Although Jaden Smith appeared in the Karate Kid film franchise more than 14 years ago, he still appears to be a fan favorite based on the discourse his absence from the trailer for the upcoming installment of the franchise caused on social media.

The first trailer for the upcoming film, Karate Kid: Legends, starring Jackie Chan and the star of the original trilogy Ralph Macchio, arrived on Tuesday (December 17). However, rather than Smith reprising his role, newcomer Ben Wang was revealed as the new protégé both Chan and Macchio would be training.

Several users reacted to the trailer in the thread of replies attached, writing remarks such as “Where’s my n#gga Jaden Smith?” Another user added, “If Jaden smith not in this I’m going to be p#####.”

Other users speculated that Smith’s absence had to do with the actual Karate Kid universe and where the 2010 iteration of the film’s franchise which he starred in lies within that framework.

“I love that they just said ‘F### it, the Jaden Smith movie is canon’ since that was the only one untouched by Cobra Kai lol,” the user suggested.

There were also the users speculating that Smith’s presence could be reserved for a show-stopping grand entrance to heighten the excitement and nostalgic element of the film.

“Imagine if Jaden Smith appears in the 3rd act reuniting with Jackie Chan, s### would be Avengers for Karate Kid fans lol,” the user added.

But, more often than not, users simply trolled the film trailer over Smith’s obvious snub.

“Jaden smith seeing he’s not in the karate kid movie,” a user wrote in a reply referencing Isaiah Thomas’ notorious appearance in Michael Jordan’s The Last Dance series.

Another user added, “No Jaden Smith? Who do I start my hate train for? Sony or Jaden cuz one of yall f##### up.”

Piggybacking on the aforementioned retort, an additional user wrote, “The fact that Jaden Smith is not in this movie is anti-black!!!”

One user suggested the “ICON” rapper’s recent lifestyle choices could be to blame for why he failed to secure a role in the flick.

“Jaden smith should’ve still been doing these movies,” the user wrote in part before concluding, “But being fake gay with tyler the creator was what his mind was on.”

Check out the full trailer for the flick in the post above.

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Benzino apparently had some kind of mental health crisis that his girlfriend, Ashley Bell, recorded—and now 50 Cent is invested.

On Wednesday (December 18), the rapper-turned-television mogul shared a clip of the former Source publisher on his hands and knees crying uncontrollably. Despite 50 Cent’s claim that it was in response to him assaulting her, Bell is heard trying to console him as he continues to cry and hold a knife to his throat.

“Stop please,” she says. “Stop. Stop,” to which he replies, “Call the police.” Bell refuses to heed his command and instead begs him to stop again.

“Give me the knife!” she shouts. “I’ll let ’em know you’re calm. I’ll call ’em back.”

The video cuts off there. 50 Cent, who presumably shared the clip due to Benzino’s ongoing feud with the “In Da Club” rapper’s longtime collaborator/friend Eminem, wrote in the caption, “Benzino caught on video by his girlfriend Ashley Bell threatening to unalive him self with a knife because she called the cops for him allegedly beating her.”

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Benzino has endured several challenges over the past few years, primarily with his daughter Coi Leray. In May, the Island Records artist essentially disowned him.

“I want everybody to know I want nothing to do with anything my father has going on,” she wrote on Twitter (X) at the time. “I haven’t spoken to him in over a year and I don’t condone or respect any of them interviews he got going on. I don’t respect his decisions and I really want nothing to do with him please dont even think of me when you see him.”

She previously seemed to distance herself from her father after he defended R. Kelly on the We in Miami podcast.

“Sharing the same DNA and blood DOESN’T make us FAMILY,” she wrote. “Loyalty, boundaries, respect, teaching, guidance, love, patience, encouragement MAKES US FAMILY.”

As for Benzino and Eminem, their beef stretches back decades. But in October, Benzino once again attempted to squash their issues—although not successfully. After Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade announced her pregnancy, Benzino took to social media to congratulate his former foe.

