clearly shaken by the flashbacks and you can see that she’s immediately identified Anika as a suspect because her body language toward Anika completely changes.

So the thing is: Clearly Anika is the killer and clearly the showrunners will have Rhonda believe it is Anika.

The question is, what will Rhonda DO about it?

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Recap: Joseline Hernandez Continues Her Reign of Terror

By
Roger Ratchet

Give the baddest bitch some credit: When she comes into town she knows how to wreck shop.

After coming through the ATL like a tornado in the last episode, Joseline remains the topic of conversation among much of the cast in Episode 5 of the show’s fifth season.

Let us count the ways that Joseline is making bitches mad, frustrated and irritated.

Joseline Has Karlie Redd in Her Feelings

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It’s hard to really understand what motivates Karlie Redd when it comes to her friendship with Joseline. Karlie, as Joseline LOOOOOOOOVESS to point out, is far older than Joseline, so there’s certainly no generational connection. While the two are both struggling and aspiring musicians, the reality is that Joseline has come closer to reaching the Bubbling Under charts than Karlie ever has.

Plus, the two of them have gone at it like cats and dogs in the past, so it’s not even like Joseline has always shown Karlie the utmost respect.

So how is a nearly 50-year-old getting blackmailed by a nearly 30-something-year-old non-English speaking, ex-stripper?

For her part, Joseline seems like she’s just having fun at Karlie’s expense, which again, speaks volumes about this so-called friendship. Just what kind of “friend” fucks with your heart for shits and giggles? But Karlie is truly devastated by the betrayal and she makes sure to go and run tell dat to the other girls when the hens gather Mimi’s house.

After telling Joseline that no matter what happens in their relationship that Karlie won’t talk smack about her to other people, Karlie goes right ahead and trashes Joseline to all of the other LHHATL girls. This is why Karlie stay getting checked by the Baddest Bitch.

Joseline Makes Tommie Look Like a Damn Fool

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After stirring shit up in Karlie’s world, Joseline made sure to plant seeds in Tommie’s head that Scrapp had another bitch waiting in the wings BESIDES Tiarra. Poor Tommie, believing that Joseline is her friend, takes the Puerto Rican Princess at her word and plots a hostile house inspection.

Dressed in her garters and lingerie, Tommie shows up at Scrapp’s house in her best fuck-me-pumps and barges into his house demanding to know “Where the bitch at?!”

She flips over couch cushions, opens closet doors and peeks under the bed for Scrapp’s mystery woman, but alas, she turns up short.

Once she realizes she’s on a wild goose chase, Tommie breaks down and lashes out at Scrapp calling him and his whole extended family a bunch of no-good, ratchet rats. Birds of a feather flock together tho….

Joseline Pisses Chris Off

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Now that Stevie J and Joseline are back in town, Mimi’s butch girlfriend Chris has been uneasy. She’s threatened by Stevie because she knows at any time, he can snap his fingers and get Mimi back.

Let’s keep it really real: Mimi might like to dabble in the va-jay-jay, but if she wants some beefcake she’s gonna get some beefcake. And Chris’ plastic version sho’ nuff ain’t gone cut it. So Chris has every right to be threatened.

But Stevie isn’t the only threat to her relationship with Mimi. Chris is also annoyed and frightened by Joseline, especially since Joseline likes to flaunt the fact that she, Stevie and Mimi had a roll around in the hay.

When Mimi and Chris show up to Joseline’s video launch party, Joseline greets Chris as a “young lady.” Chris takes offense to being referred to as both young and a lady. She apparently feels like a veteran in the game and I guess she’s actually transgender and not just a stud? This whole thing is so damn confusing. If Chris wants to be referred to as a he, I guess LHHATL now has two transgender folks on the cast?

As if the comments about her gender and age weren’t insulting enough, Joseline openly flirts with Mimi in front of Chris asking her husband’s babymama if Chris’ tongue game is better than hers. Chris, who clearly has her boxers in a bunch, is not amused.

But do you think that deters Joseline at all?

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Hell naw. Joseline don’t curr and will do damned well as she pleases. Y’all know who da baddest bitch?

All of the Women Who’ve Been Accused of Being “Becky with the Good Hair”

By
Roger Ratchet

While Beyoncé‘s Lemonade has been lauded as a masterful album and work of art, it’s also unleashed an angry mob with pitchforks and sent them on a witch hunt for the no-good “Becky with the good hair” that Beyoncé claims is Jay Z’s mistress.

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The BeyHive, as Beyonce’s rabid fan base is referred to as, has swarmed on a few suspects in defense of its queen.

Some of the targets have brought this wrath upon themselves by trying to play cute when they shouldn’t have, but others are innocent bystanders.

Here’s a look at the current crop of “Becky” suspects on the BeyHive’s Most Wanted List.

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Rachel Roy

Why She’s Suspected: The first and strongest suspect is none other than Rachel Roy, Dame Dash’s baby mama and ex-girlfriend. Rachel is a stylist and socialite who previously used to hob knob with Solange. But rumors of something going on between her and Jay have been circling around for a while. And when Rachel posted an update on Instagram that talked about “good hair, don’t care,” shortly after the premiere of Lemonade, the Hive assumed the worst and launched an aggressive attack.

Her Plea: Not guilty.

Do We Believe Her?: Maybe; it’s tough. There’s certainly some smoke there as her ties to Solange would’ve given her close access to Jay. And given Jay’s superhero-level petty, there’s a certain satisfaction you can imagine coming from Jay in snatching up Dame’s ex. But still, it’s hard to think Jay would choose a Rachel Roy over a Beyoncé.

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Rachael Ray

Why She’s Suspected: Because some of the BeyHive is freaking illiterate and couldn’t figure out that the initial Becky suspect was named Rachel ROY and not Rachael RAY, the celebrity chef.

Current Status: Not guilty.

Do We Believe Her?: Yes. While Rachael Ray is certainly thick in the right places, we don’t think she’s got anything to do with Jay and Bey’s martial issues. Rachael minds her lasagna and worries about her potatoes. She ain’t botherin’ nobody.

