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Kanye West posts video highlights of his trips to Uganda and Paris

ABC/Randy HolmesKanye West has shared highlights of his recent travels to Uganda and Paris, as well as his return to his hometown of Chicago.

“I can’t save the world, we can,” Kanye says at the beginning of the clip on Twitter. He adds, “I don’t have a more important position than anyone, because we need arms.”

The G.O.O.D. Music CEO traveled to Uganda to complete recording for his upcoming album, Yandhi,which will be released November 23. He visited Paris to talk with his longtime collaborator, Louis Vuitton men’s wear artistic director Virgil Abloh.

Back in Chicago, Kanye met with Amara Enyia, whom he’s supporting for mayor of The Windy City. Last week, he donated $73,000 to pay fines accessed against her for not filing financial reports. Chance the Rapper also recently revealed his support for the mayoral candidate.

Cardi B and Nicki Minaj call a truce; Cardi named “People En Espanol” Star of the Year

ABC/image Group LAFollowing an ugly back-and-forth verbal bashing on Monday, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are calling for a truce.

Nicki posted Monday on her Twitter, “Ok you guys, let’s focus on positive things only from here on out. We’re all so blessed. I know this stuff is entertaining & funny to a lot of people but I won’t be discussing this nonsense anymore. Thank you for the support & encouragement year after year. Love you.”

Cardi reposted Nicki’s message on her own Instagram, and commented, “@Nickiminaj alright then! Let’s keep it positive and keep it pushing!”

All of this comes after Cardi and Nicki’s feud heated up again Monday when Cardi’s sister, Hennessy Carolina, claimed that Nicki leaked Cardi’s cell number to her fans, leading to death threats against Cardi’s baby, Kulture.

Nicki denied the accusation on her Beats 1 “Queen Radio” show, and offered $100,000 for surveillance video of their altercation at a New York Fashion Week show in September, where Cardi repeatedly threw a shoe at her.

Cardi quickly responded with ten expletive-filled videos on Instagram, saying “You lie so much you can’t keep up with your f**ing lies.”

Now that there’s a truce in place, Cardi’s celebrating being named the People En Espanol Star of the Year. Cardi commented on Instagram, “Thank you so much @peopleenespanol! I love it!”

In the cover story, Cardi says of three-month-old Kulture, “She’s gonna be raised in a big mansion. She’s most likely gonna get whatever she wants from me and her dad, but I also want her to be humble.”

Cardi adds, “I want her at least to speak four languages: Spanish, English, French and I’m really loving Italian. I love how those people talk!”

Red Sox arrive in Boston with World Series trophy

Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — The Boston Red Sox are back home after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to become the World Series champions.

The team arrived at Fenway Park, along with their championship trophy, Monday night, and were greeted by fans and camera crews, ESPN reports.

The Red Sox beat the Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 of the World Series Sunday night to clinch the title — the team’s fourth since 2004.

A championship parade will be held for the Red Sox in Boston Wednesday morning.

Scoreboard roundup — 10/29/18

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events:

   NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Philadelphia 113 Atlanta       92
Final Portland      103 Indiana       93
Final Sacramento    123 Miami        113
Final N-Y Knicks    115 Brooklyn      96
Final Golden State 149 Chicago      124
Final Milwaukee     124 Toronto      109
Final Minnesota     124 L.A. Lakers 120
Final OT San Antonio   113 Dallas       108
Final Denver        116 New Orleans 111

   NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Calgary     3 Toronto     1
Final Vancouver   5 Minnesota   2

   NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final New England   25 Buffalo    6

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The beef reheats as Cardi B and Nicki Minaj renew their rivalry

ABC/Randy HolmesYou thought the beef was over? It’s only just begun.

As ET Online reports, the latest dust up in the ongoing feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj began, where else, on Instagram, where Cardi’s sister, Hennessy Carolina, accused Minaj of leaking her sister’s phone number. Nicki denied the claim on her Queen Radio show, but then stirred the pot by revisiting the infamous altercation between the rap rivals, claiming there is “surveillance footage” of Cardi getting pounded with punches from Nicki’s friend Rah Ali.

“I swear to God on my life, Rah held her head and punched her, like, eight, 10 times. The hardest punches you’ve ever heard in your life.”

Nicki did seem to want to put an end to the unending beef. “There’s nothing that really makes me not like you like that, you know what I’m saying?” Adding that she was “perfectly fine” with never talking about the feud again.

Guess who isn’t perfectly fine with it? Cue “Bartier Cardi.” In expletive-laden Instagram videos, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper had a few things to say in response.

“…how are you going to say that I got bagged by Rah Ali when there is so many footages of that night, every single angle and where am I getting bagged at?” Cardi also saying, in a line sure to go down in rap beef history, “Do you want to be a victim, or do you want to be the gangster?”

In total, Cardi uploaded 10 videos, calling out Minaj in every one, for everything — from her verse on “MotorSport” to Nicki saying she earned a feature on the “Krippy Kush” remix over the Bronx rapper.

Maybe one day these ladies will take this beef to a booth, but until then be grateful for the ‘gram.

