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- COUPLEDOM: Flo Rida SPOTTED Getting Cuddly With MYSTERY BOO In Miami
- Justin Combs & UCLA Respond To Criticism Of His Football Scholarship, Reveals Graduation Pics
- EXCLUSIVE: Mary J. Blige's FFAWN Partner Steve Stoute Confirms ALL Scholarships Still In Tact, Alleges Mismanagement From The Top
- Lil' Kim HINTS At Tour With Missy And Eve & "Prison" Tell-All + DMX ANNOUNCES "UNDISPUTED: WEIGH IN" Tour
- Ciara ANNOUNCES "One Woman Army" Album & "Sweat" Single + Chris Brown's "Countdown" Single
- Chris Brown Drops "Till I Die" Vid + Jennifer Williams' LUCID Photoshoot
- DIVORCE DRAMA: Allen Iverson Wants Judge To Throw Tawanna In JAIL For RANSACKING His Home!
- Angela Simmons & Romeo Miller Address Their Suspicious COUPLED UP Pics...Kinda
- OFFICIAL Pics From Rihanna's JULY 2012 "ESQUIRE UK" COVER Photoshoot
- RUMOR CONTROL: Tyler Perry Says Bobbi Kristina DID NOT Have A MELTDOWN On Set
- Tank's "Compliments" VIDEO Featuring T.I. & Kris Stephens + Mariah Carey & Dem Babies In Italy
- Waka Flocka Flame GOES SHIRTLESS & Gets WACKY With Terry Richardson
| COUPLEDOM: Flo Rida SPOTTED Getting Cuddly With MYSTERY BOO In Miami Posted: 31 May 2012 09:42 AM PDT Rapper Flo Rida was spotted lunching with his cute lady friend at Sushi Siam restaurant in Miami yesterday. Looks like he's more than moved on from his ex Eva Marcille. Check the twosome's pics inside... The couple held hands and cuddled after lunch and seemed pretty into each other. The "Goin' In" rapper had his friends in tow for the lunch date too. On July 6, the rapper will perform for The TODAY Show concert series. And of course, Flo took the time to pose with fans. Gotta spread the love...
Photos via Manuel Munoz/PacificCoastNews.com  |
| Justin Combs & UCLA Respond To Criticism Of His Football Scholarship, Reveals Graduation Pics Posted: 31 May 2012 08:54 AM PDT While Justin Combs spent the weekend celebrating his high school graduation with dad Diddy, mama Misa and plenty of friends & family, folks were up in arms about his UCLA full football scholarship. Why? Because some argue he should have turned it down since his father is extremely wealthy, so he doesn't "need" it.
Peep UCLA's and Justin's responses, and his cute graduation party pics, inside...
Instead of everyone offering praises for the new Bruins baller, Justin Combs has received some criticism as some folks seem to think his annual $54,000 MERIT-BASED scholarship award is taking away money from other students who actually need it. UCLA responded yesterday saying:
And Justin, who graduated with a 3.7 GPA from a top private school and won several football awards and made the prestigious All Star/All American team this year, tweeted last night:
He received co-signs from his extremely supportive mom Misa Hylton, of course.
And we have to agree. There is a huge difference between need-based scholarships and merit-based scholarships. What kind of society would we be when we begin to tell any student or child you do not deserve to EARN merit simply because of what your parents have? Shouldn't we congratulate all students and kids who work extremely hard in sports, the classroom, etc? Meanwhile, Justin didn't seem to let the critics get him down as he celebrated his graduation with his fam this weekend:
Misa's daughter Madison and Diddy Justin's godmother Mary J. Blige & grandmother Justin's grandparents on both sides. Oh hey Mama Janice. Is that Da Band's Babs?? Congrats Justin! Pics via Twitter  |
| Posted: 31 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT This week, reports surfaced of R&B star Mary J. Blige's charitable organization FFAWN (Foundation For The Advancement Of Women Now, Inc.) coming under fire for not repaying a $250,000 bank loan, as well as lawsuits against Mary and partner, mogul Steve Stoute (pictured above). Mary has since been accused of allowing her charity to fall apart, ultimately hurting the benefactors.
