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Natania Reuben Says Diddy Put A Bounty On Her Head

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Diddy’s past continues to haunt him. A victim from the Club New York shooting says he put a bounty on her head.

As reported by HipHopDX, the now disgraced business mogul is being accused of more heinous acts. During a recent interview with The Art of Dialogue, Natania Reuben claims that Diddy shot her in the face during the infamous Club New York incident in 1999. While he was found not guilty of any wrong doing, the New York City native has been very vocal about his supposed involvement in the crime. During the interview she revealed that she felt her life was in danger after her identity was revealed to the public.

“I was born in Brooklyn [and] I was raised in Brooklyn,” Natania explained. “I had no intentions of leaving, and probably had this [not] happened, I probably would have never left, but when the District Attorney’s office gets information from one of their confidential informant sources saying that there’s a bag on my head, and I’m calling the District Attorney’s office and I’m calling everybody because I look out my window where I was living in Canarsie, Brooklyn, and there’s four, stretched, blacked-out SUVs — I lived on the corner — there’s one on that corner, that corner, one in front of my house, one on the next corner.”

Natania went on to say that she had to relocate due to the fear of her life now being in danger. “What should I do? Sit there and wait for them to come get me or submit to the will of people who have my best interest and want to move me and my family to preserve my safety?” she said. Natania also alleges that the man who originally got into an argument with Diddy prior to the gunfire, Matthew “Scar” Allen, also had a reward on his life.

You can see Natania detail her ordeal below. Diddy has responded to the allegations.



TikTok Can’t Get Enough of Alo Yoga’s $58 Airlift Solar Visor for Style & Sun Protection

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With the heat wave in full swing, you might want to consider ways to protect yourself from UV rays this summer. One way you can do this is by getting yourself an Alo Yoga Airlift Solar Visor. This sleek visor features high-compression fabric that provides exceptional support. Its sweat-wicking material moves with you, ensuring a comfortable and flexible fit during all your activities. Plus, its smooth and lightweight design makes it easy to take with you wherever you go.

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If that not all, this Alo Yoga Airlift Solar Visor is also a TikTok favorite. Creators on the app are praising its stylish and functional design, making it ideal for everything from running errands to taking leisurely walks.

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The limited-edition colors are currently sold out, but you can still snag this bestseller visor in White and Black. An Alo Yoga customer shared, “It’s very stylish! You can’t go wrong with the black one.”

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Alo Yoga Airlift Solar Visor

For those who are still on the fence about adding this visor to your cart, check out these other reviews. One Alo Yoga customer said, “I love this visor it blocks all my sweat going in to my eyes every time I play pickleball and I don’t need to use sunnies. I just ordered the white and can’t wait to use it soon.”

Another Alo Yoga customer said, “I love my new visor! It blinds the sun so it doesn’t blind you! Protection without interference, it’s cute and easy to clean!”

It’s clear that with these visors, you’ll be able to protect yourself from the sun in style.

For more product recommendations, check out these maxi dresses to add to your wardrobe, must-have summer tops for women, and this Walmart beach tote bag for your summer activities.

Julia Fox Comes Out as Lesbian | Billboard News

Julia Fox, former girlfriend of Ye, has officially come out via TikTok, keep watching to see how she announced it!

Julia Fox:

I was that lesbian. So, sorry boys!

Tetris Kelly:

Pride month may be over, but Julia Fox is our and proud!

Ye’s ex let her followers on TikTok know that she’s done with men. The multi-hyphenate who has a child with her ex-husband, Peter Artemiev, has never been shy to talk about her sexuality, like she did on Showtime’s Ziwe.

Julia Fox:

I have a gay bone and I need to explore that more. Like, maybe my ex-boyfriends weren’t wrong when they called me a lesbian and complaining that I never wanted to have sex with them.

Tetris Kelly:

Congrats to Julia on being her authentic self, and here’s to having a brat summer!

 A$AP Rocky Poses With Son RZA for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Campaign

RZA is Savage X Fenty‘s cutest model!

Rihanna’s lingerie and loungewear brand launched its Classics by Savage X Fenty collection on Tuesday (July 9), featuring men’s boxers, briefs and tees. In the promotional photo shared to Instagram, RiRi’s two-year-old son RZA is seen sitting on his dad A$AP Rocky’s shoulders, and both are rocking matching black tank tops and boxers.

See the photos here.

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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcomed RZA as first-time parents in May 2022, and then Riot Rose in August 2023.

