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Does Steph Curry Owe His NBA Success to His Light Skin?

By
Roger Ratchet

Life for Golden State Warrior point guard and NBA MVP Stephen Curry couldn’t be sweeter. With his team in the midst of the NBA playoffs against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Curry has all eyes on him.

And apparently, not all eyes on him are due to his ball handling skills. Some in the media are alleging that Steph’s rise to fame is, at least in part, due to his light-skin appeal, writes Michael Eric Dyson for The Undefeated.

The politics of shade have shadowed black folk from the time we set foot in North America. Curry’s fame has upped the ante: Suspicion surrounds him because of his light skin, and because he’s been lauded by both the NBA and media establishments. The subliminal message has become explicit: Curry is a brother we may not be able to embrace because the powers that be embrace him too. Curry is not the first black man who makes some black folk uneasy because America loves him as much as we do, but he may be the most popular contemporary figure evoking that dilemma. And Curry’s color is at the heart of that dilemma.

There’s little question that Curry’s skin has inflamed a racial wound that may be invisible to folk outside the culture: the plague of colorism, or skin tone, that has yet to be conquered. Curry’s light skin and its relation to — some would argue the crucial reason for — his broad cultural appeal has not gone unnoticed.

“James Harden doesn’t stand a chance to win the MVP,” a college professor on the West Coast proclaimed in his class when I visited his school in 2015, referring to Curry’s closest competitor for the award. “He’s too dark and ‘too black.’ ”

I don’t know, y’all. This seems a bit far-fetched to me. Many of the basketball greats of the year have been dark-skinned men like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, so it’s not as if light-skinned men have been reaping all of the rewards in the NBA for all these years.

But let a few light-skinned brothas like Drake, Steph Curry and Terrence Howard have a good year and suddenly black folks start gettin’ worried.

What do you think? Is part of Steph Curry’s appeal tied to his high-yellow skin, light eyes and curly hair? Or is it purely because of his skills on the court?

Christina Aguilera is Thirsty for a Beyoncé Collaboration

By
Roger Ratchet

Poor Christina Aguilera. With a music career that’s been left in tatters after her abysmal and underwhelming 2012 release Lotus, it’s understandable that she’d be pressed to attach herself to more successful stars, no matter how far fetched it seems.

Beyoncé. Adele. Taylor Swift. These are the names of the women in pop music who are currently, as the kids like to say, “killing it.”

So when Christina Aguilera, who has been subsisting for the past 4 years as an on-again, off-again host for NBC’s The Voice as a judge, was asked who she’d like to duet with as she works on new music, of COURSE she threw out Beyoncé’s name.

With Beyoncé currently riding the wave of yet another commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Lemonade, Christina Aguilera was eager to float out the possibility of the two of them getting in the studio and working together. You know, just in case her people are watching or something.

Here’s the interview where Xtina sent out X’s and O’s to Bey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFcjK1AaZ0U

Interviewer: If you could collaborate with one female musician, who would it be and why?

Christina: You know, I haven’t done Beyoncé yet. I think me and Beyoncé would be a pretty fierce combination.

Let’s be honest. Beyoncé really ain’t checkin’ for Xtina and if she were to even CONSIDER Xtina’s proposal, it would be purely out of charity. In terms of gauging the likelihood of Bey and Xtina collaborating, I’d say it’s more likely that you’ll see Solange and Jay Z coming together to open a domestic violence shelter for battered men.

If Christina really wants to do a collaboration that would generate buzz, might I suggest reaching out to her longtime frenemy and rival Britney Spears? She’d easily sing circles around ol’ Brit-Brit and it’d unite the pop forces in a way we haven’t seen since The New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys went on tour together.

Momma Dee Hangs Her Husband Ernest Out to Dry on Twitter

By
Roger Ratchet

When two people get married, they traditionally take vows “to love and to cherish” one another. Momma Dee and her jailbird husband Ernest Bryant, however, must’ve taken a completely different set of vows because those two don’t know the meaning of the phrase “holy matrimony.” And no, it’s not just because neither could spell it either.

On recent episodes of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, viewers have beared witness to the dysfunction and discord that is festering between Momma Dee and her second-time husband, Ernest.

Ernest took things a step further, however, by blabbing to Momma Dee’s newest enemy on the show, Miss Shirleen (aka Rasheeda’s mama). He told Shirleen that Momma Dee is not only bipolar (are you surprised?) but that she also mixes alcohol consumption with her prescription medications, reports Straight from the A.

Momma Dee caught wind of Ernest’s comments and she didn’t take too kindly to them, so she decided to give Ernest a good ol’ fashioned clapback on Twitter.

Well, alright then. While I can appreciate a good clapback like anyone else, Momma Dee is kind of ethering herself by slamming Ernest like this for being a no-good, unemployed, money-mishandling mama’s boy because she CHOSE him. In fact, she chose him TWICE, since she married, divorced and remarried this idiot.

