New jacks taking shots at vets? Cold game. In a recent interview with DJ Drama, T.I. introduced his new “Hustle Gang,” which includes Australian female rapper Iggy Azalea, who made XXL Magazine’s 2012 Freshman cover. Previously, another upcoming female rapper, Azealia Banks, didn’t hesitate to question Azalea’s XXL Freshman selection and also took the Interscope Records artist to task for using the term “slave master” in one of her rhymes… Continue
Married to 2 women… AT THE SAME DAMN TIME! Facebook ’s automatic efforts to connect users through “friends” they may know recently led two Washington women to find out they were married to the same man, at the same time: Corrections officer Alan L. O’Neill, is being slapped with bigamy charges. According to charging documents filed Thursday, O’Neill married a woman in 2001, moved out in 2009, changed his name and remarried without divorcing her. The first wife first noticed O’Neill had moved on to another woman when Facebook suggested the friendship connection to wife No. 2 under the “People You May Know” feature. “Wife No. 1 went to wife No. 2’s page and saw a picture of her and her husband with a wedding cake,” Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist told The Associated Press. Wife No. 1 then called the defendant’s mother. “An hour later the defendant arrived at (Wife No. 1’s) apartment, and she asked him several times if they were divorced,” court records show. “The defendant said, ‘No, we are still married.’” Neither O’Neill nor his first wife had filed for divorce, according to charging documents. The name change came in December, and later that month he married his second wife. O’Neill allegedly told wife No. 1 not to tell anybody about his dual marriages, that he would fix it, the documents state. But wife No. 1 alerted authorities. “Facebook is now a place where people discover things about each other they end up reporting to law enforcement,” Lindquist said. If you’re going to do dirt, be smart enough to keep it off your favorite social networking site. Source More On Bossip! Eff A Traveler’s Digest: 10 Countries With Beautiful BLACK Women Action! Stars That Were Offered Large Sums Of Money To Make Adult Movies…Did They Take It?! TwitterFiles: Tisha Campbell Says People Need To Leave Her Husband Out Of Will And Jada’s “Divorce” Crazy In Love: Women That Went A Little Cuckoo For The Men They Loved
This lady had it all the way poppin at Rikers. SMH: A former city Corrections officer will likely end up behind bars after she admitted Thursday to having sex with an inmate and selling Ecstasy, cigarettes and booze while she worked on Rikers Island, officials said. Clara Espada, 41, pleaded guilty to third-degree bribe receiving — a D-class felony — and misdemeanor forcible touching. A criminal complaint says Espada had sex three times with a male inmate, who has not been named. He told investigators he slept with the officer and helped broker deals that netted the woman nearly $300 a week over four months, court documents show. Espada was arrested Wednesday after an eight-month investigation , the Department of Investigation said. The crimes were committed in the George Motchan Detention Center between July 2009 and January 2010, while Espada — who has worked for the Corrections Department since December 2004 — was earning a $76,488 salary. She was restricted from inmate contact and placed on modified duty in June 2011 when the investigation first began, according to the DOI. “Arrest, prosecution, jail time, and the loss of a valuable city job is the likely end for any correction officer who receives bribes to transport contraband into the city jails,” DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn said. Under the plea deal, Espada — who resigned from her Corrections post earlier this month — is expected to be sentenced to six months behind bars followed by three years probation, the DOI said. Source photo: Paul Lowry More On Bossip! Eff A Traveler’s Digest: 10 Countries With Beautiful BLACK Women Action! Stars That Were Offered Large Sums Of Money To Make Adult Movies…Did They Take It?! TwitterFiles: Tisha Campbell Says People Need To Leave Her Husband Out Of Will And Jada’s “Divorce” Crazy In Love: Women That Went A Little Cuckoo For The Men They Loved
“Mo’ money, mo’ problems” seems to be the theme today Touchdown-machine Santonio Holmes better not get too attached to his giant new paycheck from the Jets because TMZ has learned, a woman he knocked up back in 2002 wants a fat raise … in child support: Just months after Holmes signed a 5-year deal with the Jets worth nearly $50 million, a woman named Nicole King has filed a petition in Florida for child support modification … demanding way more money from the star wide receiver. King cites Holmes’ new contract in the docs — claiming, “There has been a substantial change in circumstances in that [Holmes’] income has substantially increased since the entry of the final judgment and the needs to the child have increased.” King doesn’t specify how much extra cash she wants now that Holmes is rolling in more dough than ever — but according to the current child support order, Holmes is already required to pay the woman $4,000 a month … and even buy her a house. Pity Holmes can’t also buy his team’s way into the playoffs. More On Bossip! Eff A Traveler’s Digest: 10 Countries With Beautiful BLACK Women Action! Stars That Were Offered Large Sums Of Money To Make Adult Movies…Did They Take It?! TwitterFiles: Tisha Campbell Says People Need To Leave Her Husband Out Of Will And Jada’s “Divorce” Crazy In Love: Women That Went A Little Cuckoo For The Men They Loved
Is it high fashion or She by Sherree? Last October Kanye West debuted his first womenswear line to world, now he’s just finished unveiling his 2nd collection during Paris Fashion Week. The Fall/Winter 2012 Ready-to-Wear Collection draws upon many of the concepts established previously and presents them in a more refined manner. Plus, Yeezy has already made it very clear that he can design a bangin’ but expensive azz shoe . So flip through the photos and tell us what you think… GettyImages
