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SMH: Miami Strip Club Has Biz License Revoked After 13-Year-Old Found Twerking For Cash!

There are some sick, sick, people out here … Miami Strip Club For Employing 13-Year-Old Dancer Via MiamiHerald The fully nude Miami Beach strip club where police say a 13-year-old girl danced for money until recently has had its business license pulled for six months while law enforcement investigates the case. City Manager Jimmy Morales said he revoked Club Madonna’s business tax receipt and certificate of use for six months because he said the establishment poses “an actual threat to the health, welfare and safety of our community.” “As the father of a daughter, I firmly believe that this is the right thing to do,” he said at a news conference Friday night. The emergency order was handed to a club manager by Miami Beach police just as the venue was getting ready to open its doors Friday night. Instead, the lights on the outside marquee stayed dim and the telephone at the club rang unanswered. Although the club’s lawyer says his client is innocent of these charges, the evidence provided by the victim suggests otherwise. One time, AP brought a man over and D.J. agreed to have sex with the man for $80. But the girl refused to prostitute herself after that, so San Vincente arranged for D.J. to work with her at Club Madonna. “The minor victim was never asked, nor did she ever provide the Madonna club management any identification to verify her age,” police wrote. San Vincente “tutored” the girl on how to work the exotic club scene. D.J.’s pimps took all the money she earned — as much as $500 in one night. Police say the girl danced at least five nights. She knew that Jean kept an AK 47 assault rifle in a pile of clothes in his bedroom, and Ward once showed her a .40 caliber pistol and warned he would “get her” if she “got away.” D.J. also told police that Jean and Ward dealt cocaine and had refrigerators full of marijuana. None of the grown azz customers noticed that they were gettin’ lap dances from a high school freshman?!? Sounds like the club manager has some ‘splainin’ to do… Image via Shutterstock

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We Like To Partaay! Bey Bey Hits NOLA With Mama Tina For Her 60th Birthday Bash

Beyonce In New Orleans With Tina Knowles For 60th Birthday Bash Beyonce might have taken a short hiatus from touring as 2014 rolled in, but she’s still had a busy few weeks of planning and celebrating with her family. After shutting down the “Jungle Island” theme park and zoo in Miami earlier this week to celebrate her little baby baller Blue Ivy’s second birthday, Beysus has now taken her talents to New Orleans for her mother Tina’s 60th birthday bash. This is sure to be one hell of a party. Hit the flip to peep more pics of the Knowles-Carter crew in the French Quarter, along with a peek at the TMZ-obtained invitation for Mama Tina’s birthday bash, hosted by none other than Beyonce and Solange.

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Brad Pitt Enlists Rihanna, Kanye West For Charity Gala

The party will benefit his Make It Right foundation, which aims to rebuild New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. By Jocelyn Vena Brad Pitt Photo: WireImage Brad Pitt knows how to throw a party. The Oscar-nominated actor has enlisted the help of Rihanna, her pal Kanye West and many more dazzling stars to appear at a charity gala he’s holding in New Orleans to benefit his post-Katrina cause, the Make It Right foundation. Being held at the Hyatt Regency on Saturday (March 10), the night will be co-hosted by Ellen Degeneres and co-emceed by Drew Brees. Other guests and performers include Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Spike Lee, Blake Lively, Djimon Hounsou, Chris and Jada Paul, Bennett Miller and Randy Jackson , according to E! News . Rihanna is slated to take the stage during the gala. But the night doesn’t end at the gala. For the afterparty, “Parks and Recreation” funnyman Aziz Ansari will host, and Seal and Yeezy have been tapped to perform. Emeril Lagasse will cook up delights that pay homage to New Orleans’ colorful culinary tradition. The gala will help raise funds for lower-income housing in Lower 9th Ward, a neighborhood in New Orleans that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. They aim to complete 150 houses. According to the website for Make It Right, the foundation “builds safe, sustainable and affordable homes for working families. We aim to be a catalyst for change in the building industry in New Orleans and beyond.” Pitt has already been spotted around New Orleans with his family. His kids were spotted in the French Quarter walking their bulldog, Jacques, and Brad had been spotted on his motorcycle. Related Artists Kanye West Rihanna

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Race Matters: Is New Orleans’ New Curfew In The French Quarter Really Meant To Keep Black Folks Away From The Tourists??

This is a tough one to gauge… From a distance, it seemed like common sense: an ordinance meant to keep children away from an open-air night-life zone with more than 350 places to buy booze, an abundance of strip joints and a 300-year-old reputation for iniquity. But last week, as the New Orleans City Council approved a strict curfew for youths 16 and younger in the French Quarter, it sparked an incendiary debate that laid bare some of the tensions over race and police priorities that the Louisiana city — which suffers from the nation’s highest per capita murder rate — is struggling to resolve as it navigates its post-Hurricane Katrina future. The ordinance, which was unanimously approved Thursday, revises a long-standing 11 p.m. curfew on Friday and Saturday nights to 8 p.m. for the French Quarter and part of the nearby Faubourg Marigny neighborhood. In the rest of the city, an 11 p.m. curfew remains on weekends, with an 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. curfew on weekdays, depending on the season. Councilwoman Kristen Gisleson Palmer, whose district includes the French Quarter, wrote the ordinance. The goal, she said, was to protect children from violent incidents like the headline-grabbing shootings last Halloween night, in which two people were killed and a dozen injured by gunfire on or around the packed Bourbon Street party strip. “If we can, in any way, protect children from that, I think it’s very reasonable,” Palmer said. But in a pair of emotional public meetings, a number of residents, most of them African Americans, criticized the idea. Some alleged that the lawmakers were trying to keep low-income blacks out of the sightlines of tourists. “There is this desire not to have these black males in the French Quarter,” said Tracie L. Washington, an attorney who heads the Louisiana Justice Institute, a nonprofit civil rights group. Palmer, who is white, dismissed the allegations. At the council meeting Thursday, critics said the curfew would result in racial profiling of young blacks. One man called it “the equivalent of a black code.” Another African American speaker said that instead of “sugar-coating” the issue, the council should “just tell us straight up — you don’t want us.” Some worried that police would harass black kids going to and from restaurant jobs, or when they were busking or tap-dancing for tips from tourists. Palmer, the councilwoman, said those kids would be left alone because the ordinance exempts, among others, people at work or headed to and from work. Many critics argued that the new curfew hours would seem more fair if they were enforced citywide. Palmer said her staff was working on a new ordinance to do just that. Ronal Serpas, the city’s police superintendent, said he had asked his officers to be more diligent about enforcing the existing citywide curfew since he took charge of the police department in May 2010. Some French Quarter residents have applauded the new curfew, but other New Orleanians wonder whether police, in enforcing the rules, will be distracted from more crucial duties. In many cases, youths breaking the curfew will be told to go home, but in some instances police might take them into custody. Do you think the curfew is racially motivated ? Source More On Bossip! True Or False??? Serena Williams’ Heartbroken Twitter Rant The Result Of Drizzy Wifing Dollicia Bryan For The Fellas: 5 Things You Need To Know About Your “Package” Hi Hater: “Messy” Erica Mena And Her Floozy Friend Throw Shade Towards The BMF Wives ON Twitter!! Question Of The Day: What Exactly Was Yeezy Trying To Tell Us With His Three Hours’ Worth Of Tweets?

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