Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty So it looks like R-uh ain’t out the woods just yet. We all know and have heard about his tribulations since the Docuseries on Lifetime came out a few months ago. Well, here’s the latest on what has been a pretty rough stretch of time for the American singer. VIA | HipHopDX CHICAGO, IL – R. Kelly was expected at Cook County Circuit Court this week but failed to show up. As a result, the embattled R&B singer lost the civil lawsuit by default, according to The Chicago Tribune. He was expected to address the allegations he’d sexually abused an underage girl in the late ’90s. The now-36-year-old woman filed the suit in February, alleging Kelly had participated in sexual acts with her multiple times in June 1998 when she was only 16. Judge Moira Johnson granted the attorneys’ request to enter a judgment against Kelly on Tuesday (April 23), which could still be reversed if Kelly hires an attorney to handle the suit. READ MORE
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty The FBI and IRS criminal division are executing search warrants at Mayor Catherine Pugh’s home in Ashburton and her office at City Hall. IRS and FBI agents are at #Baltimore Mayor Pugh’s House pic.twitter.com/UVYvIyOQNa — JoyLepolaStewart (@jlepolastewart) April 25, 2019 Several FBI agents can be seen walking inside City Hall Thursday with boxes. The FBI also says agents are searching a job training center, the Mayor’s boutique and the home of one of her aides. This comes a day after 3 top aides to Mayor Pugh received termination letters. More FBI and IRS agents walking inside city hall. @FOXBaltimore pic.twitter.com/Un4Ii2oMx0 — Elijah Westbrook (@elijahwestbrook) April 25, 2019 Acting Baltimore Mayor Jack Young confirmed Wednesday that Gary Brown Jr., Poetri Deal and Afra Vance-White were fired but no reason was given. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://92q.com” id=”4069583″ overlay=”true”] Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews : Follow @92qjamsbmore
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty The FBI and IRS criminal division are executing search warrants at Mayor Catherine Pugh’s home in Ashburton and her office at City Hall. IRS and FBI agents are at #Baltimore Mayor Pugh’s House pic.twitter.com/UVYvIyOQNa — JoyLepolaStewart (@jlepolastewart) April 25, 2019 Several FBI agents can be seen walking inside City Hall Thursday with boxes. The FBI also says agents are searching a job training center, the Mayor’s boutique and the home of one of her aides. This comes a day after 3 top aides to Mayor Pugh received termination letters. More FBI and IRS agents walking inside city hall. @FOXBaltimore pic.twitter.com/Un4Ii2oMx0 — Elijah Westbrook (@elijahwestbrook) April 25, 2019 Acting Baltimore Mayor Jack Young confirmed Wednesday that Gary Brown Jr., Poetri Deal and Afra Vance-White were fired but no reason was given. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://92q.com” id=”4069583″ overlay=”true”] Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews : Follow @92qjamsbmore
Source: Laurent KOFFEL / Getty Selita Ebanks Is Gorgeous In case you missed it, Selita Ebanks is officially engaged and off the market. We’re happy for her, but the real winner here is her new fiance bae who is head over heels and lucky as hell. We figure this is a great time to remind y’all of how fine as hell she is. She’s been killing it as a model forever and we can’t get over how her black don’t crack. Take a look at some of her most banging pics… View this post on Instagram Wild beast are not to be tamed but loved #tbt @cloganstudios A post shared by Selita (@selitaebanks) on Dec 20, 2018 at 2:05pm PST
Source: Allen Berezovsky / Getty Lauren London Shares Post-Funeral Nipsey Post Lauren London is expectedly still mourning the recent loss of her partner and father of her son, Nipsey Hussle. On Sunday, London posted up a photo of herself and her late love Nipsey Hussle staring at each other lovingly on the red carpet at the 2019 Grammy awards. Simply put, Lauren wrote “missing you” as the caption. View this post on Instagram Missing you A post shared by Lauren London (@laurenlondon) on Apr 21, 2019 at 10:13am PDT On March 31st, the “Victory Lap” rapper was gunned down in South Central Los Angeles in front of his “Marathon” clothing store. After his April 11th funeral at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, London inked Nipsey profile to her forearm in his memory. Thousands of fans, friends, and family attended the massive memorial. Since Nipsey’s death, celebrities like T.I. and The Game have vowed to hold Lauren and Nipsey’s children down.
