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Finesse2tymes Reveals He’s Living On Supplemental Security Income

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Finesse2tymes says that he’s on Supplemental Security Income due to a disability. He made the revelation on his Instagram Story, Tuesday, after confirming that both of his girlfriends are pregnant. Fans had been suggesting that he’ll go broke paying child support.

“Mane i don’t know why people keep saying I’m about to be on child support 2x,” he began the post. “I get a SSI check, I get disability, If y’all ain’t figured out by now that I need help something wrong. Either be good to big father, Or the government gone pay ya.” Finesse2tymes didn’t specify what disability is affecting him, but the news likely comes as a surprise to fans as he portrays a lifestyle of excess on social media.

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Finesse2tymes Attends The BET Awards

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 25: Finesse2tymes arrives at the 2023 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

Finesse2tymes previously revealed that both of the women in his life, Nia Love and FNG Shugga are expecting. While sharing pictures of both pregnancy tests on social media, the rapper wrote: “Mama I need yo help!” Prior to the pregnancy concerns, Finesse2tymes was juggling a third girlfriend, BBJay. “She was tawkn to much got eliminated, I told u don’t speak on what u saw,” he explained on Instagram. Check out Finesse2tymes’ latest post on Instagram below.

Finesse2tymes Opens Up About Finances

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The latest update from Finesse2tymes comes after he recently embarked on a tour, earlier this month. Ahead of the first concert, he revealed that he wants to pay down someone’s bail in each city he visits. “Ay man, look next Thursday, man, in Birmingham, man. I’ma be at the jailhouse I’ma be there early next week,” he said in a clip on his Instagram Story. “I’m making somebody bond in every city I go to for all the next shows while I’m on tour. So if you got somebody locked up, you got somebody fucked up and they got a bond, hit me up I’m making bonds in every city I go to, man.”

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Billy Porter On Financial Strain Amid Strike: “I Have To Sell My House

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During a recent interview, Emmy-winning actor Billy Porter opened up about the financial strain the recent actors’ strike has put on him. He told the Evening Standard that his upcoming projects have been delayed, meaning that his income has been slashed in recent months. “None of that is happening,” he revealed, “I have to sell my house.” He continued, “Yeah! Because we’re on strike. And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back. The life of an artist, until you make f*ck-you money – which I haven’t made yet – is still check-to-check.”

The actor went on to cite an article published by Deadline last month, which showcased accounts from various executives weighing in on the strike anonymously. In the article, one executive shared that the goal of studios was to wait the strike out until strikers began feeling the consequences of striking. “The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” they claimed.

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Billy Porter Criticizes Executives

Billy Porter On Financial Strain Amid Strike: "I Have To Sell My House
Billy Porter attends the Lambda Legal Liberty Awards on June 08, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Lambda Legal )

“So to the person who said, ‘We’re going to starve them out until they have to sell their apartments’ – you’ve already starved me out,” Porter explained. He went on to call out the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger, who recently dubbed the expectations of strikers “unrealistic.” “In the late 50s, early 60s, when they structured a way for artists to be compensated properly through residual [payments], it allowed for the two percent of working actors – and there are 150,000 people in our union – who work consistently … Then streaming came in,” Porter says.

“There’s no contract for it,” the actor continued. “And they don’t have to be transparent with the numbers – it’s not Nielsen ratings anymore. The streaming companies are notoriously opaque with their viewership figures. The business has evolved. So the contract has to evolve and change, period. To hear Bob Iger say that our demands for a living wage are unrealistic? While he makes $78,000 a day? I don’t have any words for it, but: f*ck you.”

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Dwyane Wade Addresses 50/50 Finances Comments By Gabrielle Union

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Every power couple is different, but even the most successful and wealthy ones can be subject to the same gender norms as any other. Moreover, pop culture saw a recent example of that in Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union. The latter revealed that she and Wade typically split finances 50/50, while also revealing some insecurity when it came to money. Now, the former basketball superstar revealed his own perspective on this to Shannon Sharpe on his Club Shay Shay podcast. During his remarks, he expressed confidence in her independence, dismissal of negative perspectives about manhood, and a desire to keep things equal and within each of their defined comfort zones.

“I haven’t given no color to this, but it’s thinkpieces going around about me as a man,” Dwyane Wade expressed before Sharpe teased him about it a little. “Let’s talk about it. So, the whole 50/50 concept, so I understand what 50/50 means. [It] means that everything in life, you got your half and I got my half. We’ll put this s**t together and try to make 100. That is not how our relationship works, all right? Everybody think 50/50, they think ‘Hey, if he gettin’ a sandwich, you gotta put 50% on that!’

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Dwyane Wade Reflects On Splitting Finances With Gabrielle Union

“50/50 in our household is- first of all, let’s say that I have 20 to 50 responsibilities,” Dwyane Wade continued. “My wife has 20 to 50 responsibilities. When I say that, that means she has a mother, she has her sisters, she has her dad, she has a lot of things that she’s responsible for. You know what she does? She pays one hundred percent of that. You know what I do? I pay one hundred percent of my life. My wife is a working actress, spends time away from the family, we decided together. I think one time, we was in Miami, I said something about it being my house that I pay for. She said, ‘You will never say something like that to me again when it’s something that we share.’ So my wife was like ‘When we move to L.A., I got half on it.’

Further on in the interview, the 41-year-old spoke on splitting finances with everything related to taking care of their daughter. In addition, he also elaborated on Union also taking time to make lavish trips or special occasions all the more meaningful with her contributions. Overall, Sharpe was right in stating that such a formula works for them, and that’s the only thing that matters even if it was 85/15. Still, check back in with HNHH for the latest on Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union.

