Whew, boy. Usher has certainly ruffled a few feathers. While speaking with Swizz Beatz about the Verzuz series, Swizz mentioned that there has been an overwhelming amount of requests to see Nicki Minaj face-off with Lil Kim. Usher replied, “Nah, see…Nicki is a product of Kim.” The pair weren’t able to explore that conversation because Swizz spoke over him to say that Usher was already trending on Twitter.

Unsurprisingly, Nicki Minaj fans responded swiftly to the R&B singer’s remarks, and later, Tamar Braxton passionately weighed in on the topic. “I think of them as two different entities,” Tamar said. “I don’t give a damn, what come, what may, Lil Kim did not give Nicki Minaj her talent. So, therefore, who are you to take Nicki Minaj talents away from her?… You can’t get too involved with the Barbz or the Queen Bees, I don’t know the stans, but you can’t get too involved with it because that’s not fair.”

Tamar added that both Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim helped pave the way for this generation’s women in rap as she continued to criticize anyone who draws comparisons to “discredit [Nicki’s] talent.” Swipe through to watch Tamar Braxton share her opinions below.

Tamar Braxton, Celebrity Big Brother winner, singer, and actress, knows what she’s got and she won’t let it go to waste.

Despite being in quarantine, Tamar isn’t about to let her social media feed turn into a food page, considering all she’s been doing these days is cooking and eating. Like the rest of us, Braxton isn’t feeling entirely keen on photo-shoots and thirst-trappy content with the potential end of the world in sight. While she may not be posing for new shots, she has tons of vintage footage that she can share until this is all over.

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Uploading a throwback thirst trap video to Instagram, Tamar Braxton showed the world some body in a very revealing lingerie look.

“Posting my old life cause I refuse to post some food which is the life in currently living,” wrote the 43-year-old on Insta. 

The video is bawdy and very X-rated, with Tamar giving fans a glimpse of one of her go-to-sleep looks. Do you think she intended to send this to her boyfriend David Adefeso?

Take a look at the video above and stay tuned because it definitely seems as though she will be sharing more content like this. Are you a fan?

The TikTok takeover is real. The social media app has been long hailed as being one for young people to enjoy dance challenges and the like. However, as this quarantine has much of the world on pause, TikTok is finding that many of their users are of a more mature crowd. The #DontRushChallenge has taken off and is a favorite for those that like to show their glow ups. The challenge features the song "Don't Rush" by Young T, Bugsey, and Headie One, and although the track was released last Fall, every video breathes new life into the hit song.

The latest group to take advantage of the #DontRushChallenge are a few recognizable faces. Whether you've seen these ladies on reality television, watched them in films, caught up with them on social media, or listened to their music, they've become fixtures in entertainment. Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams shared the clip to her page and tagged all of the participants including Christina Milian, Tamar Braxton, Tammy Rivera and her daughter Charlie, Kat Tat, Bia, B. Simone, Lightskin Keisha, and more. 

Kwaylon Rogers, also known as Blame It On Kway, got the short end of the stick at the conclusion of the clip, but all of the ladies looked great. Check it out below.

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These are strange days we’re currently living in, and people are making the most of their time in isolation. The world may be under a COVID-19 quarantine, but people are entertaining themselves, and others, by sharing funny videos to social media. Since she had a few hours to spare, Shantel Jackson, the girlfriend of rapper Nelly, dressed up as her beau and recreated his look from the music video to his hit single “Dilemma.”

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The song featured Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland who has been playfully criticized over the years for sending Nelly a text in the visual that looked to be from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Shantel fitted herself to mimick her man and lip-synced his lyrics into the camera. Her friends commented laughing emojis, including Porsha Williams and Tamar Braxton.

One of her followers said she looked more like a DeBarge than Nelly, but Somaya Reece told Shantel that her impression was spot on. “First of all, your eyebrows are perfect. Second, you got your man down to the hand gestures ???????,” she wrote. Check out Shantel Jackson impersonating her boyfriend Nelly and let us know how you think she did.

If you choose to participate in Megan Thee Stallion‘s viral dance challenge for her song “Savage,” you better come correct. Don’t bring your lazy dance moves and follow the choreography to an exact measure, or else you’re facing a tongue-lashing by the H-Town Hottie.

Tamar Braxton tried her hand at the TikTok challenge, bringing out strange Power Ranger-esque moves for the video. She didn’t quite bring the heat, shaking her ass at the end but still perplexing fans with her dancing. Even Megan Thee Stallion herself responded to the video, posting it on her own page and begging somebody to either take Tamar’s phone away or teach her the dance.

