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On Thursday, Megan Thee Stallion addressed homophobic tweets she wrote while in high school and denounced the users who felt compelled to dig them up after she had already apologized. https://www.complex.com/music/2019/06/megan-thee-stallion-resurfaced-homophobic-tweets-apologized/

NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony says reports suggesting he's cheating on his wife, La La Anthony, with a woman on a yacht in France are COMPLETELY FALSE ... and says the blogs have it ALL WRONG. https://www.tmz.com/2019/06/26/carmelo-anthony-lala-anthony-yacht-france-reports-video/

Meek Mill is making big moves in the fashion industry. The rapper, entrepreneur and prison reform advocate is now a co-owner of sports-apparel retailer Lids, he announced in an interview with Business Insider on Wednesday.

https://people.com/style/meek-mill-becomes-co-owner-lids/

Jordyn Woods is out to prove she’s more than Kylie Jenner‘s (former) best friend.

https://pagesix.com/2019/06/27/jordyn-woods-claps-back-at-claims-kylie-jenner-financially-supported-her/

In a video jokingly presented as being sponsored by Dipset couture, Cam'ron has shared his side of things regarding his split from JuJu. The clip, embedded for convenience below, is an apparent response to a "Whew Chile..." comment she left on a recent Shade Room post.

https://www.complex.com/music/2019/06/camron-split-juju-wanted-to-beat-up-co-worker-unfollowing

Ebony Jemison wishes she could have done something different on the day she fired a shot that killed Marshae Jones’ unborn child outside a store in Alabama.

On Dec. 4, 2018, Jemison, 23, fired a bullet that hit Jones’ stomach outside the Dollar General store in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, during an altercation over the baby’s father.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/pregnant-woman-shot-alabama-manslaughter-jones-jemison

Willow Smith wouldn’t be opposed to a polyamorous relationship.

https://people.com/movies/willow-smith-not-opposed-polyamorous-relatiosnhip/

@pattymayyo's Birthday Special #Juneteenth #DominicanRepublic #TI #mitchMcConnell #ESPN #SircieVarnado

LaVar Ball

ESPN will no longer feature LaVar Ball on any of its platforms after Ball's inappropriate comments to Molly Qerim on Monday, The Athletic's Richard Deitsch reported on Tuesday.

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/19/lavar-ball-wont-appear-espn-molly-qerim-comments

Juneteenth

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania is permanently recognizing Juneteenth, the cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved black people in the United States.

T.I 

On Sunday, at 1 p.m. ET, Rev. Warnock, rapper T.I. and the men formerly known as the Central Park Five (now The Exonerated Five), will hold a press conference and participate in a massive Freedom Day Bailout, kicking off a three-day Ending Mass Incarceration Conference, which begins on Monday, June 17.

https://www.theroot.com/t-i-the-central-park-five-and-ebenezer-baptist-churc-1835543734Mitch 

McConnell

If you've heard of "40 acres and a mule," then you know that the concept of America paying reparations for the enslavement of black people is by no means a new idea. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/opinions/slavery-reparations-hr40-mitch-mcconnell-love/index.html

Drake Vs the warriors 

Drake trolled Warriors star Klay Thompson after his Raptors steamrolled Golden State in California, 123-109, to take a 2-1 lead, posting an undated photo of a shirtless, glassy-eyed Thompson alongside three girls with the caption, “Stay Golden, my friends, …goodnight” and eight crying-face laughing emojis.

https://nypost.com/2019/06/06/drake-instantly-trolls-warriors-klay-thompson-with-questionable-photo/

#beyhive

During Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., Curran and husband Joseph S. Lacob, Golden State’s majority owner, sat courtside next to Beyoncé, 37, and husband Jay-Z, 49, as the Warriors lost to the Toronto Raptors, 123-109. Curran was photographed leaning close to Beyoncé to speak with Jay, which may or may not have annoyed the superstar singer in the process. https://pagesix.com/2019/06/06/who-is-nicole-curran-what-to-know-about-warriors-owner-joe-lacobs-wife/

50 Cent was trying to enjoy a movie date with “Black Ink Crew: Chicago” star Nikki Nicole when he almost came to blows with a guy who wanted the rap legend to hear his music … but ended up getting a lesson in marketing instead.

https://theblast.com/50-cent-confronted-artist-date/

First Hip-hop Billionaire

nine years ago, two unlikely lunch partners sat down at the Hollywood Diner in Omaha, Nebraska. One, Warren Buffett, was a regular there. The other, Jay-Z, was not. The billionaire and the rapper ordered strawberry malts and chatted amiably, continuing the conversation back at Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offices. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/06/03/jay-z-billionaire-worth/#3f219de33a5f

