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Ye is apologizing for any “stress” he’s caused Kim Kardashian.

In a teaser for his interview on Good Morning America shared Wednesday night, the rapper expressed remorse for any pain he’s caused the SKIMS founder.

“This is the mother of my children,” he says in a promo clip. “I apologize for any stress that I have caused.”

Ye and Kim, who are in the midst of a divorce, share four children — North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm. 

In another clip, the Yeezy designer, who often times airs his grievances on the internet, is asked whether he thinks social media is more hurtful or beneficial. 

Ye responds, “We can use a car to rush somebody to the hospital, we can use a car and accidentally hit somebody while we’re rushing somebody to the hospital, so it’s all in how we use it.”

According to the social media post, Ye will also discuss fatherhood, fashion, politics, and the Donda Academy during his sit down. 

Catch the interview Thursday on Good Morning America and later on ABC News Live and Nightline. 

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Despite writing and producing numerous hits for Mariah Carey, Usher, Jay-Z and many more stars, Grammy winner Jermaine Dupri feels underappreciated.

As the Songwriters Hall of Fame member looks back at his three-decade career, he says he is especially upset that Usher’s 2004 Confessions album has not received the credit he feels it deserves.

Dupri, who turns 50 on September 23, served as executive producer on the project and produced six of the songs. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and Dupri is still mad that Rolling Stone did not list it among the greatest albums of all time.

“I feel like that affects me,” Dupri tells Variety. “Usher didn’t win album of the year at the Grammys. You make an album that big and people act like it’s not that big, so for me, I feel like that’s why I’m the most challenged.”

This week, Jermaine and Usher are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 43-year-old singer’s seven-times Platinum second album, My Way, which Dupri also executive produced. Now they are in the studio recording Usher’s ninth album.

Next year, JD will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his So So Def Recordings, the label that launched the careers of Xscape, Bow Wow, Kriss Kross and more.

Now his goal is to create a classic that will make history.

“The only thing I’m thinking about is, when Quincy Jones turned 50 he made Thriller. That’s the only thing that matters to me,” Dupri says. “I’m trying to figure out what’s going to be my Thriller.”

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE

Cincinnati 5, Boston 1

NY Yankees 14, Pittsburgh 2

Philadelphia 4, Toronto 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Houston 5, Tampa Bay 2

Baltimore 8, Detroit 1

Texas 7, LA Angels 2

Cleveland 8, Chi White Sox 2

Kansas City 5, Minnesota 2

Oakland 2, Seattle 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Washington 3, Atlanta 2

Milwaukee 6, NY Mets 0

Chi Cubs 4, Miami 3

San Francisco 6, Colorado 1

San Diego 1, St. Louis 0

Arizona 6, LA Dodgers 1

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Eddie Murphy‘s forthcoming Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley has secured four of the original movie series’ stars.

Judge Reinhold and John Ashton, who played, respectively, detective partners William “Billy” Rosewood and John Taggart, will walk the beat once again with Murphy’s Axel Foley.

Brosnan Pinchot, who stole whole scenes as flamboyant gallery worker Serge, and Paul Reiser, who played Murphy’s detective partner in Detroit, Jeffrey, have also come aboard.

As previously reported, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige are also in the cast.

The film is currently in production, but the plot details are still under wraps.

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Bobby Brown, Monica, Tevin Campbell and Tamar Braxton will be among the stars headlining the R&B Music Experience Tour this fall.

The 18-city tour kicks off October 1 in Atlanta and continues through December 17 in Tampa, Florida.

Tour stops also include Miami, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Jacksonville, Dallas, Oklahoma City and New Orleans.

The rotating lineup also features 112, Bell Biv DeVoe, Dru Hill, Ginuwine, Xscape, Brian McKnight, Keith Sweat, Silk, Next, Raheem DeVaughn, H-Town and Shai.

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Michelle Obama announced Wednesday she is going on tour to promote her new book, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.

The six-city tour will kick off in Washington, D.C., at Warner Theatre on November 15. The former first lady will also make stops in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco before wrapping up the tour December 13 at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.

The follow-up to her 2018 #1 bestselling memoir, Becoming, Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, will be published on November 15.

“I am so excited to share that I will be heading across the country soon to talk with you all about my new book, The Light We Carry. I’m looking forward to making some new connections—and of course, seeing some familiar faces from the last tour,” Obama said in a statement.

“This book means so much to me—it’s a collection of perspectives and practices I’ve used to keep me afloat amid uncertainty,” she added. “On this tour, I’ll be sharing some personal stories and lessons that have helped me along my path, and I can’t wait to tell you more.”

