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Bear Brown and Raiven Adams End Engagement: It’s Over!

It hasn’t even been two weeks since  Raiven Adams and Bear Brown became engaged . But  Alaskan Bush People  is a very famous show, and with fame come legions of haters and trolls. It was all too much. Raiven and Bear have broken off their engagement and split up. Late Monday night, Raiven Adams took to Instagram to share a heartbreaking message. “It’s been a long battle for me to decide what I should do. What I should say…” Raiven begins. She admits: “I think this life is to much for me.” “The drama, the articles, the harassment,” she lists. Raiven also acknowledges “The mean people who have nothing better to do.” “And due to that,” Raiven writes. “And Several other reasons. She announces: “Me and bear have decided to stay friends.” “Sometimes two people are meant to be in each other’s life….” Raiven expresses. “But,” she adds. “Not the way they thought.” “Wishing the wolf pack all of the best luck on every adventure,” Raiven concludes. You want some tea? We don’t know if it’s quite  scalding hot , but take a look. … Gabe Brown “liked” Raiven’s posta bout the breakup. Perhaps he was just being kind, rather than shady towards his brother. But Bear did not “like” it. Bear did take to his own Instagram, at least, to acknowledge what’s going down. “Sometimes people are better off as just friends!” he wrote just a couple of hours after Raiven’s post. Raiven had more to say, however, and on Tuesday, made another post. “Sometimes it’s better to let others assume why something happens,” she begins. It looks like she’s been hearing and reading a lot of “theories” on how her romance with Bear ended. She continues: “because explaining yourself and giving reason isn’t always the best thing to do.” She is absolutely right. Raiven has seen people blame her and label her a ruthless heartbreaker. She’s also seen people blame her sexual orientation —  Raiven is pan  — which is deeply bigoted. “And,” Raiven writes. “If I have to be the bad guy for the 100 reasons me and bear didn’t work out.” “And me only sharing what I did to respect him and his family,” she continues. Raiven expresses: “then so be it.” “Say what you want at the end of day,” Raiven tells her fans and followers. (But you get the feeling that she is very much speaking to her detractors, as well) “I know what happened,” she concludes. “And that’s enough for me.” It sounds like she’s announcing very firmly that she doesn’t care what people seem to think. They can view her as a heartbreaking jezebel if they like. But, at the same time, Raiven is making sure that everyone realizes that the breakup was for multiple reasons. In fact, she even seems to be suggesting that she’s in some way covering for Bear or sparing him embarrassment. While Raiven won’t be crowned the Queen of Extreme after all, Bear may have hinted at what went down. On Monday, he shared a number of photos that appear to have come from some sort of hotel. Did he and Raiven have a romantic date (away from the homestead) that went wrong somehow? Or did they go someplace private to try to work out their issues, only for it to fail? Raiven shared her message at pretty close to midnight. She may have posted to Instagram shortly after they decided to part ways. Whatever the causes, we wish them both the best. View Slideshow: Alaskan Bush People: 13 Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know

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Josh Duggar: Headed Back to Court Following Latest Legal Defeat