So Ernest might be all of those things, but what does that make you as his two-time wife, girl?

Careful now, self-inflicted wounds do the most damage.

#JusticeForHarambe: Social Media is Going Apeshit Over the Shooting Death of a Gorilla

By
Adam Roper

This week, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo was killed after a child fell into his enclosure. If you listen carefully, you can still hear the clicking of social justice warriors around the internet furiously typing their opinion.

I’m not here to make light of the situation. Well, not entirely. It’s a shame that this innocent gorilla was killed over one parent’s negligence, but the social media backlash has been astounding. Within hours, it seemed like everyone had become experts in the field of zoology and were the picture of perfect parenting.

Some blamed the zoo, saying they mishandled the situation. Apparently that one biology class in high school qualifies Facebook users to know exactly how many tranquilizers are needed to subdue an agitated silverback gorilla. And I had no idea there were so many gorilla body language readers in the world. Videos of how Harambe was “protecting” the child, “rescuing” him from the deeper water, even one saying he was “holding the child’s hand,” filled news feeds.

They claimed there was no need to kill Harambe the gorilla. They could have simply rescued the child from the enclosure, or, at worst, used tranquilizers on the gorilla. They condemned the zoo for taking action, some even going as far as saying the gorilla should have been spared, even if it meant at the expense of the child.

Others blamed the parents, wondering how such negligence could exist in this world. Because really, what poor excuse for a parent loses their child in a crowded area? Apparently that doesn’t happen to anyone on Twitter. And sure, I’ll admit they probably shouldn’t win the parent of the year award, but do they really deserve death threats? So killing a gorilla is wrong, but threatening to kill two people who accidently had a hand in its death isn’t?

I can’t help but be reminded of Cecil the Lion. We all remember that story, right? Beloved lion is killed by a hunter, and suddenly, Dr. Walter J. Palmer, DDS, is public enemy number one. The online backlash forced him to close down his business for a while, but what else did it do? How many people still care?

There’s nothing wrong with being passionate about something and fighting to make a difference. Some may mock Green Peace activists hanging from a bridge to block oil tankers, but at least they’re actually doing something. This sense of being a good citizen and fighting the good fight all from the comfort of your own home, behind an anonymous screen and keyboard, has gone too far.

And I’m left wondering why people pick the fights they do. Why was the outrage over Harambe or Cecil so loud, so furious, and yet other issues go unheard of? While the internet waged war over the death of a gorilla in a zoo, a third of the coral in the barrier reef is dead or dying off.

Syrian migrants, a large number of which are children, are in the hands of smugglers whose only goal is to make a quick buck, regardless of the refugees’ well being. Right now, a teenage girl in Brazil fights for justice after being raped by a mob of men. In Chicago, there were almost 400 shooting victims (of them, 66 deaths) in the month of May alone.

Where’s the outcry over any of these, or countless other, crises around the world? Where are the experts on how to save our coral reef or the death threats for that group of rapists in Brazil? Where is the extensive media coverage about the shootings in Chicago?

Just as there’s nothing wrong with advocating for change amongst the injustices in the world, there’s also no shame in admitting you’re simply trying to get by. Make some money, support yourself, chase your dreams. That is a noble pursuit in its own right.

But please, for the love of all that is good in the world, can we please stop this feigned outrage over issues that, in the end, don’t really matter? Can we please quit our baseless and useless social justice warrioring and just go back to watching cat videos on the Internet?

LeBron James & Steph Curry Look to Cement Their Legacies With 2016 NBA Finals

By
Adam Roper

With the 2016 NBA Finals kicking off, basketball’s two biggest stars go head-to-head on the world’s biggest stage.

All eyes will be on the leaders of each team: LeBron James for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Steph Curry for the Golden State Warriors. A championship series is the pinnacle for any athlete, but the impact this series will have on these stars can’t be ignored.

One crowned himself the king upon his entrance right out of high school. As a teenager, LeBron James garnered nation-wide attention for his athletic prowess in high school, earning him the number one pick in the 2003 NBA draft. And he hasn’t disappointed.

While some may argue about his on and off the court personality, namely the infamous decision special where he announced to, “take (his) talents to South Beach,” no one can deny that he is, in essence, a freak of nature.

Steph Curry made his splash as a baby-faced college player, leading the small college of Davidson on a deep run in the 2008 NCAA tournament. Few, if any, could predict the impact this long range shooter would have on the league, becoming the first player to ever unanimously win the NBA MVP for the 2015-2016 season and quickly taking over as the face of the NBA.

For both stars, this finals matchup will have a greater impact on their careers and their legacy than just earning another ring. It will determine how history views them for years to come.

For LeBron, who has always strove to be the greatest of all time (it’s no coincidence he sports the famous number 23), it will affect the view that he is unable to win when it counts.

He has managed to make it to this stage six times before in his career, an impressive feat in its own right, especially considering his surrounding cast on a couple of them. But he has only won two.