Looks like Karaoke and her “dry rice cakes” are trying to get buck in this thang … Recently RihRih sparked more talk of beef with Breezy’s girlfriend Karrueche when she tweeted a photo of a bag of rice cakes with gold earrings and black shades that many interpreted as a racist jab at Breezy’s half-Vietnamese boo thang. Welp! Karrueche fired back, though, posting on her Facebook, “I’m Angeline [sic], you’re Jen. C’mon you see where Brad is at,” referencing the famous Angelina/Brad/Jennifer Aniston love triangle… And we all know how that ended. Although, she may have already scrubbed the Facebook jab, she did leave some evidence of the shots she took at RihRih. We’re not why she’s so happy about homegirl “loosing” but the girl has Nicki quotes for days. Social networking swipes aside, does Karrueche’s accusation hold up? Given recent reports, it seems HIGHLY unlikely that Karrueche is an Angelina to Rihanna’s Jennifer. For one, Karrueche has admitted that the two are in an “open relationship” and two, the never ending rumors that Chris Brown has been chopping down RihRih for quite some time now don’t seem to be coming to a stop anytime soon. Sorry boo, you need more people. But Karrueche ain’t going out like no punk! Check out the shots she fired directly at Rihanna’s loyal group of fans on her personal facebook page next…
Might be time to get that passport ladies… For most people, good-looking men don’t normally qualify as a tourist attraction. But that could all change thanks to Traveler’s Digest and their newly-published list of where the world’s hottest men call home. While the magazine doesn’t give much detail about their choices, they do assure readers that the selection process was based entirely on a woman’s perspective. We’re not sure which woman, but we hope she didn’t bring home any permanent souvenirs. So pack your bags, lady travelers, and declare your independence from the tired, wack man crop in your neck of the woods. After all, mingling with the natives technically counts as a cultural experience worthy of more than just a notch on the bedpost.
Don’t sleep on Becky from the ‘burbs… she just might be holdin’ a glock. At least that’s the premise for the new “Pray For My Enemies” video from Virgin Islands duo Planet VI, which also features rapper Kardinal Official. Check out the video below: So, what did you think? More On Bossip! TwitterFiles: Out-Of-Pocket Nicki Minaj Stans Go HAM On Jill Scott After She Tweets About Exorcism Grammy Performance! Which NBA Player Was Hanging Out With This Boobed Out Beck During All-Star Weekend? A Lil Black Matrimony-dom: Comedian Kel Mitchell Weds His Boo Thang Asia Lee Take The Advice: People That Got Together When Everyone Told Them Not To
Black women in America may tend to be heavier than white women but they are far happier with their bodies, a study has found : A nationwide survey found that 66 per cent of overweight or obese black women had high self esteem compared to 41 per cent of average-sized or thin white women. The survey by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation interviewed more than 800 women across America to compile one of the most comprehensive studies in decades. However black women remain more likely to slip into obesity and suffer higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and other weight-related health problems. The survey discovered that 90 per cent of black women thought living a healthful lifestyle is very important, outranking religion, career and marriage. Having ‘meat on your bones’ and ‘something to grab on to’ has always been considered healthy and larger black women celebrated and flaunted their bodies. “Big, black and beautiful” as the motto goes. But do you feel that because being big has become widely accepted in the Black Community as opposed to other races? Has that perception of beauty translated into our health taking a backseat, whereas in the White community being considered big is normally associated with being unhealthy? Source More On Bossip! Stand By Your Man: Rihanna Is In Full Support Of Chris “Gimme Dat” Brown While He Awaits Word On Cell-Phone-Stealing Charges, Sends Lyrical Sub-Tweets About Getting Him Back! Exhibitionists Pt. 1: The Most Revealing Celebrity Twitpics Of All Time Matrimony-dom: Evelyn Lozada Spills The Beans About Her Wedding Plans With Chad Ochocinco! Jesus Take The Men’s Wearhouse Card: The Funniest Photoshop Pictures Of Jaheim’s Blue Suit [Photos]
This is a shame. Deadbeat dads dependent on government benefits may be truly S.O.L. thanks to the latest changes in the Treasury Department. Old child support debts could cost thousands of poor men their only income next year because of a policy aimed at reducing the cost to the government of mailing paper checks to pay federal benefits. The Treasury Department will start paying benefits electronically next March. It will stop issuing the paper checks that many people rely on to safeguard a portion of their benefits from states trying to collect back child support. States can freeze the bank accounts of people who owe child support. A separate Treasury Department rule, in place since last May in a preliminary form, guarantees them the power to freeze Social Security, disability and veterans’ benefits that have been deposited into those accounts. Once paper checks are eliminated, about 275,000 people could lose access to all of their income, advocates say. In many cases, the bills are decades old and the children long grown. Much of the money owed is interest and fees that add up when men are unable to pay because they are disabled, institutionalized or imprisoned. Most of the money will go to governments, not to the children of the men with child support debts, independent analyses show. States are allowed to keep child support money as repayment for welfare previously provided for those children. In some instances, the grown children are supporting their fathers. The rule change illustrates how a politically desirable goal like cracking down on so-called deadbeat dads can have complicated, even counterproductive, effects in practice. “The rule doesn’t look