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Ye West files paperwork to change his name again

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Ye West has filed paperwork to change his name again. In 2021 the rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, changed his name to Ye West.

According to new business documents filed by his chief financial officer Hussain Lalani with the State of California, the rapper’s new name is now “Ye Ye”. He has dropped his last name.

Ye Ye’s previous court filings referred to him as “Ye West.” One of his main companies, Ox Paha Inc, which has filed hundreds of trademarks on behalf of Ye West, now refers to him as “Ye Ye”.

Ye Ye, 48, has yet to publicly announce his new name on social media. His new name was listed in the “Statement of Information” that provides updated business details, such as change of address.

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Ye Ye, pictured with his wife Bianca Censori, has lashed out at people for calling him by his birth name. During a recent interview with Piers Morgan, Ye Ye “stomped off like a big baby” when Piers called him by his birth name.

Ye Ye took to X (formerly Twitter) on June 1 to address the dispute and clarify that his “name is Ye.”

Fans on X challenged the rapper to make up his mind about his name. One fan wrote: “We went from mr west to mr ye. We went from Kanye omari west (the only one) To Ye Ye.”

Ye Ye made a name for himself producing albums including Jay-Z’s classic The Blueprint (2001), before signing a record deal with Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records.

His debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004), spawned the hit singles “Through the Wire”, “Jesus Walks”, “All Falls Down”, and “Slow Jamz”, featuring Twista.

YouTuber and his Wife Killed by Fellow YouTuber in Las Vegas

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YouTuber and his Wife Killed by Fellow YouTuber in Las Vegas
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A social media feud ended in the shooting deaths of a YouTuber and his wife near the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Sunday. The shooting was captured on livestream.

The suspect, identified as Manuel Ruiz, a.k.a. SinCity-MannyWise, allegedly feuded with Finny Da Legend. The shooting was caught on Finny Da Legend’s livestream late Sunday.

Reports are that the two vloggers were feuding over copyright strikes on YouTube.

Police say Ruiz, 41, targeted Finny Da Legend and his wife, Bubbly, who were live-streaming near the Bellagio Fountains.

The shooting stemmed from a yearlong online feud. According to reports, Finny mocked Ruiz in a video posted last week.

Finny reportedly called Ruiz mentally ill and possibly suicidal. The public feud erupted when the two men saw each other. Bubbly attempted to calm Ruiz down, telling him, “Don’t bring your as* over here.”

But he opened fire and killed Finny before turning the gun on Bubbly who tried to pan the camera to film the shooting. “Are you f*cking kidding me?” she screamed. The camera fell to the ground when she was shot.

“Officers under patrol heard gunfire and immediately ran toward it. They found two victims lying on the sidewalk and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced at the scene,” Andrew Walsh, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s undersheriff, said at a press conference.

“At this point, we believe we have the suspect identified and that this is an isolated incident, knowing that the suspect and the victim had previously engaged in some type of conflict using a variety of social media platforms,” Walsh said.

Ruiz was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police Department after the shooting.

The Fountains of Bellagio are a famous tourist attraction along the Las Vegas Strip.

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Brittany Renner, Kevin Gates End Their Islamic Marriage After 52 Days

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Brittany Renner, Kevin Gates End Their Islamic Marriage After 52 Days
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Rapper Kevin Gates and reality star Brittany Renner ended their Islamic marriage after just 52 days. The “Basketball Wives” star confirmed their “divorce” on Saturday. “We got married April 6 and divorced May 28,” she told radio station REAL 92.3 in Los Angeles.

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Kevin, 39, is already married to Dreka Gates, the mother of his children. A search of courthouses in America failed to turn up any divorce documents in the names of Kevin and Dreka, 38.

The high school sweethearts dated for 13 years before tying the knot. They share 2 children.

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Brittany, who is famous for having a baby with NBA player P.J. Washington, converted to Islam in accordance with Kevin’s religion. Their marriage was not officially recognized in a court of law.

“There is a 90 day waiting period in Islam, where you have 90 days to see if you’re pregnant because then he would be responsible,” Brittany explained.

“But also in those 90 days, it’s for recommendation because the law wants you to stay married. And during those 90 days, you are not to entertain anybody romantically.”

