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Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Nicki Minaj vs. everybody? Here's why the rapper is crashing out on X
If you're on X, chances are your feed has been dominated by Nicki Minaj's latest spiral on the platform. The Queen of Rap is not holding back and this time she's dragging everyone down from Megan Thee Stallion to Jay-Z and the entire Roc Nation empire into the mess. But if you're wondering why this is happening, you're not alone. You're not alone. Here's a breakdown of what's going on. Nicki Minaj It all started when Megan Thee Stallion… From a deep dive into her account, it looks like the spiral started when a federal judge denied Megan Thee Stallion and Roc Nation's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by cameraman Emilio Garcia, who alleged he was forced to watch Megan have sex in a car during her European tour. About the ruling, Nicki posted a cryptic Bible-laced post on X that many saw as a direct shot at Megan: 'What was the name of that law again????????? Karma's Law? Touch not my anointed law? Vengeance is the Lord's law?' She ended the post with: 'We give God the glory & he's only just begun… More money for me. We're working. Trust.' Let's not forget: the two rappers have had a turbulent history since 2024, starting with Megan's diss track Hiss and Nicki's clapback Big Foot. So, yeah, there's definitely no love lost here. Then came Jay-Z and the missing millions Next on Nicki's hit list? Jay-Z. First, she reposted a claim related to a resurfaced paternity suit against Jay-Z, originally shared by 50 Cent, writing: 'Oh is this why he was trending the other day? Idk. I hope all is well. To God be the glory.' Then she turned up the heat — accusing the rapper of shortchanging her in the sale of TIDAL. Back in 2015, Jay-Z acquired TIDAL for around $56 million and brought on a group of high-profile artists, including Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, J. Cole, and Madonna, as co-owners to help promote and contribute exclusive content to the platform. Reports at the time suggested each artist received a small ownership stake, roughly 3%. However, when Jay-Z later sold a majority share of TIDAL to Jack Dorsey's Square (now Block Inc.) for $302 million in 2021, questions began to swirl. According to Nicki, she was promised equity, but when Jay-Z sold it, she claims her expected payout mysteriously vanished. Nicki estimates that she's owed between $100–200 million, and even promised to use some of that 'missing' money to pay for her fans' education. She further shaded Jay-Z for allegedly overlooking Lil Wayne in favour of Kendrick Lamar for this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show. Enter Roc Nation At this point, Nicki is coming for the entire machine. She also reignited her beef with Roc Nation, the management company she has been accusing of trying to stifle her career after she chose Young Money over them. She also wrote a flurry of messages attacking Rock Nation CEO Desiree Perez. 'Let's see if they have any thoughts on that DESIRAT pardon. Let's see if they have any thoughts on brother billionaire never campaigning for Kamala even after Obama pleaded with the 'brothers,'' Nicki continued. 'Isn't this THEE 'brother'?!??!! Thee one 'brother' who could've probably gotten the job done for yall?!?!!!! Welp. If the top brother in charge can leave yall hanging w/o repercussions then may everyone else leave you hanging as well. Hanging like my cousin's friend's balls 🏈.' What about her cousin's balls? It all started with a 2021 vaccine tweet — the one that claimed her cousin's friend in Trinidad suffered swollen testicles and became impotent after getting a COVID-19 shot. According to her, the man was just weeks away from getting married when his fiancée called off the wedding. 'If I get vaccinated, it won't be for the Met,' she wrote at the time, adding that she needed to 'do more research.' The bizarre claim instantly went viral, prompting memes, headlines, and even a response from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who firmly stated, 'There's no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen.' Nicki seems to be cracking under a combination of industry politics, unresolved beefs, and maybe a little too much time on X. But if there's one thing she's doing, it's making sure nobody forgets her name this week.
Express Tribune
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Nicki Minaj throws shade at Megan Thee Stallion amid legal setback in cameraman lawsuit
Nicki Minaj appeared to throw subtle shade at Megan Thee Stallion after a federal judge ruled that a lawsuit filed by Megan's former cameraman, Emilio Garcia, would proceed. The lawsuit, which alleges that Garcia witnessed Megan engaging in a sexual act with another woman while inside a moving SUV in Ibiza during her 2022 tour, will move forward despite efforts by Megan and Roc Nation to dismiss it. The judge determined that the claims were plausible enough to continue the litigation, especially the assertion that the incident created a hostile work environment based on Garcia's sexual orientation. In response to the news, Nicki Minaj took to Instagram with a cryptic post that many interpreted as a reference to the situation. The post, filled with Bible references and mentions of divine retribution, seemed to hint at the legal troubles surrounding Megan. 'What was the name of that law again????????? Karma's Law? Touch not my anointed law? Vengeance is the Lord's law?' Minaj wrote. She went on to add, 'We give God the glory & he's only just begun,' before finishing with a sarcastic note, 'More money for me. We're working. Trust.' The timing of Nicki's post stirred social media, given the longstanding tension between the two artists. Last year, Megan released the song 'Hiss,' which many believed contained indirect shots at Nicki, leading to Nicki's response with 'Big Foot.' The exchange marked the beginning of a cold war between the two, with their ongoing feud now drawing attention amid Megan's legal issues. As the lawsuit progresses, fans are left wondering if the tension will escalate into new music, more public exchanges, or perhaps even a courtroom showdown.