Now, Steve Stoute reveals to TheYBF.com the full story, the true culprit, and says all scholarships for FFAWN's young girls are still in place. The NY Post reported earlier this week that Mary J. Blige's & Steve Stoute's FFAWN organization, which raises money to send several girls to college, as well as to fund her Yonkers Center for Women, was slapped with two lawsuits. One for failing to pay the musicians' bands from a 2011 FFAWN Gala, and a second for failing to repay a TD Bank loan for $250,000 by December 2011. TD Bank reported that the loan was acquired in June of 2011. And only $368.33 was repaid. Mary responded on Angie Martinez's radio show earlier this week saying, "It happens that FFAWN has been mismanaged and when I found out about all these issues and things that are going on concerning FFAWN, I immediately got on the phone with my lawyers and advisers and tried to rectify this and fix this so that none of those women would suffer that are going to college." She continued about restructuring the company saying: "My goal is to do exactly what I set out to do and my motives were true and upfront. I set out to empower and encourage and help women because I got a second chance myself. I wanted to give them a second chance…. So right now as we speak I've hired a team of people that are making sure that my businesses are taken care of as far as FFAWN is concerned, we are not closing down, we are restructuring and we put a great team of people in place and I'm just proud to say that the grants, the scholarships that we set out to take care of will be taken care of. The Mary J. Blige Center for Women in Yonkers, everyone is in good standing." Like many celebrity charities, a staff is hired to run their organization properly on a day-to-day basis. Steve Stoute tells us the mismanagement is due to incompetence from a former staffer.
Steve reaffirmed to TheYBF.com Mary's sentiments with more detail, saying each of the several young women who were promised college scholarships are still IN college and new recipients are still going. He says their money is covered, despite mismanagement of the $250,000 loan in question. (Editor has removed other names of those involved for legality)
Mr. Stoute alleges that the Executive took out the loan in order to cover the expenses of an "over-produced" gala. Especially since, as Steve said, the gala did not raise the amount of funds expected. According to Steve, not only did the Executive leave the organization soon after the gala without notifying anyone about the loan, he & Mary were also unaware of who needed to be paid. In response to the lawsuit filed by performers and their bands who claim they were not paid for their gala services, Steve tells us:
Steve also claims that the former executive used the FFAWN charity to further their own agenda in chairing other high profile celebrity charities, as well as leveraging connections into another high profile position in the music industry. And left as soon as things went awry. An Executive provided legal reasons as to why the charity offices needed to be moved from the Translation offices--Steve's company--into an Executive's own home, which, Steve explained, is why the bank and process servers were unable to reach a representative from the Foundation once the Executive left the charity. Mr. Stoute maintains that there is no "missing money"--in response to allegations that partial sales of Mary's My Life fragrance, intended for the Foundation, are nowhere to be found:
He does take full responsibility for not filing a 2010 tax return, saying, "We knew we didn't file and planned to file late, which is not out of the ordinary for any business. We did put in for an extension." But Steve confirmed that all scholarship money, as well as Mary's Center for Women, are both in good standing despite these lawsuits. TheYBF.com reached out repeatedly to the former Executive and staff for comment and received no response.  |
| Posted: 31 May 2012 07:27 AM PDT Lil' Kim stopped by Chicago's Power 92 radio station recently where she dished on her upcoming book and hinted at a possible tour with Missy and Eve. Get the deets inside and find out about DMX's upcoming tour. During a recent Chicago's Power 92 interview where she made her “Return of the Queen” tour stop, Lil' Kim dished on a larger scale tour and her upcoming book. Kimmie said she is finishing up her tell-all about her stay in prison, which will focus on her life and the women she met inside. She also talked about her upcoming music saying, “The next single is called "Look Like Money" and it’s produced by Rockwilder. By the time we hit L.A. [June 8], it should be just dropping.” She then hinted at a tour featuring other female emcees saying, "We got something really special planned and it's with me, Missy, and Eve.” That would be hot. She also dissed the Notorious movie--again--calling it inaccurate. She stated: “Let’s just be real about it. [Biggie's] wife, his mom, and all them people who was running that movie, aside from Puff, were not around this man the way we were around this man. We were around this man every five minutes, every day. I think our story would be a little more real.”
Watch the interview here:
Listen to Rockwilder play a snippet of "Look Like Money" here:
And in other tour news.........
