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RHOA’s Dwight Eubanks Diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer

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RHOA’s Dwight Eubanks Diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer
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Reality TV star Dwight Eubanks revealed to PEOPLE that he was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer earlier this year. “Of course I freaked out,” the 64-year-old hairstylist and salon owner told the outlet.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta veteran shares the same stage 4 cancer diagnosis as former President Joe Biden.

Stage 4 means the cancer has spread from the original site to another body part.

Eubanks has a family history of cancer. 30 years ago his grandfather was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Eubanks was told that his cancer came from his mother’s side of the family.

“So I’m thinking that I’m good,” he tells PEOPLE. “I was confident that I was Superman. I was cleared. I was going to be okay and I just never thought about it.”

After having blood work done at a church health fair in January, his doctor called and told him to come in as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it was bad news. Eubanks was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.

“I was shocked. I was angry. I was just emotionally a wreck,” he told PEOPLE. “When you hear the word cancer, you freak out. I’m human. Society has told us that cancer was just devastating and, you know, you just have days to live. So of course I freaked out and I think I’m still freaked out.”

Eubanks is now a brand ambassador for ZERO Prostate Cancer, encouraging other men to get screened for prostate cancer.

One in 6 black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

“A prostate cancer diagnosis is crushing but I’m grateful to still be in this fight and use my platform to help others impacted by this disease,” said Eubanks. “It is critical that men — especially Black men who are disproportionately diagnosed with prostate cancer — become their own health advocates and push for information, screenings, and lifesaving care. I am deeply thankful for ZERO’s support and partnership and I hope by sharing my story I will help to save more lives.”

Teenage model suffered ‘panic attack’ while parasailing, or did she take her own life?

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Teenage model suffered ‘panic attack’ while parasailing, or did she take her own life?
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A 19-year-old model died tragically after she plunged 160-feet to her death in the Adriatic Sea while parasailing in Montenegro last week.

Tijana Radonjic, who was on vacation from Serbia, unbuckled 2 safety belts and removed her safety vest before flipping upside down and falling out of the harness.

Video of the tragic incident was uploaded to X (Twitter) on Monday. Many X users believe Radonjic took her own life due to the voluntary action of unbuckling her safety belts.

One person wrote: “This was a voluntary activity. She chose to put herself into a position that caused her to panic.”

Another X user wrote: “She undid 2 buckles, unzipped the jacket, pulled her arms out, undid another waist buckle, then lifted herself up & pulled herself out of the leg straps.. before falling.”

A third person commented: “This is sad, Would she have survived if she didn’t unbuckle the seatbelt???”

According to @Grok, Radonjic may have experienced a phenomena known as “call of the void,” which is “a sudden, fleeting urge to jump from a height, despite no desire to do so. Research suggests 30-60% of people experience this, often unrelated to suicidal thoughts.”

Da Brat & Jessica Betts Celebrate Pride Month with New Love Anthem, ‘Have U 2 Myself’

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Da Brat & Jessica Betts Celebrate Pride Month with New Love Anthem, ‘Have U 2 Myself’
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Grammy-nominated rapper Da Brat is celebrating Pride Month with a new love anthem, titled “Have U 2 Myself, featuring singer-songwriter Jessica Betts, who’s married to actress, Niecy Nash-Betts.

“Have U 2 Myself” is Da Brat’s first independently released track. The song arrives just in time for the start of Pride Month and Black Music Month on June 1st.

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Da Brat came out 26 years after she released her platinum-selling album Funkdafied. She confirmed her relationship with businesswoman Jesseca Harris-Dupart. They were married in 2022. Da Brat and Jesseca welcomed a son, True Legend, on July 6, 2023.

“Have U 2 Myself” ends a long dry spell for Da Brat musically. “I’ve collaborated with many artists throughout my career, but this release is especially meaningful because it’s the first time I’m putting something out independently,” she said. “Over the years, I’ve created a lot of music that I’ve kept to myself, mainly because the industry has changed so much since I started. Now, I’m surrounded by an incredible team that genuinely supports me and believes in my vision — and that makes all the difference.”

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Brat said of Jessica Betts’ contribution to the track: “We met years ago and she was kind from the start. She loves her wife the way I love mine, and we both really cherish our lives with them. That connection is something we want to share with the world.”

Vanessa Bryant Responds to Pregnancy Rumors: ‘Me Protecting My Peace’

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Vanessa Bryant Responds to Pregnancy Rumors: ‘Me Protecting My Peace’
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Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, seemingly responded to speculation that she is pregnant for the fifth time. A photo showing Vanessa’s growing baby bump circulated on the blogs over the weekend.

The image angered Kobe’s fans, including one man who called Vanessa out for disgracing her late husband’s legacy by getting knocked up by someone who she didn’t even introduce to the fans first.

