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King Harris put 50 Cent’s mom on his shirt in “Sayless” video

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T.I.’s son King Harris (left) dropped another diss track in his ongoing beef with 50 Cent.

In a video for the track, titled “Sayless,” King wears a black t-shirt with a picture of 50 Cent’s deceased mom, Sabrina Jackson, on the front.

Rick Ross (right) aligned himself with T.I. and King in the war against 50 Cent.

Ricky Rozay hopped in King’s comments and wrote: “Need dat T in a 3X lil bro.” King said he would send it.

The war between T.I., King, and 50 Cent continued to escalate when 50 posted a makeup-free photo of Xscape singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris on his Instagram account. He captioned the photo: “OK I change my mind.”

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King, 21, dragged the 50-year-old television mogul for posting another unflattering photo of Tiny performing in concert on his Instagram page on Sunday. 50 Cent captioned the image: “I keep saying keep my name out ya mouth, ok?”

Rapper T.I. hit back by sharing a video of his family celebrating his mom, Violeta Morgans’s birthday.

In a video and a diss track, King told 50 to dig up his mom and post her photo on the Internet. He also told 50 Cent to lay flowers on his mother’s grave.

50 Cent lost his mom when he was 8 years old. He was raised by his grandmother.

Question: Do you think the beef between T.I., King, and 50 Cent has gone too far?

NeNe Leakes Denies Kissing Memphis Attorney in Viral Video

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NeNe Leakes denies kissing prominent Memphis lawyer Arthur Horne III at a recent Grizzlies game.

TMZ obtained video of the former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star locking lips with Arthur at a Grizzlies game on Wednesday night in Tennessee.

The former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star took to social media to say the “kiss” was just a drunken peck during a boozy night out.

NeNe claims Arthur is not her man and they’re just dating. She suggested the video clip was misinterpreted by bloggers for clicks and views.

She said Arthur is just one of several men she’s dating, including longtime boyfriend, Nyonisela Sioh.

NeNe, 58, says Arthur is a great guy, but she’s leaving her options open. She thanked fans for their concern after TMZ reported Arthur was convicted of misdemeanor assault in 2018. He was cleared of rape and kidnapping charges, but he was convicted of the misdemeanor assault on a woman he dated in 2017.

Arthur is a criminal defense and personal injury law attorney who runs his own law firm in Memphis.

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He represented Lashanta Rudd, former campaign manager for Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd (pictured).

Miss Rudd accused Boyd of misdemeanor harassment. Boyd pleaded guilty on April 5, 2024 in Memphis.

The charges stemmed from allegations made by Rudd, who was once in a romantic relationship with Boyd.

The judge ordered Boyd not to contact Rudd or send her voice messages of herself having sex with other women.

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Arthur also represented Latoshia Daniels, the woman convicted of killing Memphis pastor Brodes Perry in 2019.

On Tuesday, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Shelby County judge.

The next day, Arthur was spotted cuddling with NeNe at courtside during the Grizzlies game.

NeNe was married to Gregg Leakes from 1997 to 2011. They divorced before remarrying in 2013. She has two sons, Brentt (by Gregg), and Bryson. Gregg died from colon cancer in September 2021.

NeNe is one of the original cast members on The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

She was abruptly fired before being recently rehired to appear on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th.”

‘The Wire’ Star Bobby J. Brown (Officer Bobby Brown) Dead at 62

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Bobby J. Brown, the actor who played Officer Bobby Brown on the hit HBO series “The Wire”, died tragically in a barn fire on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

Brown was in the barn working on a car when the fire ignited. He reportedly asked a family member to bring him a fire extinguisher. But when the family member returned, the barn was fully engulfed in flames.

The family member suffered burns trying to save him.

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An autopsy showed Brown died from smoke inhalation and diffuse thermal burns. His death was ruled an accident.

Brown’s daughter tells TMZ she believes he did not suffer from his severe burns.

She tells TMZ her father was a devout Jehovah’s Witness.

Brown played Officer Bobby Brown in The Wire which ran from June 2, 2002 to March 9, 2008.

After The Wire, Brown landed roles in “From Within”, “Veep” and “We Own This City.”

