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Kendrick Lamar Wins 6 MTV VMA Awards
Kendrick Lamar was a big winner. He won 6 of the 8 awards he was nominated for.
Fans Made It Happen:
Kendrick Lamar was the MTV Video Award’s big win- ner, picking up six awards in- cluding ‘video of the year’ for ‘HUMBLE’.
The video, directed by Dave Meyers, takes a wry look at Kendrick’s growing fame and sees him dressing up as a pope and taking part in a Last Supper.
The the live broadcast artists spoke out against white supremacy and urged suicide awareness during the awards
on Sunday night. Transgender military per-
sonnel attended, days after
President Donald Trump
signed a directive to ban them.
Ed Sheeran was named ‘Artist of the Year’ and Fifth Harmony got the ‘Best Pop Video’ award for ‘Down’.
Taylor Swift was a no- show - perhaps wise given her history with awards host Katy Perry - but won best collaboration.
Mike Epps was involved in a fight at a New Orleans casino in February.
M.A.C will honor the life and career of Aaliyah with a lim- ited-edition collection due in stores next summer.
The partnership comes two years after fans petitioned for the line on Change.org. The ef- fort collected more than 26,000 signatures and it ap- pears that the company was listening.
“Aaliyah is truly one in a million–an unstoppable icon whose groundbreaking work in R&B music and film inspires us all,” said M.A.C in an Insta- gram post announcing the line. “Today we join her countless fans in celebrating her with the announcement of the M·A·C
Aaliyah was a well known R&B singer, who was killed in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22.
Aaliyah collection.
You made it happen! Stay
tuned in 2018.”
HBO To Air Movie About Female Activist And Mobster In 1920s Harlem
Tim Story is developing a movie about Stephanie St. Clair.
The daughter of Ghost was killed.
Stephanie St. Clair was a known figure throughout New York in 1920s Harlem. She fought against other mob- sters to maintain her inde- pendent business and was also considered an activist for the black community at the time.
Now Tim Story and Zero Gravity Management are de- veloping a movie at HBO Films about her life.
The project is based on book
The World of Stephanie St. Clair: An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in the Early Twentieth Century Harlem by Shirley Stewart. Asher, an African American screenwriter, as we noted is penning the screenplay about the woman known as “Madame Queenie” or just “Queenie.”
Power creator Court- ney A. Kemp dished about the decision to kill off Ghost’s daughter, Raina (Donshea Hopkins).
“We wanted something that at this stage of the series would change everyone’s life forever,’ Kemp tells EW. The series is produced by rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and the Season 4 finale episode airs Sept. 3 on Starz.
“Power” follows James St. Patrick (Omari Hard-
wick), nicknamed “Ghost,” a major player in one of the city’s biggest illegal drug net- works. His daughter’s death was a result of his son Tariq’s (Michael Rainey Jr.) rebellion into the world of drugs and crime.
Fans have expressed their grief of Raina’s death on so- cial media. Even Charlam- agne Da God gave Tariq “Donkey of the Day” honors.
In an interview, Hopkins said she was also surprised by her character’s death.
Mike Epps Avoids Jail Time In Casino Brawl
Mike Epps will have to pay some fines, but will not have to spend time in jail for putting hands on a man in a New Orleans casino.
Epps pled no contest last Thursday to misdemeanor battery charges stemming from the February brawl at the New Orleans Harrah’s.
He was given a 30-day sen- tence, but it was suspended, allowing the comic to avoid jail altogether.
He was ordered to pay a $175 fine and $125 in court costs.
Epps allegedly left the vic- tim with a black eye and neck pain after the attack.
M.A.C. Will Honor Aaliyah
With Limited Collection
‘Power’ Creator Explains Why Ghost's Daughter Was Killed
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