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Kodak Black Donates $50,000 Worth Of Water To Haiti
Ne-Yo’s Wife Crystal Smith Says There’s 'No Chance' They'll Get Back Together
Kodak Black’s assistance to his homeland of Haiti moves forward as gang vio- lence continues to sweep the Caribbean nation.
According to TMZ, the rap- per donated $50,000 worth of water to help victims of gang violence. Kodak and his lawyer, Bradford Cohen, have a plan for the water’s dis- tribution.
Cohen confirmed that they are working with a Miami dis- tributor to prepare the alkaline water for shipment. The water is traveling by way of a cargo ship to Haiti.
On the water, the labels read “LAST,” representing a goal to be the last time Haiti will have to go without water, Cohen said. Cohen says Kodak and
Ne-Yo’s estranged wife Crystal Renay Smith has said that her marriage to the R&B singer is done and that she’s moving on.
Smith was cornered by TMZ at the Los Angeles Interna- tional Airport where she said there was no chance the couple could patch things up. Her comments come after she filed for divorce from the R&B singer amid allegations he fa-
NE YO AND CRYSTAL SMITH
thered a child with another woman.
“There are no chances,” Smith said when asked by the outlet if there was any hope of working things out. “We’re moving on to better lives. Cer- tain things can be forgiven. God will forgive and so will I.”
When asked to clarify that she’d be able to forgive Ne-Yo, she said: “The Christian in me has to one day, but I’m okay.”
KODAK BLACK
his team will be working hand- in-hand with government offi- cials to ensure the proper distribution of the water – pri- oritizing those who need it the most.
50 Cent Inks Partnership With The NFL’s Houston Texans
Nichelle Nichols' Remains
Curtis “50 Cent” Jack- son has inked another deal with another sports team, this time with the NFL’s Houston Texans. Earlier this month, the football team announced they signed a multi-year deal with Jackson’s Sire Spirits LLC and G-Unity Foundation.
According to the press re- lease, the Texans will also offer their 50/50 Jackpot through G-Unity Foundation. The part- nership will “empower chil- dren and youth in America’s cities to develop confidence, strength, and skills to win in life.”
Will Go Explore Strange
More than five decades after the original Star Trek series ended, its beloved communi- cations officer will venture into the unknown for real when Nichelle Nichols' ashes are launched into deep space later this year.
Nichols, the trailblazing actress who played Lt. Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek series in the 1960s and in several of the franchise's fea- ture films, died at age 89 in July. She is remembered as one of the first Black women featured in a major television series, as well as credited with inspiring women and people of color to join NASA.
And now her symbolic jour- ney beyond the stratosphere continues. United Launch Al- liance — an American space- craft launch provider —
50 CENT PARTNERS WITH THE TEXANS
New Worlds
The collaboration will make the Sire Spirit’s Branson Co- gnac and Le Chemin du Roi
Champagne the Official Co- gnac and Champagne of the AFC South division team.
NICHELLE NICHOLS
announced last week that a portion of Nichols' ashes will travel to deep space aboard a Vulcan rocket with Celestis, a private company that sends peoples' cremated remains and DNA into space for me- morial flights.
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