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Chance the Rapper stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and touched on a number of topics including the birth of his second daughter, his foray into comedy, and about his relationship with Kanye West. Watch above.

In the 13-minute interview, Chance spoke of West as his spiritual advisor. “Kanye is so devoted right now. He’s very well-versed in the bible, he’s reading a lot.  The way that he talks to me now its seems like he’s had [Bible passages] memorized for years,” he explained. “To my knowledge a lot of that stuff he learned very recently. He’s talking about what I believe in which is that Jesus is king.”

Chance also discusses his comedy career during the interview and says that he believes “one day [he’ll] become a world-famous comedian.”

“I’m a comedic guy,” he adds, revealing that he has a comedy set coming up a The Laugh Factory in Chicago.

Elsewhere, Kimmel congratulated the rapper on becoming the first in his industry to take paternity leave. Joking about the protocol on how he scheduled his time off, Chance said, “The fans are kind of my bosses so I have to let them know,” referencing how he postponed a recent tour. “It’s way harder having two kids than having one,” he continued. “Mathematically it makes sense but it didn’t actually register until I had two kids and I couldn’t leave my wife at home with both of them. “

Wendy Williams and NeNe Leakes are back on speaking terms.

The New York City native, 55, welcomed the Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 51, on The Wendy Williams Show Tuesday, and the pair talked about the rift that developed between them and how each side interpreted it began.

The talk show host said she felt Leakes had grown conceited amid her rise to fame on the Bravo series, which opened further doors for her to appear on Broadway, and the TV shows Glee and The New Normal.

So here’s what I feel happened between us: When we first met NeNe on the Housewives, she was like our big mouth friend who would say it like she meant it,’ Williams said. ‘She had a cute family, the laugh and that whole bit, just like keeping it real with NeNe. And then all of a sudden, the paychecks got bigger, and I feel the fame got in the way of remembering who we liked her for.’

Williams urged her audience to ‘clap if you understand what I’m saying’ – which they did – and Leakes rolled her eyes.

Williams said Leakes ‘started acting like a real jerk’ on RHOA, which seemed to surprise NeNe, drawing a rebuke from Williams.

‘We talk about this don’t look shocked … look, she started acting like a big head jerk and million-dollar paycheck or whatever they’re paying you or not, we missed the girl that we knew,’ Williams said. ‘And then all of a sudden you stuck with that character so I was like, “I’m done with NeNe.”‘

The charismatic reality star had a different take on her falling out with Williams, saying that she became a popular target for Williams on her show.

‘That’s her version, I know y’all hear mine,’ Leakes said. ‘You know how Wendy does her Hot Topics … and it was just “NeNe, this,'” “NeNe, that.” And I was just like, “Well, dang, she is just really running my name in the dirt.”‘

Leakes said the final straw was when Williams made a jab about ‘NeNe and her Birkin’ bag.

‘I was like, “That’s it!”’ said Leakes, to which Williams recalled the details.

‘When you marked up the Birkin … and then put my name on it, calling me me a b*h or something on it – you called me a man or something!’ Williams said

Leakes said the two were ‘right back into’ their friendship after reconciling at a restaurant in the wake of Williams’ split with husband Kevin Hunter earlier this year.

‘Regardless to whatever happened, the thing that I loved the most is when I got on the flight, and we were meeting in the restaurant, when I got to the restaurant – it was almost like we never missed a beat,’ said Nene, who has past been in public feuds with RHOA castmates Kenya Moore and Kim Zolciak. 

Leakes appeared to have a great time in the appearance, praising Williams and acknowledging the professional chemistry they share.

‘Wendy really is the match to my fire, the chips to my salsa and the ice cream to my cake! You gotta love her,’ Leakes said, adding images from the appearance. Wendy wrote on her page, ‘Always good catching up with the dip to my do.’ 

Former “The Rookie” star Afton Williamson is responding to the news that her claims of on-set harassment have been dismissed.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the actress said the investigation’s findings — which concluded that there was no unlawful or inappropriate behavior from the people Williamson accused — were “heartbreaking for everyone on that set, past and present.” She added that “what saddens me the most is that the lengths that were taken to deceive, lie, and cover up the truth were far greater than those made to protect and maintain a safe working environment for employees.”

She vowed to “continue to work so that casts and crews alike finally see words align with action.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the findings of an internal investigation into Williamson’s claims were released, and “concluded that those identified in Ms. Williamson’s allegations did not conduct themselves in an unlawful manner or demonstrate behavior inappropriate for the workplace.”

The findings also concluded that the showrunners, including executive producer Alexi Hawley, “addressed matters of which they were made aware promptly and in a fair and reasonable manner.”

Williamson went public with her claims in August, accusing a fellow cast member of sexual harassment and the show’s hair department of racial discrimination; she also said she was sexually assaulted at the Season 1 wrap party. She exited the ABC drama in July, after starring alongside Nathan Fillion in Season 1 as LAPD officer Talia Bishop.

If you have any business to settle with Ja Rule, you might wanna get to him as soon as possible, because his next musical undertaking is probably gonna keep him busy for a loooooong time.

Ja Rule recently announced his very ambitious plan to re-release his entire discography as visual album, making music videos for every single song he’s ever released–beside the tracks that already have their own visuals.

This news was tucked into a series of tweets on Monday, including one that saw Ja responding to a fan and explaining why now was the time to tap into the nostalgia for his old music instead of releasing some new heat. “Music is timeless,” he told this particular fan, later adding that his new album 12.Twelve.XII would be out this December.

Of course, this announcement–just like all of his tweets–received a lot of replies from people wondering why he’s making a bunch of music videos instead of issuing refunds to Fyre Festival attendees–which, of course, Ja ignored.

He took the time to respond to a lot of fans asking questions about why he’s embarking on this huge undertaking, including those who decided to assume Ja wanting to capitalize off old music must mean he’s running out of money. As the rapper pointed out, shooting dozens of music videos is anything but cheap, and all of this is coming out of his own pockets.

He goes on to say that even though he’s not planning on re-making any videos that are already out there, there is one song he might consider creating a brand new visual for: “Daddy’s Little Baby.”

Making and releasing all of these music videos is definitely going to take a while, but in the meantime, you can catch Ja Rule on Growing Up Hip Hop: New York.