“Somebody found out that they’re going to be a grandfather,” Benzino began. “And the irony is that even though he said nobody wants to hear their grandpa rap, I still want to send a congratulations out to Eminem and his daughter Hailie on the news that she’s about to give birth and he’s about to be a granddad.”

The feud originated in the early 2000s, when Benzino criticized Eminem’s success and accused him of appropriating Black culture, leading to an explosive back-and-forth that included numerous diss tracks.

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Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter is firing back against allegations that he and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a teenager in 2000.

JAY-Z and his legal team, led by attorney Alex Spiro, have accused the plaintiff’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, of engaging in misconduct and filing a baseless lawsuit.

Citing inconsistencies in the claims and evidence of unethical behavior by Buzbee, Carter’s team has called for the case to be dismissed.

The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, alleges that Jane Doe, the plaintiff, was sexually assaulted at an afterparty hosted by Combs after the MTV Video Music Awards.

The amended complaint names JAY-Z as a defendant, identifying him as the second individual involved in the alleged assault.

However, JAY-Z’s attorneys have challenged the claims, describing them as “wholly unreliable” and accusing Buzbee of failing to investigate before filing the lawsuit.

“Plaintiff’s unsupported allegations crumble under scrutiny, as the evidence—and lack thereof—reveals glaring inconsistencies and outright impossibilities in her story,” JAY-Z’s filing states.

Among the issues raised are contradictions in the timeline, details of the alleged assault, and the locations described by the plaintiff.

The allegations center around an afterparty supposedly held at a private residence described as a “large white house with a gated U-shaped driveway.”

However, photos from the night of the alleged incident show JAY-Z at a New York City nightclub called Lotus, which bears no resemblance to the residence described in the complaint.

Additionally, photos show Diddy and Jennifer Lopez at separate parties at other New York nightclubs that evening, further contradicting the plaintiff’s claims.

Jane Doe’s statements to NBC News have also cast doubt on her story.

In the interview, Doe admitted to making mistakes in identifying people and events, saying, “Not all the faces there are as clear.”

She acknowledged that she may have been “guessing” about key details, including the time it took to travel to the alleged party.

Her father, who she claimed drove five hours from Rochester to pick her up, denied that the event ever occurred, telling NBC, “I feel like I would remember that, and I don’t. . . that’s something that would definitely stick in my mind.”

The motion also pointed out that Doe’s claim of speaking with musician Benji Madden at the party was demonstrably false.

Madden was not in New York then but on tour in the Midwest with his band, Good Charlotte. This revelation further undermines her credibility.

Spiro’s filing accuses Buzbee of attempting to extort JAY-Z before filing the lawsuit.

According to the motion, Buzbee threatened to publicly accuse JAY-Z of sexually assaulting multiple minors unless JAY-Z agreed to an exorbitant settlement.

When JAY-Z refused, Buzbee amended the complaint to include him as a defendant.

The motion also highlights Buzbee’s troubling history of misconduct in other cases, including allegations of pressuring clients to fabricate evidence and unethical fee arrangements.

In one instance, a federal court invalidated a referral agreement orchestrated by Buzbee as a violation of public policy.

In another case, Buzbee was rebuked by a California judge for violating pretrial rulings and attempting to introduce prohibited evidence during a trial.

“Buzbee’s chronic inability to follow the rules in this case and others creates a substantial risk that he will destroy evidence damaging to Plaintiff’s case, including evidence of his own misconduct,” the filing states.

JAY-Z’s legal team has requested an immediate preservation order to prevent the destruction of relevant evidence.

The rap star’s lawyers have filed a motion to strike the allegations against him, describing them as “scandalous” and “immaterial.”

They argue that the claims serve no legitimate purpose but to damage JAY-Z’s reputation and coerce a settlement.

“The salacious allegations against Mr. Carter serve no purpose other than to harass him and to pressure him to settle a lawsuit based on false claims,” the motion states.

The impact of the allegations has been significant, according to Spiro. “These allegations have caused incalculable harm to Mr. Carter, his family, his businesses, his employees, and his legacy,” he said in the filing.

The court will hear arguments on the preservation order and motion to dismiss later this week.