There are numerous disadvantages to being born into the Duggar family: After all, having your every action dictated by either God or Jim Bob must get pretty old sometime around your teen years, But Duggar-dom has plenty of perks, as well. In case you unaware, the Duggars are rich — really, really rich. And it’s not just reality show money, either. The Duggar empire is a many-tentacled beast. Real estate agencies, car dealerships, local politics — if there’s a way to make money in the state of Arkansas, and the Walton family hasn’t already claimed it for themselves, you can bet the Duggars are taking full advantage. But like every other aspect of life in the Counting On clan, this diversity of business interests is not without its disadvantages. Take Josh Duggar, for example. He’ll never work on TV again, and he’s virtually unemployable following the revelation that he molested five young girls , so at least his father’s wheelings and dealings provide Josh with a way to feed his family. But life for the father of five has been a tangle of lawsuits and legal wranglings ever since he was fired from Counting On . Many of Josh’s legal issues stem from his feeling that he’s the “real” victim in his sex crimes. Josh has sued In Touch Weekly for breaking the story, local police for providing documents in accordance with the tabloid’s FOIA request, and just about everyone else who was in any way involved in news of his crimes going public. But these days, Josh also finds himself in court a lot in connection to his shady business dealings. According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, Josh will soon be forced to stand trial in a lawsuit he’d been working to have dismissed. “The above-captioned cause is hereby set for a three-day jury trial beginning on April 27, 2020 at 8:45 a.m., in Room 208 of the Benton County Courthouse, Bentonville, Arkansas,” the document stated. Josh is being sued by a name Carl Echols for buying land from a third party. The only problem is, the land belonged to Echols and was not up for sale. Echols claims Josh knew this and proceeded with the deal anyway. In other words, Josh (allegedly) went full European settler and this poor fella’s property and basically planted a flag while dude wasn’t home. Yeah, you can’t do that — but it’s the sort of behavior that’s reportedly encouraged by the Duggar patriarch. Insiders say Jim Bob is hated by his neighbors , who believe he’s basically trying to take over the small town of Tontitown, Arkansas, as well as its nearest neighbor, Sprindgale. So Josh might have been breaking the law again — but at least this time he made his daddy proud! View Slideshow: Anna Duggar Blasts Josh Haters: We Will NEVER Get Divorced!

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Bristol Palin Will Rely on "Hope and Faith" in Wake of Parents’ Divorce

Several years ago, during her run for Vice President of the United States, Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama for a platform based on “hope and change.” Now, well over a decade later, however, the unintelligent former politican’s daughter says she is gonna rely on hope in the wake of a major life change: The divorce of her parents. On Monday afternoon, Sarah and Todd Palin announced they were splitting after 31 years of marriage. In documents filed in Anchorage Superior Court late last week, Sarah cited “incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife” as the cause of the split. In other words: These two are totally sick of being married to each other! We’ll refrain from making any jokes here about how it took Todd so long to arrive at such a conclusion. Sarah, of course, rose to national prominence after she was selected by John McCain to serve as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election. The pair lost to Barack Obama and Joe Biden and then Palin resigned as governor of Alaska after just three years in office, in order to focus on a career in media. She served as a Fox News correspondent for awhile and now… just Tweets sometimes, we guess. But daughter Bristol appeared on Dancing with the Stars and also anchored her own short-lived reality show and then actually joined Teen Mom OG last year. We still can’t believe that happened. On Monday morning, meanwhile, Bristol shared on her Instagram Story a sermon from a Texas pastor called “Abounding in Hope,” a reference to a line in the Bible. It’s extremely safe to assume she did so because she knew that news of her parents’ break-up would soon go viral. “When hope is present, people are encouraged to lay hold of what heaven has for them,” Christian Life Austin Pastor Rex Johnson says in the sermon, from March. “Some have referred to hope as the ‘middle sister’ of faith and love,” he also says in it. “I like that.” Sarah and Todd Palin met as high school students in Wasilla, Alaska and eloped in 1988. They five children together, including Bristol — and Todd is seeking joint custody of 11-year old Trig, the only kid who still lives at home. Bristol, for her part, was also once married. She divorced Dakota Meyer in 2018, however, with nearly every moment Bristol spent on screen as a Teen Mom devoted to problems between the then-couple. Palin quit the MTV show in April , jumping up high on her pedstal and stating: “Teen mom OG wasn’t a fit for me, it took away my peace.. and honestly – my peace has a price tag that no one but God can afford… “$ doesn’t impress me, I don’t entertain bs, and walking away from this show allows God to rebuild me (and my little fam) in the right direction.” As for her fellow Teen Mom stars? “I have love for all the girls on the show, and wish them the best of luck in all their future endeavors!! xoxo, B,” she concluded. View Slideshow: Teen Mom OG Cast to Bristol Palin: Goodbye or Good Riddance?

