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Lil Mama’s former lawyer claims she hasn’t paid him since 2008

Lil Mama has had a very positive year, capped off last week with her performing alongside T-Boz and Chilli of TLC during the 2013 American Music Awards. The rapper-turned-actress earned raves for her performance as Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in VH1’s TLC biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story when the film debuted on television last month. But it appears that the starlet is now being taken to task by a former attorney who says that she owes him money.

The Jay-Z-Belafonte controversy: Do blacks need more celebrity activism?

An activist is defined as one who is an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause—especially a political or social cause. The most celebrated and effective activists of the 20th century were especially devoted to their activism; it was their life’s work. Mr. Belafonte represents the rare celebrity whose life is as much about activism as it is entertaining—perhaps even more so.