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R.I.P. Big Black’s Ex-Wife Says He Had Been Hospitalized For Days With Fatal Heart Condition

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Big Black Hospitalized For Days Prior To His Death

The sudden death of Christopher “Big Black” Boykin came as a shock to many of us who had watched the massive man on MTV over the years. Sadly, it was much less of a shock to his ex-wife and 9-year-old daughter Isis.

According to TMZ (and Boykin’s ex-wife Shannon Turley), Black had been in the hospital for days in desperate need of a heart transplant.

Doctors had been monitoring his ticker and feared that there would be recourse outside of surgery. Unfortunately, Black wasn’t on the hospital’s transplant list.

The hospital staff tried to resuscitate Chris for 30 minutes, but to no avail. He passed at 4 pm in Plano, Texas.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to Shannon, Isis and all of Big Black’s family and friends.

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For The Ladies: Usher Flosses That Bawwwwwdy On Maui Vacay

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Usher Hits Hawaii With Friends

Your boy Usher is out here enjoying life! The singer was photographed paddleboarding with friends while on vacation in Maui. His wife Grace Miguel wasn't in any of the photos that we've seen so far, but we're told several of their mutual friends made the trip with him. Usher and friends paddle boarding in Maui SplashNews Usher used to be quite the panty melter in his prime. Ladies would you still hit? Hit the flip for more photos SplashNews Usher and friends paddle boarding in Maui SplashNews [gallery columns="4" ids="1556841,1556840,1556839,1556838,1556837,1556836,1556835,1556834"]

VERY Rich: NeNe Leakes Reportedly Offered $2.5 Million For #RHOA Return

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NeNe Leakes Offered $2.5 Million For RHOA Season 10

Someone’s STILL a “very rich beyotch.” NeNe Leakes has reportedly been offered a whopping $2.5 million to return to the “Real Housewives of Atlanta for the landmark 10th season.

The RHOA star who has no issue telling people she’s “very rich” was previously the highest paid of Bravo’s housewives because with her $1 million salary plus bonuses.

Now however according to Life & Style, she wants even more to return.

“NeNe Leakes has been offered $2.5 million to return full-time to Season 10 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, a source exclusively reveals to Life & Style.

That would be a massive pay raise for NeNe, who, as Life & Style has previously reported, raked in $1 million per season before leaving the franchise in 2015 after seven seasons. “The suits at Bravo are willing to pay big money to get the best cast,” says the insider.”

O.G. Kim Zolciak’s already signed on for season 10 and now producers are just waiting for NeNe. Producers also have more cash to send NeNe’s way now that Phaedra Parks is gone, and it looks like NeNe couldn’t be happier to see her leave.

“1 down 1 to go,” wrote NeNe on Twitter.

It also sounds like NeNe may be gearing up for her return based on this tweet about “real bosses” showing up.

Do YOU think NeNe deserves $2.5 milli for her RHOA return???

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Florida Crazies: 75-Year-Old Husband Commits Suicide After Murdering Alzheimer’s-Suffering Wife

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Florida Man Kills Alzheimer’s-Ill Wife Then Commits Suicide

Just another day in the Sunshine State.

An Orlando-Sentinel report details the deaths of Laurence Caulfield and his wife under some pretty disturbing circumstances.

Police say Caulfield mailed a relative a copy of he and his wife’s will, life insurance policies and financial info and a note stating that he was struggling badly with with his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease.

The relative alerted authorities but when they went to investigate, Caulfield told them his wife had moved to Kansas to get help and to speak to his daughter. The daughter knew nothing about it.

Upon return to the house, police heard a gunshot and found Caulfield dead in the backyard. They found a note in the house stating that he had killed his wife and buried her in the back of the house.

No word on if the woman’s body had been found.

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Tiny, Zonnique, Tory Lanez, Young Thug And More At Future’s “Nobody Safe” ATL Stop

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Shark Tank Star And FUBU CEO Daymond John Reveals Recent Bout With Thyroid Cancer

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Daymond John Reveals Recent Bout With Thyroid Cancer

Shark Tank host and FUBU boss man Daymond John just revealed on ‘Good Morning America’ that he took on an attack on his health head-on last year…and won.

