You ever hear the phrase, “once you go Black, you never go back”? It’s a pretty popular saying that indicates that once you taste the sweet mocha nectar of Black love, you won’t ever want to go anywhere else. Well, it’s not always true. Here are some celebrities that dated Black but went astray.
Congratulations are in order for NBA player Rashard Lewis and Giovanni Fortes, who tied the knot August 13 in California. The couple have two beautiful children together, their son Rashard Jr. who is 13 months and 4-year-old daughter Gianna. The couple have have been together for 11 years — they met when Rashard was playing for the Supersonics and Giovanni was attending college in Seattle. We’ve got all the details on the wedding, which took place Saturday at 6pm at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The bride entered to “Never Felt This Way” by Alicia Keys and the couples’ kids served as flower girl and ringbearer. The couple were married in front of 250 guests (including Matt Barnes and Gloria Govan and Jameer Nelson and his wife Imani) by Reverend Cathleen O’Connell. Keep clicking for lots more wedding photos.
Hyped for Kim Kardashian’s wedding ? Good, because this may be the end of the road for Kimmy’s dating days. In the meantime, we’ll take a look at the many men that were rumored to have chopped down Kimmy’s massive cakes.
Coincidence or was this heffa really crazy enough to pay someone to kill her baby’s father after posting it on Facebook??? “I will pay somebody a stack to kill my baby father,” London Eley wrote on her Facebook status May 23. On Monday night the father of her baby was shot dead in West Philly, police say. Eley was already brought up on murder solicitation and weapons charges for the murder-for-hire Facebook post, and was in court on Monday when a judge upheld those charges. The father of Eley’s baby, 22-year-old Corey White, was shot once in the chest hours after the court hearing, police say. Police cannot yet say if White’s murder had anything to do with Eley’s death wish. White spoke to NBC Philadelphia in June, saying that he was scared for his life. “I never thought she would do anything like that,” White told NBC Philadelphia, with only his shoes showing for the camera. “I didn’t know she was that type of person.” Eley, 19, was arrested June 12 along with the alleged hitman-to-be, 18-year-old Timothy Bynum of Darby. After Eley wrote the status, and commented further that she wanted White “DEAD! HATE HIM,” Bynum responded on the social networking page: “say no more. what he look like. where he be at. need that stack 1st ima mop that bull.” A “stack” is slang for $1,000. “I just took it upon myself to go ahead and make sure that I wouldn’t have any done to me,” White told NBC Philadelphia. “On pictures that [Bynum] has, he has guns his pictures on Facebook. So of course you wouldn’t take anything like that lightly.” White went to police with his aunt, who was the first to see the threatening messages on Facebook. After Monday’s court hearing, defense lawyer Gerald Stein said Eley was only venting and exchanged messages with Bynum for an hour, but never met him. Eley and Bynum have been incarcerated since police arrested them in June. SMH Source
In her continuing quest to cover every single magazine in the world in one summer, Beyonce sat down with the good folks at InStyle for a little spread and chat. And guess what she’s talking about in the interview… It was great to be a wife and travel with [my husband]. I had to turn down great things. I did it for my sanity, my life, my relationships, my nephew, my husband, my sister and my friendships. I deserved to give myself time to focus on things besides performing, filming and recording.” When you’re young —18 or 19 — you have the energy and drive. That’s the time to work as hard as you can. Now I’m a woman, and because I gave it my all, I can focus on my marriage. I can decide I want to have kids. I can be the mother I want to be and dedicate myself to my children. Yup. Any minute now… Check out footage from the photo shoot below. Source
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors married his college sweetheart Ayesha Alexander in North Carolina last week. Before jumping the broom, these two took a set of beautiful photos that included a couple… interesting poses. Is it just us, or does Stephen Curry look like he might be a friend of Chris Bosh??
When we think of “Ride Or Die” Tashera Simmons, longtime wife of DMX definitely comes to mind. She stayed by her hubby’s side through years of crack abuse and legal troubles, but finally threw the towel in after he had not 1, not 2, but somewhere in the neighborhood of FOUR outside kids! Still, there are some women who may have stayed anyway. Have a look at who we think they are when you continue.
A Keys stays gushing on and on about her matrimony-dom with lil skinny Swizzy: It seems that married life is agreeing with Alicia Keys. “It’s so fly,” the singer tells PEOPLE. “There’s something great about feeling at peace and ease with your partner and knowing you understand each other. I really enjoy that friendship.” Keys, 31, who will celebrate her one-year anniversary with producer husband Swizz Beatz on July 31, adds that being like-minded with her mate helps keep things harmonious. In fact, the two are so in sync that Keys even trusts Beatz (real name: Kaseem Dean) with helping her pick outfits for public appearances. “I can say, ‘I’m not sure about this look for the BET Awards. What do you think?’ and I know that he will honestly tell me exactly what’s up,” she says. The singer, who is also celebrating a professional anniversary – with the re-release her 2001 debut album, Songs in A Minor – says her wedding day tops the list of her favorite moments over a very eventful decade. “When I walked down [the aisle] and saw him, I could barely hold myself together,” she says. “It was so beautiful – just about he and I and our love. The wedding was one of the best days of my life.” Awww, how precious. They even wear color-coordinating outfits in public. Good for them. Via People
Another day, another married NBA player being put on blizzast! Metta World Peace, the baller formerly known as Ron Artest is the subject of the latest athlete sexting scandal. We don’t have all the details yet, but Deadspin, the same site that broke the news about Brett Favre flashing his weiner to that hot chick, posted this story today, with the promise of more to cum come on Monday, titled Stay Tuned On Monday For A Strange Tale Of Sexting With Ron Artest : I called Ron Artest shortly after two this afternoon, for the second time. I wanted to talk about dong shots, and a story we’re running Monday about a girl with whom he had a sexy-texting relationship. She wrote for us about the bizarre comedy of texting with Ron Artest. She didn’t ask us for money, nor did she ask Ron for pictures of his d*ck. But hey, we wanted to hear his side of the story. He picked up, and, after I identified myself, he denied that Ron Artest was speaking, even though I recognized his voice from the day before. To make matters worse, Artest gave himself away with a series of tweets this afternoon. Read them on the next page.
Kim Kardashian headed east to NYC today where she met up with her good friend La La and publicist Jonathan Cheban. The gang took a stroll to the SoHo outpost of Dash. They weren’t the only celebs enjoying the summer day. Beyonce and Hov enjoyed a romantic stroll in Battery Park, Ciara and Coco soaked up some sun in Miami and Halle and Nahla hit up the pediatrician’s office. Check out the photos when you continue…