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Rita Ora

Why She’s Suspected: Like all of Jay Z’s female proteges, whispers of Jay knocking boots with his last female pet project, Rita Ora, have swirled for some time. There’s also the fact that Ora seemed to get constant funding despite none of her music gaining traction in the US. Clearly, she was PLEASING somebody in some way because it certainly wasn’t happening through the music.

Her Plea: Not guilty.

Do We Believe Her?: Maybe. Although this affair allegedly took place years ago, Rita recently decided to sue Roc Nation to get out of her contract (and then they countersued her), which suggests her relationship with Jay isn’t and hasn’t been close for some time.

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Mya

Why She’s Suspected: Once upon a time, in the early 2000s, Mya collaborated with Jay Z for a remix of her hit single “Best of Me.” In the video, Mya and Jay seemed to exhibit some pretty potent romantic and physical chemistry.

Her Plea: Not guilty.

Do We Believe Her?: Yes. Mya worked with Jay Z before Beyoncé was wifed up with Jay. This affair, if it actually did happen to Bey and Jay personally, is too recent for Mya to be a factor as Mya probably hasn’t been around Jay in over a decade. The last time she was around Jay Z, Shad Moss was still Lil’ Bow Wow.

Ezekiel Elliott Bares His Midriff With Sassy Crop Top Formalwear at NFL Draft

By
Roger Ratchet

Move over, Dwyane Wade and Cam Newton. You two are no longer the professional male athletes with the most questionable fashion sense.

You see, Ezekiel Elliott, a former Ohio State running back, swiftly and viciously snatched that crown with his midriff-baring crop top at the 2016 NFL Draft in Chicago.

Ok, girl! Give us that Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” fever, if you must.

Apparently, this belly-baring thing is a signature look for Ezekiel, per SB Nation. He claims rolling up his shirt makes it more difficult for players to tug on his jersey or whatever.

My thoughts: You ain’t gots to lie, Craig.

Ezekiel likely feels sexy and sassy when he rolls up his jersey and unleashes his inner Sasha Fierce. And hey, Michael Sam told us there were lots of other gays in the NFL hiding in the background, so maybe Ezekiel is giving us a sneak peek of a larger announcement he’ll share later on down the line.

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Caitlyn Jenner Claps Back at Ted Cruz by Taking a Leak in Trump’s Ladies’ Room

By
Roger Ratchet

While Bruce Jenner has made a name for himself by transitioning into a transwoman that the world knows as Caitlyn Jenner, one thing has not changed since his transformation: Jenner remains a staunch conservative.

This is true despite Caitlyn’s embrace of LGBT rights, but even there, she’s gotten herself in hot water with statements that offered tepid support for gay marriage.

But when it comes to the controversial North Carolina law that seeks to ban transgender people from using the bathrooms that align with their new gender, Caitlyn is more than willing to take out her dick and take a piss ‘on em, to borrow verbiage from Nicki Minaj.

Donald Trump rocked the conservative world when he announced he was totally OK with Caitlyn using the women’s restroom in his hotels, reports ABC News. Ted Cruz, the number two Republican presidential contender, on the other hand, has been unafraid to voice his support of North Carolina’s anti-trans bathroom law.

Caitlyn decided to kill two birds with one stone and mozy on over to one of Trump’s hotels and take a leak in the ladies’ room to take him up on his offer and also give Cruz the middle finger. Of course she had to snag it on camera and share it on social media (thankfully we were spared the footage of Caitlyn actually urinating on camera).

In the short clip, Caitlyn walks into the lobby of a Trump hotel and asks where the restroom is. She stops by the door of the men’s room and says, “Not anymore!” then makes her way into the women’s restroom. After draining the lizard, Caitlyn triumphantly thanks Trump for allowing her to use the restroom and announces, “By the way, Ted, nobody got molested.”

Watch Caitlyn take a stand against Ted Cruz and North Carolina’s transphobic bathroom law below.

Empire Recap: Is Lucious Lyon Ready to Take Another Bite of Cookie?

By
Roger Ratchet

It took a while, but Lucious Lyon is officially getting his old thing back. And by “thing” we mean his job as CEO of Empire AND the love of his ex-wife Cookie Lyon.

When we last left off with the lyin’ Lyon family, Lucious had successfully sabotaged his son Hakeem as CEO of Empire and got the board to fire him. Now, the board is conducting a search for a new CEO. Lucious, of course, is not-so-quietly campaigning for the job and Cookie, eager to keep company leadership within the family, is helping him rack up wins along the way.

The American Sound Awards (or the ASAs, as they call it) is inching closer and closer and Cookie is determined to use the awards show as a triumphant platform for Empire. She organizes a press conference with Lucious and Jamal to get the masses hyped, but Jamal and Lucious are too busy sniping at each other in public to make the whole thing go down smoothly.

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Since Hakeem and Jamal both Lucious so much right now, Cookie turns to her eldest son, Andre, to see if she can rally his support for the cause. Andre willingly seizes the opportunity to bolster Lucious’ bid for CEO and offers up the idea of having Lucious go public about Andre’s bipolar mental disorder and supporting a charity as an opportunity to improve Lucious’ public image and help rally his brothers behind him.

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Andre begins his pitch by positioning the bipolar ASA charity event as a move to support Cookie and not Lucious. But Jamal rightly points out that the two are thick as thieves these days so supporting Cookie is the same thing as backing Lucious.

That’s when Andre foreshadows the obvious: Cookie and Lucious are going to eventually get back together.

Hakeem is wary of the idea and compares it to getting King Kong and Godzilla together, but Andre defends the reunion.

“Hakeem, if you think that you deserves a shot at getting Laura back, shouldn’t Lucious get a shot at getting Cookie back?” he asks.

Let’s face it: Cookie is the Whitney to Lucious’ Bobby Brown. Bad and badder just goes together sometimes.

