La La Anthony continued her commitment to giving back to her hometown by hosting the 8th Annual Winter Wonderland, a special holiday event dedicated to supporting and uplifting Bronx youth and families. Held in the Bronx, the annual celebration brought together children, parents, and community members for a festive day filled with holiday cheer. The event featured surprise performances from Bay Swag, Honey Bxby, Lola Brooke, and Zeddy Will and more. View this post on Instagram Anthony, who was born and raised in Brooklyn and has long been vocal about her deep ties to New York City, has made Winter Wonderland a cornerstone of her philanthropic efforts. Each year, the event focuses on providing resources and memorable experiences for young people while reinforcing the importance of community connection and support. “8 years in and it still feels unreal..My Winter Wonderland was pure magic 450+ kids, nonstop joy, wild energy, and moments we’ll never forget. Seeing everyone laugh, dance, and just be kids is what life’s all about. Thank you to every person and every brand that helped make this another unforgettable year. I’m forever grateful” La La writes via Instagram. View this post on Instagram Now in its eighth year, the event continues to grow in impact, drawing volunteers, partners, and supporters who help make the day possible. For many attendees, Winter Wonderland has become a cherished annual tradition, offering not just gifts but a sense of unity and hope. View this post on Instagram

Ray J is opening up about the painful reality of missing his son’s birthday and not spending the holiday with his children. The “One Wish” singer and reality TV star is currently unable to have contact with two kids, Melody, 7 and Epik, 5, due to an extended no-contact restraining order involving his estranged wife, Princess Love. The order stemmed from Ray J’s arrest last month after an incident in which he allegedly pointed a gun at Princess during a Thanksgiving livestream.  Ray J was released on $50,000 bail and has denied aiming a weapon at her. With Christmas and the New Year approaching, Ray J says the situation feels especially unfair. The Shade Room shared a video where “Wait A Minute” reacted emotionally when asked about missing time with his kids. “Man, I don’t even want to talk about it,” he said. “I’m missing my kids. I’m missing Christmas, my son’s birthday.” In addition to missing Christmas, he will also be unable to see Epik for his upcoming sixth birthday. The tension between the former couple spilled online during a livestream. Princess confronted her estranged husband in an emotional exchange. In a reaction video, she urged him to seek professional help. “Check yourself into rehab, because you’re more than drunk,” Princess said at the time. “Everything I do, I do for my kids.” Ray J and Princess Love announced their fourth attempt at divorce last year.

Ray J has been charged with six misdemeanor offenses stemming from a Thanksgiving morning incident that authorities say involved a firearm and domestic dispute. The charges were filed by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office following an early-morning arrest on Nov. 27. Ray J, whose legal name is William Ray Norwood Jr., was taken into custody by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a heated exchange with his estranged wife, Princess Love, was broadcast live on social media. A judge later issued a no-contact restraining order, barring Norwood from contacting Love or seeing their children during the ongoing legal proceedings. Thanksgiving Morning Disturbance According to arrest records and public reports, police responded to a domestic disturbance call at Norwood’s Porter Ranch home around 4 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Body camera footage and online videos show Norwood arguing with Love and other family members. At one point, Love, holding one of their children, can be heard saying, “Ray, you just pointed a gun.” Norwood responded on the livestream, “I didn’t point nothing at y’all,” denying the allegation, according to multiple accounts. The argument escalated further after Love told Norwood she had called the police. Court records and eyewitness accounts say Norwood then allegedly responded, “I’ll shoot the f***ing police.” Officers arrived and arrested Norwood on suspicion of making criminal threats. He was booked into a Los Angeles jail and held for several hours before posting $50,000 bail later that morning. Response From Princess Love In the days after the arrest, Love released a video message detailing her perspective on the incident. She urged Norwood to take responsibility and seek help, saying, “I would never do anything to put them in danger. Including leaving them with a man who’s waving a gun around.” Love also criticized Norwood’s behavior toward family members and stressed that her primary concern was the safety of their children. As part of the restraining order, Norwood is barred from approaching Love or their children, and a judge has kept those conditions in place pending further hearings. The six misdemeanor charges include allegations tied to brandishing a firearm, use of force, and child endangerment, according to the city attorney’s office. Norwood has not yet entered a plea in the case. Court officials confirmed that future hearings are scheduled, but details have not yet been released.

