The Young, Black, and Fabulous

---

• SNEAK PEEK: Tyrese Previews His "Black Rose" Documentary Before Easter Release
• NON-SHOCKING FOOLERY: Joseline & Stevie J BACK ON....Participate In WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT Event
• Willow & Jaden Smith, Nick Cannon & More Hit THE 2013 KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS Orange Carpet
• Fantasia Reveals She's No Longer With Antwaun, Says "He Learned To Not Play With People's Hearts"
• EXCLUSIVE: Torrei Hart Spills Her TRUTH About Divorcing Kevin Hart, Says "There Was NO Pre-Nup!"

SNEAK PEEK: Tyrese Previews His "Black Rose" Documentary Before Easter Release Posted: 24 Mar 2013 07:29 AM PDT Tyrese Gibson is the jack of all trades these days.  The singer, actor, dad, and author is gearing up to release his own documentary about his life.  Check out the rags to riches preview inside... He's got the summer blockbuster Fast & The Furious 6 on deck, his latest album Open Invitation is in stores, his singing group TGT (with Tank & Ginuwine), a new book with Rev. Run called Manology, just wrapped the Black Nativity musical and is still in production for the Teddy Pendergrass biopic (where he stars as the late singer).   Apparently, all that isn't enough, because Tyrese--who's also dad to 5-year-old daughter Shayla--just created a documentary about his life.  Can't knock his hustle. A Black Rose That Grew Through Concrete is all about Black Ty went from a boy growing up in Watts, Cali around drugs, prostitution and gangs, to becoming the Hollywood star that he is.  From talent shows, to modeling, to that career breaking Coca-Cola commercial, to a hit singing & movie career, he's telling folks how he got here. Ty told his fans, "You have never seen anything like this from me....This is my story...Realist shit I ever spoke.... I really did start from the bottom." Check out the documentary trailer below: The full length documentary will be out Easter Sunday, March 31st.   Photo: Instagram

NON-SHOCKING FOOLERY: Joseline & Stevie J BACK ON....Participate In WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT Event Posted: 24 Mar 2013 06:40 AM PDT We said it would take a week...but they lasted a little bit longer.  Two weeks after Joseline blasted Stevie J (again) for having STDs, a broke bank account and everything else in between, the twosome are back together.  So much for firing him as her manager.... This weekend in North Carolina, "Love & Hip Hop ATL"'s favorite dysfunctional couple, Joseline Hernandez & Stevie J, made their way to Raleigh, NC together.  Joseline swore up and down earlier this month that she fired Stevie J as her manager for good, called him out for all his disgusting behavior, accused him of having sex with men, diseases, and an empty bank account.  And as they have in the past, they seem to have gotten back together.  We guess Stevie's public threats to Joseline about what would happen if she left changed chick's mind. Break ups to make ups are one thing, but your girl PUBLICLY blasting you about many things and both of you acting like it never happened...ain't hot.  Both parties look special in the end, but if they like it.... Jos and Stevie posted pics from Stevie's paid appearance at the Star Bar in Raleigh last night.  It was the official afterparty for the Women's Empowerment Event in the city, which Stevie also participated in. We're not sure how exactly Stevie and his bus are about to empower women or why anyone thought it would be a fabulous idea to have him represent their movement.  Yet and still, he was part of the event along with Fantasia and Kandi Burruss: Sigh. Stevie & Jos snapped pics together back at their hotel.  We guess we'll see everything play out on the new season of "LAHH ATL."    Photos via Instagram

Willow & Jaden Smith, Nick Cannon & More Hit THE 2013 KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS Orange Carpet Posted: 23 Mar 2013 06:22 PM PDT The Smith kids and more popped up on the orange and purple carpet of Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards tonight.  Check out your fave YBF kids and celebs inside...     Willow Smith and her Chanel boots walked the KCA orange carpet tonight at the USC Galen Center in L.A.  The spiked-hair 12-year-old rocked a cute white dress as she signed autographs for her fans: Willow's big bro Jaden hit the carpet to promote his upcoming movie (also starring his dad Will) After Earth:   He rocked an all black and leather look from his own clothing line all, MSFTS Republic.  He said on the carpet that he specially designed the look for the KCA's.  And he created Kylie Jenner's red carpet look as well. And dude even had some fun on the trampoline after chatting up his fans. Olympus Has Fallen star Angela Bassett brought her daughter Bronwyn on the carpet for some fun. Terrence J. hosted the red carpet show for E! News. And got fly with his co-host Khloe Kardashian. TEEN Nick chairman Nick Cannon hit the carpet and had some fun with the fans: He also did a little side hosting to accompany the show's host Josh Duhamel.   Hunger Games cutie Amandla Stenberg showed up in a turquoise striped dress.      And Gabby Douglas was on hand to present an award for the night. Fun times.

