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50 Cent Says He'd Take Tekashi 6ix9ine Over His Own Son
50 CENT AND MARQUISE
Jussie Smollett And Lee Daniels No Longer Speak To Each Other: Report
50 Cent is finally speaking out about Tekashi 6ix9ine days after the controversial rapper was granted a “com- passionate release” from prison.
On Thursday (April 9), an audio clip started making the rounds which found the For Life producer’s Instagram Live session talking about 6ix9ine, who he once referred to as his “son.” He claimed he’d rather have 6ix9ine in his life than his own son Marquise Jack-
son.
“People ask, ‘You seen your
son yet?'” he says. “Nah, I ain’t heard from 6ix9ine. He’s his mother’s child now. He’s trollin’ everybody. He better than Marquise though. I take him before I take my actual bi- ological son [laughs].
Marquise replied via In- stagram, “Did he just say he’d claim a rat? Oh no! I don’t know what y’all got going on over there. That’s some other crap. Stupid!”
insider told Page Six.
It seems the problem was
that Daniels wanted R. Kelly to write songs for Smollett’s “Empire” character. He also suggested that Kelly work on the actor’s own album.
However, Smollett was not feeling the idea at all and wanted nothing to do with Kelly, who already had a bad reputation in the music indus- try. Smollett “put his foot down,” the source said.
Raise your hand if you’re NOT surprised to learn that Jussie Smollett and Lee Daniels are no longer on speaking terms.
OK then, raise your hand if you think it’s because of Smollett’s alleged hate-crime hoax.
Smollett starred on Daniels’ Fox hit “Empire” for five seasons. But we’re told that the pair butted heads over, among other things, R. Kelly’s involvement in Smol- lett’s career.
Well, here’s the real deal. Smollett and Daniels’ “rela- tionship is nonexistent, and it was tense even before Jussie’s attack incident,” an
JUSSIE SMOLLETT AND LEE DANIELS
Willow Smith Opens Up About How Quitting Marijuana Impacted Her Life
A lot of people speak highly of how marijuana helped their life. But during the latest episode of Red Table Talk, Willow Smith explained how quitting weed had a positive impact on her life.
The 19-year-old, mother Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Jada's 66-year-old mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, had an open and candid con- versation about her marijuana use.
WILLOW SMITH
“I know this sounds cheesy, but around the time I stopped smoking, I started doing a lot of yoga and I just excelled be- cause I was putting all of my energy into that," she said.
"When I stopped smoking it was a really big eye-opener," she continued. "There are so many people that I called friends in my life who just [drifted away]. It really made me think, like, ‘This is really in- teresting.’"
Cardi B And Fashion Nova Pledge To Donate $1K Every Hour To Families Hit By COVID-19
LOS ANGELES, CA – Cardi B and Fashion Nova will do- nate $1,000 to one person every hour for the next 42 days. The Bronx-bred star and the online fashion brand teamed up for the Fashion Nova Cares with Cardi B ini- tiative, which will end up send- ing out $1,000,000 through May 20.
“I’ve been getting a lot of DMs of people in need and me and Fashion Nova came up with a way that we are going to give out $1,000 an hour for the
OFFSET AND CARDI B
days,” Cardi an-
‘Hmm, is it really going to the people?’ Well, we’re going to make sure it’s going to the peo-
next 42
nounced on Instagram. “You
know, sometimes you give to charity and wonder like, ple.”
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