Many Rappers are seizing their opportunity to sparkle at the 2018 American Music Awards today around evening time (Oct. 9) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Before the execution of "I Like It" including Bad Bunny and J Balvin, Cardi earned the main hip-hop plague for the night, bringing home Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop. The Bronx female MC ended up as the winner in front of contenders Drake and Post Malone in the same category.

Check here for the full winners list as the awards are announced

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In the wake of Kanye's pro-Trump rant on Saturday Night Live, a lot of his former fans are wondering where Kim Kardashian will draw the line.
A new report says that she already has.
In fact, Kim and Kanye are allegedly living separate lives and just hoping that no one will notice.

"Kim and Kanye have grown further and further apart," the insider reports.

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Nicki Minaj says witnessing domestic violence from a young age is the reason for her ‘abrasive’ character.
The 35-year-old rap star has spoken candidly about the issue in her upcoming Queen documentary, revealing how her father’s behaviour towards her mother shaped her own personality.
A visibly emotional Nicki said: ‘I remember when my mother would let my father be violent with her, and she always brings up this story.’
Spreading her arms wide, she added: ‘As a little girl, I would stand in front of my mother, and go like this.
‘That’s why I’m like, maybe some people would describe me as abrasive, or b**chy or whatever, because I vowed from that age, no man would ever be with me and call me out my name, treat me like that … And then all of the sudden, that was my life.’

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Kanye West tucked into a box of bugs to celebrate his father’s cancer being in remission.
The US rapper, 41, posted a picture of what appears to be sautéed crickets as he and Ray West “overcame fear” to try the protein treat.
He captioned the shot: “Overcome fear. My dad and I are going to eat this plate of bugs to celebrate him beating cancer. No more fear.”
Fans were quick to congratulate Ray on his health – but many were sceptical about their celebratory treat.

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Tyga lives by two rules, he says, adjusting his $188,000 Goyard neckpiece. “No. 1 is, ‘Don’t listen to anybody.’” The other? “No one cares, bro.” To the divisive rapper’s haters, his erratic moves earn him splashy headlines rather than big numbers. But if you’re Team Tyga, he’s a maverick. “I go off feeling,” he continues. “Sometimes it has worked for me. Sometimes it hasn’t. In this case, I guess it worked.”

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Another week, another seven days of “I Love It” on top. Kanye’s biggest hit since 2015 is the most-played song (in any genre) on Spotify for the second straight week.

Coming up just short is “Falling Down,” the collaborative posthumous release from Lil Peep and XXXTENTACION, who both passed away over the past 12 months. The pairing may be controversial, considering the artists’ relationship while alive, but it certainly has people listening.

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Comedian Kevin Hart recently got candid on camera, telling how his lovely wife Eniko forgave him after cheating on her while she was pregnant with their son Kenzo.
Kevin Hart – who made headlines last year after making a public apology through an Instagram video post to his wife and kids – opened up in an interview with People about fatherhood, fame and being a husband.
“I am amazing,” he said before adding: “I am amazing because I get it now,” responded Kevin when asked what kind of a husband he is.

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Every time there’s a rare public sighting of Marshall “Eminem” Mathers, his fans are absolutely shocked by his appearance. He has matured a lot since the release of his 1999 album, The Slim Shady LP, but his drastic physical changes have made him nearly unrecognizable to his fans, prompting some to speculate about his overall well-being. What’s really going on? From substance abuse to grueling workouts, fatherhood to trouble in the hood, and beards to Botox — we’ve done some digging, and we’re here to spit the truth about why the “Lose Yourself” rapper looks a lot different these days.

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New York rapper Cardi B isn’t ready to put down the crown. The hip-hop star has reflected on her monstrous career and why haters should stop praying on her downfall.
Cardi went to her Instagram Live this week to address fans and doubters alike about continuing to win in 2018.

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Stranger Things” actress Millie Bobby Brown, 14, doesn’t understand why folks are concerned with her close friendship with Drake, 31.

Previously, adults online watched Brown say Drake gave her “boy” advice and texted her often, in an interview with Access.

Read more here: http://dquartz.com/14-year-girl-bobby-brown-says-her-friendship-with-drake-is-not-weird/

The young Drake fan who won over the nation earlier this summer after convincing the rapper to visit her in hospital has spoken out for the first time since receiving a heart transplant.

Sofia Sanchez, 11, underwent a nine-hour surgery on August 27, just a week after receiving a visit from the star at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She was discharged on September 12.
She hopes to be able to go home by October 31 and has a Halloween costume planned for the occasion.

