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Black-ish Star Headed To Harvard
New Edition And Chance The Rapper Will Be Honored At BET Awards
Yara Shahidi has an- nounced which Ivy League college she’ll be attending. The 17-year-old actress re- cently revealed:
“I committed to Harvard and I’m really excited.”
The Black-ish actress con- tinued, “I’m really excited be- cause my AP calc teacher wrote me a recommendation letter. And I was the only stu- dent she wrote a recommen- dation letter for. And so I was very happy.”
Yara Shahidi
New Edition and Chance The Rapper.
Niecy Nash’s New Series Based In Manatee County Aired Sunday
BET revealed iconic R&B group New Edition will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 “BET Awards.” In addi-
tion, multi–Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper will re- ceive the evening’s Humani- tarian Award presented by
Walmart.
Tune in Sunday, June 25 at
8 pm ET when the 2017 “BET Awards” will air LIVE from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
No I.D. Named Exec. V.P. At Capitol Records
Producer, Dion Wilson, aka No I.D.
Nick Gordon Arrested For
Originally developed as a half-hour, single-camera comedy at HBO, hourlong dramedy Claws is set in a South Florida nail salon.
It is described as a mid- night-dark, wickedly funny meditation on female bad- ness that follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous Floridian manicurists in the traditionally male world of organized crime.
The series showcases that there's a lot more going on at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon than silk wraps and pedicures. Getting On and Scream Queens star Niecy Nash stars as Desna Simms, the owner of the salon. Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Karreuche
Niecy Nash and cast in this shaggy, fun TNT drama following crooked manicurists in the distinctly trashy landscape of Mana- tee County, Fla.
Musician/Producer, No I.D. is moving up in the exec- utive seats, as the veteran producer has been named the executive vice president of Capitol Music Group. He will be responsible for A&R and production at Capitol.
According to Billboard, the musician, whose real name is Dion Wilson, will also work
with senior management to assist on the creative direc- tion of Capitol’s imprint la- bels.
As many know, the pro- ducer, who has worked with tons of names from Com- mon and Kanye West to Logic, also has his own im- print, ARTium Records, on Def Jam.
Tran and Harold Per- rineau co-star.
The show premiered: Sun- day, 9 p.m. ET/PT (TNT)
Domestic Violence In Sanford, FL
The Game Shares His Pride In Valedictorian Son As He Heads To High School
Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, was arrested on domestic violence charges and false imprisonment, reports Peo- ple. According to the outlet, Gor- don was apprehended in Sanford, Florida after his girl- friend filed a police report on Sat- urday.
The report alleged that he phys- ically harmed her and held her captive in their home on Friday, the outlet reported.
CNN said Sanford law en- forcement officials found Gor- don at a club after the report was filed. He was arrested and re- mains in police custody.
This isn’t the first time that Nick Gordon has faced domes- tic violence allegations.
In 2015, Bobbi Kristina’s es- tate filed a $40 million lawsuit
The Game dedicated his first album to his then baby son, Harlem. Harlem graduated from Middle School as the valedictorian of his class and is now headed to high school.
Twelve and half years ago marked the release of The Game’s classic debut, The Documentary and it holds sentimental value for a myr- iad of reasons.
One of those sentiments came courtesy of the CD booklet insert (remember those?) where the Compton native held his then infant first-born son, Harlem, marking the dawn of Jayceon Taylor becoming a superstar father.
Well if there’s one thing
The Game and son, Harlem then and now.
Nick Gordon the former boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown was arrested in San- ford on Saturday.
accusing him of abusing her and stealing her money before she was discovered unconscious in her home on Jan. 31 of that year.
that time guarantees, it’s kids grow up. Friday (June 9) marked the eighth-grade graduation for young Harlem (now 13) and Game took a break from recording his upcoming Dr. Dre-featured LP because he couldn’t be any more proud of his valedictorian offspring.
“Inside my 1st album.... he
weighed about 20 lbs.... was- n’t nothing to pick him up, hold him & stop his tears.... now he’s 6 foot tall & weighs damn near as much as me... oh the joy of being a daddy is something I’ve always wanted to share with the world....,” Game captioned in a photo where he was liter- ally picking up his teenager.
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