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Pharrell Takes Knee During Charlottesville Concert
Shareholders Will Be Able
Performing in his home state in Virginia, Pharrell Williams took a swipe at the president’s inciting re-marks about NFL players who kneel or sit during the national an- them in protest of social in- justice.
Near the end of his set at Dave Matthews’ A Concert for Charlottesville on Sunday night, the Virginia Beach na- tive said, “If I want to get on my knees right now for the people of my city, for the peo- ple of my state, that’s what this flag is for,” referencing the Stars and Stripes. He never mentioned Donald
launched into “Happy,” which Williams said was how he felt about performing in his home state.
His set also included “Freedom,” as well as Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.”
The moment followed Pharrell’s unscripted mo- ment at the VH1 “Hip Hop Honors” ceremony, where he began his tribute to Hype Williams with a special mes- sage to viewers about the white nationalists that protested violently in Char- lottesville.
T-Boz Takes To Social Media After Cousin Shot 18 Times By Police
T-Boz, inset, and her cousin and his mom.
TLC singer T-Boz says her cousin, 25-year-old Eddie Russell, Jr. was shot 18 times and killed by police. Sharing the news on social media, T-Boz says the heart- breaking incident took place in Peoria, Illinois.
Russell, Jr., who suffers from mental illness, was named as a suspect in an armed robbery.
Officers say allegedly robbed the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust before re- turning home where an hours-long police stand-off ensued. Reportedly, officers fired their weapons after Russell, Jr. emerged from his home.
According to police ac- counts, he exited his home in an “aggressive” manner and the officers shot him stating that they believed he was holding the same handgun used in the robbery. He was pronounced dead at the scene. T-Boz and her family are disputing the police’s ac- count of what happened.
Eminem’s Music Catalog
Pharrell was backed up by The Root at a recent con- cert in his home state of Vir- ginia.
Trump by name.
Williams and The
Roots, who backed him, then
According to a press re- lease, the online auction plat- form Royalty Exchange's new company Royalty Flow is set to buy between 15% to 25% of Eminem's music royalties. Once the subsidiary is listed on the NASDAQ, Eminem fans and other potential finan- ciers will be able to invest in the stock and share in royalty income through dividends.
Detroit producers Jeff and Mark Bass, co-founders of Funky Bass Team (FBT) Pro- ductions, are working with Royalty Exchange to seek in- vestors for Eminem's master
Detroit based rapper Em- inem is changing the game.
sound recording royalties from his 1999-2013 catalog. That time period includes the Diamond-certified albums The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show.
To Invest In Royalties From
Migos To Appear On MTV’s ‘TRL’ Reboo
Black-ish Moving To Tuesdays
MTV is scheduled to pre- miere its TRL reboot on Octo- ber 2. The network is bringing back the music video-based series for a new generation.
The first episode will fea- ture an appearance by the award-winning rap group Migos. English singer-song- writer Ed Sheeran was also tapped for the 10/2 show.
Wild ‘n Out comedian DC Young Fly was selected as one of the five rotating hosts for the new TRL. Amy Pham, Erik Zachary,
Migos and Ed Sheeran are set to be featured on TRL reboot.
Lawrence Jackson, and Tamara Dhia will also take the helm of the daily live pro- gram.
The Johnson Family of Black-ish is moving on up like The Jeffersons in this new TV spot to advertise their new time, Tuesday nights at 9 p.m.
It marks a move from Wednesdays nights, and now it will be the lead in for fresh- man comedy, The Mayor, starring relative newcomer Brandon Michael Hall and Yvette Nicole Brown.
Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross as parents Dre and Bow, Yara Shahidi, Mar- cus Scribner, Marsai Martin and Miles Brown as their kids Zoey, Junior, Diane and Jack, and Lau- rence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis as Dre's par-
The Johnsons of black- ish is moving to Tuesdays.
ents, Ruby and Pops. Shahidi will co-tar on Black-ish concurrently with a Black-ish spinoff on Freeform that she will lead beginning in 2018, tentatively
titled, College-ish.
Black-ish returns on Oc-
tober 3 at 9:00 p.m.
Jay-Z And Beyonce Buy House In The Hamptons For $26M
Jay-Z and Beyonce con- tinue to make room for their new family, in the most lavish of ways.
According to reports, the pair
have plunked down $26 mil-
lion for a man-
sion in the Hamptons.
Trulia.com reports that the couple are the new own- ers of a 7 bedroom, 7.5 bath- room property nestled on two acres of land.
The 12,000 square-foot mansion is over 100 years old, but it has undergone ex- tensive renovations to mod- ernize the home.
The house in the Hamp-
JAY-Z AND BEYONCE
tons marks the latest piece of high price real estate the power couple have pur- chased this year.
Last month, the pair closed on a $90 million man- sion in Bel Air.
Beyonce and Jay, who already have a daughter named Blue Ivy, welcomed their twins Sir and Rumi in June.
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