Jermaine Dupri remembers when he had to fight for respect for Atlanta music

Denise Truscello/Getty Images for CasamigosGrammy winner Jermaine Dupri is one of the leaders of the Atlanta music scene, but he remembers that back when he began his career, the music industry didn’t respect music from the A-T-L.

“People were fighting me being from Atlanta, then people was fighting that I was 19-years-old,” Dupri tells Rolling Stone. “People weren’t trying to actually believe that they were gonna listen to someone under 21 tell them something or allow that person under 21 to be a force in the music business. Because it had never happened before and people weren’t ready for it.”

Dupri says he finally received respect when he wrote and produced Kris Kross’ double-platinum hit, “Jump,” in 1992.

Now a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dupri has produced hits for A-list stars including JAY-Z, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys and Usher. Yet despite his honors and success, Dupri says he doesn’t receive enough recognition for pioneering the mix of R&B and hip-hop heard in today’s music.

“The sounds of that R&B that you hear now, I mean, people don’t give me credit for it, but I was ahead of the curve,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I won’t say I created it, but I guess I should, because I did.”

Dupri’s producing six days of free family-friendly “Super Bowl LIVE” events at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, beginning on Saturday, January 26. The Super Bowl will be held in Atlanta on February 3.

Tinashe and Mario to star in live TV production of Broadway musical “Rent”

Getty ImagesDancing with the Stars alumni Tinashe and Mario will star in a live television production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical, Rent.

Brandon Victor Dixon from Power and Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert will also be featured in the show, which air will January 27 on Fox. His Broadway credits include Hamilton, The Color Purple, and Motown The Musical.

Tinashe, who recently competed in season 27 of Dancing with the Stars, will portray dancer Mimi Marquez, who struggles with addiction. Mario will play Benjamin Coffin III, a landlord who collects the ”rent.” He competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2008.

The cast also includes singer/actress Vanessa Hudgens, Dancing with the Stars season 25 winnerJordan Fisher and RuPaul’s Drag Race performer Valentina. The Greatest Showman star Keala Settle will be part of the ensemble and also sing the best-known Rent song “Seasons of Love.”

Rent debuted on Broadway in 1996 and ran for 12 years, winning four Tonys, including Best Musical. Set in New York City, the musical follows seven artists struggling for success.

Mac Miller all-star Celebration of Life concert will be livestreamed Wednesday

Live NationTravis Scott, SZA, Chance the Rapper, Ty Dolla $ign, Miguel and John Mayer will be among the stars paying tribute to the late Mac Miller in “A Celebration of Life” concert that will be livestreamed Wednesday on Facebook, LiveXLive, TIDAL, Twitter, WAV and YouTube. Tickets for the concert are available on Ticketmaster.com

The show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles will also feature Action Bronson, Anderson .Paak,Schoolboy Q, Vince Staples and many more. The event will benefit the Mac Miller Circles Fund, which provides programming, resources and opportunities to youth from under-served communities, helping them recognize their full potential through exploration in the arts and community building.

Miller died of an apparent drug overdose on September 7. He was 26.

Cardi B’s sister says Nicki Minaj leaked Cardi’s number; claims Nicki's fans are now threatening baby Kulture

Jorda FrantzisCardi B’s sister, Hennessy Carolina, is accusing Nicki Minaj of leaking Cardi’s cell number to her fans — which she claims has lead to threats against Cardi’s baby, Kulture.

“[Nicki] leaked my sister’s number to her fan pages,” Carolina wrote on Instagram in a deleted post, which was captured by The Jasmine Brand.

She added, “Ya asking why I’m beefing with a fan base but ya not asking why someone with so much influence would use their influence to manipulate their fans to spread so much negativity and hate!”

“Imagine if this was your infant child, imagine if this was your sister or ya mother!,” Carolina continued. “Who with a real heart and real f**kin feelings is going to continue to let a group of people harass them!! If you wouldn’t defend yourself or ya family cool but not me!! Not NEVER!”

Carolina also posted alleged screenshots of messages which threatened violence against Kulture.

This is the latest in the Cardi/Nick feud, which blew up in September when Cardi reportedly threw a shoe at Nicki during the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS New York Fashion Week party.

Kanye West designs new shirts encouraging black voters to leave the Democratic party

ABC NewsKanye West is flaunting his support of President Trump with new shirts he designed encouraging black voters to leave the Democratic party.

The shirts for his new Blexit campaign debuted at Saturday’s Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leadership Summit, a meeting of young black conservatives in Washington, D.C., according to Page Six. Kanye did not attend the event.

“Blexit is a renaissance and I am blessed to say that this logo, these colors, were created by my dear friend and fellow superhero Kanye West,” said the organization’s communications director, Candace Owens. “The Blexit movement will spend 2019 holding rallies in every major city in America that the Democrats have destroyed,” she added.

The shirts read, “We Free,” or the word “Blexit,” and are labeled, “Design by Kanye West.”

According to its website, Blexit “is a frequency for those who have released themselves from the political orthodoxy. It is a rebellion led by Americans wishing to disrupt the simulation of fear. Blexit is a renaissance. It is our formal declaration of independence.”

West tweeted Monday, “We’re about love, unity, and we design for the world.”