In today’s celebrity headlines, Busta 929 faces backlash over his affinity for teenage girls, Adele silences the rumour mill and steps out in public with her boyfriend Rich Paul, and the UK entertainment industry mourns the death of music entrepreneur and YouTuber Jamal Edwards.
Today’s celebrity headlines: Tuesday, 21 February 2022
Busta 929 spotted getting cosy with teens – again!
Amapiano producer Busta 929 is catching a lot of flak on social media after images surfaced showing the 30-something-year-old kissing a teenage girl.
It’s unclear when these images were taken but the sight of Busta getting cosy with high school girls left fans outraged.
The girl in the images, Onika Cetyiwe, is from Queenstown, Eastern Cape. While some have speculated about her age, commenters who claim to know the teen maintain that she is at least 18 years old.
If this is, indeed, true, then Busta would not be flouting statutory laws. However, by virtue of his recent past with girls that are almost twice as young as he is, fans were far from comfortable seeing the producer getting steamy with a girl born between 2003 and 2004.
Adele attends NBA All-Star weekend with Rich Paul
UK songstress Adele sent tremors across the rumour mill when she appeared next to her ‘boo thang’ Rich Paul at the NBA All-Star games this past weekend.
For the first time since rumours of trouble in paradise surfaced, Adele and her boyfriend were spotted together at the annual basketball event that was held in Cleveland, Canada.
While there was no public displays of affection between the two lovers, they did rub shoulders courtside and, at one point, even traded laughs.
Women boycott Tina Lawson-Knowles new docuseries about black men
Tina Lawson-Knowles, the mother of global megastar Beyonce Knowles-Carter, is on the receiving end of backlash over her participation in a four-part docuseries about black men.
While the aim of the docuseries, executive produced by Lawson-Knowles, seeks to disarm racial stereotypes placed against black men, a feminist only known by her username on Change.org, Lexus Exodus, has launched a petition, calling for Discovery to remove the title from its catalogue.
Jamal Edwards dies: Cause of death, biography, tributes
British music businessman and famous YouTuber Jamal Edwards passed away on Sunday, according a rep who spoke to Sky News.
From what we understand, Edwards, 31, gave no indications of ailment when he performed at an event in North London, on Saturday. However, the rep confirmed to Sky News, Edwards left his family and friends gob-smacked when he died suddenly on Sunday evening.