The Young, Black, and Fabulous

EVENT FAB: "A Raisin In The Sun" Opens In LA + Eddie Murphy Receives Career Icon Award For Comedy
Foxy Brown Kicked Off The Tom Joyner Cruise For Bad Behavior + Is She Really Dating Shyne!?
ARRESTED: Rick Ross Spitting Bars Behind Bars For Marijuana Possession + Philly Eagles Baller Jason Peters Booked For Disturbing The Peace
BIRTHDAY FAB: Chris Bosh & Fiance Adrienne Celebrate His 27th Birthday
Celebs Hit Aretha Franklin's 69th Birthday Party
DO WE LOVE IT?! Chrisette Michele Rocks A Curly 'Do

EVENT FAB: "A Raisin In The Sun" Opens In LA + Eddie Murphy Receives Career Icon Award For Comedy

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Our YBF celebs were celebrating huge events on both coasts this weekend. On the west coast, director Phylicia Rashad celebrated the opening night performance of "A Raisin In The Sun" while Eddie Murphy received the "Career Icon" Award at The First Annual Comedy Awards. See the fab pics inside...

Lorraine Hansberry's iconic play "A Raisin In The Sun" has been brought back to life by director and actress Phylicia Rashad at The Ebony Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles.

Phylicia Rashad posed with Ebony Repertory founder Wren T. Brown during opening night.

Phylicia's tv son Malcolm Jamal Warner came through.

Margaret "Shug" Avery of The Color Purple was there.

Phylicia's sister, Debbie Allen brought out her gorgeous son Norman Nixon Jr.

And Denzel's wife, Pauletta Washington was there. Love the handbag!

Superb actors Glynn Turman and Don Cheadle were there.

"Amen" actress Anna Maria Horsford posed.

Debbie caught up with Eric LaSalle.

The yummy Blair Underwood was there.

And Taye Hansberry, Mamie Hansberry and Nantille Hansberry came out to keep the family legacy alive.

Blair Underwood caught up with friends Keisha Nash and Bridgid Coulter.

Then Forest Whitaker and wife Keisha posed with Don Cheadle and wife Brigid.

Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway was there to offer support too.

And on the east coast,

Some seriously funny people got together to toast The First Annual Comedy Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC last night. Among them was "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan.

Craig Robinson was a presenter at the show.

And The Roots keep the crowd bouncing when they hit the stage.

But one of the biggest moments of the evening was when Eddie Murphy stepped to the stage.

Mr. Murphy was presented the first "Career Icon" award. He's kept us laughing since the early 80s on "SNL" and over 20 years with his movies. The award was long overdue.

Photos via WireImage/Kovac/Mazur

Foxy Brown Kicked Off The Tom Joyner Cruise For Bad Behavior + Is She Really Dating Shyne!?

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:17 PM PDT

Troubled rapper Foxy Brown is at it again. This time she P.O.'ed the older folks over in Tom Joyner's camp. First the rapper and radio host had a tense phone interview, then things got even worse when they met face to face on the cruise ship. Let's just say....Foxy was removed from the ship and escorted to a plane. Deets inside....

You have to really show your behind to upset "the old school" as our veteran entertainers and professionals tend to have more patience than youngsters who like to pop of at the mouth. But apparently....Foxy Brown has just what it takes to push a brother over the edge.

Tom Joyner went on record Friday morning saying that Foxy Brown was removed from his "Fantastic Voyage" cruise ship and escorted to a plane.

Now.....because Tom is old school and very professional, he didn't offer up any of the behind the scenes dirt only saying,

“We put Foxy off the cruise. Let’s just say she got put off. You had to really act a fool to get put off."

So we don't know what happened from Tom's side....but we got an earful from Foxy on Twitter. Foxy said she felt a little insulted by some of the questions and comments that came from the crew during the interview. She added that anything "Grandpa" said on the radio was a lie because she got much love while on the cruise ship. She claims they are starting drama and talking -ish behind her back.

She ended by saying the best way to handle this situation was to go to Belize on vacation with her "pumpkin"....Shyne. SIDEBAR: Is Foxy Brown dating Shyne?

Read the tweets below:

ARRESTED: Rick Ross Spitting Bars Behind Bars For Marijuana Possession + Philly Eagles Baller Jason Peters Booked For Disturbing The Peace

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT

Rick Ross aka "Officer Ricky" got caught with a stash last night and was arrested in Shreveport, LA for possession. Get the deets on the arrest inside and find out how NFL baller Jason Peters caught a case and ended up at the same jail as Rick last night.

Inmates at the Shreveport City Jail in Shreveport, LA had a star-struck Friday evening as they chilled in their cells with hip hop superstar Rick Ross and Philadelphia Eagles baller Jason Peters.

KSLA News 12 reports that Rick Ross was arrested for marijuana possession after a strong odor was detected coming from his room at the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Shreveport. TMZ reports that officers found a gram in plain view.