DMX just announced that his "UNDISPUTED: WEIGH IN" tour will kick off on June 1st. The tour will serve to promote his 7th studio album Undisputed. The first leg of the tour starts in Cincinnati, OH with additional portions to be announced soon. X said, "It's been a long time since I've had the chance to go out and touch the fans. They've consistently supported through the ups and downs. I'm anxious to get back in front of them and return the favor, keeping the focus on incredible music and memorable live shows." His manager, Jason Fowler, added, "We are excited to get back on the road with the "Undisputed: Weigh In" promo tour this summer. With X getting the The first release from the disc, "I Don't Dance," was produced by JR Rotem and featuring Cleveland spit-fire rapper and longtime DMX admirer MGK. "I Don't Dance. A music video directed by John Colombo will soon follow. "UNDISPUTED: WEIGH IN" TOUR DATES (FIRST LEG): June 1 Cincinnati, OH Inner Circle June 2 Minneapolis, MN Epic Event Center June 8 Albany, NY Northern Lights June 9 Detroit, MI Date With Nas June 10 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of June 14 Norfolk, VA The Norva June 15 Raleigh, NC Starbar June 16 Jamaica, NY Amazura June 21 Hyannis, MA Pufferbellies June 22 Rochester, NY Water June 24 Allentown, PA Croc Rock June 30 Honolulu, HI Blaisdell Hall July 6 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live July 8 Orlando, FL Firestone July 10 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall Who's going? Love to see X getting back into his element. Listen to "I Don't Dance" featuring Bad Boy's Machine Gun Kelly below:  |
| Ciara ANNOUNCES "One Woman Army" Album & "Sweat" Single + Chris Brown's "Countdown" Single Posted: 31 May 2012 06:53 AM PDT Ciara's ready for her return. The ATL singer has announced the title of her 5th studio album, along with the disc's lead single. Get the deets inside and listen to Chris Brown's "Countdown."
While promoting her upcoming That's My Boy flick (June 15) on MTV News recently, Ciara announced to fans that her fifth album will be called One Woman Army. She also revealed that the lead single from the disc is called “Sweat." She said, “I’m finishing up my album. It’s called One Woman Army and you guys will be in for a treat very soon. My new single ‘Sweat’ will be coming as well. … It’s gonna make you sweat in all kinds of ways.” Watch the announcement here: Well good for her.
And in new music......... Chris Brown dropped his “Countdown” single right after dropping his brand new video for "Till I Die." This single won't appear on his upcoming album Fortune (July 3), but may turn up on a mixtape. Check it out above.
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| Chris Brown Drops "Till I Die" Vid + Jennifer Williams' LUCID Photoshoot Posted: 30 May 2012 07:44 PM PDT "Basketball Wives" star Jennifer Williams--who is readying her return to season 5 of the insane VH1 show--recently shot a new campaign for her Lucid Cosmetics company. We've got a few of her hot pics, plus Chris Brown's brand new video for "Till I Die" inside.... *EDITOR'S UPDATE* Despite the photographer stating this photoshoot was specifically for LUCID cosmetics, Jennifer confirmed to us that these are actually from a personal photo shoot. We may not agree with her decision to return to the foolery that is "Basketball Wives," but there's no denying her fabness. Businesswoman and reality star Jennifer Williams recently rocked a pretty photoshoot for her lip gloss company Lucid Cosmetics. The portrait session was done in NYC and will serve as promo for her new line of glosses. The gold heel-less Giuseppe Zanotti shoes are everything: Nice.
And just minutes ago, Chris Brown released his brand new video, directed by himself via CBE Entertainment, for his single "Till I Die" ft. Wiz Khalifa & Big Sean (and a cameo by Snoop). Check it below: His album Fortune drops July 3rd. Jennifer Pics: Delaney/WENN  |
| DIVORCE DRAMA: Allen Iverson Wants Judge To Throw Tawanna In JAIL For RANSACKING His Home! Posted: 30 May 2012 05:15 PM PDT Allen Iverson and Tawanna Iverson are STILL FIGHTING. And now Allen wants Tawanna thrown in jail for ransacking his house. These two. Deets inside....