Jordan went six-for-six. And in sports, the ultimate measure of greatness, whether right or wrong, is number of rings. The saying is heavy lies the crown, and for LeBron, most of that weight lies in those four losses.

Another loss this year will only serve to further the notion that, despite his undeniable skill, he can’t close. His shortcomings are too big, and while he will always be remembered as a great player, will he be remembered as one of the greats?

He wants nothing more than to bring his hometown a championship ring – its first in any sport since 1964. The physical toll of fighting to earn a spot in the NBA Finals pales in comparison to the emotional impact of losing for the third time as a Cavalier.

For Steph, who hopes to lead his Warriors to back to back championships (the first back-to-back since James did it with the Heat), history is on the line. After winning 73 games in the regular season, topping Jordan’s Bulls by one game, attention immediately turned to the playoffs.

Like James, the greatness that is Steph Curry can’t be ignored. His name will fill the record books: most wins in a regular season, only unanimous MVP, most 3 pointers made in a single season.

But will any of that matter if he fails to win the championship? For Steph Curry and the Warriors, an NBA Finals victory is what separates them from being remembered as one of, if not the, best team in NBA history and being a trivia question.

Some may view this series as a simple rematch from last year’s finals, but they would be ignoring the many storylines at play. LeBron James has a healthy surrounding cast with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, both of which were injured in last year’s bout. The Warriors, while clearly the best team last year, didn’t have the historic season that rests on their shoulders this year.

And more importantly, we have a battle between the old and the new face of the NBA. Steph Curry looks to cement his place as the number one player while James fights to reclaim his rightful place on the throne.

But there can be only one king.

Muhammad Ali Is Reportedly on His Deathbed

By
BaRock Odrama

Prayers are going out for Muhammad Ali. The 74-year-old boxing legend has reportedly been placed on life support and his family has rushed to be at his bedside at a Phoenix-area hospital.

“Doctors are telling the family that it likely won’t be long until he passes away,” a source told RadarOnline. “He needs every bit of fight he’s got left to survive.”

Ali was hospitalized yesterday for respiratory issues and was said to be in “fair condition.”  In 2014 and 2015, he was hospitalized for severe urinary tract infection, which was initially thought to be pneumonia.

Ali has been battling Parkinson’s Disease for over 30 years. Doctors say that the disease was most likely caused by the thousands of punches to the head he took in his career.

His last formal public appearance was back in October when he appeared at Sports Illustrated Tribute to Muhammad Ali at The Muhammad Ali Center in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

Blac Chyna Is Truly Living Her Version of the American Dream

By
Devarrick Turner

Save your moans and groans and please don’t kill the messenger, but another Kardashian series is headed to your TV screens.

E! has officially announced that Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna will star in their own reality show. “Rob & Chyna” (working title) will follow the newly engaged couple as they prepare for the birth of their first child together.

“Very few love stories have created as much pop culture buzz as Rob and Chyna’s, and we are thrilled to see Rob in such a happy place. We are excited to share the next chapter in their relationship,” E! Executive Vice President of Original Programming & Development Jeff Olde said in a press release.

Though I’m not going to go as far as to question the couple’s love for each other, I do doubt it’s their so-called “love story” that has everyone captivated. The family dynamics and the acceleration of their relationship is what has people glued to social media and blog reports.

See if you can keep up: Blac Chyna is the mother to Kylie Jenner’s (Rob’s sister) ex-boyfriend, Tyga’s child. She alo is Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend Amber Rose’s best friend, and she reportedly does not get along with multiple members of Rob’s family.

Meanwhile, Rob has struggled with depression and weight gain, voluntarily left the public eye, and briefly became estranged from his famous family. Like, what?! It makes for great TV, but how can this be real life?

Throughout all the drama Chyna has had with the Kardashians, she clearly is getting the last laugh. She got the black sheep of the family to put a ring on her finger, filed a trademark claim for the name “Angela Renee Kardashian,” and she will co-executive produce their E! show, along with Rob.

And to top it all off, she will give birth to the only heir to actually bear the Kardashian surname. Chyna just might be coming for that Kardashian Krown.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGH1M_Fxvrt/

I have no plans to tune in to “Rob & Chyna.” However, I can almost guarantee E! has another hit on its hands. The show will air later this year with a special episode to celebrate Baby Kardashian’s birth.

Welcome Home, Roman Polanski

By
Adam Roper

In 1977, Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski (responsible for films such as Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby and The Pianist) was accused of drugging and having sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl at Jack Nicholson’s house. In 1978, he fled the country and has been eluding extradition back to the U.S. for punishment ever since.

The 82-year old, who actually won the Oscar for best director in 2003, is now back in the headlines as Poland’s attorney general and minister of justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, has appealed to his Supreme Court a ruling refusing to extradite Polanski back to the U.S.

