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At this point, Erica Mena has developed a reputation as a person who doesn’t take criticism laying down. The Love & Hip Hop New York star walks the fine line of ignoring the haters who incessantly take jabs online and clapping back whenever she feels disrespected. On Tuesday (March 16), Mena decided to address allegations that she used the term “Black-owned business” for a company called The Crowned Lady. Someone shared a series of DMs to the business’s Instagram account where they demanded to know who the owner is.

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During the exchange, the person handling the business’s account told the user they wouldn’t give out the business’s private information because they are a small company. The Instagram user accused them of lying about being a Black-owned business and brought up the reality star, but the company said Erica Mena is paid to promote them.

Yet, according to Erica, things aren’t always what they seem. Another Instagram user posed a question that captured Mena’s attention. “Y not just list as a Latino owned ? Was that not an option?” the woman asked. Mena replied, “Why not contact me directly since you so concerned, is being a gullible troll your option?”

In another comment, she clarified why the business in question is labeled Black-owned. “So we going after people for being investors and business advisers in my friends and families businesses !?” she commented. “Because wake up call I always go all put for mine. I don’t give a F what you bloggers and trolls got to say about. Half of you struggle because the internet is all you have.” Swipe below to read through the DM exchange.

Tiger Woods was injured in a nasty car crash just a couple of weeks ago. The accident has caused a whirlwind of rumors to hit the web about Woods’ state of mind when he was driving. The legendary athlete reached out to his fans for the first time just last week, ensuring them that he was going to get better. Regardless, the police are investigating the cause of the crash, even though Tiger was the only person involved. The icon can be charged with reckless driving if police decide to go that route, and they will use the black box to determine if Tiger was speeding. 

Tiger released a new statement on Tuesday, engaging his fans once more. “Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery,” Woods said in the state.

“I am so grateful for the outpouring of support and encouragement that I have received over the past few weeks. Thank you to the incredible surgeons, doctors, nurses, and staff at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Cedars Sinai Medical Center. You have all taken such great care of me and I cannot thank you enough.”

Tiger continued, “I will be recovering at home and working on getting stronger every day.”

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier is Marvel’s next big release following WandaVision. This series will be less experimental, or so we believe, and will be grounded firmly in the normal reality of the MCU. The series will follow Captain America’s best friends as they struggle with his legacy and fight off former villain Baron Zemo. 

Head writer for the series Malcolm Spellman recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly to speak a little about the series. He revealed that the series will tie into at least three future MCU projects. This is no surprise since WandaVision set up two series itself, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness and Captain Marvel 2.

“I can think of three that I’m not allowed to talk about,” Spellman told Entertainment Weekly when asked about projects that The Falcon And The Winter Soldier will tie into. The new series hits Disney + this Friday.

“Well, all I can tell you is that the ride that we go on is very unexpected,” Skogland said. “What was thought what was going to happen after Endgame – because we thought that we were going to go down a certain path – we did not go down that path. If there’s a door number one, two, and three? We definitely don’t choose door number one.”

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It’s Pisces season which means Jhené Aiko is celebrating another trip around the sun. The beloved songbird turns 33 today and that means she’s been filtering through the warm wishes and loving messages from fans, friends, and of course, her family. Big Sean never skips a beat in communicating his love and adoration of his leading lady, and her birthday was just another excuse for the rapper to shine the spotlight on Aiko on his Instagram page.

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“3:16 Pisces Queen [Pisces sign emoji] 33 trips [blue heart emoji],” Sean Don penned in a caption to a series of photos of the singer. “The most beautiful, determined, hard working, coolest, magical, emotional, honest, emotionally honest, easily annoyed, rare, extremely generous being/healer/ fighter/lover/ writer. 88 Gang member [dragon emoji]. You deserve to be celebrated. Thank you, I love you!!”

Jhené highlighted her big day over on her social media as well by sharing adorable throwback photos of herself as a child and stunning images of her glowing in an orange gown. “Walking into my 33rd year like [smiling emoji] here’s to 33 years of being the baby hair God [praying hands emoji] lol. thank you for the birthday wishes. i love u.”

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It isn’t often that Halle Berry shares pictures of her children. The superstar and icon has kept her kids out of the limelight, for the most part, allowing them to live a less hectic life. In fact, many people don’t even know what Berry’s kids look like. Well, on Berry’s daughter’s birthday, the actress made sure to give the world a glimpse of her baby. 

No matter how many times I tell her I love her, I love her more than that, ” wrote Berry as the caption to an Instagram post for her daughter. “Happy 13th Birthday Nahla Boo 💜.” 

Nahla’s father is model Gabriel Aubry, Berry’s ex. She has always strived to keep her kids out of the spotlight, even if her job thrusts her into it. She once lobbied to get an anti-paparazzi bill passed in California when it came to children.

Berry has had nothing but amazing things to say about motherhood. “It’s wildly affected my life. I haven’t worked as much since I had my daughter,” she told Hello! magazine in 2012. “I have another priority and she’s it. But I do want to send her the clear message that working is important and doing something that you love ― that validates you, or makes you feel you are giving yourself to the world ― is really important, so I will keep working.”

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Days ago, Casanova expressed his disappointment in people who he believed were supposed to be in his corner. Since his arrest back in December, both the rapper and his wife, Jasmere Corbett, have taken to social media to call out people in their lives who have mysteriously disappeared following the news of Casanova’s run-in with the law. He remains incarcerated as prosecutors attempt to build a case against him, as they accuse Casanova of several charges including being a drug trafficker and a member of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang.

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Casanova has denied the charges against him and has shared on social media that he’s sure that he’ll return home sooner than later. However, VladTV reports that the rapper has been denied bond once again, and it seems that Casanova’s previous interview with Nick Cannon was mentioned during his recent bail hearing.

The outlet reportedly obtained audio of the hearing where a prosecutor brings up Cannon and Casanova’s chat where the rapper said that he’s “still ape,” interpreted to mean that he’s a member of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation. With the information provided, the judge decided to keep Casanova under lock and key until his trial begins. 

Yesterday (March 16), we reported on Casanova sharing his ire about not receiving support while in jail. “IF YOU AIN’T SEND ME NO MONEY OR CHECK IN ON ME AND YOU SUPPOSEDLY MY MANS, SUCK MY D*CK [eclamation point emoji] AND THAT GOES FOR ANYBODY!” Listen to the hearing in full below and catch highlights around the 8-minute and 42-minute marks.