His agent, Albert Bramante, tells TMZ, “I am upset and saddened. He was such a good actor and person. He was totally dedicated to the craft of acting and was a joy to work with.”

Chinese billionaire gives away $26 million cash to his employees

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A Chinese CEO gave his 7,000 employees cash bonuses they will never forget.

According to a report by the South China Morning Post, Cui Peijun, CEO of Henan Kuangshan Crane Co., Ltd., spread $26 million in cash on 800 banquet tables and told his employees to grab as much money as they could carry.

Viral videos show workers walking away with bags full of cash. Some workers grabbed stacks of cash in their arms.

The company gave away money and gifts while hosting its yearly celebration on February 13.

Approximately 7,000 employees attended the event, where the company placed 180 million yuan ($26 million USD) on 800 banquet tables.

Cui said he understands his employees are burdened by mortgages, car loans, and the rising cost of living in China.

“It is not that I love giving out money, it is that young people are burdened with car loans and mortgages, and any relief we can offer helps,” he said.

Exemplary employees were invited on stage to receive their gifts, while other employees counted the money on tables. Whatever amount they counted, they could take home.

The gifts ranged from a trip to Barcelona, a Range Rover Evoque, new appliances, Ninja gadgets, iPhones and iPads.

During the celebration, Cui said, “Why are we giving out washing machines? Do you think gold prices have gone up? In previous years, we gave necklaces and rings, bring up the cash and give everyone another 20,000 yuan (US$2,800).”

Only 10 million yuan ($1.4 million USD) cash was left on the tables after the employees left with what they could carry.

The company reported an annual profit of around 260 million yuan ($38 million USD) last year, the South China Morning Post reported.

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Jack Dorsey lays off 4,000+ workers, blames AI

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Jack Dorsey lays off 4,000+ workers, blames AI
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Block co-founder Jack Dorsey laid off 4,000 workers – nearly half of his work force. The former Twitter CEO explained his decision in a memo on X (formerly Twitter).

He said it was “one of the hardest decisions in the history of” the digital payments company based in San Francisco, California.

Block is the parent company of Square, Cash App, Afterpay and Tidal with over 10,000 employees around the world.

Dorsey went on to say he was laying off “nearly half,” of Block’s work force “from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. [T]hat means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation.”

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Dorsey said the layoffs at Block are not due to the economy.

“We’re not making this decision because we’re in trouble,” Dorsey wrote on X. “Our business is strong. Gross profit continues to grow… and profitability is improving. But something has changed.”

Then he explained that “something” is artificial intelligence.

“We’re already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. And that’s accelerating rapidly,” Dorsey wrote.

Dorsey offered his laid off workers “20 weeks of salary plus one week for every year of tenure” in severance pay.

Workers will also have “equity vested through the end of May, six months of healthcare, be given their corporate devices, and an additional $5,000” in cash.

Dorsey said laid off workers won’t “just disappear” from Slack and their email access won’t be cut off immediately. They will be given several hours to say goodbye to each other.

For years, big tech has warned that AI is coming for jobs. But not everyone buys the fear mongering.

A Manosphere board member wrote:

“Yet another tech company using ‘AI’ as the reason for cuts. In reality, they over-hired during Covid and have been cutting people ever since. Many have had to rehired people due to jumping the gun. AI is just the excuse they use with shareholders to make it seem as if everything is good.”

King Harris continues to drag 50 Cent for dissing Tiny

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King Harris continues to drag 50 Cent for dissing Tiny
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The Internet war between 50 Cent, T.I. and his son King Harris flared up again after Fiddy posted another disrespectful photo of T.I.’s wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris.

50 Cent, who turns 51 in July, shared a makeup-free photo of Tiny Harris on his Instagram page on Wednesday. He captioned the image, “OK I change my mind.”

He posted the photo a day after scrubbing his page of all T.I. and Tiny photos.

But King Harris wasn’t done yet. He posted a photo of 50 Cent as a young boy posing with his late mother’s picture. Some IG followers believe the image is AI-generated.

T.I. also responded by dropping 2 diss tracks.

Beyonce’s mom, Tina Knowles took Tiny’s side in the drama.