The entire Cookie-Lucious power couple plotline comes to a nice conclusion by the end of the episode when Lucious and Cookie successfully wrap up the bipolar charity event by announcing that Jamal, Hakeem and Lucious will all take the stage and perform together at the ASAs.

The white people who sit on the board of Empire love the idea and they love the way Cookie and Lucious have been managing Empire.

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They announce to Lucious and Cookie that the board has decided to stop searching for Empire’s next CEO externally and instead offer the job of co-CEO-ship to Lucious and Cookie. Assuming that Lucious won’t like the idea of sharing power with her, Cookie hesitates and suggests they’ll need to discuss the offer. But Lucious jumps on board and tells them that he thinks it’s a great idea, so the deal is sealed: Lucious and Cookie will be co-CEOs of Empire.

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Cookie is stunned and surprised by Lucious’ optimism but we all know that a partnership like that will not go down without drama and again, the writers foreshadow the obvious as Lucious congratulates Cookie with a hug and devilishly smirks while saying, “I’ve got your back.”

I actually think Lee Daniels and the Empire team need to take a step back and actually sit in the co-CEOship for the whole third season. Within the span of season 2, Empire’s CEO has shifted from Jamal to Hakeem. No company could survive and thrive under such volatility and the rotating leadership in and of itself isn’t the most exciting story to tell.

Let’s see Cookie and Lucious actually struggle and hopefully succeed in building the company they always dreamed of, rather than just having Lucious do dirty shit like he always does. They’ve already tried to humanize him with the story of his hellish childhood, let’s see some more evolution of Lucious’ humanity.

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Hakeem’s So-Called Life

After losing his title as CEO of Empire, Hakeem drowns his sorrows by shooting a trap music video at the strip club. It’s all just a pointless effort to offer him an opportunity to add another track to Empire’s soundtrack library, it’s just a shame it’s not one of his catchier offerings.

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While Hakeem is at the strip club throwing Benjis, Laura blows up his phone. When he blows off her calls, she shows up at the strip club and confronts him about what he’s doing and why he’s been running away from her. Drunk off that bubbly and pissed off at the world, Hakeem blurts out that he got Anika pregnant.

Her response: A cold slap.

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Which of course later results in Laura taking that ring off later in the episode.

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But before the episode ends, they make up again and the engagement is back on any damn way, so could this entire saga be any less consequential?

In the midst of the engagement drama with Laura, Hakeem has to grapple with Anika’s health scare. Cookie stops by Anika’s place to pay a visit and is greeted by emergency workers trotting Anika out on a stretcher. They jump in the ambulance and head to the hospital.

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While at the hospital, Anika’s mama shows up and when she hears that Lucious is coming by to check up on Anika and the baby, she makes it clear that he is not welcome. When Hakeem inquiries why, he learns the truth about what happened between Lucious and Anika’s father, in which he had him commit fraud assuring Lucious’ health so the company could go public.

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When Lucious arrives at the hospital, he is confronted by a pissed-off Hakeem. Although normally you’d expect things to end on a sour note with these two, they actually achieve a resolution and understanding over everything. Over Hakeem stealing Empire, over Lucious doing his usual shiesty moves in the name of the good of the Lyon family, etc.

The writers just wanted to wrap up the latest fight between those two and this neatly does it. Whatever. You know they’ll butt heads again later.

But for now, Hakeem and Lucious are good, which clears the way for that unified ASAs performance Cookie has successfully pitched to the world. Mission accomplished.

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Andre Is Confronted with the Truth About Grandma

Harper, a star reporter who’s been working on a big-deal feature story about Empire and Lucious, is a woman scorned. She starts out on the right foot by getting the ear of Lucious and prying into his world successfully. He even promises her exclusivity on the big reveal about Andre and his mother’s bipolar disorder.

But Cookie doesn’t trust Harper one bit, so she sabotages and undermines her attempts at every turn. Even when Harper resorts to the oldest trick in the book: Fucking your source to secure that exclusive.

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While Harper is busy unbuttoning Lucious’ pants, he is interrupted by a call from Cookie which foils the entire thing. Frustrated, Harper realizes she can never compete with Cookie. And in a final nail in the coffin, Cookie convinces Lucious to let HER break the news about bipolar’s grip on the Lyon family, not Harper.

This sends Harper into a jealous rage, and in a defiant act of revenge, she marches up to Andre at the charity event and reveals to him that his grandmother Leah Walker is not in fact dead, but is being treated at a home.

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Andre’s world is considerably rocked.

How will Andre meet and bond with Leah? What secrets of her own will Leah reveal about Lucious? If there’s anything the Lyon family has taught us, it’s that their skeletons will always come tumbling out of the closet. Let’s see what bones grandma will throw out on the table.

Azealia Banks is Bleaching Her Skin, and Oh My God It Looks Horrendous

By
Roger Ratchet

It’s official: Azealia Banks is the new Lil’ Kim.

No, this has nothing to do with any similarities in their abilities as female rappers. Azealia Banks is the new Lil’ Kim in the sense that she has fully embraced Kim’s self-destructive attitude and practice toward body modification and self-image.

First, Azealia got breast implants last year and showed them off for the ‘gram. Kim’s body modifications also started out with breast implants. The first set of implants looked good:

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But then Kim kept going and they started to look like hormone-pumped watermelons sitting on her chest:

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If Kim’s body modifications had stopped at just breast implants though, things would’ve been OK. Instead, Kim pursued an aggressive skin bleaching and facial construction campaign that resulted in her most recently resembling a 20-something Vietnamese nail tech.

Azealia recently admitted that she felt compelled to start bleaching her skin due to industry pressures she perceived that favored women of lighter complexion.

Fans asked why she started bleaching her skin, especially since she’d condemned black women for doing so in the past, and Azealia chalked it up to depression.

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The wave of praise and attention heaped on Beyoncé appears to be playing a part too, as Azealia notes that the dark-skinned Serena Williams twerked on the floor in the “Sorry” video from Lemonade while lighter-skinned Beyoncé sat on her throne.

