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Hate Crimes: Maryland Man Murders Transgender Woman After She “Embarrassed” Him In Front Of His Friends

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Benny Hollywood

Man Murders Transgender Woman After She Embarrassed Him In Front Of His Friends Did embarrassment lead to the shooting death of a 21-year-old transgender woman in Maryland? Via CBS News : Police say 20-year-old Rico LeBlond shot and killed Zella Ziona, whose legal name was DeAndre Smith, on Oct. 15, because Ziona “began acting flamboyantly towards LeBlond and greatly embarrassed Leblond in front of his peers,” according to charging documents obtained by CBS affiliate WUSA. Investigators wrote in the document that the suspect and victim has been engaged in a “simmering dispute that had been escalating” as a result of their friendship becoming public. LeBlond is suspected of shooting Ziona multiple times in the head and groin. Police are considering hate crime charges against LeBlond, who is already facing a first degree murder charge. But the victim’s family tells WUSA that they’re already convinced the motive was hate. “I do believe in my heart that this was a hate crime,” said Kalany Thomas, Ziona’s aunt. Kalany Thomas and Sade Thomas, a cousin of the victim, both told WUSA that Ziona previously had trouble with people because she was a transgender woman. “I just want to know why?” Said Sade Thomas. “Why did you take such a beautiful, amazing soul like that and he was never the type of person to hate you or do anything to you?” Twice as many transgender or gender nonconforming people have been killed in the United States this year compared to last year, according to statistics gathered by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, an advocacy group. This woman didn’t deserve to die! Continue reading →

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Here’s What Happened When Beyonce Slayed The World At #TIDALX1020

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Hilarious Reactions To Bey’s Tidal Concert Performance Everyone is buzzing over Queen Bey and her majestic ponytail’s Earth-stopping performance at Tidal’s star-studded charity megashow that sparked endless hysteria across the internet in the Holy name of bedazzled Beysus. Hit the flip for must-see reactions to Queen Bey’s Tidal show slayage.

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#OutInHipHip Amber Says THIS Is Why She Didn’t Know Miles Was Gay—But Does She Secretly Still Love Him?

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Benny Hollywood

“Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’s” Amber Responds To Fan Criticism Over Miles After Miles came out on Monday’s episode of “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” , his ex Amber Laura continued to respond to fans online. After catching shade from her Miles’ boyfriend Milan… Amber responded to people like him who thought she should’ve known all along that her high school sweetheart liked men. According to her she was simply a “true believer of what was told to her.” Poor thang. But wait, is Amber still in love with Miles??? Hit the flip to see what she said… Continue reading →

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A Lil Positivity: African Billionaire Tony Elumelu Launches $100 Million Program To Help Black Businesses

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Benny Hollywood

Tony Elumelu Launches $100 Million Program To Help Black Businesses Tony Elumelu, an attributed philanthropist and African billionaire has just launched a program to help African American businesses under his Toney Elumelu Foundation according to Financial Juneteenth : In 2014, Elumelu, along with other prominent American and African business moguls, partnered to form a summit in Washington DC that consisted of more than 45 African and American business heads, along with 50 African business leaders. The common theme of the platform was to see to the improvement in the economic stance of Africans, as well as African-Americans, and to create advancement opportunities for all who interacted. The vision set forth by Tony Elumelu is one that he believes merges more than simple aid; it creates a solid partnership between Africa and the U.S. It’s the beginning of a business journey that takes a different, but more rewarding, path for all of those invested. The trip to Africa taken by President Obama was another key indicator that steps are being taken in the right directions to strengthen business ventures between Africa and America. These attempts coexist with The Tony Elumelu Foundation as it extends its principles for growth to businesses owned or started by women and minorities. The most significant move, by far, is the entrepreneurship program that The Tony Elumelu Foundation will spearhead. It is designed on a financial standing of $100,000,000 to be disbursed among entrepreneurs throughout the U.S and Africa. This newly formed relationship between Africa and the U.S is one that can create a positive mode of growth for African American entrepreneurs who stay the course and take the route the foundation has designed. Investing in Black entrepreneurs and businesses is a great way to see the community grow! Discuss. Continue reading →

