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Killer Mike Challenges Michael Jordan
Tamia And Eric Benet Back In Studio Together After 17 Years
To Put Shoe Profits Into Black Bank
It’s been 17 years since Eric Benet and Tamia’s 1999 duet “Spend My Life With You” topped the Bill- board Hot R&B Singles chart for three weeks at No. 1.
Now it looks as if they’ve reunited for another gem!
As posted on their Insta- gram pages, Benet and Tamia are back in the stu- dio and working on “some- thing amazing,” Tamia says in a short IG video.
It sounds like they’re cooking up another classic! Exciting!
Killer Mike is calling out Michael Jordan to put his best foot forward in a big way.
The Run The Jewels rapper has been increasingly vocal about his views on police bru- tality and has repeatedly urged America’s Black community to only give their money to Black businesses. As a result of his efforts, 8,000 new accounts were opened in a five-day time span at Citizens Trust Bank, a Black-owned bank in Atlanta, Georgia.
Recently, it seems that Killer Mike has taken notice of legendary ball player and philanthropist Michael Jor- dan’s hefty donation to the NAACP—two million dollars to be exact—and is challenging him to take his generosity up a notch.
ERIC BENET AND TAMIA
Killer Mike
Michael Jordan to put more money back into Black com- munity with profits from new sneakers.
Mike made a lengthy post on Instagram asking Jordan to take the profits from his Air Jordan 5 “Olympic” White and Gold shoes, which are set to be released on Aug. 20, 2016, and donate that money to a “Black financial institution.” He be- lieves that Jordan could set a trend for fellow athletes to do the same.
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Sunday (Aug. 7), Killer
Toni Braxton Says Her Son
Shows No Signs Of Autism Now
Is it a miracle, or were Toni Braxton’s words mis- understood? Last week in an interview with Access Holly- wood, Braxton said her son Diezel no longer shows signs of being autistic.
She said, “Our lives have changed. He has no signs of autism. He’s our social but- terfly... I’m very, very fortu- nate... He’s doing pretty wonderful. I’m pretty proud of him,” she said. “I’m one of the lucky parents. Early diag- nosis changes everything,” she continued. “(Autism ac- tivist) Suzanne Wright, who unfortunately just passed, she called me imme- diately and said, ‘Get him in this program, do this, do
Toni Braxton and her son, Diezel Lewis.
that.’
Great to hear he’s im-
proved! But many people took her words to mean her son was cured, however, autism is supposed to be a non-curable disorder.
According to Inverse.com, Diezel is most likely not cured per se, rather, he’s on a different spectrum.
‘The Simpsons’ To Do Special Hip Hop Episode
‘The Simpsons’ will do hour-long tribute to hip hop featur- ing the voices of Taraji Henson and Keegan-Michael Keys.
‘The Simpsons’ is preparing a special one-hour tribute to Hip Hop with an episode called “The Great Phatsby,” reportedly scheduled to air this upcoming 600 episodes season, according to Enter- tainment Weekly.
The show’s first ever hour- long episode will feature the voices of Taraji P. Henson and Keegan-Michael Key of ‘Key and Peele.’ The music will be composed by Empire
veteran Jim Beanz.
The plot of “The Great
Phatsby” is to mirror F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby and follow nu- clear energy tycoon Mr. Burns and his interactions with a Hip Hop legend named Jay Z Jay G. Henson’s character is similar to that of Cookie and Key is to play Jazzy James, an old head who has a beef to settle with Jay.
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