Swizz Beats and Alicia Keys’ Son Genesis Beatboxes and Raps Looks like those music talent genes are STRONG in this family ! His big brother is already a credited producer and composing songs at the age of 5…and now Genesis is flexing his musical muscles as well. Swizz captured this video of his baby boy beatboxing better than folks 10 times his age, even dropping some preschool bars while he’s at it. TOO adorable. Genesis ad Egypt should start a group… Instagram
Sweet black love! Jessica Dime Engaged One of our fave “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” stars is engaged. Jessica Dime who recently spoke with our “Don’t Be Scared” podcast about her music and her love life is revealing that she’s a wife to be. Dime is currently in Jamaica with her castmates Mimi, Rasheeda, Karlie Redd and Tammie Rivera as well as her man Shawne Williams formerly of the Detroit Pistons, Waka Flocka and Yung Joc. And in between partying and filming Shawne apparently popped the question and she said “yes.” Dime posted and deleted a picture of her big ol’ ring but TheShadeRoom caught a glimpse of her gorgeous diamond stunner. “God is so good. The future Mrs. Williams,” Dime captioned a photo of her rock. Shawne and Dime are both Memphis natives who’ve been open about sharing their sweet black love story with fans. Congrats Dime! Instagram
Make it rain, girl! Gabrielle Union Announces New York & Co Partnership Gabrielle Union is announcing her ties to an affordable brand so everyday women can dress like the “Being Mary Jane” star. Gabby is officially the face of New Yor & Company’s 7th Avenue Design Studio, according to an official press release. Her line is currently in stores and she’s planning and to launch her own namesake collection, exclusive to New York & Company, in August. Gabby’s 7th Avenue Design Studio looks include dresses, business suits and separates. The actress is currently starring in campaigns in stores and online as well as in print advertising, digital marketing, and social media. Gabby recently wore a New York & Company pantsuit to the Atlanta “Fate of the Furious” premiere. In addition to promoting her clothing collab, Gabby’s selling her Flawless Hair Care line that includes shampoo, conditioner, and a hair repair mask. https://www.instagram.com/flawlesshairday/ Will YOU be buying some of Gabby Union’s goodies??? Prince Williams/ ATLPics.net
Shustring Magazine Talks Baby Boy For Toya Wright Wait… What??? We’re loving the cover shot of Toya Wright on Shustring Magazine but we’re feeling like the website tease of the accompanying article leaves us hanging. https://instagram.com/p/BSg7AdWhsAH/?taken-by=toyawright Toya posted the cover image on her Instagram, but didn’t say too much about the story, which begins: Now that I have had the surgery my chances of having a healthy full term pregnancy is greater. A baby boy may be the turning point to a year filled with tragedy, life-changing surgery and breakups. Hol’ up? We take it from this that Toya had some kind of surgery and she’s looking to have a healthy pregnancy AND she wants a boy? Hmmmmm… The website doesn’t offer much in the way of details, aside from praising Wright’s accomplishments as a New York Times bestselling author while emphasizing the importance of family in her life: She told us how she is still standing and how her worst moments helped shape her into who she is today. She explained why family is so important to her and why her hometown will always have a special place in her heart. Toya’s always been big on family, and we’d love to see her give birth to another child. We seem to recall her being open to having more kids with Wayne. Do you think they’ll give Reginae a baby brother? Or is it possible Toya’s met someone else she’s planning to procreate with? So many questions. What do you think Toya’s best kept secret is? Hit the flip for more images from the magazine. Shustring Magazine/Instagram https://instagram.com/p/BSg8duChreC/?taken-by=toyawright https://instagram.com/p/BSg7V4pBetU/?taken-by=toyawright
Former Spice Girl Said She Went Through Hell With Marriage To Convicted Batterer Stephan Belafonte Mel B said her estranged husband Stephan Belafonte was a physically abusive controlling conman who referred to her as a “f**king monkey” and berated her in front of their children. The singer and reality show judge lifted the lid on the nightmare she allegedly endured during her decade long relationship with the producer, father of her daughter Madison, five. In a bombshell declaration, obtained by BOSSIP, the “If You Wanna Be My Lover” singer said Stephan was initially sweet and helpful when they first got together. But after their quickie Las Vegas wedding following two months of dating, Mel B said the beatings, put downs and infidelity began. The singer said