According to NYDN, John told Robin Roberts — who had her own bout with breast cancer a few years back — that he found out he had a cancerous nodule on his thyroid during a routine health screening, and immediately sprang into action to fight it.

“They said you can take it out if you want, you can leave it in. I didn’t skip a beat. When I got some early detections, I understood that I had a challenge and if I would attack it now, then I wouldn’t let it attack me.

I’m good, and I want to share this with people because that’s what success is. It’s staying in your family’s lives, it’s being around. I want to be there for (my daughters) to keep yelling at me and ignoring me.”

He also urged everyone to stay up on their health screenings to make sure they can catch any issues like that early as well, and tackle it head on to make sure you have a chance of beating it before it’s too late:

“There’s a saying — a man with his health has a thousand dreams. A man without his health only has one.”

Good for him! Everyone make sure you stay on top of your health to the best of your ability.

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Donald Glover Planning An Adult Animated ‘Deadpool’ Series For FXX

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Donald Glover Creating “Deadpool” Series

FX really knows what they have with Childish Gambino Donald Glover.

After the rapper/actor/singer/screenwriter brought FX ratings success and industry awards with his hit show “Atlanta,” the network is tapping his midas touch to help bring a popular Marvel character to life on the small screen.

Daily Mail reports that Donald is teaming up with his brother and co-writer Stephen to create a ten-episode animated series about the misadventures of foul-mouthed superhero Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool.

No word yet on if Donald, who is a self-proclaimed black nerd/blerd and recently voiced Miles Mirales/Spider-Man in the ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ television show, will also voice Deadpool in the series.

FX president Nick Grad is particularly happy to team up with Gambino again, saying:

“Donald Glover is an incredibly gifted and versatile artist who’ll bring the untitled Marvel’s Deadpool series to life with the same intense, singular vision as his breakout hit Atlanta.”

Nice! Will you watch??

Steve Harvey Writes Memo Telling Show Staff To NEVER Speak To Him Because Doesn’t Want To Be Bothered During The Day

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Steve Harvey Tells Show Staff Not To Approach Him For Any Reason

Looks like Steve Harvey was NOT feeling speaking to his staff while filming his last season of The Steve Harvey Show in Chicago.

The show is set to start filming in LA this fall and the last day of Chi-town production goes down tomorrow. But an e-mail sent at the beginning of the season surfaced today, wherein he tells his staff to back off.

According to Chicago media blogger Robert Feder who managed to get his hands on a copy of the e-mail, Steve allegedly told his entire staff to pretty much stay away from him and not tell or ask him a damn thing when they see him around the studio. He stressed that he needs his time to himself throughout the day, so without an appointment, he would not be speaking with any staff members about anything.

Feder posted the e-mail to his site:

TV production, especially when it comes to shows with live audiences and rotating guests, often entails a lot of last-minute changes and bytes of new info popping up here and there. It seems kind of outlandish to require anyone who might have anything to say to you to go through the process of scheduling a whole meeting.

But hey, we don’t know the circumstances that led to Steve shunning his staff so hard. Maybe this type of limitation was necessary…

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See How They Do Us? Black Female Students Suspended For… Braids! [Video]

Blame Betsy: The NAACP Wants Bethune Cookman President’s To Resign

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NAACP Calls For Bethune-Cookman President’s Resignation

After The President of Bethune-Cookman University decided to not only have Betsy DeVos as the 2017 commencement speaker but chastised students for booing her, he’s getting fricasseed within an inch of his boot lickin’ life.

Dr. Edison Jackson and Bethune’s board chairman Dr. Joe Petrock have been asked to resign by the Florida NAACP for not only inviting bumbling Betsy, but awarding her an honorary doctorate degree. Mind you Bethune doesn’t even HAVE a PHD program.

“The NAACP Florida State Conference is calling on Bethune-Cookman University President Dr. Edison Jackson and Board Chairman Dr. Joe Petrock to resign effective immediately,” said the NAACP in a statement.