Earlier this week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) finally released the first batch of the highly anticipated files from late financier and convicted child predator, Jeffrey Epstein. Many of the photos included in the recent drop feature major political figures such as Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as prominent entertainers like Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson. One of the more surprising celebrities to make the drop was Rush Hour actor Chris Tucker. One photo spots the actor arm-in-arm with Epstein’s partner and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. In another, Tucker is seen at a dinner table sitting next to what appears to be former President Bill Clinton. Fans of the actor and comedian have begun to speculate if he’s ever participated in Epstein’s alleged trafficking ring. On the other hand, Rock has never admitted to anything nor been accused of any wrongdoing. Who Was Jeffrey Epstein? Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier and convicted child sex offender. Epstein began his professional career in the early 70s teaching physics and mathematics at the Dalton School. Just three months later, it was discovered he had no teaching credentials, and he was ultimately fired. He then moved into the banking and finance sector, starting at Bear Stearns. Not long after, he started his own firm, the Intercontinental Assets Group Inc. (IAG). Epstein would go on to be a consultant for several major firms and launch media outlets like Radar Online. What Other Celebrities Were Spotted In Epstein Files? Throughout his lengthy career as a financial fixer, Epstein cultivated quite an elite social circle. Among them are former presidents such as Bill Clinton, musicians like Diana Ross and Mick Jagger, and movie directors like Woody Allen and Bret Ratner. Here is a list of just some of the public figures mentioned in the Epstein list so far: Bill Clinton Michael Jackson Diana Ross Mick Jagger Kevin Spacey Chris Tucker Sarah Ferguson Walter Cronkite Richard Branson Phil Collins Minnie Driver Dr. Elie Wiesel

On Sunday (Dec. 21), TMZ reported that supermodel and video vixen, Anok Yai, has been suffering in silence with a problem she’s had since birth: A lung defect. Yai, who shared a post of her hospital stay on Instagram, goes into horrifying detail about the issues she’s been facing. “For the past year, I’ve been dealing with this silent battle,” she begins the lengthy post. “I incidentally found out I had a Congenital defect overworking my heart and slowly destroying my lungs.” “What started as something asymptomatic for the majority of my life turned into a lingering cough, which turned to chest pains, bouts of coughing up blood, then at times struggling to breathe,” Yai continued. “I chose to work through this while trying to find the right doctor and the right time. I quickly realized there was never going to be a “right time” – my health would continue to worsen.” However, on a lighter note, the model recently had a successful robotic lung surgery. View this post on Instagram “I’ve always thought I could outwork or outrun anything,” Yai says While she’s on the mend, she wants her supporters to know that you can’t “outwork or outrun anything” and that the “universe has a way of slowing you down” so it can wake you up. “I am forever grateful for Dr. Harmik Soukiasian and everyone at the @beverlyhillsconciergehealth for discovering my condition. Thank you to all the doctors and amazing nurses at @nyulangone And thank you to my friends and family for being the first thing I saw when I woke up For now I’m healing … but I’ll be back. See ya ” Raised in South Sudan, Anok Yai made history as the second model, after Naomi Campbell, to open a runway show for Prada. She’s been on the cover of Vogue nearly three times and featured in dozens of spreads for other high-profile fashion magazines. Prior to breaking into the modeling industry, she pursued a degree in biochemistry from Plymouth State University and was working toward a career as a doctor. She was eventually discovered after a photographer shared a picture of her attending Howard University’s 2017 homecoming weekend on his social media profile.

