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THE FLORIDA STAR, NORTHEAST FLORIDA’S OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST READ AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED NEWSPAPER The Florida Star Presorted Standard P. O. Box 40629 U.S. Postage Paid Jacksonville, FL 32203 Jacksonville, FL Permit No. 3617 Can’t Get to the Store? Have The Star Delivered! Read The Florida THE FLORIDA and Georgia Star STAR Newspapers. The only media thefl oridastar.com to receive the Listen to IMPACT Jacksonville Sheriff’s Radio Talk Show. Offi ce Eagle The people’s choice Award for being “The Most Factual.” JUNE 8 - JUNE 14, 2019 VOLUME 69, NUMBER 9 $1.00 JAY-ZBecomes First The List of Billionaire Rapper Black and Through Savvy Ventures, Luxury Brands Maleah Davis Missing Remains Found Continues In Arkansas to Grow Identifi ed As Maleah Davis By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent The remains of a child found in Arkansas last week are those of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl, Maleah Type the name Tawny Reed in the Google Davis, a medical examiner said Monday. search engine and click on “News.” The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences In doing so, one will fi nd among the results, said it had positively identifi ed the remains, which an obscure 1960s Welsh singer named Tawny were fl own to Texas from Arkansas, where they had Reed and even a headline from the Telegraph been found near a freeway outside the town of Hope. newspaper in the United Kingdom that Derion Vence, the man who had been arrested reads, “The beautiful Turkish wonder you’ve in connection with Maleah’s disappearance, told probably never heard of.” a community activist he had disposed of her body What you won’t fi nd is Tawny Reed, the there. missing 14-year-old Black girl from Reno, The institute of forensic sciences says the cause Nevada who was last seen on May 1. and manner of her death are not yet determined. It’s a recurring theme: An African American Vence, the ex-fi ance of Maleah’s mother, remains female goes missing and there’s no radar too jailed on a charge of tampering with evidence. low that she won’t fl y beneath. Vence, 27, had claimed he, Maleah and his 2-year- The National Center for Missing & Exploited old son were abducted on May 4 by a group of men Children – or NCMEC – said the number in a truck. He said he and his son were freed the of reports of missing children made to law next day but the kidnappers kept Maleah and his enforcement in the United States now totals silver Nissan Altima. Police said Vence’s story kept more than 424,000. changing and didn’t add up. Tawny stands fi ve feet tall and weighs about 130 pounds and authorities haven’t described what she was doing at the time of her disappearance or what she may have been By Spencer Feingold Fella Records, in 1996 and has since Atlanta To Pay wearing. released dozens of acclaimed albums and Less than two weeks before Tawny AY-Z reached yet another singles. He has so far won 22 Grammy Nearly $1 Million To disappeared, Aneesa Reed also went missing milestone in his storied career Awards and garnered 77 nominations — in Reno. becoming the world’s fi rst tying Kanye West for the rapper with the Aneesa [no reported relation to Tawny] is rapper to build a $1 billion most Grammy wins in history. Family Of Diabetic 16 and authorities said she’s fi ve-feet and four fortune, according to Forbes. “This major win for Hov is no surprise, inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She was The music mogul’s wealth has grown but still spectacular, as he’s always been Inmate Who Died last seen on April 26. signifiJ cantly in recent years as JAY-Z one of the best businessmen in music,” Across the state in Las Vegas, Ashantay continues to expand his business ventures the music label Def Jam Recordings said In Lockup Jones, 17, also disappeared. and investments, which include liquor in a statement, using JAY-Z’s nickname, Wickie Yvonne Bryant died alone in her cell in the The fi ve-feet and 11 inches tall, Ashantay brands, real estate, art, and a music Hov. Atlanta City Detention Center after she didn’t get reportedly weighs about 135 pounds. streaming service. JAY-Z’s fortune, which Forbes says proper medication to treat her diabetes. Like Tawny, Aneesa and Ashantay, a Google “Part of the thing about JAY-Z is he has “conservatively totals $1 billion,” stems Bryant’s blood sugar was reportedly extremely search of Keaisha Hayes-Prater, yields nothing always cultivated this image of victory,” largely from his business acumen and high when she entered the jail in September of 2015. about the missing black teen in the news Zack O’Malley Greenburg, a senior editor entrepreneurial endeavors. Prior to her arrest, Bryant had also been diagnosed section. at Forbes, told Cheddar in an interview “He had such success with the record with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. She was The 13-year-old, who’s listed at fi ve feet Wednesday. Greenburg is also the author label he thought ‘why not start my own originally placed in a section of the jail for people tall and 148 pounds, disappeared on May 3 in of “3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, JAY-Z, and clothing line, why not start my own with mental health issues. Columbus, Ohio. Hip-Hop’s Multibillion-Dollar Rise” and cognac,’” Greenburg said. 29 days later she passed away. Authorities believe she may still be in the “Empire State of Mind: How JAY-Z Went In 1999, JAY-Z fi rst launched his According to reports, the city failed to train non- local area, but they’re unsure what may have from Street Corner to Corner Offi ce.” clothing line Rocawear, which he sold for medical staff on how to recognize and respond to happened to her. Born Shawn Corey Carter, JAY-Z — $204 million in 2007. He later acquired serious medical conditions linked to high blood The alarming number of missing black one of the few truly self-made billionaires the luxury champagne brand Armand sugar, according to the lawsuit fi led in 2017. females counts for a large chunk of — grew up in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing de Brignac, which sells the famed “Ace Now, the city of Atlanta is expected to pay $995,000 disappearances nationwide. Yet, as the crisis projects and sold drugs before becoming a of Spades” gold champagne bottles for to her family to settle a lawsuit that accuses the city, continues, media attention remains largely successful musician and producer. JAY-Z $300, and launched his own cognac brand, detention center offi cials and others of deliberate diverted. launched his own music label, Roc-A- D’Ussé, in partnership with Bacardi. indifference to her serious medical condition. Editorial...............................1 Wish to give us a News Story? I Looking for customers to patronize your Church..........................2 Call (904) 766-8834 or Send it to: N Youth News...............................3 business or utilize your services? If you Community.....................10 answered YES, then you need to place an info@thefl oridastar.com S Columns.............................10 ad in The Florida or Georgia Star! 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Black religious leaders, Black to promote African American tired of getting rich off Africans Americans community activists and even some Black economic empowerment in the the Chinese moved in and took control of our journalists are prohibited from diff erent web T United States of America for present and neighborhoods economically. sites, publications broadcast programs. future generations of African Americans. Now here in the year 2019 in the Northeast However, owners of social and other In every newsletter I like to talk about a the vast majority of retail business in various media outlets don’t ban their own! White nonviolent economic war between African African American/Black communities are supremacists don’t ban the ku klux klan. Americans and every other race of people operated by the Dominicans, Peruvians Nazis don’t ban neo-nazis. Nationalist media in the world, in favor of African Americans and Asians. While at the same time African without throwing one punch or shooting one American Christians separate themselves outlets don’t ban imperialists. bullet. In this newsletter I would like to very from African American/Black Muslims in If your favorite person has been banned, simply give you some history on economic North America and won’t even buy a bean don’t get mad, get even! activities in the Northeastern part of the pie from them. While teaching and preaching God bless the community, the ethnic group, United States related to African Americans. from the Bible love thy enemy but give all the race and the people that have their own! But, before I do so let me share a little bit their money to strangers.