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#Surviving CardiB: ‘Bodak Yellow’ Star Admits To Drugging And Robbing Men In Past Life
Cardi B is facing criticism on social media after admitting to some scandalous behavior in her past.
While streaming on Insta- gram Live, the Grammy Award-winner voiced her frus- trations with people who claim she doesn’t deserve her suc- cess. Cardi then attempted to prove she paid her dues but ended up giving critics more ammunition by admitting she drugged and robbed men for money.
“Ni*^as must’ve forgot, my ni*^a, the s*^t that I did to muthaf*^$in’ survive,” she said. “I had to go strip. I had to go, ‘Oh yeah, you wanna f*^k me? Yeah yeah yeah, let’s go back to this hotel.’ And I drugged ni*^as up and I robbed them. That’s what I used to do. Nothing was muthaf*^$in’ handed to me,
CARDI B
my ni*^a. Nothing!”
Cardi’s admission has since
sparked a #SurvivingCardiB hashtag on Twitter, playing off the fervor of Lifetime’s Surviv- ing R. Kelly documentary. Some Twitter users are calling for her to be “canceled” like disgraced celebrities such as Kelly and Bill Cosby.
Dee Barnes Needs Hip Hop's Help: ‘I Am Officially Homeless’
Pump It Up! host Dee Barnes shot to notoriety when she became the first fe- male Hip Hop journalist to have a broadcast television show. Launched in 1989, the show featured in-depth inter- views with prominent Hip Hop artists such as Ice Cube, Ice- T, Will Smith, Queen Lati- fah, Big Daddy Kane and, of course, N.W.A.
Everything changed in 1991 when she was attacked by Dr. Dre during a Hollywood record release party. Subse- quently, her career came to a screeching halt and her days were suddenly filled with court appearances. Barnes filed criminal charges against Dre and a civil suit followed. They ultimately settled out of court in 1993.
Now, Barnes has found
DEE BARNES
herself in a precarious situa- tion — homelessness. With nowhere else to go, the former Delicious Vinyl artist reluc- tantly launched a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to raise enough money to secure a place to live. It wasn’t an easy decision.
“What made me finally say
enough I’m going to ask for help is that quote, ‘You can overcome anything in life, but you must first be willing to live in your truth,” she tells HipHopDX. “I realized that I had come too far and had been through too much to just give up without trying.
“I had never asked for pub- lic help before, but I then re- membered a long time ago while I was going through the assault trial in 1991 people were sending me checks for my legal fees. I never cashed any of them — not one — but knowing I had that support kept me strong enough to continue to face each court date. Right now, I am officially homeless. My goal with the campaign is to regain stability, which is im- perative for survivors of any trauma.”
JAY-Z Applauds Jordan Peele's Movie 'Us' For No. 1 Box Office Debut
Michael B. Jordan Takes On Age-Less Man Thriller ‘Methusaleh’ At Warner Bros.
JAY-Z doesn’t get on social media often. It takes a special occasion to lure him back on Twitter or any other social media platform. Evidently, the success of Jordan Peele’s latest film, Us, was enough to get Hov using his Twitter fin- gers.
On Sunday (March 24), the Roc Nation mogul headed to the label’s official account and shared a photo of himself and Peele, who’s holding his Oscar for Get Out.
“For US by US,” he wrote in the caption. “Congrats on the
JAY-Z
#1 movie in the world. – Hov.” In a recent interview with MTV News, Peele mentioned Hov had given some sage ad-
vice after Peele appeared con- cerned he wouldn’t top the suc- cess of Get Out, telling him, “It doesn’t matter. You already did that.”
Us debuted in theaters on Friday (March 22). Peele’s sophomore effort has already surpassed Get Out‘s opening weekend at the box office, rak- ing in over $70 million. Get Out opened with $33 million in 2017.
The film’s debut marks the largest domestic opening weekend ever for an original horror film.
Warner Bros will re-develop Methusaleh as a star vehicle for Michael B. Jordan to play a man who has managed to stay alive for over 400 years. Jordan’s Outlier Society has joined as producers Heyday’s David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford.
Warner Bros has been trying to get this one up and running for years, with myriad writers and leading men that at one time included Tom Cruise. It’s got a Highlander-like mythology and franchise po- tential. The idea is for Jordan to play a man who has man- aged to survive for hundreds of years, without showing the physical signs of age. In that time, he has accumulated vast intellectual knowledge, from multiple languages to the sci- ences, as well as survival skills. Zach Dean is among the writ- ers who’ve written versions.
Jordan is coming off the one-two punch of Black Pan- ther and Creed II. Since signing a deal at Warner Bros, the stu- dio acquired for Outlier Society to produce the Marlon James fantasy epic novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Out- lier was just part of a New Re- gency deal for an untitled monster movie that will be di- rected by Jordan Vogt- Roberts. Jordan is also attached to star in and produce Denzel Washington’s next directorial outing, Journal for Jordan, as well as the Gerard McMurray-directed Silver Bear for Lionsgate.
Jordan is repped by WME and attorney Gregory Slewett.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
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