And in a separate (but sorta) related arrest, Jason Peters caught a case for apparently being too crunk. He was arrested for disturbing the peace after officers asked him to turn down the music coming from his car and he refused. He then tried to stunt on the cops and wouldn't produce any ID. SMH. That must have been a huge speakerboxx.

Both Rick and Jason were booked at the Shreveport City Jail where they got summons and were later released.

It's funny they both got caught up on some bull-ish as they were both in town for the Bay Bay Birthday Bash at the Kokopellis nightclub. Rick was one of the performers while Jason was an invited guest.

P.S. I can't wait to hear all of the Officer Ricky jokes from 50 Cent.

BIRTHDAY FAB: Chris Bosh & Fiance Adrienne Celebrate His 27th Birthday

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:23 AM PDT

It's been a weekend filled with birthday festivities for Chris Bosh, which his fiancee Adrienne Williams was responsible for planning. On Friday, Adrienne and Chris started off their day at the Sony Ericsson Tennis Open, where he did the coin toss for the match.

The fun continued last night when Chris and Adrienne hosted the "Chris Bosh Distinguished Gentleman Birthday Dinner" at Philippe Chow in Miami. The Miami Heat star celebrated his 27th birthday in style with his teammates, friends and a few "Basketball Wives." We have pics from the b-day weekend after the jump...

Chris was honored with a cake at the tennis match.

The celebration continued back at his home. He celebrated with his family and friends and played karaoke.

Looks like Adrienne is serious about her basketball wife role.

Last night over at Philippe Chow in Miami, Chris and Adrienne hosted the Chris Bosh Distinguished Gentleman Birthday Dinner:

Mario Chalmers, Chris Bosh, Juwan Howard and Udonis Haslem posed with the bday boy.

Tammy Brook (Chris Brown's former publicist) and Amaris Jones took a flick together.

Tameka Raymond looked cute in ivory as she posed on the red carpet.

Tracy Mourning brought her camera along.

Adrienne looked sexy in her silver patterned bodycon dress and pinned back 'do.

DJ Irie smiled for the cameras.

Jermaine Dupri stopped by.

NBA Superstars Lebron James and D-Wade posed alongside their teammate. Loves the cake.

Bosh snapped a pic with cake number two. Very simple and classy.

Jermaine Dupri held it down on the ones and twos.

I see Adrienne doesn't have a problem hanging out with some "non-m*therf**king factors" Suzie and Royce.

Fun times for the b-day boy.

Photos via Wireimage/ John Parra

Celebs Hit Aretha Franklin's 69th Birthday Party

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:18 AM PDT

Aretha Franklin turned 69 yesterday. And she celebrated with a big swanky bash in New York City at the Helmsley Hotel last night with hundreds of her closest friends.

She donned a Naeem Khan pantsuit for the occasion, and had Motown legends, Wendy Williams, and other friends in tow to help her celebrate. Pics and what went down inside when you read on...

Aretha got a decked out cake and a customized song from a member of the Temptations last night. People.com described what went down inside the bash:

At the Queen of Soul's swanky, star-studded 69th birthday party in New York City late Friday night – where Bette Midler, Smokey Robinson and Tony Bennett topped the guest list – revelers joined Dennis Edwards of The Temptations in wishing her well with a personalized version of "My Girl."

It went a little something like this: "I guess … you'll say … what can make me feel this way …. Aretha, Aretha, Aretha ..." And then the woman of the hour took the mic.

As guests screamed and applauded, the slimmed-down Franklin sang with Edwards for the delighted crowd, and then showed off some dance moves while blowing out the candles on her two-tier, flower-covered birthday cake. The song for that part of the evening? "Respect," of course.

The invites were beautiful.

Another legend, Tony Bennett showed his love.

And of course Smokey Robinson was there.

And the legends kept on coming as Bette Midler arrived.

And the cake was gorgeous!

And the night wouldn't have been complete without Aretha singing.

Pics of celeb arrivals:

Wendy Williams and her hubby Kevin popped up in red.

Al Roker was there in his gray suit.

Al Sharpton and Smokey Robinson looked nice.

Star Jones hit the party in her fur coat and metallic dress.

And Gayle King worked it out in gold with cute shoes.

Pics via SPLASH/WireImage/MonicaMorgan

DO WE LOVE IT?! Chrisette Michele Rocks A Curly 'Do

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:56 AM PDT

Last July, Grammy Award winning singer Chrisette Michele chopped her locks and started rocking her natural hair. Since then, she has donned a beautiful mini 'fro and even dyed it to spice up her look. Spring is definitely here and she has switched up her 'do once again. Decide if we love it when you read on...

Last night, Chrisette Michele hit up the birthday bash for Essence beauty director Corynne L. Corbett at Butter in NYC. She ditched the blonde afro that she rocked earlier this week and debuted her new big curly wig.