Lizzo just dropped a bathroom mirror selfie that has everyone talking. The Grammy winner posted herself in black underwear and a crop top, showing off her 60-pound weight release journey to her 11.5 million Instagram followers. The Good as Hell artist captioned the revealing photo with just three words: “i love you too.” Simple but powerful, just like Lizzo herself. She coordinated her all-black look with a matching headband that framed her curls perfectly. The 37-year-old kept her makeup minimal, letting her natural glow shine through in the social media snap. This latest post continues Lizzo’s three-year documentation of her…
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Hundreds of fans packed Valencia Street Thursday night as San Francisco crowned its official Bad Bunny look-alike. Abdul Arroyave, a Colombian singer living in Mexico City, took home the title at Tacolicious restaurant. He beat 27 other contestants in the Mission District competition. “Thank you, me siento super cabron,” Arroyave told the crowd after his win. “Bad Bunny wins the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny wins the Grammys, thank you mami, thank you papi.” Only 300 fans made it inside before Tacolicious reached capacity. Contestants competed for a $100 cash prize, a restaurant gift card and bragging rights. Arroyave wore an…
A woman’s viral TikTok about her first trip to Las Vegas’ Sphere is serving as a PSA for anyone with a fear of heights. On Jan. 15, Samantha Rothe (@samanthaarothe) posted a TikTok with over 470,000 views as of this writing, describing how the Las Vegas Sphere triggered her fear of heights. “When I tell you that was one of the scariest things I have ever done in my life,” she said. What Made Rothe’s Trip to the Las Vegas Sphere So Terrifying? Rothe explains that she willingly bought tickets in the upper sections. She assumed it “wouldn’t be that…
A San Antonio Jim’s restaurant turns into a full-blown spectacle when the cooks leave the kitchen to de-escalate and ultimately remove a couple of unruly patrons. Here’s what went down. TikTok creator JustHereLaughing (@justlaughing13) posted footage of the incident on Jan. 21. The video shows a man dressed in shorts and a T-shirt with a large pack strapped to his back. He is clearly in the process of verbally assaulting either a staff member or another patron. JustHereLaughing identifies the restaurant as Jim’s at Loop 410 and Broadway in San Antonio. “Got dinner and a show,” they wrote in the…
Lil Jon‘s son, Nathan Smith, was found dead Friday in a Georgia pond after the 27-year-old musician, who went by DJ Young Slade, had been missing for three days. Milton cops pulled Smith’s body from a pond at Mayfield Park around noon. Cherokee County Fire Department divers helped with the recovery. Smith ran from his Milton home barefoot on Tuesday morning around 6 A.M. His family called the cops when he didn’t come back. Police said he left his phone behind and might have been disoriented. The crunk legend released a statement about his son’s death. “I am extremely heartbroken…
Too Short stepped onto the NFL Honors red carpet in San Francisco and immediately set the record straight about his place in Bay Area Hip-Hop history. The Oakland legend appeared at Thursday night’s ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai caught up with the rapper during the star-studded event. Mathai called Too Short “the best rapper in the Bay Area.” The Hip-Hop pioneer quickly shut that down. “Oh man, don’t give me that and put me on the news. Best rapper in the Bay. We got a lot of controversy going right now like who’s…
J. Cole is positioning his upcoming album not as a celebration of dominance but as a meditation on time, ambition and the meaning of coming home. In a reflective statement shared ahead of the release of The Fall-Off, Cole explained that the project is intentionally designed to mirror the origins of his career, reaching back to verses he began writing as a teenager. “Some of the very first verses for The Come Up were written when I was just 19 years old,” he wrote, framing the album as a conceptual bookend to his debut mixtape. Cole said the title The Come Up carried a…
DaBaby sat down with The Breakfast Club to discuss his four-year absence from music and the personal journey that led to his comeback album, Be More Grateful. The Charlotte rapper got real about why he stepped away from the spotlight after reaching the peak of his career. His honesty cut through the usual celebrity talk. DaBaby explained that his break wasn’t planned. He lost track of time while dealing with personal issues that started long before his career took off. “I’m really not only in a season of gratitude, but, I guess it took me to be in a season…
Comedian Druski turned what should have been a celebration into controversy Thursday night at the NFL Honors ceremony. The social media personality was tasked with presenting the Offensive Player of the Year award to Seattle Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. But his multiple attempts at pronouncing the player’s name included using a racial slur on live television. Druski initially got the pronunciation correct. Then he offered several variations, including one that contained the N-word. He ended the segment by simply saying “JSN” before leaving the stage. The moment happened during NBC’s broadcast from San Francisco. NFL legend Barry Sanders stood next…
Just a few moments ago, a friend asked me a simple question: what’s really going on with Drake and this “Iceman” thing? Fans and haters alike are waiting on his next move, watching every leak and rumor like it’s a playoff game. Calling yourself “Iceman” in this climate is not exactly a wise choice. ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a real and active agency that many people associate with fear and raids. The name lands awkwardly. But you know this. Still, there’s hope. A newly leaked record suggests Drake may actually be back in his lyrical bag. What’s funny…