Monique Exposito Gave Birth February 5 The woman who allegedly gave birth to Reggie Bush’s son last month debuted her son on her private social media account. Monique Exposito showed off her adorable son, Preston Alexander Exposito in a series of sweet snaps Wednesday. “Meet Preston my baby 1 (sic) day old here,” Exposito wrote. She gushed over her older daughter and baby son in another post. “My whole life in one picture, brother and sister,” Exposito captioned the sweet pic. Preston is allegedly the result of two trysts between the married pro football player and the Miami cocktail waitress, and a source with knowledge of the situation told BOSSIP that the pair are now battling it out over child support out of court. The cherubic tot, swaddled in a planet and wearing a little hat, looked serene when his mother took the snap. The baby does bear a resemblance to Bush’s daughter Briseis. Bush hasn’t commented on the paternity saga, and his lawyer told TMZ that he and his wife Lilit were “happily married.” Lilit meanwhile appears to be imitating Exposito on social media, dying her hair the same blonde color as the woman and exclaiming “Hola!” in a recent video posted to Bush’s Instagram. Do you think the baby looks like Bush?
Former President Obama and his wife, Michelle inked one of the most lucrative deals to date for their memoirs, worth up to $65 million dollars. Both Obama and Michelle are already published authors, earning over a million dollars in combined sales for “Dreams from My Father”, “The Audacity of Hope”, and “American Grown”. “We are absolutely thrilled to continue […]
Bill Paxton, as you've surely heard by now, has unexpectedly passed away. He was just 61 years old. Bill was having heart surgery, but he began experiencing complications afterwards. He had a stroke, which ultimately killed him. He was an undeniably amazing actor, starring in such memorable films as Titanic, Twister, and Aliens. And so it makes sense that his fellow celebrities are taking the time to mourn him, or to share stories or condolences on social media. Check out some of the most tragic reactions to his death below. 1. Tom Hanks “Bill Paxton was, simply, a wonderful man. A wonderful man…” 2. Rob Lowe “Devastated by the sudden loss of my close friend and one of the finest actors in the business, Bill Paxton. Renaissance man, raconteur and uniquely American national treasure. His filmography speaks for itself. His friendship was a blessing. My love to Bunny, James and Lydia.” 3. Patton Oswalt “Bill Paxton was a craftsman with the kind of acting range most of us only dream of. I can’t believe he’s gone. Unacceptable.” 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger “Bill Paxton could play any role, but he was best at being Bill – a great human being with a huge heart. My thoughts are with his family.” 5. Zach Braff “Bill Paxton. A very talented man. As skilled with comedy as he was with drama. Carpe Diem.” 6. Melissa Joan Hart “Heartbroken to hear about #BillPaxton passing away! He was one of those actors that you don’t think about often but appears in all your favorite films. My years have been filled with him on my screen telling great stories!” View Slideshow
More sad news today out of the television world. A few hours after we learned that Bill Paxton died at the age of 61, due to complications after heart surgery, TMZ is reporting that Jospeh Wapner has also passed away. The retired judge rose to surprise TV stardom as the host of The People’s Court. He was 97 years old. Long before Judge Judy and many others in this profession used the small screen to take their career to a new and famous level, Judge Wapner sat on the bench in September of 1981 at the front of The People Court. In many ways, it was the first reality show of all-time. And Wapner earned instant fandom as its clear-cut star. Opinionated, intelligent, affable and humorous, Wapner led the series for 12 years and 2,484 total episodes. He earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of his work in the entertainment space. . The program itself was parodied on Saturday Night Live. In Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman was often quoted as his character of Raymond for saying there were only “three minutes to Wapner,” an expression that took on a life of its own for years. Prior to signing on as a television judge, Wapner served as an L.A. County Superior Court judge for over two decades. According to TMZ insiders, he was hospitalized last week after suffering a few breathing problems. The condition sadly grew worsen, prompting a transfer to his home in Los Angeles on Friday, February 24, at which time Wapner was placed hospice care. He passed away on Sunday morning. After The People’s Court was canceled in 1993, it aired in syndication until it was revived for a second incarnation in September 1997. For this version, former attorney and mayor of New York Ed Koch replaced Wapner for two seasons and was later succeeded by Judge Jerry Sheindlin and Florida State Circuit Court Judge Marilyn Milian, the latter of whom has since become the show’s longest-reigning arbiter. Wapner is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mickey Wapner, and their three children. May he rest in peace. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Died in 2017: In Memoriam
