About Bernard "Beanz" Smalls

Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men's Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time.

Case in point, the "storied" beef between Drake and fellow rapper turned media personality Joe Budden now seems to be behind them. On Sunday (Apr.5), Drizzy decided to hop on Joe Budden's Instagram Live session, and it seemed like the "tension" between both of them was overblown.

Last week, Tekashi 6ix9ine secured an early release from prison thanks in large part to fears of catching the coronavirus. TMZ is reporting that the "rapper" will not be partaking in his favorite past time... online trolling.

On Friday (Apr.3), the REFORM Alliance announced that its cofounders JAY-Z, Meek Mill, Robert Kraft, Michael Rubin, and others, are teaming up with New York Times' best selling author Shaka Senghor to ship roughly 100,000 masks to prisons across the United States.

Xzibit clarifies The Game's story about finding out he is not originally from Los Angeles.

Speaking with Fat Joe, Mike Tyson revealed that he believes that Tupac's murder was a "planned in advance."

Remember that whole snafu between Flavor Flav and Chuck D over Public Enemy performing at a Bernie Sanders rally? Well, that turned out to be a hoax that was somehow inspired by Orson Wells "The War of The Worlds" iconic radio broadcast to help promote a new song and album.

Folks stuck at home called for ESPN to do the same with its 10-part Michael Jordan doc, The Last Dance, and it would appear the Disney owned network,  Netflix, Jordan, the NBA, and Mandalay Sports Media has heard our cries.

The world learned that Drake was fathering a child thanks to Pusha T airing Drizzy's much-guarded secret during their well-documented beef. Now we are finally getting our first looking at young Adonis.

ProWrestlingSheet is reporting that Reigns will be tapping out due to health concerns connected to the coronavirus. Reigns decided that due to his recent battle with cancer, participating in the most prominent professional wrestling event was too risky.

On Wednesday evening (Mar.25), Keith Lawrence Middlebrook was arrested by the FBI in an undercover sting after he tried to deliver pills to an agent posing as a potential investor. 

Charles Barkley is coronavirus free. The retired Hall-of-Famer and star of the Emmy Award-winning NBA studio show, Inside The NBA, revealed in a statement on Monday (Mar.23) that he tested negative for the virus. 

Minnesota Timberwolves star, Karl-Anthony Towns, revealed that his mom, Jacqueline Cruz, is fighting for her life. Last night, the pro baller detailed painfully that his mother is now in a medically-induced coma after battling coronavirus symptoms and had to be put on a ventilator.