R.I.P. Texas Rapper Big T Passes Away At Age 52 Sad news for fans of Texas hip-hop. Rapper Big T, real name Terence Prejean, most famous for providing the vocals on the hook of 1999 hit “Wanna Be A Baller” by Lil Troy, passed away on Monday inside a Houston hospital. His official cause of death remains unknown, but at the time of this article, reports from close friends to the Associated Press point to a possible heart attack. SMH. May he rest in peace. Getty/Instagram/YouTube
KJW / Splash News Blac Chyna No Longer Bringing In The Big Bucks For Club Appearnces Blac Chyna’s “value” has plummeted at clubs across America, and the reason is simply her Kardashian Klout has dried up. BC is apparently turning 30 next week, and she allegedly released a statement to all promoters that she’s available for club bookings and walk throughs. According to TMZ Chyna’s earning power has dropped since her break up with Rob Kardashian. She went from booking appearances that paid her up to $30k only a few months ago with Rob & family, to now struggling to snag more than $7k per walk through. One promoter said he “wouldn’t pay her a penny more than $5k because Chyna without Rob is like Sonny without Cher.” Another top Miami promoter said “the max he’d shell out is $2k because she’s not relevant anymore.” Other promoters are saying her being boo’ed up with 18-year-old rapper YBN Almighty Jay, is hurting her even more because he can’t even get into a 21-and-over club.
Getty Images NASA Science Competition Hacked By Racist Trolls NASA has admitted to shutting down the public voting for one of their innovation competitions after a hacker tried to rig the vote against a trio of Black girls who were in the lead. “On Sunday, April 29, hackers attempted to change the vote totals in the NASA OPSPARC Challenge, so managers of the challenge decided to end public voting to protect the integrity of the results,” the agency announced in a statement . The Banneker Academic High School students—Bria Snell, India Skinner, and Mikayla Sharrieff—were competing in NASA Goddard’s Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge. Their entry involved creating technology that would purify water in public schools, and had taken an early lead in the final with a whopping 70% of the vote, according to The Ro ot . Now, it looks like NASA had to shut down the voting due to a hacker’s racist intentions to prevent the girls from winning. The prize is a trip to the agency’s national space program in Maryland. The statement continued, “Unfortunately, it was brought to NASA’s attention yesterday that some members of the public used social media, not to encourage students and support STEM, but to attack a particular student team based on their race and encouraged others to disrupt the contest and manipulate the vote, and the attempt to manipulate the vote occurred shortly after those posts.” The Washington Post reports say that the “anonymous posters used racial epithets, argued that the students’ project did not deserve to be a finalist and said that the black community was voting for the teens only because of their race. They urged people to vote against the Banneker trio, and one user offered to put the topic on an Internet thread about President Trump to garner more attention. They recommended computer programs that would hack the voting system to give a team of teenage boys a boost.” The winners of the competition are to be announced in the next few weeks, a NASA Goddard spokesperson told Newsweek . “NASA continues to support outreach and education for all Americans, and encourages all of our children to reach for the stars,” they said.
(Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for D’USSE) Emily B Flashes Her Smile After Domestic Drama Emily B reapeared on Instagram today via her Insta-story where she took a still shot of herself and son Jonas, flashing a smile. It was just a few weeks ago when news broke that her allegedly belligerent baby daddy loosened her teeth up after he hit her in the mouth. In an official summons and complaint against Fab – which was obtained by BOSSIP – Emily B said her sons’ father committed domestic violence against her, punching her in the head seven times, “causing severe damage to her two front teeth,” which later had to be medically removed. Looks like she got them replaced…right? We wish Emily B the best!
PG / Splash News Destiny’s Child Will Reportedly Be Part Of On The Run Tour II For all the folks who have been clamoring for a Destiny’s Child reunion, there’s good news. UK tabloid The Sun reports that Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will be joining select dates on the OTR II tour. “Beyonce worked tirelessly on her Coachella headline performance but the crowning moment was her medley with Kelly and Michelle. They really enjoyed working together again after so long and now Bey is keen for them to be part of On The Run II. The girls have their own work commitments and families but could fly out for certain dates to surprise fans because they’re all aware of the demand for a reunion. “It is the perfect way to celebrate 20 years since their debut album.” Good news right?! The tabloid also points out that even after their second Coachella performance, the ladies reunited AGAIN for Peter Dundas’ LA store opening last Tuesday. Check out photos from that below then hit the flip for the latest from Bey’s IG: Can you keep up?
Tekashi69 Just Lost Out On A $4.9 Million Deal Tekashi69 must be pretty upset with himself right now, because the rapper just flushed a $4.9 million down the toilet. The headphones company that the Brooklyn native was about to lock a multi-million dollar endorsement with has decided to pull out of the deal. TMZ spoke with a representative at TUNES Audio, who revealed that because 6ix9ine is now a person of interest in an NYC shooting, that was enough for the company to decide not to close the deal. The rep continued on saying that they believe, “at this time it is in the best interest of our company to move on. We wish him well, he’s a great artist.” Under the now debunked deal, Tekashi was on board to promote TUNES Audio’s red $249 headphones in exchange for a healthy $4.9 million check. Now, that whole exchange has been washed down the drain since he’s a person of interest, and was just recently barred from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
(Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images) Goofy Dude Gets Curved On “Let’s Make A Deal” Poor Wayne Brady didn’t know what to do to save this guys from national embarrassment. But, honestly, why can’t buddy take a hint?? Oh no. This man was just put in the friend zone on national television. pic.twitter.com/dtbHj3P9fN — Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 27, 2018
Image via Alex Wong/Getty Images Donald Trump Complains About Difficulty Of Watching Paralympics Donald Trump became President of The United States after infamously mocking a disabled reporter during the 2016 campaign. Yesterday, according to NYDailyNews , Trump again displayed his inability to be a decent human being while hosting Paralymic athletes who competed in Pyeongchang, China in March. “What happened with the Paralympics was so incredible and so inspiring to me,” Trump said, standing on the White House North Portico surrounded by members of the Olympic and Paralympic teams. “And I watched — it’s a little tough to watch too much, but I watched as much as I could.” “A little tough to watch”? Do handicapped people make him THAT uncomfortable? In a word, yes. TRUMP (talking about Paralympians): It's a little tough to watch, but I watched as much as I could. Imagine losing your legs then fighting your way to the top of a new sport only to be INSULTED by the President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/algPdZL4Sb — Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) April 27, 2018 Obviously, Trump’s boot-lickers rushed to his defense with some weak-azz excuse about how he was only referring tow “tough” it was to watch because of his schedule *emoji eye-roll*. Sure.
pic.twitter.com/tI9ibs14w2 — Raphael de la Ghetto (@iLoveSmick) April 25, 2018 Hilarious Memes Of The Week Back at it again with MORE hilarious memes for your weekend funny. “T’challa this, T’challa that. Nobody ever wanna hear about Chadwick” pic.twitter.com/lxhHw5udlG — Ol'Man Banter (@luvuyo_maseko) April 24, 2018 Peep all the best (and funniest) memes of the week on the flip.