Despite "getting it in" a while back, Allen and Tawanna Iverson are still very much UNHAPPILY married and are still heading towards divorce. But now, Allen wants Tawanna thrown in jail. He says she ransacked his house while he was out of the country playing basketball in Asia (this according to new legal docs). Allen recently filed a motion in Georgia, according to TMZ, for contempt saying that when he returned home, his place was totally gutted! DAMN! According to the docs, he says she got away with furniture, art, memorabilia and cash and now she won't return them! He wants a judge to hold Tawanna in contempt for harassing him and leave her in jail until he gets his stuff. We'll keep you posted........  |
| Angela Simmons & Romeo Miller Address Their Suspicious COUPLED UP Pics...Kinda Posted: 30 May 2012 04:38 PM PDT Is it on and poppin' for hottie rapper/actor Romeo Miller and socialite/businesswoman Angela Simmons? It certainly seems that way. But the twosome is playing coy on Twitter as they exchanged words about getting caught by the paparazzi cams while out on a lunch date yesterday. Check the pics inside, plus what both had to say about it all... Is it a rap kid hook-up? Master P's son, Romeo (22), who is starring in Tyler Perry's upcoming Madea's Witness Protection flick, and Rev. Run's daughter, Angela (25), looked pretty cozy at lunch in West Hollywood yesterday. The Jumping The Broom actor was spotted with his arm around the Pastry queen as they left out of the eatery--all smiles: They very well could be friends...but something tells us they could also be much more than just friends. And we wouldn't even be mad at that. The two tweeted each other about their ping pong date after lunch, getting hounded by paparazzi and wondering what the media would make of it: No denial...yet. Time will tell... Pics via WENN  |
| OFFICIAL Pics From Rihanna's JULY 2012 "ESQUIRE UK" COVER Photoshoot Posted: 30 May 2012 03:48 PM PDT
Rihanna has released more photos from her sexy topless photoshoot with the UK's "ESQUIRE" Magazine. See the pics inside.....
We told you earlier about Rihanna's super sexy photoshoot for the UK's ESQUIRE Magazine, and now the magazine has released more photos from the shoot and the official cover. The hot chica donned short camo shorts and in some pics, a crocheted bikini with strategically placed material. And it's very fitting that Ri's next fragrance (due in November) is called Nude. Watch "BTS" footage here:
Photog: Matt Irwin/Video via Evan E. Rogers  |
| RUMOR CONTROL: Tyler Perry Says Bobbi Kristina DID NOT Have A MELTDOWN On Set Posted: 30 May 2012 01:37 PM PDT Tyler Perry is responding to reports that Bobbi Kristina stormed off the set of his "Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse" TBS show saying that it never happened. Get the deets inside and find out why he's saying, "LEAVE THIS BABY ALONE AND STOP THE LIES PLEASE!!!" Folks have been spreading rumors that Bobbi Kristina had a meltdown on the set of "Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse" and now the director is defending her saying it NEVER happened. In fact, the show wrapped production a long time ago. He told his Facebook fans today,
Well....that sums that up.  |
| Tank's "Compliments" VIDEO Featuring T.I. & Kris Stephens + Mariah Carey & Dem Babies In Italy Posted: 30 May 2012 12:15 PM PDT R&B singer Tank just dropped his new video called "Compliments," which features T.I. and Kris Stephens. Watch the video inside and see Mariah Carey with Dem Babies in Italy. R&B crooner Tank is back with another track & video featuring T.I. and Kris Stephens. "Compliments" appears on the singer's This is How I Feel album. And the video was directed by Juwan Lee. Watch the vid below:
And in Italy............ Mariah Carey is currently visiting her "lambs" overseas...in her platform mules. And the "Jenny" spokeswoman had her gorgeous tots "Dem Babies" in tow. Earlier, Nick tweeted, Roc big pimpin in Italy! Loves this fam. Photos via ColinGClicks.com/Splash  |
| Waka Flocka Flame GOES SHIRTLESS & Gets WACKY With Terry Richardson Posted: 30 May 2012 11:03 AM PDT Rapper Waka Flocka Flame did a wacky photoshoot with his tatts, jewelry and famed photog Terry Richardson. And he showed off his playful side. See the pics inside.... Waka Flocka Flame stopped by the studio of famed photographer Terry Richardson where he dropped the "gangsta" image and showed off his fun side. Waka's next album drops in June. He tweeted, All I do is Turn Up, June 12 Ima Have A Reason #TrippleFLife. See.....even the most hardcore rapper (even though we rarely understand what he's saying) has a lovable side. And Waka actually has a cute smile. Right?
Many of the photos appear in the latest issue of VMan on magazine racks now.
Watch "BTS" footage of the shoot above. And check out the rest of the pics over at Terry Richardson's site.
The Randomness: 1. Did Bobbi Kristina really quit Tyler Perry's "For Better or Worse" after a mini-meltdown? Story.  |
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