Stevie J Rebounds With Fellow Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Star Viewers of ‘Leave It To Stevie’ this season saw firsthand the rise and fall of Stevie’s romantic relationship with his longtime friend Faith Evans. As expected, Stevie couldn’t help himself from Stevie-ing, and it cost him the budding relationship . But you know the Love & Hip Hop lothario keeps one (or two) on his arm at all times, and he’s already bouncing back with one of his fellow Atlanta cast members. Stevie confirmed that he’s been spending extra time with one of the women on the cast — and it’s looking quite a bit more than friendly. So who is it? Hit the flip to find out… Instagram/Notorious Photography
Darius McCrary’s Wife Files Restraining Order Citing Abuse Darius McCrary, best known as “Eddie Winslow” from 90’s sitcom ‘Family Matters,’ is facig some serious allegations from his wife. Former Harlem Globetrotter Tammy Brawner has filed a restraining order against her husbad Darius, alleging several extreme incidents of domestic abuse and violent outbursts against not only her, but their 16-month-old daughter Zoey. According to documents obtained by TMZ , Tammy says that Darius has a drug and alcohol problem and routinely comes home inebriated and violent. The documents detail several incidents in which Darius allegedly terrorized his family , but one in particular stands out in which he threatened his own child with bodily harm. Tammy says that Darius frequently spanks their daughter and straps her arms down during meals to force her to eat. But on once incident, he actually held the baby over a pot of boiling hot water and said that he wished he had never had the child. The straw that broke the camel’s back came apparently came on February 10th, when Darius allegedly returned home in a fury and tossed picture frames and various other items around the house, narrowly missing Zoey, and struck Tammy in the head with his forearm. Yikes. Needless to say, Darius now has to stay 100 yards away from Tammy, and his visitation with their daughter is on pause while a judge looks everything over. Tammy also says that she’s filing for divorce ASAP. Hit the flip to see what Darius has to say about the allegations… Instagram/Splash
Kawan “KP” Prather On DJ Duty For The Global Spin Awards Last week The 2017 Global Spin Awards went down in New Orleans on Thursday. BOSSIP had the opportunity to catch up with Grammy winning songwriter/producer Kawan “KP” Prather before the show about serving as house dj for the Global Spin Awards, his new role as head of music at Pharrell Williams’ I Am OTHER collective and the truth about the voting members of the Grammy Awards. For those who don’t already know, Prather got his start in the music industry as DJ for Parental Advisory, a Dungeon Family act once signed to LaFace records. In his years since, he’s gone on to write and produce for numerous acts and worked as an A&R at labels including Sony and Atlantic. Most recently Prather has been a highly visible DJ responsible for setting the mood for some of the hottest parties in Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York. “I’m overly excited,” KP told BOSSIP about heading to New Orleans to serve as official DJ for the Global Spin Awards. “I’m anxious, actually kinda nervous, not in a scary kinda way — I guess anxious is the word. It’s deejaying for your heroes. It’s weird. I feel good about what I do but I haven’t done it in a space with these kinds of eyes and ears.” Prather told BOSSIP the Global Spin Awards are important because good DJ’s don’t get their just due. “It’s important we recognize great DJ’s,” KP told BOSSIP. “A lot of times the craft doesn’t get the credit it deserves because there are a lot of really bad DJ’s stinking up a room, in their headphones, in their own little world. You have to shed light on people who do it as a craft.” Especially excited for the No Limit Reunion planned at the Awards, Prather said New Orleans was the perfect setting for this year’s ceremony. “They make the most Lit music, from Bounce to Rap — everything about New Orleans is so festive that it inspires that energy,” Prather explained. “Even the hardest murdering songs feel fun. C-Murder “F Them Other N’s” doesnt ‘even feel harsh when it’s on. To be celebrating No Limit and DJ’s in New Orleans — it’s the perfect place.” Besides his duties at the Global Spin Awards, Prather