Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Atlanta native, Yung Joc, fell victim to a robbery over the weekend. Joc himself wasn’t present at the time of the robbery of his recording studio located in a home on Boyd Avenue, in the Northwest Section of Atlanta.

The suspects got away with an estimated $50,000 in equipment.  Two men allegedly hid in the bushes nearby the home, and then surprised two caretakers of the studio (a man and a woman), and tied them up in a bathroom inside the studio.  Luckily the two were able to break free and go to a nearby location to call the police.

SACRAMENTO, CA — A self-described Los Angeles entertainment entrepreneur is charged in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday with bilking $7 million from Nicole Murphy, ex-wife of actor-comedian Eddie Murphy.

Troy David Stratos faces 14 charges of fraud, money laundering and obstructing justice. Stratos, 45, was arrested Tuesday and made his first appearance in Los Angeles federal court.

Court records show Nicole Murphy sued Stratos and others last year in Los Angeles federal court and refiled the lawsuit in May in Florida state court. She filed for divorce from Eddie Murphy in August 2005. The indictment charges that Stratos persuaded his victim to invest the proceeds of her divorce overseas, where they would earn a high rate of return. She put the proceeds into a revocable trust with Stratos in Fair Oaks, a Sacramento suburb, according to the federal indictment. Prosecutors say Stratos never invested the money, but spent it on himself. He also opened a bank account in Florida, they say, and used portions of the money to pay the victim’s expenses while leading her to believe he was paying her expenses out of his own pocket.

Nicole Murphy’s federal lawsuit alleges she put $11 million into a trust with Stratos.

Eva Hoeke, Editor-In-Chief of Dutch magazine “Jackie,” resigned and issued an apology for a controversial article about Rihanna, in which she referred to the artist as a “Niggabitch.”

Rihanna responded directly to Hoeke via Twitter, expressing her anger about the editorial.  The Dutch editor decided to call it quits over the ordeal, claiming that people misunderstood her “joke.”

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The contents of the home where Michael Jackson lived with his three children just before his death have sold for nearly $1 million at auction.

Darren Julien, president of Julien’s Auctions, was unable to provide a more specific figure as he continued to tally the totals Saturday after the daylong auction, which brought in nearly triple the company’s pre-auction estimate of $200,000 to $400,000.

Brick Squad MC Slim Duncan was murdered Friday night inside an Atlanta studio.

According to investigators, the 24- year-old  rapper, whose real name was Mario Hamilton, was shooting a video at the studio when trouble arose.

Police said they have questioned about eight people who were at the studio at the time of the shooting, but police are not ready to name a suspect in the shooting.

Police are still trying to find out who the shooter was and Slim was rushed to Grady Memorial where he was pronounced dead.

Slim has appeared on numerous records with Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka.

Father-to-be rapper Jay-Z is planning to splash out on an armored vehicle to protect his unborn baby.

His wife Beyonce Knowles is pregnant with the couple’s first child and Jay-Z, 42, is so determined to keep the child safe, he has asked Tom Cruise for advice on the safest mode of transport for the family.

“Jay is looking at action-movie style vehicles like Tom’s and wants to make sure they are bullet-proof and 100 per cent safe. He won’t be taking any risks that”s for sure,” a source said.

In addition to the armored car, the rapper is also planning to splurge on a new home for him and his family in Florida and has told his popstar wife that money is not an object.

“They went house hunting together last week and he made it clear that she can pick whichever one she likes. All Jay will care about is that it’s secluded and very well protected.

“He said to her that even if the house of her dreams costs him 12 million pounds, he”ll buy it. He sees it as a thank you for making his dream to be a father come true,” it said.

Blues singer Etta James, who has been suffering from chronic leukemia, is terminally ill, her doctor said.

Dr. Elaine James, who is unrelated to the singer and has been living with her since March 2010, is now asking James’ fans to pray for her.

Court documents show that James also suffers from dementia and kidney failure.

The 73-year-old entertainer, who is most famous for the hit song “At Last,” is now under the 24-hour care of Elaine James, who was hired by the singer’s husband, Artis Mills, in 2001.

In the 1960s and 1970s, James was in and out of rehab programs for a heroin addiction. In 1974, she spent 17 months in the hospital after she was arrested for drug possession and sentenced to drug treatment instead of prison time.

Just one month after his appearance on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers, DMX is at it again, but this time he brought his wife with him.

X and his wife, Tashera have been married for twelve years and have four children together, but have been separated for over a year.

On December 8, 2011 the couple began filming a new reality show entitled “Couples Therapy” that will air on VH1. The program consists of twenty-one days of extensive relationship therapy, both as an individual couple and also as a group.

The group therapy will be with other celebrities such as Linda Hogan, Angelina (“Jersey Shore“), and Vienna & Kasey (“The Bachelor“).

The Deep South drama “The Help” cleaned up with four nominations Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, among them honors for Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer.

The adaptation of the best-selling novel also was nominated for best ensemble cast, along with the silent film “The Artist,” the wedding comedy “Bridesmaids,” the family drama “The Descendants” and the romantic fantasy “Midnight in Paris.”

Davis is up for best actress and Spencer for supporting actress.