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Great things take time and effort and rapper 2 Chainz is putting his all into his Atlanta restaurant.
You may have read by now that Escobar Lounge & Tapas, which opened December 2016, fell flat during it’s first health inspection, scoring a “U” for ‘unsatisfatory’ with a score of 56 (click HERE if you missed that).
Well now, after a major management overhaul, the Peter Street eatery has rebounded with an almost perfect score!
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The Married to medicine reunion may be over but the ‘real life’ drama continues!
Mariah Huq of M2M is on a mission to get her point across after being dragged throughout the season by the cast she put together.
As previously stated, I chose not to watch during the season, but got everything I needed from the reunion.
[READ: Recap + Full Video: Married to Medicine Season 4 Reunion (Part 1) and (Part 2)]
Fortunately, there’s always an online friend willing to keep me in the loop… Continue Reading…
Jose Torres and Kayla Norton cried like babies when they were handed down sentences in their controversial confederate flag case yesterday.
The pair were part of a large group of people who drove up terrorizing a kid’s birthday party in Douglasville, Georgia a few Summers back.
Several trucks bearing confederate flags confronted a group of African-American adults who were hosting a kid’s party on the lawn.
The child’s mother, Melissa Alford, said the group parked on her grass, walked up to her property, yelled racial slurs and even threatened her family with guns but the local authorities did nothing when they were called.
Fortunately it was all captured it on video and the culprits have now all been charged with a hate crime… Continue Reading…
The photo above of Kellyanne Conway, the senior advisor to President Donald Trump has gone viral this morning (February 28, 2017)
The picture, which was taken yesterday, shows Conway casually kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office as she checks her phone, while surrounded by several leaders of historically Black colleges and universities.
The image has been widely shared on social media and Conway’s pose has many calling her disrespectful and totally unladylike.
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VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” returns for its sixth season with several new additions to the cast + a slew of returning series vets.
In preparation for the return of the popular ‘docu-drama,’ VH1 has released a 5 minute ‘super trailer’ and shares what we can expect for the new season.
Check out extended super trailer + official cast list below… Continue Reading…
Trey Songz was spotted in Atlanta a few days ago as he played host to The Gold Room’s weekly Friday Night event (February 24, 2017).
But just hours before Trey was spotted living la vida loca in the popular Atlanta club, he was dragged into the rap beef that popped up between Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma.
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