Gervonta Davis & Ryan Garcia have both signed contracts for an April 15 super fight in Las Vegas at a 136-pound catchweight, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
The deal, which has been in the works since November, will be finalized once broadcasters Showtime and DAZN sign contracts. Showtime, Davis' & promoter PBC's longtime network, sent the contract to DAZN on Saturday, per source. The streaming service is the home of Garcia, who competes for Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
The fight between the star boxers is perhaps the biggest commercial event boxing can deliver. A dispute over the rematch clause threatened to derail the fight, but that issue was resolved last week after PBC agreed that Golden Boy Promotions would serve as the lead promoter for the rematch if Garcia wins.
Only Davis can exercise the rematch clause in the event he loses, per sources. Typically, boxers have 30 days to activate their right to an immediate return bout.
Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) will earn the lion's share of revenue for the first fight & is the betting favorite to win the bout. The Baltimore native defeated Hector Luis Garcia (no relation) last month via ninth-round TKO to keep the Ryan Garcia matchup intact.
Another woman has come forward claiming to be the child of legendary late hip-hop artist DMX — bringing the total of children he allegedly fathered to 15.
Page Six has exclusively learned that a Georgia woman named Raven Barmer-Simmons contacted DMX’s other adult children in the past few weeks. She & the fellow 14 alleged children of the late rapper will all be DNA tested to confirm their paternity
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, died in early April aged 50 following a cocaine-induced heart attack, leaving no will & few liquid assets.
The development comes as the battle over DMX’s estate & all future earnings from his music takes a new turn.
On Friday, Judge Helen Blackwood appointed DMX’s three sons Xavier, Tacoma & Sean Simmons from his 16-year marriage to Tashera Simmons as the temporary administrators of the estate of their late father.
The late rapper’s fiancée Desiree Lindstrom, who is the mother to his 5-year-old son, Exodus, had applied to the court to be legally declared his “common-law wife,” but the judge shot her down.
Lindstrom had also petitioned the court to be an administrator of his estate — estimated to be worth around $1 million — as had the late rapper’s older daughters, Sasha Simmons & Jada Oden.
Herbert Nass, the trusts & estates attorney for Xavier, Tacoma & Sean Simmons, said, “Judge Blackwood appointed Xavier, Tacoma & Sean as the temporary administrators of the estate.
“The next big thing is to determine who are the rightful heirs. The estate is going to ask everyone to prove paternity through DNA testing. All the legal children of DMX will be entitled to an equal share of his estate.”
Despite selling more than 74 million albums & building a successful career in both music & movies, DMX left behind an estate estimated to be in debt.
Nass continued, “We need to collect assets & pay debts & administration costs. We don’t have a lot of information about his income streams, but now the temporary administrators have been appointed, we can ask questions & expect answers.”
Nass said the lack of a will from DMX had further complicated setting up the estate. “I want to point out that when a person dies without a will, a surety bond needs to be posted & obtaining a bond is difficult.
“We spoke to a number of surety companies & it was only Thomas Whittemore at Executive Bond who was able to get it done.”
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 15, 2016 at 9:14am
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Fabolous stopped by The Breakfast Club to talk about the 15th anniversary of his debut album "Ghetto Fabolous," groupies being wilder back in the day, working with Nate Dogg, music videos having a bigger impact in the past, mixtapes, why he hasn't had a bigger career, tells funny story of how LL Cool J got Grace Jones to clear the "My Jamaican Guy" sample for "Doing It," his song "Ashanti," upcoming EP with Jadakiss.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, with victims' relatives reading their names and reflecting on a loss that still felt as immediate to them as it was indelible for the nation.
But despite a tradition of putting aside partisan politics for the day, the observance became part of the news of a combustible presidential campaign, when Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton left about 90 minutes into the ground zero ceremony after feeling "overheated," her campaign said.
A senior law enforcement official who was briefed on the matter said that after leaving the memorial plaza, Clinton was observed "fainting" in a departure area. That official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to disclose information publicly.
After going to her daughter's nearby apartment, Clinton left shortly before noon and said, "I'm feeling great." Her campaign offered no additional details, including whether the 68-year-old Clinton had required medical attention.
Republican rival Donald Trump's supporters have repeatedly questioned Clinton's health. Trump, who was also at the ceremony for a time, was asked later about Clinton's health incident and said only: "I don't know anything about it."
The 15th anniversary arrives in a country caught up in the campaign, keenly focused on political, economic and social fissures and still fighting terrorism. But for those who lost relatives, the fraught passage of 15 years feels "like 15 seconds," said Dorothy Esposito, who lost her son, Frankie.
Over 1,000 victims' family members, survivors and dignitaries at ground zero under an overcast sky.
"It doesn't get easier. The grief never goes away. You don't move forward — it always stays with you," Tom Acquaviva, who lost his son, Paul Acquaviva.
James Johnson was there for the first time since he last worked on the rescue and recovery efforts in early 2002, when he was a New York City police officer.
"I've got mixed emotions, but I'm still kind of numb," said Johnson, now a police chief in Forest City, Pennsylvania. "I think everyone needs closure, and this is my time to have closure."
Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. It was the deadliest terror attack on American soil.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Sunday news shows that the United States is safer now than it was in 2001 against another 9/11-style attack but continues to face the challenge of potential attacks by solo and homegrown violent extremists.
President Barack Obama, speaking at the Pentagon memorial service, praised America's diversity and urged Americans not to let their enemies divide them.
