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Chris Paul, the NBA All-Star who is often ridiculed on social media for failing to win a championship, is now saying that the jokes are having an effect on his daughter. Sitting down for an interview on The Pivot podcast, Paul said his child is being bullied at school because her father hasn’t yet won a title in his NBA career.

“[My daughter] at the age now where at school kids talk crazy to her,” Paul said on the podcast. “She had a little boy at school that said some reckless stuff to her. He was like, ‘Your daddy ain’t never gon’ win no championship.”

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Tyrese called out DJ Vlad for bringing up his personal life on VladTV and shared DMs of the founder’s $10,000 interview request to the singer. 

The “Lately” singer appeared to take offense to a clip of an interview that Vlad released, during which Vlad brought up Tyrese as a topic of discussion and laughed through his questions. In response, Boosie Badazz said, “When he cried, that shit hurt me. That shit hurt my feelings. I say, ‘He hurt.’ I probably ain’t never seen too many people hurt like that on Instagram.” Tyrese then shared a now-deleted post of a conversation he had with Vlad that included a request for an interview that never happened, Vibe reported.

A teenage cashier at a Missouri pizza restaurant was speechless after a customer surprised him with a big tip. Despite his arms and hands never fully developing, the teen, Ryheem Lumpkins, still runs the cash register, sweeps the floors and wipes down the buffet. 

Cornel West is tossing his name in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. West announced his decision on Twitter. “I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for president of the United States as a candidate for the People’s Party,” the 70-year-old scholar said in a video message. “I enter for the quest for truth. I enter for the quest of justice. And the presidency is just one vehicle we pursue that truth and justice.”

I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the People’s Party to reintroduce America to the best of itself – fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration, ending wars and ecological collapse, guaranteeing housing, health care, education and living wages for… pic.twitter.com/u3NYGUbG1S— Cornel West (@CornelWest) June 5, 2023