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Ty Dolla $ign And YG Settle Lawsuit With Australian Soccer Player
LeToya Luckett And Dallas Entrepreneur Get Married
Two years ago, Ty Dolla $ign and YG were accused of punching and kicking an Aus- tralian soccer player in the VIP section of a Melbourne club. The West Coast representa- tives have settled a potential lawsuit with Nelly Yoa.
Ty and YG reportedly agreed to a low six-figure amount in the settlement. Yoa claimed the incident cost him a lucrative soccer deal.
In 2011, he nearly lost his football career after being struck with a machete in an unrelated attack outside a Su-
Ty Dolla $ign and YG settle with Nelly Yoa.
The singer and her fiancé, Dallas-based entrepreneur Tommicus Walker, tied the knot on Sunday evening in a lav- ish ceremony in Austin, TX.
The intimate wedding was held at Villa Antonia, a sprawl- ing mansion in the canyons of the Texas Hill Country.
Pastor John Gray, star of OWN series The Book Of John Gray, is a dear friend of the cou- ple’s and was on hand to offici- ate their wedding ceremony.
Luckett, 36, shared her en- gagement story in August, she revealed that Pastor Gray had prophesized the couple’s union before they met.
Luckett’s bridesmaids wore long black gowns in varied styles for the occasion. The wedding was a black tie affair with a deep red, white and black color theme.
The couple’s celebrity guest list included Ludacris, Tank and Michelle Williams. Tank
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is currently shooting another season, but a violent moment at a local store caused a stop in production last week. Accord- ing to reports, a security guard with the show was struck by an angry driver in a parking lot before filming of the scene began.
The security guy was saving a parking spot for the produc- tion, which pissed off the driver. Witnesses say he revved the engine and struck the secu- rity guard ... injuring his left leg. According to cops, the driver went inside a nearby golf store before fleeing. Cops
Patti LaBelle Outing Luther Vandross Breaks Internet;
danese beauty pageant. Meanwhile, YG is preparing
val in Los Angeles during the NBA's All-Star weekend in February.
Actress/former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett marries Dallas entrepreneur Tommicus Walker.
sang “At Last” as Luckett walked down the aisle to meet her groom. Luckett’s former Destiny’s Child bandmate, Latavia Roberson, was also in attendance to support her good friend on her big night.
to host his "The Boogie" festi-
Love & Hip Hop ATL Filming
Stopped After Hit And Run
The cast of L&HH ATL. The production continued after the se- curity person was run over. The show returns for its 7th season in April 2018.
Gets Mixed Reactions
Patti LaBelle revealed the reason Luther Vandross never came out on Andy Cohen’s show. Some are wondering why she did it.
spoke to staffers at the golf store to ID the driver, and got surveillance footage of the in- cident from another store. No arrests yet.
ently at the scene when the in- cident took place. She nor any- one from the cast has been named as possible victims or perpetrators in the assumed hit-and-run situation.
Mimi Faust was appar-
‘Friday’ Actress Who Played Felisha
Opens Vegan Cafe In The Hood
Angela Means played Felisha in the ‘Friday’ movie. The term ‘BYE FELISHA’ became popular after that. The comedian/model/actress owns a vegan cafe.
Patti LaBelle nearly broke the internet last week after she posthumously outed R&B su- perstar, Luther Vandross, on live television.
During a recent interview on
Bravo’s Watch What Hap- pens Live! with Andy Cohen, LaBelle confirmed what had been long rumored for decades about the R&B crooner: he was a gay man.
What’s more, LaBelle re- vealed that her departed mu- sical peer and best friend struggled throughout his life to come out publicly.
He did not want his mother to be [upset]–although she might have known–he wasn’t going to come out and say this
to the world,” she revealed. “And he had a lot of lady fans. He told me that he just didn’t want to upset the world,” she added. “It was hard for him.”
Reactions to LaBelle out- ing Vandross, who died in 2005, were mixed. For some, she only confirmed the biggest unkept secret in R&B history, while others simply felt it was- n’t her place.
The topic of ‘outing’ is a sensitive discussion in the LGBTQ community. Histori- cally, it’s been a dangerous act to expose one’s sexual or gen- der identity, even by choice, in a society where LGBTQ people are ridiculed and often harmed as a result of it
Angela Means, the actress who played the iconic role of “Felisha” (yes, it’s spelled Fe- lisha) in the movie Friday, has accomplished a lot since the classic film.
She’s been a runway model for high-end fashion designers. She’s done stand-up on the big
and small screen. Plus, she ap- peared in the Nickelodeon show Cousin Skeeter and the movie Friday.
Now she’s tackling a new goal: that of a vegan cafe owner.
Accordingly LA Weekly, Means, grew up a vegetarian
before turning to veganism and has always loved cooking, runs Jackfruit Cafe, teaming up with King’s Donuts to run the oper- ation from their kitchen. “All I can say is that the spirit led me. And now I have a vegan cafe in the ’hood,” she told the publi- cation.
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