at the fact that the money is mostly interest, the money is going to the state, the kids are usually adults, and it’s leaving the payer with nothing,” says Ashlee Highland, a legal aid attorney who works with the poor of Chicago. Highland says her office has clients in eviction, in foreclosure and unable to pay their bills because of states’ aggressive efforts to collect back child support. Marcial Herrera, 44, has had his bank account frozen repeatedly since 2009, blocking his access to $800 a month in government benefits. Unable to work because of a severe back injury he suffered in 2000, Herrera fell behind on child support. He owes more than $7,000 – not to his 22-year-old son, but to the state of New York, because his son received welfare years earlier. Herrera sought help in court and had his son speak on his behalf, but the judge could not erase the thousands he already owed. “I’m just waiting for them to lock me up,” he says. “I don’t see no other way of me repaying that debt.” A legal aid attorney suggested Herrera collect his benefits by paper check. It costs him $15 to cash the check each month, but at least he can be sure that he will have money to pay his bills. States have had the ability to freeze accounts for years. That’s why people like Herrera rely on paper checks to safeguard part of their income. Starting next March, that option will disappear. The Treasury Department will deposit federal benefits directly into bank accounts or load them onto prepaid debit cards. Either way, state child support agencies will be able to seize all of it. Electronic payments are expected to save the government $1 billion over the next 10 years, the Treasury Department says. It costs the government about $1 to mail a check, compared with about 10 cents for an electronic transfer. The Treasury Department understands that forcing people into direct deposit could deprive them of all of their income, say officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the rule-writing process. States can garnish only 65 percent of benefits before the federal government sends them out. But the limit does not apply once the money is in an account and states ask banks to freeze it, according to a Treasury Department memo obtained by The Associated Press. A Treasury spokesman declined to discuss the policy. Letting state agencies seize the money contradicts the public stance of the Department of Health and Human Services, the federal agency in charge of child support collections. The department does not want states to collect child support so aggressively that poor people lose their only income, spokesman Ken Wolfe says. “Child support enforcement – getting that money and passing it on to parents and children – is a measure to fight poverty, and it doesn’t make sense to accomplish that by impoverishing somebody else,” he says. Wolfe said HHS is developing guidelines for states to “make sure we’re not putting someone into deep poverty as a result of an automatic collection.” He declined to provide details of those plans. Lawyers from HHS agreed with Treasury’s decision to let states seize benefits, according to the Treasury memo. An early version of the Treasury department rule protected people from having their federal benefits frozen by debt collectors – including private collection agencies and states seeking back child support. State child support agencies replied in public comments on the proposed rule that blocking their access to people’s benefits would cause great harm to parents and children receiving child support. HHS research suggests the policy could deepen the hardship for people who collect benefits as well. People who owe large amounts of child support are almost universally poor. Among those owing $30,000 or more, three-fourths had no reported income or income of less than $10,000, HHS says. Many had their earnings interrupted by disability or jail time and are unlikely to repay the child support debt, the government-sponsored research says. The usual methods of collecting back child support often don’t work with the poor. States typically start by garnishing wages. If that doesn’t work, they can suspend driver’s licenses, revoke passports and take away professional credentials. Those measures have little effect on poor people without jobs who rely on federal benefits. They have no wages to garnish and no passports. Many can’t afford a car and do not need a driver’s license. The White House is reviewing the final version of the rule. Its impact so far has been limited, legal-aid lawyers say, because people can still use paper checks. A White House spokeswoman did not respond a request for comment. In a letter sent last week, the National Consumer Law Center and dozens of other groups called on the head of the Social Security Administration to withdraw his support for the rule. “While both current and past due child support orders should be paid,” the letter said, it should not result “in the complete impoverishment of recipients” of federal benefits. The issue has failed to raise alarm in part because most people feel little in common with men labeled deadbeat dads, says John Vail, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Litigation who provided legal services for the poor for decades. “There’s not a lot of sympathy for deadbeat dads, and justly so,” Vail says. “But everybody’s got limits, and I think people who have never walked a mile in some of those old, worn-out shoes are a little quick to rush to judgment about what that life might be like.” See Uncle Sam will always find a way to put his hand in your pocket… even when your pockets are EMPTY! The states shouldn’t be entitled to outdated payments, interest, none of that. Especially not if the kids are grown. SMH This ish is cray! Source YouTube More On Bossip! For Discussion: Viola Davis Wears Her Hair Natural To The Oscars – Revolutionary Or Not? For The Stans: Beyonce, Jay-Z And Blue Ivy Carter Hit The Streets Of NYC For Their First Family Outing [Photos] Has Sweathog Rick Ross Got His Paws On Amber Rose’s Cakes Now? Shining Stars: A Gallery Of Celebrities At The NBA All-Star Game