Source: Shot by juliann/ SplashNews / Splash News Kanye West Gets Called Out By The Clark Sisters Kanye West held his Sunday Service at the Mountain Coachella performance Sunday and alllllll kinds of celebrities were in attendance BUT not everyone was enraptured by his latest act. Gospel greats, the legendary Clark sisters posted on Instagram noting that they own the rights to the music Ye performed. View this post on Instagram We Own the Rights to this music. @thelegendaryclarksisters @twinkieclark #Repost @kanyesundayservice with @get_repost ・・・ @kanyesundayservice at Coachella part 1. Easter Sunday 04.21.19 A post shared by The Legendary Clark Sisters (@thelegendaryclarksisters) on Apr 21, 2019 at 7:41pm PDT View this post on Instagram We own the rights to this music @twinkieclark @thelegendaryclarksisters @kanyesundayservices #Sunshine #theclarksisters A post shared by The Legendary Clark Sisters (@thelegendaryclarksisters) on Apr 21, 2019 at 8:49pm PDT BOSSIP spoke with music performance rights specialists who say that Kanye would have to reach out the the Sisters’ publisher for clearance to perform the songs as covers AND the Coachella venue would have to have general performing rights licensing in order for him to perform the music there. So it sounds like Mr. West will be cutting checks soon to the Clark sisters. Hit the flip for more photos from his performance.
#GameofThrones Arya: “I want to know what it feels like before I die” Gendry: pic.twitter.com/X8r3TtcDkg — Alexis (@ProfButtercup) April 22, 2019 Arya & Gendry’s Spicy Secks Scene Shatters Twitter WELP, it FINALLY happened after 4 seasons of slow-burn eye-smashing between Arya Stark and Gendry the Baratheon bastard who did the dirty nasty on sacks of barley in a pre-war secks scene that sent the whole entire internet into a meme-crazy TIZZY . Oh yes, it was quite the something that showed serial killer Arya’s softer side while setting up Gendry’s heartbreaking death and giving fans what we thought we wanted but kinda didn’t want AT ALL. Arya and Gendry minding their own business Bran: #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/JqajgJsE3V — Joker (@OkThenIshyy) April 22, 2019 Peep the best (and funniest) reactions to Arya & Gendry’s spicy pre-war secks scene on the flip.
Source: Xavier Collin / Splash News Adorable Black Celebrity Kids On Easter 2019 Spring has finally sprung and brought us Easter preciousness over the weekend! For celebs, Sunday was time to either dust off their best for church or to help their cute kiddies make their prettiest dyed eggs for the Easter bunny. And we found the cutest family flicks from Phaedra Parks’ boys to Gabrielle Union ‘s precious seeds and more. Boss lady Blac Chyna showed off her bare face and her beautiful children, King Cairo and Dream on Easter. View this post on Instagram Unbreakable bond A post shared by Blac Chyna (@blacchyna) on Apr 21, 2019 at 7:27pm PDT Married rap stars Offset and Cardi B posed together with their baby girl Kulture for her first Easter. The family was dripped head-to-toe in designer diggs. View this post on Instagram Happy Easter from mines to yours A post shared by CARDIVENOM (@iamcardib) on Apr 21, 2019 at 6:05pm PDT Actor Lance Gross and his precious family posed traditional photo with Mr. Bunny himself to show their Easter unity. (Swipe) So cute! View this post on Instagram Happy Easter From The Gross Family. Side note: Berkeley did 2 Easter Bunny shoots one solo & one with the family A post shared by lancegross (@lancegross) on Apr 20, 2019 at 10:37pm PDT From precious family gatherings to cute kids in their Sunday’s best, peep how more celebrities were celebrating Easter this year. Hit the flip!
J ussie Smollett ‘s career has taken a huge hit since he was accused of staging a hate crime. This week, it was reported that Smollett is no longer considered to play the lead role in the Broadway revival of “ Take Me Out ,” which is about a about a mixed-race baseball. Also, there have been several reports that this will be Smollett last season on “Empire.” Now, his older brother, JoJo Smollett is speaking out in an essay for BET . He slams the Chicago Police Department, the Osundairo brothers and the court of public opinion. See Also: Complete Timeline Of Jussie Smollett Investigation In the lengthy essay , JoJo writes, “Within less than three months, his life has been turned upside down as my family and I have witnessed him endure unrelenting attacks to his character and reputation. Like so many others, this entire process quickly devolved from a focus on him as a victim of assault, to him being falsely accused and held responsible for a crime that was perpetrated against him. To define this experience as unjust would be an understatement.” He also takes aim at the Osundairo brothers, accusing them of changing their story, “Jussie had already refused to sign a complaint against the Osundarios, convinced that these men, one who he had considered a friend and the other an acquaintance, could not be his attackers. Most importantly, detectives refused to show Jussie video, photos, or any evidence to prove they were the attackers. The fact that these two brothers, who in the final hour confessed to attacking my brother yet say it was Jussie who told them to, is all the evidence that the police and the general public needed to be convinced, should be frightening to everyone.” He continued, “With not one inkling of solid evidence, many believed the false witness testimony from two suspects who turned into witnesses, even though they lacked standard credibility. It was under-reported that one of the “witnesses” had previously been arrested for attempted murder ending with a plea deal for aggravated battery, or that the brothers repeatedly expressed homophobia on their social media in the past. Additionally, it was never reported that they changed their story while under police interrogation.” Olabinjo Osundairo was charged with attempted murder in 2011. The Chicago Sun-Times reported two months ago, “Court records show that Olabinjo Osundairo was charged with attempted murder in a 2011 stabbing that occurred in the 4200 block of North Ashland. That is less than a block from the home that police raided in the Smollett investigation, where they recovered personal effects, including cell phones, a source said.” Olabinjo Osundairo allegedly reached a plea deal “with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to aggravated battery; he was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $674 fine.” JoJo rips into the Chicago Police Department, pointing out their inconsistencies, “The Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department announced publicly that Jussie’s motive in staging an attack was so he could make more money from ‘Empire.’ Fox immediately said that wasn’t true but the police chief never withdrew his accusation. The chief also stated as fact that Jussie had sent himself the threatening letter that arrived at the ‘Empire’ production offices weeks before the attack. The FBI then refuted this claim. Again, the chief did not correct his accusations. Letting it float for the public to either believe or not.” He also added, “The entire police case rested on two witnesses that lacked credibility and there was no physical evidence tying Jussie to this crime.” You can read the full essay, here . On Jan. 29, while walking to a subway, Smollett claimed two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him, investigators told The Hollywood Reporter . They allegedly punched and poured bleach on him while one of the suspects put a rope around his neck. As they fled the scene, Smollett told police they said, “This is MAGA country.” The city of Chicago is now suing Smollett for a half a million dollars. Kim Foxx , the Cook County State Attorney, has been attacked by the Chicago Police and is calling for a prob into the 16 felony counts being dropped. Jussie Smollett has maintained his innocence. SEE ALSO: Kamala Harris Leads Senate To Finally Passing Anti-Lynching Bill WTH? ‘Black Panther’ Writer Roxane Gay Was Not Invited To The Movie Premiere Can Racial Profiling Be Stopped? A Federal Jury Sides With The Louisiana State Police [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3844029″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Peter Titmuss/UIG / Getty / Getty Cop Who Beat Florida Teen Reassigned People are outraged after a video went viral of a Florida teen being assaulted by a police officer went viral and the officer involved STILL has a job. As previously reported an officer now identified as Christopher Krickovich pepper-sprayed a black teen boy Thursday before slamming him to the ground outside of a McDonald’s in Tamarac, Florida. A group of teens from JP Taravella High School had reportedly gathered at the local restaurant to witness a planned fight but deputies broke it up. During the process, Krickovich was seen grabbing and slamming a teen identified by students as Lucca to the ground and banging his head into the concrete. Lucca, who was not involved in the fight, is then seen leaking blood. View this post on Instagram Let me tell you what this 15 year old boy, Lucca, in the red tank top did. He’s a kind, sweet soul. He bent down to pick up the cell phone of another boy who was also wrongly arrested. The phone fell out during his arrest. He didn’t want it to get broken. When he stood up, the officer sprayed his face with pepper spray then proceeded to brutally assault him. These kids were gathered at a local McDonalds after school when police showed up. Lucca broke no laws. Was unarmed. Non-violent. Police then charged HIM with assault on an officer and resisting arrest. Neither, as you can see, are true. These are Broward County Sheriffs Christopher Krickovich & Sgt. Greg LaCerra. Now ask yourself why this unarmed nonviolent Black boy was brutally assaulted and the white men who shot up schools, churches, and movie theaters, slaughtering men, women, and children, were arrested without a single scratch. You know the answer. #justiceforlucca A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Apr 20, 2019 at 5:24am PDT NBC News reports that Krickovich has been reassigned to a different department and has yet to be fired. Krickovich wrote in a report that a “15-year-old boy in a red tank top approached the deputies while they were arresting another boy on a trespassing charge” before he “took an aggressive stance” toward LaCerra, another officer on the scene by “blading his body and clenching his fists. He added that the boy’s stance made him “fear for his safety.” “At this point, his left arm was free and next to him, while he placed his arm under his face,” Krickovich’s report said. “I struck the male in the right side of his head with a closed fist as a distractionary technique to free his right hand.” NBC reports that he’s been assigned to administrative assignment and must forfeit his county-issued weapons. He’s also reportedly prohibited from entering any sheriff’s facility outside of his own without the approval of internal affairs. Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen’s released a statement calling the incident “outrageous and unacceptable” and asking that the Deputy be fired. “The behavior of these Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies was outrageous and unacceptable,” Bogen said. “The officer who jumped on the student, punched the student and banged his head to the ground should be fired immediately. There is no excuse for a law enforcement officer to harm a teenager who was on the ground and who gave no resistance.” “After being sprayed, the teen held his face and walked away,” Bogen said. “If the deputy wanted to arrest the student, he could have easily done so without throwing him to the ground. I hope the appropriate authorities investigate this conduct and take the appropriate action.” The brutal video’s also caught the attention of celebrities including Lebron James and Steve Kerr who are both outraged. https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1119710111595765760 If you’d like to help, there are action steps you can take. The numbers and emails for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office have been released… https://www.instagram.com/p/BwgCSoSlR0j/ as well as the numbers for the Chaplain’s Office and Fire Rescue. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwgGRaIl1-O/ We sincerely hope we can get justice for Lucca.