Earlier this month, for a cover story with Interview magazine, RiRi opened up about the possibility of expanding her family even more. “As many as God wants me to have,” the nine-time Grammy winner told her former stylist Mel Ottenberg in their all-encompassing chat regarding having more children down the line. “I don’t know what God wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl. But of course, if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”

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She also shared that baby RZA’s first word was “hey,” among other sweet anecdotes about the toddler. “I used to try to get his attention all the time, and I would say, ‘Hey, hey, hey.’ And one day he said it back to me in the same melody, and I kept singing it and he kept following it over and over again,” she said of the learning process, before revealing his current favorite songs. “Oh my gosh. There’s ‘Penguins Salute.’ There’s ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.’ Oh my gosh. RZA gets really emotional about that. Now he’s really into ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.”

André 3000 Says Pimp C Was Upset About His ‘Int’l Players Anthem’ Verse

During a recent appearance on the Uninterrupted’s The Shop, Andre 3000 recalled the time UGK‘s Pimp C got upset about the verse Stacks turned in.



In a clip of the episode which premieres this Thursday, July 11 at 12 p.m. ET on The Shop’s YouTube channel, he had this to say after LeBron pointed out Draymond Green and his wife played “Int’l Players Anthem” during their entrance:

“Rest in peace Pimp, but I got a story about that. Pimp was so mad at me because they sent the beat and I wrote my verse, put my words down and I took the beat out for me to rap. When I sent it back to them, Pimp was like, ‘Man, f—k this muthaf—a, man! This n—a gon’ gotdamn take my beat out! Like, who the f—k he think he is?!’ So he was really mad at the choice that I had made to take the beat. I don’t know if it was Bun or somebody, they were like, ‘Nah, but you don’t understand, when that beat drop, though, it sets it off.’ So it’s almost like a set-up. So it worked, and once he got that, he was like, ‘Okay, okay.’ But he was so mad at me.”

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Back in 2016, during an appearance on the podcast A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, veteran A&R Jeff Sledge told a similar story about Pimp’s reaction to André taking the drums out:

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“When André sent his piece back and had no drums, Chad was pissed off. He was like, ‘Man, f—k André, man! How the f—k is he gonna send my sh—t back and take my drums out? I’m muthaf—in’ Pimp C, f—k that.’ He was up at the office going off about André taking the drums out. André had a thing — and even if you listen to André’s stuff now — he doesn’t really like drums under his stuff much because he wants people to hear what he’s saying. I was like, ‘Chad, hold up fam. Let’s rock it like that because when André doing a capella and then when the beat drops, that’s when your verse drops. And then your verse is gonna lift the record up because now the beat is rockin’ and your verse is kickin’.’ And he’s like, ‘Alright, Jeff. I’m gonna give it a shot. If it f—ks up, it’s on you.’”

This particular episode will also include guests Sexyy Red, fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo, BMX athlete Nigel Sylvester and comedian/actress Jiaoying Summers.

AEG Presents and Monqui Presents to Open New Venue in Portland, Ore.

AEG Presents and independent Portland, Ore., promoter Monqui Presents are bringing a brand-new music venue to the city that will be located in the Lloyd District at the former Nordstrom building site on NE Multnomah Street.  

Developed and operated by the two entities, the 68,000 sq. ft. venue will offer flexible seating for 2,000 to 4,250 attendees and feature a movable stage for dynamic event configurations. The strategic partnership will be led by AEG Presents’ president of Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest Don Strasburg and Monqui Presents co-owner Mike Quinn.  

“This is a project we’ve been working on with Don and the AEG Presents team for about ten years now — we have a great site, excellent design, and most importantly a shared vision in making the audience and artist experience a truly great one,” said Quinn in a press release. “We are extremely fortunate and excited about this partnership and thrilled to bring this venue to Portland.” 

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The release details the new venue’s location as “prime” given its placement within the Lloyd Entertainment District boundaries with “its extensive surface and adjacent parking facilities, coupled with easy access to light rail, streetcar lines, and the recently completed north-south bike and pedestrian bridge, ensures unparalleled convenience for attendees.” 

AEG Presents and Monqui Presents Partner to open new venue in Portland, Oregon.

AEG Presents and Monqui Presents Partner to open new venue in Portland, Oregon.

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“Mike and the whole Monqui team represent the fabric of Portland,” added Strasburg. “We worked together to find the perfect site and designed the perfect venue — we are excited to deliver the city of Portland the concert experience it so deserves.” 