Read more here : http://dquartz.com/little-girl-who-drake-visited-in-hospital-speaks-out-after-receiving-a-heart-transplant/

When Michael Jackson first revealed his song Thriller to the world, you’d have expected him to have thrown a huge listening party with his friends and family. However, it appears he did something very different, and a lot more humble. Surprisingly, the star flung open his car door, invited his sister Janet into the passengers side,

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The Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem beef is the most talked about feud in music at the minute. And although MGK’s Rap Devil was praised as the ultimate diss track, it seems it’s not so popular with everyone. Footage from a recent concert appears to show the rapper, real name Richard Colson Baker, being viciously booed while performing his Eminem diss track. The 28-year-old is touring as support for Fall Out Boy, and attendees filmed MGK rapping Rap Devil on stage. Videos of the performance hear the crowd loudly booing as the star disses Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers III


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If y’all knew the amount of f–king money I give up just to make sure a song comes out, ’cause people are so f–king stingy, you would not believe it.”
You can blame the business and say it’s dirty—which it is—or you can put one foot forward at a time, hire a lawyer to look over your contracts, arm yourself with knowledge, and help others in your arena.

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Australian lyricist Iggy Azalea has attacked Eminem for composing ‘lethargic lyrics’ about her and a host of celebrities in his most recent diss track, Killshot.
One of the greatest to do it, I’m NOT in dispute about that. But I do think the name dropping thing has become a crotch,’ Iggy continued.

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Mac Miller made a will back in 2013 – 5 years before the Pittsburgh’s native shocking death a week ago.
The aggregate sum of cash in Miller’s estate is at presently unverified.
The Donald Trump rapper’s parents are Mark and Karen McCormick, who according to the site ‘are getting the lions share’ of their son’s estate.

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On the track Fall, which features Justin Vernon, he raps: ‘I see why you called yourself a gay, bitch’ in reference to Tyler the Creator.

‘In my quest to hurt him, I realize that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it,’ he explained. ‘It was one of the things that I kept going back to and going ‘I don’t feel right with this’.

‘I wasn’t in the right mind frame. I was angry’ the rapper said.
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Justin Bieber and girlfriend Hailey Baldwin took a field trip late Thursday to the courthouse where marriage licenses are issued, and Justin had marriage on his mind.
A few onlookers say both lovebirds were inside the Marriage Bureau in New York City and Justin Bieber was very enthusiastic and emotional

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What Mac Miller meant to me — he was my idol, inspiration, my hero, the primary reason I extremely needed to seek after music ’cause music was truly never what I needed to do,” Xan conceded around the 19:20 minute mark. “I have always wanted to be a professional photographer and just got tangled in this life.

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A Tekashi 6ix9ine crazy fan had to face the wrath of the rapper’s security team after he enters the stage without permission and now he pays the ultimate price for trying to touch that boy Tekashi!

Now, the vast majority of people ought to know about the level of security 6ix9ine has with him.

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The music world was shaken when it learned Mac Miller passed away at 26 years old after an alleged drug overdose.

What’s more, the So It Goes rapper seemed to have anticipated his own downfall in his latest music video, for the track Self Care.

In the video, released in July this year, the ex-boyfriend of Ariana Grande raps while lying in a coffin.
The clip depicts Mac trying to break out of his cramped tomb using only a flashlight, a knife and his fist.

Read more here: http://dquartz.com/mac-millers-video-depicts-the-rapper-in-a-coffin-before-his-tragic-death/

Nicki Minaj Mocked On Twitter For Endorsing New York Governor.
It's been an interesting September for Nicki Minaj. The fallout from her confrontation with Cardi B at New York Fashion Week is still captivating the members of the public. Now, the Queens native is catching heat for her political stance.

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Cardi B and Drake lead the 2018 nominees for the American Music Awards, which were announced today via a livestream on YouTube Music, which is the event’s sponsor.
The full list of nominees is below:

“2018 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS” NOMINEES

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Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, two women who are undisputedly both on top of the hip-hop game right now, have been at one another’s throats via their music, social media slams, or in-person snubs. It’s unfortunate because both emcees are talented, fierce, and stunning. If they didn’t despise one another so much, imagine what they could do together! Instead, these successful women seem to have bought into and fueled the narratives about their supposed rivalry, further contributing to the sexist nature of pitting strong women against one
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Scooter Braun, who is the manager to Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande among numerous artists, talked on Van Lathan’s The Red Pill Podcast about his incessant and reoccurring nightmares that Bieber’s life might be cut all too short.. The famous manager told Lathan, “

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Almost 25 years after the release of his first album, Illmatic, Nas lands on our Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning rappers for the first time after raking $35 million last year. That’s thanks to 40-plus shows and a big Hennessey endorsement—and his cut from the sale of Ring, a smart doorbell maker, to Amazon.

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Eminem said a significant part of the negative reaction to his previous album “Revival” “went beyond constructive criticism” — however it energized him to make the unexpected record he dropped two weeks prior.

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Mac Miller, the hip-hop star, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home last week has had an autopsy been carried out on him to ascertain the cause of his unexpected death but

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Cardi B is not happy with Donald Trump after the president suggested arming all school teachers with guns as a way of making schools more secure against any possible manslaughter.

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We divide the country into five locales—West, Midwest, South, Southeast, and Northeast—keeping in mind the end goal to give legitimate sparkle to each boss, thus that I don’t need to manage five times the quantity of irate rap fans on Twitter, shouting at me for endeavoring to crown one individual as a general boss. Manage it.

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Appearing on Tuesday’s season premiere of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Nicki Minaj spoke about her bedroom habits

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