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Romeo Miller made his first public appearance since the news of the death of his 29-year-old sister Tytyana Miller, at the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture on Friday. From the Essence Wealth & Power stage, Miller, fellow panelists Lori Harvey and AT&T executive Michelle Jordan discussed ways to help advance Black representation in business. The 32-year-old entertainer also shared special words of wisdom for Black leaders who wish to become successful entrepreneurs.

“Laws and keys to success from the bible,” Miller began, reading from his bible study notes saved on his cell phone.

“You must understand your potential. You must have passion. Although you have vision and passion, you must have principles to protect them,” he read. “You have to plan your strategy to be successful. If you’re going to be successful, you have to protect yourself from the wrong people. That’s the big key right there. And the longest way to success is a shortcut.”

Miller finished by emphasizing the idea that Black leaders shouldn’t “cheat yourself,” while reiterating a key point in his speech: “the longest way to success is a shortcut.”

Throughout the discussion, the Growing Up Hip Hop alum provided personal life details including his status as second generation, only after his father, successful rapper and record label founder, Master P. He also opened up about his own entrepreneurial journey.

“I was literally in one of my film classes at USC a few years ago and all of the movies we were watching, it was only white actors,” he recalled. “How do you think the young Black girl, the young Black boy is going to think the world is represented?”

And that’s the reason events like the Essence Fest are important, Miller says, “Because we need generational love in the Black community.”

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Fans in Las Vegas may not have gotten the concerts they were promised earlier this year, but Adele kept her appointment with her hometown crowd in London Friday night at Hyde Park.

It was the first time she’d performed in London since 2017, and even then, she canceled the final two shows of her four-night run at Wembley Stadium due to vocal issues.  As Variety reports, when Adele took the stage Friday night, she started “Hello,” and then stopped to exclaim, “I’m so happy to be here!”

According to Variety, Adele did just as much chatting as she did singing, sharing stories about binging Stranger Things and taking her son to see Billie Eilish, and how much she likes Britney Spears memes. She also read the signs fans held up, and congratulated them on the special occasions they were celebrating, like birthdays, anniversaries and divorces.

But of course, she also sang: the setlist included songs old and new, from “Skyfall,” “Make You Feel My Love” and “Rumour Has It” to “Easy on Me,” “Oh My God” and “I Drink Wine.”  Of course, she sang “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You”  and “Set Fire to the Rain.”

Adele even appeared to address her Las Vegas residency, which has yet to be rescheduled. “I know a lot of things have happened with this album, I know a lot of you feel let down and I’m mortified,” she said, according to to Variety. “But I take my music very seriously and I had to do that.”

According to setlist.fm, here’s full list of what Adele sang Friday in London, as part of Hyde Park’s British Summer Time festival:

“Hello”
“I Drink Wine”
“I’ll Be Waiting”
“Rumour Has It”
“Water Under the Bridge”
“One and Only“
“Skyfall”
“Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
“Easy on Me”
“All I Ask”
“Make You Feel My Love”
“Someone Like You”
“Oh My God”
“Set Fire to the Rain”
“Hold On”
“Rolling in the Deep”
Encore:
“When We Were Young”
“Love Is a Game”

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Earlier this year, it was reported that Jack White and his label, Third Man Records, had obtained the rights to release the lost Prince album Camille. White has now shared a bit more info about the project and, more specifically, what he will not be doing with the record.

In an Instagram post, White sets out to clarify a “misleading” recent headline reporting that he “plans to ‘re-edit'” Camille.

“I want to make sure the message is clear,” White says. “Neither I nor Third Man Records, have any intention of ‘editing’ or ‘remixing’ Prince’s music.”

Prince originally recorded Camille in 1986 under a pseudonym. While all the songs on the album were eventually put out, including on Prince’s 1987 record Sign o’ the Times, they were never released together as a single package.

