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Alicia Keys Earns 9 New Gold
Mystikal Accused Of Forcing Alleged Victim To Pray With Him Before Raping Her
And Platinum RIAA Certifications
For 'Fallin' And More
DONALDSONVILLE, LA – Mystikal‘s sexual assault case has taken an even darker turn, as it’s now been reported he’s been accused of forcing his al- leged rape victim to pray with him before sexually assaulting her.
According to AllHipHop, prosecutors explained the New Orleans rapper, who was al- legedly high on drugs at the time, wanted to rid the woman of any “bad spirits” in her body before the alleged rape oc- curred.
The unidentified woman said the incident took place at his Prairieville home on July 30 after Mystikal accused her
from leaving his home.
She also claimed Mystikal
threw rubbing alcohol on her before calling for a few “Hail Marys.” She eventually man- aged to escape and was treated at the Baton Rouge General Hospital for injuries.
Mystikal was arrested in his home state of Louisiana on July 31 on charges of first-de- gree rape, domestic abuse bat- tery, strangulation and robbery. He was later charged with illegal possession of Xanax, possession of heroin, possession of methampheta- mine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug para- phernalia.
Alicia Keys has received multiple new plaques from the Recording Industry Associa- tion Of America (RIAA) for a number of her early hits.
On September 19, the Grammy Award-winning vo- calist earned nine new RIAA certifications for a number of hits she released more than two decades ago, including “Fallin” which appeared on her 2001 debut album Songs In A Minor.
In total, Alicia Keys adds a pair of platinum certifications for “You Don’t Know My Name” and “Underdog” along with multiple 6x-platinum cer- tifications for songs such as “My Boo” collaboration featur- ing Usher and “Girl on Fire” with Nicki Minaj. The New York Native also secured a gold certification for her 2009 song
ALICIA KEYS
“Doesn’t Mean Anything.”
Keys acknowledged the milestone of her 2012 collabo- ration with Nicki Minaj on Twitter, writing on September 22, “ON FIREEEEE” along with a re-tweet.
MYSTIKAL
of stealing $100 from him. She claimed he became so irate that he physically attacked her, pulled the braids out of her hair, confiscated her keys and cell phone and prevented her
Rick Ross Adds To Business Portfolio With Hemp Hop Smokables Cigarette Business
Rick Ross is joining the cigarette business with his own line of hemp-related products.
The Miami mogul and Wing Stop franchiser recently announced he was partnering with Hempacco to launch Hemp Hop Smokables, a prod- uct offering hemp cigarettes, smoking paper, and alterna- tives to nicotine tobacco.
“I truly believe in the health benefits of hemp-de- rived products,” Ross said in a statement. “Having had my own health scares, and through my healing process, I decided I would develop a line of smokables to help others with the benefits of hemp
RICK ROSS
cannabinoids.”
In conjunction with the
launch, Ross shared a promo- tional video on his Instagram Thursday (September 22) in tandem with Rap Snacks.
“This Hemp Hop right here,”
Ross says in the clip. “This the combination of the game right here. Something some of the finest, healthiest rollups. It’s about doing something that last forever, cause we gon’ live forever. It’s history.”
Lil Baby Receives Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award At Black Music Action Coalition Gala
Lil Baby was honored with the Quincy Jones Humanitar- ian Award at Black Music Ac- tion Coalition’s second annual Music in Action Awards Gala, which took place last Thurs- day night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
The Atlanta rapper was cel- ebrated for his contributions to racial and social justice. Earlier this year, Lil Baby hosted his third annual Back to School Fest in Atlanta, which pro- vided over 3,000 local children with backpacks, school sup- plies, haircuts, and other es- sentials. In addition, Baby
LIL BABY
joined forces with Atlanta restaurateur Lemont
Bradley to offer 100 jobs, while also establishing a $150,000 “My Turn” scholar- ship program at his former high school.
“I honestly didn’t know what a humanitarian was, but as I looked into it and started reading, I understand that I’m actually humanitarian,” Lil Baby said during his accept- ance speech. “I just want to say that I appreciate everybody in here because nothing that we doing or trying to do can be done by one person. It’s gonna take all of us to stick together and stay together.”
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