“So, what I will say is Islam has made my life easier,” Brittany continued. “Honestly, I don’t think anybody gets married to not stay married. So this is a nice 90 day reset, just focusing on myself.”

Brittany added that she followed her heart despite the fact that Kevin is a family man and he is not divorced.

Islam allows men to take as many wives as they can afford.

“A lot of people, their issue is, even just in dating, in marriage, it’s people just don’t give it their all. They don’t just go for it. But I feel like when you do, you’re at peace with whatever happens because I gave 100 percent,” Brittany said.

Beyoncé dropped her pants and a brawl broke out at her ‘Cowboy Carter’ concert in London

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Beyoncé dropped her pants and a brawl broke out at her ‘Cowboy Carter’ concert in London
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Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter concert tour is generating headlines for all the wrong reasons. Media outlets previously reported that Beyoncé performed in nearly empty arenas in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Chicago and other cities.

But the biggest headlines came when she landed in London, England and dropped her pants on opening night.

According to reports, Beyoncé’s pants fell down mid-performance. She tried to grab the falling pants but she wasn’t quick enough.

Beyoncé was in the middle of performing “I’m That Girl” when her cowboy chaps fell to the floor.

The wardrobe malfunction wasn’t the only incident that nearly ruined Bey’s first concert stop in London on Thursday night. After she made a quick costume change, a brawl broke out in the audience right in front of the stage!

Cell phone video shows 2 male fans fighting just feet from the stage while Bey performed. Others in the crowd tried to break up the fight but were unsuccessful.

Bey continued to sing “Why Don’t You Love Me” as her fans threw punches in the audience.

According to reports, Beyoncé struggled to sell hundreds of tickets to her show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. She has several more shows in London before she moves on to Paris and heads back to the United States.

Bey kicked off her latest concert tour on April 28 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. She performed to a half empty arena as fans protested the high prices of her concert tickets.

Resellers then dumped hundreds of tickets on the open market. Tickets were selling for as low as $25 each! The low ticket prices helped Beyoncé make history at SoFi Stadium.

The long-suffering global pop star grossed $55.7 million and sold 217,000 tickets in Cali. Her 5-night run at SoFi is the biggest single-venue event of the year.

Trump DEPORTS TikTok’s biggest star & Hugo Boss model Khaby Lame

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Trump DEPORTS TikTok’s biggest star & Hugo Boss model Khaby Lame
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TikTok influencer Khabane “Khaby” Lame has been deported back to his home country. The Senegalese-Italian influencer is known for his comedic “life hack” videos on TikTok, where he has over 163 million followers.

The aspiring model has also walked the runway for Hugo Boss. He recently attended the Met Gala in New York City (above).

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Khaby was born in Senegal and immigrated with his family to Italy where he was raised in public housing. The family was poor and Khaby worked in a factory to help out at home.

During the Covid pandemic, in March 2020, Khaby was fired from his factory job. He pulled out his cell phone and began recording silent videos in his bedroom.

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Khaby, 25, quickly became the biggest influencer on TikTok with over 163 million followers. He is paid $750,000 for a single post on TikTok. In 2022 he earned over $10 million in revenue.

Khaby’s first purchase with his newfound wealth was a house for his parents.

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According to Newsweek, Khaby arrived in the U.S. on April 30 and was detained by immigration officials at Harry Reid airport in Las Vegas on June 6 “for immigration violations.”

ICE officials confirmed that Khaby was detained for overstaying his visa but he was released the same day after agreeing to self-deport.

“Lame entered the United States April 30 and overstayed the terms of his visa. Lame was granted voluntary departure June 6 and has since departed the US,” ICE officials said in a statement to Men’s Journal.

The incident was first reported by political activist and Trump supporter Bo Loudon, who claimed he played a role in alerting ICE officials to Khaby’s arrival in the US.

“I discovered he was illegal who overstayed an invalid VISA, evaded taxes, and I personally took action to have him deported,” Bo Loudon wrote in a post on X (Twitter).

Loudon also claimed he collaborated with “the patriots at President Trump’s DHS to make this happen”.

Khaby’s deportation is part of President Donald Trump’s plan to use local police, ICE agents and the military to carry out the largest mass deportation in US history.

