BET Awards 2019: Mary J. Blige Gives Iconic Performance, H.E.R Sends A Powerful Message & Nipsey Hussle Mother Speaks

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Regina Hall
Host of BET Awards 2019

The BET Awards 2019 was filled with special performances that we will never forget. Hosted by actress Regina Hall who brought us back to her Candy days when she put on a tease for Julian in the black dramedy "The Best Man". During her performance she brought out Sugar Bear of EU who sang his popular hit  "Da Butt". Taraji P. Henson who honored Tyler Perry with his award also joined Regina on stage doing the popular dance.

Rapper Offset opened the show with "Clout" featuring his boo and rapstress Cardi B who put on a lapdance for her man and her fans. The Migos and DJ Mustard also killed the stage with "Pure Water". Mary J. Blige was honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award. Following her acceptance speech she put on an iconic performance that we will never forget.

Mary J. Blige performed some of her most greatest hits including "No More Drama", "I'm Going Down" and "I'm Fine". Lil Kim graced the stage looking stunning as ever joined Mary in the classic hit "I Can Love You" and then came Method Man joining her in the duet "You're All I Need". Although the queen of hip hop appeared to be a little tired and could barely move in those thigh high boots she still gave a great performance like she always does.

Along with Mary the unforgettable Fantasia also performed her latest single "Enough" from her latest album. Before Mary put on a show singer H.E.R the voice of the new generation put on a powerful performance with a inspirational spoken word before she delivered her vocals to "The Lord Is Coming". 

Other performances included Da Baby, Lil Baby, Chi City Girls, Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Kirk Franklin, Kelly Price, Kiana Lede, Lucky Daye, Lizzo, Yung Miami and Meek Mill. Following Nipsey Hussle mother's emotional speech Marsha Ambrosius, YG, DJ Khalid and John Legend performed "Real Time", "Last Time I Checc'd" and "Higher" in his honor.

This year's awards winners were Cardi B for Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Lil Baby for Best New Artist, Migos for Best group, Ella Mai for Viewers Choice Award, Regina King for Best Actress and Burner Boy for Best International Artist. Taking the show out was Johnny Gill singing "Before I Let Go" by Frankie Beverly.

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Marsai Martin
Honored With Young Stars Award
BET Awards 2019

Marsai Martin who became first young person to produce a movie in Hollywood was honored with the Young Stars Award. The 14 year old is known for her role as Diane in the comedy Black-ish. She also executive produced the comedy film "Little".

Hip Hop Music Review: "Off Of You" Chughey

Rapper Chughey
Gladstone, Michigan

Introducing the latest single called "Off Of You" from hip hop artist known as Chughey. If you have ever been with someone that you just can't get off of no matter how hard you try or no matter what you do, you can definitely relate to this song. On this track Chughey starts off with a hook in rare form expressing the things he has done such as smoking, drinking and other things to help distract him from that special someone. Despite the vulgarity this Michigan born rapper shows he is not shy to share his emotional side with his audience.

Check out Chughey's latest hot track "Off Of You" with a catchy hook by clicking the link below:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0MbjsWZwG4tncfa72Ijs3g

Just to give a little info on Chughey, he is a hip hop artist living in Gladstone, Michigan who began expressing his creative music side following an accident from snowskating in 2012. Since then he has released four mixtapes and two albums. He also produced and engineered his second EP called "My Two Cents Is Free" released in August 2017.

Chughey has nearly 7,400 monthly listeners including listeners from Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle combined. To listen to "Off Of You" other tracks like "Spearfishing" and "Ready", albums and mixtapes from Chughey check him out on Spotify!

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'Celebrity Big Brother 2' Review: "Is It Time For Tamar To Leave The Big Brother House?"

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Tamar Braxton on Celebrity Big Brother 2

Last Friday on 'Celebrity Big Brother' Jonathan became the first celebrity houseguest to get evicted from the Big Brother house. Ryan was blindsided by the unexpected move and Tamar took it upon herself to investigate.

Someone flipped their vote and Tamar was determined to find out who it was. She alleged that it was Dina who switched her vote that sent Jonathan packing instead of Kandi Burress. 

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LoLo Jones & Tamar Braxton

It's not a surprise that Tamar wanted yo see Kandi to leave over Jonathan. On the other hand, could it be Tamar that needs to vacate the premises?

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Tamar Braxton & Kandi Burress

Tamar doesn't seem to be getting along with her housemates. So far she had verbal disputes with Lolo Jones twice to the point where things almost got physical. She also approached Kandi on an issue that occurred over a year ago. Tamar doesn't seem to be into this game for the money. She appears to be using the Big Brother house as a platform to express her frustrations and pain stemming from her personal life. Her head is not in the game. She is way to focused on other things like Lolo and Eva Marie's alliance and who's backstabbing who. 

On Sunday night's episode of 'Celebrity Big Brother' Kato won HOH and he put up Dina and Tamar for eviction. Who will win the veto? Although there may be a few out to get Dina out, If Tamar doesn't win the veto there's a chance she could be leaving the Big Brother house. 



Tamara M. Anderson
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'Love And Hip Hop Review: "Don't Test Nya's Gangsta"

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Mariah Lynn & Nya Lee

Looks like MTV needs to reconnect with Dr. Drew for a spin-off of celebrity rehab, only this time it should be called 'Reality All-Stars Rehab!

In the beginning of this season of 'Love And Hip Hop' Nya Lee openly talked about how her previous behavior had interfered with her music career and that she had changed for the better. Later in the season Mariah Lynn also admitted that she had been working on herself so that she could get further in her career. Well, from the looks of things their music career might just be on hold a little bit longer.

