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[VIDEO] Cardi B and Offset Open the 2019 BET Awards with “Press” and “Clout” Performance

Source: Paras Griffin/VMN19 / Getty   Before accepting the award for Album of the Year, Cardi B took the stage to open the 2019 BET Awards with her husband Offset. Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:    Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit The duo performed a mash-up with their song “Clout” and Cardi’s song “Press” for an explosive opening performance .  Whether you missed the show or just want to watch this couple’s performance again, we got you!   [ione_media_gallery src=”https://mycolumbuspower.com” id=”3359901″ overlay=”true”] The Latest: [VIDEO] Lizzo Performs “Truth Hurts” For Her First BET Awards Performance South Texas Law Review Appoints First Black Editor-In-Chief Richmond Renames Street After Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe High School Seniors Host Prom At Hospital For Student Battling Cancer Teairra Mari Popped For DWI In A 3-Wheeled Car Run That Back with Aladdin x DJ Schemes Nine Out and Proud LGBT Rappers Changing Hip Hop Soulja Boy Kidnapping Case Gets Rejected By Prosecutors 50 Cent To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame In 2020 Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches Youth Mentoring Initiative

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Jackson State University Student Creates Straw That Filters Lead

F or Jackson State University graduate student LaMonté Pierce what started out as a class project focused on addressing an issue faced by communities in Mississippi led to the creation of a product designed to combat lead poisoning in water, WJTV reported. The JSU graduate student has received impressive offers from big retailers like Walmart which offered to sell CleanStraww in nearly 4,000 stores. https://t.co/0R8Zxwu4Tj — Lanaya Lewis (@LanayaLewis) June 20, 2019 Pierce and other students that he collaborated with decided to use the assignment as an avenue to address water contamination impacting the City of Jackson. They designed a straw that could be used to filter water. Pierce and his classmate Andrew Willis decided to go beyond the project and continue to do research and testing to turn the straw into a product that would be a catalyst in addressing water contamination in communities across the globe. Pierce’s efforts led to the creation of Cleanstraww . The straws are made of non-toxic materials and has a three-step filtering process which divides sediment and particles from water. He utilized a 3-D printer for the creation of the straw. “I saw somewhere they were drinking out of toilets, they were drinking from the river, different things like that. They use simple filters that you can find in everyday filters, but the thing was they did not filter out lead. If we can filter out lead, we can pretty much filter out anything,” he told the news outlet. “Take the responsibility of clean water directly out of the government, state and city officials hands and put it in the hands of the consumers. If you want clean water, here you go.” Several national retailers have expressed interest in selling his product, including Walmart. Pierce hopes that he can find investors for his product to grow his business and create more jobs in Mississippi. Products like Cleanstraww are needed. According to CBS News , lead in America’s water systems has become a growing national crisis. SEE ALSO: Calls For Student Safety Grow As San Francisco Schools Test Water For Lead Black Entrepreneur Receives $1 Million Investment From Jay-Z’s Venture Capital Fund [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3880863″ overlay=”true”]

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High School Seniors Host Prom At Hospital For Student Battling Cancer

W hen a group of high school seniors from New York learned that their classmate Ilijah Barron would be missing prom due to his ongoing battle with bone cancer, they were determined to make sure that he could experience the special day. Since Barron was unable to attend prom, the Liverpool High School students joined forces and organized a celebration for him at the hospital, Syracuse.com reported. Liverpool senior ball comes to hospital for student battling cancer (video, photos) https://t.co/nxBjn7dsJv — syracuse.com (@syracusedotcom) June 22, 2019 The 19-year-old was diagnosed with a bone cancer called osteosarcoma. This rare disease typically impacts the arm and leg bones. Prior to his diagnosis, Barron played on the varsity football team. Two years ago, he began experiencing severe pain in his legs. Initially many people thought the pain was a result of playing sports, but after several tests doctors discovered a tumor in one of his legs. He was diagnosed in February and has been in and out of the hospital ever since. Barron was planning on going to his senior ball but ended up in the hospital two days before the event. With the help of his mother Nelisha , his friends were able to organize a prom celebration for Barron at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. They all dressed up in gowns and suits and transformed the 11th floor of the hospital into the perfect backdrop for a prom celebration. The group listened to music and ate food from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Barron was moved to tears by the effort made by his friends to make sure that he would be able to experience prom. “I loved it,” he told the news outlet. “It was the most special moment ever. Having everybody there, all my friends. And it was my first high school dance.” Barron is not letting cancer get in the way of what he wants to accomplish. He still supports his school’s football team and has continued to excel academically. “I never sat down and said, ‘Why me?’” he said in a statement , after being named a Young and Amazing award recipient. “There’s no point in that, because it was only going to hurt me in the long run. Staying mentally positive about it came easier.” SEE ALSO: Black Teacher Gives Students Haircuts For Graduation Black-Owned Barbershop Pays Off Debt For Students In Charlotte [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3880863″ overlay=”true”]