Ziobro argues that the ruling saving Polanski violated the extradition agreement between Poland and the United States, claiming the repeated failure to bring him to justice was the result of his fame. “If he was just a regular guy, a teacher, doctor, plumber, decorator, then I’m sure he’d have been deported from any country to the U.S. a long time ago,” Ziobro said, according to Reuters.

Polanski’s case has long been known, but the timing of this can’t be ignored as Hollywood’s dark side is increasingly being brought to light. Last year, beloved comedian Bill Cosby was accused of raping over 50 women throughout his career and his case will soon be going to trial.

Last month, Woody Allen’s own son wrote a scathing criticism of how the media and Hollywood handled the revelations that the Academy Award winning director sexually abused his adopted daughter. Just weeks ago, Elijah Wood joined the discussion, describing the sexual abuse of young actors and the industry full of “vipers” that look to take advantage of these innocent children.

This is a side of Hollywood, far away from the glitz and glamor displayed on the big screen and in entertainment magazines, that continues to exist today. These people, idolized by millions and revered as heroes, hide behind their fame in a way that normal people are not afforded.

It’s impossible to ignore the talent and artistic prowess of these people. The work they create is moving, yes, but does that put them above the law? Does that make them somehow above everyone else?

At 82, any punishment Polanski may receive should Ziobro be successful might be too little too late, but at the very least, it can serve as a message to the entertainment elite. Yes, we appreciate your work and want you to continue to entertain us, move us, make us think, but in the eyes of the law, you are just a regular guy.

Caitlyn Jenner’s “I Am Cait” Reality Show Now Banned in Africa

By
Dustin Gary

I Am Cait, Caitlyn Jenner‘s reality series about her transition to a woman, has reportedly been banned from the entire continent of Africa following complaints from viewers, the BBC reports.

Nigerian viewers dislike Jenner’s transgender reality show so much that broadcasters have cut it from their programming schedules throughout the whole of Africa.

Via BBC:

Multichoice said “I am Cait” would be dropped out of respect for customers’ views and Africa’s diverse regulatory environments. The move came after a request from Nigerian authorities, reports said.

Multichoice’s DSTV service broadcasts to the whole continent. Some parents in Nigeria had said they did not want their children to watch Ms Jenner’s show, Nigerian media reported.

It is the second time the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked pan-African broadcasters to stop showing transgender-related material, South African media said. Last October, the NBC asked Multichoice to stop broadcasting “I am Jazz”, a show about a transgender woman, Channel 24 reported.

Critics say the decisions risk setting a precedent where a single country can effectively decide what TV viewers across the whole continent can watch.

In all honesty, I think the show should be banned here in the United States too, and it has nothing to do with Caitlyn Jenner`. I Am Cait was boring as hell past the first episode, and based on recent ratings, it doesn’t look like that has changed. The show just sucks.

Caitlyn needs to get her panties out of a bunch and just go back to Keeping Up with the Kardashians as a regular cast member. I’m sure she would hate to hear this, but she’s just not as interesting without the Kardashian Klan.

Why Someone as Temperamental as Trump Should Never Have His Finger Near the Red Button

By
Jennifer Lind-Westbrook

There are a multitude of reasons why presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is not qualified to hold the highest-elected office in the country. First and foremost, he has zero experience, not in Congress, not as a governor, and not even as a mayor or a city council member.

At this point, I’d take some solace knowing he was the senior class president of his high school. He’s never served the United States in any diplomatic capacity, and his foreign relations don’t extend beyond lavish vacations. His policy ideas are born out of ignorance, hatred, fear, misogyny, bigotry and exclusion.

But perhaps the scariest thing about Donald Trump is he’s a bully who has graduated from stealing lunch money, to verbally abusing anyone who would oppose him. As the leader of the free world, how are we supposed to trust someone so emotionally volatile to keep us safe?

Is it so far off the mark to imagine an enraged Trump, comb-over askew, ranting and raging red-faced after some real or perceived slight, declaring war to keep his ego intact? Worse yet, his abhorrent personality could alienate us from allies, create greater chasms between us and our foes and destroy tenuous bonds.

Many voters argue a woman can’t be president because she’ll be too emotional. As if the slightest obstacle will send her into a tailspin that would include tears, binging on ice cream and stalking any adversaries on social media. But it’s Trump who has time and again thrown tantrums when confronted with anything that doesn’t resemble praise or adulation. If beheadings were still in vogue, Trump would be a modern-day Henry VIII, lopping off the heads of his perceived foes.

Trump has a history of very public feuds (mostly with women): Heidi Klum, Megyn Kelly, Rosie O’Donnell, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cher, Gail Collins, Bette Midler, Arianna Huffington, Pope Francis, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Jeb Bush and Sadiq Kahn, just to name a few.

You can dismiss the celebrity feuds as inconsequential to the election except for the fact that they 1) Speak to his character 2) They are voters and 3) It demonstrates a verbally abusive and aggressive pattern of behavior. Also of note is how Trump devalues women if he doesn’t find them physically attractive and responds in kind.