The BeyHive dragged 50 Cent for inserting Miss Tina into his beef with T.I. and King.

The TV mogul was upset that Miss Tina reposted Tiny’s Instagram post.

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In her post, Tiny strikes a pose in front of the camera while wearing all pink.

Miss Tina captioned the repost:

“You feel that? That’s what real feminine energy looks like. @majorgirl.
Effortless.
Beautiful.
Unbothered. Glow season!!
GLAMDOLL MAKEUP.”

50 Cent saw Miss Tina’s repost and wrote in a now-deleted post: “I’m not gonna do it, but sh-t is getting weird. little f–ed up albino kids, Grandmothers getting involved. WTF. LOL.”

Ex-Home Depot employee sentenced for stealing $4M in gift cards

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A former Home Depot employee from Covington, Georgia, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for stealing over 8,000 gift cards worth more than $4 million.

Felecia Ingram, 53, was sentenced Thursday for the theft of 8,325 gift cards worth $4,085,043 in total.

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta said Ingram stole the gift cards from March 2020-July 2021 while most employees were working from home due to COVID.

Ingram, a gift card sales associate, used her network access credentials to activate the stolen gift cards by creating false orders for them, according to a press release.

“The false orders made it appear that the cards were sent to corporate events and used for legitimate business purposes. Ingram later deleted the false orders in the system to conceal her thefts.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Ingram used the money to finance her gambling habit.

Home Depot’s gift card team eventually discovered a discrepancy in the “gift card ledger balances” and traced the discrepancy to Ingram.

“She engaged in a calculated scheme that involved entering false gift card orders, which she later deleted to cover her tracks. She has now been sentenced to federal prison to pay for her deceit,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Theodore S. Hertzberg.

In addition to serving 3 years and 1 month in prison, Ingram is ordered to pay Home Depot $3,946,776 in restitution.

“Exploiting her position for personal gain, this criminal thought she could use her knowledge of her employer’s business practices to conceal a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme,” said Robert Donovan, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Atlanta Field Office. “Thanks to the tireless work of our agents, cooperation from the Home Depot, and the skill of the prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she will spend the next three years in prison paying for her crimes.”

Mariah Carey, Anderson .Paak reunite amid Jeannie Mai rumors

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Anderson .Paak and Mariah Carey apparently reunited after he was spotted on a date with Jeannie Mai (rapper Jeezy’s baby mama).

Mariah, 56, and the 40-year-old singer/songwriter started dating in 2024 while collaborating on new music together.

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Mariah and Anderson glowed as they posed for photos together at the premiere of his film “K-Pops!” at AMC The Grove 14 in Los Angeles on Tuesday, February 24.

TMZ obtained video of Anderson and Jeannie making out at an L.A. hotspot on February 10.

The “Come Down” singer had his arm around Jeannie as they made out in a private booth.

A smiling Jeannie refused to confirm her relationship with Anderson when BACKGRID spotted her on a night out alone earlier this week.

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Anderson’s first movie is a family comedy about Black American culture and the K-pop (Korean pop music) phenomenon.

In the film, Anderson plays BJ, a struggling L.A. musician who travels to Seoul in South Korea, where he learns he has a son competing on a K-pop talent show.

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K-Pops! co-stars Anderson’s 15-year-old son, Soul Rasheed by his ex-wife, Jaylyn Chang.

Anderson and Jaylyn divorced in January 2024 after 13 years of marriage. They also have another son, Shyne Tariq, who lives with his mom in South Korea.

Anderson credits Jaylyn with teaching his sons how to speak Korean. He said Soul “knows full Korean and all about his heritage… And I was always trying to get his African culture in there too.”

“That’s when I started developing the [movie] script because I started to see how much Korean culture that his mom had passed down to him,” Anderson said.

K-Pops! premieres exclusively at AMC Theaters on Friday, February 27.

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Anderson .Paak and singer Janell Monáe at the Los Angeles Premiere of “K-POPS!” at AMC The Grove 14 on February 24, 2026 in Los Angeles.

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(L-R) Verdine White, Anderson .Paak and Janelle Monae at the Los Angeles Premiere of “K-POPS!” at AMC The Grove 14 on February 24, 2026 in Los Angeles.