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Mother Of 4 Dead Hours After Contracting Mysterious Illness In Dominican Republic

Source: FERNANDO MAIA / Getty According to  NYPost , a Queens mother for four, 38-year-old Donette Edge Cannon, has died only hours after being exposed to a mysterious stomach illness during her vacation to the Dominican Republic back in May 14, 2018. Donette was on the island with her family who all reported having minor stomach issues during the trip, but none as bad as what she suffered says her sister Cannon Edge Johnson, “For us, throughout the trip, we kept using the bathroom,” Johnson said. “We went to a restaurant in the same condition, anytime we ate we were using the bathroom.” Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news.  ( Terms and conditions ). After a night of dancing and partying, Donette woke up in the middle of the night with diarrhea and vomiting that progressively got worse. “My cousin said, ‘It’s getting worse. I’m going to have the medics come and check her out,’” Johnson said. “Once they got to the room, she fell unconscious and they took her to the hospital.” Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Donette was diabetic and was undergoing dialysis prior to the trip, but she was taken to the hospital without her meds. The hospital told her relatives it was too late to take her elsewhere. “They basically let her die on the table,” her sister said. SEE ALSO: Donette’s official cause of death was ruled kidney failure. “Their conclusion was renal failure, but it never addressed what initially got her sick in the first place,” Johnson told The Post. When asked about the numerous new incidents of tourists dying Johnson says,” “I think now that looking at the other incidents that it definitely [is] something deeper and sheds on their health care practices,” Johnson told The Post. “It’s not like the United States.” She said she “would never return” to the country and wants to warn others to be “very cautious.” This story was originally posted on bossip.com . [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1930066″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Sasha Obama Graduates High School [PHOTOS] Tami Ever After: Tami Roman Lands ‘Basketball Wives’ Spinoff Show Aoki Lee Simmons Stuns At Senior Prom [PHOTOS] Follow @TheRSMS

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Donald Glover & Beyoncé Sing “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” in Latest Lion King Promo

Source: Larry Busacca/PW / Getty Anytime Beyoncé releases a new song, you can expect the Beehive to go crazy. But this time, Beyoncé’s newest song has a different group of people going crazy and that’s fans of Disney’s classic movie Lion King . The international TV spot has dropped for the 2019 remake. The commercial featured a duet of Beyoncé and Donald Glover remaking Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight,’  which was featured in the original film that premiered in 1996. ‘Circle of Life’, ‘I Just Can’t Wait to Be King’, ‘Hakuna Matata’, and ‘Be Prepared’ are all songs in the original movie, that will be remade to be featured in the 2019 version of the film. New #TheLionKing international TV spot featuring Beyoncé and Donald Glover singing “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” pic.twitter.com/L5FzVyKcXD — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@BeyLegion) June 20, 2019 Director and Producer of the Lion King Jon Favreau that the experience of “not trying to create new songs but trying to build on what people remember and love about the old ones, has been really fun and formative.” Beyoncé will be the voice of Nala, while Donald Glover will serve as the voice for Simba, they will be under the tutelage of director Jon Favreau, who is best known for his work on The Avengers. Beyoncé and Donald Glover –also known as Childish Gambino — aren’t the only A list stars in this movie. Chiwetel Ejiofor will voice Scar, Billy Eichner as Timon, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, and Alfre Woodard Sarabi. James Earl Jones makes a return as the voice of Simba, fittingly so. Elton John, Beyoncé, and Tim Rice will team up to create a song for the end credits of the film. The movie will be scored, or composed, by Hans Zimmer, he scored the original movie in 1994 but was hesitant to do the remake citing, “I have worked very hard to not ruin things through improvement.” Ultimately, he decided to do the remake because he felt as though it was his place to try a big experiment, and create a performance. The remake of The Lion King is set to premiere on July 19.