When they see us, CP5

The Central Park jogger case was a criminal case that involved the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a white female jogger, and attacks on others in the North Woods of Manhattan's Central Park on the night of April 19, 1989. The attack on the jogger left her in a coma for 12 days. Meili was a 28-year-old investment banker at the time. According to The New York Times, the attack was "one of the most widely publicized crimes of the 1980s".[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case

50 Cent

50 Cent may be cooling his jets a little after "Power" costar Rotimi agreed to fork over $100k toward repayment of what 50 is calling an unpaid loan. 

https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/30/50-cent-power-star-rotimi-pays-debt-money-owed/

Meek Mill

The Cosmopolitan hotel will publicly apologize to Meek Mill for threatening him with arrest if he stepped onto hotel grounds, and Meek will accept the apology.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/30/cosmopolitan-hotel-meek-mill-apology-arrest-racism/

Kodak Black will remain behind bars a little while longer. The Florida rapper was arrested at Rolling Loud earlier this month on federal and state weapons charges, but he is now going to remain in custody.

http://thesource.com/2019/05/30/kodak-black-denied-bond-will-be-in-jail-until-trial/

“The Chi” creator Lena Waithe explained her response to the Jason Mitchell misconduct allegations in an interview on the radio show “The Breakfast Club” on Thursday.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/lena-waithe-jason-mitchell-the-chi-1203229468/

The restrictive new law, should it survive court challenges from the ACLU and women's rights groups, is set to take effect on January 1.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/30/business/disney-bob-iger-abortion-georgia/index.html

R. Kelly was charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault and abuse stemming from an alleged January 2010 incident, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/r-kelly-charged-11-counts-sexual-assault-842381/

Pamela Turner

A police officer shot and killed a woman at a Houston-area apartment complex after she hit him with his Taser during a struggle, shocking him, police said 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Protesters-seek-indictment-in-woman-s-death-13848975.php#photo-17455838

Joyner Lucas

Joyner Lucas has built his career on creating thought-provoking music that prompts a social discourse. So when he went after political pundit Tomi Lahren on his latest single "Devil's Work," Lahren took this as an opportunity to create a dialogue between their respective audiences. But, when Lahren reached out to Lucas, Joyner declined her invitation to talk and now he's explaining why.

https://www.complex.com/music/2019/05/joyner-lucas-wont-sit-down-with-tomi-lahren-isnt-rational

Gregory A. Bush

The man who was charged in the killing of two Black shoppers at a Louisville, Kentucky, Kroger grocery store last fall has been ruled incompetent to stand trial.

https://thegrio.com/2019/05/15/kroger-shooter-who-killed-two-black-shoppers-found-incompetent-for-trial/

#justiceforjunior

Jurors in the murder trial of Bronx teen Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz on Tuesday heard evidence about when and where the suspects were arrested following the June 2018 slaying and the various means by which they were identified.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-bronx-junior-guzman-justice-trial-20190515-cwtrbgqe4ngijl2jbsisfthvxm-story.html

Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui

A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in grave condition and not expected to survive.  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pregnant-woman-killed-chicago-marlen-ochoa-uriostegui-found-dead-suspects-charged-today-2019-05-16/

While US leaders, continue to focus on thwarting terrorism in other countries and the supposed threat of terrorism at our borders, experts say there is a more pressing threat of domestic terrorism in our own backyards. 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/us/white-supremacy-terrorism-soh/index.html

Happy Mother's Day Ladies!!

Ayesha Curry

A comment Ayesha Curry made on Monday's episode of Red Table Talk has made her the subject of endless memes and tweets — both in criticism and in support.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/ayesha-curry-male-attention-comment-backlash

Heartbeat bill

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation on Tuesday, effectively banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy when doctors can usually start detecting a fetal heartbeat.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/heartbeat-bill-georgia.html

Common

Today, Chicago native Common sat down with The Breakfast Club to talk about issues that are brought up in his new memoir, Let Love Have The Last Word.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/09/i-think-i-was-abused-hip-hop-star-common-opens-up-about-childhood-molestation/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c57bfbe926b

Maleah Davis

The stepfather of a missing 4-year-old girl changed his story multiple times while reporting the details of his stepdaughter’s abduction to Texas police. 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/us/missing-maleah-davis-father-stepfather/index.html

Zoey

Cherone Coleman was worried. In March, she had split from her fiance, Martin Pereira. Now, the couple was waging war in a Queens courtroom over the custody of their 3-year-old daughter, Zoey.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/07/i-shouldve-just-kept-her-gone-jail-custody-battle-ends-year-old-chained-burning-car/?utm_term=.45240116a4b3

Taylor Swift is drumming up controversy.

The pop star's performance Wednesday night at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, in which she incorporated a marching band, has drawn comparisons to Beyoncé's 2018 Coachella festival set — and led some social media users to accuse her of cultural appropriation and being a copycat.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/taylor-swift-accused-ripping-beyonc-billboard-music-awards-n1001156

Offset

Offset is in a heap of trouble because a warrant has been issued for his arrest, and it's a felony.

