Florida Sentinel Bulletin

EASTON, Md.  — Rapper 2 Chainz has been acquitted of drug charges he faced after a traffic stop on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

The Star Democrat of Easton, Md., reports that a county judge found the rapper not guilty Wednesday. 2 Chainz’s real name is Tauheed Epps.

The Atlanta-based rapper was headed to a college homecoming event in February when state troopers stopped the van he was traveling in. Police said they searched the van after smelling burnt marijuana and found a marijuana grinder and marijuana inside a backpack.

2 Chainz was cited for having drug paraphernalia and marijuana after he claimed the bag. The rapper’s security guard testified that in a rush to leave the group’s Baltimore hotel room, he packed the grinder, but he said he didn’t know who owned it.

NEW YORK — Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack, his family said in a statement.

He was 72.

Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, was the first performer at the three-day 1969 Woodstock Festival. He returned to the site during the 40th anniversary in 2009. The singer’s website said he had kidney surgery years ago and that he never recovered enough to perform concerts like he used to.

Havens performed at Bill Clinton’s presidential Inauguration in 1993. He has released more than 25 albums. His last album was 2008’s “Nobody Left to Crown.”

MIAMI — Wilbrent Bain, identified by police as the brother of Trina, a famous rapper, died Tuesday morning after he was shot multiple times in unincorporated North Miami-Dade.

Miami-Dade County police said Bain was getting off his bicycle at Northwest 91st Street and 24th Avenue about 9:35 a.m. when 27-year-old Ron Dobson pulled out a gun from his waistband and began shooting. Bain was unarmed, police said.

The two had been feuding for a while, police said. Dobson was arrested and confessed to the shooting, police said. He was charged with second-degree murder.

Bain grew up in Miami, living in the same neighborhood since birth. He and Dobson were reportedly friends at one point.

Wiz Khalifa’s lawsuit against a concert promoter has been thrown out of court.

Although Wiz Khalifa said in a recent interview that he was unaware of any $1 million lawsuit against a concert promoter, now he doesn’t have to be— the lawsuit was reportedly dismissed. The lawsuit was filed against concert promoter It’s My Party Inc., over a cancelled show at George Mason University.

The TGOD rapper was promised 85k for the show plus a cut of the profits. The concert promoter responded to Wiz’s lawsuit saying that Wiz never signed a contract, so there was no deal.  A judge agreed with It’s My Party Inc., and dismissed the lawsuit.

Rihanna is known for releasing chart-topping singles and her latest song “Stay” is no exception to the rule.

The record landed in the no. 1 spot, which officially marked the Grammy-winning singer’s tenth no. 1 hit on Billboard’s pop songs radio airplay chart. The latest breakthrough also makes Rihanna the first artist to earn 10 no. 1 titles in the chart’s 20-year history.

In doing so, she beat out Katy Perry who has previously snagged the no. 1 slot nine times since her breakout “I Kissed a Girl” debuted on the charts in 2008. The “Umbrella” singer has released several hit singles since her arrival in 2006 when “SOS” spent one week as no. 1 on the chart. Her 2011 song “We Found Love”, featuring Calvin Harris, marked the artist’s longest claim of the top spot where it reigned for eight weeks.

After releasing seven albums in the last seven years, Rihanna’s latest single “Stay” has marked another milestone for the Grammy-winning singer.

Popular televangelist Juanita Bynum was arrested and spent the night in jail on a warrant charging that she failed to appear in court for a civil proceeding against her. She spent the night in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center and was released after appearing in court the next day.

By partnering with b condoms, Luke Campbell, aka “Uncle Luke” plans on doing something about these issues by promoting safe sex and attempt to help prevent new cases of teen pregnancy.

Campbell is donating 5,000 Platinum XL b condoms to a Miami, Fl area non-profit organization this summer. He will also donate another 1,000 Platinum XL b condoms through “Let The Runway Meet the Cause” to Empower U, a private, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) minority, peer-based and managed organization founded by and for people living with HIV/AIDS, during the Florida Fashion Designers Expo fashion week in Miami.

“b condoms is excited to partner with Mr. Campbell on this effort to promote safe sex in underserved communities,” said Reginald Thornton, Director of Marketing for b condoms.

Kendrick Lamar is taking the show on the road this summer on a whopping 60-date trek to be exact.

The occasion, you ask? Well that would be the “good kid, m.A.A.d city” tour, which will set out on May 5 in West Palm Beach. The tour will include 23 headlining shows, 22 international festivals, and 15 U. S. festivals, among them The Govenors Ball, Bonnaroo, Wireless Festival, Lollapalooza, and inaugural BET Experience.

The “Money Trees” rapper will be stopping in noteworthy cities like Las Vegas, Houston, Los Angeles, London, Chicago, New York City, Toronto, Montreal, Paris, and Zurich.

A Los Angeles judge has approved a divorce settlement between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries.

Details of the agreement were not disclosed in a brief court hearing Friday, but the judge said he felt that settlement talks had led to resolution. The divorce will become final once papers are prepared and signed by the parties. Kardashian appeared with her lawyer and said she understood the terms of the agreement.

Humphries did not attend.