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While Black Lives Matter co-founder Patriesse Cullours previously denied having used the foundation’s $6 million mansion – purchased to be used as a meeting venue and campus for Black artists – for any personal reasons, in a recent sitdown with the Associated Press, she admitted that that was a lie.

Though she owned up to her wrongdoings, Cullors maintains that “she nor anyone else in leadership misused millions of dollars in donations.” Defending the organization’s expensive purchase, she explained, “We really wanted to make sure that the global network foundation had an asset that wasn’t just financial resources, and we understood that not many Black-led organizations have property. They don’t own their property.”

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The two occasions on which she used the property for personal use were first in January of 2021, when she held a party as a toast to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ inauguration as President and Vice President of the United States, and second, for her school-aged son’s birthday party in March of the same year.

“I look back at that and think, that probably wasn’t the best idea,” Cullors said of her earlier decision to lie about never having used the mansion for her own reasons.

Elsewhere in the interview, the activist broke down BLM’s decision to buy a home rather than a commercial space. “We looked at commercial buildings and we looked at homes and then we found this really amazing space that’s a sweet spot between commercial and residential,” she explained, also mentioning the property’s soundstage, which reportedly enabled her organization to produce its own podcasts. 

Interestingly enough, Cullors’ interview comes days after she hopped on Instagram Live to allege that Candace Owens was outside of her house, “demanding” to talk to her – read Owens’ response here, and tap back in with HNHH later for more pop culture news updates.

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Adreian Payne tragically passed away this morning at the age of 31. This news came as a big shock to the NBA community, especially those he got to play basketball with. At the time of his passing, it seemed as though there was no cause of death. Now, however, some truly harrowing news has been reported by TMZ.

According to the outlet, Payne was shot and killed in the early hours of Monday morning in Orange Country, Florida. Authorities were called to respond to the shooting and while Payne was transported to the hospital, he ultimately died of his injuries. 

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Not soon after the shooting took place, the police were able to arrest a 29-year-old suspect by the name of Lawrence Dority. The man has been booked and is facing charges of first-degree murder.

As for Payne, he was a standout at Michigan State as he played there for four seasons. From there, he got to play in the NBA for a little bit as he was a first-round pick of the Atlanta Hawks. Eventually, Payne found himself playing overseas where his career took him to Greece and Italy.

Our hearts go out to Payne’s family and friends during this very difficult time.

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