Brooklyn teenager bullied and beaten because he knows rapper 50 Cent

The mom of Brooklyn teenager Davian Fraser says her son was bullied and beaten at his high school because he knows rapper 50 Cent.

Myasia Dickerson, the 14-year-old’s mom, has filed a suit against New York City’s Department of Education after she claims school officials at Williamsburg Charter High School did nothing to protect her son from bullying, according to The New York Daily News. She said the abuse started some of the students realized that Davian knows the rapper.

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The Queens rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, met Davian in 2016 and shared some Instagram posts that appeared to first suggest Davian was his son, according to E! News.

“This is Davian doing his, I’m cooler then my dad look,” the rapper posted to IG with the photo. Fiddy later said the boy is not his actual child, just a kid he mentors.

Since then, Dickerson said bullies have come for her son.

“It caused a big uproar in the school,” Dickerson told The Daily News. “The kids started to follow my son around, tried to put him on Snapchat, tried to take videos of him. They were following him to the train station.”

On Dec. 16, four classmates allegedly approached the teen and started to punch him in the head near a school stairwell. According to a police report, a student followed Davian to his locker, prompting him to try and find a school security officer on the fifth floor to no avail.

The report says the student slammed Davian’s head into the floor of the stairwell.

“He was attacked from behind as he tried to walk away,” Dickerson told the newspaper. “He was punched in the head and then the student proceeded to fight him and then he slammed my son’s head onto the ground.”

Davian suffered injuries to his head and neck, according to Dickerson’s claim against the city. In it, she said her son still deals with emotional and psychological trauma from the attack.

Dickerson said she blames the school. She said her son sought safety in a classroom before he was attacked but that a teacher wouldn’t let him stay because the class was in session.

“The teacher told him, `No, I have a class right now. You can’t stay in my classroom,’” Dickerson explained, according to The Daily News.

She is seeking $5.5 million in damages in the suit.

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“Parents have the right to expect a safe environment when they send their child to school,” said the family’s attorney, Sanford Rubenstein. “When school personnel fail to provide that, especially when they are on notice of a problem, the school is liable to that child for damages.”

The rapper did not return requests for comment from The New York Daily News.

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Dwayne Johnson brings ‘The Young Rock’ series based on his childhood to NBC

It looks like Dwayne Johnson is heading back to the small screen and he’s ready to show the world how he grew into the powerhouse we all know and love. NBC has ordered The Young Rock, a scripted comedy series based on his childhood.

The 47-year-old actor who just completed his Ballers gig will produce the series along with Nahnatchka Khanand (Fresh Off the Boat) and appear on all 11 episodes ordered.

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According to Variety, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Brian Gewirtz will also serve as executive producers on The Young Rock. Khan has already co-written the pilot with Jeff Chiang but no premiere date has been announced.

The Jumanji: The Next Level star shared the good news on social media after chatting up reporters at the TCAs via Facetime.

“I’ve told many many stories, many of them unbelievable, but all of them true. You’ll find Young Rock wreaking havoc in the streets of Hawaii, getting arrested doing a lot of things I shouldn’t do. We were evicted off the island and moved, to all places, Nashville, Tennessee,” he said during the call. “Imagine me being in downtown Nashville, listening to country music at 15 years-old, buying my first car from a crackhead for $70. We go into my high school years as Young Rock, and my role as a University of Miami football star, until I got beaten out of my position by a young man named Warren Sapp, who went on to become one of the greatest defensive tackles of all time.”

“The Forrest Gump-ian childhood I had growing up is coming to @nbc. Only my life included more arrests and kickin’ puberty’s ass when I turned 8. This is gonna be a fun show. #YoungRock,” he posted on Sunday. 

The Forrest Gump-ian childhood I had growing up is coming to @nbc. Only my life included more arrests and kickin’ puberty’s ass when I turned 8 😂🤦🏽‍♂️.
This is gonna be a fun show. #YoungRock https://t.co/slt8uUGzJw

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) January 12, 2020

Gewirtz shared a photo montage of the star with a few hints on what fans can expect to see on the series.

