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Aretha Franklin's Family Asks Fans To Boycott 'Genius: Aretha,' Saying They Were 'Disrespected'
Kanye West Is Worth $6.6 Billion
Aretha Franklin's family is slamming National Geo- graphic's upcoming Genius: Aretha miniseries, which starts airing March 21. The series stars Cynthia Erivio as Aretha Franklin and follows her rise to stardom. However, Franklin's family state that the people behind the series re- fused to work with them on bringing Franklin's story to life in an authentic way.
Franklin's granddaughter Grace Franklin has released a TikTok video explaining why her family wants fans to boy- cott watching the Nat Geo miniseries.
"As immediate family, we
CYNTHIA ERIVIO AS ARETHA FRANKLIN
feel it is important to be in- volved in any biopic of my
grandma's life as it's hard to get any accurate depiction of anyone's life without speaking to the ones closest to them," she said. "During the process of writing, directing and film- ing this movie, we reached out to Genius as a family on multi- ple occasions, where we've been disrespected and told that we will not be worked with."
"As immediate family, em- phasis on immediate, we do not support this film and we ask that you also do not sup- port this film, as we feel ex- tremely disrespected and we feel there will be many inaccu- racies about my grandmother's life," she continued.
Kanye West is raking in the dough!
The 43-year-old rapper is worth $6.6 billion, a significant increase from the amount that West was reported as being worth back in April 2020 by Forbes, PEOPLE confirms.
Led by his sneaker and ap- parel business Yeezy, which is now in partnership with Adidas AG and Gap Inc., the business is valued between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion by UBS Group AG.
The value of the new Gap col- laboration with Yeezy, which is scheduled to hit stores this sum- mer, "could be worth as much as $970 million of that total," Bloomberg reported, citing a bank estimate.
The "Famous" rapper also has $122 million in cash and
KANYE WEST
stock and $110 million from his music catalog, alongside $1.7 billion in other assets, including estranged wife Kim Kar- dashian's SKIMS business. (Kardashian filed for divorce in mid-February. The couple share four children: daughters North, 71⁄2, and Chicago, 3, and sons Saint, 5, and Psalm, who will turn 2 in May.)
Trevor Noah Goes To Town On Accused Massage Spa Shooter’s Reason For Killing
Rae Sremmurd's Brother Charged
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah on Wednesday delivered a withering response to the “truly horrifying” killings of eight people at At- lanta-area massage spas, in which six of the victims were women of Asian descent.
The comedian had a damn- ing message for the accused shooter, who reportedly told investigators the murders were not racially motivated and in- stead were to ease his “sex ad- diction.”
“First of all, f**k you man,” said Noah. “You killed six Asian people, specifically, you went there. If there’s anyone who’s racist, it’s a moth- erf***er who killed six Asian women. Your murders speak louder than your words.”
Noah said “what makes it even more painful is that we saw it coming,” noting the dra- matic rise in anti-Asian rheto- ric and attacks on Asian Americans during the coron- avirus pandemic.
TUPELO, MS – A half- brother of rap duo Rae Srem- murd, Michael Sullivan, has officially been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of his father Floyd Sullivan Jr. (the rap duo’s stepfather) in January 2020.
According to TMZ, the younger Sullivan was charged in Lee County, Mississippi after a grand jury heard the evidence in January. Although the case doesn’t qualify for the death penalty, the 20-year-old still faces up to life in prison if con-
RAE SREMMURD
victed. Michael is currently be-
hind bars at the Lee County Mis- sissippi Detention Center, but their website says his bond is currently set at $100,000.
With 1st-Degree Murder Following
Father's Fatal Shooting
TREVOR NOAH
Cardi B Fires Back At Candace Owens’ Criticisms Of ‘WAP’ Grammy Performance
Cardi B has cheekily fired back at Candace Owens’ criticisms of her steamy “WAP” performance with Megan Thee Stallion at the 2021 Grammys on Sunday.
“I don’t know why Candy is so bothered by ‘WAP.’ I was just inspired by our former First Lady,” the rapper tweeted on Tuesday, along with an inked-out nude photo of Melania Trump.
On Monday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and his guest, conservative commenta- tor Candace Owens, spent a near five-minute segment de-
CARDI B PERFORMING AT THE GRAMMYS
crying their “WAP” perform- “Yaaaayyyyyyy WE MADE ance. Cardi retweeted their FOX NEWS GUYS !!! Wap wap segment, writing wap.”
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