Master P is the father of nine children, which may be why he feels at liberty to speak on the situation of R. Kelly. The celebrity father did not absolve the R&B singer from blame in the scandal that continues to evolve by the day. Master P did, however, place a certain amount of responsibility on the parents of those abused as well as on R. Kelly.
Just saw a lady on #SurivingRKelly say that she and #RKelly had sex with a 16 year old girl.
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Michael Ealy took a role in the upcoming season of “Being Mary Jane” to increase Black presence on TV.
Deadline reported the actor is set to play “Great Day USA” producer Justin Talbot. In an ill-fated twist, Talbot is the man responsible for Mary Jane losing her position at CNN.
Ealy said his friend and Think Like A Man co-star Gabrielle Union – who plays Mary Jane – offered him the spot on her BET drama.
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A Black woman who was separated from her toddler son during a violent arrest last year will receive $2 million from the city of Philadelphia. During the October 2020 arrest, Rickia Young was bloodied then taken to jail, and separated from her son as the city dealt with escalating unrest following the fatal police-involved shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
“I hope the officers responsible will never have the chance to do something like this to another person,” Young said at Tuesday, Sept.
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The star-studded hits from the soundtrack to RZA’s upcoming film, The Man With the Iron Fists, just keep coming, this time in the form of a collaboration between Wu-Tang Clan members Ghostface and Raekwon, and another heavy-hitter in Kool-G Rap.
“Rivers of Blood” opens with a RZA monologue seemingly taken from the film itself, followed by one of the hottest beats in recent memory, all working off menacing guitar and roaring horns. The hook’s discussion of the film’s star (“Master of the weaponry/ sells to both clicks”) and G Rap’s verse are plenty badass, but Tony Stark’s line about how he can “watch your body rot to the bone structure/ scrape out your brain, watch your eye-balls rupture” — yeah, that’s pretty tough.
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Ayesha Curry’s light-hearted clapback resulted in her issuing a full-fledged one thanks to a recent series of interactions on Instagram.
The celebrity chef and entrepreneur uploaded a family photo-op of the massive Curry clan following her husband Steph Curry’s win with the Golden State Warriors over his brother Seth Curry’sPortland Trail Blazers in Game 4 to complete a 4-0 sweep in the the NBA Western Conference Finals.
“Infinitely proud of these guys.
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Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles-Lawson is making sure she gives her son-in-law Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter his flowers while he can still smell them. The matriarch did so on Feb. 22 by penning a “love letter” on social media following the rapper turned business mogul’s announcement that Moët Hennesypurchased a 50 percent stake in his champagne company Armand de Brignac.
Tina, who is no stranger to praising Jay-Z’s business moves, activism, and philanthropic endeavors, was moved to share the heartfelt words because of her son-in-law’s ability to solidify opportunities for Black artists to perform at the recent Super Bowl.
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In recent years, the rate of incarceration for African-Americans has decreased, as rates of imprisonment for whites have increased, causing criminal justice experts to ask why this is happening.
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Life after a criminal conviction can be costly, messy or both. Too often, those charged with minor offenses are forced to deal with consequences long after they’ve paid their debt to society, unable to access certain academic, housing and job opportunities due to their criminal record.
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The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story season 1, episode 2 airs tonight on FX. O.J. Simpson goes missing in the white Bronco and Robert Shapiro and Robert Kardashian battle the fallout while the D.A.’s office and the LAPD go searching for O.J.
A behind-the-scenes retelling of the O.J. Simpson case.
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story airs Feb. 9 at 10 p.m EDT on FX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6vHcj75y0
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Sandra Denton, otherwise known as Pepa from the group Salt-N-Pepa, defended her name after her boyfriend’s estranged wife accused her of being a mistress. The legendary rapper revealed that she was dating Aundre Dean in May, and that’s when Dean’s ex, journalist Jordyn Taylor, came with the accusations.
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She alleged that Dean — who filed for divorce on March 8, 2018 — lied to her and said Pepa was his boss when that wasn’t the case.
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Former “Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta” star Reginae Carter is clearly setting the stakes high for other big sisters.
The reality actress appears to have an inseparable bond with her little sister Reign Rushing as they are on social media setting sibling goals. The 20-year-old took to Instagram on Saturday with a picture of herself and baby Reign posing outside of what seemed to be their mother Toya Wright‘s Atlanta home.
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