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NLE Choppa Shocks Fans With New “Playgirl” Photoshoot

BY Edwin Lamptey January 28, 2025 7:20 PM EDT

Musician, NLE Choppa, appears to have developed a fondness for triggering fragile critics of his masculinity that have formed an uproar around his public image in recent times.

The musician artist is on record to have gone ahead to stoke the fire by turning standards around. He has also developed a recent fondness for posing in sultry and suggestive ways for a Playgirl photo shoot, and a lot of people are focusing on how he seems to do anything for the bag.

However, the Memphis MC has turned his persona into much more of an overall statement on masculinity, provocativeness, and sensuality that has angered some hyper-masculine males for its flamboyance and made many other demographics fall in love.

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Emerging details nonetheless suggest that NLE Choppa’s often controversial, sometimes exaggerated, but always resonant moves in these areas also pair themselves with big musical moments, even if some of them don’t really pan out all the way.

In other news, Erykah Badu was recently honored with the Fashion Icon Award at the CFDA Awards in New York City. On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, her ex-boyfriend and frequent collaborator, Andre 3000, was present on the stage to present her with the honor of giving a moving introduction.

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“When Erykah said to me, ‘I got some good news to tell you,’ I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know if she was gonna say, ‘I’m pregnant’ or ‘I’m in a new relationship,’” he joked.

The former Outkast member went on, saying: “So then she lets me know, ‘I’m getting the CFDA Award, Fashion Icon Award.’ And then our excitement and celebration, we said something like, ‘Wooo! This the one. And what took ’em so damn long to recognize?’”

He went on to praise Erykah, saying she is one of the most original and unique human beings he has ever known.

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