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Queen Latifah And Her Partner Sign Multi-Year Contract With Author Carl Weber
John Legend And Wife,
New York Times best-selling author, Carl Weber’s first book-to-film, was the urban murder mystery, “The Man in 3B.” The movie was produced by Weber’s Urban Books Media.
Now, Weber’s Urban Books Media has partnered with Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere’s One Unit for a multi-year co-pro- duction agreement that will cover both film and TV proj- ects.
The projects will be based on books from Weber’s publish- ing unit of more than 2,500 ti- tles. Weber has written 26 novels, including 18 on the New York Times Bestseller list.
One Unit also partnered with Freestyle Releasing to dis-
Gender Of New Baby
Queen Latifah and her business partner Shakim Compere team up with Carl Weber.
John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen are having a bouncing baby boy!
Sunday night, the super model revealed the news. Posting a photo of her on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards, she writes, cele- brated the upcoming arrival of their baby with a gender reveal party. Sharing the news on social media, the singer and producer writes, mama and her baby boy.
John Legend and wife, Chrissy Teigen at the Gram- mys.
tribute Weber’s ensemble drama “The Man in 3B,” The film stars Lamman Rucker, Billy Dee Williams and Kellita Smith.
One Unit is part of Com- pere and Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment, which re- cently teamed with HBO on the Emmy-winning movie “Bessie,” starring Latifah.
L&HH Star Mendeecees
Chrissy Teigen Reveal
Harris Attempting To Get
Nelly Countersues Woman Who Claimed He Raped Her
Sentence Reduced
If Monique Greene thought Nelly was letting her sexual assault lawsuit against him go unanswered, she just found out differ- ently.
On Friday (01-26-18) the rapper filed a counter suit against her. In the suit, Nelly claims Greene made her way into the VIP section of the club he was perform- ing at and began flirting with him. He then invited her to join him on the tour bus with others. The rapper said they engaged in consensual sex, but Greene then got mad when a backup dancer en- tered the room to use the bathroom. Nelly claims
Nelly is countersuing Monique Greene.
Mendeecees Harris is attempting to get his 8- year sentence reduced for traf- ficking cocaine and heroin to the Rochester, NY region, according to reports.
The Love & Hip Hop star’s attorney is scheduled to argue before a federal appel- late court that a federal judge erred when sentencing the reality star to eight years in federal prison.
Meanwhile, federal pros- ecutors want him to serve the full sentence im- posed. Harris, is married to reality show star and artist manager, Yandy Smith. Last year, Harris’ attorney asked the judge to recon- sider the sentence arguing that he was a minor player in a drug ring that transported drugs from New York City to the Rochester area.
There was a change in the “Sentencing Guidelines Manual,” which provides recommended sentences for federal judges, shortly before
Mendeecees and Yandy with their children.
Harris’ sentence was im- posed. That change would have allowed the judge to consider a shorter sentence within federal recommended sentencing guidelines.
Prior to reporting to jail, Harris reached out to trou- bled youth — many who wrote letters supporting a shorter sentence for Harris — and counseled them about how to avoid the pitfalls he’d fallen into as a young man.
Greene became "aggressive and disruptive" and was asked to leave. She then al- legedly ordered an Uber and called police to report the in- cident.
Nelly’s countersuit comes after Greene claimed
Nelly raped her, and went on to sue him last month seeking unspecified dam- ages, after the criminal case against the rapper was dropped because she re- fused to cooperate with the investigation.
Philly Clerk Of Court Asked Meek Mill For Money For Son’s Tuition During Sentencing
An exclusive letter has been released, showing that the clerk of the court which sentenced Meek to 2 to 4 years in prison, asked the rap star for money.
Wanda Chavarria slipped a letter addressed to "Mr. Williams" asking him to pay her son's college tuition. Chavarria admitted she passed the note to Meek dur- ing his probation hearing in November, asking to fork over the money at Virginia Com- monwealth University.
"This will probably be my son's last semester at VCU if the tuition isn't paid for this year and unfortunately with my bad
Rapper Meek Mill has been in prison since Novem- ber.
credit, I am unable to secure a
loan or cosign a loan for my son," the note obtained by TMZ.com reads. "Anything you can do is very much appre- ciated. Every little helps -- please donate what you can to keep him attending VCU."
Meek Mill refused to fork over any money.
The letter adds to a list of odd requests made of Meek Mill from the court which oversaw his probation from a 2008 gun and drug arrest.
The rap star's 2-to 4-year in- carceration for a series of minor infractions has sparked a nationwide debate on the crim- inal justice system.
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