According to a familiar cliché, a picture is worth a thousand words. Your favorite celebrities—including rappers—are doing less and less press, but luckily their thumbs and smartphones still work. Instagram has provided a way for them to document their lives and/or thoroughly embarrass themselves for our collective enjoyment. The beauty of it all is that you don’t even need to join Instagram, as most rappers are perfectly fine leaving their feeds open for public viewing. And if you’d rather avoid the IG life altogether, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s pictures and videos and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, YG wishes Martin Luther King Jr. and his father a happy birthday, 50 Cent plays editor for a day, and Cheif Keef gets a portrait made out of emojis.
Funk Master Flex Bashes Jay Z’s “Life + Times” & Jay Z In Epic Rant
Funk Master Flex went after Jay Z in an epic rant on his radio show on Hot 97. Not only does he claim that Jay Z and Samsung lifted their blueprint (ahem) from Flex’s own app, but that Jay Z used his “Life + Times” outlet to gather information on how Dip Set and Funk Flex planned to move in relation to the Dip Set reunion. The nature of their relationship remains undertermined, but Jay Z apparently reached out to Flex via text, and after many phone calls it was unappreciated. Caption: “Really? After calling private for hours you texting with CAPITAL letters????? This guy thinks it 1997 ???? Tomorrow 7pm I got this???? I see you need a tune up and lesson in respect!!!!”
Chris Brown Responds To Club Shooting
For some reason, Chris Brown seems to find himself affiliated with shootings at clubs more often than not. On January 11, five people were shot in San Jose at Fiesta nightclub. In a since-deleted Instagram post, Chris Brown takes a video of himself and his surroundings the night after the shooting. He additionally decided to cancel any upcoming shows that might be “too hood.” Caption: “#chrisbrown says no more nigga parties #video#pressplay”
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Eminem Grants Terminally Ill Patient’s One Wish
17-year-old Gage Garmo, a terminally ill patient, had one wish: to meet Eminem. Gage suffers from Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, and was given about one week to live by doctors. Friends and family started spreading the hashtag #GetGageGarmoToMeetEminem on Twitter. Unfortunately, Gage passed away a day after the meeting. Caption: “Mission accomplished God Bless this beautiful kid and thank you guys for all your hard work…”
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YG Wishes Martin Luther King Jr. A Happy Birthday
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In light of MLK weekend, many took to social media to wish the great Martin Luther King Jr. a happy birthday. Born on January 15 in Atlanta, Georgia, King played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. Apparently, YG’s father shares the same born day as the great Martin Luther. Caption: “The real Martin Luther King Day. #RIP Homie, Happy Birthday 2 you & my Pops doe”
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Lil Wayne And Young Money About To “Unlock Chains”
Does Cortez Bryant, manager of Lil Wayne, know his post and caption are exactly the same? Anyway, a couple weeks ago, he stated things were “good” at Cash Money. Lil Wayne has expressed frustration with the label. Although Bryant does not touch on Weezy’s specific situation, he states they are about to “unlock these chains.” Caption: “@LilTunechi built Young Money from his dreams to reality. Launched the careers of @Drake@NICKIMINAJ@Tyga not from their talent but from the belief in what he saw that they saw in themselves and put everything in making sure they fulfill their dreams! That’s what Young Money is about That’s the DNA of the real Lil Wayne Sacrifice himself to want his artist to be better! Wayne carried Cash Money on his back for over 10 years when he could have left and did this on his own The most loyal person I know on earth! He don’t deserve the shit he’s going through at this point in the game. One thing for sure Two things for certain @mackmaine and myself will not let this dream die WE GOT US! #YOUNG MONEY#sorry4forthewait #freeCV@LilTunechi built Young Money from his dreams to reality. Launched the careers of @Drake@NICKIMINAJ@Tyga not from their talent but from the belief in what he saw that they saw in themselves and put everything in making sure they fulfill their dreams! That’s what Young Money is about That’s the DNA of the real Lil Wayne Sacrifice himself to want his artist to be better! Wayne carried Cash Money on his back for over 10 years when he could have left and did this on his own The most loyal person I know on earth! He don’t deserve the shit he’s going through at this point in the game. One thing for sure Two things for certain @mackmaine and myself will not let this dream die WE GOT US! #YOUNG MONEY#sorry4forthewait #freeCV”
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50 Cent Guest Edits New York Daily News
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Rapper gone editor? 50 Cent announced that he will help curate new New York Daily News for one day next week, taking over the paper’s Confidenti@l column. In an interview with Billboard, 50 states he will be helping with photos, writing items himself, and attending a new meeting during the day of his publication. Caption: “Tablres are turning today, I’ll be choosing the content for Daily News. make sure you get tomorrow’s paper. This may never happen again. #SMSAUDIO #FRIGO #POWERTV #EFFENVODKA”
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Snoop Dogg’s First Grandchild
Nothing captures the birth of a child like a real time video. While Snoop Dogg could not make it to the actual birth, he reposts a video of his first grandson. The baby’s name is Zion, son of Snoop’s oldest son Corde Broadus. In a latter post, his caption states, “Zion. U have a lot of love WAitn on u grandson !!” Caption: “Proud grandad. My son spank n grandson Zion !!
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Pharrell Covers Italian Magazine “L’Officiel Hommes Italia”
Legendary producer Pharrell graces the cover of the January issue of L’Officiel Hommes Italia, an Italian fashion magazine. The cover page and editorial is styled by Gaelle Paul features Pharrell swagged out in his Adidas gear. His polka dot jacket will be available on January 17 via the Billionaire Boys Club. Caption: “#lofficielhommesitalia January 2015 issue is out on stands! The first cover is with @pharrell photographed by #mauriziocattelan and #pierpaoloferrari and styled by #gaellepaul
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Fabolous Attends Roc Nation Throne Boxing
Fabolous, Rihanna, and Jay Z were all in attendance for the debut Roc Nation Sports throne boxing at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 9. The main event was broadcasted live on FOX Sports 1, with Ri-Ri congratulating Hov on the successful night. However, Fabolous took the spotlight with his outfit and performance in the ring. Caption: “The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room – Frank Lucas #YoungOG #FabLucas #FightNight Moment Captured by @justgerard”
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Chief Keef Portrait Made Of Emojis
Talk about art. IG user @yungjake is honored to have Chief Keef post his artwork of the Chicago rapper, completely made of emojis. Who knew they could be put to such great use. Portraits of Wiz Khalifa and Rae Sremmurd were also done. Dope. Caption: “Made out of emojis Wtf! What an honor.”
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Cam’ron Laughs At Fake Article About His Mother
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Don’t believe everything you see on the Internet. Although it seems like Cam’ron may have believe it for a second, he makes sure the world knows this article is all phony. Careful, The Rap Insider is known to be a satire website, producing inaccurate content. Shoutout to DJ Funk Flex for hosting a interview of the recent Dipset reunion. Caption: “Lolol it’s sad.. That dat nigga….is such a hater..lolol@djfunkflex got in ya ass..nh..lastnite.. And u soooo bitter.. So now u got blogs tryna find anything..huh..lolol