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“Living in 13 different states… Getting arrested… meeting legends… hitting puberty… This is going to be such a fun show. #YoungRock coming to @nbc!”

Living in 13 different states… Getting arrested… meeting legends… hitting puberty… This is going to be such a fun show. #YoungRock coming to @nbc! @TheRock @DanyGarciaCo @hhgarcia41 #NahnatchkaKhan #JeffChiang #JenniferCarreras @SevenBucksProd pic.twitter.com/XPepQawZu5

— Brian Gewirtz (@bfg728) January 12, 2020

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Ava DuVernay thanks Critics’ Choice for ‘seeing us’ at awards show

Ava DuVernay is finally getting celebrated for her Netflix miniseries When They See Us.

At the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards, the important series that humanized the five teenagers, now men, who were wrongly arrested and charged with raping and beating a New York City jogger in Central Park, received the most nominations out of any show. This comes after DuVernay was completely shut out of the 77th annual Golden Globes, as were other Black actors and directors.

READ MORE: Ava DuVernay, Melina Matsoukas score prestigious Directors Guild of America nominations

DuVernay, who won the Critics’ Choice award for “Best Limited Series,” received a standing ovation from the crowd. She gave thanks for the recognition and the inclusivity of the awards.

A lovely night to remember. Thanks to @CriticsChoice for seeing us. xo pic.twitter.com/tIw4E3RtCu

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 13, 2020

 “Thank you to the critics for finally letting us take the stage. Yes!” DuVernay said with enthusiasm. “We made a four-part, five-hour film. It was an act of love. 179 actors, 117 of them had speaking parts. 312 members of the crew, my three co-writers, my comrades at ARRAY, my fellow producers at Participant, Tribeca, and Harpo, and our great champions at Netflix who let a Black woman do her thing, what can I say? Thank you so much.”

The miniseries gave us a glimpse into the real-life hell of the five teenagers, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Korey Wise, who each spent years in prison for a crime they never committed. They are now referred to as the “Exonerated Five.”

“This series began with a tweet from Raymond Santana, and now he, Antron, Kevin, Yusef, and the mighty Korey Wise stand for something larger than they ever imagined. They stand for justice, they shine bright like the gems that they always were, but we never saw,” DuVernay continued in her Critics’ Choice acceptance speech. “If you watched their story and felt something in that moment, I invite you to consider doing something. There’s no right thing to do. Do what you feel where you are, but don’t let your anger and sadness be all. Cases like this are happening all around the world, in this country most specifically on our watch. People who are poor and innocent are behind bars while the rich and guilty walk free and gain power.”

READ MORE: Here are 8 ways Ava DuVernay OWNED the decade

Jharel Jerome, who played Wise in the series, also took home a critics award for “Best Actor in a Limited Series.”

Later, Ava tweeted “A lovely night to remember. Thanks to @CriticsChoice for seeing us. xo”

A lovely night to remember. Thanks to @CriticsChoice for seeing us. xo pic.twitter.com/tIw4E3RtCu

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 13, 2020

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Black Business Owners With 750+ Credit Scores Are Rejected For Loans

Black business owners are being denied business loans from banks despite having good credit scores and showing consistent annual profits.

According to the most recent data available from the U.S. Federal Reserve, Black business owners are denied loans by banks more frequently than any other racial group, reported St. Louis Public Radio.

St. Louis-based “sauce man” Freddie Lee James Jr. and his wife Deborah are among those Black business owners who’ve been denied. The couple says despite bringing in $200,000 annually in profit, banks will not give them a loan.

“We have 750-760 credit score. … We pay all our debts. We don’t have no problems with that. But they were saying that the sauce business is not generating enough capital to their standards,” James said.

