Photo: Ice Prince & model Kendra Etufunwa stop traffic in NYC

The rapper is currently in the US to attend the BET awards taking place this Sunday June 30th at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Ice Prince is up for Best International Act: Africa Category.

Oprah Winfrey tops Forbes' list of the world's most powerful celebs

Billionaire US Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is back as the No.1 most powerful celebrity in the world according to a list recently released by Forbes, a position she's held four times before. She was runner up in 2011 and 2012.
Forbes calculates celebrity's earnings on income from tours, books, contracts, endorsements, movies and residuals, plus presence on social media and in the press for their placing.
1. Oprah Winfrey $77m 
2 Lady Gaga $80m
3 Steven Spielberg $100m
4 Beyonce $53m
5 Madonna $125m
6 Taylor Swift $55m
7 Jon Bon Jovi $79m
8 Roger Federer $71m
9 Justin Bieber $58m
10 Ellen DeGeneres $56m
From 11 to 20 when you continue...
11 Hugh Jackman $55m
12 Jennifer Lopez $45m
13 Rihanna $43m
14 Coldplay $64m
15 Tiger Woods $78m
16 LeBron James $60m
17 Simon Cowell $95m
18 Katy Perry $39m
19 David Beckham $47m
20 Robert Downey Jnr $75m

Cossy Orjiakor attend a fashion show in Bayelsa

Cossy and friends  were in Bayelsa on Sunday June 23rd for the Blue Chance Fashion Show where she performed. Eedris Abdulkareem and actress Benita Nzeribe were also at the event.

Kim & Kanye set trap for their friends by distributing fake baby pics

Kanye and Kim set a trap for their friends to see which one would sell a picture of their new baby. According to TMZ, they received a photo purportedly of North West but when they checked with Kim's camp to see if it was the real baby pic, they discovered they had received one of several decoy photos distributed by the couple.

TMZ reports:

Someone has been trying to sell this baby pic for a lot of $$$$ -- allegedly the spawn of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.  But sources connected with the couple tell TMZ, it's a fraud!So here's what we're being told. Kim felt people in her world were going to hawk baby photos, so she wanted to catch the culprits quickly.  We're told Kim hatched a plan and sent a half-dozen of her "friends" pictures of a baby she claimed was North West -- but we're told it was an impostor infant. Sure enough ... someone came along and tried selling us this pic (above).  Gotta say ... it looks like it could be Kim and Kanye's baby.  It has the right ... well, you know ... but Kim would obviously pick a pic of an impostor baby that had the qualities of her own child.

Our K & K sources have seen the pic and claim it's not the real deal.By the way ... we also got hold of another pic of a baby Kim sent to several other friends -- Bogus Baby #2.  We're told she's waiting to see if someone tries to sell this one as well.

Rihanna fires back at journalist who called her a poor role model

 Heartbroken singer Rihanna has fired back at a female British journalist who labelled her a poor role model to young girls.
The journalist wrote an article titled -  “Pop’s poisonous princess: Glorying in drugs, guns and sleaze, Rihanna’s toxic role model for her army of young fans.”,  The journalist who works for the Daily Mail, Elizabeth Ann Jones, show her disgust for Rihanna’s attitude, dressing and wild lifestyle of drugs and alcohol.
Rihanna did just let the comment slide , she replied with her own vernom. She posted a photo of the journalist on her instagram with the caption: 
“LOL!!!! My money got a bad habit of pissing people off!! If you sincerely wanna help little girls more than their own parents do, here’s a toxic tip: don’t be amateur with your articles, you sound bitter! What’s all this about hair and nails and costumes and tattoos?? ….That shit ain’t clever!!! That shit ain’t journalism! That’s a sad sloppy menopausal mess!!! Nobody over here acts like they’re perfect! I don’t pretend that I’m like you, i just live… My life!! And I don’t know why y’all still act so surprised by any of it!! “Role Model” is not a position or title that I have ever campaigned for, so chill wit dat! I got my own f**ked up shit to work on, I’ll never portray that as perfect, but for right now it’s ME!! Call it what ya want!! Toxic was cute, Poisonous Pop Princess had a nice ring to it, just a lil wordy! And P.S. my first American Vogue cover was in 2011…APRIL!!! #ElizabethAnnJones”

D’Banj is on top of the world

 Multi award-winning and internationally recognized D’Banj spoke about his soon-to-be-released album in five years on Vuzu TV‘s V-Entertainment last night.
The album gets released this June.
The Kokomaster who hails by a number of pet-names from some of the countries that he has visited (Khaphela in SA, Mensah in Ghana etc) says that amongst other producers, songwriters and artists, he also has his G.O.O.D Music colleagues namely Kanye West (Scapegoat) and Big Sean, featured.
Another international name to expect on D’Banj’s album is his ‘uncle’, Snoop Lion. This will make it a second collaboration after 2010′s hit-track Mr Endowed, with the legendary artists previously known as Snoop Dogg.The new song is titled, Blame It On The Money.

Chris Brown goes off on Twitter after being charged with hit and run

Two criminal charges has been filed against Chris Brown by L.A City Attorney, in connection with a minor accident last month where he rear-ended a Mercedes and allegedly refused to exchange proper information with the other driver. (Scene above). They are also charging him wth the crime of driving without a valid license. The crimes are punishable by a maximum of 6 months in jail for each offense. Chris took to Twitter to clear his name...

" OJB Jezreel says:"I have 8 to 10 weeks left to get the transplant done.

OJB Jezreel gave an interview to Encomium magazine yesterday Monday June 24th where he said he has about eight weeks left to get his operation done. Excerpts...

"When early diagnosis was done, it was just a case of renal failure. Right now, my two kidneys are gone. We are running dialysis at the moment. It started two years ago, but gradually depreciated. Most people tend to attribute kidney problem to drinking and smoking. I was told it doesn't have anything to do with that, because as much as I drink and smoke then, it was casual drinking. Maybe they offer you a bottle of drink and all that but not like I drink 15 bottles a day. I have a friend who has gone through this and he never drank or smoked.

"The whole process of the treatment from pre-process, transplanting process and post-transplanting will cost about $100, 000. In two years I have spent up to N5million which I have been trying to maintain myself. That is why it has been kept secret."

"God willing, I have like eight to ten weeks more to get the transplant done. It's strange, I still walk around a little. I can't eat much though. I trust God and Nigerians for their financial support"

Once again, to donate, Babatunde Okungbowa. UBA - 1015075120.