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Actress Jee Young Han and singer Kevin Woo at the Los Angeles Premiere of “K-POPS!” at AMC The Grove 14 on February 24, 2026 in Los Angeles.

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Singers Kevin Woo (L) and Anderson .Paak (R) at the Los Angeles Premiere of “K-POPS!” at AMC The Grove 14 on February 24, 2026 in Los Angeles.

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(L-R) Verdine White, Anderson .Paak and Honey Cone R&B singer Shelly Clark at the Los Angeles Premiere of “K-POPS!” at AMC The Grove 14 on February 24, 2026 in Los Angeles.

NBC expects Savannah Guthrie to return to ‘Today’ show soon

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NBC expects Savannah Guthrie to return to the “Today” show next week, as the search for her missing mother continues in Arizona.

Savannah, who lives in Manhattan, has been in Tucson since her mother’s disappearance.

The news comes a day after Savannah Guthrie offered “up to $1 million” for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s recovery.

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Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing since the early morning hours of February 1. She was last seen on January 31 at her Tucson area home.

FBI agents, who joined local authorities in the massive search for Nancy, have pulled out of Arizona.

Reporters are also leaving Tucson after 26 days of wall-to-wall news coverage.

“This situation is tragically unprecedented, and I think it’s really hard to compare anything else to what Savannah and her family are dealing with right now,” said former NBC anchor Katie Couric during a recent interview. “I do think morning shows are living, breathing organisms, and when something happens to a member of these very close-knit teams, it is devastating, I think, to everyone. I think the ‘Today Show’ team is doing the best they possibly can, and it must be excruciating to try to carry on, but also to cover a story about a beloved colleague.”

Hoda Kotb, the veteran “Today” show co-anchor who retired early last year to spend time with her children, returned to the show part-time, and is filling in for Savannah.

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Producers were reportedly concerned that bringing in a new face to sub for Savannah would alienate her loyal audience.

Each morning, Hoda and Savannah’s co-anchor Craig Melvin inform viewers that Savannah “remains with her family,” in Arizona.

The missing person story has dominated all NBC news broadcasts. The public backlash to the unprecedented news coverage on all major news networks prompted Savannah to donate $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help families like hers who are missing loved ones.

Lupita Nyong’o reveals she has “over 50 fibroids”

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Actress Lupita Nyong’o says she has over 50 uterine fibroids. The 42-year-old Kenyan-Mexican star was first diagnosed with fibroids 11 years ago. She had surgery to remove them but they returned.

Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that develop from the muscle in the uterus. High estrogen levels influence the size and number of fibroids.

Lupita revealed her fibroids diagnosis on the “Today” show: “The first time I got the fibroids taken out, they took out 23. And this time, I’ve been informed two years ago that I have over 50. And I’m being faced with the same options: surgery or live with the pain.”

The Oscar-winning actress says she’s “not ready” to have the fibroids surgically removed again because she plans to have children and the procedure is “quite invasive.”

“It’s a big threat to our reproductive organs.”

She continued: “When you have fibroids, doctors usually use fruit to explain to you what size your fibroids are. So your fibroid could be the size of a grape. My biggest fibroid is the size of an orange.”

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The “12 Years a Slave” actress explained, “I felt shame. What did I do to cause them? And I felt very alone and quite scared for my reproductive health. I’m excited right now because speaking up has really empowered me. I’ve found community. I’ve locked arms with women who have been fighting this fight for a long time.”

Signs and symptoms of uterine fibroids

Signs and symptoms of uterine fibroids include heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure or pain, frequent urination or trouble urinating, distended abdomen, constipation, lower back pain, and pain during sex.

However, some women with fibroids don’t have any signs or symptoms at all.

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In 2020, Lupita spoke up about her encounter with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is currently an inmate at Rikers Island.

Weinstein has been accused of sexually assaulting dozens of Hollywood actresses who sought parts in his movies.

“There’s a lot of power in speaking up,” she said.

Lupita says she is approached by women who share their “Me too” stories with her.

“I spoke up and the amount of support I got hearing women say ‘me too’ and share their stories made me feel less alone and it’s honestly what has bolstered me to do the work that I do now.”

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