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Cardi B quits Instagram following drama over her Grammy win

#CardiB #Grammy Cardi B has had enough of the drama following her Grammy win for best rap album. Right after she picked up her award, BET sent out a tweet that pitted Cardi B against Nicki Minaj saying, “Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj is being dragged by her lacefront.” Cardi B, 26, didn’t take that too well and posted, then deleted, an expletive-filled rant about the network and naysayers. A fan account captured the video. “It’s not my style for people to put other people down to uplift somebody else,” she said. “That’s not my type and that’s not what I’m with. I don’t support that.” Then Cardi B turned her attention to her detractors who said she didn’t deserve her award. “I’m seeing a lot of bulls–t today and I saw a lot of s–t last night, and I’m sick of the s–t. I work hard for my motherf—king album.” The mother of one added that she slept in the studio and worked around the clock — despite being pregnant. She has since deactivated her Instagram account — perhaps in an...

R.I.P. Award-Winning R&B Singer James Ingram Dies At 66

Two-time Grammy winner James Ingram, whose signature timbre instantly evokes the classic R&B sound of the 1980s, has died. He was 66. Ingram's passing was announced on Twitter by the actress Debbie Allen. "I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir," she  wrote . "He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close." When he was 18, Ingram joined a band called Revelation Funk and tried to make it in Los Angeles, the  Chicago Tribune  reported  in a 2012 profile. Comparing himself to his bandmates, Ingram underestimated his own vocal abilities. "I knew I couldn't sing," he said. "I wasn't trying. I was just doing background." After the band broke up, Ingram stayed in L.A. and got great backup gigs, working with Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye. He would sing and write demos at a studio on Sunset...