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50 Cents Slapped With $5 Million Verdict
50 Cents and Lastonia Leviston
Outlawz
Tinashe’s Star Continues To Rise
50 Cent has to pay a Florida woman over $5 million for posting her private sex video online as part of his rap beef with rival Rick Ross.
The whopping verdict came down after the four-woman, two-man jury deliberated for only an hour and ten minutes toward the end of a five-week trial Friday.
Now Jackson may have to appear in court next week with his net worth statement in hand so the jury can decide on additional, punitive damages.
The jurors found that the woman, Ross’ baby mama Lastonia Leviston, suffered “severe emotional distress” when the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, narrated the video calling her a “slut” and “motherf–king porn star.”
They also decided that Jack- son had profited off the post- ing that was linked to his website ThisIs50.com. The posting violated Leviston’s privacy rights, the jurors found.
Jackson needles Ross in the x-rated video with a voiceover saying, “Is that your baby Ricky?”
Leviston’s lawyers said that the publication of the 2009 film, which shows her in graphic sex positions with her then boyfriend, Maurice Murray, nearly drove the mother of two to suicide. Mur- ray reportedly sold the video to Jackson after his breakup with Leviston.
“Maurice broke her heart and 50 Cent ruined her life,” Leviston’s lawyer, Philip Freidin said in his closing statement Thursday.
Oxygen Gives ‘The Prancing Elites Project’ A Second Season
The Prancing Elite
Member Killed
After honoring Janet Jackson at the BET Awards, Tinashe is the musical face of Ralph Lauren's Denim & Sup- ply line’s fall campaign along with Cody Simpson.
For the ad, the two hit up the studio to cover Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band’s 1970 hit “Express Yourself” as they and their friends model pieces from the collection.
Tinashe’s mass appeal con- tinues to rise!
In Car Accident
Tupac Shakur with Outlawz member, Hussein Fatal, who was killed on Saturday.
Rapper Hussein Fatal, 38, of the group The Outlawz died in a tragic car accident Satur- day. Although details are scarce, his sudden death has been con- firmed by fellow group mem- bers EDI and Napoleon via their social media accounts.
Fatal, whose birth name is Bruce Washington is a na- tive of Montclair, New Jersey. He rose to fame in the mid-90’s as a member of Tupac Shakur’s group Outlawz.
Kelly Rowland Has New Music; New Show On BET
Kelly Rowland is doing her thing....
Kelly Rowland is back in the lab creating new music.
In a new Instagram post, the new mom and wife is seen jam- ming in the studio to a new song called, "No Pressure." Tagged with the caption, "She's worrrrrrrking... *Common voice*," Ms Kelly is seen swag- gin' and flexin' her muscles to the catchy sounding tune.
Rowland has a ton of new endeavors coming our way, and it looks like there's a new proj- ect to support them. In addi- tion, she has a new show coming to BET called "Chasing Destiny." The series will be based around the "search for the next blazing hot singing sensation that will bring to- gether young women with all that's required to meet Kelly Rowland's standards for ex- cellence."
Also, Rowland will appear in the upcoming second season of FOX's hit series, 'Empire.' The 34-year-old R&B singer will play Lucious Lyon's mother in a flashback.
Singer and dancer, Tinashe is featured in Ralph Lauren’s jeans commercial.
Oxygen has given a second season to “The Prancing Elites Project,” its reality series that follows an all-male African- American dance troupe deter- mined to break down gender and racial barriers, Variety re- ports.
The first season, which de- buted in April, was the net- work’s highest-rated series
premiere among all key demos since its rebranding in 2014. The series particularly found a home with younger viewers, as its median age demo is 34.
With season two, the series expands from 30 minutes to one hour – with all five mem- bers of the Mobile, Alabama- based group set to return.
Tyrese Takes His Music To
The Subway; To Star On
Season 2 Of ‘Empire’
Tyrese Gibson is taking his singing career into his own hands.
The “Fast and the Furious” and ‘Transformer’ star posted a video of himself hawking his CD, “Black Rose,” on the sub- way in Brooklyn on Friday.
“Excuse me, everybody. My name is Tyrese. I’m a singer. I left all of the major record la- bels so that I can do my thing as an independent artist and I’m on the train,” he told rid- ers.
“I’m independent. I’m grass roots. I’m in these streets. I’m a street performer,” he said, with his security in tow.
Lee Daniels took to his In- stagram to announce that Tyrese will also be guest star- ring on the second season of
Singer and Actor, Tyrese
FOX’s hip-hop drama, Em- pire. No word on what charac- ter he will portray.
The roster of guest appear- ances continues to grow with stars like Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Rock and Zac Efron already on board.
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