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Saying that she’s bleaching is one thing, but seeing the unfiltered, raw effects of the skin bleaching are another.

Azealia Banks jumped on Periscope to blather to her fans about her (ever-shifting) thoughts and perspectives on black feminism and viewers were greeted by Azealia’s lighter and scarred visage.

You have to see the pics for yourself to believe it.

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Looking at the real, unflinching effects of Azealia’s skin-bleaching regimen is sobering. We’re left with the acne scars, the patches of dry skin, and the off shade of dusty brown that replaced her beautiful milk chocolate skin tone before.

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It’s depressing to see history repeat itself in this way. Let’s just hope Azealia doesn’t take things as far as Kim has.

Watch Kendall Jenner Yell at Rob Kardashian for Regifting iPad to Blac Chyna

By
Roger Ratchet

This next season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians is really gonna be a treat, isn’t it?

Rob Kardashian, the recluse brother of the klan, is making his big return to the show next season and he’s not coming back alone. Rob has begun dating, and it’s a frenemy of the family’s: Blac Chyna.

Blac Chyna has a checkered past with the krew. She was a friend of Kim’s but her ex-baby mama status with Tyga, Kylie Jenner‘s boyfriend, and her close friendship with Kim’s husband’s ex, Amber Rose, complicated matters and she found herself on the outs.

With Rob going hard for his new boo on Instagram and Snapchat though, the Kardashians are forced to grapple with the reality that Blac Chyna might become a permanent fixture in their lives.

In a clip from the upcoming season, Kendall and Kylie realize that the new iPad that Blac Chyna is busy showing off on social media is actually a regift of the iPad that Kendall bought for her brother for Christmas.

The Jenner sisters are livid that Rob is gifting Blac Chyna anything, much less something they gave to him, so they decide to call him and ask for it back. Let’s just say that the request for the iPad to be returned doesn’t go so well.

Don’t come for Rob Kardashian unless he sends for you, OK? Nice try, Kendall and Kylie. Stay in your lanes.

Azealia Banks vs. Beyoncé: Lemonade Doesn’t Impress Her Much

By
Roger Ratchet

There are troubled souls, and then there’s Azealia Banks. The female rapper from Harlem broke onto the scene a few years and seemed to have a promising music career ahead of her with her breakout single, “212.”

The edgy, hypnotic tune became the darling of music critics and indie hipsters alike, which helped Azealia quickly get invited to collaborate with big, big names. But over the past few years, nearly every one of Azealia’s collaborations has resulted in bad blood and fizzled friendships. The list of one-time collaborators-turned-enemies is long, but it includes Lil’ Kim, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and yes, Beyoncé.

Back in 2013, Azealia was invited to record and submit a verse for 2013’s Beyoncé release, according to Rap-Up.

During an interview with Shar Reid for ASOS, the “212” rapper confirmed that she recently hit the studio to record for Bey’s upcoming album. “I actually did something for her record in Miami a couple weeks ago,” she revealed. “I really didn’t want to say it because I didn’t want to jinx it ’cause you know how that shit goes.”

She’s unsure if the song will make the cut, but either way, she was thrilled for the opportunity. “Oh my God. Even the fact that I was considered to rap on a Beyoncé track was just… I’m about to cry. It was amazing.”

Beyoncé has been working with Pharrell, Timbaland, and The-Dream on the follow-up to 4, which will be rooted in R&B. “We all started in the ’90s, when R&B was the most important genre, and we all kind of want that back: the feeling that music gave us,” she told GQ.

Banks has expressed her love for Bey in the past. “I definitely think career-wise and personally, I’m very, very inspired by Beyoncé,” she told Beats TV. “She’s so well-mannered and so classy and so well-poised. It’s important to have those kinds of skills.”

In the end, Azealia did not appear on Beyoncé’s album, and since then, Azealia’s opinion of Bey has flip-flopped between adoration and anger. Most recently, Azealia took to Twitter to voice her support of Beyoncé’s Lemonade visual album:

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But about 24 hours later, Azealia changed her mind and decided Lemonade wasn’t what the world needed and that Beyoncé was nothing more than a light-skinned culture vulture and that her story of infidelity and forgiveness was harmful to black women:

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When fans called Azealia out on her flip-flop she shrugged it off:

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See, the problem with going in on Azealia Banks too hard is that it’s clear that we’re dealing with someone who is operating at a completely dysfunctional level. Whether it’s a bipolar disorder or just pain craziness, Azealia Banks doesn’t appear to be operating with a full deck of cards.

Azealia doesn’t have to like or worship Beyoncé, but the volatile shifts in opinion show that she’s driven not by any objective or logical criticism of Beyoncé as a person or an artist, but instead moved by jealousy.

And this jealous behavior is precisely what lies at the root of Azealia’s failed collaborations, particularly with other women. Azealia is easily threatened by women with personalities, egos or talent that might dwarf hers and she can’t help but snipe and minimize whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Azealia lacks complete and utter self-awareness and self-discipline. Even when her mind knows better, her Twitter fingers can’t stop themselves from typing crazy, asinine shit.

The truth of the matter is that Azealia can tweet her heart out about how she doesn’t see it for Lemonade as much and as long as she likes. Beyoncé is still going to win and continue winning while she drowns in her bath of bitterness and misery.

Mathew Knowles Won’t Admit If Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” Lyrics Are About Him or Jay Z

By
Roger Ratchet

Does the “bros before hoes” code apply to fathers and their son-in-laws? Because if so, I think Mathew Knowles is holding his son-in-law Jay Z down quite nicely then.

It’s no secret that Beyoncé‘s new visual album, Lemonade, has made waves with the masses thanks to the album’s lyrical content, which sees Beyonce suffer betrayal, heartache and fury. Beyoncé mentions disappointment and letdowns from the two most important men in her life: Her father and her husband.

Mathew’s messy ways are well known at this point. After he split with Beyoncé’s mother, Tina, the love children kept tumbling out of the closet. It’s hard to keep up with the number of kids at this point, but let’s just say that Mathew has a lifetime membership at the Maury Povich School of Paternity.