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“Y’all somebody please go teach my big sister the dance,” wrote The Savage One on Instagram, tagging Braxton in the video. Aside from her tongue-out antics, Tamar Braxton didn’t impress much with the display, but it was still enough to bring a smile to Stalli’s face.

The Savage Challenge has been picking up a lot of traction on social media, bringing the song to the top spot of iTunes’ chart. This has the potential to become one of her biggest songs to date, boosting her Suga project at the same time.

Watch Tamar’s rendition of the dance below.

Many couples are spending their time quarantined by social distancing together, and Tamar Braxton hopes that this time alone with boyfriend David Adefeso will result in a bundle of joy. The youngest Braxton sister shares a six-year-old son with ex-husband Vince Herbert, and as the world attempts to avoid COVID-19, Tamar seems to have contracted Baby Fever.

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The singer took to her Instagram Story to share what she hopes to accomplish during this global lockdown. “Lord please give me a Coronavirus miracle baby,” Tamar wrote with a series of baby and praying hands emojis. There were a few Instagram users who were quick to blast the singer for asking for a “Coronavirus miracle baby,” but after her screenshot was shared to The Shade Room, Tamar cleared up her remarks.

“I meant quarantined Miracle baby….??‍♀️,” Tamar responded. “I’m putting my phone down chile… this cabin fever ????.” In other news, Tamar recently released the music video to her Hitmaka-produced R&B ballad “Crazy Kind of Love” that samples Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You.”  The song is featured on the True to the Game II: Gena’s Story soundtrack and Tamar Braxton calls on boyfriend David Adefeso to strip down and star as her love interest in the visual. You can check that out here.

They’ve been awaiting their little bundle of joy, and now the day has arrived for Malika Haqq and O.T. Genasis. The reality star took to her Instagram account to share the good news with the world. Not only that, but Malika let everyone know her newborn’s name and birthdate. “Ace Flores 3.14.2020,” she wrote in the caption of a photo that showed the hands of O.T. Genasis, herself, and Baby Ace all together.

O.T. commented on the photo by writing “My boy ?” while friends like Tamar Braxton, Evelyn Lozada, Cassie Fine, Kylie Jenner, Ashley Simpson, Larsa Pippen, Kourtney Kardashian, Adrienne Houghton, Kendall Jenner, Lala Anthony, Corey Gamble, Tiffany Pollard, and thousands of others offered their congratulatory messages. Malika and O.T. were together for two years before splitting up and later finding out that she was pregnant.

“Relationships don’t always work out the way we would hope but between love & friendship we have created a baby boy that will be here very soon,” Malika wrote on social media. “I’ve been single the last 8 months but I am in no way alone. OT and I have attended every doctors apt and over all loved on our son together while anticipating his arrival.” Congratulations to the happy parents!

Record producer/executive Vince Herbert, also known as Tamar Braxton‘s ex-husband, is finding himself in some financial turmoil after he refused to pay an owed debt of approximately $380,000. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Herbert had previously lost a lawsuit to a creditor called LDNX Records but has refused to hand over the funds causing the company to open yet another legal claim. In the past year, Herbert’s financial woes have come in droves of different types of lawsuits for unfulfilling his duties of payment to several different types of entities. Now, a new development in Vince Herbert’s financial strains has some wondering if the producer is financially stable following new legal action being opened against him in a New York Court. 

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The newly filed court documents state that LDNX Records obtained a judgment over Herbert for the amount of $380,492.63 last year, but have not been able to receive their justified payment from Braxton’s estranged husband after trying to get in contact with the executive multiple times. The company allegedly attempted to get creative reaching out to artists he’s worked with in the past including Lady Gaga and Remy Ma. 

With no luck, LDNX Records has been forced to open up another official lawsuit against Herbert’s Streamline Records in hope that the judicial system will force the executive to pay up. The creditor is hoping for the judge to grant the motion for them to begin seizing Herbert’s property and assets. The document reads:

“Despite Plaintiff’s repeated efforts to obtain payment from Defendant relating to the Award, the Defendant has failed and refused to pay any portion of the Award.” It continues, “(We want) the sum of THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-TWO AND 63/100 DOLLARS ($380,492.63), with interest from June 26, 2017, plus costs, is actually due and owing from Defendant to Plaintiff.”

During the initial court dispute, LDNX demanded Herbert be held in contempt of court for failing to turn over his financial records and blowing off his court-ordered duties for months. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg in regards to Vince Herbert’s courtroom battles. 

