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CeeLo Green opened up in a new interview and revealed exactly what he thought about three of the top female rappers right now – Nicki Minaj, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.

In the feature from Far Out magazine, the 45-year-old musician questioned if people should really be calling the three role models, given the adult content they have been rapping about in their music.

“A lot of music today is very unfortunate and disappointing on a personal and moral level,” he explained. “There was once a time when we were savvy enough to code certain things. We could express to those it was meant for with the style of language we used. But now music is shameless, it is sheer savagery.”

CeeLo added, “It’s problematic, we suffer from it because there are those that have nothing to do with it, but it is assumed of everyone. You have the ‘Heads of State,’ like Nicki Minaj or someone who is up there in accolade: success, visibility, a platform to influence. Nicki could be effective in so many other constructive ways, but it feels desperate.”

He went on, “Attention is also a drug and competition is around…Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, they are all more or less doing similar salacious gesturing to kinda get into position. I get it, the independent woman and being in control, the divine femininity and sexual expression. I get it all, [but] it comes at what cost?”

CeeLo was rightfully met with backlash on social media for his comments, with some Twitter users pointing out his own lyrics aren’t something to aspire to.

“Ceelo Green has the audacity to speak on Nicki but not hold male rappers at the same status,” one wrote, with another adding, “CeeLo a f***ing hypocrite & sexist asf. its hella rappers still putting out gang banging drug dealer murder music, while we’re continuously dying via police/govt/interpersonal beefs, yet you point out women shaking they ass as ‘distasteful’ and needing ‘time and place.’ go eat.”

If you missed it, Cardi just recently gave Nicki props for dominating the female rapper game. See what she said here…

Cardi B is kind of giving a shout out to Nicki Minaj.

While not naming her by name, in her latest interview with Apple Music, the 27-year-old rapper opened up how female rappers once dominated the music scene and why she thinks they got quiet.

“When I was younger, when I was eight… No wait, I’m lying. When I was six, seven, eight, there was a lot different female rappers. And then there was a time that there was no female rappers at all. I have to keep replaying songs from the early 2000s. I have to keep replaying it, replaying it, replaying it because for a while there wasn’t no female rapper,” Cardi shared. “And then there was one female rapper that dominated for a very long time.”

She adds, “And she did pretty good. She’s been still dominating.”

Cardi went on, saying that “you never, you never know if there is ever going to be a drought. You never know when people get tired of all the female rappers or people just stop… I don’t know, promoting them. Cause I don’t know what happened in that, in a time period. But there was none at all for a hot minute. So you just never know the prediction. Maybe there will be a lot. Maybe there’s going to be a time that people just get tired of it. And then there might be another rapper that just come and just take it over. You just never know, you know what I’m saying? We never know.”

There’s been a long feud between Cardi and Nicki, who met on the set of Migos’ “MotorSport” video. Their dispute escalated after a fight at a Fashion Week party in 2018.

Kenneth Petty wants to be there for Nicki Minaj and their child.

The 42-year-old husband of the 37-year-old Pink Friday superstar, who is a registered sex offender, petitioned for a judge to change his conditions so that he can attend the birth of their child if it happens outside of his curfew hours, according to TMZ.

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Kenneth also requested to be able to travel with Nicki on business trips as her manager. He also stated in the court documents that the U.S. Attorney’s Office and pretrial services office are not against his requests.

“Kenneth‘s status as a sex offender stems from a 1995 New York conviction for first-degree attempted rape. Petty pled not guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, and a judge recently gave him permission to surf the web. Now, Kenneth‘s hoping to go 2-for-2 with the judge,” the outlet reports.

Nicki confirmed that she got married to Kenneth late last year. Find out how she described her married life!

Nicki Minaj is pregnant and expecting her first child with Kenneth Petty.

The 37-year-old rapper posted a photo announcing her pregnancy and showing off her baby bump.

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Nicki posted the photo with the caption, “Preggers” and a yellow emoji heart. She didn’t post any additional information about her pregnancy.

Nicki confirmed that she got married to Kenneth late last year. Find out how she described her married life!

Congrats to Nicki and her husband on the wonderful news! Stay tuned as we find out more information, like if the couple will be welcoming a baby boy or a baby girl!

Check out Nicki’s announcement photo right here.

Cardi B is addressing accusations.

The 27-year-old “Bodak Yellow” rapper spoke out on Twitter on Thursday (June 25) amid allegations that she runs a secret Instagram account (or “finsta”), allegedly talking bad about other female artists, resulting in “Cardi B Is Canceled” and “Cardi B Is Over Party” trends on Twitter.

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“So I woke up…I’m seeing that they’re trying to make this Cardi B Is Canceled Party…I’m seeing these people, I guess they’re editing or claiming I have a fake Instagram,” she explained.

“These people must think I’m a 15 year old girl, and they claim Lil Kim and my hairstylist, makeup artist and sister follows the page. They never did. They even made fake Photoshopped comments from my hairstylist, which we proved was fake,” she continued.

“I don’t even speak to Lil Kim. I’m going to have to check my DMs…I don’t personally know her that well,” she said.

“They’re claiming I was talking about this girl that I clearly…you know, everybody knows our issues,” she went on to say, seemingly referencing Nicki Minaj.

“Ariana Grande. Ariana Grande? I don’t even have a problem with her. Why would I talk about her? I like her music. I never had a problem with her….Doja Cat, Meg[an Thee Stallion],,,I don’t even know why you guys want me to have issues with these people so badly. ‘Oh she hates every female.’ I’m not even like that…stop trying to make this fake s–t up…don’t make lies about me. it’s tiring. It’s annoying.”

Cardi and her family recently posed for adorable photos together. See the pics!

Listen to Cardi B explain…

Nicki Minaj just earned her second number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 and it’s her first one as a lead artist!

The rapper teamed up with Tekashi 6ix9ine on the song “Trollz” and it just went to number one on the latest chart. (Watch the song’s music video, in which she showed off a lot of skin)

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Just last month, Nicki went to number one on the Hot 100 for the first time after a record number of entries on the chart.

“no words yet. All I can muster up is the “I love you”. Gimme a sec,” Nicki tweeted after hearing the news. She later shared the below video on her account.

Nicki Minaj is responding to Lil Nas X after he finally admitted he ran a secret Nicki fan account and revealing why he kept it to himself for years.

When asked by one fan why he never owned up to being part of the Barbz, the name of Nicki Minaj‘s fanbase, in the past, he responded: “i didn’t want people to know i was gay tbh.” If you didn’t know, it was widely speculated and generally known that Lil Nas X was the owner of a Nicki Minaj fan account called @nasmaraj, although he never formally acknowledged it until now.

“It was a bit of a sting when you denied being a barb, but I understand. 🎀 Congratulations on building up your confidence to speak your truth. @LilNasX,” Nicki tweeted at Lil Nas X.

Find out what Lil Nas X has been doing in quarantine if you missed it.