WORLD WRAP FEDERATION's Blog – October 2021 Archive (191)

Tommy DeBarge a member of the R&B/funk band Switch and part of the music industry's famed DeBarge family has died. A family member tells us Tommy has suffered from liver and kidney failure over the years, but recently took a turn for the worse. We're told he was hospitalized a couple weeks ago, and died in the hospital Thursday. DeBarge rose to fame in…

Yaya Mayweather is facing 20 years behind bars for the stabbing of her NBA Youngboy’s baby mother, Lapattra Lashai Jacobs. The attack on Jacobs resulted in multiple serious injuries. This past January, Mayweather and Youngboy had their first child together. The baby boy was the seventh overall for Youngboy. Before the birth of their son, the couple called it…

Kyrie Irving has been a hot topic across social media for days after the Brooklyn Nets dismissed him from the team for not complying with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Critics of Irving include everybody Chris Brown is on the other side and sees the superstar point guard as a hero. Chris Breezy hit Instagram and shared a picture of Irving and would share his…

The NBA has announced a new initiative in their support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The league and NBA Foundation are partnering for a new annual fellowship program HBCU students and the first-ever NBA HBCU Classic. The HBCU Classic will be played in the All-Star Weekend in Cleveland as a part of the celebration of the 75th…

Keke Palmer is officially adding author to her list of accomplishments. The multitalented 28-year-old has been booked and busy literally as she has teamed up with Amazon Original stories to release a series of  5 new short stories, the series, entitled ‘Southern Belle Insults’ written by Palmer with support from New York Times bestselling author…

R. Kelly is set to go on trial in his federal child pornography case in Chicago next summer. A judge set an August 1st, 2022, trial date for Kelly’s case during a status hearing yesterday. The hearing was held more than three weeks after a jury convicted the singer in a separate racketeering case in Brooklyn’s federal court. R. Kelly appeared virtually…

Before his start in the rap game, Lil Baby has been previously transparent about his lifestyle before the fame. The 26-year-old rapper stated that he was heavy in the streets after being released from jail, but barely dibbled and dabbled with his lyrical pen. I was in the neighborhood and he was like, ‘What you doing in the neighborhood?’ I was like, ‘You…

Fans of King Von may be excited to hear of the news that the Chicago rapper’s team could be finalizing a posthumous album. After the rapper’s transition, Von’s manager shared in an interview that the rapper had at least 200-300 songs in the vault. While many were wondering what would be done with the unreleased music, Lil Durk’s DJ could possibly be letting…

The Atlanta City Council is behind the move to proclaim Oct. 20 as "Lil Nas X Day" and they just surprised Nas with a plaque commemorating the special honor. ATL says LNX is shaping the city and the world with his "artistic influence and transformative influence mostly through his super-popular songs. Lil Nas X got the plaque Wednesday night at a special…

Charles Barkley says there's no bad blood with Kenny Smith after their passionate debate over Kyrie Irving refusal to get vaccinated everything's cool between them. He says Me and Kenny are great. We’re great," Barkley said, adding, "We can be different, it's all good. If you missed it, Smith who is vaccinated basically said there's nothing anyone can do to…

YoungBoy’s attorneys requested that their client, Kentrell Gaulden be relocated to his Utah residence. As part of YB’s pending Utah release, the Baton Rouge native would live under strict house arrest guidelines. Suggesting the rapper would stay out of trouble with a home studio built-in to allow him to continuing working. YB’s team also presented to have a…

The CFDA will honor Dapper Dan with the Geoffrey Beene lifetime achievement award, making him the first designer without a fashion show to ever win the honor. The 77-year-old Harlem, New York native thanked the streets of Harlem in an Instagram post in September when he heard he would be receiving the award. “Isn’t it ironic how the fashion world says that…

Naturi Naughton shared in an interview on Tuesday with The Breakfast Club, how she could relate to her ABC character Her 2000’s era girl group 3LW appeared on a MTV Cribs episode back in 2001 to show off a house that didn’t really belong to them. Naturi along with members Adrienne Haughton and Kiely Williams were all cap. There are moments…

Actor Adrian Holmes, who is set to star in the upcoming “Fresh Prince” reboot, was involved in a fatal car accident that resulted in fatal injuries for a man who was lying in the middle of a freeway. the actor was traveling southbound on the 110 freeway in Los Angeles. Law enforcement says that Holmes hit a man who was lying down in the middle of the freeway.…

The officer who arrested Kazee said the Cowboys player was initially stopped because he failed to use a turn signal while changing lanes in his 2019 Audi. During the stop, the officer said Kazee admitted to being at a party in Dallas earlier in the night -- adding that he had "consumed three shots of liquor over the past several hours. The officer added that…

Prosecutors are asking a Broward County judge to force Melly to submit an oral swab because they want to check if his C's, A's, G's and T's match up to DNA samples they found on a key piece of evidence collected during the investigation. That evidence is a yellow jacket which prosecutors say already has DNA that matches Anthony Williams, one…

Lil Yachty is father to a baby girl who was born in the last couple weeks in New York City. Lil Yachty is in the Big Apple right now, where he's spending some time with the child. It's unclear who the mom is to us, anyway. Obviously, Yachty knows, but he has had a few different girlfriends recently. Congrats, Yachty…

The former hooper who played 8 seasons in the Association was booked at 10:32 p.m. in a Palm Beach County, Fla. jail and was released at 5:46 a.m. Wednesday, records show cops say West was initially stopped by officers after he was yelling and banging on the glass doors at a police station in Boynton Beach. Officers say West was yelling and cussing while…

Dr. Dre's divorce has been extremely contentious, and something happened Monday that punctuates the bitterness a process server for his ex-wife attempted to serve him with legal docs at the cemetery where he buried his grandmother. Dre was at a Los Angeles cemetery Monday to put the woman who helped raise him in her final resting place. A process server came…

The Canadian singer announced on social media Monday that he is postponing the After Hours World Tour until summer 2022. The Weeknd noted that the delay is caused by his new plan to move the shows from arenas to stadiums. In the post, the “Call Out My Name” singer said that all current tickets will be refunded and all ticket holders will be given…