her husband conned her from the start, claiming his last name was Belafonte and he was the son of legendary actor and activist Harry Belafonte. But in reality, his last name is Stansbury, and he isn’t related to the real Belafonte. Mel B – born Melanie Brown – said Stephan would call her a “derelict” and a “fu**ing monkey,” failed to get a steady job during their years together, made her support the entire family and controlled every aspect of her career. She said Stephan – who has racked up convictions for burglary, assault, domestic violence, computer crimes and beating a bird to death with a brick – stole millions from her, including $325,000 in child support payments for his first born and $300,000 to his 20-year-old nanny turned mistress, whom he referred to as his “ride or die bi**h,” court papers state. Stephan’s tirades and verbal abuse often occurred in front of the kids, and when Mel B would ask him to calm down or go upstairs, he’d only raise his voice, according to court docs. But Mel B said one of the final straws was when a jealous Stephan inserted himself into a planned meeting between Mel B’s daughter Angel and her estranged father, comedian Eddie Murphy. Mel B said that she’d arranged a meeting between Angel and her dad, but when Stephan got wind of the meet up, he texted Murphy’s assistant at 4:30 a.m. from Mel B’s phone with an unknown message. The assistant later told Mel B that Murphy had to cancel the get together. A judge granted Mel B’s request for a restraining order Monday after she told the courts she was in fear for her and her children’s lives. Stephen denied Mel B’s allegations in an interview with TMZ.
Mel B Details A Decade Of Physical Abuse And Extortion From Stephan Belafonte WOW! We definitely didn’t see this coming ! We previously reported that Mel B and Stephan Belafonte were getting divorced because of their “fast and loose” sex practices with other women, but now it appears that the freaky trysts were just one part of the issue. According to TMZ , Mel B claims that Stephan was not only violent and physically abusive, but he used video recordings of those threesomes to extort Mel into staying with him. Yesterday Mel obtained a restraining order to keep Stephan away from her and their children as she fears that their lives are in jeopardy. She says the Stephan has a gun at their home which is a violation because of his prior incident of domestic violence with a past girlfriend. Mel also details a LONG list of disturbing allegations. Flip the page to see the hell she’s been living in for the past decade. Image via WENN In November 2007 Mel claims that Stephan put his hands around her throat and choked her out and slammed her repeatedly on the hardwood floors after her “Dancing With The Stars” finale. She says he would do violence to her when she achieved success, “he beat me down to let me know he was in charge.” July 2012, during a time when Mel set to tape an “X Factor” segment with Usher, Stephan allegedly punched her in the mouth with a closed fist and split her lip wide open. When asked how she could do her job with the injury Belafonte replied: “should have thought about that before you decided to flirt and f**k Usher” August 2012, after performing in London, Mel says she was again struck with a closed fist and dragged so badly on the carpet that she got severely burned. Afterwards Mel says Stephan forced her to tweet out that she injured herself by running and falling in her 7″ Louboutin heels. Mel says that Stephan got their nanny pregnant and wanted all three of them to continue to live together with the baby. Stephan was paying the woman $300,000 of Mel’s money and eventually forced the nanny to get an abortion. In 2014 Mel says she was overcome with “emotional and physical exhaustion” and attempted to take an entire bottle of Asprin, after she eventually decided to call 999 (911 in Europe), and he blocked her and told her to “die b!t¢h!” Mel says Stephan would force her to “participate in sexual intercourse with him and random women”. Then he would secretly record the trysts and threaten to leak them if she ever tried to leave him. On the last page, see what Stephan has to say about all these allegations against him… [protected-iframe id=”c3a49a3a6297f427ba9faecad827bcee-568005-15257034″ info=”//cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/591531/sp/59153100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/6740162/partner_id/591531?iframeembed=true&playerId=kaltura_player_1413478522&entry_id=0_a0dyxzv8″ width=”664″ height=”421″ frameborder=”0″ style=”width: 700; height: 394px;” webkitallowfullscreen=”” mozallowfullscreen=”” allowfullscreen=””] Considering his history of domestic abuse and Mel’s VERY specific accusations, can you really buy anything Stephan is saying at this point?