Unable to avoid basking in the glow of his daughter’s latest musical accomplishment, Mathew made himself available for interviews knowing he’d be asked to comment on Lemonade and its specific lyrics. But, baby, Mathew is MEDIA-TRAINED and he didn’t give away a damn thing.

In a statement to E! News, Mathew said Beyoncé’s story isn’t necessarily autobiographical, it’s meant to be universal:

“Let me tell you who she’s talking about, can I tell you who she’s talking about? She’s talking about you. You put that in context for you personally. She’s talking about you and everybody that is you, that’s who she’s talking about.

“I think that’s the beauty of her creativity and I think that’s what makes it so special, is that it relates to everyone. Every one of us have been disappointed before and have had to go through the grieving process of anger and, you know, disappointment and then acceptance and forgiveness. And I think that’s why this again is touching so many people, because it’s universal. Everybody can relate to it.”

When pressed in a separate interview on SiriusXM to address the comments Beyoncé made about her father:

“You remind me of my father, A magician. Able to exist in two places at once. In the tradition of men in my blood, you come home at 3 am and lie to me. What are you hiding?”

Mathew played it cool and said, “I know the response you want to get. You’re not going to get that response,” he said,” according to Love B Scott.

Frankly, I think Mathew is just happy as a clam to be back on somewhat good graces with his daughter and he’s media-savvy as all hell so you won’t catch him slippin’.

But Mathew loves getting him some camera time so he’ll gladly sit down with you to pimp his latest yard sale and politely tell you “No comment” when you try to pull out the skeletons in his messy closet.

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Recap: Joseline Hernandez Reclaims Her Throne in the ATL

By
Roger Ratchet

As Elton John says, “The bitch is back!”

After a stint in Hollywood with Stevie J for their lackluster spinoff, Joseline Hernandez has returned to her main stage in Atlanta.

The producers of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta know reality TV royalty when they see it, so they pretty much let Joseline stunt and shine on these “raggedy rats,” as Joseline calls them, without restraint.

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The first thing Joseline does when she returns to Atlanta is get Stevie J to buy her some expensive shit. You know Stevie is always repenting for some sin or the other, and Stevie loves having Joseline’s transgender-lookin-ass body bouncin’ up and down on his beefcake at night, so he gives the Puerto Rican Princess whatever she likes. In this case, Joseline wants expensive jewelry.

While Joseline runs Stevie’s credit ragged, he fills Joseline in on all the ratchet news she’s missed out on while she was in LA. Namely, the fact that Mimi is a newfound lesbian with a girlfriend. Joseline and Mimi, in case you forgot, are actually friendly for the first time ever so Joseline is tickled to hear that Mimi is livin’ la vida lesba. Of course, Joseline also doesn’t let a moment go by without reminding the audience that Mimi, Stevie and her had a threesome one time and apparently Joseline licked Mimi’s kitty kat, really, really good.

But what Stevie doesn’t know is that Joseline is holding a secret. KK and her sons are close to Stevie, so much so that Stevie refers to Scrapp as his nephew. But Joseline knows something about KK and Stevie that she’s putting in her back pocket to use later during the season. Joseline lays out her trap and tells Stevie she wants to have a launch party for her latest music video and single, “Church.” She wants to invite KK and her sons and their girlfriends, which includes Tommie, who she’s already friendly with.

Stevie, at the mention of Tommie, discusses how Tommie and Tiarra are caught in a nasty love triangle with Scrapp and even have come to blows recently. Joseline plays the part of the concerned friend and vows to sit with Tommie for a heart-to-heart. Stevie thinks Joseline is being thoughtful, but he doesn’t realize she’s actually setting him up.

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Joseline invites Tommie to her portrait painting session to get the 411 on everything that’s been going down. Poor Tommie pours her heart out to her friend about how Tiarra, Scrapp’s baby mama, has been terrorizing her life and in doing so, she uses colorful words. I guess the tiara has Joseline feeling like the damn Queen of England because she scolds Tommie for not speaking in a “ladylike” manner.

So Joseline is an etiquette expert now? She needs to carry that over to the Real Housewives of Potomac.

Joseline explains that in her newly enlightened state that she’s learned that putting your hands on these bitches is not the way and she wants Tommie to learn how to get her emotions under control.

But Tommie has advice for Joseline: Watch out for these snakes in the grass.

Tommie lets Joseline know in no uncertain terms that Jessica “Dimepenny” and Karlie Redd both spoke unfavorably about her while she was out of town and warned Tommie to beware of the ugly side of Joseline. Joseline is not amused, but she keeps her poise and vows to invite her frienemies to her party anyway.

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“We can all have a great time and really learn how to be in a room with each other without having to argue with each other, fight with each other, and pull each other weave off, and pull each other makeup and lashes off. We don’t have to do that all the time,” Joseline says.

I mean, if the fighting and weave pulling was removed from the show, why else would anyone watch?

Joseline, who is full of surprises this episode, lets Tommie know that she knows a secret about her man, Scrapp: He has ANOTHER woman he’s been sleeping and creeping with who ISN’T Tiarra and she’s been around for years.

How a man with a troll face and troll-doll hair is slinging all of this snatch I’ll never understand.

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Joseline Comes to Snatch Karlie Redd’s Wig

After catching wind of what Karlie has been saying about her, Joseline arranges for a meeting with Karlie. Joseline, however, comes ready for war with Bert from Sesame Street’s eyebrows, lipstick from Wednesday Addams and a wig from Angela Bassett’s Waiting to Exhale character’s closet.

Feigning innocence and coyness, Joseline cooly greets Karlie and pretends like she has no idea why there’s a rift between the two of them when Karlie asks her what’s going on between them.

Joseline is the worst, she can’t help but twist the knife in poor Karlie Redd’s back even though it’s clear how the loss of their friendship is crushing Karlie.

