— “Kick the door” Notoriously BIG

Immortalized in song (and easily by word of mouth), Howard University’s homecoming week draws hundreds of people to Mecca every year. The crowds on the primary campus, affectionately referred to as The Yard, will include generations of students, alumni and people just in search of a good time: old friends and latest families, former marching band members and college, Black Greeks and former athletes – a community connected by fraternity.

This 12 months’s celebration marks Howard’s one centesimal anniversary. In 1924the university welcomed back graduates for its first homecoming, organized around the favored annual Thanksgiving Day football game against Lincoln University. Although the festivities are actually held in October and Howard hosts homecoming events at different schools every year, the tradition of annual homecoming has remained.

There is a saying within the Howard community, “We never lost a party,” and going home proves that statement. Take a have a look at Howard’s homecoming traditions through the years.

Like many, I have been waiting for the latest batch of episodes of the seventh season of “Love Is Blind”. I wanted to see what happened to Ashley and Tyler especially. Of the remaining couples – Taylor and Garrett, Hannah and Nick, Marissa and Ramses, Alex and Tim, and Ashley and Tyler – only Ashley and Tyler are the one ones I’m really interested in because I used to be pretty sure we would be together see the tip of the road for Hannah and Nick ( uff, Chile) and Alex and Tim. I could not quite call it Ashley and Tyler, but I figured his acceptance as a sperm donor didn’t exactly trouble them. However, we are going to come back to them.

Let’s get the padlocks out of the best way: Taylor and Garrett seem designed to go the space, random texts from an ex be damned. Garrett is not silly; he’s going to get himself together. Rameses kind of has to take care of some weird issues he has; I don’t know if he’s never been around women (or people who have volatile emotions for legitimate reasons), but while I believe they’ll get away with it, he seems to have a random, strong stance on issues that don’t really matter. sense.

Perhaps Rameses should rethink his thoughts before dumping them on Marissa. I feel like he loves her so I hope he understands the whole lot, but Brother needs to work on his willingness to listen, be reasonable and calm down. I like that Marissa is just not only willing to let Rameses tell him what he wants, but can be willing to step aside. Honestly, I don’t know if I really like them as a pair, but I would love for his or her love to prevail, if that is sensible.

I’m not the kind of one that says, “I told you so” – well, at the very least I don’t do it often. But on this case, I’ll go ahead and sound the horn: I made the decision that Tim and Alex weren’t going to make it AND that it’d appear like one small, frivolous infraction that would destroy the entire thing, when in truth it will be death by a thousand cuts. So yes, it worked. Look, I don’t have anything negative to say about Alex as an individual, but seeing how she lives would immediately disqualify me from pursuing marriage. I had nightmares about her apartment and I’m only half kidding.

Let me just say that we’re clearly missing things that occur off camera because there may be NO way Tim would stop all of this simply because she went to take a nap after meeting his parents. It’s possible that he took the parents’ meeting SO seriously (that they had to come to town) that he took her apparent lack of interest once the cameras stopped rolling (maaaa?) as an insult to their entire relationship, especially because of how seriously she was taking the family. But it showed “what’s going on?” and while I actually think he’s a bit stiff, he also seems to suffer no fools and knows what he doesn’t want to take care of. I can not knock it. But I believe there have been things happening off-screen that we’re not privy to. It just has to be.

Admittedly, Alex seemed blindsided by all of it, and Tim actually seemed unreasonable during this conversation – his brother was choking on greater than just what we saw. But nothing that aired should make Tim resolve that he won’t ever have to talk to her again. In life. It’s wild. Tim read the entire letter to her dad and the whole lot. Nothing shuts down that quickly. Nothing. That said, the meeting will be lit.

I can not stand Hannah. Nothing I’ve seen from Nick has made me think he deserves even an oz of the disrespect Hannah shows him at every opportunity. He calls this man immature, financially illiterate, mainly the whole lot but a baby of God. Why is he still there? Who would want to end a wedding with a one that uses every opportunity to emphasize that the person she wants to marry is beneath her?

Is Nick perfect? Of course not; nor Hannah. Her behavior is embarrassing and it looks as if it wasn’t until I saw myself on screen that I spotted it. Which is terrible. It looks bad. He also has bad friends. She’s here too, taking his company to the streets – except she thinks she’s doing it to explain how she’ll teach him how to be a greater person. I DON’T LIKE HER. Look, Hannah is terrible and the way she and Nick lasted this long is beyond me. It’s as if Hannah turned Nick into a baby who cannot take a stand. I’m so excited that they broke up and I’ll be so disillusioned in the event that they say they’re trying to rekindle things on a reunion.

Okay, let’s talk to Ashley and Tyler. We all know by now that Tyler has several children. He didn’t reveal it to Ashley within the pods, although they talked about kids multiple times. I believe Ashley probably wanted to be more upset about it than she was and is surprised that she is not as indignant. I’m sure she’s wondering why he didn’t tell her, however it was probably an eye-opener for her to discover that “omitting certain facts, aka lying” is not the deal breaker most of us like to claim it’s.

I’m sure Tyler can be thrilled to hear that his woman goes with him despite his bombshell confession; nevertheless, they appear to have a superb thing going so I’m not entirely surprised. One of the things marriage has taught me is that we regularly think we have a tough line on certain issues, but being put in numerous situations often shows whether that’s true or not. Props to Ashley and Tyler for weathering what’s going to hopefully be the one storm before the marriage.

That’s all I have for now. My prediction for the ultimate episode (before the reunion): Taylor and Garrett say yes, Ashley and Tyler say yes, and eventually Marissa and Ramses say yes.

Love is blind, y’all.

The 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards hosted by Fat Joe premiered last night in Las Vegas.

The hottest rappers like GloRilla, Trina and 2-Chainz performed, together with historic wins as Kendrick Lamar dominated the night, winning eight awards including Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year. the yr of his hit “Not Like Us.” Metro Boomin and Future took home three 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards, The Alchemist secured two wins, and Yung Miami paid tribute to Trina along with her performance.

Additionally, this yr’s “Hip Hop Awards” went beyond music and used the stage to permit the public to vote. Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV) delivered his powerful voice, sharing how essential voting is to guard our rights and calling on the community to make their voices heard. However, the love was also on full display. The Legend of Multiplatinum Bay Area E-40 he turned up the heat by performing his hits “Snap Yo Fingers,” “I Don’t F***k with You” and “Tell Me When to Go,” while his loving and supportive wife cheered him on in the audience.

Scroll right down to see the lovely couple’s other awards show moments.

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E-40 and his wife Tracy Stevens

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LightSkinKeisha and Coca Vango

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Lanae Jackson and Roosevelt Williamson

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Kim Lewis and Kevin Lewis