TMZ broke the story, a week ago Monday Offset was in a Target store in Sandy Springs, Georgia, when a fan eyed him, pulled out his cell phone and tried taking a video of the rapper shopping after he checked out.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/02/offset-arrest-warrant-felony-cellphone/

Facebook announced this afternoon that it has designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader #LouisFarrakhan, and right-wing political commentator #MiloYiannopoulos as “dangerous”. They say that they will be removing them from their platforms. 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/facebook-ban-louis-farrakhan-infowars-alex-jones-milo-laura-loomer/index.html

UNCC Shooting

Tragedy struck at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday after a gunman opened fire inside an on-campus classroom, leaving two dead and four others injured. 

https://www.google.com/search?ei=Em3LXNvSM-HL5gK75YmYCQ&q=UNC+Charlotte+shooting&oq=UNC+Charlotte+shooting&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i324l2j0i3l8.13807.16890..17179...0.0..0.73.609.9......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i67.RdjYjkRH-xw

13 Reasons Why

A new study, published Monday by the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that in April 2017, the month after the series’ release, suicide rates rose significantly among boys aged 10 to 17, the New YorkTimes reports. According to the study, that month had the highest suicide rate among that particular demographic in the past five years.

https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/teen-suicide-rate-rises-after-release-of-13-reasons-why.html

Tonight we discussed Kanye West and his Sunday service. It's reported that he wants to open up a church that many people are already calling a cult. It seems Blac Chyna is headed in a different direction… Scamming. We last heard she was starting a rap career,  but now she has joined Auntie Becky with the college scams. It seems Brittney Taylor snitched on Remy ma, she allegedly caught a fade, well a black eye! Today we saw Remy sporting a new ankle monitor. Cardi B went in on the shaderoom for posting about her husband, she dragged them for a few hrs. T.I linked up with a few people to raise money to bail out non-violent offenders on easter.

Kanye West

According to a story People published Thursday (April 25), Kanye is considering starting up his own church where he can present music and spirituality under one roof. He has talked about starting his own church, and what exactly that would be,” said an insider, who also made it clear that Kanye hasn't put together official plans for a church. “It wouldn’t be the traditional, 3-hymns-and-a-sermon thing. Instead, it would be a way to point people to Jesus through the arts and through a community of people who love and care for each other. He also wants his kids to be raised in faith, and the best way for him to do that is to live out his faith.” https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/04/kanye-west-church/

Blac Chyna

Blac Chyna's interest in attending a Harvard Business School Online course was hatched by a PR firm that offered to do all the work and even takes a pic of her wearing a Harvard hoodie ... for a price.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/25/blac-chyna-harvard-online-class-unearths-insane-scam/

Remy Ma

The alleged fight between Love and Hip Hop stars Remy Ma and Brittney Taylor still has many fans scratching their heads, as they scramble to decipher truth from fiction. Well, additional details regarding Remy Ma could make things a bit clearer—the rapper was recently photographed wearing an ankle monitor. 

http://thejasminebrand.com/2019/04/25/remy-ma-spotted-wearing-ankle-monitor-amid-being-accused-of-attacking-brittney-taylor/

Cardi B

Cardi B is tired of The Shade Room, and she let us know that fact by posting videos bashing them on social media. The rapper took to Instagram to discuss her issues with the social media page posting negative things about the people she is associated with, including her husband Offset. The Migos member was reportedly mentioned on The Shade Room regarding his recent felony gun possession charges.https://www.vibe.com/2019/04/cardi-b-the-shade-room-comments

T.I

Rapper #TI and reality star #ScrappDeLeon partnered with a local church to raise money to bail out non-violent offenders from prisons in the Atlanta area on #Easter Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/BwlZb4Fg5vR/

#inweedwetrust #420

Historic black churches

Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case. The officials have not ruled out the possibility of arson, or the possibility that the fires are related.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/louisiana-black-church-fires.html

Charlamagne tha God explained reaching out to his estranged mentor Wendy Williams after news of her divorce from Kevin Hunter was made public.

During Wednesday’s episode of The Wendy Williams Show, the host revealed she got an unexpected call from the South Carolina native. The pair lost touch nearly a decade ago, so the call was shocking to many, including Charlamagne’s Breakfast Club co-hosts Angela Yee and DJ Envy.

https://www.ebony.com/news/charlamagne-tha-god-wendy-williams-clear-air/

Rapper G Herbo is facing a battery charge after an argument with his baby mama, Ariana Fletcher, allegedly turned physical ... TMZ has learned.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/18/g-herbo-arrested-battery-argument-ari-fletcher-baby-mama/

Nicki Minaj has parted ways with longtime managers Cortez Bryant and Gee Roberson of the Blueprint Group and Maverick Management, sources confirm to Billboard.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8507877/nicki-minaj-managers-cortez-bryant-gee-roberson-split