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Lloyd Price ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ Dies At 88
Fenty Skin By Rihanna Launches New Butta Drop Body Cream
Lloyd Price, who soared to the top of the charts with the 1950s hits Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Personality and Stagger Lee, died Monday in New Orleans. He was 88 and no cause was given by his manager, who confirmed the death.
Price was discovered at age 19 by legendary New Orleans producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dave Bartholomew, who was working with Specialty Records producer Art Rupe. He took Price in and soon recorded Lawdy Miss Clawdy, with Fats Domino on piano and Earl Palmer on drums. The hit sold a million copies and spent seven weeks atop Billboard’s R&B charts.
Price told the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that he was
Last week, Fenty Skin by Ri- hanna released Butta Drop Whipped Oil Body Cream, its first-ever body care product — that is, designed specifically for the body, like body lotions, body scrubs and body washes. When the brand launched in July 2020, all of the products were aimed at skincare for the face. Offerings included Fat Water Pore-Refining Toner Serum, Hydra Vizor Invisible Moisturizer and Total Cleans'r Remove-It-All face wash. Today, Fenty Skin offers a total of five face products.
The newest addition to Ri- hanna’s skin care line is in- fused with a moisturizing
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shocked by the success of Lawdy Miss Clawdy. The title was taken from a local disc jockey at station WBOK Radio, who would incorporate the phrase into his on-air banter.
blend of sunflower, baobab and Kalahari melon oils. It also features shea butter and glyc- erin, a popular hydrating skin care ingredient that is found in everything from hand soaps to facial mists. Butta Drop boasts the same tropical fruit and flo-
ral scent as Fenty Skin’s In- stant Reset Overnight Recov- ery Gel-Cream for the face.
Like all Fenty Skin prod- ucts, Butta Drop is unisex and 100 percent cruelty-free. It also earned the Clean at Sephora seal.
YFN Lucci Indicted In
Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network To Honor Black Fathers With TV Special
Racketeering Charges
For this year’s Father’s Day OWN is premiering a new tele- vision special on June 15th ded- icated to Dads titled, “Honoring Our Kings: Own Honors Black Fatherhood.”
The special will be hosted by Oprah Winfrey and actor Sterling K. Brown and pro- duced by (Emmys executive producer), Reginald Hudlin.
In Atlanta, Georgia
YFN Lucci has more legal trouble his way. He is one of the 12 individuals who are fac- ing racketeering charges in At- lanta, according to a report from local news station WSB- TV.
The indictment alleges that Lucci is an associate of the Bloods and the allegations against him include tampering with evidence of a homicide by concealing a crime scene and vehicle by hiding it, assaulting someone by strangulation, and encouraging the striking and kicking of that person for play- ing rival gang music.
Felony murder allegations against Lucci and some oth- ers in the RICO case involve the homicide for which Lucci’s already been released on bond. He was arrested in the case back in January.
“The first thing that we had to do was recognize that there is an absolute gang problem in this county and that we were
Oprah Winfrey and Sterling K. Brown at the 69TH PRIME- TIME EMMY AWARDS, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday, Sept. 17 , 2017
The two-hour special will fea-
ture conversations with every-
day Dads, special messages to honor the Black Kings who their families and communi-
from celebrity fathers and musi- cal performances to celebrate
stand firm and proud in their role as a father, and celebrate
ties,” said Oprah Winfrey to the press.
fathers everywhere. “We want the love and joy they bring to
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gonna take a strong stance against that,” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said.
She added that she and her team used a YouTube Music Video titled ‘Shine On’ to build their case on the alleged gang associations of the two of the artists, YFN Lucci and Bloody Jay, who are both named in the indictment.
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