Otago Daily Times
02-06-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Moose on the LOOSE?
Two alleged sightings of the elusive moose in Fiordland have begged the age-old question — is it still out there? Mary Williams speaks to the yay-sayers, nay-sayers and maybe-sayers. It is a question of what we hold deer. Two Fiordland moose sightings, both this year, by groups of Canadian and United States trampers on the Kepler track, were treated as a yeah-nah by the Department of Conservation (Doc). Te Anau Doc manager John Lucas said he had to check that one sighting, which landed on his desk on April Fool's Day, wasn't a prank. They were most likely "deer or possibly a red/wapiti cross that has been mistaken for moose." But this is not a hunt for the proverbial Big Foot. Ten Canadian moose were released at Dusky Sound in 1910, after a tortuous journey from their colder homeland. They bred but by all accounts never got much of a hoof-hold and, "it is believed they are now extinct", Mr Lucas said. Belief and extinct are dangerous words to bandy around in Fiordland. Te Anau residents celebrate Dr Geoffrey Orbell, the man who tracked the "extinct" flightless takahe in 1948 and found a few of the surviving birds in the mountains immediately opposite the township. Four years later, the last definitive Fiordland moose photos were taken, so anyone claiming they are still out there in the 21st century must steel themselves for a storm of scorn from social media and some deer hunters. At the eye of the storm is the affable, long-married, Te Anau couple Ken and Marg Tustin, who have spent years — yes, years, often in month-long stints — living under canvas in a remote corner of Fiordland National Park, looking for moose. They have used scientific approaches, have a hopeful, fun-loving attitude as well as some compelling evidence, and are convinced that a remnant moose population is still, probably, a yeah-nah-yeah. Mr Tustin — a trained biologist, helicopter pilot and now in his 80th year — is riled at Doc's recent negative reactions. "It is absolutely astounding," he says. He is responding by inviting people to report their sightings or other evidence to him and has set up an initiative called Moose Log NZ to help people do just that. "It amazes me that they [Doc] were so disrespectful, dismissing the sightings so out-of-hand, telling them 'what they saw'. "We are talking about Fiordland megafauna here, not stick insects." Camera shy If a moose walks through the forest, but there is no-one there to snap its photo, is it still a moose? According to Doc's Mr Lucas, no. He demands "photographic proof". Mr Tustin, who has been looking for moose since the 1970s, points out that Fiordland is 1.25million hectares. Moose are huge, look different from deer but the chance of snapping a photo is slim. Only a few may be left, and if they are out there, they are solitary and likely on the move, looking for a limited supply of edible leaves. They don't hang out in clearings because, unlike deer, they are neither grass-grazers nor are they sun-seekers. They are meant to have a different diet in a colder clime. However, the two recent sightings by two groups — certain about their ability to ID moose, including a vet, and not colluding — have a ring of truth. Antoine Beauchamp, from Quebec, explains why his group of three didn't snap a pic. Their phones were in their backpacks because they were on their final day trudging the track and focused on making it to the carpark not nature photography. There is an argument that NZ deer hunters only see deer — not moose — because they are wired for that. Did Mr Beauchamp only see moose because he is Canadian and wired to see moose? "I don't think so. I have seen hundreds of deer in my life and only a couple of moose, and I know what a moose looks like." "Everyone wants to see something with their eyes but even then might call it false. We have seen the comments on Facebook saying 'Why didn't they take a picture?' but our phones were not in our hands. We noticed the animal, started talking about it, it crossed the track so we got a good look, then it disappeared into the forest." He admits there is always a chance they could be wrong but "it is important, first, to be kind and understanding, especially in a situation like this. I understand the takahe's story so it is only fair to be open to the possibility of moose." Mr Beauchamp then rattled off the moose characteristics they saw — wide flat antlers, wide nose, very long legs, brown body. If it looks like a moose, it's a moose, he thinks. Matches During 1951-52 three moose were shot by hunters, one of them at a small lake called Moose Lake. It is a wild, forested, moody spot fed by Herrick Creek and emptying into the southern edge of Wet Jacket Arm, not very far from the 1910 moose release site. Moose Lake is named thanks to Mr Tustin. He persuaded the NZ Geographic Board to name it because two moose had been shot there, the other in 1934. In 1952, a moose was also photographed standing in the lake. The area around Herrick Creek and Moose Lake has been the primary focus for much of the studies by the Tustins and Mr Tustin describes his time there with Mrs Tustin as "demanding, primeval but we thrived on it — lucky us!" They concluded that "browse