G Herbo recently offered clarity surrounding the growing sentiment among rappers who want to leave street antics behind. “THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE IT HOME EVERY NIGHT!” Herbo posted to X. “THE GOAL IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY & NOT BECOME A SAD STORY!” He continued: “AVOID LIFE IN JAIL OR EVEN WORSE DEATH!!! I NEVER GLORIFIED MY LIFE OR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT MORE SO I SHED LIGHT ON THE PROBLEMS I HAD TO FACE AND A LOT OF US STILL FACE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS…” According to Herbo, while he will also look fondly on the streets that raised him, he acknowledges his new goal is to help protect the youth. “IT TOOK A LOT TO GET HERE SO WITH NO NEED TO SAY MORE LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR BIG SWERVE LIL HERB BIG G HERBO STILL & ALWAYS WILL LOVE THE STREETS! CUZ WE ALL WE GOT! #PROTECTTHEYOUTH #SAVETHEYOUNGINSSS ,” he added. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE IT HOME EVERY NIGHT! THE GOAL IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY & NOT BECOME A SAD STORY! AVOID LIFE IN JAIL OR EVEN WORSE DEATH!!! I NEVER GLORIFIED MY LIFE OR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT MORE SO I SHED LIGHT ON THE PROBLEMS I HAD TO FACE AND ALOT OF US STILL FACE ON… — G HERBO (@gherbo) December 21, 2025 What is the origin behind the “F*ck The Streets Movement? Just a few days before Herbo’s post, 21 Savage caused a social media firestorm after an interview clip of him surfaced, urging people to leave the streets behind. The rapper had recently sat down with The Big Facts Network podcast for a discussion about his latest project, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? “It was about money, now n*ggas don’t wanna do nothing. It ain’t even no money in the streets forreal—unless you playing on a certain level type sh*t,” the “A lot” rapper said. “…The grinder don’t exist no mo’…The cons always outweighed the pros of the street, ’cause ya ass can go to jail or die [or] you can get robbed.” The host chimed in, saying, “You could get real money,” to which 21 agreed. The rapper added, “Now yo ass can’t go buy nothing and come up off no block nowhere.” According to him, there are no more pros to the street, just all cons. The move has eventually garnered support from other rappers such as G Herbo, Young Thug, and Meek Mill. It also sparked a conversation regarding a new era of hip-hop, specifically one that doesn’t glorify street culture.

On Sunday (Dec.21), Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance at Turning Point USA’s annual Americafest in Phoenix, Arizona. Throughout her conversation with Erica Kirk—the wife of late right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk—Nicki Minaj discussed her ongoing beef with California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The rapper also shared her thoughts on Donald Trump’s administration. Minaj specifically commented on Newsom’s support for gender affirming care for transgender youth. Not long ago, during an appearance on The Ezra Klein Show, Newsom said, “I want to see trans kids…I have a trans godson. There’s no governor who has signed more pro-trans legislation than I have. No one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ community.” During the event, Minaj decided to re-read one of her X posts where she criticized Newsom. “Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids, haha, not even a trans adult would run on that,” she read. “Normal adults wake up and think they want to see healthy, safe, happy kids — not Gav.” View this post on Instagram “I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” Nicki Minaj says The Pink Friday rapper then made a call to action about “boys being boys.” She added, “There is nothing wrong with being a boy. How about that? How powerful is that? How profound is that? Boys will be boys, and there is nothing wrong with that.” Along with trying to dissuade Newsom from running for the 2028 Presidential Election, she referred to the governor as “Newscum” and “Gavvy-poo.” “We don’t have a problem cleaning up the scum if we have to. Please tread lightly,” Minaj said. Regarding Trump, Nicki Minaj makes it clear she has the “utmost respect” for her fellow New Yorker and the people around him. “Well, I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” the rapper tells Kirk. “He has, I don’t know if he even knows this, but he’s given so many people hope that there’s a chance to beat the bad guys and to win and to do it with your head held high and your integrity intact. He’s from Queens, New York, like me.”

Following a TikTok video of what appears to be T.I. rocking a bald spot circulated online, the rapper stopped by Yung Joc & The Streetz Morning Takeover to confirm that, in fact, things are not as they appear. According to T.I., he was not the man in that TikTok. “The devil is a lie,” the ATL actor said. During one moment in the discussion, one of the hosts even proposed that the footage could have been digitally altered, to which T.I. agreed. That said, the rapper appears to be taking the onslaught of jokes online in good fun. “It’s comedy, so I laugh,” he says. “It wouldn’t be funny if it were true.” Overall, the “Live Your Life” rapper believes people online need more “discernment” to tell what’s true or not. “In this age of technology where everyone keeps their phone in their hand,” he says. “… You have to use discernment, ya know, the word says, ‘use discernment.’” Discernment would say that the person that I’ve grown to know over these 25 years—the person I have grown to know as TIP—I can’t see him moving around in the house, let alone on stage like this.” View this post on Instagram Drake Denies Viral Claim About T.I.’s Late Friend Peeing On Him In other news, back in November, Drake cleared the air once and for all about a rumor that has followed him for years. After a podcast revisited the old claim that T.I.’s late friend, Cap, allegedly urinated on the rapper during an incident at a movie theater, Drake decided to jump into the comment section and put the whole thing to rest. The story first gained traction after T.I. referenced it in a track, and Meek Mill echoed the claim during their feud. But according to Drake, the entire situation was fabricated. In the podcast clip posted online, the hosts brought up the rumor as if it were fact, pointing back to the moment it first surfaced in hip hop conversations. That’s when Drake appeared in the comments and firmly denied it ever happened, saying the tale was nothing but an exaggerated piece of rap folklore. While the moment has been mentioned in records and debated across social media for years, Drake’s response leaves no question about where he stands.