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Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Sports Venture Lab Launches Mamba Rise App

Source: Mamba Sports Venture Lab / Mamba Rise Kobe Bryant hung up his basketball kicks, but that’s not keeping him out of the sports world definitely. The Mamba Sports Venture Lab, an arm of the Mamba Sports Academy which he is a partner off launching a new app to help athletes train. The Mamba Rise app will allow athletes of all levels to train anywhere and work on their cognitive processing, response speed, and sports IQ. For the first time ever, through the app, athletes can train like the professionals and practice their anticipation and decision-making skills on “real-life scenarios.”  Mamba Rise is being billed as a “ performance tool that allows you to train from the palm of your hand. Plus it “aims to enhance the way both youth and professionals train as individuals and as teams.” At launch, Rise will specifically focus on baseball, football, softball, and volleyball. The company states it is the product of “thousands of hours of research conducted with hundreds of youth and pro athletes. At current, numerous teams are using the product team-wide.” Speaking on the Mamba Rise app, Jason Sada, CEO of Mamba Sports Venture Lab added: “Mamba RISE represents the future of human performance training by enabling all athletes the ability to quickly develop core skills through high-speed repetitions and corrective feedback. The app will enable players at all levels to constantly improve at aspects of their craft anywhere, anytime.”  Professional athletes and Rise ambassadors, Simone Lee and Pete Alonso also spoke on using the app. “I’m really impressed with Mamba Rise,” said Simone Lee. “It’s clean, it’s fun, and most of all, I feel like it really offers a new way to improve your game without taking a toll on your body.”  “The benefits of Mamba Rise were clear to me from the moment I first tried it,” Alonso, a baseball star added. “This is a tool that could benefit a lot of high schools, college, and even pro hitters.”  View this post on Instagram What if you could improve your game from the palm of your hand? With Mamba RISE, you can. Coming soon. #MambaRISE A post shared by Mamba (@mambasportsacademy) on Sep 9, 2019 at 9:50am PDT The Mamba Rise is now available in the Apple Store and offers both monthly and yearly memberships. You can head to www.mambarise.com for more information. No word if it will be coming to Android phones. — Photo: Mamba Sports Venture Lab / Mamba Rise

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NBA Bans “Ninja-Style” Headbands Ahead Of Upcoming Season

Source: Hannah Foslien / Getty The NBA has gone through several stylistic changes over the decades, with athletes introducing their own flair to the standard uniforms at various intervals. However, those expecting the so-called “Ninja-style” headband accessory to gain traction will be disappointed to know that the league is banning the look ahead of the season. ESPN reports : Several players — including the Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler, the New Orleans Pelicans’ Jrue Holiday, the LA Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns and the Brooklyn Nets’ Jarrett Allen — regularly wore the headgear a season ago. The NBA never had a formal process to approve the headgear, and allowed players to wear it during the 2018-19 season because, spokesman Mike Bass told ESPN, “We didn’t want to cause a disruption by intervening midseason.” The NBA notified teams in May that the headbands wouldn’t be a part of this season’s approved uniforms. The NBA’s competition committee discussed the headwear as part of its meetings in Chicago on Monday. A source told ESPN that some members expressed concerns on safety, including the looseness of the headwear. Yeah, we don’t want any player to get injured by an errant headband on the court (insert sarcasm). — Photo: Getty

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Mia X Named Professor Of Hip-Hop Studies At Loyola University