sites" — where bush and tree stems have been broken and munched higher than a deer or wapiti could likely reach — demonstrated seasonal moose movements. They installed self-triggering cameras, that snapped 1500 red deer and, in 1995, "one probable female moose", captured on a blotchy picture, taken from a video frame. Max Quinn, 75, is a natural history film-maker and was making a film about the Tustins at the time. "We saw social groups of deer but the time we filmed that solitary, dark animal was the only time we saw it — a one-off, indicative of moose. "They can climb a mountain, go down a valley, swim a fiord and never be captured again." In 2000, two hunters found large hoof prints and some unusually-long, snagged animal hair at Shark Cove in Dusky Sound. It was sent to Invermay Agricultural Centre for mitochondrial DNA testing and came back 98% moose. Jamie Ward works at Otago Fish and Game now, but was a lab technician at Invermay. It was "dumb luck", he says, that the sample was less than a few days old and therefore still testable. Mr Ward is aware humans share 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, but the hair follicles came back with lower matches for deer or wapiti that "weren't even close". "If not a moose, it was a moose hybrid and its mother was a moose, and if it was a moose hybrid that would be even more remarkable than finding a moose in New Zealand." Cross-contamination was unlikely, he says. "There had never been a moose in the lab and it was hard to believe that anyone had moose meat in the freezer". He joined forces with Mr Tustin to co-author a paper, still available on ResearchGate. In 2002, the Tustins also found a hair clump, on the northern coast of Wet Jacket Arm opposite Oke Island, and sent it to a forensic lab at Trent University in Ontario. It came back moose positive. Other samples they sent were found, predictably, to be deer. Mr Ward has views about negative reactions to the recent sighting claims. "With all the vitriol handed out, I felt, you guys, you don't know what you are talking about. Ken is one of New Zealand's foremost ungular researchers who has sat up on a mountainside for months on the dark side, from dawn to dusk, and you are none of those things so you don't really have the right to a strong opinion." In 2011, the clothing retailer Hallenstein Brothers offered a bounty of $100,000 for a photo, saying it was time to "help Ken Tustin out" but ended the offer six weeks later. Since the DNA results, there has been nothing so helpful to prove moose, but in 2020, Ben Young, a young helicopter pilot at Southern Lakes Helicopters, said he saw one from the sky. He has worked as a hunting guide in northern Canada and said he was sure. The moose waggled its big ears at him. The Tustins think there may have been other sightings not reported to Doc, because people fear ridicule. Poo possibility? In a few weeks, there is another chance of moose news. The Tustins will be studying pictures from cameras they have placed in the Seaforth Valley, which leads from Dusky Sound towards the northeast, in the direction of the Kepler track. Last year, Mr Tustin collected faeces from the valley in a place that he says was moose-browsed. He sent it to be DNA tested by Massey University but, sadly, it had degraded too much. Dr Nick Sneddon, who did the checks, explains that only the mucus on faeces can be tested and it degrades fast. Moose-seekers should "carry a clean bag, grab and bag the poo without touching it, and get it tested as soon as possible." Meanwhile, the hunting community are variably likely to start collecting poo or holding cellphones at the ready. David Veitch, experienced hunter and president of the Southern Lakes Deer Stalkers Association, is an ardent nay-sayer and uses an age-old argument. He has walked "thousands of kilometres" through Fiordland bush and never seen one with his own eyes. "It is people not identifying what they are looking at, simple as that." Owner of Te Anau hunting shop Fiordland Frontier Stephen Dobson is less damning. He would love to be proven wrong about moose extinction but preferably not with a carcass as evidence. "Nobody wants to be that person who proves it by shooting the last one." Roy Sloan, spokesman for the Wapiti Foundation, which is calling for wapiti to be protected as a Herd of Special Interest, is also up for good news and ready to rename his organisation the Wapiti and Moose Foundation — just as soon as he sees a photo. "Ken is very honest and not out for a story. If the DNA evidence wasn't moose, what else could it be?" Meanwhile, Mr Tustin is still smiling broadly at the recent sightings and a lifetime of fun in the forest with a woman he loves. He also cherishes the friendships made along the way. "It means the world that smart, observant people have been so lucky to have their tracks crossed by this rare, rare animal and recognise the importance and want to share it. We are thrilled for them and ourselves." "They have brought the project back to life, just when we've been struggling to do the fieldwork, and when moose numbers are at their likely lowest ebb." "It's something to celebrate in this mean old world of ours. A flash of bright light. I love it that when man believes he knows everything, then here comes moose, unheralded, the size of a horse, outwitting — or out-moosing? — us all for years. What does that tell us about ourselves and the quality of Fiordland wilderness? Moose 1, humans 0." — To register a sighting with Ken, email mooselognz@
