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Royce Reed Backflips Her Way Into Dwight Howard’s Limelight To Remind Fans He’s Part of A Tribe Called Deadbeats
Source: Sam Greenwood / Getty The Los Angeles Lakers may be the 2020 NBA Champions, but it seemed Dwight Howard‘s celebration time was cut short after his current girlfriend and baby mother decided to rain on the parade. Kicking off the night by accidentally exposing his inbox. showing what seemed to be a couple spat between Dwight Howard and fiance Te’a Cooper, surrounding Howard’s choice of “friends.” “So tell me,” Cooper wrote starting the text thread starts off, while Howard’s response is blocked by the picture in picture of his live stream, Cooper confirms that the text in question was regarding possible suspicious behavior by Howard by her followup response of “It must be true,” before adding the peace sign emoticon. While the question may be legitimate, Howard’s ex and mother of his...
Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Kenneth Walker Sits Down With ‘CBS This Morning’
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty The tragic killing of Breonna Taylor has been a central part of the push for police reforms nationwide, with many calling for flat-out abolishment of the force. Kenneth Walker, who was with Taylor the night of her murder by Louisville police, is now speaking out by way of an exclusive interview that went live Wednesday morning (Oct. 14). The interview aired earlier today on CBS This Morning with Walker, dressed in a blue polo shirt, sternly looking on as he detailed the events of the fateful March 13 incident that left his girlfriend dead. The entire trajectory of the story centered around an investigation of Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, and the home where Walker and Taylor stayed was targeted in the botched raid. Walker tells King that he pleaded to k...
eBay Finally Begins Authentication System For Sneakers Sold On Their Site
Source: Jordan Brand / Jordan Brand After years and years of eBay users getting jerked by bootleg sneakers and B-grade variants, eBay is finally getting with the times and beginning their own sneaker authentication system to ensure you pay ridiculous resale prices for official tissue. According to CNN, eBay is launching a much needed sneaker authentication service for kicks that sell over $100 as many a sneakerhead has at least once in their life been duped into paying top dollar for something you can get on the avenue for $50. Beginning October 25th the new program will begin to take place and won’t just offer protection to buyers, but sellers as well. Here’s how it works: After a sale is completed, qualifying sneakers sold on eBay will be shipped to the company’s third-party authenticati...
Real Op-Ed Sh*t: Megan Thee Stallion Keeps It All The Way Real About Tory Lanez & More
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Megan Thee Stallion is no longer just keeping quiet on matters regarding the horrible treatment and double standards that unfairly apply to Black women and other women of color. Following her scary incident where she was shot by miniature rapper Tory Lanez in both feet, Megan The Stallion has been mum on the situation but very vocal about Black women’s lack of protection. The Stallion decided to break her silence on the incident in a new New York Times op-ed she penned titled “Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black Women.” In the piece that follows her SNL performance on October.3, where she made her “protect Black women” message loud and clear, the Houston rapper spoke about the ordeal with Lanez and revealed they were not dating. It’s the strongest reb...
LeBron James Wants His “Damn Respect” After Leading Lakers To 17th NBA Championship
Source: Mike Ehrmann / Getty Job finished. The Los Angeles Lakers won their record-tieing 17th NBA championship. After completing the task, LeBron James had something to say. Love him or hate him, LeBron James is the world’s greatest basketball player right now in his 17th season, which is a testament to his greatness. The man has lived in the playoffs and NBA Finals consistently, yet we still take what he does yearly for granted. The fact that people consistently hate on him (looking at you, Skip Bayless) doesn’t elude him at all due to him rarely addressing his naysayers. He usually just waits for the perfect moment to give them the attention they beg for. Following securing his fourth NBA championship and NBA Finals MVP, Bron didn’t hold no punches during his speech and demand respect f...
Scarface Puts Out Public Call For Kidney Donor
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Scarface has been in show business for over three decades and remains a favorite among Hip-Hop aficionados for good reason. The Houston legend put out a tweet this week asking for a kidney donor, which has been shared widely. Brother Mob issued the plea via his Twitter account with specific blood type needs to boot. “I need a kidney y’all any volunteers? B+ blood type,” the rapper born Brad Jordan wrote Wednesday (Oct. 7) afternoon. As of this writing, the tweet was shared over 4,000 times via retweets and received a similar number of likes. Fans of ‘Face have chimed in stating they would be a match due to blood type, but of course, other screening would need to take place for a transfer to happen. In other news, Scarface was like many other Americans who tune...
