E! Online — Diddy may have brought the house down with his Bad Boy reunion, but the real star of the 2015 BET Awards was Nicki Minaj's mom, Carol. She is having the time of her life at the show and people... more info

TMZ — The most pampered person on Nicki Minaj's tour is ... her ass, which has very specific needs when it comes to feeding it AND wiping it. We got ahold of Nicki's concert rider, and the list of demands -- from her meats to her crapper -- is… more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Nicki Minaj has come a long way since her last headlining tour. In the three years since her debut outing, which mostly brought her to theaters, the rapper has further cemented herself as the reigning queen of hip-hop. more info

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Stereogum — Meek Mill’s new Dreams Worth More Than Money doesn’t quite count as a surprise-release album; Meek gave us the briefest window of warning that it’ll be out on Monday. But until now, the only track we’ve heard from the album is the ferocious â... more info

Stereogum — Dreams Worth More Than Money, the second proper album from Philadelphia rap destroyer Meek Mill, was supposed to come out last year. But Meek had to go to prison for a few months on a probation violation, and that messed up the album’s release plan... more info

TMZ — Lil Wayne is on the attack, claiming Birdman and company are so incompetent, Nicki Minaj and Drake are about to bail. Lil Wayne filed new docs in his bitter lawsuit trying to oust Birdman from Young Money, the label that signed Nicki and Drake.… ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and numerous other celebrities sent their thoughts and prayers to the victims and families of Thursday's mass shooting at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Several big names rallied behin... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Before Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube, Miguel and the Roots headline the 2015 BET Experience at L.A. Live next week, the network will kick things off with a free concert. more info

Perez Hilton — Ouch! Breakup burns aren't anything to laugh at. Unless of course they come up during a rap battle on Nick Cannon's MTV2 show Wild 'N Out. T-Pain was the special guest for the night, but all eyes were on Safaree Samuels when he got called out during ... more info