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That’s when Joseline pulls out her checkmate: She pulls an envelope out of her purse and warns Karlie to stop dragging her name in the mud or else she’ll release the information in the envelope to the blogs.

Karlie is INCENSED by the blackmail attempt and she starts speaking in pigeonese, which sends Joseline into hysterics.

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I don’t know what secret Joseline has on Karlie, maybe it’s Karlie’s original birth certificate from 1884, but whatever it is, Karlie is not taking kindly to being threatened. At all.

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Jessica Dimepiece Plays Peacekeeper

Since her music career is going nowhere, Jessica Dime decides to occupy her time trying to fix other people’s personal lives. Since Tiarra and Tommie scrapped at Mimi’s lesbian coming out party, Mimi has been furious with the two of them.

Jessica says that Mimi has judged Tiarra wrongly and thinks that given their common history (they’ve both dealt with cheatin-ass baby daddies), they can learn from each other and be good friends.

Mimi is resistant at first, but Jessica and Tiarra wear her down and she starts to listen to Tiarra’s testimony.

It all comes off like a pseudo Iyanla moment and Mimi does her best to play the mother hen part.

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Doesn’t her face scream, “I know what it feels like to get shitted on by your baby daddy on national television?”

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Even if you aren’t buying what Mimi is selling, Tiarra shares her testimony and explains how she’s fearful of allowing her child to be left with Scrapp and part of that fear is rooted in the rocky relationship with his mother, KK.

KK is certainly not the first mother-in-law on this show to wreak havoc in her son’s family life. That’s been Momma Dee’s entire plotline for years. So it makes sense to repeat this all over again, huh? No? Well, they’re gonna do it anyway.

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After Tiarra communicates to Scrapp that he needs to make things right between her and his mama, Scrapp tries to broker peace between them for his son’s sake.

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A normal mother might think about the bigger picture and squash the beef for the baby’s sake, but not KK. Her petty has levels and she quickly rebuffs her son’s request with a firm, “HELL NAW!” leaving him frustrated and disappointed.

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K. Michelle Comes Crawling Back

After proclaiming she was DONE with LHHATL and above the ratchet foolery, K. Michelle has come crawling back to the show where it all began for her. After an unsuccessful stint on LHHNY and a lackluster response to her spinoff reality show, K. Michelle links up with her old frenemy Karlie Redd at one of her cheap ass Chinese-rag shops in LA.

The two gossip and kiki and K. Michelle wastes no time picking up old beefs where she left off.

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“What Rasheeda store doin?” K. Michelle asks shadily.

It’s hilarious but shows that K. Michelle doesn’t know how to let a damn thing go.

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Speaking of Rasheeda’s store, that damn thing is a mess. Her family is acting up and unprofessionally, and Rasheeda is trying to get that messy situation together.

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Her stepdaughter, Kelsie, is the biggest problem. She’s always tardy and she’s disrespectful as hell.

When Rasheeda calls for a kumbaya meeting to right all of the wrongs, Kelsie is late and mouths off at Rasheeda’s mom when she dares to call attention to it.

Kirk steps into the meeting as well, and he complains that he wasn’t invited. But the real problem he has on his hands is his daughter Kelsie, who complains and hijacks the staff meeting when he mentions working with one of his new artists.

Apparently, Kelsie is an aspiring musician herself and she feels like her daddy should “sign her” and support her. Girl, why? Kirk’s “record label” is about as real and viable as Neverland. Being “signed” to your daddy’s label wouldn’t do a damn thing for your career even if you are serious about being a recording artist.

The real question I have about Kelsie though is why she’s Beyonce’s complexion in the scenes in the Pressed store (below, right) and why she’s Kelly Rowland’s complexion in the confessionals (below, left)?

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I thought it was two different people at first. Kelsie is way too young and not successful enough to go Lil’ Kim skin-bleachin’ on us just yet.

President Obama Criticizes Black Lives Matter Movement: “You Can’t Just Keep Yelling”

By
BaRock Odrama

President Barack Obama is sure to ruffle some feathers with this one.

At a youth town hall meeting in London on Saturday (Apr 23), the POTUS called out leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement.

While praising the group for being effective in bringing attention to problems of racial injustice, Obama also criticized their methods to getting the movement’s message across.

Most particularly, Obama says the yelling and refusing to meet with other leaders has got to stop.

“Once you’ve highlighted an issue and brought it to people’s attention and shined a spotlight, and elected officials or people who are in a position to start bringing about change are ready to sit down with you, then you can’t just keep on yelling at them.

“And you can’t refuse to meet because that might compromise the purity of your position. The value of social movements and activism is to get you at the table, get you in the room and then start trying to figure out how is this problem going to be solved. You then have a responsibility to prepare an agenda that is achievable—that can institutionalize the changes you seek and to engage the other side.”

Obama’s comments come after BLM activists protested a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in February.

Earlier this month, former President Bill Clinton got into a heated exchange with activists over his 1994 crime bill, which has been argued by the movement to be responsible for unfairly incarcerating a high number of blacks and latinos.

Do you agree with President Obama?

Harpo, Who Dis Woman?! Lil Kim Shocks the Internet With Her “New Look”

By
BaRock Odrama

It’s no secret Lil Kim’s appearance has drastically changed over the years.

The former Queen of Hip Hop went from being the baddest chick in the game to looking completely unrecognizable after undergoing plastic surgery.

This past weekend, Kim debuted her newest look on social media and this may be the biggest change she has made thus far.

In a selfie collage posted on her Instagram, Kim sports long blonde hair and a noticeably lighter complexion.

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She also shared a video of herself with two friends at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami.

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Fans were both shocked and concerned by Kim’s new appearance, with some even accusing her of wanting to be “white.”

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How do you feel about Lil Kim’s new look?

Drake is Sitting on Top of Toronto on “Views From the 6” Album Cover

By
BaRock Odrama

Drake wasn’t playing around when he named his upcoming album “Views From the 6.”

In the official artwork for the album, released via Drake’s twitter account, the “Summer Sixteen” rapper sits at the very top of Toronto’s CN Tower.

