Ashanti unveiled a new billboard featuring her childhood photo as part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s” BE GREAT” campaign on Tuesday morning at Duffy Square in New York City.
The singer attended the Boys & Girls Club as a young girl and joins the likes of Denzel Washington, Shaquille O’Neal, and Usher as part of BGCA’s new advocacy campaign, featuring successful Boys & Girls Club kids and encouraging every American to help young people be great.
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( JENNIFER & DAVID LEAVING THE MJ TRIBUTE LAST MONTH )
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson gave birth to her first child on late Monday night. She and fiance David Otunga — who both opted not to find out the sex of their baby until he was born — welcomed David Daniel Otunga Jr. her publicist confirms.
“The baby boy is beautiful and perfect,” Hudson’s publicist says. “His parents are ecstatic.” Their son weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces.
News that the American Idol alum was pregnant came seven months after the tragic deaths of her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew, who were murdered last October.
Alicia Keys was spotted leaving lunch at at Phillipe Chow after meeting with Oprah Winfrey and her best friend, Gayle King (pictured below) on the Upper East Side in New York City.
In related news, Oprah and Gayle revealed on their show that Jay-Z will not be on The Oprah Winfrey Show, he will be featured in O magazine. Peep the audio from their XM radio show here.
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Check out some photos from Amber Rose’s recent photo shoot with Complex Magazine. The popular mag sat down with the FORD MODEL and spoke about Kanye West’s new Robocop video (which she stars in), the blog chatter, and more.
Peep more photos, watch the video and read the interview over at COMPLEX.COM.
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