Trump called Huffington “unattractive both inside and out” and went on to say he understood why her husband left her. After penning an unflattering piece about Trump, New York Times columnist Gail Collins received a copy of the article with her picture circled and “The Face of a Dog” written over the top of it.

Trump has called Clinton a “liar,” “weak,” “sad” and “pathetic” on Twitter. After FOX News reporter Megyn Kelly took Trump to task for comments he’d made about his female opponents, Trump told CNN “You could see the blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.”

What happens when Trump comes face-to-face with South Korea’s Park Geun-hye, or German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff? Not to mention all the female politicians, journalists and lobbyists in Washington D.C. What about his working-class female constituents who don’t resemble Barbie dolls?

It’s not just women who bear the brunt of Trump’s foul-mouthed temper either. He called Pope Francis a “pawn,” Ted Cruz “a basket case,” Lindsey Graham a “disgrace and a nut job” and former POW John McCain “not a war hero.”

This is all just the pre-show, folks. The atrocities that could spill out of Trump during the main event are innumerable.

I realize Americans are frustrated, fed up with the status quo. Trump is an outsider, a repugnant rebel with a cause. But ask yourself if an overgrown toddler, a swindler, an elitist, a man whose heart is filled with vitriol and hate who doesn’t think before he speaks or show any empathy or remorse for his numerous misdeeds is really going to “Make America Great Again.”

If Trump is elected, I know my head will hit the pillow every night filled with apprehension that there could possibly be no tomorrow.

Gilbert Arenas Rubs Legal Victory in Ex-Fiancee Laura Govan’s Face

By
Roger Ratchet

Baby mamas have not been having the best year ever when it comes to court proceedings.

First, Chris Brown’s baby mama Nia Guzman had to take an L recently when a judge blocked her attempt at snagging sole custody of their daughter. And now, former Basketball Wives star Laura Govan has to take a MAJOR L as her ex-fiance Gilbert Arenas appears to have emerged victorious in his libel and defamation lawsuit against her.

To refresh your memory, last fall, when Gilbert and Laura broke up for the 60th time, Gilbert claimed that Laura leaked an email to him in which she alleged that he gave her STDs. Gilbert Arenas has gotten into hot water for his slick mouth, his edgy Instagram posts and crazy behavior, but one thing he won’t suffer is a reputation as a dirty dick dog.

TMZ covered the lawsuit last year:

The ex-NBA superstar has filed a lawsuit against Laura Govan — claiming she concocted a diabolical scheme to humiliate him on a global scale by making everyone think he’s rotten in the genitals, even though she knows he’s not.

According to the docs, obtained by TMZ Sports, Arenas claims Govan got super bitter when he dumped her … so she decided to write up an email to him chock full of nasty allegations and then leak it to various gossip websites knowing they would run it.

In the email, Arenas claims Govan wrote, “When I left you it was because I couldn’t take the STDs.”
Gilbert is adamant in his lawsuit the accusation is FALSE — and “Govan knew it to be false when it was made.”

Arenas is suing for libel — and demanding unspecified damages.

Well, the day of judgement has arrived and it appears Laura is going to owe her baby daddy some SERIOUS change. Something to tune of $3 million, if Gilbert’s wacky and rude Instagram posts are to be believed.

UPDATE: Gilbert Arenas is obviously not about that life because he has since deleted his IG posts. But that’s what The Shade Room is for!

For a slightly saner take on the situation, My News LA reports that after Govan struggled to secure appropriate and legitimate legal counsel to represent her in the case, the judge denied her motion to dismiss the lawsuit and instead granted Gilbert and his legal team with the go-ahead to proceed with seeking a default judgement against Govan.

Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas won a round in court when a judge refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit accusing his ex- fiance of being behind Internet postings accusing him of infecting her with sexually transmitted diseases.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Fahey also granted a motion by Arenas’ attorneys allowing them to start the process to seek a default judgment against Laura Govan.

If Laura did indeed intentionally leak the email and make up the STD allegations, then she needs to admit when she’s been defeated and call it a day. You can’t blame her for trying to knock Gilbert’s crazy ass down a peg or two, but you can’t play with crazy people and not expect to suffer some serious losses now and again.

Laura, girl, I know that Next 15 check ain’t nothin’, so you better get you a spot back on VH1’s Basketball Wives so you can raise some real funds and pay Gilbert his lawsuit money. Stop playin’ out here in these streets and get to work, bitch!

Farrah Franklin Arrested for Public Intoxication, Still Bout That Struggle Life

By
Roger Ratchet

Farrah Franklin, the former Destiny’s Child who was in the group the least, but talks about her time in Beyoncé’s shadow the most, is back in the headlines again for another round of public shame and disgrace.

If you can go back, way back in time, and recollect in the farthest recesses of your mind, once upon a time, Farrah Franklin was briefly (very briefly!) a member of Destiny’s Child.

