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With Ray J, Princess Love Norwood, Moniece Slaughter, Teairra Mari. Follows the young, hip-hop elite as they strive to either 'make' or 'maintain' a life in the La La Land of Hollywood. Florida rapper Diamond Blue Smith, a.k.a. Baby Blue, who is a member of the group Pretty Ricky and a cast member on Love & Hip Hop: Miami, has been smacked with charges of pocketing more than $1. The album peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart, number three on Billboard's Independent Albums chart, and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Harlem: Diary of a Summer, Jones' second album, reached number five on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Independent Albums charts, selling 350,000 copies.
A member of the rap group Pretty Ricky bought a $96,000 Ferrari and other luxury items using money meant for small-business coronavirus relief, federal prosecutors say.
Diamond Blue Smith, 36, of Miramar, who also stars on the VH-1 reality series “Love and Hip Hop in Miami,' is accused of filing fraudulent applications for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans — cash intended for business owners struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.
The criminal complaint alleges Smith obtained a PPP loan of $426,717 for his company, Throwbackjersey.com LLC and another PPP loan of $708,065 for his other company, Blue Star Records LLC, using falsified documents.
Authorities seized the Ferrari and $271,805 cash, which he allegedly got from PPP loan proceeds.
He also allegedly applied for PPP loans on behalf of others in exchange for kickbacks payments.
Smith appeared before a judge in Georgia Monday on federal charges that included wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
Eleven others have been charged in the scheme, including NFL wide receiver Josh Bellamy, 31, of St. Petersburg.
Prosecutors allege that the professional football player spent tens of thousands of dollars meant for small-business coronavirus relief on designer jewelry and jaunts to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Bellamy, a wide receiver who was cut from the New York Jets in early September, is alleged to have fraudulently obtained about $1.25 million dollars of PPP money. On Sept. 9, 2020, he was charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
He got the cash with the help of the Phillip J. Augustin, 51, prosecutors say, a Coral Springs man who now sits at the center of a $24 million dollar coronavirus relief fraud ring.
The majority of those indicted as part of the ring are from Florida, but two — Deon D. Levy, 50, and Abdul-Azeem Levy, 22 — are from Ohio. Tonye C. Johnson, 28, of Pennsylvania, was charged the same day as Smith.
In addition to Augustin, the South Floridians facing charges are Andre M. Clark, 46, of Miramar; Keyaira Bostic, 31, of Pembroke Pines; James R. Stote, 54, of Hollywood; Wyleia Nashon Williams, 44, and Ross Charno, 46, of Ft. Lauderdale; Tiara Walker, 37, and Damion O. Mckenzie, 38, of Miami Gardens.
Wayne K. Roustan can be reached at wkroustan@sunsentinel.com or 561-379-6119 or on Twitter @WayneRoustan
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It’s the Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta season finale! And it goes out without a bang. We begin the episode at a casino night party for Scrappy. This is where Shekinah mentions to Kendra, Sierra, and Bambi that Karlie Redd, read her lie detector test results and it turned out that Pooh lied. Kendra points out that Karlie has a lot of tricks up her sleeves so the papers could have been falsified. However, the general consensus is that Karlie’s results are right and that Pooh is the liar. Next, they get on the topic of Kendra and Koc. Kendra mentions that she moved out of Joc’s house because they’re broken up, but in the same breath, she admits that she misses him. That is enough to put the battery in Shekinah’s back. She wants to be the one to get them back together. Let the scheming begin.
Let’s fast forward to Mimi’s girlfriend, Ty and Stevie J. Basically, Ty goes behind Mimi’s back and meets up with Stevie to try to put their issues aside. Remember, Stevie keeps posting shady comments on Ty’s social media, which she and Mimi are not thrilled about. Ty wants to get on the same page with Stevie for Eva’s sake. We all know that trying to have this convo with Stevie is dumb because it just ends up with him being childish. In an interesting twist of things, they end up playing ball. If Stevie wins, Ty wears a mini skirt (it figures), if she wins, he’ll apologize. Ty spanks him, of course. But we know Stevie ain’t about to deliver a sincere apology.
Scrapp DeLeon and his business partner are opening up a restaurant and they invite Che Mack, Joc, Che, Scrappy, and Kirk to taste test. But the real point of this scene is for scrappy to reveal to Joc that he heard Kendra saying that she missed Jasiel. We see where this is going so let’s fast forward some more.
Now we’re at an “early opening party” for Frost Bistro, Kirk and Rasheeda’s new restaurant. It is here that Shekinah runs into Joc. She feels guilty about Joc and Kendra breaking up because she played a part in the gossip that led to their demise. She apologizes to Joc again but then they devise a plan to get Joc and Kendra together again.
Now we’re back with Mimi and Ty, kicking it at home. This is supposed to be their last night together before Ty goes to Vegas for work. Ty explains her previous meeting with Stevie and that he’s coming to their house in a few. Stevie arrives with his wife, Faith Evans, and all four of them sit down and attempt to chat. Stevie offers another non-apology for yet another shady post since the basketball game. Faith even agrees that Stevie tried it, but she married him.
This conversation ends with Mimi and Stevie verbally sparring with each other, again. Faith just ends dragging Stevie out of there.
Finally, the episode winds down back on Joc’s situation. He shows up to a party where she is, professes his love for her and then proposes. This is enough for Kendra do let go of her anger. She said yes. She claims to now understand that Jacil is for her and he’s ready to be her husband.
Then we end the episode with Joc talking about how he’s happy he got Kendra back and how it’s time to trim the fat at the beauty shop so he doesn’t deal with this type of drama again, and then goes the montage with everyone talking about their goals, dreams, etc, summarizing the season.
We’ll see them all for the reunion, which will probably be dramaful (yes, dramaful), just the way we like it.
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