According to the release, the venue will boast state-of-the-art acoustics and sightlines optimized for every patron while accommodating a wide range of musical genres and special events, from intimate acoustic performances to extravagant EDM sets.

Portland-based firm Works Progress Architecture, which also designed Mission Ballroom in Denver, has been entrusted with designing the new venue.  

“We’ve had an incredible 25+ year relationship promoting shows with Mike Quinn and Monqui and look forward to many more years of putting on historical shows together,” said regional vp of AEG Presents Pacific Northwest Chad Queirolo.

Ahead of Prime Day, Amazon Launches All-New $45 Echo Spot With Smart Clock Features, Music Access, Weather Updates & More

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Prime Day 2024 is right around the corner, coming up on July 16-17. Prime members can now get the all-new Echo Spot for just $44.99, down from $79.99, until July 17 as part of the Prime Day celebration, according to a recent Amazon press release.

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The Echo Spot is Amazon‘s new smart alarm clock, featuring vibrant sound and Alexa integration. It is designed to fit easily on a nightstand or desk, providing access to music, weather updates, alarms, and smart home controls through voice commands. It’s also designed to protect your privacy by having full control and transparency over your Alexa experience, from turning off the microphone to deleting your voice recordings.

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You can get it in Black, Glacier White, and Ocean Blue.

Keep in mind, Prime Day officially starts at 12:01 a.m. PT on July 16, but if you are a Prime member, you can get a head start now by adding this Echo Spot to your cart. With early Prime day deals, you can save up to 68% on Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen), Fire TV 2-Series, INSIGNIA 50-inch Class F30 Series Smart Fire TV with Alexa Voice Remote, Fire HD 10 tablets, Fire HD 8 Kids, Luna controllers, Amazon Smart Plugs and other devices, plus some of the biggest price cuts ever on Ring Battery Doorbell Plus, Blink Outdoor 4 multi-packs, Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen.), Kindle Scribe, and eero Max 7 mesh wifi systems.

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All-new Amazon Echo Spot (2024 release), Smart alarm clock with vibrant sound + Alexa, Black

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This versatile and customizable smart clock not only serves as an alarm, but you can also listen to music from your favorite artists from the comfort of your home. With this Echo Spot, you’ll be able to get ready for the day with a relaxing morning meditation session.

If you are still on the fence on whether or not to add this to your cart, check out the reviews. One Amazon customer said, “Speaker sounds good, display is nice and simply. The screen shows a big clock that you can adjust a few ways as well as rotating above that, a weather icon of the current conditions along with the temp and the date.”

Another Amazon customer said, “The sound is much cleaner than the Dot that it replaced with much better bass response. It also does a better job at picking up voices in the room over any noise.”

For more product recommendations, check out these Early Amazon deals, top 5 best bluetooth speakers, and this Bose SoundLink Max Portable speaker.

Jeff Jarrett Recalls How Taylor Swift Was ‘Like a Big Sister’ to His Daughters After His Wife Died

If singing didn’t pan out, Taylor Swift could’ve made her name in babysitting. In a recent interview with WREG News Channel 3, pro wrestler Jeff Jarrett revealed that the 34-year-old pop star used to watch his three daughters when she was a teenager — something that was extra meaningful as his wife Jill Gregory had just passed away.

“She’s a friend of the family,” Jarrett told the organization. “Very good to my family during a very dark period in our family. My wife got sick and she passed away, but Taylor was like a big sister and came over and took the girls, baking cookies and just kinda hung out at the house.”

“I can’t say enough good things about Taylor,” he continued. “Just a sweetheart. I still call her ‘our girl’ and now she’s hanging out in the NFL circles.”

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Gregory died in May 2007, just a few months after Swift released her self-titled debut album. The WWE Hall of Famer also clarified that Swift “was never on the Jeff Jarrett payroll,” implying that the 14-time Grammy winner watched over the girls — Joslyn, Jaclyn and Jerlyn — out of the kindness of her heart.

The “Anti-Hero” singer has been friends with the Jarrett family since she moved to Hendersonville, Tenn. as a teenager to pursue her music career. In 2010, she cast Jaclyn to play a younger version of herself in the “Mine” music video, for which the wrestler and his kids all flew up to Maine to shoot with several other young family friends Swift casted to play her future children.

“I know all of these families personally for different weird uncanny reasons,” the singer said in a behind-the-scenes video at the time. “I’m just excited that they’re going to be in the video because I just didn’t want them to be strangers, the people playing my future family.”