Kobe’s fans made it clear: they want Vanessa to stay in mourning for the rest of her natural life. One social media user wrote, “The audacity of Vanessa to lay up under a random while Kobe rolls in his grave.”

Another outraged fan took to social media to express his anger at Vanessa for disgracing Kobe’s legacy by getting pregnant.

“Kobe wife pregnant and y’all females out here defending her,” the man said. He added that women believe she’s allowed to move on with her life.

“Actually, no the f–k she not!” he said. “When you got kids by a muthaf—-r like Kobe Bryant, you ain’t never supposed to disgrace his legacy.”

The man said women whose men died doing hood sh*t are not on the same level as a Vanessa Bryant.

“See this be y’all problem: y’all think she on the same scale as y’all when she not. You gotta understand, you got pregnant by a regular person in the hood who got [killed] by trying to rob the wrong person. Not her. She got pregnant by the Black Mamba [Kobe’s nickname]. She supposed to die a legend just like him.”

Vanessa seemingly responded to the scandal in her Instagram stories. She shared a meme that shows Rihanna drinking alcohol while snorkeling. Rihanna holds up a manicured middle finger in the image.

Vanessa captioned the meme: “Me protecting my peace, not pregnant & having fun all summer.” She included 2Pac Shakur’s hit song “All Eyez On Me” as a background track in her post.

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Fans reacted quickly to Vanessa’s denial. One fan wrote: “That Rihanna meme said it all without her having to say a word. Vanessa ain’t the one!”

Another person wrote: “Omg people really just make up anything.”

Now that Vanessa has confirmed she is not pregnant, speculation turned to concern for her health. If Vanessa is not pregnant, why is her abdomen distended, fans asked.

Abdominal distension could be caused by eating gassy foods such as beans, broccoli and cabbage, dairy products, ice cream, chewing gum, or drinking carbonated beverages and milk shakes.

Medical problems that cause abdominal distension include fluid accumulation from ascites, tumors, or gastric and intestinal disorders.

Joy Reid Warns the Black Community: ‘Don’t Be Fooled By Trump’s Pardons’

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Joy Reid Warns the Black Community: ‘Don’t Be Fooled By Trump’s Pardons’
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Political analyst Joy Reid was in tears when she lost her job as host of “The ReidOut” on MSNBC earlier this year. Reid’s anti-Trump commentary was part of the reason she was let go by the network.

Now Reid is back with a new podcast titled “The Joy Reid Show”, where she’s covering politics including President Trump’s recent pardons.
 
READ ALSO: Joy Reid breaks down in tears during first livestream since shock firing
 
The Joy Reid Show will air three times a week on YouTube and other major podcast platforms.

In a recent interview with theGRIO, Reid mentioned Trump pardoning black people, including commuting the federal life sentence of Chicago gangster Larry Hoover Sr. and pardoning rapper NBA YoungBoy last week.

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Reid, 56, says don’t be fooled by Trump’s benevolence toward black criminals because Trump is a criminal himself.

“The Trump regime [or] current administration, whatever you want to call them, is trying to reset and reestablish what criminality means,” Reid told theGrio. “Recall that the current president of the United States was convicted and sentenced to no jail time, but he was adjudicated a felon, an 88-count felony, by a jury of his peers in the state of New York. He has a mug shot that he has turned into, for him, an iconic image of himself. At the same time, he has attempted to establish, through pardons, that the insurrection that he fomented to try to stay in power is not criminality, it’s patriotism. [So] all those people get pardons.”

Reid says Hoover’s commuted sentence was a perfect example of a “message pardon.”

“The Larry Hoover pardon to me – because Larry Hoover will not be leaving prison – was just a message pardon,” she explained. “[Trump] is going to try to send a message, I do believe, to our community, to say, ‘Look at this. I’m going to pardon someone who’s been referenced in hip hop. Now you need to love me.'”

“We shouldn’t be fooled by that,” Reid continued. She explained that Trump’s administration is indicting LaMonica McIver, a black member of Congress, who is charged with assaulting ICE agents in a melee outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey on May 9.

McIver attempted to prevent ICE agents from arresting Newark mayor Bonnie Watson Coleman, who is also a black member of Congress.

Reid explained that Watson Coleman, who is in her 70s… “was being pushed around by ICE agents that were there to arrest the African American mayor of Newark, New Jersey.”

Reid’s “The Joy Reid Show” podcast will launch on Monday, June 9.

Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, is pregnant at 43, and his fans are outraged

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Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, is pregnant at 43, and his fans are outraged
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Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, was a trending topic last week when she debuted her growing baby bump in a photo that’s gone viral. Kobe’s fans are convinced that the 43-year-old influencer is pregnant with her fifth child.

