The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on major retailers to mom-and-pop shops across the country, and the world specifically. Establishments that typically rely on patrons actually spending time at their location were without a doubt among those hit the hardest. Starbucks, for example, is having to shut down hundreds of stores. 

Chuck E. Cheese is facing even bigger turmoil. According to reports, Chuck E. Cheese could be shutting down their stores permanently. The company is allegedly scrambling to remain afloat as it nears $1B in debt. The owners have, however, approached lenders to gain a $200M loan to help them out. 

Chuck E. Cheese was still functioning during the pandemic as they operated under “Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings” which was a takeout option that operated from their kitchen. “Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings, named after another favorite member of Munch’s Make Believe Band, shares kitchen space with the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant, ensuring high-quality, fresh ingredients,” they said in a statement.

For Boosie Badazz, this is the latest is a series of unfortunate events that he’s left to dwell on. He took to Instagram to air out his grievances on the news.

“I just found out Chuck E. Cheese goin’ bankrupt. 2020 fucked up, man. I never thought Chuck E. would be gone. I ain’t never think Chuck E. Cheese will be gone,” he said. “2020 fucked up. Chuck-E-Cheese, man? The best pizza in the world. I gotta tell my lil’ girl Chuck-E gone.”

Check the clip out below. 

Drew Brees has become a topic of conversation since his tone-deaf remarks went viral the other day. The NFL player was asked about players potentially kneeling as the NFL season resumes, given all that’s happening right now with the protests of George Floyd, and of course, Colin Kaepernick initially taking a knee as a form of protest against exactly this type of thing. Yet Brees stated, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country,” missing the point entirely.

Following heavy backlash online, Drew Brees issued an extensive apology. “I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused. In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country,” he wrote in an IG post.

However it’s doing little to fix the damage he’s incurred. Among those calling him out for his remarks, there has been Lebron James and Shannon Sharpe. Now Boosie Badazz joins the chorus of naysayers, vowing not to support the Saints any more. 

Boosie shared an image that is currently going viral on social media, of Brees sitting with Trump and his wife Melania. In the caption, he not only admonishes him for his comments, stating how the Black community has been an important part of his career, but equally trolls him, saying that Trump may be in his wife’s DMs. He ends the caption with a simple demand: “TRADE HIM.”

“DAM @drewbrees U SHOWED YO TRUE COLORS U LET ME DOWN BRO THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS A BIG PART OF YOUR CAREER MF. LOOK LIKE IM GOING FOR THE FALCONS WHEN THEY PLAY SAINTS I STILL AINT PUT GUCCI BACK ON YET SO AS LONG AS YOU QUARTERBACK IM NOT SUPPORTING THE SAINTS ‼️u were so happy on this pic. I know trump was giving your wife that EYE ‼️check her dm he’s probably n it. TRADE HIM TRADE HIM TRADE HIM TRADE HIM TRADE HIM,” Boosie wrote.

Check out the post below. Young Scooter hopped in the comments to concur: “Drew tripping.”

While most of Boosie Badazz’s conversation with Theo Von centered about Black issues and Boosie’s response to the protests, towards the very end of the conversation, Boosie casually reveals that he’s got a new business in the works, and it’s one to rival the UFC.

When Theo Von asks Boosie if he wants the UFC, he quickly replies no, before revealing his own fight-business plans:

“I’m finna start my own backyard, across-the-track fights. We just going through the lawyers right now, I got my logo together.”

Boosie says, “Every place got across the track. So we going to be setting up by train tracks. I got the steel gate. Got all my paperwork together. I’ma do five fights in each city.”

As far as Boosie’s role, beyond the business side, he’ll be taking a cue from Joe Rogan and putting on his commentator hat, before elaborating on just how tough his fights will be.

“And it gon’ be funny cause I’ma be the commentator. I’m going to be going off. And how mine is, you gotta be dropped five times. A TKO is five times. The fight keeps on going through out the fifth round if you haven’t been knocked out five times, or you out cold. That’s the only way the fight stops.”

Boosie adds, “We gon’ kill it bro, across the track street fights.” 

Check this out at the 1 hour, 2 minute mark in the video below.

Do you think this will really come to fruition? Would you tune in?

Theo Von has a pretty eclectic array of guests on his podcast, This Past Weekend. As Boosie Badazz touches down in L.A., the rapper made a surprise appearance on Theo’s podcast, for a candid conversation mainly about race, and issues therein.

In light of protests championing George Floyd’s brutal death at the hands of police, the conversation is very relevant. Boosie shares his take on the protests and riots, as well as the Black experience in America, questioning why no President has ever tried to give Black people reparations, and speaking on just how common police brutality is.

“I think it’s all well-deserved,” Boosie said soberly, in response to whether he sees a difference between the protestors and the looters.

“It been going on,” Boosie said of police killing Black man, citing his own neighborhood hero who he says was “smashed” by a cop, resulting in his death. “It’s just now we got ’em. As soon as something happened it get out. If they didn’t have those cameras– those phones– it blessed us — now they see what they’ve been doing for twenty five years.”