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
8 Things to do this weekend: Mother's Day events, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live & Apple Blossom Festival
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Looking for fun activities this Mother's Day weekend? We have eight ideas for you! All weekend, check out Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire at Total Mortgage Arena. See vehicles like Big Foot, Mega Wrex, Tiger Shark and more! CT Families: Wicked Tulips farm has become a wickedly-popular family destination Saturday, take some beautiful pictures at the first annual Apple Blossom Festival at Bishop's Orchards with hands-on learning and springtime festivities. The Garden Club of New Haven is celebrating 100 years of community service on Saturday with fun events on and around the Green like kids workshops. Commemorate the Burning of the Ships in Essex Harbor in 1814 with a fife and drum parade on Saturday afternoon, remembering loss and celebrating recovery. Saturday, celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Connecticut Trolley Museum with family-friendly activities, rare exhibits and interesting presentations. Nyberg: Staying fit and active later in life Sunday, celebrate mom at the Olde Mistick Village Mother's Day event with live music, a photo contest and great shopping. Enter to win lovely prizes. All weekend, find treats for Mom at the New England Spring Craft Festival at Mohegan Sun with 250 plus artisans and gourmet food. On Sunday, Mother's Day, see Ballet Hartford perform The Sleeping Beauty at The Wadsworth Mansion. This event also includes a special luncheon. Here's an extra: don't forget to visit Wicked Tulips in Preston before the season ends. Please send information about upcoming events to Have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend, everyone! Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
Female NY shrink known as ‘Big Foot' was serial molester who asked teen victims if they liked ‘big boobs': docs
An accused rapist shrink known as 'Big Foot' was allegedly a serial molester who abused at least five victims at an upstate New York juvenile detention facility, including one as young as 15, whom she groped and asked if they liked 'big boobs,' according to two lawsuits. Maya Hayes allegedly plied the teens in her care at the Brookwood Youth Facility near Albany with phone privileges, hair products and food, while regularly fondling them and forcing them to squeeze her breasts, four victims claimed in court papers. One victim, who was just 15 when he arrived at Brookwood in October 2019, said Hayes, 47, confessed her reasons for going after young boys. 'Hayes said that because she was sexually frustrated at home, [she] wanted to give oral sex to residents,' the victim said in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit filed by three accusers. He added Hayes claimed 'it was her fantasy and it gave her a rush to give residents 'blow jobs.'' The ex-resident also accused Hayes of 'ordering' him 'to fight three or four other residents on her behalf.' He 'was threatened by Hayes that if he did not fight other residents, [she] would have him jumped and it would affect his Parole Board reviews,' the alleged victim, who left Brookwood in June 2022, said in court papers. 'Do you like big boobs?' she allegedly asked another boy, who was 16 when he arrived at Brookwood, a secure facility for those under 21, in October 2020, before lifting her shirt to show off her chest, he said in the legal filing. Another time Hayes was accused of asking the boy to squeeze her breasts — and then complaining that he was 'not squeezing her breasts hard enough,' he said in the litigation. Staff knew about the abuse and allegedly joked with victims about Hayes, referring to her as 'Big Foot.' A third victim, who was 18 during his stay at Brookwood from April to September 2021, claimed in court records Hayes gave him audio recordings 'of people having loud sex,' would show him racy YouTube videos, and forced him to touch her genitals. Hayes allegedly told a fourth accuser, a 17-year-old from the Bronx, 'he was a handsome and pleasant young man;' 'referred to the bulge in his pants as a 'prince;'' and touched his penis with her foot under a desk in March 2020, he claimed in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit. 'The scale of sexual abuse at Brookwood represents a fundamental failure of the system itself,' a lawyer for the victims, Evan Brustein, said. 'What happened to our clients is horrific, and we are committed to holding both the sexual predator and those who enabled the abuse fully accountable.' New York State Police arrested Hayes in April on 65 counts of criminal sexual act in the third degree and rape. She pleaded not guilty, and was released. The case is pending. Hayes denied 'all allegations' in court papers responding to the federal lawsuit, asking for the case to be paused pending the outcome of her criminal case. Hayes did not respond to messages seeking comment.