“To the city I love and the people in it…Thank you for everything #VIEWS,” Drake tweeted along with the album cover.

Drizzy’s oft-collaborator Future also tweeted about the album earlier today hinting at fans that he may possibly be a feature on Views from the 6.

There’s also rumors going around that Future and Drake will be teaming up for a tour this summer appropriate called the “Summer ’16” Tour.

Views from The 6 will be available (likely exclusively through Apple Music) on April 29th.

Rachel Roy Angers BeyHive by Suggesting She’s “Becky with the Good Hair” from Beyoncé’s Lemonade

By
Dustin Gary

Beyoncé set the Internet and the world on fire with the release of her Lemonade visual album, which debuted in a primetime HBO special.

A major theme of Lemonade is infidelity — Jay Z’s infidelity in particular (allegedly, of course) — and in the last line of “Sorry,” a song about a husband’s affair and the wife finding out about it, Beyoncé says, “He better call Becky with the good hair.”

The particular lyric had Twitter LIT with folks scrambling to figure out who exactly Beyoncé was referring to. Then, for reasons unbeknownst to many, Rachel Roy decided to just go on ahead and out herself (perhaps as a joke?), which was a TERRIBLE mistake on her part.

Let’s take it all the way back to May 2014 when Beyoncé, Jay Z and Solange made headlines for their infamous “elevator fight,” in which Solange pummeled Jay Z with a barrage of slaps and punches all while Beyoncé just stood there calmly as if her sister wasn’t beating the shit out of her husband.

In the days and weeks following the incident, a major theory about the origins of the fight started spreading around the blogs.

The gist of the rumor is that Jay Z cheated on Beyoncé with Rachel Roy, and Solange confronted Roy about it at the 2014 Met Gala. It’s believed that Jay Z tried to mediate the situation (bad move!) and while on the elevator, Solange physically attacked him.

Fast forward to now, and Rachel Roy has no problems playing into those rumors. In an Instagram post shared the night of Beyoncé’s lemonade premiere (see above), Roy insinuated that she was “Becky with the good hair.”

“Good hair don’t care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. live in the light #nodramaqueens,” Roy wrote in the caption of a photo of her and a friend laughing.

After drawing the ire of the BeyHive, Rachel deleted her post and made her Instagram page private, but it was too late because the damage had already been done.

In addition to nasty (and hilarious) comments from Beyoncé’s fans on Roy’s original IG post and on Twitter, the fashion designer found her Wikipedia page hacked:

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After some time, Rachel Roy’s Wikipedia page was restored to its normal state. To prevent further edits, according to a message from Wikipedia, “due to vandalism,” Roy’s page will remained locked until April 26th … at which point the BeyHive will likely return and deface it once again because have no chill and aren’t looking to acquire any anytime soon.

Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” Album Will Be Available on iTunes & Amazon at Midnight?

By
Dustin Gary

Unless you were on another planet yesterday (welcome back!) you are well aware that Beyoncé released her sixth studio album Lemonade last night amid the world premiere of her primetime HBO special of the same name.

Featuring 12 songs and a corresponding short film, Lemonade is being billed as “a conceptual project based on every woman’s journey of self knowledge and healing.” But it’s so much more than that.

Lemonade is Beyoncé’s most daring project to date. The songs are gritty and surprisingly honest. The accompanying visuals are blatant and appropriately dramatic.

Let Beyoncé fans tell it, Lemonade is the best thing she’s ever done. Let non-Beyoncé fans tell it, Lemonade is the best thing she’s ever done. (Notice the pattern there? EVERYONE LOVES IT!)

But let’s get down to why you’re here. Following Lemonade‘s big debut, the biggest question everyone’s asking is … HOW CAN I LISTEN?

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As of Sunday (Apr 24), the only way to legally download and/or stream Lemonade, is through Tidal, of which Beyoncé is a part-owner.

If you’re a Tidal member, then you probably already know this and have likely been listening to Lemonade on repeat all day.

If you aren’t a member, then you would need to sign up for a subscription, which costs about $9.99 per month. (Protip: You get a free 30-day trial before your subscription begins, and you have to sign up with your credit card, but if you cancel within your 30 trial, you won’t have to pay a cent!)

Now, you might be saying to yourself, “I already subscribe to iTunes/Apple Music and I’m not buying a Tidal subscription too,” or “But I only like to buy my music on Amazon so that it’s DRM free and I can put it on any music listening device I choose.”

And guess what? YOU’RE IN LUCK!

According to several people who’ve been briefed on the album’s release plans, Lemonade will be available on iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon and Google Play, as well as other digital retailers, at the stroke of midnight (Mon. Apr 25)!

This directly contradicts reports from earlier today stating that Tidal would be the only place you would be able to consume the album for a while.

Apple, Amazon and Google Play have all declined to comment (which usually means it’s true) and Beyoncé’s spokespeople are keeping quiet too, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

In the meantime, if you are not subscribed to Tidal an would like to listen to Lemonade now without having to wait until midnight (possibly futilely), you can purchase the entire project (including the HBO movie!) for $17.99.

How to Watch/Stream Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” Visual Album

By
GOT TV

Beyoncé‘s “Lemonade” album movie made its big worldwide premiere on HBO Saturday night (Apr 23).

The album movie is a compilation of music videos featuring songs from Beyoncé’s sixth studio album Lemonade, which was released exclusively on TIDAL immediately after the HBO premiere.

RELATED: Rachel Roy Angers BeyHive by Suggesting She’s “Becky with the Good Hair”

Intertwined with spoken word poetry, the hour-long movie/album tells the story of a woman who is not to be messed with. The project also celebrates black women and black culture, and appears to reveal deeply personal stories regarding life, love, infidelity and realization.

Is she talking about her own husband Jay Z? Or is she talking about her father, Mathew Knowles, who famously cheated on her mother and had two children with two other women? OR IS SHE TALKING ABOUT BOTH? Those are the questions that burned up social media as the movie aired.

