Queen Bee Lil Kim reigned atop Twitter’s trending topics Thursday (September 8) once Nicki Minaj fans got a whiff of her contribution to the remix of Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘Plan B.’

From the rip, the legendary rapstress makes mentions that many – including Minaj’s beloved fans #Barbz – perceived to be a diss toward the ‘Super Freaky Girl’ hitmaker’s family.

“Ni**a, you’s a b*tch / Your father’s a b*tch, your brother’s a b*tch / Keep actin’ like this and your son gon’ be a bi*ch,” she rapped over the Hitmaka-produced beat before denying the line was a diss.

Breathing new life into the ‘Traumazine’ tune, which recently slipped off the Hot 100 after peaking at #29, look inside to hear the full revamp and let us know if it’s just what’s needed to lift the song back to its former chart glory.

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New music from Jesy Nelson could be around the corner.

For, it is now being reported that it will come as an independent release.

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Jesy Nelson is not only formerly of Little Mix, she’s now formerly of Polydor Records.

Because just 14 months after inking her seismic solo deal, the 31-year-old has parted ways with the Universal Music imprint.

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For reasons good, bad, ugly, and everything in between, 2021 was one for the record books!

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we’re looking back at the celebrity scandals, beefs, and disses that kept us glued to screens all year long.

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As Halle Berry gears up for the November 24 premiere of her new Netflix film, ‘Bruised’ (in which she also makes her directorial debut), the Academy Award winner’s ego may have suffered a bruise after she was unceremoniously slammed for crowning Cardi B the ‘Queen of Hip Hop.’

Cardi – who leads the charge for the movie’s all-female soundtrack (which arrives on digital shelves November 19) – earned big praise from Berry at the flick’s recent premiere event.

“I would like to say thank you today to Cardi B,” the 55-year-old movie star said. “She was my partner in crime. Of course, she’s the queen of hip hop. I reached out to Cardi and we paired and we created… a soundtrack and an album that is not only historic, but I think is a beautiful backdrop for this story.”

Once diehard fans of other female Rap stars caught wind of Halle’s comments, they flooded her social media handles with criticism.

Look inside to see how she responded to the hoopla.

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Megan Thee Stallion trots through the mind of Akademiks quite a bit it seems.

At the top of the year, the blogger/DJ-turned-Web personality sent the rapper’s fans – affectionately called #Hotties – into a frenzy when he said the GRAMMY winner wasn’t ‘100th of the talent’ of her ‘Hot Girl Summer’ co-star Nicki Minaj (as we reported here).

As if the unceremonious slamming he was for that afforded wasn’t enough, he returned for more this week – inciting furor after Stallion’s 2021 BET Award sweep.

See what he said that caused a firestorm of controversy among the #Hotties.

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To say the performance of J. Cole‘s latest album, ‘The Off-Season,’ is one of 2021’s biggest music stories is a serious understatement.

As if being a critical slam dunk wasn’t enough, the project entered the updated Billboard 200 at #1 with first-week sales of nearly 300K – the most of any male effort this year to date.  Overall, the measure made him the first rapper in history to see his first six albums peak at #1 on the tally.

The wins don’t stop on the Billboard 200 side of the charts, however.  Look inside to see how tunes that line the tracklist of ‘The Off-Season’ are earning major points on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Lana Del Rey is gearing up to release her ‘Rock Candy Sweet’ album, and she’s delving up some controversy in the meantime.

Fresh-off the release of her ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ album (stream it here), the singer took to social media to announce her next project and how it will “challenge” cultural appropriation.

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Lil Mama is under fire once again and this time it centers around transphobia.

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Lana Del Rey isn’t afraid to address drama head-in.

And that seemingly extends to drama that hasn’t even manifested yet.

See what we mean below…

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Whether penciled in history books for reasons good, bad, ugly, and/or everything in between, 2020 brought with it some of entertainment’s most memorable moments.

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on our favorite moments that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll reflect on the year’s biggest celebrity beefs.  Look inside to see whose war of words made our list:

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Whether penciled in history books for reasons good, bad, ugly, and/or everything in between, 2020 brought with it some of entertainment’s most memorable moments.

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on our favorite moments that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll look back at how Taylor Swift over came the drama of 2019 (see: ‘Cats’ failure at the box office, beef with Scooter Braun, etc.) to dominate 2020!

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