Nas Invests in Crickets, 50 Cent's Prop Money and Other News This Week

Seven days of mess in one place.

168 Hours of Music News - It's been a hell of a week. New albums. New songs. New tours. New controversies. Old controversies. Some people were in their feelings for one musical reason or another. Let's take a stroll. — Jon Reyes

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The Week of Mess - Listen guys, things were a mess this week. Things got, sort of, political. Some of our veteran rappers erred on the side of wonky. We also had some newbies calling out some legends and collaborating with others. In colossal good news, social media is now a troll lighter. We never thought we’d see the day. —Jon Reyes (Photo: BET)

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The Big 19 - This week commemorated the 19th year of Biggie's death. RIP, Big. You’re sorely missed. (Photo: Larry Busacca/WireImage)

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'Bank'rupt - Azealia Banks did the world of social media (and the world at large) a huge favor by deleting her Twitter account. It’s the best news social media has gotten since direct messaging on Instagram. (Photo: Cassandra Hannagan/Getty Images)

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Long Live Whitney - It’s been confirmed that BBC will be producing a documentary centering around Whitney Houston. Let’s all cross our fingers in hopes that it falls more along the lines of the Oscar winning Amy Winehouse documentary and less like Lifetime’s biopic. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Papa 'Pac - Tyga might not be as beloved as assumed. This past week he uploaded a side-by-side of himself and Tupac and referred to the deceased rapper as "dad." People got really mad because no one calls Tupac “daddy.” (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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The Young and the Elton - The week didn’t start that promising with Young Thug in the news. For starters, he was riding a horse around Atlanta as a way to announce his tour, like he was Paul Revere or something. Then, because riding a horse isn’t random enough, news came out that Elton John is a fan of Young Thug and wants to work with the rapper. (Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Tidal)

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Petty Wap - The Internet is a petty place. Former first lady Nancy Reagan passed away this week and a petition followed thereafter. The petition was for Fetty Wap to perform his “Trap Queen” at Reagan's funeral. According to the petition Nancy was the first Trap Queen due to Nancy and her husband’s support of strict drug sentencing during Ronald’s Presidential terms. Yikes. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Bey on Garbage - Calm down, Bey doesn’t talk about garbage, instead she graced the cover of Garbage magazine for her first interview in over a year. Oh, yeah, she was also at Blue’s school doing stuff. Bawse. (Photo: London Ent / Splash News)

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The Katt Is Out of the Bag - In one of the most outrageous pieces of news this week, Katt Williams lost his freaking mind at a Beanie Sigel show. But, the thing is not only did he lose his mind at the show, he lost it on the stage and it’s odd and so hilarious at the same time. Beanie got really mad at the world for assuming Katt was on drugs when the whole thing went down and promised never to do a show in Philadelphia. He said something about Katt having a lot of bread. Yeah, bread laced with something else... (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Props for 50 - 50 Cent went to court because he was taking photos with a lot of cash. That’s not the problem. The problem is that he’s declaring bankruptcy. According to 50 the cash is just prop money. Someone come get 50. (Photo: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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Crunchy Edibles? - Because news this week wasn’t weird enough, Nas is investing in cricket flour. OK, fine, not just cricket flour, but a company that uses the ingredient in their bars. It’s called diversifying your portfolio, guys. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Sprite)