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Starz To Host ‘Power’ Season 6 Premiere At Madison Square Garden

Source: Starz / Starz New York City fans of the show Power are in for a big treat. Starz is providing The Big Apple a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the show at the World’s Greatest Arena. The critically acclaimed crime drama will ride out its last season in style. The sixth season will premiere at Madison Square Garden on August 20. Aside from watching it days ahead from its scheduled premiere date on Starz, ticket holders will also be treated to a live performance from 50 Cent. Additionally the cast will also be in attendance. Titled “The Final Betrayal”, the last season will close several loops in the ever-evolving plot line. According to the formal press release “season 6 picks up with James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Hardwick) seeking vengeance. His former drug partner and brother in arms must pay for the ultimate betrayal. Rocked to his core by the perfidiousness and cruelties of those he once called his family, Ghost devotes himself to one notion: Success is the best revenge, with all intentions of getting both.” Starz will take reservations for the special MSG screening starting July 9 at www.powertakesmsg.com . For those who live outside of NYC or are unlucky at life Power will officially debut Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on STARZ and will be available on the STARZ app and STARZ ON DEMAND starting at 12:01 AM on that day. Photo: Starz

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Cheif Keef’s 43-Year-Old Baby Mama Suing Him For $500,000 Back Child Support

Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Soooo one of Cheif Keef’s 9 children’s mothers is suing him and it looks like she’s old enough to be his own mother. via: TheShaderoom According to court docs that were obtained by @blast, 43-year-old Erica Early claims Chief Keef is way behind in child support for their child–about half a million dollars! Early adds that Chief Keef is once again in civil contempt for violating a court order. She claims he is refusing to make his $10,713 a month support payments and currently owes $471,910, plus interest. Now she wants to get a judge involved to order Chief Keef to appear in court and explain why he is in contempt of court. Early and 23-year-old Keef share a daughter who was born in 2013. She previously sued Chief Keef for paternity and child support months after their baby was born. A judge initially ordered him to pay $2,500 a month in support, but she was later able to get the amount raised to $10,713 a month. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://zhiphopcleveland.com” id=”3952934″ overlay=”true”]

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ATL Housewives Apollo Nida Has Been Released From Prison

Source: Bravo / Getty Phaedra Parks ex hubby is back out on these streets! via: TheShaderoom According to The Blast, Apollo has been released from prison and transferred to a halfway house in Philadelphia to complete the remainder of his sentence. He was set to be released from prison on October 15. An official for the Residential Reentry Management confirmed with The Blast that Apollo was transferred, but have decided to keep the specific location of the halfway house private As we previously reported, Apollo was sentenced to 96 months in prison in back in 2014. He please guilt to conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hotspotatl.com/” id=”3745049″ overlay=”true”]

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Pusha T Offers Condolences To Virginia Beach Shooting Victims

Source: Craig Barritt / Getty On Friday (May 31), a gunman, who was a disgruntled employee, killed a dozen people at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, VA. Raised in the area, Pusha T took to social media to offer up his condolences. Sending my prayers and love to the city of Virginia Beach, condolences to all of the families who lost loved ones…I’m so sorry. — King Push (@PUSHA_T) May 31, 2019   “Sending my prayers and love to the city of Virginia Beach, condolences to all of the families who lost loved ones…I’m so sorry,” wrote King Push on Twitter. The latest mass shooting has sparked the usual political rhetoric. Unfortunately, whether or not anything will be done to curve mass shootings is another story. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pusha T (@kingpush) on May 31, 2019 at 5:43pm PDT — Photo: Getty

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Pusha T Offers Condolences To Virginia Beach Shooting Victims

Source: Craig Barritt / Getty On Friday (May 31), a gunman, who was a disgruntled employee, killed a dozen people at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, VA. Raised in the area, Pusha T took to social media to offer up his condolences. Sending my prayers and love to the city of Virginia Beach, condolences to all of the families who lost loved ones…I’m so sorry. — King Push (@PUSHA_T) May 31, 2019   “Sending my prayers and love to the city of Virginia Beach, condolences to all of the families who lost loved ones…I’m so sorry,” wrote King Push on Twitter. The latest mass shooting has sparked the usual political rhetoric. Unfortunately, whether or not anything will be done to curve mass shootings is another story. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pusha T (@kingpush) on May 31, 2019 at 5:43pm PDT — Photo: Getty

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