This Is Amerikkka: Kansas Police Officer Still Employed After Kneeling On The Back Of Pregnant Black Woman
Source: Jamie Squire / Getty A community in Kansas City, Missouri is searching for answers after a police officer, who kneeled on the back of a pregnant Black woman, is still active on the job. According to published reports, on Sept. 30 police were responding to the scene outside of a local gas station after a security guard called in claiming a fight had broken out in the parking lot. During the call, the guard reportedly said there were “15-20 individuals fighting on the business’s property,”–but it wasn’t. CNN reports that the gathering was actually a gathering of Black activists who were releasing balloons for a fellow freedom fighter who became a victim of violence. When police arrived on the scene, they allege that pregnant 25-year-old, Deja Stallings, tried to prevent authorities f...
Sunken Sellout Daniel Cameron Responds To Megan Thee Stallion Calling Him Out On ‘SNL’
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty Kentucky’s tap-dancing Attorney General Daniel Cameron felt a way about Megan Thee Stallion calling him out and has finally responded. In case you missed it, Megan The Stallion lived up to her song “Savage” and didn’t hold no punches calling out Cameron during her SNL performance. A recording of activist Tamika D. Mallory played dragging Mitch McMconnell’s protege “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout Negroes that sold our people into slavery by savages.” Of course, Cameron was BIG MAD and went to Fox News to vent about being labeled a “sellout Negro.” Cameron did agree with Megan when it comes to protecting Black women, but that’s where it stopped claiming he found the rapper’s performance offensive. “The fact that someone would get on national televi...
MAGA Jig: Kanye West Files Docs That Say He’s Worth Hundreds Of Millions, Not Billions
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Kanye West is very wealthy. However, financial docs he had to file since he’s running for President (spoiler: he won’t win) indicate he isn’t worth near the billions of dollars he’s been claiming. Business Insider initially reported about Yeezy’s financial disclosures, which he had to present to the Federal Election Commission. As the Daily Mail points out, West claims he has three companies (Yeezy LLC, Yeezy Apparel LLC, and Yeezy Footwear LLC.) that are worth $50 million each while his partnerships with adidas and Nike are worth a combined $30 to $75 million. Note, we’re not sure how the latter works considering he’s rocking with adidas, although he did threaten to roll with the Jumpman if the other brand doesn’t put him on its board during a recent Tw...
Legendary Rock Guitarist Eddie Van Halen Passes Away
Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Yesterday (Oct. 6), 2020 decided to give the world yet another “L” when legendary rockstar and icon Eddie Van Halen passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 65. Much to the shock of everyone, yesterday his son Wolf Van Halen shared the heartbreaking news on Twitter writing ““I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning. He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I shared with him on and off stage was a gift. My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss.” Many hardcore Rock-N-Rollers consider Eddie Van Halen arguably the greatest guitarist of all-time this side of Eric Clapton. A child of Dutch immi...
Scathing Report Reveals Jeff Sessions & Rod Rosenstein’s Involvement In Child Separation Policy
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Before the unfortunate arrival of COVID-19, one of the Trump administration’s biggest scandals was its abhorrent family separation policy at the border. Tuesday (Oct.6), the New York Times published details from a draft of the Department of Justice inspector general report into the administration’s family separation policy. It explicitly details how those involved did not care how inhumane the idea of separating children from their parents was. According to notes taken by people in the room, during a meeting with five U.S. attorneys along the border, Jeff Sessions told them: “We need to take away children, If you care about kids, don’t bring them in. Won’t give amnesty to people with kids.” Jeff Sessions wasn’t alone either in pushing for enforcement of Tru...
Here We Go Again: Texas Cop Arrested After He Shot & Killed Unarmed Black Man Jonathan Price
Source: Montinique Monroe / Getty Add breaking up a fight to the growing list of things that can get you shot and killed by the Police. White Texas police officer Shaun Lucas has been charged with murder after fatally shooting a 31-year-old unarmed Black man, Jonathan Price, as he walked away from him. According to a statement from the Texas Rangers, Officer Lucas responded to a call on Saturday (Oct.3) about a “possible fight in progress” in Wolfe City, Texas. According to S.Lee Merritt, a lawyer for the Price family said the sorry excuse for a cop tried to detain Price who was unarmed and was trying to break up a fight between a man and a woman inside a convenience store. According to the Texas Rangers, Price “resisted in a nonthreatening posture and began walking away.” Officer Lu...
