BEYONCÉ TO STAR ALONGSIDE DAUGHTER BLUE IVY IN 'MUFASA: THE LION KING': WATCH THE TRAILER

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Beyoncé will be returning to the Lion King franchise for a prequel to the 2019 remake, and she’s bringing daughter Blue Ivy with her.

Variety revealed in a report on Monday (April 29) that the 12-year-old will play Samba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, in Mufasa: The Lion King. Bey will reprise her role as Nala, while other former cast members Donald GloverSeth Rogan, Billy Eichner and more will also be returning.

The new film, which will be soundtracked by Lin-Manuel Miranda’s compositions, will explore Mufasa’s origin story and explore his childhood with his brother Scar.

Mufasa: The Lion King premieres in theaters on December 20. Check out the trailer below:

In an interview with Gayle King on CBS Mornings last fall, JAY-Z revealed that that “Blue Ivy” wasn’t the name he and Beyoncé were initially going with for their daughter.

“She was meant to be Brooklyn,” the rapper said, presumably since the that is the New York borough where Hov was born and raised.

“That was the name we had in theory. But when we got the sonograms, you know, [the fetus] is super small, and we was calling her a blueberry. Like, ‘Look at the little blueberry!’ It was like a nickname. For nine months we were like, ‘Look at the little blueberry.’ So it was just natural, we just took the ‘berry’ off and called her Blue.”

The “Marcy Me” MC spoke frequently of his child throughout the interview, and at one point even recalled how she used to be embarrassed of was him when she was younger.

“Blue – she be fronting on me a little bit, but I catch her in the corner,” he said. “Now she asks me if this is cool — her sneakers or whatever she’s wearing. She’s come back, but there was a time where she was like, ‘Daaaad!’ I was like, ‘I’m cool. I don’t what you saying! At your house, your parents is cool!”

Blue Ivy is Beyoncé and Hov’s first child. Born in 2012, she is now a big sister to her twin siblings Rumi and Sir, who were born five years after her.

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Plies Goes Off On Joe Biden & Democrats In Explicit Rant

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Plies went off on President Joe Biden and the rest of the Democratic party in a rant on Instagram, earlier this week. In doing so, he explained that he's upset with Biden being so active on Twitter, but not getting aggressive enough with the Republicans.

Plies began his rant by reading a tweet from Biden in which he details imposing "a series of tariffs on goods made in China." After quoting the post, Plies remarks: "Now get your motherf*cking ass in front of the camera and say the same motherf*cking thing." He adds: "[Donald] Trump's in the court right now with a courtroom of motherf*cking Republicans trying to intimidate the motherf*cking jury. Democrats, get you motherf*cking ass in the courtroom too. Y'all motherf*cking intimidate the jury. And when you get outside, set up a motherf*cking podium just like they do and tell your motherf*cking version of events that happened in the motherf*cking courtroom today." From there, he called on Hakeem Jeffries to get active.

Plies Performs In Atlanta

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ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 16: Rapper Plies performs at Birthday Bash 2018 at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood on June 16, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. (photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
 

He continues: "I'm so sick of y'all like y'all don't know how to do a motherf*cking thing." Plies then reads another tweet from Biden before pleading with him to show us the action he's taking rather than just tweeting about it. "Ain't nobody reading the motherf*cking tweets," he adds while telling him to get in front of a camera. Check out his full politically charged rant below.

Plies Speaks On The Democratic Party

Plies rant comes as CNN announced on Wednesday that Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in a presidential debate, next month. Be on the lookout for further updates on Plies as well as the 2024 Presidential Election on HotNewHipHop.

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