Statistics show Black-owned businesses are twice as likely to be denied as their white counterparts. While some say its difficult for small business to get loans in general, Galen Gondolfi said racism and discrimination in lending exacerbates the issue for Blacks.

St. Louis-based “sauce man” Freddie Lee James Jr. and his wife Deborah are among those Black business owners who’ve been denied. The couple says despite bringing in $200,000 annually in profit, banks will not give them a loan.

“We have 750-760 credit score. … We pay all our debts. We don’t have no problems with that. But they were saying that the sauce business is not generating enough capital to their standards,” James said.

Statistics show Black-owned businesses are twice as likely to be denied as their white counterparts. While some say its difficult for small business to get loans in general, Galen Gondolfi said racism and discrimination in lending exacerbates the issue for Blacks.

“I tell them failing to plan is like planning to fail,” said. Eddie G. Davis, the center’s president and executive director. “It’s like driving blind. … We work with them to develop their business plan, develop, for example, their target market and identify who their customers will be.”

“We have 750-760 credit score. We pay all our debts.”

Despite bringing in $200,000 in profits, year after year, Freddie Lee James still can’t get a business loan. Black owners’ applications are rejected at twice the rate of whites owners’. @stlpublicradio https://t.co/cmxk0PBvFT

— NPR (@NPR) January 7, 2020

Yeah, say what you want about the current President, me too movement, legalized weed, Chase bank investing with minorities, or any other made up distraction. The truth will always be:

The USA cannot seem to beat the ground-in cancer of racism.

— Cumxhle70 (@cumxhle70) January 7, 2020

This article was written by Isheka N. Harrison for The Moguldom Nation on January 9, 2020.

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Black Business Owners With 750+ Credit Scores Are Rejected For Loans

Black business owners are being denied business loans from banks despite having good credit scores and showing consistent annual profits.

According to the most recent data available from the U.S. Federal Reserve, Black business owners are denied loans by banks more frequently than any other racial group, reported St. Louis Public Radio.

St. Louis-based “sauce man” Freddie Lee James Jr. and his wife Deborah are among those Black business owners who’ve been denied. The couple says despite bringing in $200,000 annually in profit, banks will not give them a loan.

“We have 750-760 credit score. … We pay all our debts. We don’t have no problems with that. But they were saying that the sauce business is not generating enough capital to their standards,” James said.

Statistics show Black-owned businesses are twice as likely to be denied as their white counterparts. While some say its difficult for small business to get loans in general, Galen Gondolfi said racism and discrimination in lending exacerbates the issue for Blacks.

St. Louis-based “sauce man” Freddie Lee James Jr. and his wife Deborah are among those Black business owners who’ve been denied. The couple says despite bringing in $200,000 annually in profit, banks will not give them a loan.

“We have 750-760 credit score. … We pay all our debts. We don’t have no problems with that. But they were saying that the sauce business is not generating enough capital to their standards,” James said.

Statistics show Black-owned businesses are twice as likely to be denied as their white counterparts. While some say its difficult for small business to get loans in general, Galen Gondolfi said racism and discrimination in lending exacerbates the issue for Blacks.

“I tell them failing to plan is like planning to fail,” said. Eddie G. Davis, the center’s president and executive director. “It’s like driving blind. … We work with them to develop their business plan, develop, for example, their target market and identify who their customers will be.”

“We have 750-760 credit score. We pay all our debts.”

Despite bringing in $200,000 in profits, year after year, Freddie Lee James still can’t get a business loan. Black owners’ applications are rejected at twice the rate of whites owners’. @stlpublicradio https://t.co/cmxk0PBvFT

— NPR (@NPR) January 7, 2020

Yeah, say what you want about the current President, me too movement, legalized weed, Chase bank investing with minorities, or any other made up distraction. The truth will always be:

The USA cannot seem to beat the ground-in cancer of racism.

— Cumxhle70 (@cumxhle70) January 7, 2020

This article was written by Isheka N. Harrison for The Moguldom Nation on January 9, 2020.

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