Kobe and their daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, died tragically in a helicopter crash 5 years ago.

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Kobe’s fans are outraged that Vanessa disrespected his memory and legacy by getting knocked up by a random man. Kobe and Vanessa also shared daughters Natalia, 22, Bianka, 8, and 5-year-old Capri.

Kobe’s fans say she is supposed to stay in mourning for the entire 5 years that her husband has been gone. One social media user wrote, “The audacity of Vanessa to lay up under a random while Kobe rolls in his grave.”

Another outraged fan took to social media to express his anger at Vanessa for disgracing Kobe’s legacy by getting pregnant.

“Kobe wife pregnant and y’all females out here defending her,” the man said. He added that women believe she’s allowed to move on with her life.

“Actually, no the f–k she not!” he said. “When you got kids by a muthaf—-r like Kobe Bryant, you ain’t never supposed to disgrace his legacy.”

The man said women whose men died doing hood sh*t are not on the same level as a Vanessa Bryant.

“See this be y’all problem: y’all think she on the same scale as y’all when she not. You gotta understand, you got pregnant by a regular person in the hood who got [killed] by trying to rob the wrong person. Not her. She got pregnant by the Black Mamba [Kobe’s nickname]. She supposed to die a legend just like him.”

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The fan claimed, if Vanessa is pregnant, she should lose access to Kobe’s millions and his estate. “Tell your new dude to pay for your lifestyle,” he added.

The video was viewed more than 6 million times on X (Twitter). Most men agreed with the angry fan. But the women sided with Vanessa. It’s always a blessing when a woman brings life into the world. Even if she’s 43, and the widow of a legend.

Keyshia Cole Accidentally Reveals Ashanti is Pregnant Again: ‘I Shouldn’t Have Said That’

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Keyshia Cole Accidentally Reveals Ashanti is Pregnant Again: ‘I Shouldn’t Have Said That’
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Keyshia Cole apologized to Ashanti for accidentally revealing she is pregnant with her second child. The 43-year-old Grammy-nominated singer slipped up and revealed Ashanti’s pregnancy during a recent appearance on “The Breakfast Club.”

Keyshia, 43, reminisced about her Verzuz battle with Ashanti. “Shout out to Ashanti. I mean, she’s amazing. Just to be up on that platform with Ashanti, I appreciate that,” Keyshia said.

Co-host Jess Hilarious asked Keyshia if they spoke after the Verzuz battle. “No, she got a baby. She pregnant again!” Keyshia said.

Later, co-host Loren LoRosa asked Keyshia about breaking Ashanti’s baby news. Keyshia replied, “I didn’t break anything. I saw this on the internet!”

Co-host Charlamagne defended her, saying, “I thought everybody knew that [Ashanti was pregnant again].”

However, Loren claimed the pregnancy has not been confirmed. But it was confirmed – by Ashanti herself.

Later, Keyshia apologized in the comments section on social media. “My apologies… I shouldn’t have said that. I thought she announced it. If that isn’t true I apologize.”

In a February interview with E! News, Ashanti, 44, spoke about being a first-time mom. “I am feeling amazing, incredibly pleased, humbled,” she said. “My life has completely changed for the better. I feel full, you know? My cup is full.”

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In November 2024, Ashanti and rapper Nelly, 50, confirmed they were expecting a second child. In fact, Ashanti said they’re going to add even more babies to their family in the future.

“Absolutely! We’re going to add some more. Definitely a girl to balance it out. I’m outnumbered in the house right now, so a girl would be great,” she said.

Morning Glory: Dreka Gates (Kevin Gates’ 1st Wife)

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Morning Glory: Dreka Gates (Kevin Gates’ 1st Wife)
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Dreka Gates is living her best life as a single mom while her cheating husband, Kevin, is dating Brittany Renner.

Kevin, 39, married the former Dreka Haynes, his high school sweetheart, in October 2015. They share two minor children.

Kevin began dating Brittany, 33, in 2024. She converted to Islam and they both exchanged vows, though they are not legally married.

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Kevin and Dreka, 37, broke up in 2022, 2023, and again in 2024. Kevin rapped about their many breakups in his songs. He even hinted that Dreka was seeing other people while he was in prison.

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They finally agreed to have an open marriage. Dreka dipped her toes in the lady pond while dating her personal trainer.

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In 2022 there was a rumor that Dreka had a baby for her 50-ish personal trainer while Kevin was in prison. Kevin alluded to the rumor in a verse on his freestyle titled “Super General.”

“Personal trainer invaded my personal place/
Deep down inside it killed me.”

Dreka keeps herself busy while her husband is off with his other wife, Brittany. When Dreka is not tending to her farm animals, or selling her line of skincare products, she hosts her own podcast on YouTube.

