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[WATCH] Swizz Beatz Reveals He Once Worked Himself To Near Paralysis

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Swizz Beatz recently shared news of a health scare he faced at the beginning of his career that nearly caused him to never walk again.

The award-winning producer stopped by The Jennifer Hudson Show where he revealed early on in his career, he once worked himself to near-paralysis.

“When you come from nothing, and you finally get success, get a piece of what you thought you could never get from your surroundings — we just have a habit of going hard as men, you know, and it caught up to me,” he told the Oscar-winning host. “I remember staying up for four days straight just over-pushing it. It messed up my immune system — I had spinal meningitis.”

He continued: “And I remember going to the hospital, and the doctor was cold. He was cold as ice. As soon as I walked in, he said, ‘okay, you might not die, but you’ll never walk again.’ That was the first thing they said to me when I went into the hospital. But I was in so much pain, I was like, ‘let’s get on to it.’ But, Alhamdulillah [Praise be to Allah], I came back, and I beat the odds with that one. And now, I try to take my health a little bit more serious.”

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Flo Rida Fails To Appear For Family Court

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Flo Rida has had a string of trials and tribulations these past few months. In March, his 6-year-old son Zohar accidentally fell out of a 5-story apartment building. The 50-foot fall caused tragic injuries for the young child. According to Flo Rida’s ex-wife, Alexis Adams, Zohar suffered, “a shattered pelvis, left metatarsal fractures, Grade 3 liver laceration, internal bleeding and collapsed lungs.” Not only that, she filed a lawsuit against Pitch Perfect 74, LLC, Goldberg Management – the landlord that owns the complex where her child nearly lost his life. Since then, Adams has also called out Flo Rida who is reportedly refusing to pay Zohar’s medical bills.

Moreover, Flo Rida was reportedly ordered to pay for their disabled child’s medical bills and wellness in a 2018 court-mandated child support agreement. However, The “Get Low” rapper is seemingly evading his fatherly duties at this time. His son, Zohar, has autism and has a rare condition called hydrocephalus. Furthermore, Flo-Rida posted a sentiment regarding his son on his Instagram saying, “I am just so grateful that my son is alive, fighting, and is still here with me. He’s a real-life superhero.”

Flo Rida Wants To Appear In Court Through Zoom

In the wake of their son’s tragic accident, Flo Rida is still giving pushback. The “Good Feeling” rapper failed to appear in NYC Family Court Tuesday, instead opting to attend through Zoom. Safe to say the judge was less than thrilled. While Flo Rida was ordered to pay for 100% of Zohar’s medical bills, that has not been the case. Recently, Flo was awarded over $80 million in an energy drink lawsuit. However, Alexis requested the judge order the rapper to put $400,000 in a bank account to help pay for various expenses for their son.

Although his ex-wife was able to plead her case, the judge was not trying to hear what the Florida rapper had to say. The judge declined Flo’s motion to appear via Zoom. Alexis’s attorney Dror Bikel told TMZ, that while the rapper was enjoying 80 mil his son was on Medicaid (Wild). His ex-wife claims that Flo Rida has never met his son Zohar. She also says his social media post regarding his son getting “the best medical care” is all for show. What do you think about all this? Let us know in the comments below.

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Fat Joe Wants To Fix Healthcare Prices

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Fat Joe is normally one to let folks know to pay what it cost. As he infamously said in a viral Instagram video, “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price!” However, he has a different perspective when it comes to healthcare. Earlier this week the Terror Squad ring leader tapped a few of his rap contemporaries to do something about unfair hospital pricing. Joe’s linking up with Busta Rhymes, French Montana, and Rick Ross to perform in Washington D.C. to raise awareness for more transparency in hospital billing.

Additionally, Fat Joe is partnering with Power to the Patients to put the event together. Joe’s worked with the organization that targets and helps with hidden healthcare fees, before and even starred in a public service announcement they released last year. Not only that, the Don Cartagena spoke about the need for healthcare reform and his decision to work with Power to the Patients in a statement from The Hills In The Know. He told the outlet, “Our healthcare systems need comprehensive reform and I remain committed to using my platform to work alongside Power to the Patients and give a voice to the voiceless.” Moreover, Fat Joe spoke on the need for more transparency from healthcare providers so patients can get a transparent understanding of the cost of their medical bills.

