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Bobbi Kristina's Ex-Fiancé Nick Gordon Reportedly Dead After Apparent Drug Overdose
Eddie Murphy To Receive Lifetime
Achievement Honor And Regrets
Some Past Comedy Routines
Bobbi Kristina’s ex-fi- ancé Nick Gordon has re- portedly died. According to The Daily Mail, Gordon was out celebrating on New Year’s Eve when he suffered a series of heart attacks and was rushed to a Florida ICU where he later died.
Gordon’s brother, Junior Walker, confirmed the news on his Facebook page, reveal- ing he’d been at his bedside when he passed.
“I love you so much big brother,” he wrote alongside several photos of Gordon. “I hope you heard me talking to you at your bedside. you are
Eddie Murphy has been doin’ the damn thang (enter- taining folks) for quite some time now and he’s finally about to get some overdue props: the Critics Choice Life- time Achievement Award.
Murphy, who came to fame via “Saturday Night Live” and went on to humon- gous success in Hollywood, will receive the honor at the 25th Annual Critics Choice Awards on January 19.
Murphy also found fame with “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Daddy Day Care,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Harlem Nights,” and “Trading Places.”
He was also in “Coming to America,” “Bowfinger,” “48 Hours” and was the voice of Donkey in “Shrek.”
The funnyman’s most re- cent accomplishment is the lead role in Netflix’s “Dolemite is My Name” in which he portrays the late
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EDDIE MURPHY
Rudy Ray Moore. His re-
make/follow up to “Coming to America” is due out in 2020 as well.
Oh yeah, he’s set to go on his first comedy tour in 30 years in 2020, too.
Diddy Looks To Motivate The World After 'Rough 2019'
with me and I can feel it. I love you I love you I love you. watch over me and your nieces. Sh** wasn’t suppose to go like this.
I talked to you 6 hours before all this started you gave me my nickname Lil Wop and that will forever be what I go by.
Feds Reportedly Find Gold
To ring in the new year, Diddy got on Instagram to spread motivation to his fans who had a tough year just like he did.
In the emotional post, the Hip Hop mogul got candid and opened up in the two-minute video.
“2019 was a crazy year. It was a great year for some of us and for some of us that shit was really, really, really hard man,” he says in the opening minutes. “I want to tell every-
shift and had a hard year, dealt or is dealing with heartbreak or loss or just not knowing where they’re going. Depres- sion, you know, the energy was real, real heavy out there.”
Diddy continues with his speech revealing he had his own bout with depression last year following the passing of Kim Porter, the mother of three of his children. “I even got affected by it, you know. 2019 was the year I honestly felt like I wanted to give up.”
Plated Gun, Heroin On Lil
DIDDY
body that went through the
Wayne's Private Jet
Last week, a report was widely circulated that author- ities were looking to search Lil Wayne’s plane after re- ceiving a tip that it was carry- ing drugs and other illegal substances.
Federal agents did end up searching the rapper’s plane upon landing at Miami-Opa- locka Executive Airport fol- lowing a flight from California on Christmas eve. They found a gold-plated .45 caliber hand- gun with a pearl grip, accord- ing to a report from Miami Herald. In addition to the blinged out gun, investigators also found MDMA in pill and crystal form as well as weed, cocaine and heroin in a Coach bag, but the quantity of each drug was not immediately known.
Wayne’s chef, who was traveling with the rapper, had about $20,000 in cash in his possession. They also recov-
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ered Vape cartridges that fea- tured Lil Wayne’s face on the boxes. The federal search was conducted by investiga- tors with the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives de- partments as well as Miami- Dade police officers.
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