Housewife of Atlanta Pal: Kandi Staying "Strong" Since Ex-Fiancé's Death
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We're happy to report that Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss is holding up OK these days.
As most know, the 33-year-old's former fiancé, Ashley "A.J." Jewell, died earlier this month following a fight outside an Atlanta-area strip club. His funeral was held on Friday in Georgia.
"She's doing much better," Burruss' former Xscape bandmate and close pal Tameka "Tiny" Cottle told us last night at Philippe West Hollywood for the celebration of Kobe Bryant's L'Uomo Vogue cover. "She's a strong girl."
"I speak to her every day," she said "I go and visit her. I went to the funeral. Whenever she needs me, I'm there."
But Cottle has some drama of her own, in the form of her baby-daddy, rapper Clifford "T.I." Harris.
Kanye West a No-Show at BET Hip-Hop Awards, T.I. Wins From Prison
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Perhaps Kanye West is finally taking that much needed "time off" from his stage-hijacking shenanigans.
After stealing Taylor Swift's thunder at the MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper bailed on the Fourth Annual BET Hip-Hop Awards Saturday evening, giving up his nine chances to stage yet another remix-worthy acceptance-speech-crashing moment.
While YouTubers across the country were probably chomping at the bit for that video-posting opportunity, it's safe to say the self-proclaimed egomaniac saved himself a beat-down by not jumping onstage with a nominee competitor like Young Jeezy or Rick Ross.
Top nominees turned no-shows was somewhat of a theme for the awards show, held at the Atlanta Civic Center. The runner-up to West's bevy of nominations, T.I., was missing in action as a result of his lockdown in an Arkansas prison on a federal weapons charge.
But that didn't stop the rapper from taking home two awards...
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