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Swae Lee Expecting First Child With Girlfriend Victoria Kristine
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale
& The Big Steppers’ Becomes
First 2022 Rap Album To
Swae Lee has a baby on the way.
One half of Rae Srem- murd is expecting a child with his girlfriend Victoria Kris- tine. The couple was joined by family and friends as they cel- ebrated the upcoming arrival of their son at a safari-themed baby shower over the week- end.
Tori, who is a real estate agent studying to be a physi- cian, shared a series of photos from the festivities. She can be seen kissing her baby daddy in one pic and cradling her baby bump in front of a giant lit-up
Reach 1B Spotify Streams
Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers album has collected yet an- other accolade, becoming the first rap album from 2022 to cross one billion streams on Spotify.
Chart Data announced the achievement on Tuesday (Au- gust 30). The only project to match Kendrick’s streaming output in the R&B realm is The Weeknd’s Dawn FM, which hit a billion streams in March and then surpassed two billion streams earlier this month.
Mr. Morale & The Big Step- pers has been powered on Spo- tify by top tracks like “N95” (128,570,543 global streams), “Die Hard” (99,497,158 global streams) and “Rich Spirit” (47,780,629 global streams).
Chart Data also noted that K. Dot’s fifth studio album has sold over 500,000 units, but it has yet to be certified gold by the RIAA. The project
SWAE LEE AND GIRLFRIEND VICTORIA KRISTINE
KENDRICK LAMAR
could surpass one million sales by the end of 2022.
Released on May 13, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers de- buted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 295,000 total album- equivalent units in its first week — the biggest debut for a rap album this year.
Lil Baby Wins $1M At Casino And Blesses Friends With $10K Each
If you've watched Untrapped, then you already know about Lil Baby's reputation before he got into the rap game. He was a hustler and a prominent gambler, who swept up any dice game he was involved in. In fact, his sister even vouched that he collected six-figures in earnings before his rap career took off.
Over the weekend, Lil Baby paid a visit to the iconic Las Vegas casinos where he
LIL BABY WINS BIG
raked in some big bucks. A few of his friends accompanied him as he took over a game of dice, and ultimately left $1M richer than he was when he arrived. BlocBoy JB shared a video of Lil Baby in the zone, caption- ing the post, "N***a really just hit 4 a milli."
Afterward, Baby was spot- ted with large stacks of cash be- fore someone else revealed that he broke off $10K for every per- son that was around him.
sign that says “Baby Brown.” “Our little wild one is on the way,” she captioned her Insta-
gram slideshow, while reveal- ing the baby’s gender. “SON OTW @swaelee.”
Eddie Murphy Wears Iconic Jacket On Set Of ‘Beverly Hills’ Cop Sequel
Eddie Murphy is back to his Beverly Hills Cop roots.
The actor was spotted on the set of his upcoming Netflix sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley on Tuesday in Los Ange- les alongside his stunt double.
Adding to the nostalgia? Both Murphy, 61, and his stunt double were snapped in the signature letterman-style jacket worn by the veteran actor's character Axel in the original film series. At one
EDDIE MURPHY
point, Murphy was also spot- ted being driven by a woman in a bright-red BMW.
The Beverly Hills Cop films follow a Detroit police officer, played by Murphy, who jour- neys to Beverly Hills, Califor- nia, to solve his friend's murder.
Netflix announced Monday that Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley will star Joseph Gor- don-Levitt and Taylour Paige alongside Murphy.
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