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A Lil Positivity: African Billionaire Tony Elumelu Launches $100 Million Program To Help Black Businesses

Posted on October 18, 2015 by admin2

Tony Elumelu Launches $100 Million Program To Help Black Businesses Tony Elumelu, an attributed philanthropist and African billionaire has just launched a program to help African American businesses under his Toney Elumelu Foundation according to Financial Juneteenth : In 2014, Elumelu, along with other prominent American and African business moguls, partnered to form a summit in Washington DC that consisted of more than 45 African and American business heads, along with 50 African business leaders. The common theme of the platform was to see to the improvement in the economic stance of Africans, as well as African-Americans, and to create advancement opportunities for all who interacted. The vision set forth by Tony Elumelu is one that he believes merges more than simple aid; it creates a solid partnership between Africa and the U.S. It’s the beginning of a business journey that takes a different, but more rewarding, path for all of those invested. The trip to Africa taken by President Obama was another key indicator that steps are being taken in the right directions to strengthen business ventures between Africa and America. These attempts coexist with The Tony Elumelu Foundation as it extends its principles for growth to businesses owned or started by women and minorities. The most significant move, by far, is the entrepreneurship program that The Tony Elumelu Foundation will spearhead. It is designed on a financial standing of $100,000,000 to be disbursed among entrepreneurs throughout the U.S and Africa. This newly formed relationship between Africa and the U.S is one that can create a positive mode of growth for African American entrepreneurs who stay the course and take the route the foundation has designed. Investing in Black entrepreneurs and businesses is a great way to see the community grow! Discuss. Continue reading →

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Panty Melter: The Ladies Are Going CRAZY Over Chocolatey Realtor Donny Blaylock, Jr.

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Donny Blaylock, Jr. Drives The Ladies Crazy 23-year-old Realtor/model Donnell Blaylock, Jr. is the latest chocolately obsession who broke the internet with a steamy thirst trap video that attracted endless heart eyes, marriage proposals and lusty women willing to risk it all to his thirst-flooded Instagram page. Hit the flip for a peek into the Donny Blaylock, Jr. hysteria.

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A Lil Positivity: Black Engineer Joins Forces With Non-Profits To Bring More Minorities To The Tech Industry

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Black Engineers Makinde Adeagbo Creates Non-Profit To Help Blacks In Tech How important are Black people in STEM careers ? Makinde Adeagbo knows how isolating it can be to live and work in Silicon Valley as Black man . The techie says it’s even more isolating to be a software engineer in the sea of white faces… Via Good Black News : Adeagbo, who is an engineer at the San Francisco company Pinterest, says he can go weeks without spotting another black engineer in America’s tech hub. “It’s not only that you are the only black person in the room or in the company, often times you are the only black person you see in Palo Alto or Menlo Park,” says Adeagbo, 30. About 1% of engineers at Facebook and Google are African American. The population of Palo Alto, Calif. is 2% African American, Menlo Park, Calif., is under 5%. Adeagbo says he hit on the idea while volunteering as a mentor to a couple of computer science students. “These students knew they had someone who had their backs, whom they could look up to and reach out to when they needed help. I thought to myself: Every black software engineer could accomplish a lot if they had someone like this,” says Adeagbo. . The name /dev/color is a reference to a common directory on computer systems “as well as our efforts to strengthen the community of Black software engineers, engineers of color,” he says. Adeagbo’s /dev/color is joining Black Girls Code, Code 2040 and the Hidden Genius Project, a new and growing wave of enterprising organizations founded by African Americans aimed at addressing the scarcity of African Americans in the tech industry. “Other black software engineers need to provide this for the black engineers coming behind them,” says Adeagbo, who is splitting his time between /dev/color and Pinterest. “We all need to work together to pull ourselves up and make sure we are accomplishing all that we can.” #BlackSTEMLivesMatter

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What Are Thooooooose?! Steph Curry Gets Relen

