With one year having passed since the tragic death of rap icon DMX, close friend and collaborator Jadakiss recently shared a few of his fondest memories of X, including his introduction to the late rapper and the role he played in his career. Hailing from the same Yonkers stomping grounds as X, Jada recalled him being among the first notable figures to take him under his wing, even facilitating the initial introduction between Jada and Ruff Ryders co-founder Joaquin “Waah” Dean.

James Avery was reportedly suffering from a series of medical problems before his death. According to TMZ, the actor best known for his role as Uncle Phil on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, was suffering from severe coronary heart disease, end-stage kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. Avery passed away at 65 on New Year’s Eve in a Glendale hospital about seven weeks after an open-heart bypass surgery following a heart attack.

Jermaine Jackson has been hit with a lawsuit that claims he sexually assaulted a woman in 1988 after forcing himself into her home. The civil lawsuit, which was filed by a woman named Rita Butler Barrett on Wednesday (Dec. 27), accuses theJackson 5 member of sexual battery, battery, sexual assault, and negligence. According to court documents obtained by Page Six, the alleged victim says the attack occurred in her Los Angeles home and Jackson acted “with force and violence.

Kanye West has been compared to a white autistic man by a far-right associate. White nationalist Nick Fuentes spoke about West during a recent Rumble livestream. According to Fuentes, the controversial figure ramps up his “Blackness” when around Black people, and is truly  just a dude who loves art and was nurtured by a college professor. He then went so far as saying that Ye’s natural gifts and genius are all attributed to a special kind of white man’s autism, not what he described as a “gang banger” persona.

Keke Wyatt is officially a free woman. After being spotted out with her newrumored beau that sparked fans to question the whereabouts of her husband, Zackariah Darring, the Certified singer revealed that she is divorced. “I am divorced and soooo HAPPY to be FREE from that bondage and abuse!!!” Wyatt told The Shade Room. Over the course of their five-year marriage, she and Darring had two children together, Ke’Riah David (4), and Ke’Zyah Jean (2), who was born with the genetic disorder trisomy 13.