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Megan Thee Stallion Claims
Ben Watkins Dies: ‘MasterChef Junior’ Star Was 14
Tory Lanez Offered Her Money
To Keep Quiet About Shooting
Ben Watkins, known for gracing the MasterChef Junior stage with his skill and culi- nary knowledge, has died. He was 14.
The season six MasterChef Junior contestant died Mon- day after a year-and-a-half long battle against cancer, Watkins’ relatives shared on social media via attorney Trent McCain. His passing comes less than five months after his angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma diagnosis and nearly three years after his parents died in a murder-sui- cide.
“After losing both his par-
Megan Thee Stallion has continued the slow drip of de- tails about the July incident in which rapper Tory Lanez al- legedly shot her in the foot after an argument. Lanez has repeat- edly denied her accounts of the incident without directly saying he did not shoot her.
In a new interview with GQ, Megan claims that Lanez begged her not to say anything about the incident and offered Megan and an unidentified friend, who was also present at the time, money to stay quiet.
“[At this point] I’m really scared,” Megan says, “because this is like right in the middle of all the protesting. Police are just
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killing everybody for no reason, and I’m thinking, ‘I can’t believe you even think I want to take some money. Like, you just shot me.’ ” (A lawyer for Lanez de- nied to GQ that the rapper of- fered Megan and her friend money.)
BEN WATKINS
Michael B. Jordan Is
King Von’s Debut Album Hits No. 5 On The ‘Billboard’ Hot 200
Named People's Sexiest
Man Alive 0f 2020
John Legend's reign as People's Sexiest Man Alive is over, because Michael B. Jor- dan is officially joining a long list of hunky A-listers who have held the title.
The magazine unveiled its 2020 pick on Tuesday, Nov. 17's Jimmy Kimmel Live! special. Michael (who came out dressed in a hazmat suit, be- cause it's 2020 after all) re- vealed his identity after host Jimmy Kimmel and viewers at home took guesses.
So is the actor feeling any extra pressure to maintain his appearance? "I think the expec-
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
tation now is... it's a little unrea- sonable," he joked. "Just a little bit. But it's a cool title to have."
King Von’s debut studio album, Welcome to O’Block, has hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 200 in its second week after his death.
The New York Times re- ports that after debuting at No. 13 on the chart with 26,000 units sold in its first week, the LP has climbed eight spots to No. 5 with the equivalent of 44,000 units sold in the United States, including nearly 64 million streams. In total, its sales are up 69% in compari- son to its first week.
Billboard reports that, in the
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wake of his death, four of his songs have also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first-ever to do so.
“Took Her to the O,” from his mixtape Levon James that dropped in March, debuted at No. 47 on the chart, collecting 11.9 million streams in the United States during the week ending Nov 12.
“The Code,” that features Polo G, hit No. 66 on the Hot 100 chart with 8.4 million streams in the United States.
“All These N**gas,” which features Lil Durk, made it to No. 77 with 8.1 million streams and “Crazy Story 2.0.” which also features Lil Durk, made it to No. 81 with 7.1 million
ents in September 2017, we have marveled at Ben’s strength, courage and love for life,” the aspiring chef’s grand-
mother and uncle wrote. “He never, ever complained. Ben was and will always be the strongest person we know.”
50 Cent’s Video ‘In Da Club’ Hits A Billion Views On YouTube
50 Cent’s 2003 video for “In Da Club” featuring Em- inem and Dr. Dre has entered into legendary territory.
According to Universal Music Group, the visual has surpassed a billion views on YouTube, putting it into an ex- tremely small group of pre- YouTube era music videos to do so.
“In Da Club” hit the mile- stone, the label revealed in a press release, this year amidst a global pandemic — ironically while people were encouraged
50 CENT
to stay as far away from any club to prevent spreading the
COVID-19 virus to others. The statement revealed that the video has amassed 400,000 views per day so far in 2020.
50 joins Eminem, the rap- per-turned-music mogul par- tially responsible for his success as a musician, in the billion view club. Eminem’s “Without Me” was the first rap song to hit this milestone. He is also the second Black person to fit the 10-digit mark on YouTube. The first was Whit- ney Houston with her iconic “I Will Always Love You.
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