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Megan Thee Stallion Rips Texas Abortion Law As Appeals Court Reinstates It
Issa Rae No Longer
Heeds Advice To Cast
White Characters In Her
Shows: 'We Are Enough'
Issa Rae is looking back on the lessons learned as she's be- come a multi-hyphenate creator. The "Insecure" writer/actor/di- rector is the cover star of the re- launched Mic publication and is gearing up for the premiere of her last season of the series. She revealed in the cover story that when she was just launching her web series that became the in- spiration for the HBO series, she was told she needed to include white characters.
"It was put in my mind that you had to have a white charac- ter to be a bridge, and for people to care, for it to get awards, for it to be considered worthy of the television canon,” she told Mic
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in the interview published Wednesday.
DaBaby Gets Apology From
Married Woman Who
Claimed He Hit On Her
DaBaby was accused of hit- ting on a married woman, who ironically goes by MrsLaTruth on Instagram. Apparently, that wasn’t “La Truth” and the woman is now walking back the allegations.
On Saturday (October 4), the woman shared a post to her In- stagram Stories, apologizing for creating extra drama for the chart-topping rapper.
“Apology to DaBaby & his fam- ily,” she wrote. “Thanks fans for doing your investigation and getting the truth from this girl who started it all! Pple have way too much times on their hands!!
DABABY
AUSTIN, TX – Megan Thee Stallion is sounding off on the restrictive abortion law in her home state of Texas.
During her set at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin on Friday (October 8), the Houston native took time to blast lawmakers who created the law barring women who are more than six weeks pregnant from obtaining the procedure.
“This middle finger is also to these muthafu**in’ men that want to tell us what the f**k to
MEGAN THEE STALLION
do with our body,” she told the crowd, according to local news station KXAN. “Cuz how the f**k you gonna tell me what to do with my muthafu**in’ body? Drop that shit.”
In a separate Instagram post, she further explained why she was against the bill.
“Y’all know I’m a Texas girl and we deserve better!” she wrote. “Politicians want to cut off abortion access and control our bodies, lives, and futures — I’m speaking up.”
‘No Time To Die’ Snares $56 Million In
Domestic Box Office Debut, Tops
“No Time to Die” tallied an estimated $56 million during its domestic opening week- end, the fourth-best debut of any James Bond film in the franchise’s nearly 60-year his- tory.
The film hauled in $23.3 million on Friday, $18.1 mil- lion on Saturday and is ex- pected to generate around $14.5 million in ticket sales Sunday. Globally, the film has garnered $313.3 million since its international release two weeks ago.
Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.”
$300 Million Globally
Birdman Goes Full Breakfast Club On Irv Gotti Over Lil Wayne Money: 'Mind Your Business'
Birdman doesn’t miss slights against him, even if he may catch wind of them years later.
In a 2017 episode of Com- plex’s Everyday Struggle with Akademiks and Nadeska Alexis, Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti, Gotti detailed the then beef between Wayne and Birdman, asking people to check the numbers and saying Wayne should get everything owed to him.
“When it come to records and music – you know Hov is rich, he did other things. But if
BIRDMAN
you’re just talking records sales and record business? Cash Money by far the richest n-ggas,” Gotti said. “It’s not even close. You saying that’s your son? You’ve known this n-gga Weezy since he was 10,11 ... cut the check!”
Four years after the inter- view went public, Birdman fi- nally fired back. On Instagram last Thursday (October 7), Birdman reposted a clip of the interview and responded to Gotti, writing, “I’m jus seen this mind ur F**in business I been a get money RG.”
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