This Week

Drake Asks News Helicopters To Stop Flying Over His Toronto Mansion. While it looks like the furious back-and-forth between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has settled back down to a simmer, that doesn’t mean the rapper can relax.

After a week in which Drizzy’s Bridle Path Toronto mansion was the site of two alleged incidents of trespassing and a shooting incident involving one of the rapper’s security guards, the “Rich Flex” MC begged for some peace in an Instagram Story on Saturday. According to ET, Drake specifically shouted out to Toronto news outlet CP24 in the message, where he wrote, “@cp24breaking news can we discuss the chopper flight times over the house cause I won’t lie I’m trying to sleep anytime after 3 pm works great for me.”

 The increased attention on Drake’s palatial estate comes after the wind-down of a heated diss track battle with K-Dot, which the Canadian chart-topper seemed to put a capper on Thursday when he posted a contemplative scene from the Netflix drama, The Man In Full. Toronto’s CityNews reported a break-in attempt on May 8, which was followed a day later by a report of a shooting outside the MC’s enormous private residence.

A$AP Rocky Checks Fan For Trying To Be ‘Romantic’ With Rihanna.  HipHopDX reports…A$AP Rocky has called out a fan for attempting to flirt with his girlfriend Rihanna right in front of him. RiRi was signing autographs in New York City on Sunday night this week when one fan said to the Barbadian singer:

“Rih, happy Mother’s Day, sweetheart.” After taking a moment to process the remark, Rocky took issue with the fan’s forwardness and replied: “Don’t be romantic to my girl like that!”  He also squared up to the fan who had a flower ready for the pop star and said: “Wassup, n**ga?!” However, Rocky soon began laughing and reassured the fan:

“I’m playing with you, man” before they shook hands.“It’s all love,” the man replied, taking the joke in stride. A$AP Rocky is protective of the mother of his two children in the past. While partying at a club together last year, a fight broke out near to where they were stood and the Harlem rapper let those in attendance know he wasn’t happy about it. “Y’all n**gas act like a gentleman right now, you heard?” the A$AP Mob rapper told fellow clubgoers in a clip of the incident. “I got my lady in here! Y’all calm that sh*t down, man!”

50 Cent Sues Ex Daphne Joy For Defamation Following Accusations Of Rape And Abuse. BOSSIP reports…50 Cent has filed a lawsuit against his ex, Daphne Joy whom he’s been taunting amid her being named in a lawsuit against Diddy. As previously reported Joy took to Instagram on March 28 to accuse the rapper of physical abuse and rape, writing a lengthy post about his “evil actions” while also alleging he never made efforts to see their 12-year-old son, Sire. She went on to write, “Let’s put the real focus on your true evil actions of raping me and physically abusing me. You are no longer my oppressor and my God will handle you from this point on.

You have permanently damaged the last hope I had for you as a father to preserve our family with these last and final false claims made against me. You have broken our hearts for the last and final time.” 

At the time, the Power creator denied the “disturbing allegations,” stating to Us Weekly that he planned on taking legal action against the mother of his child. “The most recent false and baseless accusations by Daphne Joy are clearly in response to my decision to seek sole custody of my son,” the statement read. “My son Sire is my main priority and keeping him in a safe environment is my only focus at this time.” Now, a little over a month later, 50 has officially filed a lawsuit, claiming that Joy “falsely and publicly” accused him of “rape and physical abuse” during their relationship, which spanned from 2011 to 2013.

Single Sketches

“I’ll Never Marry

Again Because…”

by John Mazen

When a friend recently got married, I felt sorry for him. I know he didn’t know what he was doing because it was his first time.  But I had been there and done that…and had vowed to never do it again.  In my opinion, it takes a certain kind of man to be married, to put up with all the stuff that goes with sharing a house with a woman.   MORE

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The Dating Chronicles

The Perfectionist

Kurt got in the car and just sat there.  He put the key in the ignition but didn’t turn it on.  He was suddenly exhausted.  This was his third date in three weeks with three different women, and he was losing his will to go on in his search.  He had been searching for a while to meet the woman of his dreams but he was about to give up.  His friends called him a perfectionist and his sisters called him ridiculous   MORE

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High-End Match-Ups:

Some Are Paying Big Bucks             

by Sierra Silverspoon

My friend was an attorney, making big bucks when she got fed up “with all the rejects” she had met online.  She decided to go the personal matchmaking route after her friend, a judge, met and married a wealthy businessman through a high-end matchmaking service.  In six months, she spent $8000.00 and met five guys who were supposedly the crème of the crop, as it related to substance and success.  MORE

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Single Scenarios

Stranger Danger

by M.K. Allison

Imagine this…The lights are low, and the music is soft.  And you…you’re dazzling in an outfit that costs almost as much as your son’s tuition last year.  At the moment, you’re sitting across the table from a man who seems like he was catalog ordered, especially for you, from the Master Matchmaker.  He is tall, your kind of cute, resplendently dressed, articulate, and available…or so you think.    MORE

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How Good Is Your

Relationship?

Take Our Quiz And See!

by M.K. Allison

Think about your current relationship.  Are you getting the payoffs from the time and effort you put into it?  Are you really happy?  Or, is it one-sided with him/her reaping all the benefits, while you float in and out of misery?  Check off the following statements that apply to you and see for yourself if this is where you ought to be!    MORE

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SingleScenes

by Sarah Smart

Q.  I want to break up with my girlfriend, but I don’t know how without sounding deceitful and low-down. The problem is when we first started out, both of us expressed a strong commitment to being honest in a relationship, but at this time I know I can’t because I don’t want to crush her. I am also not prepared for her insistent questions about why. I have fallen in love with someone else, and I simply can’t tell her the truth. I just want to walk away and leave her to speculate, but my conscience won’t let me. Any suggestions?     MORE

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On A Scale Of 1-10 –

How Healthy Are You?

by Candace Jensen, M.D.

A close friend had been living with severe abdominal pain for months and refused to go to the doctor.  Her biggest excuse was that doctors were just out to rip you off and that they created strange diagnoses just to make the hospitals richer.  When she collapsed at work in severe pain and was rushed to the hospital, it turned out that she had gallstones and needed emergency surgery right away.    MORE

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The Debate:

Is Your  Friend’s

Ex-Fiance Taboo?

by  Dani Stone

When a friend confessed that her new secret lover was the ex-fiance of one of our best friends, I was shocked.  We had all been close since high school, and I couldn’t believe it. We were at lunch when she whispered as if someone else might be listening, that she had been dating him for the last eight months, and hadn’t told a soul.  The three of us were the kind of friends who shared almost everything, especially our romantic lives, and we trusted each other implicitly.     MORE

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Story Of The Week

The Meet

by Jake Harris

It was a small but popular bar and I was there waiting to meet a woman I had never seen.  It was a blind date that had been arranged online and I was very excited.  As I studied the room, I spotted a tall thin woman in a red dress, fiddling over a drink that had not declined in volume.  Her eyes were fastened on the door, as she clutched the glass with long red fingernails.  Though heavily made up, her plainness was still visible through the paint on her face.  It was obvious she was there to meet a man, and I was glad it wasn’t me. The woman I was there to meet, according to her photo, was very attractive.    MORE

 

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