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Jay Jenkins aka “Young Jeezy” aka “Jeezy” aka “The Snowman” is on the legal warpath and wants a Houston, TX party promoter to pay up!
The popular Atlanta-based rapper recently responded to a contract dispute with a million dollar counterclaim, alleging said promoter trashed his name after he was a no show at a Super Bowl weekend event.
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It’s clear that the stakes were high in this year’s Super Bowl, as it could have been a first for the Atlanta Falcons.
The popular rapper was just as shocked as the rest of the world when New England came back for the win and he apparently lost a small fortune betting on the home team. Tip also hit the net to offer those seeking payment clarity on exactly what steps must take place in order for a ‘bet’ to actually be paid by him.
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Killer Mike (real name Mike Render) recently appeared on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ where he eloquently defended Beyoncè’s controversial Super Bowl performance.
Many ‘fragile’ right wingers like Fox network and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani immediately took issue with the pop singer’s powerful declaration of black pride during the performance, which featured dancers in Black Panthers-style outfits.
Mike took the opportunity to explain to all of the ‘fragile’ White minds upset over Beyonce’s performance that it’s not always about them!
“White people, it’s not always about you,” the Run the Jewels MC said, pointing to the track’s early verses about being a proud black woman. “She’s talking to other black people … that conversation wasn’t even for you.”
Mike also emphasized how the history taught is not always accurate, explaning that The Black Panther organization wasn’t just comprised of and concerned with black people. “It was a socialist group for any downtrodden people.”
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Sure, we get the shortest month of the year to celebrate Black History, but this year, in light of the Black Lives Matters movement, it seems that quite a few celebrities are getting it in!
[READ: Killer Mike, Usher, Jermaine Dupri & More Kick off Black History Monty by ‘Banking Black’!]
Now Beyonce has taken one of the nation’s largest platforms, THE SUPER BOWL, to honor Black Power by paying homage to the Black Panther Party!
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Meet NFL Hall of Famer/suspended NFL correspondent, Warren Sapp.
Sapp posed for the mugshot above just a few hours after the SuperBowl in Phoenix, Arizona and was charged with suspicion of soliciting a prostitute, in addition to other charges.
Sapp is/was a broadcaster with the NFL Network and played professionally with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders after a collegiate career at the University of Miami. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2013.
After word of his arrest spread, the NFL Network removed Sapp’s biography from their website and suspended him from the network indefinitely.
[Sidebar: Dayum… that was quick! Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty??]
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The CEO of Houston-based Gallery Furniture lost $7 million on a promotion that promised to give customers who shopped at his stores their money back if the Seattle Seahawks won Sunday.
Gallery Furniture customers in Houston, Texas will see $7 million in refunds after owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made a losing bet on this year’s Super Bowl game.
In a promotions move which many would call insane, the Houston gambler promised he would give a full refund to customers who spent $6,000 or more at his furniture store in the two weeks leading up to the game IF the Denver Broncos won the game.
I’m sure you heard by now that the Seahawks nearly massacred the Broncos with a 43-8 victory but when contacted about his loss, McIngvale said he was “thrilled” that he lost… and he should be!
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