A Gallery Of 2017 Breakups The year 2017 was horrible for most everyone. Relationships weren’t spared either. These relationships fell apart in the last 365 days. Some were relationships, some were engagements and some were full-on marriages. And sadly, most of them were uggggglyyyyyyy. So without further ado, take a look at some of the worst breakups of the year. And hug your bae while you’re at it.
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 14: Cardi B attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on September 14, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) Vogue Appropriates Acrylic Nails Black women have been wearing acrylic nail art for years and now Vogue wants to make it a trend called “manicure sculptures”??? Not only does that sound boring but it’s not original. C’mon Vogue, we see you. “Manicure sculptures” are the most extreme nail art yet. https://t.co/KQunQ3jofD pic.twitter.com/c0OGsAbBzk — Vogue Runway (@VogueRunway) December 29, 2017 Justifiably, Black people went in on their appropriated azzes over the tweet. Y’all call black people ghetto for having anything other than a plain color on their hands but when the hands are white it’s “manicure sculptures” …. Lmao trash The hood been doing long nails jewels and creations since the dawn of time. Catch the fuck up https://t.co/f3RGOWV8nx — Alluring Ivy (@Drebae_) December 30, 2017
Getty Images Cardi B Visits Fallon And People Are Chatting Cardi B visited The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and the animated Bronx entertainer sounded like a walking sound bite. Between the “okurrrrr’s”, “youknowwahimsaying” & “yea, aoooww’s”, Cardi explained to Fallon how she got her stage name, her feelings on her Grammy nominations and having a bunch of new God kids after fame. She also rocked a “classy” Fran Drescher-eque get up are you feeling it? Jimmy looks like he was enjoying all of Cardi’s over-the-top BX responses so much…he couldn’t even talk. Take a look. Jimmy interviews @iamcardib pic.twitter.com/rrSv09USBL — Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) December 21, 2017 Comments came pouring in about Cardi’s appearance, and she was seemingly eager to address haters in this IG post. If i wear a leotard with boots ,I’m dress like a hoe .If i dress like this ,I’m not being myself .Being myself is FASHION. Everyone knows I love Cardi. But when I saw her on Jimmy Fallon, all I could think of was Fru Fru from Zootopia you still looking good though mama @iamcardib pic.twitter.com/8MbedeK6Ou — leyley (@itsloveleyah) December 21, 2017 Hit the flip to see more reactions to Cardi’s odd and entertaining Tonight Show appearance.
VH1 Ceaser’s STD Is Revealed Last week the big Black Ink Crew suspense revolved around Ceaser’s revealed STD. Everyone knows he’s been out here raw-dogging without a problem and living his farmer tool-iest life possible. Well, now we know what it is. It’s a urinary track infection. Which is…umm…not actually an STD but not all that common for dudes. First of All It is Not Easy For A Dude To Get A UTI so damn wtf is You Doing Ceaser #BlackInkCrew pic.twitter.com/R8w4MwTq5j — Bonnie.B (@Prettyblcknina) December 21, 2017 Twitter went crazy with the jokes and so, so many questions. So let’s enjoy the comedy and the fact that a damn UTI has Ceaser is out here acting like his life has changed because of a little discomfort.
Getty Image Texas Surgeon Kills Himself And Two Children This is so sad. A Texas area surgeon, Dr. Christopher Dawson turned a gun on himself early Saturday morning after killing his daughter Aubrey, five, and son Luke, nine, at their home in North Richland Hills, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. The medical professional was said to have been suffering from depression and decided to “protect” his children from their fate when he decided to kill them. The Daily Mail is reporting that their mother, Rachel Dawson, was unharmed in the shooting and found their dead bodies around 6.30am and immediately called the police. All three are being memorialized today; the children had a joint service at 10am and the husband’s at 2pm. reportedly, Dawson’s obituary says that the 36-year-old was suffering from depression and addiction when he decided to take his life. An old neighbor of the couple, from when the family lived in Phoenix, said there were ‘warning signs’ and claimed the father was abusive. ‘He was very, very controlling of Rachel to the extent that after a certain point he no longer allowed her to be friends with us,’ Arial Borg told 12News. SMH, sad that the mother also had to lose her children during the holiday time. May the rest in peace.
The Internet Is Ruined The FCC has voted to repeal Net Neutrality. So what does that mean? That means they can ruin the internet. They can let Internet Service Providers slow your internet, charge you more and cut off vital information. It’s a disaster. Nobody is pleased about it, either. There are ways to resist for sure, like this: I trust everybody who text RESIST to 50409 — Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) December 14, 2017 DO IT! So take a look at the reactions, the people fighting and what’s next.
Joie Chavis Is Bae Joie Chavis has been in the news all 2017 for tossing Bow Wow to the curb then dating Future. The newfound attention has made people notice that she’s a baddie and a half. And recently, as you saw in the above pic, she put her cakes in sand and set the internet on fire. Now we see what the big fight was about. Get it, bae. We’d try to take you from Bow Wow, too.
WENN.com Lavar Ball’s Meat Printy Video Well, now we know why Lavar Ball has so much confidence. A video of Ball in full man-spread while wearing basketball shorts have surfaced and things are getting pretty bulgy. If you’re into that sort of thing then the look should be pretty revealing for you. . @_hoemo pic.twitter.com/uTKKqS1VcN — Yves, not Nayves (@AdamantxYves) December 3, 2017 At the very least it explains the confidence. Good for him.
PBS What We Know About Cyntoia Brown Over the past few days, celebrities have brought the story of Cyntoia Brown has come back to the forefront. The story of a young girl sentenced to “life” in prison has been around since 2004, but it’s back on many people’s minds and we sincerely hope a change comes out of it. So without further ado, let’s see what happened to Brown and how we can help. #FreeCyntoiaBrown System is broken, victims are prosecuted when they fight back. I stand my ground, Free Cyntoia Brown — Mutebi Alex Kato (@mutebilx_qato) November 21, 2017 Brown was a victim of sex trafficking. She was being sexually abused by a man she was living with who ordered her to get money from a man named Johnny Allen. She was afraid Allen would kill her so she shot him first. The prosecution argued that she shot him to steal from him.
Reasons To Miss Juju You’ve probably heard by now that after a decade of cute internet love, Cam’ron and Juju have called it quits. Damn, damn, damn. They were legitimately one of our favorite couples around and now it’s all over. Sad! Though we’ll probably see them back together by the time we open Christmas gifts. In the meantime, we know Cam is hurting because… She’s fine as hell. So let’s look at a bunch of reasons Cam’ron better pull it together and get this woman back in his life.