Fantasia Reveals She's No Longer With Antwaun, Says "He Learned To Not Play With People's Hearts" Posted: 23 Mar 2013 05:27 PM PDT Fantasia's covering the upcoming April 2013 issue of Sister 2 Sister.  And she dropped a couple nuggets about her and Antwaun Cook splitting, and how he learned his lesson.  Excerpts inside....   Looks like Fanny's smartened up afterall.  The "Lose To Win" singer opened up to Jamie Foster Brown of S2S about ending the relationship with her then married baby's daddy Antwaun and now focusing on herself and her kids. On the status of her and Antwaun's relationship Me and Antwaun, as of now, we are not together. I think it’s the best thing for us all. We had to learn how to become friends again. There was so much stuff that came out. We were all hurt along the way. There’s trust issues. There’s just a lot of stuff that kinda got put in the mix. And I, at one point, I wanted to make everybody else happy. To love him, to make sure Zion was okay, to make sure everything—but I had to get to a place where I had to learn how to love Fantasia. I never did that, Jamie. And if I don’t love myself, then I can’t be in a relationship. On the lessons she feels he’s learned He’ll say, “I learned that you can’t play with people’s hearts.” I think every man gets to a place of knowing that they wanna be faithful and they wanna be good fathers and good husbands and good boyfriends… Things play out for you to say, okay, it’s time for me to man up or it’s time for me to woman up. I think we both have a lot of regrets of how things just happened; it all happened so fast. I just went full-speed ahead and that’s why I was tellin’ you now. I think out everything before I do it. Everything. The full interview will be inside the issue, on stands now.

EXCLUSIVE: Torrei Hart Spills Her TRUTH About Divorcing Kevin Hart, Says "There Was NO Pre-Nup!" Posted: 23 Mar 2013 10:44 AM PDT On Friday, reports hit the net that Torrei Hart and Kevin Hart have finalized their split...and the division of assets.  Ex-wife and comedienne Torrei is now telling TheYBF.com exclusively that the reports were wrong, there was NO pre-nup.  And she tells us all about the marital and divorce drama she's leaving in the past... Yesterday's report from TMZ stated that Torrei received $175,000 and a car and jewelry in the divorce settlement with comedian Kevin Hart, all based on their supposed pre-nup.  Now, Torrei exclusively tells TheYBF.com that report was wrong.  She says there was absolutely NO pre-nup.  The court's decision on assets was mostly based on Torrei ending the courtroom battle. Torrei tells us she simply ended the messy proceedings.  So messy that she physically attacked Kevin's divorce lawyer last year (said lawyer is interestingly now Torrei's attorney). The ex-Mrs. Hart says during their almost 10 years of marriage, she helped Kevin (who now has a model girlfriend named Eniko) build his empire into what it is today, like many first wives do.  She claims that despite the Laugh At My Pain comic constantly spinning the divorce his way, she has decided to focus on her new career and the couple's two kids, Heaven & Hendrix. Here's the REAL deal on what went down, according to our exclusive chat with the comedienne. Torrei on the Marriage & Legal Woes: There was no pre-nuptial agreement. Kevin and I have known each other ever since we were very young, and we genuinely loved each other. I knew Kevin when we both had very little. We built our love, our marriage, our family, and the Hart Empire from scratch together. On attacking Attorney Debra Opri: Many news outlets have chosen to spin Kevin and I’s divorce proceedings in many ways. The truth of the matter is, yes I did attack Debra Opri and I am unapologetic for my actions. No one wants to be painted falsely in a negative light. With the immense amount of legal and emotional pressure that I was under, I think almost anyone can understand. A majority of the court’s final decision came from me simply being tired of going to court and fighting battles over money and material things. I’m a hardworking black woman; I know how to hold my own. In the end, the legal drama and the money drama were not worth it. Ironically, Debra Opri, is my attorney now, and we are close acquaintances. On Kevin Hart: Kevin is a great father to both of our beautiful children. Like all marriages, we’ve been through a lot together. At the end of the day, Kevin knows the truth. He knows that I was the strong woman by his side every step of the way. I am nowhere near perfect, and I can admit that I have flaws, but he knows what I’ve had to endure over the last several years. Although things have been up and down, Kevin and I are actually really good friends. I recently had a yacht birthday party (pictured above), and Kevin paid for everything. We have children together, and our goal is to make sure that we provide a nurturing environment for them at all costs. On Future Plans: I am, and always have been in full work mode. I recently Executive Produced and acted a short film titled “Victim of Circumstance,” which is being submitted to several film festivals. I also create sketch comedy on my YouTube channel “PrettyFunnyFish” with my partner Simone Shepherd. Moreover, I plan on going full speed ahead into comedic, as well as, dramatic acting. I am no stranger to entertainment, and I know what it takes to be successful in this industry. I am currently in talks with a few networks and have some really big things coming down the pipeline that I am not at liberty to disclose as of yet…but The YBF will be the first to know as soon as I have the green light from my team to speak on it!   In a public statement yesterday via her PR rep, Torrei also revealed she isn't focusing on the cheating Kevin did during their marriage, because she's moving forward with the career she says he didn't allow her to have: "I could go into detail about extra-marital affairs, and other problems that many American couples have, but I won’t. Some who’ve walked in these shoes would boast, 'I’ve lived the Diary of a Mad Black Woman… almost scene by scene,' but I won’t. I am not disheartened by the way things have turned out. It is no surprise to me. Kevin has chosen to be very vocal with his spin on his affairs and life choices." And she ended with a bit of positivity: "Although a position of honor, I always knew I was destined to do & be more than the house-wife Kevin allowed me to be. I know the dreams and plans God has for me.... I, Torrei Hart, will be a pillar for hundreds of thousands of women who are afraid to live life after life with their wealthy and/or powerful husbands. Women are too often defined by the pocket-size of their “pocket-sized” husbands. We are desperate for more positive role-models who are living examples of women who work and hold our own while we are yet “good help” to a grateful husband." So, there you have it.   Photos: Torrei's Instagram

You are subscribed to email updates from The Young, Black, and Fabulous To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610