Any of Travis Scott’s Instagram followers whose phones support the “Stories” feature got a look inside the rapper’s family dynamic when Scott posted a series of video clips featuring him buying his family a new house. The Houston-bred Scott said he hid the new residence from his unsuspecting family for two months while construction was completed.
He called it “a present I been working on my whole life.”
Judging from the views, which include a huge pool, at least two stories, and Scott’s boast that the family “walks on marble now,” he went all out on the purchase.
“Alright, so I’m about to surprise my fam with one of the most craziest gifts of all fuckin’ time,” Scott said, documenting the event via Instagram. “It’s actually too big to put a fuckin’ bow around. I can’t wait to see these motherfuckers’ reaction. I’ma ’Gram the whole shit.”
He did just that as visibly excited members of Scott’s family ran around the property and mobbed the G.O.O.D. Music member with hugs.
It looks like Scott made sure to grab himself a holiday treat as well, as he narrated a portion of the video from his new Lamborghini.
Travis Scott bought his family a house for Christmas pic.twitter.com/lMvCmv1pnN
— Rodeo ?? (@RodeoTheAlbum) December 25, 2016
It looks like T.I. and Tiny are headed for separation. For real this time.
TMZ reports Tiny has filed for divorce from her 36-year-old husband after six years of marriage. Though the couple was officially tied the knot in Miami in 2010, they had been in a relationship since 2001. They have two sons and a daughter together.
Sources told TMZ that T.I. and Tiny’s marriage was on the rocks for months. Trouble reportedly started after a photo of Tiny standing next to Floyd Mayweather surfaced. For those who don’t remember, Mayweather got into a highly publicized altercation with T.I. back in 2014.
Though Tiny later insisted she was pressured into taking a picture with the boxer, it reportedly upset T.I. and added to their relationship troubles.
Tiny is reportedly seeking both primary physical custody and joint legal custody of the couple’s three kids as well as requesting temporary and permanent alimony, according to Page Six.
Drake and Jennifer Lopez have been fueling dating rumors for weeks, but the pair basically made their relationship Instagram official Monday morning. Both of them posted the same picture cuddling on a couch with no caption. They really didn’t need a caption though because social media did the work for them and immediately began to pop off with a mix of speculation, congratulations, and accusations of fake love.
Then there’s Joe Budden, who pointed out on Twitter that today is the anniversary of the club shooting involving Puff Daddy, J. Lo, and Shyne. “I’m sure it’s pure coincidence today is the anniversary of the Puff/Shyne/JLo incident… pure coincidence,” he tweeted. He wasn’t the only one to bring it up, either.
Kodak Black was testing out Instagram’s newest live feature in the shower when disaster struck. As he was lathering up and getting clean, the rapper lost control of his phone and dropped it. As you can guess, Instagram users tuning in saw much more than they bargained for when the phone fell to the shower floor and captured everything in the process.
Kodak took to social media to share his own reaction to the slip up writing, “Lol I Got All You Niggas Ol’Ladies Zooming In Tryna See My ‘Lil Kodak.'”
Kodak Black accidentally showed everyone his privates when he dropped his phone in the shower while live streaming on Instagram pic.twitter.com/E183eALepI
— HIP HOP FACTS (@iDailyRapFacts) December 28, 2016
From his “Most Expensivest Shit” video series with GQ to boasting about having a “crib the same size as a Walmart” on his single “Diamonds Talkin Back,” 2 Chainz has been known to associate himself with a few high dollar items. This Christmas season, the Atlanta MC took things a step further with what he deemed “the most expensive ugly Christmas sweater.” The item in question builds on 2 Chainz’s line of charitable “Dabbin’ Santa” sweaters with a nearly six-figure price tag.
It’s official: J. Cole has another No. 1 album on his hands.
The rapper’s fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only, moved 492,000 equivalent album units during its first week, reports Billboard. This makes the project the third-largest debut of 2016, beat out only by Drake’s Views (1.04 million units) and Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000).
A$AP Ferg defends Kanye’s meeting with Trump, says “Ye strategic not stupid”.
While YG might not be too happy with Kanye West for his meeting with Donald Trump earlier today, it appears A$AP Ferg isn’t mad at all. In fact, he’s all for it.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Trap Lord took to twitter to express his thoughts on the meeting, and similar to Ricky Rozay, Ferg thinks Kanye is “smarter than we think,” and that he’s doing it to get closer to the President for his personal brand & growth. “Ye is strategic not dumb,” Ferg says.
Lupe Fiasco has apparently canceled his new album and quit music. The news comes after the rapper dropped a new song Monday that resulted in him being slammed for spreading an anti-Semitic message.
Lupe rapped over J. Cole’s “Everybody Dies” track for his new release, “N.E.R.D.” On the freestyle, he raps, “Artists gettin’ robbed for their publishing/By dirty Jewish execs who think that it’s alms from the covenant.”
Twitter began to go at the rapper as he tried to defend himself in a series of tweets. “Its some upright moral Jewish execs in this biz and some low down dirty awful motherfuckers that would sell they mother into slavery. Shrug,” read one tweet. Another person pressed the rapper as to why their religion is relevant to cheating artists to which he replied, “Because in my case they were Jewish.” He continued to ask his followers how his lyrics were anti-semitic.
Tuesday morning, Lupe jumped on Twitter to tell share a message with fans. “Yo Lupe fans it’s been fun and I hope you’ve had fun. I’m officially not releasing anymore music. Albums cancelled,” he wrote before setting his Twitter and Instagram accounts to private. “Getting beat up for telling the truth is now how I plan on spending the rest of my life.” He also alleged that his track had been removed from SoundCloud due to “hate speech,” but it appears to still be streaming on the service.
Lil Uzi Vert was reportedly arrested after a dirt bike chase with Atlanta police, TMZ is reporting.
The Philly rapper was in Atlanta riding dirt bikes with a friend. According to the police report obtained by TMZ, Uzi and company were riding their bikes last Thursday night without lights or helmets. The pair allegedly raced the wrong way down a one-way, drove on a sidewalk and crossed five traffic lanes without signaling.
The police also said that Uzi was trying to speed away from officers on the bike, but lost his balance and wiped out. The two then tried to make a run for it on foot, but were caught by the police. Uzi was booked for obstruction, reckless driving, not having a driver’s license, and some more traffic violations. He was released Friday on a $6,500 bond.
Uzi has not made any public comments about the arrest. We’ll continue to update the story when more details are made available.
Kanye West has taken to Twitter for the first time in two months to address fans directly about his meeting with Donald Trump.
“I wanted to meet with Trump today to discuss multicultural issues,” ‘Ye began. “These issues included bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago.”
He went on to talk about the importance of having dialog and added that he feels “it is important to have a direct line of communication with our future President if we truly want change.”