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Faith Evans Says She Won’t Continue To Look For Person Who Killed Notorious B.I.G.
‘Shark Tank’s’ Daymond John Says He ‘Is Fine’ After Revealing His Cancer Diagnosis
Daymond John opened up about his battle with stage II thyroid cancer during a Face- book Live session on Friday, May 12, just two days after he revealed his diagnosis on Good Morning America.
"Let me tell you something. They caught everything, and I am fine," the Shark Tank star, 48, said. "I am absolutely fine. I have to monitor my health like anything, like everybody, to see if any [cancer] comes back on the other side [of my thyroid]."
Since being diagnosed last year, John has undergone treatment and had the cancer successfully removed. He went public with his diagnosis to raise awareness and stress the importance of early detection.
Daymond John revealed he had cancer on Good Morning America last week.
"If you catch it early, in a lot of cases, you can survive and you will not go through any of the challenges that we see people go through," John said.
Hip-hop superstar Faith Evans said in a recent inter- view that she has decided not to pay PIs anymore to investi- gate her late husband’s mur- der, because she’s convinced Los Angeles police bosses al- ready know the truth.
Evans has spent the past 20 years seeking justice for the man or men behind Notori- ous BIG’s death, which re- mains an open case.
Notorious BIG died in March, 1997 after taking four bullets to the chest in a drive- by shooting in Los Angeles. His killer, described as an African- American male dressed in a
Faith Evans and the late Notorious B.I.G. were married and have a son.
blue suit and bow tie, has never been identified.
Meanwhile, during her can- did chat, Evans also talked about the duet she has
recorded with her late hus- band’s mistress Lil’ Kim on her new album The King & I, which features reworked ver- sions of Biggie’s songs.
Mary J. Blige Announces ‘Strength Of A Woman’ Tour Dates
Mary J. Blige, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has announced the “Strength of a Woman Tour,” set to take flight on July 30 in Chicago.
Supporting her much-ac- claimed 13th studio album of the same name, the North American trek will touch 21 cities, including New York, At- lanta, Miami, Nashville, Dallas, Los Angeles, and more before culminating Sept. 9 in Oak- land, CA at The Paramount
Mary J. Blige’s ‘Strength Of A Woman’ debuted at #1.
Theatre.
R&B powerhouse Lalah
Hathaway will play a sup- porting role.
“Strength of a Woman” de- buted at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B Album Chart.
According to her website, she will make 2 appearances in Florida. On Aug. 22 in Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre and Aug. 23 in Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place.
Beyonce Leads BET Awards With 7 Nods Followed By Bruno Mars With 5
Beyonce and Bruno Mars performing at the 2016 Super Bowl.
June (Black Music Month) is just around the corner, and you know what that means: The 2017 BET Awards.
This year on June 25th, the 17th annual BET Awards will go down at the Microsoft The- ater at L.A Live, and the nomi- nations are in:
Beyonce leads the pack with seven nominations including Album Of The Year For
Lemonade.
Bruno Mars is not far be- hind with five nods, rivaling Bey in the Album of the Year category with 24K Magic.
Other nominees include Solange (who rivals her sis Queen Bey in the Best Female R&B/Pop and Video of the Year categories), Chris Brown, Migos, Trey Songz, Kendrick Lamar, and more.
Snoop Dogg’s New Album Drops May 19; Here Is The Tracklist
After sharing the cover art last month, Snoop Dogg has made a swift return with an- other teaser of his Neva Left project, which includes two of the album’s tracks —”Swivel” featuring Stresmatic and “Go On” featuring October Lon- don — as well as the entire tracklist.
Notable guest MCs include
Too $hort, Devin the Dude, Wiz Khalifa, Red- man, Method Man, B-Real, and KRS-One.
Check out the full tracklist below as we await the May 19 expected drop date:
1. “Neva Left”
2. “Moment I Feared” f. Rick Rock
3. “Bacc in da Dayz”
4. “Promise You This”
5. “Trash Bags” f. K. CAMP 6. “Swivel” f. Stresmatic
7. “Go On” f. October London 8. “Big Mouth”
9. “Toss It” f. Too $hort & Nef the Pharaoh
Snoop Dogg’s new music project Neva Left to be re- leased May 19 (today).
10, “420 (Blaze Up)” f. Devin the Dude, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Battlecat
11. “Lavender (Nightfall Remix)” f. BADBADNOT- GOOD & Kaytranada
12. “Let Us Begin” f. KRS-One 13. “Mount Kushmore” f. Red- man, Method Man & B-Real 14. “Vapors (DJ Battlecat Remix)” f. Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie
15. “I’m Still Here”
16. “Love Around the World” f. Big Bub
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