In March 2019, he was sued for a total of $38K over unpaid rent in a swanky Los Angeles condo. The following month, it was revealed that the record label owner owed over $4 million in back taxes. Then in Sept. 2019, Herbet was accused of funneling and hiding funds in order to avoid paying Sony Music $3.7 million in owed funds.

Hopefully, Vince Herbert’s financial woes aren’t as bad as they appear to be from the outside looking in and he takes accountability for his actions and pays the companies what they’re owed. As of right now, a judge has yet to rule against LDNX’s latest legal action against Herbert. Stick with us as details unfold. 

Last month, comedian/writer Cookie Hull revealed that Loni Love concocted several emails that would ultimately lead to Tamar Braxton getting fired from The Real. While current hosts of the daytime talk show have feuded and made up with the Braxton sister on multiple occasions, the saga between Tamar and the cast consisting of Tamera Mowry, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, Adrienne Bailon and The Real‘s newest addition Amanda Seales continues years after Braxton’s departure from the show. Now, Loni Love is clearing the air about the rumor that it was her that contributed to the singer/songwriter from getting dismissed from the television series. 

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According to Cookie Hull, who is an ex-friend and collaborator of Loni Love’s, the 48-year-old comedian turned television personality plotted against Tamar Braxton because she wanted to be the show’s only “ghetto” cast member and didn’t appreciate Braxton taking all of her shine. While Hull’s claims do sound fictitious and bizarre, some fans of the show and Braxton’s following believed the rumor to be true. This is why Love is coming forward and speaking her truth about the outrageous claim is nothing but a hoax. 

In a recent interview with Madame Noire, Love denies that she even refers to herself in terms such as “ghetto” and would never refer to Tamar as such. The interview initially brings up the subject of Hull’s allegations, stating:

“I don’t know if you want to talk about this or not—but Cookie Hull recently did an interview with Comedy Hype and she made some claims that it was you who wrote an e-mail to get Tamar fired and you wanted to be the only ‘ghetto’ Black girl on the show. You addressed it a little bit on TheReal but didn’t say her name. So I wanted to know what you thought about that.”

Loni Love gracefully replied:

“I do have thoughts about that that I addressed in my book. But I will say this, anybody that knows me, knows that I will not describe myself as a ghetto girl. I wouldn’t describe Tamar Braxton as a ghetto girl. I might say that we believe in the power of being ourselves. But ghetto girl?! I would never do that. And also, there’s a lesson in this. When you try to help people, you have to watch who you help.” 

Love continued:

“I’ve never been against any Black woman. My fans know that. That’s the reason why I wrote this book. When you read the book, you will see. I’ve been trying to get the truth out for years. But here, we dealing with this reality show type (mentality). I do address that in my book.”

Loni Love is currently promoting her new memoir, I Tried to Change So You Don’t Have To, while The Real continues to produce their Emmy-winning content for their fans. Check out a clip of Love judging the brand new competition talent show The Funny Dance Show in the Instagram post provided below. 

Loni Love’s former friend and ex-comedy writer, Cookie Hull, has revealed that Tamar Braxton’s suspicions that Loni had her fired from the daytime talk show, The Real, were correct. 

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After she was let go from The Real in 2016, Tamar Braxton always maintained that Loni Love had gone out of her way to get her fired. In September, after seemingly putting her beef with The Real women to rest, Tamar exposed Loni for getting her fired. She posted screenshots of text messages from an inside source that told her, “So I just found out Lonnie Love was writing letter to get you kicked off the show. She wrote the network.” Tamar responded to this person, pointing out, “I told everyone that it was her no one wanted to believe me.” Her source wrote back that she had “got confirmation” on Tamar’s beliefs since a “person who wrote and worked for her is spilling all the tea.” In the caption of the post, Tamar told Loni to “cut the BS.”

At the time, Loni commented, “Who writes letters? Who sent this? …let’s talk it out…stop going on every other show. You know you want to…and bring ya man!” However, the “person who wrote and worked for” Loni that was “spilling all the tea” appears to have been revealed, as Cookie has indeed spilled on the whole situation. Cookie alleges that Loni absolutely plotted to get Tamar fired, because “she wanted to be the only ghetto one” on the show. According to Cookie, Loni pointed out to the network that “if [Tamar] missed 52 tapings” to film Dancing With The Stars, “and the ratings didn’t change or didn’t get any better, they really didn’t need her.” Cookie said that Loni also “pointed out the fact that if Tamar got hurt on DWTS, that she would be a liability. I know she didn’t specifically get her fired, but she was influencing things.”