Alabama Man Electrocuted By iPhone Charging Chord If you — like most people — go to be with your iPhone charging next to you in the sheets…you may want to consider changing up that routine . A Huntsville, AL man is recovering from a hospital stay after being severely electrocuted by the exposed prongs of his iPhone’s charger. According to Washington Post , 32-year-old Wiley Day fell asleep with his iPhone charging overnight via an extension cord in the bed next to him. The next morning, Wiley rolled over as we woke up. However, the prongs of his phone charger had come out of the extension outlet sometime in the night. As he rolled over, a dog-tag necklace that he had worn to bed made contact with the exposed prongs of the charger head, causing the the metal chain to conduct the electricity straight to his neck. YIKES! A lot of factors played into this one, but still. Try to keep your electronics and such off the bed when you’re sleeping. Washington Post
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSPl9ZdDupO/?taken-by=masikakalysha Masika Kalysha and Fetty Wap Celebrate Daughter Khari’s First Birthday Looks like the drama cooled off for these two …at least for a moment. Fetty Wap and Masika were able to put their on-again, off-again differences aside for their daughter’s special occasion. Yes, the baby that kicked off a mountain of drama between Masika, Fetty, and most recently Alexis Sky turned one over the weekend, and her parents had no problem getting together to celebrate her big day. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSXu_NsD6I3/?taken-by=masikakalysha Hit the flip for more of Fetty, Masika, and Khari’s big day together…. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BSXQQtll-gr/?taken-by=theshaderoom https://www.instagram.com/p/BSZCIi4DBxk/?taken-by=masikakalysha https://www.instagram.com/p/BSZJVHalOZ1/?taken-by=theshaderoom https://www.instagram.com/p/BSZTQqwDayB/?taken-by=masikakalysha https://www.instagram.com/p/BSaAjAWDqNa/?taken-by=masikakalysha
Bill O’Reilly Accused Of Being Womanizer, Fox Has Spent $13 Mill Settling Lawsuits Over Misconduct Can’t say we’re surprised. Bill HO’Reilly has always struck us as a super creep, and over the weekend the NY Times reported as much, revealing his employer Fox News has paid five women $13 million to settle allegations of sexual harassment and other inappropriate conduct levied against him. Since these women have already accepted settlements, so far it looks like none of them are speaking up — possibly because of gag orders associated with the payouts. BUT — today another former colleague of O’Reilly’s — a woman named Wendy Walsh has made claims she was punished for refusing to go back to the talk show host’s hotel room, the Washington Post just revealed . During a news conference today, lawyer Lisa Bloom spelled out accusations by her client Wendy Walsh, once a regular guest on “The O’Reilly Factor.” Bloom claims O’Reilly told Walsh he’d recommend her for a paid contributor role on Fox. According to Walsh, she and O’Reilly had dinner in 2013 in L.A., but after she declined an invitation to join him in his hotel room, his attitude changed and she was dropped from the show soon after. Walsh says she’s speaking out now because she was told by a NY Times reporter that many of O’Reilly’s alleged victims have gag orders. “Nobody can silence me because my voice is not for sale,” Walsh said. “Nobody can buy my voice.” After the release of the NY Times report this weekend, O’Reilly said he’s “put to rest any controversies” to keep his kids from being embarrassed. In other words, he’s claiming that he’s just been trying to avoid smear campaigns. Do you believe him? WENN