“Since our initial public outcry last week, multiple allegations have surfaced including faculty intimidation demanding their silence or risk termination and threats to students by potentially withholding earned degrees and fines for freedom of expression.”

The organization is also adding that the decision to have Devos speak altogether was a “horrible decision” considering Trump’s recent comments on HBCU funding possibly being “unconstitutional”

“We still believe Secretary DeVos should not speak at commencement and that she has no record supporting an honorary degree by Bethune-Cookman University.

With the recent comments of President Trump suggesting federal funding for HBCU’s is unconstitutional; this validates our view of a horrible decision by the university inviting Secretary DeVos, who still has not pledged to drastically increase funding for all historically black colleges and universities.

Amen, Mary McLeod Bethune would NEVER.

The Florida NAACP is said to be hiring legal representation in defense of students.

Kudos to them for sticking up for the Bethune Cookman grads, they did absolutely nothing wrong.

What do YOU think about The NAACP calling for Dr. Jackson to resign???

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Remember Me??? Throwback Bae Donnie Simpson Gets National Radio HOF Nod 

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Black Excellence: Throwback Honey Donnie Simpson Nominated By Radio Hall Of Fame

1980’s babies who were glued to BET back in the 1990’s remember Donnie Simpson. The D.C. native captured the hearts of many through Video Soul, a show he hosted for almost two decades on BET. The show started in 1983 and ended in 1997, playing during the week during prime time hours. Sigh! Donnie was bae back in the day (when BET still played music videos).

African-American rapper and record producer Kurtis Blow, Donnie Simpson and wife, Washington DC, 1980. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

Outside of television, Simpson is also a seasoned radio jockey. The longtime radio personality has just been recognized by the National Radio Hall of Fame for his 30 years of service in the field.

Robert alexander, CEO of 360 wise posted the news to his twitter account, sending his congratulations.

Those green eyes need their own trademark! Congratulations Donnie, we hope to see you in the HOF. What is your favorite Video Soul memory???

 

Oui Oui: Jamie Foxx Is Smashing Katie Holmes’ Cakes To Smithereens In Paris While Tom Cruise Films M:I6 Up The Street

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Katie Holmes And Jamie Foxx Swirl It Up Blocks Away From Tom Cruise In Paris

E! News is reporting that Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes are treating themselves to a romantic excursion, meanwhile Holmes’ bat-isht ex-hubby is filming a movie just several blocks away.

A source reported back to E! about their eerily close proximity.

“Jamie wrapped filming on Robin Hood and Katie flew in to Paris to meet him for a few days,” a source told E! News exclusively. “Tom Cruise was filming Mission Impossible 6 only a few blocks away, but Katie and Jamie stayed inside their hotel…and didn’t leave.”

Katie better watch her back and front from her ex, he might still be mad about that Scientology stuff.

Jamie and Katie have been linked romantically through rumors for a few years now, but apparently their relationship is no secret to friends close to the couple according to reports.

Last month the swirly couple were spotted eating out on public at a NYC restaurant and people we’re all like “finally, proof!”

The sighting happened one day before Jamie left to film Robin Hood.

Caught On Tape: Burned Out Looking “Ladies” Run Over Folks During Hood Brawl [Video]

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A Virginia brawl caught on tape lead to two arrests for running over folks in their whip and endangering the life of a child.

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Kimmy Cakes Says Paris Robbers Planned Prior Robbery But Reneged Because Of Kanye

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Kim Kardashian Says Her Paris Thieves Have Been Planning Robbery For Years

Kim Kardashian recently spent 8 hours testifying against the men who robbed her inside her Paris apartment in October of 2016.

According to EOnline, Kim recounted the process on KUWTK and she revealed some details that might just quell the conspiracy theorists who still believe that the “robbery” is a publicity stunt.

