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Kodak Black Claims To Be
Cardi B Gives Offset A $2 Million Check For His 30th Birthday
‘Clean And Sober’ After
90-Day Rehab Stint
Offset and Cardi B have a well-established reputation for giving each other lavish gifts, from refrigerators full of cash to expensive bags, cars and jew- elry. But at the Migos rapper’s 30th birthday celebration Last Tuesday (Dec. 21), Cardi may have finally hit the prezzie pin- nacle. According to video posted in Cardi’s Instagram Story from the event, she pre- sented her hubby with one of those oversized novelty checks usually reserved for sweep- stakes winners for a cool $2 mil- lion.
In a video of the mega-check handover, Cardi notes that Off- set has a “lot of business ven- tures” on the horizon in 2022, before bellowing, “So bring out
Kodak Black is getting ready to get back on the road after successfully completing a ninety-day stint in a rehabilita- tion center.
As part of the rapper's super- vised release, Kodak was or- dered to serve 90-days in a rehabilitation center. During a court hearing this week, the judge assigned to his case told Bradford Cohen, Kodak's lawyer, that they are satisfied with the rapper's progress after getting out of rehab.
The 24-year-old was told to enter a rehab treatment center after failing a drug test a few months ago, which was a viola- tion of his supervised release terms. Despite him proudly rap-
KODAK BLACK
ping about taking fake Percocets in "Super Gremlin" and other songs, the rapper is said to be clean and sober following his stay in rehab, and he's preparing to take the road for touring op- portunities.
CARDI B AND HUSBAND, OFFSET
Prison Sentence Over
$24 Million PPP Loan Scam
the birthday giiiiift motherf— er!!!!” After an assistant hands it over, she makes sure he under- stands, “That’s $2 million! Two
milliondollars.Twomilliondol- lars. Two million dollars. Two million dollars. Two million dol- lars. Here ya go, I love you!”
Pretty Ricky’s Baby Blue Receives
Diamond “Baby Blue” Smith has been sentenced over a year after being arrested in a COVID-19 loan scheme.
According to court docu- ments, the 37-year-old Pretty Ricky member will go to prison for 20 months after pleading guilty on Aug. 4 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In October 2020 he was apprehended for filing fraudu- lent loan applications in order to receive funds from the Paycheck Protection Program. Baby Blue was involved in a scam that received $24 million from the COVID relief program.
For one of his companies, Throwbackjersey.com LLC, Blue received a loan of $426,717, and his other com- pany, Blue Star Records LLC, got $708,065. He later admitted to falsifying documents and in- formation and using the money
BABY BLUE
at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and to pur- chase luxury items including a Ferrari. The car was seized by authorities when the rapper was arrested.
In addition to prison time, he’s been ordered to pay $1,111,345 in restitution and $1,134,782 in forfeiture.
Sza Lands 1st Acting Role
Following 'I Hate U'
Record-Breaking Success
SZA is adding another job description to her decorated re- sumé. The R&B superstar took to her Instagram Story over the weekend to post a cake she re- ceived celebrating the success of her latest single “I Hate U” and the upcoming acting role she notched.
“Can’t believe I got the part I wanted. She’s an actress,” she captioned the post.
SZA
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