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50 Cent agrees with rapper Future that he’s bigger than Jay-Z in the streets because he has more non-charting classics than Hov and is still in the prime of his career.

Back in December 2021, Future stirred controversy after tweeting that he was bigger than Jay-Z. “In the streets im bigger [than] jigga. Ima run me a B up easy,” the tweet read.

Last week, Jay-Z was recently named the No. 1 rapper on Billboard’s top 50 rappers list to mark hip hop’s 50th birthday. The list has ruffled some feathers as some artists were left out while others were positioned in places fans believed were unfair to the artist and their contributions and influence on culture.

It seems that 50 Cent is also of the view that his long-time rival Jay-Z is not deserving of the title and believes that in any race, Future outshines him.

According to 50 Cent, both artists have put in a level of work during the last decade and have equally contributed to the culture, but Jay-Z, while commercially successful, is no match for Future, who is not in his prime.

When asked about Future’s statement that he was bigger than Hov, 50 Cent agreed.“Yeah, he is.”

He continued to justify his answer noting, “way bigger. Like, there’s consistent music from him that didn’t chart that [are] huge records that people love and appreciate that. Later, it may not have the same things to hold onto that you have at points.”

Meanwhile, 50 Cent also reflected on his music, and his earlier lyrics which shared that he was a drug dealer and the rapper was even shot nine times but miraculously lived to tell the tale.

When asked about his fans, 50 Cent shared that fans were drawn to the aspects of his life that were “wrong.”

“The stuff that they see that I’ve learned, it kinda kept me out of trouble at points. The stuff I was saying in the music in the very beginning, I was crazy to tell you the truth, Ari. I was absolutely crazy at that point. Kids fell absolutely in love with me and they were in love with the wrong part of me,” he said.

As if giving his fans a caution, he noted that his earlier life was “The part that won’t actually continue to be successful. The part that people won’t continue to be something that people celebrate. They have to turn into something bigger and better as they go with the new information and new opportunities that come because they’re really street.”

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Rihanna shared images of her son with the world nine months for the first time on February 15. The baby, whose name has not been revealed, was born in May, and his mother had protected him from the world as she and her partner, A$AP Rocky, mulled mentally dealing with introducing him to the world.

However, the images of the chunky baby have brought hatred and disrespect from some people on social media who have commented on his looks. Some of the rude and disrespectful comments have not escaped the eyes of mama bear Rihanna, who showed she was ready to claw anyone messing with her young.

It appeared that Rihanna reacted to the rude comments earlier in the day after her Vogue article was published, and she ensured that the world knew she didn’t give a hoot about anyone’s opinion of her kid. The singer shared a photo of herself and her son in bed on red Satin sheets. The baby is clearly playing and grabs his own feet while a proud Rihanna gently touches his chunky legs.

“My son so fine! Idc Idc Idc, How crazy both of my babies were in these photos and mommy had no clue,” she captioned the photo.

Many fans and well-wishers including some of her celebrity friends have commented on her posts gushing over her baby boy. One commenter also questioned in the comments, “who calls a baby fine?? [crying emoji].”

Rihanna had a sharp rebuke as she replied – “his mother!”

The singer also chided a woman who tried to school her on the ‘appropriate’ adjective to describe her own child.

“Fine!? More like cute, adorable… he’s not a grown man… lol,” the woman wrote.

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Rihanna also replied, “you just keep your lil cougar paws away from him and we good,” the mother-to-be wrote.

Rihanna is a savage when it comes to clapping back, and it seems that some people forgot that she was a master troll on Twitter years back. Despite the self-hating trolls, Rihanna’s baby received lots of love from many, the likes of Khadeen Ellis, Viola Davis, DJ Khaled, Facebook, Erykah Badu, and a throng of celebrities and fans.

In her interview with British Vogue, Rihanna says she is dropping new music this year for sure and says it would be insane for her not to release an album in 2023 despite her pregnancy. Her performance at Sunday’s 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show was the catalyst of her comeback to music, as it reminded us of her star power when it comes to making hit songs and performing them live.

Rihanna has since changed her caption to read, “my perfect baby!”

