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T. I. And Charlamagne Tha God Advocate For Economic Growth
Gayle King Debuts New ‘CBS This Morning’ Team With Oprah Assist
Anthony Mason, Gayle King, and Tony Dokoupil
With Congressional Black Caucus
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday (May 23), T. I. and Charlamagne Tha God offered additional support to a Congressional Black Caucus press conference as they stressed the importance of closing the wage gap within African American communi- ties while also elevating their economic development.
The Hip Hop stars were flanked by lawmakers Re. An- tonio Delgado (D-NY) and Steven Horsford (D-NV) as they discussed leeway in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Nipsey Hussle’s contributions to the initiative and more.
“We spoke about opportu- nity zones. You’re talking about not just an opportunity for folks who have been mar- ginalized or exploited or left behind, you’re also talking about opportunity for Hip Hop,” Delgado, notably a for- mer rapper, said according to The Hill. “Because what Hip Hop has done over its lifetime,
Charlemagne Tha God and T. I. speaking at the Black Caucus.
has put brothers and sisters who’ve come from tough cir- cumstances in a position to el- evate their individual lives and at times their communities.”
On Thursday, Charlam- agne spoke on Nipsey’s in- volvement — in the past and present day.
“Nipsey was the epitome of a leader,” The Breakfast Club host said on air while out- lining his Our Opportunity in- vestment fund. “We were on Capitol Hill yesterday advocat- ing for it with members of the CBC and lawmakers and of course, Nipsey would have been and salute to David
Gross for seeing his vision through.”
During the press confer- ence, T. I. also spoke on the slain rap star’s presence on the front lines.
“Everybody knows that Nipsey was pretty much the founder of the idea to bring everyone together who, you know, may individually be able to do great things and make a significant impact on their own in their communities,” Tip explained. “But for us to come together, we can impact so, so many more communi- ties and spread our efforts so much wider.”
Did you put money on Oprah Winfrey pitching in on Gayle King’s debut as chief co-host of CBS This Morning on Monday? Con- grats!
CBS News unveiled its latest iteration of its morning show, with King joined by co-hosts Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil. Among the news breaking to make the cut on
Day 1: “Oprah’s After School Special” report on a high school that CBS News previously had highlighted, complete with a visit from King’s BFF.
The co-hosts also sat down with Ava DuVernay about her four-part Netflix series When They See Us, about the wrongful conviction of the Cen- tral Park Five, debuting Mon- day night.
Toronto Raptors Gift Drake With Custom OVO Jacket Worth Half-A-Mil
Merch Sales To
Travis Scott Donates
TORONTO, CANADA – While Toronto Raptors fans were celebrating a massive Game 4 hometown win over the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday (May 21), it appears the game’s biggest winner was none other than the team am- bassador Drake. The rapper was presented with a $550,000 custom OVO jacket by Raptors’ President, Masai Ujiri.
“We are so thrilled to have
Drake being presented his jacket.
partnered with Garrison Be- spoke to create this one-of-a- kind custom piece for
[Drake],” wrote Diamond Foundry — who was respon- sible for icing out the jacket with 235 diamonds.
The jacket designer Garri- son Bespoke notes that the inside of the jacket, which is the OVO crossover Jersey Drake himself designed, was made of fabric sourced from French mill House of Dormeuil’s private collection. It’s said to be one of the first examples of jersey cloth from the early 20th century.
Many celebrities are taking a stand amid Alabama's HB 314 law, which restricts doc- tors from performing abor- tion procedures within state lines. During the 2019 Hang- out Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama on Friday (May 17), Travis Scott de- cided to donate all of the prof- its from his concert merch sales to Planned Parenthood.
"I wanna donate my net profits from my merch today to Planned Parenthood," Trav announced midway through his set. Planned Par- enthood is a non-profit or- ganization that provides reproductive health care to women, including pregnancy screenings and abortions. "We feel for those in Ala- bama. I love you all," he added. "I just want everyone to know that love is the strongest thing that we can have...So to anyone out there; man, woman. I wanna dedi-
TRAVIS SCOTT
cate
this song to you."
Travis is not the only hip- hop artist that has shared his disapproval of Alabama's abortion law. Offset, Ri- hanna, Waka Flocka, and Lupe Fiascoalso discussed their frustrations on social media.
"We should pass a bill that rapist get the death penalty," Waka wrote, while Offset compared the law to a form of slavery.
Ne-Yo’s Ex-Manager Ordered To Pay Back The $6M He Stole
COLUMBUS, OH – Ne-Yo is going to recoup millions of the dollars he lost at the hands of his ex-manager. A judge has or- dered Kevin Foster, the for- mer business manager of Ne-Yo and Brian McKnight, to pay restitution to the singers after defrauding the celebrities.
According to The Blast, Ne-Yo has been awarded $6,456,250. McKnight will receive $151,675. Foster will also have to pay $1.4 million to the IRS.
Officials in the U. S. District
NE-YO
Court for the Southern District of Ohio say Foster convinced Ne-Yo to invest $2 million in a
sports drink called OXYwater under “false pretenses.” Foster invested an additional $1.5 mil- lion without Ne-Yo’s knowl- edge and forged the Motown artist’s signature to establish $1.4 million in lines of credit.
Foster was convicted on multiple charges, including money laundering, wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns. Ear- lier this month, an Ohio judge sentenced him to over seven years in prison.
Planned Parenthood
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