Dreka captioned a recent Instagram video, “You don’t need a plus one to treat yourself. Try something new. I love finding cool things to do. I went to a ceramics class at @planta and loved it! Made myself a little heart bowl that runneth over.”

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According to Networthrant.com, Dreka’s net worth is $2 million (after taxes).

Get to know Dreka:

Personal Website
hoo.be/drekagates

Skincare + Wellness
dreka.com

X/Twitter:
x.com/drekagates

Instagram
instagram.com/drekagates

Facebook
facebook.com/drekagates

YouTube
www.youtube.com/@DrekaGatesTv

Singer Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, Dead at 70

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Singer Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, Dead at 70
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Pop singer Rihanna Fenty’s father, Ronald Fenty, died this week following a brief illness, according to a radio station based in his native Barbados.

Fenty died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The date of his death was not disclosed.

Rihanna and her younger brother, Rajad Fenty, were seen arriving at Cedars-Sinai on Wednesday, May 28.

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Rihanna’s fans expressed their condolences and support for the pop star on social media on Saturday.

One X user wrote: “Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, passed away. Sending love and prayers to Rihanna and her family.”

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Rihanna – who is expecting her third child with rapper A$AP Rocky – had a strained relationship with her father over the years. Fenty cheated on Rihanna’s mother, Monica Braithwaite (2nd from right). He was also described as “violent” to members of his family.

Then, in 2009, after singer Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna, her father spoke publicly about the situation without discussing it with her first.

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“You grow up with your father, you know him, you are a part of him, for goodness’ sakes!” Rihanna said at the time. “And then he does something so bizarre that I can’t begin to wrap my mind around it.”

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Father and daughter had set aside their differences and had grown closer. In a 2012 interview with Oprah, Rihanna said she had repaired her relationship with her father.

Fenty shared three children – Rihanna, Rajad and Rorrey – with his ex-wife, Monica Braithwaite. The couple divorced in 2002. He also had three children, Samantha, Kandy, and Jamie, from previous relationships.

Moriah Mills’ heartbreaking message to Zion Williamson’s other ‘victims’

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TikTok influencer Moriah Mills recorded a heartbreaking message to Zion Williamson’s other “victims” after a woman filed a lawsuit against the NBA star for rape and physical abuse.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles District Court on Thursday.

On Saturday, TMZ reported that Moriah Mills contacted Houston attorney Tony Buzbee to represent her in a case against Williamson.

They broke up in 2023 after dating for about 3 years. Mills aired Williamson’s dirty laundry on social media. She was eventually banned on X (Twitter) for violating X’s policies.

On Saturday, Mills, 34, shared a heartfelt message to other women who may have been victimized by the New Orleans Pelicans star.

“Everybody deserves a chance to be heard and I hope me and any of the other victims… I just hope you all get justice,” Mills said. “The amount of bashing, humiliation, slander and threats that I’ve been receiving the last three years have been a lot. And it’s causing me a lot of stress, emotional distress.”

While fighting back tears, Mills concluded, “I just hope we all can come to justice and this all can be resolved and nobody has to deal – relive these things ever again.”

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Williamson previously pressed charges against Mills for stalking and extorting him while he lived with p0rn star Ahkeema Love, a.k.a. Concrete Rose.

Williamson and Love share a daughter who was born in 2023. They broke up in 2024. Love, 31, allegedly stalked and egged the house of a woman Williamson is currently dating.

His attorney said, “Mr. Williamson reported the plaintiff’s extortion attempts to law enforcement. We understand that an arrest warrant was issued in connection with that report, and we are prepared to provide the court with documentation that supports these facts. Mr. Williamson also intends to file counterclaims and seek significant damages for this defamatory lawsuit.”

The court documents identified Jane Doe as a resident of Seattle, Washington. Moriah Mills lives in Atlanta. However, she is currently on vacation in Los Angeles where the lawsuit was filed.

In the court filing (which you can read below), Jane Doe said she began dating Williamson when he was a top NBA prospect at Duke University in 2019. They broke up in 2023. The plaintiff accused Williamson of “abusive, controlling, and threatening behavior.” The woman demanded $50 million in punitive damages.

According to a source, Williamson is trying to get the lawsuit transferred from California to Louisiana where he lives. he is also countersuing the plaintiff.

“This appears to be an attempt to exploit a professional athlete driven by a financial motive rather than any legitimate grievance,” the attorney’s statement reads. “At no point during or immediately after that relationship did the plaintiff raise any concerns. Only after the friendship ended did she begin demanding millions of dollars.”

Doe’s attorney, Sam E. Taylor of The Lanier Law Firm, said in a statement, “We don’t want to litigate this case in the media. But I will say this is a very serious case as reflected in the pleadings that have been filed, and our client looks forward to her day in court to seek justice in this matter.”

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