Florida Sentinel Bulletin

“Sparkle” star Jordin Sparks has decided to add perfume purveyor to her growing list of accomplishments.

The “American Idol” winner will be releasing her own fragrance “Ambition” this November. Aptly titled, the perfume will have a citrus-themed signature that includes notes like bitter orange and lemon zest.

The death of music executive Chris Lighty left 50 Cent without his good friend and manager, which prompted the rapper to take control of his own career.

Lighty, founder of Violator Management, steered 50’s career up until his death, two months ago. Dead from an apparent suicide, claims which 50 Cent is investigating, Lighty’s reportedly took his own life outside of his Bronx apartment.

Revealing his new status to the world via Twitter, 50 explained that his long-delayed album has been placed on hold. “I manage my self now that Chris Lighty has passed. I’m not going to rush my album out. now that I’m doing both job’s,” he wrote.

Tamar Braxton and Vincent Herbert en route to divorce court? Well, tongues are wagging and the rumor mill is hinting at marital discord with regards to the popular reality show pair.

Fueling the separation rumors is the news that the couple are putting their massive Los Angeles County 12,402-square-foot mansion up for sale after only having lived in it for just a little more than a year.

The pair, who star in their own We TV reality show, “Tamar & Vince,” have listed the sprawling estate for $7,595,000. They bought the faux-French château in September 2011 for $500,000 less than the current asking price. Since the news hit that Tamar and Vince had put their home up for sale, rumors have swirled that the pair were going their separate ways after a three-year stint as husband and wife.

T.I. used to be a pretty wild cat. Before he was on VH-1 being a model dad and citizen , the “Kang Of The South,” was never above partaking in a few rap beef here and there. However, this time around the older and wiser Clifford Harris is steering clear of the brewing beef from Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy.

“Man, I got the money in mind,” T.I. responded, when asked about the beef in an interview with Hot 107.9 FM. “I got the sights set on a big sack with a lot of money in it, man. I’m talkin’ like multi-million dollar conglomerate type stuff. Anything that’s not of that nature and understanding, I don’t really see it. So I really don’t know what you’re asking me about.”

Actor Samuel L. Jackson is threatening to sue after learning about a political campaign ad that calls him “the new Uncle Tom.”

Randall Terry, who is running for both president of the United States and for Congress in Florida, and who has made news for years as a controversial pro-life activist, made an ad accusing Jackson of “carrying water for racists,” in response to Jackson’s “Wake the F**k Up!” political ad supporting President Obama.

In the video, which also features graphic photos of aborted fetuses, Terry dresses up as a character named “Sir Reginald Bling” and raps about Jackson’s betrayal to his race by using lines from his movies.

Veteran rapper and ex-reality TV star Flavor Flav has been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.

The 53-year-old Public Enemy hype-man was allegedly incarcerated in Las Vegas following an altercation in his home with fiancée and her teenage son, which involved a knife.

No one was injured and the rapper (whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr.) is being held on $23,000 bail in Clark County jail.

Flav has been embroiled in a series of recent brushes with the law.

On October 14th, rapper DJ Paul, from the Oscar-winning hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, was arrested in New York.

Sources close to the Memphis producer said that the incident happened after a dinner in Manhattan.

Paul had allegedly stopped at a bodega to purchase a beer, and opened it while leaving, when an officer started to follow him.

While being searched, the “Poppin’ My Collar” rapper told the police that he had a taser in his possession. Unfortunately as Paul passed the weapon to the assisting officer, it was accidentally discharged.

It is also rumored that while he was being detained, the officers took pictures with him and sang the chorus from Paul’s hit song “Stay Fly.”

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean’s charity Yele Haiti has closed down following the resignation of its chief executive, Derek Q. Johnson.

Johnson took over as chief executive of the N.Y.-based charity after Jean decided to run for president of Haiti. The rapper’s candidacy was disqualified because his residency was in New Jersey, not Haiti.

The New York attorney general’s office has an ongoing investigation into Yele’s finances that dates back to issues with pre-earthquake finances.

Johnson’s resignation came after Jean “declined to accept a settlement proposed by the attorney general covering the charity’s pre-earthquake activities.”

The settlement proposed by the NY attorney general required Jean and Yele’s other founders to pay $600,000 to cover acquired debts and pay for a forensic audit covering the years since the 2010 earthquake.

The Haitian-born Jean created Yele Haiti in 2005 in an effort to give back to his native community.  The charity was fairly small until the devastating earthquake in 2010, after which Yele raised a reported $16 million.

Actor Alfonso Ribeiro, best known to television audiences as Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is married.

On Saturday, Ribeiro wed Angela Unkrich in California,. This is the second marriage for the 41-year-old performer.