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Source: Erika Goldring / Getty Former No Limit soldier turned chef Mia X is now adding a new profession to her resume—college professor. In an Instagram post, the Hip-Hop legend made the official announcement that she was joining the faculty of the esteemed Loyola University as a professor of Hip-Hop Studies. ”Who would have thought that I would indeed become a rapper make a career out of what I truly LOVE,” Mia X wrote. “AND 31 years after high school I am teaching Hip Hop. A genre of music that the world believed was a fad at a major university in my city!!!!! Thank you God and I promise to do my best ,“ she wrote on the caption of a photo of her university ID card. View this post on Instagram SHOUT OUT TO @djsoulsister for the recommendation It may seem silly to some but I cried when I got this. I remember telling my classmates that I was going to be a rapper and them laughing while my teacher twisted up her face at me. Who would have thought that I would indeed become a rapper make a career out of what I truly LOVE. AND 31 years after high school I am teaching Hip Hop. A genre of music that the world believed was a fad at a major university in my city!!!!! Thank you God and I promise to do my best A post shared by Mia X (@themamamiax) on Sep 6, 2019 at 9:32am PDT In addition to being a professor, Mia X also released her long-awaited memoir Things My Grandma Told Me, Things My Grandma Showed Me. The two-fold memoir is a heartfelt, real and oftentimes gritty ode to her Mamaw, that combines the stories with Mia’s own recipes and twists on New Orleans staples. In an interview with  Very Local , Mia reveals how her grandmother still plays a huge role in her kitchen. ”Whenever I’m in the kitchen, I’m always thinking about my mama and grandmother,” Mia X said in the interview. “I’m always thinking about them, the ladies in my family who cooked. Who cooked through joy, who cooked through pain. So, when I’m going through something, I lean on them.” Mia X also recalled a time in which her grandmother used food as a method of therapy that she calls “chicken therapy.” “My baby daddy was cheating, I was crying,” she continued. “Chicken therapy came from, ‘Cut that bird, before you cut that bird.’ After chicken therapy you feel better. And Mamaw said one time they had so much chicken in the freezer, you could tell that everybody had went through something.” Things My Grandma Told Me, Things My Grandma Showed Me  is available now.

Mia X Named Professor Of Hip-Hop Studies At Loyola University

DJ Akademiks Says Nicki Minaj Sent Threatening DMs

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Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty With Nicki Minaj and her recent retirement talk , it appears she now has time to privately address her haters as she sees fit. According to DJ Akademiks , the Queens star allegedly sent a number of threatening direct messages which he shared during a Twitch live stream. Akademiks took to Twitch Monday night and read the alleged DMs from Minaj to the viewing audience. In one message, Ak says that Minaj asked him, quote, “When you gonna be in New York” and he says that he answered her thus prompting a slew of messages that he shared, allegedly unaltered, with the masses. “You been mad since I made a joke about you with Joe [Budden] on my show. The people you rep won’t be able to stop your jaw from getting broken. I know too much about your family for you to be playing with me, you hoe ass rat,” reads one portion of the text. Ak also mentioned that Minaj said that she mentioned that her alleged husband Kenneth Perry had words for him too. Tekashi 6ix9ine also catches some strays. It’s really a lot. To see the moments where DJ Akademiks put Nicki Minaj on blast, check on the 55:57-mark in the video below. — Photo: Getty

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Snitchin’ Ain’t Easy: Tekashi 6ix9ine Will Take The Stand & Admit To Being Treyway’s ‘Money Maker’

Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Tekashi 69 Will Take The Stand & Admit His Role Was Making Money For Treyway Oh, how your life can change in just 365 days. A year ago today, Tekashi 6ix9ine  and his Treyway gang homies were terrorizing everyone in their path. A year later, his former manager Shotti just got sentenced to a whoppinh 15 years in jail, with 6ix9ine’s fate to be decided in the next few weeks. If all things fall into place, we could see Tekashi back on Instagram calling us all “STOOPID” very soon. According to reports from Complex , the rapper’s court appearance has been pushed to next Monday in NYC and he is expected to sing like a bird. Newly released court documents show that Daniel Hernandez (aka 6ix9ine) says his role in the gang ‘Treyway’ was simply to generate revenue. The “Gummo” rapper is expected to testify in the trial of accused Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack, the only defendants in the sprawling case who have not yet pleaded guilty. A letter from U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman dated September 9 lays out a number of plans the government has for the trial, including that 6ix9ine will talk about his role within the gang. “The Government expects CW-2 [6ix9ine] to testify that one of his roles in Nine Trey was to make money for the gang and distribute that money among Nine Trey members,” the letter reads. While the road to freedom is still long for the Brooklyn rapper, his Breakfast Club interview denouncing involvement in Treyway along with his snitching–I mean, cooperation with the feds…will sure make it an easier road for him. View this post on Instagram WATCH IT ALL CRUMBLE @elpelonavila rescheduling for Austin DMV everything A post shared by 6ix9ine (@6ix9ine) on Nov 15, 2018 at 12:07pm PST View this post on Instagram I REMEMBER THEY SAID I GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE MONTHS THIS FELT SO GOOD @breakfastclubam happy to be back NOVEMBER 23RD A post shared by 6ix9ine (@6ix9ine) on Nov 16, 2018 at 5:21pm PST