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Lil Yachty is seemingly standing up for himself after his former Concrete Boys signee Karrahbooo came forward with new claims against him involving his fellow Atlanta rap counterpart Young Thug.

On Tuesday (December 17), a video clip began circulating on social media in which Karrahbooo discussed negotiating a deal with multiple labels and artists, including Yachty and Thug. According to the former first lady of Concrete Boys, Lil Boat was not happy that she was fielding offers from other entities — despite the fact that he hadn’t officially brought her into the fold.

“Even before I signed with him — the day I dropped the song is the day he hit me up, trying to sign me,” Karrahbooo said in part in the video. “That same week, other labels reached out to me. He still hasn’t cosign me publicly.”

Karrahbooo went on to reveal that Thug ended up reaching out to her while still incarcerated in Cobb County Corrections as he fought his YSL RICO case. She says she shared her excitement with Lil Boat, expecting him to be happy for her, but instead, claims he was hating on her and Thugger.

“Young Thug was in jail checking for me,” she said.

“I told Boat, I was excited, I told him. He like ‘What the f#ck can that n#gga do for you from jail?’ And I’m like ‘Ugh you’re such a hater’.”

She added, before the clip ended, “And it was other labels hitting me up those first two weeks before he ever ever even acknowledged me publicly.”

Lil Yachty appeared to catch wind of the video and shared a cryptic post on his Instagram story seemingly denying Karrahbooo’s claim.

“Lying for attention I wish you well,” Lil Yachty wrote in the caption of the post.

This obviously isn’t the first time that Karrahbooo has made disparaging claims about Lil Yachty, to which he responded. Her latest anecdote about the alleged incident with Young Thug follows a separate claim she made during an interview months earlier, in which she claimed Yachty used a team of writers to craft his album Let’s Start Here. Karrahbooo also previously claimed that she and Lil Yachty would get into arguments over the use of writers, which she claims he pressured her to use.

Check out the post above for the full details of the situation.

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Offset and Cardi B have returned to airing out their dirty laundry and are trading shots on social media despite an apparent recent truce. 

The pair partied together during Offset’s birthday celebrations in Miami over the weekend. However, they returned to mudslinging after Cardi B called out her “d###### fanbase” for exposing her secret lovers. 

She blasted fans on X (Twitter) during a Spaces chat late on Tuesday evening (December 17). She told Bardi Gang she’s being “a hoe” to annoy the men in her life. According to Cardi B, when one man “plays games,” she runs to another of her “hoes.” 

However, a recent post upset her plans. “I ain’t giving p#### to nobody no more,” she insisted. “Everyone talks too much.” 

Cardi B also denied being in love with Offset, declaring, “No one loves nobody, I’m in my hoeing era.”

Her Spaces chat came after social media users accused Offset of stalking Cardi B because they were partying at the same club despite their divorce.  

However, Offset had enough of the accusations, lashing out on social media.  

“I took this but I was stalking?” he wrote alongside an image of Cardi B taken on Saturday (December 14), the night Offset celebrated his 33rd birthday. “How I follow a mf to my party?” 

Cardi B seemingly responded by calling Offset a “groupie” before deleting the tweet. 

Offset is apparently also keeping tabs on his estranged wife’s social media posts, responding to her “groupie” post and Spaces chat.  

“Groupe,” he wrote. “It’s a whole video u had me take [laughing emoji]. stop lying for these strangers twin I can no longer look the way u got me looking for these ppl.” 

In a follow-up post, he added, “We got two little girls and you say online u in hoe season.” 

Both Cardi B and Offset deleted their tweets. 

The latest spat comes after the Atlanta rapper’s social media accounts were hacked. Messages surfaced online showing Offset accusing Cardi of cheating and getting pregnant for another man.   

She hit back by leaking her own messages where she accused Offset of cheating and named his alleged fling. 

Then, on Monday (December 16), Offset shared a cryptic social media post seemingly aimed at Cardi.  

“Lies told to make me look bad,” he wrote over an image of him at his recent birthday bash. “I couldn’t play how you do pray for them kids.” 

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