After Beyoncé, Kelly and Mathew pushed Latavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett out of the group, they dialed up the back-up singer temp agency and got two fresh bodies into the rotation.

Farrah Franklin was seen in the “Say My Name” and “Jumpin’, Jumpin'” videos and she made a few appearances with the girls, but before we could even remember to forget her name, she was booted and Destiny’s Child officially became a trio.

Since her short stint with Destiny’s Child, Farrah Franklin has gone on to do a whole lot of…NOTHING. She’s tried to leverage her quick hit with Destiny’s Child into an acting career, a solo music career and more, all to no avail.

Instead, what Farrah seems to good at is getting herself into trouble with the law and ending up on the front page of TMZ.

Case in point, Farrah Franklin was recently arrested by DeKalb County police for public intoxication after she attracted the police’s attention while arguing with a male friend outside of a gym at 3 am, reports TMZ.

According to cops … Farrah got into an argument with a male friend around 3 AM Thursday outside a gym in DeKalb County, GA. When officers showed up she said she was not ready to go home, and added … “These n***** won’t leave me alone.”

Cops noticed signs of drunkenness — odor of booze, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes — and asked how much she’d been drinking. She fired back, “Not enough.”

Farrah — who was in DC from 1999 to 2000 — was arrested and booked for public intoxication and possession of a small amount of weed.

I have no idea what someone would be doing outside of a gym at 3 am, drunk and, it sounds like, high. I don’t wanna say that Farrah is a professional lady of the night, but if this doesn’t sound like a ho on the stroll getting busted with her John…

Dear Farrah, please stop pretending like you have a place or position in the entertainment industry and get you to a 9-to-5 and just quietly live out the rest of your life with whatever semblance of dignity you can hold on to. You can play “2 Truths and a Lie,” use your Destiny’s Child background as interesting trivia and pursue a perfectly satisfying career as an office administrator.

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna Are Ready to Take Reality TV by Storm

By
Roger Ratchet

When news first broke of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna getting together, the Internet at large licked its chops in anticipation of reality TV gold. The baby mother of Kylie Jenner’s then-boyfriend Tyga, dating Kylie’s brother Rob Kardashian? It was a plot twist too dastardly to NOT be on reality TV.

Well, the reality TV gods have heard our cries and our wishes have been granted: Rob and Chyna are OFFICIALLY getting their own reality TV show, reports E! Online.

However, it won’t overtake the main mothership, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Rob & Chyna, as their show will be called (at least for now), is a six-episode “docu-series” that will then be followed up with a special on the birth of their soon-to-be-born child.

E! is excited to announce the new six-episode docu-series Rob & Chyna (working title), which will follow the whirlwind romance of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna. Each one-hour episode will follow the lovebirds from their engagement to Chyna’s pregnancy, and everything in between.

The exciting television event will culminate with a separate special at a later time celebrating the birth of their first child together (AKA the newest Kardashian!).

Rob & Chyna, which is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bunim/Murray Productions, premieres on E! later this year. Rob and Chyna will serve as co-executive producers on the show.

Get that money, ChyRob!!!

Let’s hope that Rob and Chyna’s wacky relationship translates into reality TV entertainment as well as it has on social media.

Listen: Mike Will Made It & Rihanna – “Nothing Is Promised” (NEW MUSIC)

By
BaRock Odrama

Mike Will Made it and Rihanna have teamed up again for a new track titled “Nothing is Promised.” The track will serve as the first single from Mike Will’s upcoming Ransom 2 mixtape.

In 2014, Rihanna teased fans with the song on social media, but it was never released … until now.

“Shoppin’ in Paris / We gon’ go shoppin’ in Paris, n**ga / They can’t even compare us / They can’t even compare us, we’re worryin’ n**gas / Worryin’ n**gas / I never did mention that she ain’t comin’ / That she ain’t comin’,” RiRi sings on the track.

The last time Rihanna and Mike Will collaborated was on RiRi’s 2013 hit single “Pour It Up.”

Check out a 30-second snippet of “Nothing is Promised” (via Apple Music) below:

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump: 2 Candidates, 2 Criminals

By
Adam Roper

The 2016 presidential election will have to go down as one of the craziest elections of all time (at least, one can only hope it doesn’t get worse than this).

Both Red and Blue have retreated as far into their respective corners as possible, and after months of in-fighting, failed pundit predictions, and at least one mention of male endowment, it seems we are finally on the verge of having two criminals…I mean, candidates, to choose from.

On the Republican side, Donald Trump is the last man standing, having felled and tamed 16 other failed candidates. Who here truly believed that would be the case? Let’s be honest, we all thought this whole Trump Campaign thing was funny at first, but bound to die off once things got serious. Here we are a year later, and there he is, standing tall like the towers that are clad with his name – a lone survivor.

