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50 Cent’s Mansion Set Ablaze, Baby Mother And Others Sent To The Hospital
A fire that an official is saying is “definitely suspicious” ravaged a Long Island mansion owned by 50 Cent this morning.
According to Newsday, six people who were inside the house were sent to the hospital as a result. Eyewitnesses said one of the persons sent to the emergency center was Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of 50’s son, Marquise, 10.
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Another Busta Rhymes Bodyguard Murdered
A man who used to work security for rapper Busta Rhymes was shot multiple times and found dead in the back of his pickup truck on Wednesday (May 28th).
Jermaine Williams, 35, of the Bronx, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in Ozone Park, Queens.
Police found blood dripping from the backseat of his SUV when they discovered Williams’ body, which was wrapped in a blanket in the backseat of the SUV.
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Nike makes Mavado shoe
“A one a di greatest feeling in di worl, it mad,” Mavado said when THE STAR spoke with him yesterday about his latest Nike endorsement.
International sportswear giant Nike has selected dancehall star Mavado to be part of the company’s latest consumer marketing campaign.
Nike recently commissioned Mavado to appear in an EPK (Electronic Promotional Kit) and to make an original track to support the Jamaican effort at the 2008 Olympics, starting August 8, in China. The company also made a limited number of sneakers to help promote the campaign.
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Beenie Man trial put off
The trial into the tax evasion case against popular dancehall artiste Beenie Man was yesterday put off until June 30.
This happened after Resident Magistrate Owen Parkins was not available to hear the matter when it was called up in the Kingston Tax Court.
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‘No disrespect to Bounty and Alliance’ - Beenie
Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis says he wants to set the record straight, as recent reports in the media have suggested that he mocked members of the Alliance, namely Bounty Killer and Mavado, during their absence at the ‘Best of the Best’ show held in Miami on Sunday.
Ridiculed Bounty
According to reports, the deejay ridiculed Bounty Killer and the Alliance when he went onstage and said, “See it deh, some a dem nuh have no visa. Bounty caan guh a foreign again.”