Fat Joe Is A Man Of The People

Recently, TMZ caught up with the “Lean Back” rapper as he made his way to Capitol Hill. The gossip blog documented Fat Joe’s speech as he addressed the congregation as a proud Bronx native. The rapper gave credit to his borough and his community saying it protected him. Along with that, he also made note that the people within his community both Black and Brown oftentimes don’t have their voices heard. He compared their cries to a “dog howling at the moon.” Later he mentions that it’s the Black and Brown people that are affected the most when it comes to unfair healthcare pricing.

Fat Joe is stepping up and wants his community to know that they have someone in their corner to fight for their rights, their health, and their families. How can you not love this guy? Lastly, during the tail end of his speech, Joe shed light on the difference between a compliant hospital and a non-compliant hospital. He said, “When a read the bill for a compliant hospital, you see what you get.” Joe continued, “A non-compliant hospital will give you the bill and the math is all mumbo jumbo.” It’s dope to see celebrities taking a stand for the little guy. What do you think about current healthcare prices? Let us know below!

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Toni Braxton Opens Up About Medical Emergency

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Toni Braxton has had some pretty serious health scares in recent years. Additionally, TMZ caught up with the R&B icon to get an update on how she’s doing. The singer shared her survivor story after recently going through life-threatening heart surgery to unclog a main heart artery. Moreover, Toni Braxton told the gossip blog that she learned important lessons about taking care of your body. The star has the most prevalent form of lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus. Not only that, in a previous interview the songstress revealed her artery was 80% blocked.

Imagine not knowing one of your main arteries is almost completely BLOCKED? Accordingly, Toni revealed that she has been hospitalized on more than one occasion. She also said she sees the importance of regular health check-ups. However, the R&B legend conceited that she never took it seriously enough. When TMZ caught up with Toni Braxton, she told them she was just happy to be out and about since her surgery in September.

Toni Braxton Urges Everyone To Listen To Their Bodies

Furthermore, the “Un-Break My Heart” singer told the paparazzi that she won’t be touring at the moment and can’t sing how she wants to right now. However, she’s slowly getting reacclimated to the studio. Toni Braxton promises she’ll be 100% for her next live shows. Since the passing of her sister Traci last year due to cancer, Toni told the publication that she took the loss hard. She was so deep in mourning that she let her own medical checkups fall to the wayside.

Reportedly, she’s imploring fans to pay attention when their body’s talking to them and stay up-to-date with doctor visits. Toni Braxton has been transparent when it comes to talking about her lupus. Over a decade ago, she was diagnosed with the disease. Since then, she’s had her fair share of hospital visits, and multiple complications stemming from lupus. Toni was hospitalized with blood clots in 2012. This time around her health scares were more of a scare for her, as she was extremely close to having a heart attack. Thankfully she checked in with her doctor, if she hadn’t, she may not have survived said Braxton. Let us know what you think about all this. Does this motivate you to go see your doctor?

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Famous Dex Reflects On Newfound Health

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Famous Dex has had his fair share of bumps in the road throughout his career. Despite that, Dex has chosen to come back stronger and beat his addictions. Not to mention his run-ins with the law. From gun charges, and violating restraining orders, to even serving some jail time, it’s been a long road for Famous Dex. However, since then, Dex has proven he is bigger than his demons. Following his release from rehab, after being released from jail, he’s shown great progress with his sobriety.

Famous Dex has been busy post-rehab. Not only has he been working on new music, but he also inked a new deal with his label 300 Entertainment for a whopping $5.6 million. Nevertheless, Dexter has been putting in the work with his sobriety, and his music. He recently posted a snippet on his Instagram of a single that attracted much attention from his fans. In his caption, it reads, “3k comments and I’ll drop it now on God!!” The post racked up thousands of comments. Many of his supporters expressed excitement and happiness to hear new music from the Chicago native.

Famous Dex Is Healthy and Happy

While Dex may not have dropped the full snippet, as promised, fans still have new music to be excited for. Upon his release from rehab, Famous Dex announced that he was working on the next installment of the highly acclaimed album series Rich Forever. The “Japan” rapper made note of the workings of Rich Forever Five after being 11 months sober. He, Jay Critch, and Rich The Kid make magic on a track together. It’s exciting to see Famous Dex back on track making music again.