The Democratic side still hasn’t wrapped up, but all signs point to Hillary Clinton claiming the nomination over black horse Bernie Sanders. This one isn’t as surprising, as it was either her, a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist who apparently doesn’t own a comb, or three other guys that no one ever bothered to learn the names of. Bernie refuses to quit, but should he show up poorly next Tuesday (and potentially even if he’s successful), the nomination will be Hillary’s.

Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton. Oh, boy.

One is currently set to serve as the defendant in a class-action lawsuit this November, right after the election takes place. The other is in the midst of an ongoing FBI investigation over leaving classified information vulnerable on an unprotected email server with no end in sight.

For Trump, this wouldn’t be bothersome were it not for the whole, “I’m running for president” thing. And hell, for him, it still may not be, even despite today’s release of damning evidence in the Trump University case. Nothing seems to faze him, let alone a pesky lawsuit. He may not have any experience in government, but if there’s one thing he does know, it’s litigation.

A USA Today investigation revealed that Trump and/or his companies have been involved in over 3,500 lawsuits, over 1,450 of which he was the defendant. Still, the thought of our newly elected president having to sit in court over robbing American citizens of their hard-earned money is quite mind boggling.

As for Clinton, she had hoped this little e-mail kerfuffle wouldn’t be a talking point. Even Bernie Sanders declared in one of the earlier Democratic debates, “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails!” Sanders typically has a good track record, but boy was he wrong about this one.

The investigation continues to ramp up, with members of Clinton’s staff being forced to answer questions while Clinton herself continues to avoid interviews with the FBI. Where her stance once was that she’d done nothing wrong, now she apologizes and claims ignorance on the damning details. Charges could still come as the investigation continues.

And that’s where we stand, America. On the one hand, we can choose a self-indulgent ex-reality TV star currently being sued. On the other, we have a difficult to trust political elite who is fighting the FBI. Of the over 300 million Americans, apparently this is the best our political system can muster up.

Or, there’s always the third option. Canada.

Alabama Middle School Teacher Gives Blatantly Racist Math Quiz to Students

By
Devarrick Turner

Leroy has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what is the street value of the rest of his hold?

You might be shocked at the question I just posed; maybe even a little amused. Whatever your initial thoughts, this was an actual quiz question given to an eighth grade class.

Mobile, Alabama’s FOX10 News reports that a middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after parents complained that their children took a test that many consider inappropriate and culturally insensitive.

The language arts teacher strangely handed out the 10-question math quiz for the students to work on. Some of the students were amused and even questioned if the exam was real. The teacher confirmed, and one student texted a photo of the quiz to his mother.

Two more questions from the quiz:

  • Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in his gang. There are 20 girls in the gang. What percentage of the girls in the gang has Tyrone knocked up?
  • Dwayne pimps 3 ho’s. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne’s $500 per day crack habit?

We couldn’t make this sh*t up if we tried, folks.

The identity of the teacher has not been officially been revealed. However, students and parents say she is the only language arts teacher at the school and had already intended to retire at end of the academic year.

“We regret this has happened during the last few days of school,” was Mobile County Public School Superintendent Martha Peek’s only statement regarding the matter. A MCPSS spokesperson has handled much of the press surrounding the controversy.

Why an English teacher would supply a math exam is beyond me. But what is truly perplexing is why she would give a test with racist undertones and inappropriate language to a middle school class.

Shockingly, similar versions of the test have circulated since the 90’s. Teachers in California, Texas, and New Mexico have also reportedly faced criticism after giving students the controversial test.

RHOA’s Kenya Moore Broke Up With Boyfriend Matt Jordan After He Kicked Down Her Hotel Door in Mexico

By
BaRock Odrama

Kenya Moore has called it quits with her fitness trainer boyfriend Matt Jordan.

The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” couple reportedly got into a huge fight while in Mexico over Memorial Day weekend.

According to TMZ, Matt got really pissed when Kenya locked herself in their hotel room and he retaliated by kicking the door down and breaking it. But that’s not all, there was also some name-calling and drama that went down when they got back to Atlanta.

The ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star’s now ex-bf, Matt Jordan, announced their breakup, but left out the details of their Memorial Day weekend in Mexico … where, according to sources close to the couple, they got into a huge dispute. We’re told Kenya locked herself in their hotel room, but Matt got mad and “kicked the door in and broke it.”

When he got in, the argument got more heated — he repeatedly called her “bitch” and “c***” … according to our sources.

We’re told they actually flew back to Atlanta on the same flight, but Kenya changed their seats. Once they landed, Matt grabbed her luggage … and to avoid a scene, Kenya went back to her place in a separate car from Matt. But things blew up again when he showed up to her house and dumped her bag on the driveway, and that was it.

We’re told it never got physical, but Kenya was fed up with the verbal abuse … and pulled the plug on the relationship

As TMZ points out, Matt was the first to announce the breakup on Instagram, but didn’t go into any details on what happened. He deleted the post shortly afterward, but, like everything else on the Internet, screenshots had already been captured.