RELATED: Lemonade Will Be Available on iTunes & Amazon at Midnight?

In addition to the personal revelations, the movie also features home movies showing Mathew Knowles playing with Blue Ivy, as well as footage from Beyoncé and Jay Z’s wedding, her pregnancy, and Blue’s 1st birthday party.

Beyoncé’s Lemonade album movie also made a statement by featuring appearances of heartbroken mothers holding up photos of their sons who were murdered — Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton, Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr and Michael Brown’s mother Lezley McSpadden.

Lemonade also features celebrity cameos from Serena Williams, Zendaya and Quvenzhané Wallis.

As for how to watch Lemonade online, the methods are very limited, as the project is unfortunately not available on HBO’s HBO Go and HBO Now apps. It’s also reportedly not even airing on HBO anymore after last weekend, and you won’t find it on VOD (On Demand).

The first way to stream Lemonade online though is through Tidal, which offers a free 30 day trial. All you need is a major credit card or a Paypal account, and you’re good to go. As long as you cancel your subscription within 30 days, you will be able to watch Lemonade for free.

If you’re not interested in streaming the visual album (or you live in a country outside of the U.S.), and would like to legally download a hard copy to your computer or mobile device, Lemonade is also available for purchase through other digital retailers, such as iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, etc. You can also buy the album right out on Tidal vs. paying monthly for a subscription.

Of course there are also “other” ways to obtain Lemonade, but we won’t be listing those methods here.

Crazy Prince Fan Sets Up GoFundMe to Raise $3,000 So She Can Attend His Funeral

By
Roger Ratchet

There is no denying that Prince Rogers Nelson, aka Prince to most, was a talented and legendary force in music. His unapologetic attitude and his daring creativity shaped our cultural landscape.

But what Prince is NOT is a ticket for a free ride.

Meeka Late, a so-called Prince fan, posted a desperate GoFundMe campaign begging and pleading for friends and strangers to contribute to her efforts to attend Prince’s funeral.

She’s seeking $3,000 and she gives no specifics on how she calculated that amount, especially since there hasn’t been any funeral information distributed.

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The most pathetic part, aside from her exhausting misspellings and piss-poor grammar, is this picture attempting to show her “crying” over Prince’s death. Meeka even has the nerve to zoom in on her face to give us a close-up of her “tears.”

Unfortunately, it just looks to me like she’s been sweating, not crying over the loss of Prince for hours on end.

Here’s Meeka’s pitch for you to give your hard-earned coins to her so she can attend Prince’s funeral:

Y’all know I love me some Prince… I just need y’all to help get me to his funeral. Lord I broke down in Sam’s Club… y’all I was on the floor SangN “Purple Rain”… This man was supposed to sAng “Darling Nikki ” at my wedding….. Lord help me make it through this!

Any donation will help.

ThAnks,
Meeka Late

So this bitch is out in here Sam’s Club giving sob-filled karaoke renditions of “Purple Rain?” I hope Sam’s Club is not her place of employment and she was just a shopper, cause she’s finna be out of a job otherwise if she keeps this foolery up.

As far as Prince singing “Darling Nikki” at her wedding:

1.) I highly doubt she’s dating and/or anywhere close to being proposed to, considering… nevermind.

2.) Is she really a Prince fan? Because a real Prince fan would know he doesn’t sing raunchy material from his catalogue like “Darling Nikki” since he became a Jehovah’s Witness.

3.) Who the HELL would want a song about a masturbating girl to be performed at their WEDDING?

The real gag of all of this though, is that Meeka has successfully raised more than $1,000 of her $3,000 goal.

So even though her pitch is an utter and complete joke, there appear to be enough kind souls on the Internet who are willing to give up their coins no matter how flawed the recipient is.

Trader Joe’s Employee Bullied, Humiliated With Penis Gag Gift

By
Roger Ratchet

If you thought the only thing happening in Trader Joe’s was delicious eats and affordable organic produce that won’t leave you broke like shopping at Whole Foods does, think again.

Apparently the crew over at Trader Joe’s is yucking it up by picking on each other and giving out gag gifts. One man, 49-year-old Paul D. Roberts of Pasadena, California, however, was not here for the shenanigans.

CBS Los Angeles reports that a man who was given a so-called “white elephant” gift by his co-workers is pissed off and he’s suing Trader Joe’s over it.

Trader Joe’s is being sued by a former employee who alleges he was fired after complaining about being given a gift resembling male genitalia during the company’s Christmas party in 2014.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in state court alleges Paul Roberts, 49, was “shocked, embarrassed, and humiliated” after receiving a gift from a co-worker he had known for several years at the Dec. 24 party at a Trader Joe’s location in Pasadena.

Roberts opened the gift described in court papers as “a small penis … which when submerged in water, would increase in size” in front of other employees, as well as a Trader Joe’s supervisor. It was accompanied by a note he perceived to be derogatory.

Soooooo…given that the penis gag gift was “small” and grows when “submerged in water,” coupled with the fact that there was a note perceived to be derogatory, I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that maybe they were making fun of this man’s penis size.

LAist has a hunch that this, or at least a gift similar to it, is what Roberts received from his co-workers.

After Roberts was “gifted” the penis gag gift, which he didn’t find amusing, he complained to management, seeking support. Unfortunately, he was rewarded with a firing.

If that was indeed the case, then I don’t blame him for clapping back at his co-workers and I hope he wins his lawsuit. This is the problem with people these days: They don’t know how to mind their damn business and want to cross lines that they ain’t got no business crossing.

You are a damn Trader Joe’s employee. You stock plantain chips on the shelves, clean up spilled milk, bag groceries and serve hot food at the sample counter. You do NOT worry about the size, shape or function of your co-workers’ genitalia and if by some chance, you stumble upon some factual information about your co-worker’s reproductive organs, you certainly don’t broadcast such sensitive information to the entire staff.

These wretched Trader Joe’s bitches with spirits more spoiled than the damn rotten milk sitting on their shelves are the worst. Trader Joe’s, you need to do better.

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