“I was referring to simply putting the songs in the original order that the album Camille was in, as those songs have been put out in multiple releases since Camille was first taken off the presses,” White explains.

“I would never mess with Prince’s music,” he adds. “Hopefully that clears up any misunderstanding, and this album can see the light of day in its original form.”

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Jason Derulo‘s ex-girlfriend Jena Frumes, with whom he shares a child, is publicly accusing him of infidelity.  

She took to Instagram on Thursday to post a thirst trap of herself posing in a blue bikini and captioned it, “You are beautiful, you are worth it and YOU are irreplaceable. Don’t forget that.”

An internet troll slid into the comment section and fired off, “Worth it in what way? You’re not married, which means your child is a b*****d and you’re playing the wh*** role.”

Jena took exception to the comment and responded, “It’s unfortunate my situation didn’t work out because we once did aspire to be married. But maybe it’s best to be single than to be in a relationship & constantly be disrespected & cheated on and lied to.”

Jena then said in an Instagram Story, “Women really don’t deserve to be treated and judged the way they are. No one aspires to be a single mom, it’s the biggest heartbreak and failure for me personally knowing I’m alone in this when I wanted love and wanted marriage & the happy family unit.”

“But if your non-negotiables are being tested you’ll ever find peace in that relationship,” Jena added. “I’ll never be okay with sharing a lover that I love with all my heart!!! I don’t receive child support all I wanted was a family to love and experience life with.”

Jena said, “If the streets come first I can’t change that so stop blaming the women like we chose the single mother life…  It was never about money or dating someone famous.  I was in love & we planned a baby & life together!  It didn’t work out and life must go on.”

Jena shares a 1-year-old son named Jason King with the “Trumpets” singer.

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The Kid LAROI’s mother, Sloane Howard, is being investigated for credit card fraud. Authorities accuse her of using a man’s credit card to obtain cosmetic services costing over 800 Australian dollars ($545).

Daily Mail reports the incident happened in 2018, when Howard somehow obtained the credit card information and spent AU$849 at a laser clinic. She turned herself in to police when LAROI’s tour brought her back to Australia in late May.

Authorities also implicated a man who lived close to Howard at the time and said he used the stolen credit card to purchase over AU$9,200 in clothing, plumbing tools, digital accessories and accommodation. He has been found guilty and was sentenced to serve 18 months under a community correction order.

It is not known at the time how these two are linked.

LAROI has been open about the struggles his mother faced when he was a child, noting his parents divorced in 2007, and his mother raised him and his younger brother, Austin, in public housing. When honoring her on Mother’s Day in 2020, LAROI called Howard “the strongest woman I know.”

“I’ve seen you literally put your own life on the line to make sure I always had the best, even in the worst,” he added.

Howard has pleaded not guilty to the charge, and a hearing has been set for July 11.

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Wyclef Jean is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his 1997 debut solo album, The Carnival, by performing a concert over the holiday weekend that will be livestreamed.

The three-time Grammy winner’s show on Sunday, July 3, will be streamed live on the Amazon Music channel, on Twitch and on the Amazon Music app at 9 pm ET from the Toulouse Theatre in New Orleans.

“When I created The Carnival album my idea was to show, through my music, a world without borders,” The Fugees member said in a statement. “25 years later, please join me and let’s celebrate the culture!”

The Carnival included the Platinum single “Gone till November” and featured Fugees members Lauryn Hill and Pras, as well as The Neville Brothers and Celia Cruz. Jean promises that there will be surprise performances from “some amazing guests.”

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Chris Stapleton’s Country Music Hall of Fame exhibit, called Chris Stapleton: Since 1978, opens Friday. The exhibit chronicles Chris’ career from a songwriter into country superstardom.

Dustin Lynch has a new song out Friday called “Fish in the Sea.”

Morgan Evans has been teasing that he’s at work on a new album. Called The Country & the Coast Side B, it’ll follow Side A of that project, which Morgan put out in late 2021.

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