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Sauce Walka Says He’s Made Over $10 Million From OnlyFans

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Sauce Walka says that he’s earned over $10 million from “managing” OnlyFans accounts over the last several years. He detailed his finances during a pair of posts on social media, on Monday. The Houston rapper began by revealing that he made $3 million between February 2019 and May 2023 from just one of the 12 accounts he oversees.

“This is jus [one finger emoji] of 12 #OF accounts I’ve managed in last 4years since Nov 2019 [exclamation point emoji] lol,” he wrote in one Instagram post. “I rap for FUN!! @redheadsweetheart_ & I are starting a much bigger #OF management company 2023 .. stay tuned hit @redheadsweetheart_ DM to join [exclamation point emoji].”

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Sauce Walka Before A Suns-Rockets Game

HOUSTON, TEXAS – MARCH 16: Rapper Sauce Walka shoots The First Shot For Charity before the Phoenix Suns played the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on March 16, 2022, in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

He continued in a subsequent post: “(Blog Correction ) Here is another $1million in gross from two more of our 12 accounts we manage and created!! 10millions plus off #Of in 4 years not 3million [exclamation point emoji] 12 #OF accounts in 4 years [exclamation point emoji] Success is in the numbers JOIN US [exclamation point emoji].”

In response to the posts, several fans referenced a lyric of Pimp C’s from UGK’s 2007 track, “The Game Belongs To Me.” The late artist rapped, “Pimpin’ ain’t dead, it just moved to the web.” Others criticized him for taking money away from the women active on the accounts. “Crazy cause u not even doing nothing the women are making bread u just taking from them,” one wrote. Check out Sauce Walka’s Instagram posts here.

The OnlyFans updates come after Walka was arrested in Miami on drug charges back in March. He had reportedly been carrying 66 grams of marijuana inside his backpack at the time. Additionally, he had a bench warrant out for not possessing a driver’s license. He ended up posting a bail set at $5,000 on charges of intent to sell, manufacture, and deliver cannabis.

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Gabrielle Union Elaborates On Splitting Finances 50/50 With Dwyane Wade

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Gabrielle Union has elaborated on her recent comments about splitting family finances 50/50 with her husband, Dwyane Wade. In a comment on Instagram, she explained that she and the former NBA star have found their “peace.” Union previously discussed how they manage their money during an interview with Noah Callahan-Bever on his Bloomberg Originals series, Idea Generation.

“Every household is different and doing what’s best for you and yours is the key,” she wrote. “And what some don’t understand is that I’m 100% responsible for 3 other households and D has even more. The majority of those households are elderly ppl and minors. We both come from families that step up to help care for children or elderly relatives. So being able to be with someone who meets me half way and lightens my load gives me peace and support. He’s offered to cover me trust, but that’s not my ministry nor brings me peace. All that to say, I love how we recognize that there’s billions of ways to exist and you just gotta find what’s right for you that brings YOU peace. I found mine.”

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Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade at the Loewe x Mytheresa Dinner Party held at the Sheats-Goldstein Residence on May 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Roger Kisby/WWD via Getty Images)

As for her original comments, Union told Callahan-Bever: “I struggle with that. I think I just have more responsibilities for my money. So I get nervous like, ‘Oh my God that movie didn’t open [well]. What does that mean? Am I going to have enough to hold everybody up? And everyone’s like, ‘It’s coming. Calm down.’ I’m trying to find peace in the journey, not using my anxiety and scarcity mindset to be my engine, which is hard.”

“In this household, we split everything 50/50,” she added. “But in the other households that each of us have to support, there’s always this gorilla on your back that’s like, ‘You better work! You’re going to sleep in? Somebody might not eat.’ It’s hard. It’s hard to let that go, so I’m working on it.”

Gabrielle Union Discusses Her Finances

During the course of his NBA career, Wade earned nearly $200 million from his player salaries. Union, in addition, has starred in dozens of feature films over the years including She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Bring It On.

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Bow Wow Says He’s “Thankful” He Couldn’t Use His Money Before He Was 18

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Bow Wow says that he’s grateful he didn’t have access to his wealth until the age of 18. Speaking about his personal finances and being a star at a young age, Bow Wow told Real Lyfe Street Starz that he wouldn’t have lasted if he could have spent his own money at the time.

“You don’t really see it. You just doing all the work and you getting, you know all the gifts and treats for being famous, but as far as being able to touch the bag, you don’t touch it,” Bow Wow said. “I’ll go back to your question when you said what’s the gift and the curse, that would probably be the only thing that for the first five years of my career I couldn’t touch none of my money.”

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Ciara and Bow Wow during Surprise Party for Bow Wow’s 19th Birthday at BED Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by Frank Mullen/WireImage)

Bow Wow explained that he would’ve spent his earnings as soon as he got them if he could. He added: “If I would have came in the game at 19 or 18, I probably would’ve tapped out the game cause I would’ve been like it’s crazy that I’m seeing this type of paper and I get to touch it as soon as I hit. So I was kind of thankful for that.”

Bow Wow has addressed the issue of young rappers being exploited for their finances in the past. Back in January, he said that the hip-hop community needs to start a union to protect its artists. “Hip hop needs a board!” Bow Wow wrote at the time. “No different than the NBA w/ the players association. A committee. That can set rules and keep things in control and protect this thing we call hip hop! And have a retirement plan for the og rappers. I hate seeing my heros liquor’d out no money just washed.” The idea is something The Hip Hop Alliance has tried to enact. The organization was founded by Chuck D, Kurtis Blow, and KRS-One.

Bow Wow On Having Money At A Young Age

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