Rumors,feuds,and scandals from Old Black Hollywood

[YakSpiller]

Bill Withers, I think.




Wasn't there a classic black musician i can't remember his name or where I read it but I heard a story that he left the music industry because every time he went to the studio there were little young white girls running around the studio and he thought he was being set up for a scandal

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Yeh it was Bill Withers.

 

[BrokePhiBroke]

Yeh it was Bill Withers.[/QUOTE]
Bill a real one

 

[Black Barbie]

That's fukked up.

He mighta been a scumbag but I hate when ppl lie on people. State the facts.

Tina ain't innocent like they made her in the movie cause one of the band members was busting her open and she had a baby for him. THEN she got with Ike.

The absolute truth. Some of y'all need to watch that episode of Unsung about Ike. It actually surprised my mom that Tina had a baby around the time she got with Ike and it wasn't his. A real quick look on wiki taught me a lot of this years ago.

 

[Geek Nasty]

I would like to know if Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, and Eddie Murphy really was beefing.

We already know Bill didn't like Eddie's adult humor. Eddie and Richard Pryor were probably hanging out in the same bathrooms

 

[patscorpio]

We already know Bill didn't like Eddie's adult humor. Eddie and Richard Pryor were probably hanging out in the same bathrooms

yet here they are in their primes

 

[egsteel]

The funny thing is Ike was not allowed to attend any of the pre screenings of 'Whats love got to do with it', he only saw the film after it was released theatrically. This supposedly was done to prevent him from bringing any lawsuits and have the rape scene removed.

He could've sued whenever he wanted. Doesn't matter when he saw the movie. If it wasn't true and he didn't sue, then they must've paid him off.

 

[egsteel]

yet here they are in their primes

Amazing picture, did Bill really criticize Eddie for doing adult oriented jokes or did he just think his jokes were bad overall? Also, do yall have any Red Fox stories, he is the true OG.

 

[Blackrogue]

Rick James makes the following allegations in his book, "Memoirs Of A Super Freak."l

"Once while in a Hollywood hotel I was visited by Ola Ray. Ola and I had been friends long before she ever did Michael Jackson's "Thriller," video.

"We'd started our relationship as lovers and slowly ended up being good friends. Ola was a smoker, like myself, and we enjoyed each other's company immensely."

"Once while visiting me we ran out of drugs. She decided she wanted me to come with her to cop some more. We went to a friend of hers named Billy. I had met Billy, known to every one as B.T., in my earlier years in L.A. and I had never really cared much for him. I always felt he thought he was God's gift to everybody."

"Billy was a handsome fellow whom women were attracted to."

"When Ola and I arrived at his apartment he was more friendly to me than before and we got along great. I ended up never leaving and we became the best of friends. I ended up moving in with him. He gave me my own private room."

"Billy had always been one of the most successful drug dealers in Hollywood and he was high profile. He loved expensive clothes and beautiful women-I mean lots at one time-expensive restaurants and expensive cars-not the usual taste for a young Black male in Hollywood dealing dope to celebrities. He loved to surround himself with the best Hollywood had to offer."

"Billy and I would go to a club and the next thing you know half the club would want to follow us. Seems everyone had heard about our wild parties. I was buying coke from Billy most of the time. I smoked coke but he didn't."

"One day after watching me binge he refused to sell me any more dope, saying he didn't want to see me die. I was pissed."

"I stayed with Billy off and on for about a year. After that I was cut off. I moved out to the beach. I was getting high one day, all the sudden someone started beating on the door. It sounded like thunder. I asked who it was. The voice said, "Jim Brown."

"I never knew quite how to refuse Jim Brown. Richard Pryor was a good friend of Jim's and I think Jim didn't want to see what happened to Richard happen to me."

"After talking to me and seeing I was okay, he left."

Only from the coli is where I learn the girl from thriller was a thot that hang around doing drugs



There goes my childhood

 

[Vintage Eclectic]

First time I've read through a 10+ thread in a long time. Great stories, extremely sad to hear the pain behind all those fake smiles

 

[I AM WE ARE]

miles davis had beef with winton marslas because he thought winton was trying take his shine and confronted him on stage at a festival and told him get the fukk off my stage

well ya'll asked about 80's/90's marky mark got charged with attempted murder for a racial attack that left 2 people blind but only served 45 days(white privilege)
prodigy from mobb deep is a known pedo up north, believe it or not snoop is as well. when he signed to no limit he got in trouble for fukking lil girls in baton rouge. it never seen the light of day though.

the old martin luther king jr infidelity rumors came about because he was a star trek fan and was real close with the black lady(nichelle nichols) she wanted to leave and go to broadway but he convinced her to stay on the show

denise williams married a preacher to change her image of being a slut but he never accepted her kids or her really and they divorced shortly after

johnny taylor was a bad drunk and that kept him from reaching the status of other singers because he often recorded and performed on stage so drunk he couldn't remember lyrics,etc

michael jackson and prince had a rivalry about whose shows would sell the most and try to out do each other on record sells people thought they had beef but it was really friendly competition,prince even had rebbie jackson on stage one time to help sing one of michael's songs

 

[I AM WE ARE]

In 1982, Teddy Pendergrass crashed his Rolls-Royce while spending a drug-fueled night with Tenika Watson. The most scandalous part of the story is that Tenika’s name used to be John. And John had been arrested 37 times for prostitution. Teddy said that he was just “giving her/him a ride” but nobody believed him.
Don King’s scandals. In 1954, he shot a man in the back and killed him. In 1967, he beat a man to death.

 

[egsteel]

Don King’s scandals. In 1954, he shot a man in the back and killed him. In 1967, he beat a man to death.

That wasn't a scandal, Don King was just a straight up gangster. Used to run numbers and had multiple beefs with the mob.

 

[Splakavellie504]

miles davis had beef with winton marslas because he thought winton was trying take his shine and confronted him on stage at a festival and told him get the fukk off my stage

well ya'll asked about 80's/90's marky mark got charged with attempted murder for a racial attack that left 2 people blind but only served 45 days(white privilege)
prodigy from mobb deep is a known pedo up north, believe it or not snoop is as well. when he signed to no limit he got in trouble for fukking lil girls in baton rouge. it never seen the light of day though.

the old martin luther king jr infidelity rumors came about because he was a star trek fan and was real close with the black lady(nichelle nichols) she wanted to leave and go to broadway but he convinced her to stay on the show

denise williams married a preacher to change her image of being a slut but he never accepted her kids or her really and they divorced shortly after

johnny taylor was a bad drunk and that kept him from reaching the status of other singers because he often recorded and performed on stage so drunk he couldn't remember lyrics,etc

michael jackson and prince had a rivalry about whose shows would sell the most and try to out do each other on record sells people thought they had beef but it was really friendly competition,prince even had rebbie jackson on stage one time to help sing one of michael's songs

Bruh I remember one of my older cousin saying that back in the day but I thought he was bullshytting because he is a habitual liar

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

I heard eddie had beef with bobby brown back in the day.

 

[Reggie]

In 1982, Teddy Pendergrass crashed his Rolls-Royce while spending a drug-fueled night with Tenika Watson. The most scandalous part of the story is that Tenika’s name used to be John. And John had been arrested 37 times for prostitution. Teddy said that he was just “giving her/him a ride” but nobody believed him.
Don King’s scandals. In 1954, he shot a man in the back and killed him. In 1967, he beat a man to death.

Didn't Teddy have something going on with Dr. J's wife too? Wasn't if suspected that she was in the car with him when he had his accident.