"Our patchwork heritage is not a weakness — it is still and always will be one of our greatest strengths," Obama said. "This is the America that was attacked that September morning. This is the America that we must remain true to."
Some victims' relatives at ground zero pleaded for the nation to look past its differences.
"The things we think separate us really don't. We're all part of this one Earth in this vast universe," said Granvilette Kestenbaum, who lost her astrophysicist husband, Howard Kestenbaum.
Others expressed hopes for peace or alluded to the presidential race: "Guide America's next commander in chief and help make America safe again," said Nicholas Haros, who lost his mother, Frances Haros.
Neither Clinton nor Trump made public remarks at the ceremony, where politicians haven't been invited to speak since 2011. The two candidates also followed a custom of halting television ads for the day.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered for a name-reading observance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked planes crashed 15 years ago.
In New York, ceremony organizers included some additional music and readings Sunday to mark the milestone year. But they kept close to what are now traditions: moments of silence and tolling bells, an apolitical atmosphere and the hourslong reading of the names of the dead.
Some speakers described how their loss had moved them to do something for others.
Ryan Van Riper said he planned to honor his slain grandmother, Barbara Shaw, by serving the country. Jerry D'Amadeo, who was 10 when he lost his father, Vincent Gerard D'Amadeo, said he worked this summer with children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 26 children and adults were massacred in 2012.
"Sometimes the bad things in our lives put us on the path to where we should be going — to help others as many have helped me," he said.
Financial and other hurdles delayed the redevelopment of the Trade Center site early on, but now the 9/11 museum, three of four currently planned skyscrapers, an architecturally adventuresome transportation hub and shopping concourse and other features stand at the site. A design for a long-stalled, $250 million performing arts center was unveiled Thursday.
The crowd has thinned somewhat at the anniversary ceremony in recent years. But some victims' family members, like Cathy Cava, have attended all 15 years.
"I will keep coming as long as I am walking and breathing," Cava said, wearing a T-shirt with a photo of her slain sister, Grace Susca Galante.
"I believe most of her spirit, or at least some of her spirit, is here. I have to think that way."
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Associated Press writers Tom Hays, Lisa Lerer, Michael Balsamo and Deepti Hajela contributed to this report.
We would like to congratulateDMXas he welcomes his 15th child into the world.
TMZ reports that the 45-year old music icon's longtime girlfriend, Desiree, gave birth to a baby boy on Friday, August 19th.
The couple named the newborn Exodus Simmons. He weighed in at 6 lbs, 10 oz.
X, real nameEarl Simmons, was in Arizona at the time of the delivery, but got back to New York City in time to spend to celebrate his son's first night with Desiree.
Dark Man told TMZ that the new addition to his family was "a blessing."
Jaden Smith's 15th birthday arrives on July 8th. According to a rumor the teen actor/rapper wants to be emancipated from his superstar parents, Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
“He says, ‘Dad, I want to be emancipated.’ I know if we do this, he can be an emancipated minor, because he really wants to have his own place, like ooh," Will told The Sun recently. “That’s the backlash. On the other side, if kids just want to have command of their lives, I understand. We generally don’t believe in punishment. From the time Jaden was five or six we would sit him down, and all he has to do is be able to explain why what he did was the right thing for his life."
According to Fox, even if Jaden's parents agree with his decision it still has to be approved by the courts.
“While it may sound cool to a young teenager to have ‘freedom’ from his or her parents, the decision to emancipate should not be taken lightly by the minor, the parents or the court. We certainly have seen case after case of child stars seeking emancipation to escape unstable home environments, bad parenting or even to avoid certain child labor laws,” California-based attorney, Anahita Sedaghatfar, told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “Apparently Jaden Smith seeks emancipation not for any reason other than he wants to have his own place to live. The parents are given the opportunity to consent to the emancipation, but this does not make the process automatic as the court must still approve the proceeding. But he will need to show more than he simply wants his ‘freedom,’ He will need to explain to the court why it is in his best interest. Usually these are in cases of abuse or when somebody is stealing money or mismanaging a career. But maybe he wants to travel and not have to go to school,” she surmised. "But if his parents agree and have good cause he [may] be allowed to."
Despite the rumors don't expect Jaden to be going anywhere, at least for a while. He and his dad appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday and said the rumors weren't true. Will said his comments to The Sun were a joke.
"Here's the thing I need to explain. I'm not going anywhere," Jaden said. "The thing people don't understand is everything a [my dad's] house is free. So I can get anything and everything at his house. So I think I'm gonna be there 20 or 30 more years."
Fifteen years ago today Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G. was killed in a still unsolved murder in Los Angeles, California at the age of 24. This is not an article to dwell on his death, but rather to celebrate his life and the timeless music he was able to deliver with two classic albums.
The measure of great music is whether or not it can stand the test of time. "Ready to Die" and "Life After Death" are both albums that if you heard them for the first time in 2012 would blow you away. Biggie made songs for the streets that could also get radio play.
His incredible wordplay and voice set him apart from every other rapper then and now, which is why he is undeniably one of the best MC's that ever touched a mic.
Big also birthed the careers of Lil Cease and Lil Kim with Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s "Conspiracy" album. In addition, he is one of the main reasons why Bad Boy Records is still going strong today.
Let's pour a toast and look back at some of Biggie's most memorable moments.
Angie Matinez 1996 Interview with Notorious B.I.G.
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