During her testimony, Kim was able to see photos of men who are being charged with the crime and video of their confessions. Let Kimmy Cakes tell it, the robbers kept it 100 about what went down that night:

“I think it was really interesting to see the faces of everyone,” she continues. “Just by their height and weight, I could tell who from this lineup was in the room with me. I was able to see who confessed. One of them was the guy that was in the room with me and it was very interesting to hear his story and it was pretty similar to my story.”

Kim also reveals that her robbers have been keeping tabs on her for quite some time and this isn’t the first time they attempted to rob her…

“It’s really interesting to see what their side of the story is and to hear the background information about how they had been following me and how they attempted to rob me the last time I was in Paris, but my husband was with me.”

Staaaaay schemin’, Parisians tryna get at Kimmmmm.

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Bae Of The Day: A Gallery Of Reasons Rob Kardashian Can’t Quit Blac Chyna

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Why Rob Loves Blac Chyna

Rob K and Blac Chyna have had a bumpy relationship over the last couple of years. But Rob can't leave her. He's sprung. And we know why...besides the whole "mother of my child" thing. Chyna has always been a thickly thickums back from her stripper days and she is only getting juicier with age. https://www.instagram.com/p/BT-fnC6DTzl/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en So take a look at some reasons Rob can't keep away. https://www.instagram.com/p/BT-a9spjoxn/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BT7BtUrDLRL/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTv9YxIjzwr/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTpPa6njkcC/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTnBMhnlWSr/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTcxOn_hKM9/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTWnQARjnK3/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTSg1i0DcLh/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTE0MmgjDdS/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BTFbCPdjHMK/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BSPUQOIjXN0/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9SqeGhUyd/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BRq6ShjBiqS/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BRjhghFBJaA/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZPKI_jm7R/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZFmKejg_I/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ01eK_hCFf/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BQilXAlBALx/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BPsTJTuBY1s/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BO74cq2htLf/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BO3SPk1hV51/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BO2u0aLBzX7/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BOBI8fGh06e/?taken-by=blacchyna&hl=en

Live Performance: ATL Live On The Park With Tyrin Turner, Que Parker, Swift, & More [PHOTOS]

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Epic Artist Swift, Tyrin Turner, Que Parker’s Will & Alexis and More Attend ATL Live on the Park

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They Got Moneeey: 5 Celebs Who Dropped $495 On Air Big Ballers

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Famous People Who Copped Big Baller Shoes

Say what you want about villainous visionary Lavar Ball, but his polarizing Big Baller Brand empire is a global sensation that's sparked hilarious internet chaos, endless waves of hatred and widespread support from filthy rich celebs who dropped $500+ to support new-age Black biz. Peep the celebs who copped Air Big Ballers on the flip. https://instagram.com/p/BT6-aeZlwxe/ https://instagram.com/p/BTr_iIhlEX2/?taken-by=ochocinco&hl=en https://twitter.com/ArianFoster/status/860273615723520002 https://twitter.com/NipseyHussle/status/860242841242542080 https://instagram.com/p/BT49U33FEI6/ Instagram/Big Baller Brand

12 Things We Learned From Charlamagne Tha God On The Angie Martinez Show

Let ‘Em Fight! Footage Of THAT Brawl Between Peter Thomas And Matt Jordan Hits The Internet

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Footage Of Peter Thomas And Matt Jordan’s Fight Surfaces

Remember that North Carolina scuffle that Peter Thomas and Matt Jordan got into at a local radio station??

Peter insisted that he was going to make sure we all got a chance to see how nutso Kenya Moore’s unstable ex is and the reason

It all started when Matt and Peter both showed up to Charlotte’s Power 98 FM to hash out their differences over Matt’s claims that Peter and Todd coached him on how to finesse thousands of dollars out of Kenya Moore.

Midway into the convo, “Maniac Matt” was clearly fed up with…something. But he seems to remain on 10, so that part isn’t all too shocking.

StraightFromTheA got their hands on video of the moment Matt lost his cool and lunged himself at Old Man Peter…who was sitting on ready, as the housewives love to say…

Yiiiikes. Well, no wonder Bravo didn’t want him to show up on the RHOA Reunion set with his psycho fistfighting energy.

What do you think of the footage of the fisticuffs?

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