Trump plans to deport 15-20 million immigrants during his second term in office.

Green card holders who have lived legally in the US for decades can also be deported if they have a single conviction for a deportable crime.

Las Vegas reporter goes viral for pausing live broadcast to “interact” with homeless man

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Las Vegas reporter goes viral for pausing live broadcast to “interact” with homeless man
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A Las Vegas reporter went viral for pausing her live remote broadcast to “interact” with a homeless man who asked her for money.

KVVU reporter Molly McBride was at a gas station reporting about recent shootings in the area, when a man ran up and asked her for money.

The camera panned off McBride as a Las Vegas Fox affiliate anchor woman noted that she would “check back in with Molly in just a moment”.

The anchor woman added, “It looks like she’s having some interactions there”.

The video uploaded to X (Twitter) was viewed over 9 million times on June 8.

News director Tom Bell told TVSpy, the man “briefly made contact with her then ran off.” He added that McBride was okay.

“Molly was not hurt, just startled. The incident occurred in seconds. She said when she looked back at the tape, it looked scarier than it was in real life,” said Bell. “When she returned to the station, she was more focused on and appreciative of how concerned we were about her, vs the actual encounter.”

Coco Gauff Wins Her First French Open and Second Grand Slam Title

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Coco Gauff Wins Her First French Open and Second Grand Slam Title
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Coco Gauff won her first French Open title against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at Roland-Garros Stadium in Paris, France on Saturday. Coco lost the first set 6-7(5), but she rallied to win 6-2, 6-4 in the second and third sets.

It was her second Grand Slam title. She also won the U.S. Open in 2023.

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Coco collapsed on the clay court and covered her face with her hands. She mouthed the words “Oh my god,” before embracing Aryna at the net.

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She went into the stands and celebrated with director Spike Lee, her parents and her entourage. Former First Lady Michelle Obama congratulated Coco in a post on X after the match.

“Your determination, strength, and grace throughout the French Open has inspired us all — and showed us what’s possible. Proud of you!” Michelle Obama wrote.

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Coco, 21, is the first American woman to win the French Open since Serena Williams won her third title in 2015. She is also the youngest winner at the French Open since Serena first won in 2002.

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“I didn’t think I could do it,” Coco said while holding the trophy on the court. “But I’d like to quote American rap star Tyler the Creator, who said: ‘If I ever told you that I had a doubt inside me, I must be lying.’ I think I was lying to myself, because I could do it.”

She continued: “I also felt like this is one I really wanted, because I do think this was one of the tournaments that, when I was younger, that I felt I had the best shot of winning. I just felt like if I went through my career and didn’t get at least one of these, I would feel regrets and stuff.”

During the post-match press conference, Coco reflected on the turmoil back home in the United States.

“There’s a lot going on in our country right now,” she said, before adding that she wants to represent people who look like her, “who maybe don’t feel as supported during this period, and so just being that reflection of hope and light.”

Coco took home the grand prize of $2.9 million.

All in the Family: Sean Kingston’s Sister Arrested for Shoplifting at Target

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All in the Family: Sean Kingston’s Sister Arrested for Shoplifting at Target
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Sean Kingston’s sister Kanema Morris, aka “Dimples”, is wanted on an open warrant for shoplifting at a Target store in Florida last year. She is on the run and authorities believe she fled the country to Kingston, Jamaica.

Morris, 40, is accused of petty theft of store merchandise worth less than $750. She was arrested last year but she never showed up for her court date.

Sean Kingston, 35, is living in his sister’s home in Pembroke Pines, Florida. He and his mother, Janice Turner were convicted of federal wire fraud charges in March.

Turner is currently in jail awaiting her sentencing hearing on July 11.

Kingston was released on a surety bond of $500,000, using a friend’s home as collateral, plus $200,000 in cash.

He must wear a GPS ankle monitor and he can’t leave the home without permission from the judge. Kingston and his mom will be sentenced on July 11.

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Morris is a popular Instagram model with over 450,000 followers. She honored her mom in a Mother’s Day post on Instagram.

