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Pusha T Sets Up College Fund For Boy, 6, Who’s Video Against Violence Goes Viral
Pusha T setting up college fund for Jeffrey Laney, aka Lil J.
Book: Mary J. Blige Fan, Saddam Hussein Listened To Her Music During His Last Days
A 6-year-old St. Louis boy, af- fectionately referred to as “Lil J,” took to Facebook to plead for gun violence to end in a video that quickly went viral.
For a solid four minutes, Lil J begged for peace and outlined how gun violence plagues his community. He articulately ex- plained why kids should be fo- cused on their education, and said adults should be “happy” and not “stressful” because peo- ple are getting shot.
Leanndra Cheatham, Lil J’s mom took to social media last week to share a four- minute clip of her son Jeffrey
Laney, aka Lil J talking about the effects of gun violence on his neighborhood and family.
Enter G.O.O.D. Music power- house Pusha T. After seeing the heartfelt video, he not only penned a letter to the child ad- dressing his concerns, but also decided to set up a college fund in Lil J’s name.
“I started this thing called a college fund for you ...it’s for when you grow up a little,” Pusha T wrote in an Instagram post. “You don’t have to worry about it now but when you do need it, it’s there for you.”
Former dictator Saddam Hussein spent his final days lis- tening to hip-hop, according to a new book.
A former soldier named Will Bardenwerper has just pub- lished a book titled “The Pris- oner In His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Un- said.”
The new book claims the sol- diers guarding Saddam devel- oped a cozy relationship with the former leader of Iraq, after he was captured by U.S. troops and ask, for crimes against human- ity.
In addition to loving American shows like Sesame Street and
Saddam Hussein was the leader of Iraq before the U.S. invaded the country. He loved hip hop music especially Mary J. Blige.
movies like Dracula, “The Pris- oner in His Palace” revealed that Saddam was a huge fan of hip- hop, especially Singer Mary J Blige.
“The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid” will be released this week.
As ‘Childish Album
tly announced his retirement, also mentioning that the Gover- nor’s Ball would be the only time he’d perform for the year.
Glover the rapper has re- leased three albums– Camp, Be- cause The Internet and Awaken My Love! There’s also a ru- mored collaboration between Gambino and Chance The Rapper, which back in January The Coloring Book creator con- firmed exists, but gave no other details.
Donald Glover Is Retiring Gambino’ After Next
Regina King Teams Up With Dana Dane To Turn Hit ‘Cinderfella' Into Movie
Regina King and Dana Dane
It’s no secret that Donald Glover is a modern day Renais- sance man seeming to make magic out of whatever he touches from the Golden-Globe winning TV series Atlanta to the musical success he’s found under the stage name, “Child- ish Gambino”.
VIBE reports after performing a series of hits at the 2017 Gov- ernor’s Ball, the artist made an announcement that his next album will be his last.
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, is now an award winning actor.
After fans rejoiced in festival glory at the June 3rd perform- ance, the “Redbone” singer sub-
Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Case Is Underway
Bill Cosby has been ac- cused by more than 50 women of sexual assault.
But Cosby's fate will hang on testimony from just two of his accusers.
Cosby, 79, faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and assaulting Andrea Con- stand, a Temple University employee, in 2004. He has de- nied the accusations since 2005, when Constand first went to the police.
The district attorney at that time declined to press charges -- and in 2006 Cosby settled a
Bill Cosby headed to court on Monday.
civil suit with Constand that remained sealed for almost a decade.
As Cosby's opened Mon- day, there was a reminder of his former reputation as "America's Dad" — the actress who played his youngest daughter on TV.
Keshia Knight Pulliam, 38, who played Rudy Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," accompanied the co- median into the Montgomery County courthouse.
Neither Cosby nor Pulliam spoke as they entered.
A handful of the other accus- ers traveled to be at the court- house in small-town Pennsylvania, also.
Regina King is returning to the fairytale world of Cinderella to turn rapper Dana Dane’s 1987 hit Cinderfella into a new movie.
The ‘American Crime’ star and Dane have joined forces on the project and are currently shop- ping a script around Hollywood, while hunting for stars.
Sources claim Ice Cube is high on their wish list.
Dane’s hit revolved around an
urban “Cinderella” story, in which he was the unlucky ‘princess’ and his fairy god- mother was a guy called Hurb.
King has a good track record with “Cinderella” films – she starred in the 2004 remake of “A Cinderella Story.”
And the gender-bending tale isn’t a new concept – comedian Jerry Lewis starred in “Cin- derfella” in 1960.
Master P Planning Peace Rally Before Essence Festival After Boy, 7, Killed
Rap mogul Master P is hosting a peace rally before his celebrity basketball game later this month in honor of a young child killed in Kentucky.
The first Essence Festival charity celebrity basketball game, staged by Master P’s Team Hope NOLA foundation, will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 29, and Master P added the rally to the events surrounding the big game after hearing about the death of seven-year-old De- quante Hobbs, Jr., who was killed last month after a stray
Master P is planning the rally in honor of Dequante Hobbs, Jr.
bullet from a shooting incident passed through his kitchen window and hit him in the head.
Master P has invited Hobbs’ mother, Micheshia Norment, to the A National
Day of Peace rally and the bas- ketball game. “We are calling for peace. We need to send a strong message to communi- ties across America: this sense- less violence must stop,” Master P said.
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