Due to health problems possibly relating to her recently learned heart problems, Toni Braxton’s scheduled line of Las Vegas performances have all been canceled, according to the Associated Press.
Announced Thursday evening by her resident hotel The Flamingo Las Vegas’ President, Don Marrandino, the decision comes after learning of Braxton’s health problems after she was hospitalized on April 7th following a performance.
“Upon learning several weeks ago of Ms. Braxton’s health concerns, our first and foremost consideration was her well-being. We have truly enjoyed having her as our resident headliner and continue to wish her a full and quick recovery so that she may resume what she loves best, entertaining audiences,” Marradino said in a written statement.
Harrah’s Entertainment, the private gaming corporation working with Braxton, spokesperson Deanna Petit has reportedly affirmed not being able to comment on the six-time Grammy winner’s health condition. Despite lacking Braxton’s current status, her past history shows the singer being treated for viral inflammation of the heart, according to AP.
With her shows “Toni Braxton: Revealed” coming to an abrupt stop, the singer’s two-year run at The Flamingo Las Vegas hotel concludes just short of her scheduled end in August.
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After having been reported missing over 24 hours ago by family, Jermaine "Black" Williams was found dead in Queens' Ozone Park this morning in New York. Williams had spent over eight years employed as security for rapper Busta Rhymes.
The man had been shot multiple times, and was discovered wrapped in sheet, when police noticed blood stains in his parked SUV in the park. No suspects have been apprehended. Busta Rhymes, who is presently working in Europe, has yet to release a statement.
Williams leaves behind two children.
In early February 2006, Israel Ramirez was a Busta Rhymes bodyguard of over a decade that was murdered on the set of the the video-shoot for the "Touch It" remix in New York. He was shot multiple times after an altercation with another spectator on the set of the video. The rapper made headlines for not cooperating with police in the questioning on Ramirez' killer. Five months after the incident, Busta did expound on his reasoning to media.
The two events have been deemed early by investigators as unrelated.
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According to court documents obtained by TMZ.com, Death Row, the label once owned and operated by Suge Knight has been placed on the auction block and will go to the highst bidder on June 24.
The documents state that "all of the recorded music business assets of the estate, along with substantially all of the music publishing business assets of ... Marion 'Suge' Knight" are what are for sale...
Some of the music and rights that are included will be works of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and the Dogg Pound.
The minimum starting bid is $24 million.
Any parties who wish to put in a bid are required to do so before the deadline of June 10th. Knight lost control of the label in July 2006 after long-winded legal battle over the estate after he a judge awarded a couple, claiming to have fronted the seed money to start the label, $107 million.
The sale of Death Row was to begin in late 2007, but was halted when Dr. Dre and Afeni Shakur filed suits over the rights of past recordings of Dre's solo debut, The Chronic, and several of Tupac's music. It is unclear how these suits have been handled since, but the auction has commenced.
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