She captioned the post: “Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I’m thinking about you and celebrating the most strong, and loving mother anyone could ever ask for. Even though we’re apart, my heart is with you always. You’ve shaped me with your love, and your strength keeps me going every single day.”

Authorities believe Morris is hiding out somewhere in Kingston, Jamaica. She captioned one Instagram photo in patois: “Mind pon mi money and mi money pon mi mind.”

English translation: Mind on my money and my money on my mind.

Morris added the hashtags: #freedomstreet and #godisthegreatest.

50 Cent Confirms Rumors His Baby Mama is Sean Combs’ Victim No. 2

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50 Cent Confirms Rumors His Baby Mama is Sean Combs’ Victim No. 2
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The Internet is buzzing about an anonymous witness who testified in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Thursday. The Internet is convinced that the woman, known as “victim #2” and “Jane Doe,” is Daphne Joy, the mother of TV producer 50 Cent’s youngest son, Sire Jackson, 12.

“Jane” testified on Thursday that she dated Combs from 2021 until he was arrested in September 2024. She also said she had been involved with a man who had beef with Combs.

Her testimony led social media users to believe she was referring to 50 Cent, who is Combs’ arch enemy.

Jane testified that she did drugs with Combs and participated in freak offs with male escorts while he watched and pleasured himself.

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Jane Doe said she initially felt “excited” but later realized the experience “opened a Pandora’s box.”

Jane said she felt forced to participate in the orgies because she was dependent on Combs financially. He paid her rent and child care for her son.

Daphne’s name was mentioned in a 2024 lawsuit filed by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones.

In the lawsuit, Jones claimed Combs plied him with drugs and alcohol and forced him to commit sex acts. Jones said Daphne and Combs’ ex-girlfriend, rapper Yung Miami, were sex workers for Combs.

At the time, 50 Cent mocked Daphne online. In response, Daphne wrote a post accused 50 Cent of “raping me and physically abusing me.”

He later filed a defamation lawsuit against Daphne, which he dropped after she deleted her post.

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During a recent episode of his podcast, Cam’ron interviewed male escort Sharay “The Punisher” Hayes, who also testified about his participation in freak-offs with Cassie.

50 Cent responded to Cam’ron asking Hayes about Daphne’s possible involvement with Combs and Cassie’s freak-off parties.

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Cam’ron asked Hayes if he ever bedded Daphne Joy when Cassie booked him for the freak-offs.

“Nah,” Hayes answered. “Every time I was called or involved in any way, it was only Cassie, specifically.”

50 Cent heard the podcast and posted a clip on his Instagram page, along with the caption, “Well here come the bullsh-t, don’t kiss my boy Pee Pee Mouth.”

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In another post on Instagram, just hours after the anonymous witness took the stand in a Manhattan court, 50 Cent wrote “WTF!”

The father-of-2 filed a motion to gain full physical custody of their son in 2024.

Elon Musk Urges Americans to Protest Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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Elon Musk Urges Americans to Protest Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Elon Musk’s bromance with President Donald Trump appears to be over. Musk went off the rails about Trump’s massive tax and policy bill that was passed by the House in Congress.

He urged American voters to protest the bill. In a post on X (Twitter), Musk wrote: “Call your Senator, Call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL.”

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Musk resigned from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Friday. The South African billionaire accused Trump of undoing DOGE’s efforts to cut the deficit.

Musk called Trump’s bill “a disgusting abomination” and he accused the president of undermining DOGE.

In turn, Trump threatened to terminate Musk’s government subsidies and contracts worth billions of dollars.

Musk called on Congress to impeach Trump, and he said the reason the Epstein files were never released is because Trump is mentioned in the documents.

The White House responded by dismissing Musk’s criticisms as a “hoax” and said the bill will reduce the deficit by $6.6 trillion.

Tesla’s stock price fell 15% as the feud continued to dominate national headlines.

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During a press conference in the Oval Office on May 30, Musk addressed the press as he prepared to leave his position as head of DOGE.

“Elon’s really not leaving,” Trump said at the time. “He’s gonna be back and forth I think.”

Trump praised the father-of-14, even as their working relationship fell apart behind closed doors.

“Elon has worked tirelessly to lead the most sweeping and consequential government reform program in generations,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office.

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