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Snitchin’ Ain’t Easy: Tekashi 6ix9ine Will Take The Stand & Admit To Being Treyway’s ‘Money Maker’

Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Tekashi 69 Will Take The Stand & Admit His Role Was Making Money For Treyway Oh, how your life can change in just 365 days. A year ago today, Tekashi 6ix9ine  and his Treyway gang homies were terrorizing everyone in their path. A year later, his former manager Shotti just got sentenced to a whoppinh 15 years in jail, with 6ix9ine’s fate to be decided in the next few weeks. If all things fall into place, we could see Tekashi back on Instagram calling us all “STOOPID” very soon. According to reports from Complex , the rapper’s court appearance has been pushed to next Monday in NYC and he is expected to sing like a bird. Newly released court documents show that Daniel Hernandez (aka 6ix9ine) says his role in the gang ‘Treyway’ was simply to generate revenue. The “Gummo” rapper is expected to testify in the trial of accused Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack, the only defendants in the sprawling case who have not yet pleaded guilty. A letter from U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman dated September 9 lays out a number of plans the government has for the trial, including that 6ix9ine will talk about his role within the gang. “The Government expects CW-2 [6ix9ine] to testify that one of his roles in Nine Trey was to make money for the gang and distribute that money among Nine Trey members,” the letter reads. While the road to freedom is still long for the Brooklyn rapper, his Breakfast Club interview denouncing involvement in Treyway along with his snitching–I mean, cooperation with the feds…will sure make it an easier road for him. View this post on Instagram WATCH IT ALL CRUMBLE @elpelonavila rescheduling for Austin DMV everything A post shared by 6ix9ine (@6ix9ine) on Nov 15, 2018 at 12:07pm PST View this post on Instagram I REMEMBER THEY SAID I GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE MONTHS THIS FELT SO GOOD @breakfastclubam happy to be back NOVEMBER 23RD A post shared by 6ix9ine (@6ix9ine) on Nov 16, 2018 at 5:21pm PST

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BIG WIN: California Passes Bill 72-0 Allowing Student Athletes To Profit From Their Name & Likeness

Source: Hannah Foslien / Getty California Passes Bill 72-0 Allowing Students Athletes To Profit From Their Name If you follow Lebron James even remotely, you’ve heard his vocalness about student-athletes not being paid for risking their bodies in the name of sports entertainment. If a student gets caught taking any cash, they will lose their scholarships, be kicked from the team, and sometimes even have legal action taken. Lebron’s platform Undisputed has been one of the biggest voices for California’s proposed SB 206, “the Fair Pay To Play Act”. Everyone is California- call your politicians and tell them to support SB 206! This law is a GAME CHANGER. College athletes can responsibly get paid for what they do and the billions they create. — LeBron James (@KingJames) September 5, 2019 College athletes are workers. Pay them. https://t.co/PNEefTbS2O — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 6, 2019 The bill was designed to let college athletes profit for their name & likeness and take endorsement deals. According to Deadspin , the bill passed on Monday night 72-0 , with ZERO opposition and is now headed to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom, who has already expressed his support. It seems like a no-brainer, but the NCAA has already expressed they will not go down without a fight. NCAA President Mark Emmert (whose salary is $4 Million dollars) had urged California lawmakers to postpone consideration of the bill back in June, stating the following: “We recognize all of the efforts that have been undertaken to develop this bill in the context of complex issues related to the current collegiate model that have been the subject of litigation and much national debate. Nonetheless, when contrasted with current NCAA rules, as drafted the bill threatens to alter materially the principles of intercollegiate athletics and create local differences that would make it impossible to host fair national championships. As a result, it would likely have a negative impact on the exact student-athletes it indents to assist.” While the bill passed is seemingly easier, the fight is just getting started to actually get these athletes some fair treatment…and some money. If this bill becomes law, it will go into effect on January 1, 2023.

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