Sunday, March 10, 2024

Weekly Entertainment News 3/11/24




RICK ROSS SPOTTED WITH NEW WOMAN AFTER BREAKING UP WITH CRISTINA MACKEY

Rick Ross has broken up with girlfriend Cristina Mackey, but he appears to have already moved on.

Mackey, a singer and personal trainer, announced the end of their relationship on Threads, calling their six-month romance “beautiful.”

“I’ve never experienced ‘getting left.’ I’m just not docile. I don’t feel played; the sales on mackeybody.com are thriving and I’m grateful,” she wrote.

“The situation was beautiful and I meant every word during our amazing six month run. If others are upset about my joy/pride in the moment, that’s their stress to bear.

“We had a clean break two weeks ago and I never pretended to be the last. I embrace both negative and positive traction with love. And no, I won’t be appearing on anybody’s podcast.”

Rozay doesn’t appear to be nursing a broken heart either as he was spotted with a mystery woman while sat courtside at the Miami Heat’s game against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday (March 5).


CARDI B FANS HAIL RETURN OF 'OLD CARDI' AFTER SHE PREVIEWS HARD-HITTING NEW SONG

Cardi B has given her fans another reason to be excited after previewing a fiery new song.

Fans are speculating that the so-called “Old Cardi” is set to make a return after she shared a minute-long snippet of an unreleased track on TikTok on Thursday (March 7).

She captioned the post: “15. [winking face emoji],” seemingly suggesting that the song will arrive next Friday (March 15).

The bass-heavy record finds Cardi continuing the confrontational tone she established on her recently released single “Like What (Freestyle),” the video of which concluded with a teaser of this new song.


DOJA CAT DELETES HER INSTAGRAM: ‘I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH’

Doja Cat has deleted her Instagram after sending a post that detailed her reasons for abandoning the app.

The “Paint the Town Red” MC took to the social media site on Saturday (March 9), and shared a post that has since been deleted after her account was scrubbed.

She wrote: “hey i’m gonna deactivate because i’m not really feeling this anymore. you guys take care of yourselves. i like coming here to find inspo and see people being creative but i just feel like this is getting to be too much. the way i’m spoken to on here and treated makes me have fucked up thoughts. Please watch how you talk to and about people on the internet. Bye.”


Dame Dash Recalls Slapping Steve Stoute After ‘Speaking on Other Men’s Business

Dame Dash expressed his displeasure with Steve Stoute’s discussion of his rift with JAY-Z during his interview on Club Shay Shay. Dame Dash expressed his displeasure with Steve Stoute’s discussion of his rift with JAY-Z during his interview on Club Shay Shay. People were becoming less beholden to him but he was unaware of it,” Steve added. “And then while he was building businesses, he would go off all around the world with cameras and girls and all kinds of crazy shit, and then come back flipping on everybody as if [they were wrong].”

He added: “Jay grew up, Jay wanted more. I think Jay saw Dame’s ceiling and I think that’s really what it was. He wanted more. Everybody wanted more. Dame just had a very particular way of approaching things.”

Stoute said Dame is “far from stupid,” calling him “very smart” and “very talented,” but noted that no one wanted to work with him due to his massive ego.

The Roc-A-Fella co-founder hit up Instagram to clap back, recalling when he smacked Stoute several years ago.

Dash shared a clip of Stoute speaking to Sharpe about why JAY-Z ultimately parted ways with him. He wrote in the caption, “This is the reason I had to smack the sh*t out of @stevestoute a couple years ago… because he’s always speaking on other men’s business good thing I’ve evolved #staytuned @clubshayshay #culturevulture.”


27-Yr-old Jake Paul to Face 57 Yr-old Boxing Legend Mike Tyson in July Exhibition Fight on Netflix!

(CNN) — YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is set to face heavyweight legend Mike Tyson in an exhibition boxing match on July 20. The event will be broadcast exclusively on Netflix and held at the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.

“Iron Mike,” 57, last fought professionally in June 2005 and boasts a 50-6 career record, with 44 of his victories coming by way of knockout.

The former world heavyweight champion is widely considered one of the best boxers in history.

The 27-year-old Paul, meanwhile, has transitioned from YouTube to professional boxing and has won nine of his 10 fights. His only defeat came against Tommy Fury, the younger half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, in February 2023.


TANK ANNOUNCES R&B MONEY TOUR WITH KERI HILSON & CARL THOMAS

Tank recently made headlines when, in a clip from an unreleased episode of the R&B Money podcast shared on Wednesday (March 6), he and co-host J. Valentine talked about Fabolous‘ ability to seamlessly spit over the kinds of beats they usually sing over.

“Fab may be the best R&B–rap [collaborator] of all time,” J. Valentine said, which Tank sealed with: “Nobody raps on R&B better than Fabolous.

Soon after the video was uploaded to Instagram, fans bean flooding the comments section with their own takes.

“I gotta agree with this!!! The fact that he rapped on Tamia’s I’m So Into You pretty much stamped it for me lol,” one person wrote, while another added: “Facts on facts! Fab hands down is the best to do it.”

A lot of users, however, disagreed with the take and named artists such as Rick Ross, Drake, Ma$e and Ja Rule as being better suited to the role. The one spitter whose name was brought up the most, however, was Wale.

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Tank has announced that he’s going on tour, and he’s taking two of his friends — Keri Hilson and former Bad Boy Entertainment star Carl Thomas — along for the ride.


But the R&B Money Tour isn’t the only tour featuring Tank to look out for. Earlier this year, Ginuwine and Tyrese gave classic R&B fans a special treat, teasing that the much-anticipated TGT reunion is all but imminent.


Is TikTok’s Time Up? A bill to Ban the App in the US Has Been Unanimously Approved by House Panel

 A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok on all electronic devices, renewing lawmakers’ challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps and highlighting unresolved fears that TikTok may pose a Chinese government spying risk.

The measure that sailed unanimously through the House Energy and Commerce Committee would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.

If enacted, the bill would give ByteDance 165 days, or a little more than five months, to sell TikTok. If not divested by that date, it would be illegal for app store operators such as Apple and Google to make it available for download.

The bill also contemplates similar prohibitions for other apps “controlled by foreign adversary companies.”


Guess Model Zita Vass Asks Why She Can't Say N-Word at Concerts

Zita Vass wants to know why she -- and presumably other white women -- can't say the n-word during live concerts ... and she's got quite an argument on why it should be kosher.

The Guess model posted a series of videos on her social media account this weekend ... and it was all about this hot-button issue -- namely, folks who aren't Black needing to censor themselves when it comes to singing or rapping the n-word, especially at live shows.

Zita says she's sick of doing that ... and thinks she oughta have a pass in live music settings.

She goes on to argue that African-Americans use the word as a term of endearment -- and insists she has no ill will in her heart if she were to use it in repeating back song lyrics ... going on to say she resents the notion that doing so would make her racist in some circles. Zita also asks why the term is only exclusive to Black people ... and openly wonders why it's taboo for non-Black people to say it. She distinguishes between wanting to use the n-word generally and using it for musical purposes -- noting she only wants to do the latter.

Of course, she's catching some backlash -- with lots of people flooding her comment section to let her know why it's not okay ... explaining points that have been litigated ad nauseam.