WORLD WRAP FEDERATION's Blog – September 2020 Archive (73)

Usher has announced the birth of his newborn daughter, Sovereign Bo Raymond.

The “Bad Habits” artist, 41, took to Instagram Wednesday afternoon to share the news.

“We are feeling blessed and full of love with the arrival of our beautiful baby girl, Sovereign Bo Raymond,” the singer wrote. ‘Isn’t She lovely’ by Stevie Wonder on repeat.”

Usher…

Queens prosecutors’ patience with Cardi B appears to be wearing thin, as they warned Wednesday that a plea offer over her alleged involvement in a strip-club brawl may not be on the table much longer.

Plea-deal talks with the Bronx-raised “WAP” rapper have been going on since early 2019 and remain open — despite Cardi’s legal team initially…

Megan Thee Stallion is living up to her name.

The Houston native, 25, is teaming up with fast fashion brand Fashion Nova to give all the hot girls above a certain height a very special line of denim.

“Oh yeah and remember when I said I was collaborating with @fashionnova to make jeans for tall women,” Meg posted on Instagram Sunday.

“These are the…

A top gaming company is suing Travis Scott — alleging that the rapper was all thumbs when it came to knocking off its joysticks.

Scott and his Cactus Jack label are being sued in federal court by KontrolFreek, which claims in court papers that when Scott performed a series of virtual concerts for 12 million fans via the video game Fortnight in April, that he…

NBA YoungBoy was arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Monday night.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office told Page Six the 20-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, is still in custody as of Tuesday morning. A court date or bond has not been set yet.

According to local news outlets, NBA YoungBoy was allegedly among a group of 16…

Get your boots and your coat from Cardi B’s upcoming “WAP” clothing line.

Following the smashing success of her explicit song with Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B filed to trademark “WAP” for a wide range of fashion items last week, as first reported by TMZ.

The 27-year-old rapper is hoping to slap her viral single’s title on clothing, headwear, footwear,…

Sienna Miller has shared a selfless gesture her late “21 Bridges” co-star, Chadwick Boseman, did for her because it is a “testament to who he was.”

“This was a pretty big budget film, and I know that everybody understands about the pay disparity in Hollywood, but I asked for a number that the studio wouldn’t get to,” she told Empire magazine. “And because I was…

In something of an irony, Dave Chappelle’s “Socially Distanced” performance series has been killed by COVID.

Page Six has learned that the comedy legend’s “Intimate Socially Distanced Affair” series in Yellow Springs, Ohio — which has seen performances by Chris Rock, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Tiffany Haddish, Michael Che, Sarah Silverman, Louis CK, and…

Reggae singer Dexta Daps drew a packed crowd for a blow-out Brooklyn concert in defiance of COVID-19 recommendations, according to shocking videos posted to social media.

Footage shared to Instagram on Saturday night shows the Jamaican entertainer on stage hyping up what appeared to be hundreds of fans packed tightly at an undisclosed outdoor venue.

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Startling new details continue to emerge in the Megan Thee Stallion/Tory Lanez shooting story.

To wit, Complex has new reporting from a source “close to the situation,” who alleges that “before firing four shots at Megan Thee Stallion’s feet, Tory Lanez allegedly told her, ‘Dance, bitch.'”

Meanwhile, an insider told Page Six the source’s…

Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris called Tupac Shakur the “best rapper alive” during an interview at the NAACP’s virtual convention Friday — even though the legendary emcee has been dead for more than two decades.

“Best rapper alive?” CNN commentator Angela Rye asked the Oakland native.

“Tupac,” Harris answered with little hesitation before Rye…

For Mark Brown, the head games began with a cold call from Prince in 1981. And they ended, six years later, with the bassist — rechristened BrownMark, by Prince — confident that the rock star had derailed him out of millions in songwriting royalties.

As related in BrownMark’s new memoir, “My Life in the Purple Kingdom” (University of Minnesota Press), playing…

On Thursday, Rihanna announced that her Savage x Fenty lingerie line will expand to include men’s underwear, with the help of ambassador Christian Combs.

Combs told GQ that he helped design the collection of boxers and boxer briefs, convincing Rihanna to release more vibrant blue and red colors rather than muted maroon and grayscale shades.

The rapper,…

The feud between Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez continues.

Megan’s team is now accusing Lanez’s camp of launching a “smear campaign” against the “WAP” rapper after Megan, 25, publicly accused Lanez, 28, of shooting her in July.

“We have been made aware of manipulated text messages and invented email accounts that have been disseminated…

2 Live Crew rapper Uncle Luke has been blindsided by his wife filing for divorce after 12 years of marriage.

Luke said in a statement that Kristin Thompson filed for a split on July 17. “It’s mind-boggling, hurtful, and a total surprise. I never intended to get married to get divorced,” he said, “That’s not in my DNA nor my family’s history. I believe in the…

Tory Lanez might be the owner of the worst ratio on Twitter after seemingly offering to break his month-long silence in the wake of the Megan Thee Stallion shooting incident. When the Torontonian rapper popped up on Twitter to apologize for his absence and tease … something coming at 9 pm tonight, the reactions were, shall we say, less than…

Public Enemy is still ready to “Fight the Power.”

Thirty-one years after that classic track dropped, the legendary Long Island posse returns Friday with a new LP, “What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?” It marks the group’s return to Def Jam, the iconic hip-hop label that they helped build, and features “Fight the Power: Remix 2020,” an all-star update of…

Ray J opened up about why he refused to go to marriage counseling with now-estranged wife Princess Love.

“I just felt like the counseling was more so a hustle and it wasn’t good … I felt like it would get one-sided,” Ray, 39, said on “The Real,” “but, hey, maybe we do need counseling.”

Co-host Jeannie Mai then asked the “One Wish” crooner if he’d ever…

Post Malone is the sunflower of the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

The multi-platinum 25-year-old star scored 16 nominations, dick clark productions and NBC announced Tuesday. Malone’s nominations include top artist, top male artist, top rap artist and top streaming songs artist.

His 2019 album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” — which featured the hits “Circles,”…

A group of Trump-supporting Long Island beachgoers who are suing Cardi B said on Tuesday they want at least $20 million in damages — claiming the rapper unfairly painted them as bigots when posting footage of an argument they had with her sister.

The suit, filed this week in Suffolk County Supreme Court, charges that the “WAP” singer’s sister, Hennessy…