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The NBA’s biggest star, who recently left Cleveland for the Lakers, gave back to his community in a big way yesterday as 240 at-risk third- and fourth-graders started at the ‘I Promise’ School in Akron, Ohio.
Read on to see how the GOAT spent his day. Continue Reading…
Marlo Hampton recently dressed as ‘Glenda The Good Witch’ to play host to a ‘Glam it up’ charity/mentoring event for girls in foster care.
For those of you who don’t know, the notorious ex-con turnt reality show background character, was once in foster care herself, a fact she revealed back when her mugshots went public a few years back (click HERE if you missed that). She also once revealed that it was her love of fashion that got her through her time in foster care.
[READ: Marlo Hampton Explains How Fashion Replaced Her Family… ]
Hampton gave back with her ‘Glam it Up’ event, which was held at the Lake City Community Center in Jonesboro, Georgia, where she treated several young girls to complimentary professional makeovers, bra fittings and financial advice from a banker.
Photos from Marlo’s ‘Glam it Up’ event below… Continue Reading…
Singer Kelly Rowland payed a special visit to her hometown of Atlanta yesterday (April 26, 2016).
The Grammy Award winning superstar is a National Ambassador for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), and she’s partnered with Claritin to make over several outdoor spaces at Clubs in three communities in need.
Rowland’s first stop was Atlanta to announce plans to revitalize the park at the Salvation Army BGCA Bellwood Club location on Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy (Bankhead) in northwest Atlanta.
More photos + details of Rowland’s visit below… Continue Reading…
Rapper Rick Ross posed for the mugshot above after he was targeted in Fayette County for driving around in his tinted luxury vehicle.
The resulting traffic stop earned Ross a trip to the clink after authorities smelled the aroma of marijuana in his vehicle.
[READ: Rick Ross Arrested After ‘Routine’ Traffic Stop… (PHOTOS)]
Ross (real name William Leonard Roberts II, was booked into the Fayette County jail and released Wednesday evening after posting a $2,400 bond.
Rozay took his jail time in stride, but upon his release he made a point of getting a fresh new cut since he clearly wasn’t ready for a photo op during his mugshot.
He also managed to ‘give back’ and do a little good in the hood by helping out fellow inmates in need.
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It’s not uncommon for Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton of the legendary group Outkast to pose surrounded by a slew of lovely ladies but this time, things were different.
Big and his Big Kidz Foundation invited a few lovely Girl Scout Daisies to a delightful visit to Stankonia Studios and for his hospitality, the iconic rapper was named an honorary Girl Scout!
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