Monday night on 'Love and Hip Hop' Jonathan invited the ladies including Nya Lee, Mariah Lynn, Cyn, Kimbella and Sydney Starr to a winery where Sydney tried to make amends with Nya. On the ride to the winery Nya told Jonathan he had a problem with Sydney testing her gangsta ism. Unfortunately, Sydney didn't take heed to Nya when she said she wasn't ready to discuss the matter at hand. She insisted on poking the bear who wasn't quite ready to come out and play Sydney told Nya she only bucked at her to warn her to shut up which only made matters worse for her. Hopefully she now knows that if you ain't knucking than don't be bucking!

Meanwhile after Kimbella and Jonathan shared a few words regarding Yandy Mariah involved herself i matter that was not her concern that provoked the bear to come out of hibernation.

Whatever was going on with Mariah had nothing to do with Nya or Jonathan. She took Jonathan's comments way out of context but what do you expect from someone who says 'a salt of grain' instead of 'a grain of salt'.

While Mariah was still selling wolf tickets Jonathan stood by Nya who wasn't too happy with the way she handled herself. However, when it's all said and done if Mariah and Sydney didn't learn anything else, the one thing they should have gotten out of this is, don't test Nya's gangster!

  

Tamara M. Anderson

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 @mahoganymagazin

Lyrica And A1 Reveals Baby Gender And Who's The Daddy!!!!

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On the current season of 'Love and Hip Hop Hollywood' it A1 and Lyrica revealed to everyone that Lyrica was pregnant. Although it may seem like a happy moment for Lyrica and A1 many were wondering is Lyrica's husband was the father or Safaree.

Earlier in the season it was rumored that Lyrica and Safaree had sexual relations initiated by Kimberly Michelle. Lyrica denied anything ever happened between her and Safaree. Safatee on the otherhand didn't deny it nor did he admit it.

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Music Producer A1 and wife singer Lyrica

While Lyrica insists nothing happened between her and Safaree she went through great lengths to prove that he is not the father of her child. According to HelloBeautiful, A1 and Lyrica appeared on 'The Wendy Williams' show where they talked about going on the Maury show to have a paternity test done. The test results proved that Safaree is not the father!

Lyrica told Wendy she went to Maury for her husband to make him feel comfortable.

Lyrics added, “Listen Wendy, I did this for him. … I wanted him to feel comfortable. I felt like since I was the one getting badge with the rumors he was owed that. I always knew.”

The 'Love and Hip Hop Hollywood' stars also revealed that they will be having a baby boy.

The good news is A1 is the father but that still doesn't mean she didn't step outside her marriage. Neither Safaree nor Lyrica has been openly honest about what happened between the two. Let's just hope there were no hidden cameras!


Tamara M. Anderson
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Nicki Minaj Accuses Safaree Of Being Mentally And Physically Abusive In Documentary

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Safaree and Nicki Minaj

Safaree of reality  show 'Love and Hip Hop Hollywood' may be now known as smashing the homies wife but before that he was known as NIcki Minaj's ex. From the looks of things Nicki is about tarnish his name even more.

According to MTO, inside sources says Minaj is releasing a documentary titled "Queen" where she shed's some light on what she called an abusive relationship with ex Safaree Samuels. They added that Minaj stated that her es was mentally and physically abusive.

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Nicki Minaj "Queen" Cover

The insiders reported that the "Chun-Li" female rapper did not mention Safaree's name but it is evident that based on her posts on her timeline that she's talking about the 'Love and Hip Hop Hollywood' star. 

Did Safaree abuse Nicki Minaj? Did Safaree have sexual relations with A1's wife, Lyrica and get her pregnant? We all would like to know the answer to these questions. This is a case of NIcki's word against Safaree's word. Rather he did it or not, violence in a relationship is never good.

On another note, Kimberly Michelle who  also stars on 'Love and Hip Hop Hollywood' considers Safaree one of her best friends. Being that she alleged she was in an abusive relationship with her ex Memphis, might want to rethink her friendship with Safaree, if what Nicki saying is true!

Nicki got out at the right time. Who knows what would have happened if she had stayed!

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https://mtonews.com/nicki-minaj-safaree-from-love-hip-hop-abused-me-details



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Halle Berry Tells Man Who Accused Her Of Sexual Assault To "Get The F**k Off Her Page"

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Actress Halle Berry

Right on the heels of Bill Cosby's sentencing another well known celebrity has been accused of sexual assault.

Actress Halle Berry who was accused of sexual assault by a man on Instagram set the record straight by telling him to "get the f**k off her page"!

According to MadameNoire, a man who goes by the name Wilson went to Instagram claiming he bumped into Berry at a party, and in return the 52-year-old allegedly grabbed him by his genitals and said " this is how you can say sorry". On Monday, October 1, the Oscar winner quickly responded to the allegations on Instagram saying she didn't know this man nor has she ever met him.

“I don’t know you, bruh,” responded Berry. “And you don’t get to make comments about me like this. I have never met you, nor have I ever disrespected anyone the way you have suggested. Now get a life and get the f— off my page with that bullsh–. Peace chicken grease.”

Wilson didn't respond to Berry and he didn't make any more accusations. Instead he made his page private.

Many of Berry's fans were shocked to see the Oscar award winner using the "hood" language she used on Instagram.

So Let's see in the beginning of Halle Berry's career she played in black films like "Jungle Fever", "Strictly Business" and "Boomerang" alongside comedian Eddie Murphy. Plus she is half black so why would the way she talk even be questionable!

Halle did the right thing shutting down that accusation before more men come out saying she sexual assaulted them years ago.

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