While many Danity Kane fans are excited for the group’s return, there’s a noticeable absence from the line-up: Dawn Richard. In a new interview, the former Danity Kane and Dirty Money singer opens up about why she isn’t a part of her ex-groupmates new chapter. “I don’t agree with the way I’ve been betrayed,” Richard tells the Cocoism podcast. “If you know me…I would never hurt anyone, I would never talk ill of someone…I’m not that person.” According to Dawn, the “narrative being spun” about her is, in fact, a “lie.” She continued, “I’m nowhere near perfect, but I’m not the person they say I am. Dawn claims she had been “iced out” of the decision to bring the group back together. At one point during the convo, one of the hosts implied that Dawn’s absence was almost an insult to the group because she helped create their name back on MTV’s Making the Band. “I wasn’t involved; I was iced out of this one. That’s a choice [they made], but I’m not going to go back and forth and be messy and call myself ‘the mother’ [of the group because I came up with the name]. I wish it could be all five of us.” Diddy Breaks Silence On Dawn Richard’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Back in September 2024, Dawn Richard filed a lawsuit accusing Diddy of brutality and sexual abuse. Richard claims she first noticed his troubling behavior during auditions for his 2004 reality show Making The Band. According to her, he referred to the women as “fat,” “ugly,” “b*ches,” and “h*es.” She also alleges that Diddy forced her to rehearse for up to 48 hours straight, often without sleep. On one occasion, she claims Diddy “demanded she come to his Miami home,” and when she arrived, he was allegedly not wearing underwear. “This is my f*king house!” he reportedly yelled. Not long after the news broke, Diddy’s legal team fired back with a statement. “Mr. Combs is shocked and disappointed by this lawsuit,” Diddy’s lawyer Erica Wolff said in a statement, AllHipHop reports. “In an attempt to rewrite history, Dawn Richard has now manufactured a series of false claims all in the hopes of trying to get a payday — conveniently timed to coincide with her album release and press tour.”

According to Kevin Durant, regular grooming rituals — like getting haircuts, lotioning, and even showering — are a waste of time. “For what?” he told the UNGUARDED podcast. Apparently, to the NBA legend, daily hygiene routines just aren’t that important to him anymore. “Why get cuts? Why lotion?” Durant said. “I don’t lotion my body like that. I might lotion my hands if they a little dry, but I don’t.” That said, Durant never stays unkempt too long. Durant reveals that every so often, he’ll get a haircut if a barber happens to be around. “What make me get a cut, for real, is when I’m in my room playing the game and my homies like, ‘Yeah, we got the barber on the way,’” he continued. “‘All right, f*ck it. If y’all getting a cut, I go get one, too.’ I ain’t calling them myself.” On the other hand, according to Durant, he wasn’t always this way. Early in his career, the basketball player did care about his appearance, but it eventually became too time-consuming. “I really used to care at some point about like, ‘Man, I need to get a cut this week,’” he continued. “Then after a while, I was like, I’m way more relaxed when I’m just not giving a f—k.” He added, “So I just start getting cut, stop lotioning. I stop taking showers.” Kevin Durant Netflix Docuseries Is Underway In other news, back in October, it was announced that a project documenting the come-up of Kevin Durant will soon be headed to your living room. Netflix is diving deeper into basketball with a new project chronicling the illustrious career of Houston Rockets star forward Kevin Durant. The series will chart Durant’s life on and off the court: his upbringing in the Washington, DC, and Maryland area, college at the University of Texas, his immediate impact in the NBA, and his role representing the United States in the Olympics. As the release notes, the series will be directed by Emmy Award winners Michael D. Ratner (Kids Are Growing Up; Justin Bieber: Our World; Dancing With the Devil) and Robert Alexander (A Man Named Scott, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Shaq). Viewers can expect to see Durant’s most revealing interviews to date, with appearances by his mother, father, brother, coaches.