Victoria Monét‘s overnight success took well over a decade, and unfortunately within that time, the now-superstar contemplated quitting music more than once. “At the time I questioned it so much: Like, what is it about me that’s so lackluster? Why aren’t people seeing me?” she expressed to Variety. “It was even to the point where I would sing demos and try to sound really great so rappers would keep me on the hook.
In an effort to promote “Be Here,” the Hunter Foundation‘s national campaign to combat drug and substance abuse and addiction, Wendy Williams is getting candid about her former struggles with cocaine. The outspoken talk show host spoke to Entertainment Tonight about her former addiction, stating that she’s fine with being open about the issues she once faced with the drug. “I am not embarrassed about anything,” she said. Williams also admitted that she was able to work while addicted to cocaine, and although everyone at her job knew about it, no one intervened.
Tragedy struck in Malibu, Calif. over the weekend when ’90s rapper MC Supreme was killed in a fatal car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway on Saturday (June 13). The rap veteran, real name Dewayne Coleman, 47, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Coleman and a female passenger were riding down P.C.H. at Coral Canyon Road, infamous for its history of road accidents and known to be a “death trap” according to actor Rob Lowe, who tweeted a link to an article about the crash on Sunday: Malibu’s leadership has pretty much always been a disgrace.
TIP OFF PARTY (Friday February 18th) This February, NBA All-Star Weekend will invade Hollywood. Tons of athletes and celebrities will invade Los Angeles to celebrate a weekend full of basketball. The self-proclaimed king of the music industry, Diddy will be appearing at one of the hottest parties that weekend. Whether you know him as Diddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, etc., you know him as the ‘captain of the cool kids.
The new Hulu series, The Other Black Girl, triggered something within Angelica Ross, and the Pose and American Horror Story (AHS) actress took to Twitter on Monday (Sept. 18) to call out her former boss, Ryan Murphy. She aired out how his lack of communication caused her to miss out on a role with Marvel that she’d been auditioning for three years. Ross tweeted alleged screenshots from a July 2020 email exchange between her and Murphy regarding a potential AHS series with an all-Black, female-led cast.