Miles Davis was a trumpet player and band leader who played an instrumental role in the development of jazz music. He was born in Alton, Illinois in 1926 as Miles Dewey Davis III. He started playing the trumpet at 13 years old when his dad introduced him to the instrument. Davis began playing professionally before he even graduated high school, and at 17, he began performing with Dizzy Gillespie and…
Kevin Hart is an comedian and actor who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Nancy, was a single parent to him and his older brother due tot he fact that his father was a cocaine addict who spent repeated stints in jail during Hart’s childhood. Hart used comedy as a way to deal with the painful reality of his father’s addiction. Prior to pursuing his career in stand-up,…
By Andrew Scot Bolsinger The troubles of Khloe Kardashian and estranged husband Lamar Odom increased this week when their home in Tarzana, Calif. was robbed, according to the Los Angeles Times. Reports said the couple “momentarily reunited” on Monday to discover that at least a quarter of a million dollars in jewelry and goods were missing. The property was put up for sale following the couple’s high-profile split late last…
By Nigel Boys During her tour of England, recording artist and actress, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, is proving to the world as well as her fans that she is not only good at what she does best, but is also good at helping people by teaming up with Prince Charles in a charity fundraising effort. The world famous singer has launched her own global campaign, #BeyGood, which is helping to raise…
DMX filed for bankruptcy, perhaps thinking that his financial woes might be over, but not so fast. A judge in New York has rejected the rapper’s claim, which means that creditors can go after him financially. The 42-year old rapper has millions in debt after starting his rap career as one of the hottest selling artists of all time. But overspending, a drug problem and a series of very bad…
According to RadarOnline.com, 83 year-old Katherine Jackson is being pressured by her two “greedy” sons Jermaine and Randy Jackson to appeal the decision the jury made in Michael Jackson’s billion dollar wrongful death case. The jurors decided Michael’s doctor, Conrad Murray, was fully competent when he was hired by Jackson and there’s no reason for AEG to know that he would give Jackson surgery style anesthesiology. The trial dragged on…
TMZ has been reporting that all is not well in the home of Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian. Their sources are starting that Khloe gave Lamar an ultimatum, telling him that he can either get help or get lost. Their marriage is allegedly falling apart, and there are rumors that Lamar has a crack cocaine habit that he can’t quite seem to kick. Odom looked super thin after being…
By Staff The 44-year-old R&B singer-song writer, Bobby Brown, is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He has been in and out of trouble for quite some time. It should be no surprise, then, that a judge recently sentenced the embattled entertainer to 55 days in a Los Angeles jail and four years of probation for a drunken driving case. Brown has fought addiction to cocaine, crack, and heroin…
Mary J. Blige has been through a lot during the span of her career and now she has a testimony. She’s featured in the newest issue of LA Confidential and left no stone unturned as she dished on her past drug use, including sniffing cocaine at the Grammy’s, and how she used alcohol to cover up the issues that she had within herself. She blames her drug addiction on being…
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has penned a book titled “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball,” in which he vividly describes his mother’s addiction to heroin and his sister’s role in stepping into his life and removing him from the drug deals and police raids in Chicago by taking him to his father’s home in a suburban city outside of Chicago. The book is the first…
“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s eyes…and her mommy’s heroin addiction.” Then: “Get birth control, get ca$h.” These are posters that show up nationwide in homeless shelters and methadone clinics, in AA and NA meeting rooms and near needle exchange programs, distributed by volunteers for Project Prevention. Formerly called Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity (CRACK), the…
by Ree, “The (Ree)lationship Guide” Although 80% of Americans believe cheating is wrong, the percentage of adults admitting to cheating on their significant other is increasing. Unfortunately, there isn’t a “quick fix” for this behavior, as some cheaters claim it’s an addiction (not according to research) . Below are the top 3 ways to kill the cheater within you. 1. Identify…