Recently, Dexter took to Instagram to reflect on his newfound health. He posted on his story with a caption that read, “Feels good to be happy an[d] healthy I can’t lie.” It appears Famous Dex is enjoying his sobriety and healthy living. Health is wealth at the end of the day. Many of his fans expressed their support for Dex, with hopes that he can continue on this path of health and wellness. Along with that, fans hope to hear new music (hopefully that snippet) from Famous Dex soon.

Martin Lawrence Gives Jamie Foxx Update

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Martin Lawrence just gave fans an update on Jamie Foxx’s slow but sure path to recovery following his medical emergency. Moreover, he recently spoke to Extra at the unveiling of his Hollywood Walk of Fame star, which unfortunately carried a saddened context due to his colleague Foxx’s condition. When asked about the Django Unchained star’s status, the actor and comedian gave positive words on his prompt recovery. Although this situation distressed many fans out there, all news on the subject has been mostly about promising updates surrounding his health. Hopefully, the actor can return to business as usual soon.

“Well, I hear he’s doing better,” Martin Lawrence told the publication. “My prayers go out for him every night, and just wishing the best for him. (He’s) one of the best that we got in Hollywood, not only one of the best entertainers but a good person.” Fortunately, recent reports suggested that Jamie Foxx is “awake and alert” as doctors are still monitoring his condition and possibility for release. From the very first message breaking the news, straight from his daughter Corrine, fans knew that he was in good hands.

Martin Lawrence Says Jamie Foxx Is “Doing Better”

“From the Foxx Family,” her Instagram post began. “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.” However, said news also came attached with early TMZ reports that this situation could’ve been much more life-threatening. “We’re told his condition was serious enough that Jamie’s family- some of whom were not in town- came to the hospital,” the outlet reported. “He’s communicating now, and that’s good news.”

Despite production issues and hijinks that plagued his Netflix film Back In Action during filming, it seems the set has continued with some work following this most recent (and largest) emergency. For example, his body double reportedly filmed some scenes with costar Cameron Diaz. As such, maybe what’s going on at the set indicates that Foxx will fully recover soon. On that note, stay logged into HNHH for the latest news and updates on Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence.

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VeganHood and Culinary Conveaux Bring Health And Wellness To Black Couples

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There used to be a narrative promoted that less and less black couples were getting married or engaged. After 8 years of marriage and witnessing several friends navigating through relationships, it was evident that wasn’t true. I did learn that most of us weren’t taught much about how to maintain them. Danisha Baughan created the Conveaux to fill that void and empower the minority community by providing insightful conversation and intricately curated events.

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Baughan. who is a mental health counselor and mom of three founded Conveaux in 2016 with an idea to bring a group of loved ones together. Dani used her Bronx livingroom to create a safe environment to allow an open forum for sharing a slew of relationship topics. Now her sold out events have become the talk of town frequented by a hosts of influencers and notables including celebrity therapist Arron Muller, Rapper Styles P and his entrepreneur wife Adjua Styles, Kells Barnett of 5001 Flavors/Harlem Haberdashery and Marsha Badger of Hello Beautiful. Conveaux has since expanded to a life and relationships wellness company that provides holistic services and therapeutic experiences focused on supporting couples find solution-focused work that helps everyone become better for themselves and better for someone else.

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The Source got to witness the beauty of a Culinary Conveaux event and it was more than expected. The meticulously designed and tasty shindig included an open conversation and a 4-course vegan meal partially cooked by the couple with handcrafted cocktails by Maker’s Mark and moderated by @introvertnthecity The event–held on love day was a sight to see at Harlem’s hotspot VeganHood. The visually stunning restaurant with decor by Nazure was the perfect backdrop for an evening of conversing over good food. The all plant-based fine dining experience was created by the owners Lanise Herman-Thomas & Janine Smalls to bring a familiar and relatable taste to our urban community. From the vegan ‘meatballs’, the mac and cheese to our ‘crab cakes’–everything would fool the pickiest meat eater.  The owners—who are sisters—hold a fondness for the neighborhood being one of the first vegan restaurants in Harlem. They started their business during the height of COVID out of their office kitchen. “We saw a need in our neighborhood for food that was similar to what we grew up eating but instead of it being animals it needed to be 100% plant-based vegan. We thought “how could we get people to love vegan food when they believe that all vegans eat are leaves and water?”

Well their Saint Nick Fried Chick’n, soy free mac & cheese, potato salad, skrimp and grits and Oreo puddings, will definitely change your mind. The event included fun games, photos, libations and a cute couples gift bag with a picnic blanket included for more cool conveaux’s.

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