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Benzino Turns Himself Into Authorities In Atlanta
‘Black Panther 2’ Is Worthy
Benzino turned himself into law officials in Atlanta last Monday after unintentionally being on the run.
The quandary stems from an alleged altercation between his ex-girlfriend Althea Heart and her male partner.
Heart and Benzino have quite a storied past that has played out publicly. The pair joined the cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta in season 3 (2014) and he eventually pro- posed to singer. The pair ended up having a son, but their relationship did not sur- vive. They tried to fix it on
tercation that went public is old, but the charges are new.
“I was kind of arguing with the guy she was with at the time. Long story short, the case was like two years ago and somebody put that old video up and it got me kind of argu- ing with him,” he said.
He explained that he missed a virtual court appearance in April because he had covid and that prompted the new war- rant for his arrest. on to say that following his arrest in April, he was supposed to at- tend a court meeting via zoom call.
Of Chadwick Boseman,
Letitia Wright Says
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Letitia Wright said the upcoming sequel will pay tribute to the first film’s star, the late actor Chadwick Boseman, by sticking to the script.
“We honored him by com- mitting ourselves to this story that he started, the legacy he started with this franchise,” the 28-year-old actress told Variety on Sunday at a Cannes Film Festival dinner spon- sored by Kering’s Women in Motion program. “We just committed every day to work- ing hard no matter what cir- cumstances we faced. And we faced a lot of circumstances!”
Boseman, who unexpect- edly died in August 2020 at age 43 after a battle with colon cancer, portrayed T’Challa, the monarch of a fictional African country called Wakanda who moonlights as Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Marriage Boot Camp, but they ultimately failed.
Benzino stated that the al-
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“It is an incredible honor for Chadwick Boseman — it’s jam-packed with exciting stuff,” the British starlet said, adding that the sequel’s cast and crew faced “a lot of diffi- cult situations, but we came together as a team and we poured everything into this movie, so I’m excited for you to see it.”
Kanye West's 2020 Presidential Campaign Says Someone Stole Thousands Of Dollars From Its Account
Rapper Kanye West's pres- idential dreams crashed and burned in 2020 after the Grammy Award-winning artist failed to qualify for most states' ballots and earned just north of 66,000 votes.
Two years later, West's campaign committee — still technically in existence — has hit a different snag: theft.
West's campaign acknowl- edged Tuesday in a letter to the Federal Election Commission that someone with access to the campaign's bank account, but not affiliated with the cam-
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paign itself, stole $3,999 in campaign funds to pay off credit card bills.
The thefts occurred in late 2021 and early 2022, West's campaign said.
"It has been determined that the disbursement for $1474 on 12/9/21, $1280 on 2/8/22 and $1245 on 2/22/22 was an ex- ternal fraud situation," the let- ter reads. "After investigating, it was determined that an indi- vidual not connected with the campaign accessed a campaign account to pay his own credit card."
Fat Joe Says He Regrets Beefing With Jay Z And Roc-A-Fella: ‘I Was Wrong’
Fat Joe discussed a myr- iad of topics in a recent sit- down with Math Hoffa, including his old beef with JAY-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records. Their discourse re- portedly began on the basket- ball court at Harlem’s Rucker Park in 2004 when Hip Hop artists and basketball stars used to get together for tour- naments.
Both JAY-Z and Fat Joe’s teams made it to the champi- onships that year, but Hov never showed, and the game was forfeited to Fat Joe’s team. After the win, he took a shot at the Roc-A-Fella co- founder on the single “Lean Back” with, “I don’t wanna speak about the Rucker/Not even Pee Wee Kirkland
FAT JOE AND JAY-Z
could imagine this/My n-gga didn’t have to play to win the championship.” From there, it was officially on.
Eighteen years later, Fat Joe is able to take responsi- bility for the role he played in the situation. As he told Math Hoffa and crew, “One of the greatest friendships, admiration and love, I played
myself. With everything that happened with us and Roc-A- Fella and all that was Fat Joe’s doing, and I played myself, and I was wrong.
“I wasted 10, 15 years we could have got money with each other. I ain’t going lie, ever since I started fu**ing with JAY-Z, I’ve been get- ting paid.”
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