Almost fifteen years later, Swift is now embarked on her global Eras Tour, which most recently set up shop in Zürich for two shows starting Tuesday (July 9). Exactly one year and a day prior, the superstar released the re-recorded version of 2011’s Speak Now, featuring an updated take on lead single “Mine.”

Watch Jarrett talk about Swift above.

Flag On The Play: Brett Favre Asks Court To Reinstate His Defamation Lawsuit Against Shannon Sharpe

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Brett Favre Wants Lawsuit Against Shannon Sharpe Reinstated

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Brett Favre is still salty about Shannon Sharpe talking about his alleged involvement in a Mississippi welfare scandal.

Lawyers for Hall of Fame retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court on Tuesday to reinstate a defamation lawsuit against fellow Hall of Famer, turned media mogul Shannon Sharpe.

A Mississippi federal judge threw out the lawsuit in October on the grounds that Sharpe “used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to the welfare misspending case,” per The Grio’s reporting.

Favre hopes to get a lick back by asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate the lawsuit.

The former Green Bay Packers quarterback is still BIG MAD because Sharpe said that Favre was “taking from the underserved,” adding he “stole money from people that really needed that money,” further adding that you must be a real sorry individual “to steal from the lowest of the low,” during a past episode of Undisputed, the Fox Sports sport’s debate show Sharpe used to co-host with Skip Bayless.

Brett Favre Was Allegedly Taking Money Out of The Pockets of The Needy

According to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, the Mississippi Department of Human Services misused more than $77 million from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program from 2016 to 2019.

Those funds are supposed to help the natives of Mississippi, specifically Black folk in the state because they are considered some of the poorest people in the United States.

During his investigation, White found that Favre was the recipient of an improper payment of $1.1 million for speaking fees from a nonprofit organization that spent money from the TANF with approval from the Department of Human Services.

$5 million was also allotted to the University of Mississippi, Favre’s alma mater and where his daughter attended, to build a volleyball arena.

Farve did pay back the $1.1 million, but according to White in a February court filing still owes  $729,790 accrued interest.

The Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current Mississippi native has denied all charges and is not facing any criminal charges.

Favre might be innocent in the eyes of the law, but in the court of opinion that is Black Xitter, he is guilty as charged.

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1. Exactly

2. Fair question

3. They both were wrong, but we understand the sentiment

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8. Furniture should be moving honetly

DEI MAGA Muva Amber Rose To Speak At RNC, Social Media Sees The Cash Grab

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Amber Rose announced that she will be speaking at the Republican National Convention, leading many on social media to call her out for her past actions.

In a surprising move, media personality Amber Rose has announced that she will be speaking at the upcoming Republican National Convention to endorse Donald Trump for president. She confirmed the reports to her followers in a post on X, formerly Twitter on Monday (July 7) which contained a photo of the Trump 2024 campaign sign and another with the statement: “It’s True! I’m speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee #MAGA”.

The former partner of Ye aka Kanye West has recently declared her allegiance publicly to the former twice-impeached president within the last two months, beginning with posting a photograph of herself posing with Trump and his wife, Melania on Instagram in May.  It’s a noticeable about-face for the 40-year-old, who has previously been a staunch supporter of women’s rights through her Amber Rose Foundation and hosted a “SlutWalk” in 2015 to protest systemic sexual harassment and assault. Back then, her thoughts about Trump were expressed in an interview with The Cut in 2016 where she called Trump a “f***ing idiot,” also adding that she “really hope[s] he’s not president.” Rose would defend her stance afterward, saying: “Trump supports the most reasonable compromise on abortion. Stop being brainwashed cuz WE’RE ppl of color. Make your own decisions.”

Amber Rose was recently in the video for the song “Trump Trump Baby” recorded by another Trump supporter, the rapper Forgatio Blow. The news of her speaking at the RNC in Milwaukee has not gone over well with conservatives, who’ve dubbed Rose an “OnlyFans chick”. Floridian Republican Dr. Maria Peiro blasted the choice in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “Conservatives who voted for Trump in the primary, how do you like being represented by a woke, pro-trans, socialist at the GOP convention?” And others called out the former exotic dancer for being so pro-Trump just for the money – she has been promoting her cryptocurrency using the red “Make America Great Again” hat in recent social media posts. Others brought up the infamous confrontation that she had with reality television star Joseline Hernandez on BET’s “College Hill: Celebrity Edition” after Hernandez told Rose she “wanted to be a white girl”.

We’ve assembled some of the more striking responses to Amber Rose’s new moment in the spotlight below.

1. Who’s gonna tell him?