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DMX Leads Prayer At Kanye West's Sunday Service
DMX, Kanye West (middle) and others at his Sunday Service.
R. Kelly Reportedly Denies Having Sex With Aaliyah's Mother
Kanye West’s latest Sun- day Service featured a special guest. DMX stopped by Yeezy’s weekly event on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) and ended up saying one of his sig- nature prayers for those in at- tendance.
All of DMX’s albums fa- mously include prayers, so it was a fitting moment for the veteran MC. Kim Kar- dashian West captured video of his prayer and shared it via Twitter. DMX and his
manager also posted some photos from the event on In- stagram.
The Sunday Service cameo continued DMX’s comeback run, which has been in full swing since his release from prison in January.
The multi-platinum selling artist recently began a tour celebrating the 20th anniver- sary of his debut album It’s Dark & Hell Is Hot and just performed at the 2019 South By Southwest Festival.
R. Kelly is currently facing 10 counts of sexual abuse in the legal system, but he also continues to face accusations of ill behavior outside of the courtroom.
Lisa Van Allen, one of his exes who detailed his alleged abuse in Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly documentary, recently claimed Kelly had sex with Aaliyah’s mother Diane Haughton while he was in a relationship with Aaliyah. But according to TMZ’s sources, Kelly denies doing any such thing and says Van Allen is just trying to smear his name.
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sation in an interview with Vlad TV. She said Kelly con- fided in her about his own sex- ual abuse and relationship
with Aaliyah, revealing he had sex with the late singer’s mother in one such conversa- tion.
“He actually stayed at their home in Detroit and her mother actually was sexually attracted to him as well,” Van Allen said. “And he said when Aaliyah went to sleep, he would go in the living room and him and her would do sex- ual acts on the couch while Aaliyah was sleeping in the bedroom.”
Kelly is due back in court on Friday (March 22) for the next hearing in his sexual abuse case.
Van Allen made the accu-
Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty To All Charges
Drake's 'Take Care' Breaks
Jussie Smollett appeared in a local Chicago courtroom Thursday morning to enter his plea for disorderly conduct charges, stemming from his al- leged January attack.
Chicago police have accused the Empire star of lying about being the victim of a hate crime and filing a false police report about the January 29 attack. However, Smollett has main- tained his innocence through- out the ordeal and his lawyers said in a statement that the actor has vowed to fight the
Smollett’s lawyer, Tina Glandian, entered a not guilty plea on behalf of her client, who is facing 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct. Back in January, Smollett said he was attacked by two white men, who hurled racist and homophobic slurs his way. However, police allege Smol- lett planned the assault with Nigerian-American brothers, Olabinjo and Abimbola Os- undairo, as a publicity stunt because he was “dissatisfied with his salary” on Empire.
Record For Most Weeks On Top
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charges.
At Thursday’s hearing in
Chicago’s Cook County Court,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Drake’s Take Care takes over as the album with the most weeks on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart since the ranking began in 1965.
While Care dips 40-43 on the chart dated March 16, it se- cures an unprecedented 186th week on the list. The set, re- leased in Novembr 2011, sur- passes the previous champ, Kenny G’s Breathless, which clocked 185 weeks on the tally from 1992-1997.
Upon its initial release, Care became Drake’s first No. 1 debut on Top R&B/Hip- Hop Albums and his second of nine No. 1 sets. The set also boasts Drake’s longest stay at No. 1 among those nine lead- ers, with 12 weeks at the sum- mit.ItwasNo.1onthe year-end Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums recap for 2012. The next year, Care secured the su- perstar’s first Grammy Award, for best rap album.
Kandi Burruss Is Taking Her ‘Welcome To The Dungeon’ Show On The Road
Drake performs at the 2nd Annual OVO Festival at Mol- son Amphitheatre on July 31, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
Care also housed seven tracks that landed on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: “Marvin’s Room (No. 7), “Headlines” (No. 2), “Make Me Proud,” featuring Nicki Minaj (No. 1, three weeks), “The Motto,” with Lil Wayne (No. 1, two weeks), the Ri- hanna-assisted title cut (No. 26), “Crew Love” (No. 9) and “HYFR (Hell Ya F*****g Right; No. 20).
If there’s one thing Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss doesn’t play with it’s her money. The Grammy Award-winning artist is a serial entrepreneur, invest- ing in all sorts of endeavors from music to restaurants.
Burruss’ latest money- making hustle is a super sexy affair fans got a glimpse of on the hit Bravo show. On the lat- est episode of RHOA, Bur- russ invited her castmates
The reality star's super sexy burlesque show is hitting the road, and you don't want to miss it.
into the dungeon, a sultry bur- lesque show. Now, fans can get in on the action, too.
Burrus is taking her “Wel- come to the Dungeon” show across the U. S., from Chi Town to Houston, and the Xcape member said fans are in for a treat.
“It’s a party and variety show with sexual content,” she wrote on Twitter. “It’s hard to explain because nobody else is doing. It’s wild.”
Alicia Keys Releasing Memoir 'More Myself'
Alicia Keys is adding author to her resume. According to The Associated Press, the Grammy Award-winning musician’s memoir, More Myself, will be released on Nov. 5 under Oprah Winfrey’s imprint ‘An Oprah Book,’ per a statement from Flatiron Books.
“Flatiron is calling the memoir a "360-degree perspective" on her life, from her childhood in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan to her spectacular, Grammy-winning rise,” the re- port reads.
On her Twitter page, Keys
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shared her excitement over her latest endeavor with fans.
“I can NOT believe this is hap- pening! My sister, mentor & the QUEEN herself helped me share my journey!” she wrote in a cap- tion accompanying a black-and- white photo of herself. “Thank you @Oprah for letting me share my truth as the 1st release of your new book imprint & for challenging me to become MORE MYSELF.” Winfrey was equally as ecstatic, writing that she was “honored” that her im- print was the home for Keys’ memoir.
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