Fans can register now through Monday, September 26, for the Ticketmaster Verified Fan presale. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, September 30, at 10 a.m. local time on Ticketmaster.

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Lil Nas X is having fun with his wax clone, which debuted Tuesday at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood. The lifelike figure is so realistic, the Grammy winner was able to prank his famous friends.

Lil Nas X tweeted a video where he FaceTimed pals Olivia Rodrigo and Lizzo, but directed the camera toward the statue. 

When dialing up Olivia, the singer appears excited for the chat and greets him with a chipper, “Oh my God, hi!” But when Lil Nas X continues to silently grin at her, she asks in confusion, “Hi? Hello?” Olivia then starts to squirm after being met with continued awkward silence.

Lil Nas X quickly flips the camera over and issues several apologies to Olivia for the prank. “He looks so real, right?” he laughs.  

Olivia giggles back, “Oh my God! I was like, ‘Is he frozen?'”

When it came to pranking Lizzo, the singer seems happy for the unexpected FaceTime call. She soon realizes that the Lil Nas X on the other end isn’t moving and exclaims, “What the f***?!”

“It’s my wax figure,” the rapper announces with a laugh. “Oh my God, is that not me?”

Lizzo responds, “I f***ing thought it was you and I was like, ‘Why are you in your Met Gala outfit?!'”

Lil Nas X also tried to fool Troye Sivan, but he immediately suspected he was talking to a wax figure.

As previously reported, Madame Tussauds unveiled their ultra lifelike new wax figure on Tuesday, which Lil Nas X has dubbed his “twin.”

“I knew this was going to be good but this is, like, scary amazing,” he said in a statement.

Fans can now interact with the lifelike statue at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California.

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After Tory Lanez allegedly assaulted August Alsina Saturday night at the Fall Back in Love show in Chicago, the promoter kicked him off the tour.

Rip Micheals told TMZ he witnessed Lanez punch Alsina and that the Canadian rapper will not perform on any more tour shows. Artists on the tour include Ne-Yo, Trey Songz and Mario.

As previously reported, the Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the incident.

“The allegations are serious and will be thoroughly examined,” a spokesperson for the L.A. District Attorney’s Office told Billboard in a statement.

A Twitter video shows Alsina ignored a fist bump from Lanez backstage at the Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago. In the final half of the video, as Lanez is seen walking away, a man off-camera commented, “Tory says he knocked August Alsina’s a** right out with one punch.”

The Chicago Police Department tells Billboard they received a report of a 30-year-old man being “punched in the face by a 30-year-old male” outside the Arie Crown Theatre on Saturday night.

Alsina posted an Instagram photo of himself in an elevator with blood streaming from his mouth. He claimed that he hadn’t said any “disrespectful words” but was suddenly punched by Lanez.

Tory denied the incident, telling DJ Akademiks, “I don’t know if he is doing a promo—I don’t know what that n**** is talking about.”

Lanez is currently out on bail after being charged with shooting Megan Thee Stallion following a July 2020 pool party in the Hollywood Hills. He is charged with felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. Lanez faces up to 22 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

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Fresh off of its Emmy wins for show creator, writer and co-star Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary returns for its sophomore season Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. 

Tyler James Williams, who plays newbie teacher Gregory Eddie, tells ABC Audio that watching the show take off has been a trip. 

“Third episode aired…third or fourth. It had trended on Twitter from the week prior directly into the next episode for a full week later. And that’s when I understood it was like, ‘I think we have something big here, you guys,'” he said. “[W]hen people talked about it for a week straight, that’s when you know.” 

Janelle James, who plays sarcastic principal Ava Coleman opines, “[I]t feels so good. Like, the most feedback that I get from people is that this is their, like, feel good show and they watch it with their families.”

She says, “I really think that’s amazing to me and it’s just good in a time where, you know, a lot of things are happening, to be part of something that makes people feel good and is happy.”

Ironically, considering her Emmy win, Ralph once thought her kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard wouldn’t be a stand-out character. “[H]onest to God, I didn’t think that anybody was going to see my performance. I thought that I was just going to be there,” she said. “And I had no idea that people would react to Mrs. Howard the way they have.”

She wanted to play the principal, but Brunson talked her out of it. “[S]he said, ‘Oh, Ms. Ralph, no, we need a queen for Mrs. Howard, and you are that queen,'” Ralph recalled. “So I was like, ‘Okay, thank you very much. I’ll be the Queen.'”

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