has been busy in his role as Head of Music at I Am OTHER — Pharrell Williams creative collective. “I run the music portion of all things Pharrell, but he has so many portions to him,” Prather said, happily listing Williams’ many accomplishments. “His access is fashion, it’s movies, it’s now about to be TV. I feel honored to feel respected enough and that he feels comfortable enough to put that in my hands — based on how important he is to the creative world. It’s a real big deal to me.” KP says the pair reached their working agreement in a moment when they both were wrestling with some career discontent. “Ironically it came out of both of us being super frustrated,” Prather recalled. “There was a moment when the song “Happy” was supposed to go somewhere else and we both thought it was a good idea, but for one reason or another nobody else was on our side about it. It came down to one of those conversations of ‘Man, you should just do it.’ We have been working together since T.I. ‘I’m Serious.’ Pretty much every project I’ve done, he’s had the opportunity to work on it if he wanted to and he always showed up.” “We’ve had a very trusting music relationship for so long that we were having this conversation where we both were in a place where, after you’ve accomplished anything, after the accomplishment is over, you’re new again. There’s always a thing of as you grow older, you’re constantly being questioned about whether you are still in touch with what’s hot, and even if you are, it’s just assumed that you aren’t, so we were forced into a place where we were the only people who believed what we were saying. After “Happy” took off, he was like ‘Look man, I know you are frustrated and I need someone I trust music and tastewise here. If that’s something you’re interested in, we can just start something.’ It was kind of a no-brainer for me, because it was like what else is there for me to do but start something new? The fact that it’s called I am OTHER made it cool, because it was like it could be anything. We get to do a lot of fun stuff. It’s cool because we know each other, and understand our intent and the goal. It’s cool to work with Pharrell because he also understands why it’s important for me to be creative on this side and express that on the DJ side. For Complex Con we did an I am OTHER set with all the artists and I dj’d the set as kind of a Music Director. There’s a picture that we got that I put on my Instagram that I love because it’s the entire crew on one stage and being up there, but in the background where I enjoy being, but still being a part — it was just a really cool thing. As a crew and as a company everybody around us is really talented and it’s amazing to be in an environment where that’s cool. What Prather is describing sounds like a dream job, and that’s exactly what it’s become for him. In his role he’s constantly working with Pharrell as well as their young artists, who include Kap G, Bia and Buddy. “The roster — it’s shapeshifting,” KP admits when we ask him about the artists who work with the collective. ” I signed Kap G when I was at Atlantic, but when I left we were able to do a partnership with I Am Other and Atlantic so I’m still able to work with him. We have an artist named Buddy who has a song out right now called “Shine” that’s digitally blowing up. It’s one of those positive inspiring songs. We have an artist Bia, she was just on a #1 Spanish record called “Safari” that Pharrell produced, and her record is about to come it out. Watch the Duck is about to drop, we just did a partnership with Interscope for them, they have a smash record called “Where You Are” that I can’t wait to come out. We have a lot of talented people doing musically acrobatic things — they all kinda land though. Last year KP won a Grammy as part of the songwriting team behind Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright.” We asked him about the controversy over Beyoncé losing out on Album of the Year honors to Adele. “Ironically I’m really aware of the process,” Prather said of the Grammy’s. “It honestly has come down to — our artists and producers don’t get involved, so the votes are by people who step up, and a lot of times those are the older members, those who have moved on from the vanity of it and they’re now in it for a community. We from the hip-hop and r&b community, you know black music, we have to step up and make our voices heard — if we care. I’ve heard people say they don’t care ‘it’s just a trophy.’ It’s one of those things, if you care, which I do, because I think it’s dope that you can be voted for and by your peers, people that are in your industry so they understand the work. Once we start producing and getting money, we gotta look at how we get on as a whole. If you look at the crowd that’s the audience of the Grammy’s — that’s the voting population of the Grammy’s. Definitely something to think about — riiight? We couldn’t let KP go without asking him if he had any advice for Pharrell being a father of four himself. “We just had this conversation,” KP told BOSSIP. “He hit a buzzer beater and tied the game. I don’t have any advice for triplets. His four is different from me having four. Honestly, Pharrell is a good dude and that usually translates into being a good dad. How he’s been with Rocket and his family in general, he’s one of those people who is so aware that he just handles those things really well. I think his wife Helen is a superhero for being able to pull that off.” If you’d like to keep up on what’s next for KP you can follow him on Instagram and Twitter @kawanprather The Global Spin Awards airs Thursday February 23, 2017 at 10:00pm ET/7:00pm ET, exclusively on REVOLT
Rumor control…. Rocko Responds To Future Lawsuit Settlement Claims A certain ATL rapper is confirming whether or not he’s been victorious against his former friend turned Dirty Sprite sipping foe. Back in June we reported that Rocko sued Future for $10 million for breaching a contract that confirmed he’d make six albums under Rocko’s A1 Recordings. Following that, an angry Future went on a Twitter rant against Rocko before he countersued for unpaid advances. Now a rumor’s running rampant that a judge sided with Rocko in court and ordered Future to not only cough up 50% of his tour revenue, but ordered him to give ALL of his album royalties to Rocko. Via VladTV: Future and Epic reportedly agree to give all royalties from his next two albums to Rocko. In addition to the albums, Future will also give Rocko 50% of all touring revenues for the next two years. In order for LA Reid and Epic to recoup the advance that they will forfeit while Future pays Rocko back, Future signed a 360 agreement with LA. To pay Epic back, Future will give a percentage of any deals made outside of music to Epic until his back advancements are paid or for the next five years, whichever comes first. LA and Epic will also be collecting on the front end on all of Future’s music ventures. When news broke about Rocko’s alleged settlement, fans went into a tizzy and started posting tweets and memes dragging Future to the darkest depths of codeine infused hell for his misfortune. Future:40 thou to a hunned thou A hunned thou 'nother hunned thou 3 hunned thou, 5 hunned thou A million, lets have a money shower Rocko: pic.twitter.com/f52Uh6EM0W — Hershé (@D0wJ0nEs) February 18, 2017 I hope Future disses Rocko on his next one or two albums so Rocko can hit him with that pic.twitter.com/QpvJkVVveV — Yung Halo (@Claude_VanDam) February 18, 2017 Future and Rocko: pic.twitter.com/VpwUCFZPrs — Billie Holligay. (@_ImYourPusha_) February 18, 2017 But not fast! Did Rocko really beat Future in court??? Hit the flip.
Garry Blough was walking down the street with his wife and kid when he spotted a group of young men trying to stomp out and kill a turtle. Being the hero that he is, Garry approached the young men to scold them about the importance of animal life. Well, that didn’t sit well with the men and they commenced to beating Blough’s azz.
The following video will make you cry, think and then cry all over again. It features a U.S. army widow breaking down in tears over her fallen husband's coffin after it touches down on an airport tarmac. The soldier inside is named Shawn Thomas – and the 35-year old Green Beret was killed in a car accident on February 2 while deployed in Niger, Africa. According to his obituary, Thomas shared four kids( Cheyenne, Taylor, Gavin and Natylyn) with his wife, Tara Thomas. The family was based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Last Tuesday, Shawn's flag-draped coffin arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina. A passenger on the plane that carried the coffin, Lisa West Williams, was so moved by Tara's reaction upon seeing it that she filmed the scene and shared the footage on Facebook. She did so with Tara's permission. Even with her encouragement. “She wanted people to realize that this goes on every day,” Williams told WNCT-TV, adding: “There are many men and women that come home in a casket and they've made the ultimate sacrifice for us.” “It was heartbreaking,” Williams also told WNCT. “Never seen anything like it before.” The Facebook video, which depicts the cries of other passengers watching Tara say goodbye to her husband, has been viewed over eight million times. “It was an honor to fly home with this PATRIOT! God bless his wife and family. There was not a dry eye around me,” Williams wrote as a caption to it. Shawn – who was honored with two Bronze Stars and four Good Conduct Medals during his service – will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Watch the heartbreaking video below and then join us in giving thanks to every soldier out there:
