DRAKE AND LEBRON JAMES SURPRISE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE AND MOTHER WITH $100,000: As part of his new partnership with online betting platform Stake, Drake and LeBron James hosted a dinner with Lobos 1707 tequila at one of his favorite restaurants, Harbour 60 in Toronto. He invited a local high school basketball star named Michael Evbagharu, who plays for Royal Crown Academic School, and his mother to attend the exclusive event where he surprised them with $100,000. He said, “His mother is one of the hardest working women, period. She’s grinding, she’s working a bunch of jobs in the hopes that her son does incredible things, which we pray he will.” Drake told Michael, “I respect your hard work a lot,” before telling his mother, “but I respect your hard work more. Hopefully it makes this journey just a little easier.”
LATTO REGRETS CALLING OUT MALE RAPPER THAT GAVE HER ISSUES CLEARING HER ALBUM: During a radio interview, Latto said she regrets calling out a male rapper who gave her a hard time with a feature for her album because its overshadowing her music. She said, “My intentions was not to, like, make this a whole thing. I just was looking at it as, like, I’m a new female rapper in the game. I wish somebody could have gave me some insight about how this stuff really goes. You hear, like, ‘Oh, female rappers have it harder.’ But I really wanted to give a little insight as to what specifically makes it harder for a female rapper. I didn’t want it to distract from the music or anything so I kind of wish, in a way, I didn’t say that.” When asked if the rapper was Kodak Black, she said, “I don’t wanna say who it was. I just feel like…it’s gonna distract from the music and my intentions is not to get anyone dragged or anything. I just wanted to speak from, like, what do I deal with? I don’t specifically want someone to, you know, get dragged.”
42 DUGG ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AND HOLDING WOMEN HOSTAGE AT MIAMI HOTEL: According to Hot New Hip Hop, 42 Dugg is being accusedd of assaulting and holding women hostage at Miami hotel. A woman has claimed that the rapper violently attacked her friend while holding her hostage at her hotel room. The woman wrote on Instagram, “What n*ggas did to me and @_serenitysky is not worth any money sh*t is not a joke.” In another set of pictures showing a woman with a bruised arm and swollen face, the Instagram user added, “This is what ya favorite celebrities do on close doors… Like grown man beat on my friend @_serenitysky and literally didn't let US LEAVE and the HOTEL DIDNT DO ANYTHING.” She added, “42 dugg beat on my friend and held me hostage along with his crew!!!”
BOW WOW DENIES TRYING TO GET WITH JAYDA CHEAVES: Bow Wow took to Instagram to deny rumors that he was texting Jayda Cheaves. He tweeted, “Absolutely not. I just be minding my business and my name gets thrown in things I’m not even aware of. I’m pose to be the irrelevant rapper so why and how do folks think Bow Wow when it’s time to start rumors? I don’t get it. I have the utmost respect for Lil Baby. That’s not even my get down. We have mutual people who we deal with. I would never.”