Kenya responded to Matt with a message of her own describing what love is and what love is not, followed by a positive quote on IG. She too deleted one of her messages, but not before screenshots had already been taken.

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The reality star also spoke with Us Weekly and confirmed that she and Matt are having problems, but they still have love for each other.

“Matt and I are having some issues, but there is no question we have love for each other. Respectfully, please allow me to go through my own process. We appreciate some privacy at this time,” Kenya said.

We have a feeling that these two will get back together.

Baby Girl Born With Defects Linked to Zika Virus in New Jersey

By
Micia G

A baby has been born with Zika-related birth defects in New Jersey.

While the baby girl was born with Zika-related microcephaly, the mother did not contract the virus in the United States. The woman, who chooses to remain unnamed, is from Honduras, which is where she contracted the extremely rare disease.

“This is the second known case of a baby born with Zika-related birth defects in the United States. The first baby was born in Hawaii,” reports CNN.

The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes and cannot be prevented or treated with any medicine. The virus can also be spread sexually while symptoms are present and the virus remains in the person’s system.

According to CNN, the mother traveled to New Jersey from Honduras to receive better care as she anticipated her infant may contract the virus. The woman, who has family in New Jersey, is currently in stable condition at the Hackensack University Medical Center.

The mother most likely was bitten by an infected mosquito during her second trimester of pregnancy. Babies born to mothers who have Zika are born with small heads and brains (a condition known as “microcephaly”) as well as other birth defects.

While this is the second infant born with Zika-related complications in the US and more than 200 women infected with Zika are currently pregnant in the US, the virus has not yet been spread by mosquitoes.

According to the CDC, no local mosquito-borne Zika virus disease cases have been reported in the United States.

The Biggest User: Contestants on “The Biggest Loser” Forced to Abuse Illegal Drugs?

By
Micia G

The Biggest Loser premiered in 2004 on NBC as a reality show with a more significant prize than money. The winner of The Biggest Loser would not only win cash, but also lose weight.

The show, which aired its 17th season this past winter, has been responsible from some of the most drastic reality TV transformations, but at what cost?

According to reports, the popular show is currently under investigation for illegal drug use by the L.A. County Sheriff’s department. Former contestants of the show have claimed that they were forced to use illegal drugs to help them shed pounds.

The producer of The Biggest Loser and the show’s resident fitness trainer Bob Harper have both denied the claims, however, the accusations aren’t being ignored. Contestants claim they were forced to use amphetamines and diuretics to encourage and speed up their weight loss progression.

The New York Post spoke with a number of contestants who alleged they were forcibly given drugs.

“Bob Harper was my trainer, he goes away and his assistant comes in. He’s got this brown paper bag that’s bundled up. He says, ‘Take this drug, it’ll really help you,'” said Joelle Gwynn, a contestant on The Biggest Loser in 2008 during their couples challenge.

Gwynn continued, “people chastise Bill Cosby for allegedly offering meds to women, but it’s acceptable to do to fat people to make them lose weight. I feel like we got raped, too.”

While she is not alone with her claims, other former contestants have spoken out with the opposite story.

Inside Edition spoke with Gwynn’s former partner on The Biggest Loser, Carla Triplett, who says she never once saw anyone receive any diet pills or drugs. Triplett also says Gwynn never told her about the drugs during or after the filming of their season.

While there are two sometimes three sides to all stories, the L.A. County Sheriff’s department has taken notice. An official criminal investigation hasn’t been launched just yet, however the Sheriff’s department is fully inquiring every aspect of the drug abuse allegations.

Several former contestants are also building a class action lawsuit against the show. The producers and medical staff of The Biggest Loser have assured that no drugs were used to aid contestants and the use of any was strictly forbidden.

New Couple Alert? Kylie Jenner & PartyNextDoor Spotted Boo’d Up at Drake’s Party

By
BaRock Odrama

You know? It’s really gotta suck being Tyga right about now.

While the “Rack City” rapper was somewhere being irrelevant this past weekend, his ex, Kylie Jenner was all boo’d up with PARTYNEXTDOOR at Drake’s (now infamous) Memorial Day party.

TMZ has footage of the two on the dance floor together, and they look very couple-like.

A source at the party told People that Kylie and PND “were all over each other, kissing and making out.”

Kylie and PND have been spending quite a bit of time together since her break-up with Tyga. The youngest of the Kardashian clan recently shared videos of her and PND hanging out on Snapchat. In one of the videos, PND plays the piano while singing “Kylie, oh Kylie.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BF9VA7fMw5l/?taken-by=kylizzlesnapchats

The other clip shows Kylie telling PND that he is too private about their relationship after he deleted a video of them bowling.

“You not only hide me, You delete me,” she says. PND responds, “No I don’t man, I’m protecting you.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BF9VaTUMw69/?taken-by=kylizzlesnapchats

Tyga and Kylie split last month after dating for two years, so Kylie is free to date and get screwed by whoever she pleases. Hopefully Tyga will do the same.

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