As far as the protests, Boosie elaborates on the elements coming together to create a perfect storm: “People tired of being at home, our President’s crazy, it wasn’t the time for this. Especially for Black people,” Boosie says, before questioning: “Black people should be paid, like the Indians, our race been through more shit than anybody. Why hasn’t any President said why aren’t the Black Americans compensated? We was hanged, our wealth was stolen from us– millions, kids are dying today. Black families should be compensated, why no motherfucking President said it, not even Obama.”

As the conversation continues, Boosie speaks on how the Black story and experience is shared rap music, and how that allows for Black families to be taken care of.

Boosie Badazz has made it abundantly clear that he absolutely provides for all of his children financially, despite one of his baby mother’s recent claims in a child support lawsuit. Amid his other controversies in recent weeks, Boosie was accused by Gelisa Hayes, the mother of his 11-year-old daughter, Lyric Beyonce, of failing to pay child support to her in order to provide for Lyric. Gelisa filed a lawsuit against Boosie, seeking immediate child support as well as health and accident insurance for Lyric. However, Boosie has since come forward to denounce these claims, insisting that he has never missed a child support payment for any of his seven children, including Lyric.

On Thursday, Boosie took to Instagram to address the situation, writing a lengthy message in all caps. “For u people to be n my DMs saying Im a deadbeat dad u got me f*cked up !!” he exclaimed. “Ive never missed a child support payment with none of my kids. My child wants for nothin. Ive never missed a payment. Me n daughter have a great relationship Im sure she will be just as pissed as me. Ive never missed a payment to them. Not one BM.”

Carmen Mandato/Getty Images

“Even when my kids r with me for 3-4 months,” he continued. “N they don’t have ask they mom for nothin. She wants for nothin. None of them. Me n my BMs r not beefing at all. We might disagree on some things but one thang ‘I don’t play with they money’ so for you people to keep coming after me sayin Im not taking care of my kids is bullsh*t. My child works for her daddy n makes her own money. She just went back to BR with bout a rack (11 years old) from working, her n my boys. Im not go drag my BM cause this is out of her character but women who say they r happily married shouldn’t be doing stuff like this its sad !! This sh*t embarrassing n fake I take care mine. PS F*ck y’all.”

“THESE CHILD SUPPORT CLAIMS THAT I DONT SUPPORT MY DAUGHTER IS BULLSH*T SO LEAVE ME THE F*CK ALONE,” he added in the caption. 

Boosie Badazz and Webbie were once a driving force in rap, collaborating often and becoming two voices of their cities. Somewhere along the way, they had a falling out and, recently, things are not looking pretty between them.

Just the other day, Boosie and Webbie seemingly had a fight on social media, with Boosie telling fans to not ask him any more questions about the rapper. He claims that he’s cool with Webbie, but things definitely aren’t as they used to be.

Webbie’s manager actually chimed in on the current dynamic of their relationship, echoing that sentiment but pointing out where things started to go wrong.

“Webbie don’t really give a fuck. N***as get in their feelings and take shit out of proportion. Boosie and Webbie, they gon’ always be. It’s like peanut butter and jelly,” he said to The Shade Room. “Boosie went to jail, and Webbie was out here workin’. Webbie’s loyalty will always be Trill Entertainment. That’s what Webbie was talkin’ about. He’s a big person on loyalty. That’s all I know, and the legacy is what he’s talking about. It ain’t about no money. He’s been making money for years. It’s about the legacy.”

Ray Tamarra/Getty Images

Webbie did not go to visit Boosie Badazz while he was in jail, and that appears to be the root of their current issue. Webbie’s manager, Derrick, also confirmed that the two are not on speaking terms.

“Certain people got people on block from the text messages to the internet,” he said. “So, Webbie just gon’ say what he wanna say. So, he said what he said.”

Despite their current trouble, Webbie’s manager said it’s possible that they team up for the rapper’s upcoming album. So, clearly things aren’t as deep as initially believed.

[]

If you want to see Boosie Badazz befuddled, ask him about beautiful women. The controversial rapper has been catching heat lately over comments he made about his children, but he seems to have brushed that aside for the time being. He caught up with VladTV and was asked to name his top five hottest, as in looks, women in rap. Somewhere things were lost in translation because he listed off his favorite female emcees according to their talents.

“Lil Kim, originator. Number one through the nineties,” he began. “It’s Lil Kim, Trina, Cardi B, Nicki [Minaj]. That’s four. Lil Kim, Trina, Cardi B, Nicki what I done seen. What other female rapper?” Vlad reiterates that this list is about looks, not lyrical skills, and Boosie switches things up. After that revelation, Boosie was able to answer a bit more quickly. “Eve! Eve. I’ve been in love with Eve forever,” he said. Boosie added that Nicki Minaj was on the list because so many other women wanted to be her, and Cardi was also added because Cardi had a thuggish side. “It’s a difference between the bad b*tch in Cardi and the bad b*tch in Nicki.” He then takes a long pause.

“Trina, you gotta go with the baddest b*tch,” the rapper said before revealing his last choice. “I’m going with Mulatto… You gotta go with that yellow… Yeah. Go with the fresh.” Vlad said agreed with most of Boosie’s list, but he’d add Megan Thee Stallion because she’s natural. Check out the discussion below.