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Hate it had to be you Steph … Steph Curry’s Chelsea Boots Get Roasted Steph Curry recently felt the heat of social media slander after the basketball great posed for a picture with his beautiful wife. On Sunday Ayesha Curry posted a picture of she and Steph stepping out captioned “Matchmaker.” In it, Steph was seen sporting some camel colored Chelsea boots…. and OF COURSE fans blasted the “sassy” (but very expensive) Saint Laurent shoes. Steph Curry wearing female boots smh the GOAT shooter Shuttlesworth would never — #GOBLUE #BEATSTATE (@GottiGullyGutta) October 11, 2015 After at first locking down his Instagram to stop the barrage of comments… Steph is responding and being a good sport about it—while mentioning that he wore them to an event with President Obama and Yeezy. Stunt Stephen, stunt. What do YOU think about Steph Curry’s Sassy Saint Laurents??? Hit the flip for more reactions.

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#ByeWigs: Nene Leakes Says She’s ‘Happier’ Since Leaving RHOA And Explains Why She Jumped Ship

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Nene Leakes Says She’s Happier Since Leaving RHOA Former RHOA star Nene Leakes recently opened up about her reality TV past and says she feels much ‘happier’ since departying from the Bravo series. Leakes said this to CBS News : I feel like I’m happier. When you work in a lot of negativity, it becomes a part of who you are and I feel like I’m getting back to me, myself and I. It’s happy and free. It’s been a refreshing time away from the girls. I’ve done [the show] every season for eight years so I really needed to have a break. I’m not saying I would never ever go back, but it was good to step away. I’m a part of the Bravo family. I love Bravo, they love me — I have a great relationship with Andy Cohen. Everybody over there loves me. We all have a good relationship. I started the show and I’d go back whenever I felt like going back. I just don’t ever want to say never. When was the breaking point ? The whole time I was doing season 7, I was just dying. I was like, “Oh my God. I can’t take it anymore.” To me, when I really, really was like “This is it” was when I walked into scenes and the girls would just focus on me as if they wanted to argue with me. Do you think Nene will ever return to RHOA??

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No Justice: Experts Conclude That Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Was ‘Justified’

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This…is…some…bull…isht. Reviews Say Cleveland Officer Acted Reasonably In Shooting Tamir Rice Two “independent” experts have concluded the unarmed shooting death of Tamir Rice was justified. According to a retired F.B.I. agent and a prosecutor, officer Tim Loehmann acted “justifiable” when he shot the 12-year-old within two seconds for holding a toy gun. The New York Times reports: Two outside investigators looking into the death of Tamir Rice have concluded that a Cleveland police officer, Tim Loehmann, acted reasonably in deciding last year to shoot when he confronted the 12-year-old boy carrying what turned out to be a replica gun. Those opinions, reached separately by a Colorado prosecutor and a former F.B.I. supervisory special agent, were released Saturday night by the Cuyahoga County prosecutor, Timothy J. McGinty, whose office will ultimately present evidence in the case to a grand jury to decide on possible criminal charges. “The question is not whether every officer would have reacted the same way,” Kimberly A. Crawford, the retired F.B.I. agent, wrote in her report, which noted that Officer Loehmann had no way of knowing Tamir’s gun was fake. “Rather, the relevant inquiry is whether a reasonable officer, confronting the exact same scenario under identical conditions could have concluded that deadly force was necessary.” The reports, which were commissioned by the prosecutor’s office, come almost 11 months after the shooting outside a recreation center on Nov. 22, 2014. Both Ms. Crawford and S. Lamar Sims, the prosecutor from Colorado, said in their reports that they were evaluating Officer Loehmann’s actions under the United States Constitution, not Ohio state law. “There can be no doubt that Rice’s death was tragic and, indeed, when one considers his age, heartbreaking,” Mr. Sims wrote. But he added that “Officer Loehmann’s belief that Rice posed a threat of serious physical harm or death was objectively reasonable as was his response to that perceived threat.” SMFH…this is just the latest bit of tragic news surrounding Tamir’s death. What do YOU think about this situation???

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