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Safaree Samuels defends Rihanna from attacks over her Super Bowl gig.

Rihanna has been getting a lot of praise for her Super Bowl Halftime performance on Sunday, but there are also some relentless critics like Howard Stern. Some 118 million people tuned in to watch Rihanna’s first major performance in years, and that’s 5 million more than the number of folks who watched the Super Bowl. This means that more fans actually wanted to see RiRi perform. That’s despite some attacks from some folks like Trump and his supporters.

Almost immediately after her blockbuster performance while pregnant, Howard Stern pounced on it and issued some scathing remarks about the Bajan singer lip-syncing her performance.

“You know, I don’t even know why she bothered showing up,” Stern said on his radio show on Sirius XM. “I could be wrong, but I — in my opinion, 85 percent of that performance was lip-sync.”

Other celebrities like Kodak Black also criticized Rihanna for her performance, but he sounded like he merely tried to be in agreement with the former president who granted him a pardon when he was behind bars.

Love and Hip Hop star Safaree has since come out swinging on Twitter issuing a warning that no Rihanna slander will be tolerated.

“No Rihanna slander will be tolerated by these white outlets… F—K YALL,” Safaree tweeted. “Howard stern this isn’t 1995 no 1 gives a f— about ya opinion. Go get a nose job wit ya fake a-s wanna be afro then go s–k yuh mummma.”

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Safaree was sure to hurl the famous Jamaican expletives he often uses on social media. On a brighter note, Rihanna has been getting a lot of support from celebrities and fans since putting on a show on Sunday night. She has since gained over 3 million new followers on Instagram, and her music saw a massive increase in streaming after the Super Bowl, which saw several of her songs returning to the iTunes chart.

Rihanna also saw a 833 percent increase in search volume for her Fenty Beauty brand since promoting it during her live performance. Considering its a free gig for her, it did pay off in terms of marketing.

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Rihanna has finally shared her son with the world as she and her partner, A$AP Rocky, posed for British Vogue in a new spread where she dishes on her life as a mother, artist, and partner and her future plans.

The artist shared that she never stopped recording and is hoping that her ninth studio album will be released this year.

While talking about music, the artist revealed that she never stopped recording, and she would often re-listen to an unreleased song as she tried to feel the music. She doesn’t always like the music but admitted [it’s] almost like trying to dress like you used to dress. It’s like, ‘Ew, no. I would never wear those again.”

“Your taste changes, your vibe changes,” she added.

When asked the million-dollar question whether fans will get the long-anticipated album dubbed ‘R9’, Rihanna says it could be this year, but she doesn’t make any promises, although. “I want it to be this year,” she says.

“Like, honestly, it’d be ridiculous if it’s not this year. But I just want to have fun. I just want to make music and make videos.”

The Vogue writer points out that at the time Rihanna did the interview, there was no sign of a new pregnancy, and the artist did not seem aware that she would be expecting so soon again.

Rihanna debuted her very visible baby bump during Super Bowl LVII, five weeks after she did the Vogue interview.

The artist later confirmed that she was pregnant with her and Rocky’s second child.

Now that that event has cropped up, it’s unclear if Rihanna’s priorities have changed and if she can finish the album. In her Vogue interview, Rihanna, however, shares that she misses the music scene especially creating visual content.

“I need the right background music with the visuals. I can’t just go shoot a video to me talking,” she said.

In the meantime, Rihanna also dished on her first few days being a mother noting that the event was life-changing for her and her mindset.

“It’s this knowing that you can do anything,” she explains, “even things that seem the craziest, like, ‘I’m going to say yes to the Super Bowl in the middle of postpartum?’” “What the heck am I thinking? But you’re geeked on a challenge like that because you know what your body just did. You feel this sense of ‘Nothing is impossible.’” She said.

While unaware she was pregnant again, Rihanna also shared that she wanted to have more children, although she did gawk at her own statement in 2020 that she wanted three or four children.

“Listen, I’m down for whatever. My wish would be I would like to have more kids but whatever God wants for me, I’m here. I’m open,” she says. “Girl, boy. Whatever,” the artist said.

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