The talk of the week was the arrest in Tupac’s murder. Here’s the low down… On Sept. 29, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced they apprehended Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis for his role in the slaying. He has been indicted for murder with the use of a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal street gang: the Southside Compton Crips.
According to police, the shooting was retribution for Orlando Anderson, Keefe D’s nephew and fellow Southside Compton Crip member, being jumped by Tupac, Suge, and members of their crew at the MGM Grand following a Mike Tyson fight on Sept. 7, 1996. Following the beatdown, authorities say Keefe D obtained a firearm. Keefe, Anderson, along with Terrance Brown and Deandre Smith, then located Tupac and Suge at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Kovall Lane and fired on the car, fatally striking Tupac, who would die from his wounds on Sept. 13, 1996.
Anderson was killed in a non-related shooting in 1998. Brown and Smith are also deceased. Police say Keefe D’s own admission to being involved in the crime is what helped them be able to bring charges against him. Davis (himself) has admitted in interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” that he provided the gun used in the drive-by shooting.
The long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. Now, people want to know, is the case closed, or will others be charged for their involvement?
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Producer Will Packer revealed that the “Girls Trip 2” cast will include the four main stars: Tiffany Haddish, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, and Jada Pinkett Smith.
This starts with Regina Hall as Ryan Pierce, a successful best-selling author who was a keynote speaker at the festival in the first movie. She finished the first movie by leaving her cheating husband (Mike Colter) and starting a new gig as a spokesperson for a major chain store with her close friend Sasha.
Queen Latifa starred as Sasha, a former Time magazine journalist–who was running a struggling gossip Internet blog. By the end of the first movie, she shut down her blog and went into a partnership with Ryan.
The other two main cast members in “Girls Trip 2” are Jada Pinkett Smith as Lisa and Tiffany Hadish as Dina. Lisa is a nurse and a mother, and Dina is the loud and rambunctious party girl of the group.
Outside of the four leads, Larenz Tate returns as Julian, a musician that Ryan started a relationship with at the end of the first movie. Regina Hall is excited about the movie and said she can’t wait until they are working together again.
The most recent “Girls Trip 2” news indicates that the movie is taking the girl’s vacation trip abroad. The first movie had the girls take a vacation to a concert festival in New Orleans. However, the Girls Trip 2 story will be leaving the United States completely–for this wild and zany vacation trip to an entirely different continent. According to co-writer Tracy Oliver, the plan right now is to set the story in Ghana. This also matches up with what producer Will Packer teased when he said they wouldn’t return to New Orleans and he planned to go ‘somewhere bigger and better.’
The Afrochella Festival attracts thousands of people to Ghana every year for a two-day festival, and it could really open up the storyline possibilities for “Girls Trip 2.” While the actual story remains a mystery, adding in the music and culture of Afrochella should open up the possibilities for the more personal drama that these four women are sure to bring in “Girls Trip 2.” The anticipation is overwhelming.
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In an exclusive Red Table Talk clip, Will Smith opens up about the intense physical work required for his role in director Antoine Fuqua’s recently released film Emancipation. In a first-of-its-kind ‘Red Table Talk’ takeover, Will Smith is joined by his children for an in-depth discussion about his latest film “Emancipation.”
“You guys may remember, at the top of the year, I posted the out-of-shape, the ‘dad bod’ picture,” Smith said on Red Table Talk. “The ‘dad bod’ picture was the beginning of my preparation to lose weight for Peter. I was probably 225ish when I started, and at the lowest on the movie, I got to 195. For me, physicality is a big part of what makes people go ‘whoa,’ you know? To be able to transition and manipulate your body as an actor is a big part of the suspension of disbelief for people.” That’s the work of a genius.
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In a recent interview with PEOPLE, in which Jada Pinkett Smith promoted her book “Worthy,” she said she thought the Oscars incident with Chris Rock was ‘a skit.’ Because Will and Jada had been separated for six years, she could not believe that Will reacted that way.
She also said, “We’re still figuring it out,” Jada says of the state of their marriage. She says they had been separated for six years before the Oscars in 2022. “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got a deep love for each other, and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.” A gripping, at times painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith.
In the book, Jada Pinkett Smith was living what many would view as a fairy-tale of Hollywood success. But appearances can be deceiving, and as she felt more and more separated from her sense of self–emotional turmoil took hold. Sparing no detail, “Worthy” chronicles her life—from a rebellious youth running the Baltimore streets as an observer and participant in the drug trade to the deep bond she shared with Tupac Shakur from the moment they met to her move to Los Angeles and the successful career she built on her own terms, to becoming the wife of superstar Will Smith and mother to Jaden, Willow, and bonus-mom to Trey. A rollercoaster from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of selfacceptance and spiritual healing, “Worthy” is a woman’s journey to finding herself again.
Smith shares herself in an intimate conversation with readers. She answers questions about her difficult childhood, her marriage, her parenting style, her career choices, and the intense scrutiny that followed “the slap.” An impactful and rare memoir that engages and educates. “Worthy” teaches us who Jada is and how to embrace our most lovable qualities. Complete with thought-provoking writing prompts and meditations on how to discover who we really are and nourish our selfworth.”
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