Source: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC / Getty Stephen A. Smith is in line to become the highest-paid on-air personality at ESPN. According to NY Post, negotiations are underway between Smith and the network. He could walk away earning anywhere between $8 million-to-$10 million a year. Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text MAGIC to 23845 to join! By comparison, Mike Greenberg gets paid $6.5 million to host “Get Up!,” which is the network’s highest publicly known salary. Smith still has two years remaining on his current contract where he’s earning in the $5 million range. Right now the 51-year-old is on “First Take” and “SportsCenter. Network executives consider him the face of the ESPN. Wow! Source: NY Post
Source: Aaron Davidson / Stringer / Getty Hustle & Soul is back for season three, and the stars came out in droves to help celebrate the WE tv show’s big return. Everyone from Trina to Phaedra Parks showed up at the Pink Teacup Villa in Miami to wine and dine on meals made by Hustle & Soul star celebrity Chef Lawrence Page. Source: Aaron Davidson / Stringer / Getty The cast of the hit show was all smiles as they laughed it up on the carpet. Source: Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for WE tv / Getty Love & Hip Hop Miami star Michelle Pooch came through in her vintage Fendi raincoat. Source: Aaron Davidson / Stringer / Getty Hit the flip to see who else showed up and showed out on the Hustle & Soul red carpet. Catch season 3 of the hit show when it premieres this Thursday, April 4 on WE tv.
Source: dhinez / HotSpotAtl.com It seems like every year, there’s a new, hot chick in town that all the guys want to be with and the women want to be. Tis’ the season of Meg Thee Stallion . The Houston, Texas rapper’s name has been on everyone’s tongue these days. Even Trey Songz recently tried to shoot his shot. Trigga tweeted: “Big Ol Freak make me wanna knock the stallion head off for the culture.” Big Ol Freak make me wanna knock the stallion head off for the culture. — Trey Songz (@TreySongz) March 28, 2019 But Miss Stallion shut it down real quick with the not-so-subtle sub tweet: “Somebody tell Trigga he can’t handle me.” We can just add Trey Songz to the list of dudes trying to get close to the “Tina Show” rapper. Ever since signing to 300 Entertainment (with labelmates like Fetty Wap, Young Thug and Famous Dex) in November 2018, the Stallion has take social media by storm. But even before getting signed, folks were checking for Megan. Back in 2013, a video of the rapper beating her male opponents in a freestyle battle, while she was a student at Prairie View A&M University, gained her a huge social media following. Earlier this month, she released her new single “Sex Talk” off her upcoming album Fever, which is slated to drop April 12. But with major highs, sometimes come major lows. Shortly after dropping her single, Megan took to social media to announce that she’d lost her mom and manager Holly Thomas to cancer. In an emotional Instagram post, the grief-stricken rapper wrote: “We were together EVERYDAY, holly was my biggest cheerleader and toughest critic. she taught me enough for 2 lifetimes and if you were blessed to meet her she taught you something too. My mama is still my rock, my world and my inspiration. ima go 100x harder because I kno that’s what she would want me to do.” View this post on Instagram We were together EVERYDAY, holly was my biggest cheerleader and toughest critic. she taught me enough for 2 lifetimes and if you were blessed to meet her she taught you something too. My mama is still my rock, my world and my inspiration. ima go 100x harder because I kno that’s what she would want me to do. A post shared by Hot Girl Meg (@theestallion) on Mar 23, 2019 at 9:30am PDT But despite the devastating loss, Meg Thee Stallion isn’t showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon. And no matter how successful she becomes, don’t expect Meg to tone down her sexy and empowering lyrics. “It’s not just about being sexy, it’s about being confident and me being confident in my sexuality. Men are objects to me. [Men’s] opinions, it’s not even the icing, it’s the sprinkle on the cake.”- Megan Thee Stallion The 24-year old is now in her last year at Texas Southern University and studying Health Administration, all why breaking the Internet one twerk video at a time. Besides becoming one of the biggest rap stars in history, Megan also plans to open a slew of assisted-living facilities throughout Houston. Now that’s what we call a queen. Hit the flip to check out some stallionioush photos of Ms. Megan Thee Stallion.
Every now and then, on a random Tuesday when most people are minding their own business and have too much going on in their lives to worry about anyone else, some man will take it upon himself to offer his unsolicited opinion on women’s attire. It could be anything from the weave in her hair to the color on her lip to the length of her dress, somewhere, some man is going to find an issue with one of those things and feel compelled to let the world know. And while the resounding response from women will be to ignore said man and not give a damn. One thing that shouldn’t be ignored are the male microagressions that prompt this sort of behavior and what we can do about them. MUST READ: Take This Week’s Listen To Black Women Poll On Stealthing, Spring Cleaning Your Life, & Prioritizing Sex That’s what we’re talking about in this week’s episode of Listen to Black Women. Watch the conversation with our co-hosts in the video above and weigh in with your thoughts in the comments section below. About Listen To Black Women Listen To Black Women is a new show from HelloBeautiful and MadameNoire that discusses the issues that affect us most while incorporating the voices of our audience and experts. Each week, the show will gather insights from of our readers by asking them a series of questions related to the show topic. We’ll also be sharing thoughts from social media and the Internet at large as hosts Shamika Sanders, Africa Miranda, Keyaira Kelly weigh in with their opinions. This show doesn’t work without you so be sure to take our weekly polls, share the videos with your network, and leave feedback everywhere you can. We’re listening to you. RELATED STORIES: Listen To Black Women | If A Man Cheats, Does That Mean He Doesn’t Love You? Listen To Black Women| Is Abuse From Men In Power Inevitable?
Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty It looks like Salt-N-Pepa will finally be getting the biopic they deserve! Lifetime plans on making a miniseries about the iconic rap group, which will be executive produced by none other than fellow femcee Queen Latifah . According to Entertainment Weekly , Salt-N-Pepa will follow the story of nursing students Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton as they navigate the hip-hop landscape following their first recording experience with a friend’s school project. It’s also being reported that the miniseries will incorporate some of the group’s biggest hits such as “Let’s Talk About Sex,” “What a Man” and our personal favorite“Shoop.” Not many details have been released about the film and no one has been cast quite yet, Variety noted . But in addition to Queen, James, Denton, Jesse Collins and Shakim Compere are also executive producers. And folks here clearly here for this news: I’m here for this. Watch party at my crib. https://t.co/UYZS3EyJvc — KelleyLCarter (@KelleyLCarter) March 29, 2019 Black Queen Producing Content on our Black Queens in Hip-Hop. I can't wait to see!! Scripted Miniseries On 'Salt-N-Pepa' Coming To Lifetime, Exec Produced By Queen Latifah https://t.co/aEBUZtohxP #shadowAndAct — Samaria Phillips (@SamPhill21) March 28, 2019 Well it's about damn time!! If ANY 80's rap group deserves a biopic SnP would be one of my first choices! Lifetime announces miniseries about Salt-N-Pepa https://t.co/QvYvdt1QbA — Smokkee G Singleton (@MrGBIZ) March 28, 2019 This isn’t Queen Latifah’s only musical biopic headed to Lifetime. Earlier this week, it was also announced that she will along with Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott are exec producers behind the upcoming The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel. Variety reports that this will be the story of five sisters and a trailblazing mother from Detroit who helped bring gospel music into the mainstream. Listen…we are here for ALL the stories about Black women! Lifetime, keep them coming! RELATED NEWS: #SurvivingRKelly: Five Emotions You’ll Experience Watching The New Lifetime Docuseries Watch Toni Braxton Flex Her Acting Chops In Lifetime’s ‘Faith Under Fire’ Trailer REVIEW: How Lifetime’s ‘FLINT’; Puts A National Class & Race Crisis Back Into Conversation [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2886155″ overlay=”true”]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Source: Lester Cohen / Getty Beyonce and Jay-Z accepted the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles Thursday night. The power couple earned the honor for their LGBTQIA allyship and helping to “[accelerate] LGBTQ acceptance”. Both Bey and Jay gave their own speeches about love and acceptance. “To choose who you love is your human right. How you identify and see yourself is your human right. Who you make love to and take that ass to Red Lobster is your human right,” said Beyoncé, referencing her song “Formation”. Jay-Z decided to shoutout his mom, Gloria, who publicly came out in his song “Smile” in 2017 and won a GLAAD award last year. “I also wanna honour my mother,” he said. “I get to follow in her footsteps of spreading love and acceptance.” Check out their speeches in full HERE. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://92q.com” id=”4072033″ overlay=”true”]
T he NAACP has named Jay-Z as its coveted President’s Award winner, a prize that recognizes the honoree’s distinguished record in public service. The rapper-turned “businessman,” will be honored during the 50th NAACP Image Awards , which will be broadcast live on TV One from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Saturday night. Previous recipients of the President’s Award include Muhammad Ali , Jesse Jackson and Colin Powell . “The President’s Award is an honor we carefully bestow upon an individual, maintaining its significance and commitment to recognizing excellence in service that directly affects our community,” NAACP’s President Derrick Johnson said in a statement Thursday. Power couple Beyoncé and Jay Z helped raise $6 million for the non-profit City Of Hope. https://t.co/TqTVKQOcpm pic.twitter.com/q5nOj2pu6n — NewsOne (@newsone) October 20, 2018 Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter , is well known as an entrepreneur, Hip-Hop icon and music industry giant, but the 22-time Grammy Awards winner hasn’t received that same type of accolades for his activism. For example, Roc Nation , the entertainment company founded by Jay-Z, has become a major civil right player . One of its latest victories involved helping to clear 11-year-old Jabari Talbot , who was arrested in February after he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in his 6th-grade classroom in Florida. That was at least the third time this year alone that Roc Nation had stepped in to offer legal assistance, adding to an impressive list of civil rights accomplishments that included helping to free rapper 21 Savage from immigration detention. Jay-Z was also instrumental in the release of Meek Mill from prison in 2018. He had spent nearly five months incarcerated after a controversial sentence for probation violation. “Shawn Carter has been committed to shedding light on the issues that plague the Black community including systematic racism and unjust treatment under the law, utilizing his global platform to create everlasting change. There is no better time than now, as we celebrate our 50th year, to honor him with this award,” said the NAACP’s president. The announcement about Jay-Z came amid controversy over the Image Awards nomination of Jussie Smollett . The actor was nominated for the most outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his role as Jamal Lyons on the primetime TV show “ Empire. ” California’s Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters will also be honored this year with the NAACP Chairman’s Award and radio legend Tom Joyner will receive the Vanguard Award. Other award recipients will be revealed during the TV One’s live broadcast, which will be hosted by “ Black-ish ” star Anthony Anderson . For more information about the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards, click here . SEE ALSO: NAACP Image Awards Breaks The Internet With Laughs, Activism And Star Power Top Moments From The 2016 NAACP Image Awards [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3839159″ overlay=”true”]
Shay Johnson On Headline Heat Shay Johnson has been in our lives via reality tv for over a decade now, and she’s showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The Love & Hip Hop Miami star stopped by to clear up some of the wildest headlines Bossip has ever written about her — including the real story behind her Season one busted bun and beef with fellow cast member JoJo. Shay also dished about her new non-profit organization that she started with her brothers in which they travel to different schools around the South and speak to the youth about life. Check it out in the video above.
