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Dancer Extraordinaire & Ellen’s Beloved DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss Dead At 40, Twitter Reacts To Tragic News
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty / Stephen ‘Twitch’ Boss We are sad to report that Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, the beloved DJ from the Ellen show and exceptional dancer, died at 40. Celebrity gossip site TMZ reports Boss’ death appears to result from a suicide attempt. Per TMZ: Law enforcement sources tell us Stephen’s wife, Allison Holker, ran into an LAPD station Tuesday, and she was frantic because she said Stephen had left home without his car — something that was not like him at all. We’re told, a short time later, police got a call for a shooting at an L.A. hotel … and they found Stephen there, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Holker confirmed the tragic news of her husband’s death in a statement to PEOPLE. “It is with the heaviest ...
17yrs old girl commit suicide after her mom stopped her from seeing her boyfriend
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit A 17-year-old girl, identified simply as Taiwo, has committed suicide after her mom reportedly stopped her from seeing her boyfriend. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Friday, October 21, in Dalemo Alakuko area of Lagos State. .u63412bfdd797fba61c347ba3bad2662a { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:inherit; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #16A085!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); text-decoration:none; } .u63412bfdd797fba61c347ba3bad2662a:active, .u63412bf...
Russian Rapper Dies By Suicide After Being Drafted To Fight In Ukraine War
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @mrwalkie / Instagram A Russian rapper opposed to the war in Ukraine reportedly died by suicide after being drafted. Walkie, 27, posted a video that served as a final testimony and suicide note. He reportedly jumped from a high-rise building to end his life Reports TMZ: 27-year-old rapper Walkie posted a video in which he said, “If you are watching this video, then I am no longer alive. I can’t take the sin of murder on my soul and I don’t want to. I am not ready to kill for any ideals.” Walkie went on … “I choose to remain in history forever. As a man who did not support what was happening I am not ready to take up arms and kill my own kind.” He had already served in the Russian Army, and despised the experience. This time around he tried to get a d...
Founder of popular Lagos eatery, Bukka Hut, reportedly commits suicide
Share Whatsapp reddit Tweet 0 Shares Laolu Martins a founder of popular eatry in Lagos has taken his own life. President Eniola Daniel who share the sad news on Twitter said that Martins allegedly takes his own life at about 3.a.m today morning. .u463cd367c0cfa08129eabf46bd261415 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:inherit; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #16A085!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); text-decoration:none; } .u463cd367c0cfa08129eabf46bd261415:active, .u463cd367c0cfa08129eabf46bd261415:hover { opaci...
Man commits suicide three days to his girlfriend’s wedding to another man in Delta State
Share 1 Whatsapp reddit Tweet 0 1Shares Man reportedly takes his own life three days to his girlfriend’s wedding to another man in Delta State A man identified as Daniel has reportedly committed suicide in Obahor, Warri, Delta State. It is reported that the deceased reportedly take his own life by consuming a substance on Wednesday, September 14, at his residence. .ue6aada5ea6afec37fd2652f534383589 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:inherit; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #16A085!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0...
Study Finds Racial Discrimination Leads To Anxiety, Depression & Suicidal Ideation In Black Men
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FatCamera / Getty When it comes to the leading causes of death of Black men in America, heart disease and cancer are often brought up as they should be since they’re at the very top of the killer list across ages. Homicide is also often brought up, especially by white people who lean on it as an illogical justification for their racism. But one relatively common cause of death among Black men and boys that is rarely discussed is suicide—the leading cause of death for Black males ages 15 to 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to a study conducted by Janell R. Goodwill, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, suicide is a leading cause for Black...
Phantogram’s Sarah Barthel on Coping with Traumatic Loss
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Musician Sarah Barthel of Phantogram joins Dr. Mike Friedman on the Going There podcast to share her struggle with devastating and traumatic loss in her life. Advertisement Related Video The Phantogram singer has been a fantastic mental health advocate over the years, and has been very forthcoming and outspoken about how she not only lost her sister, Becky, when she committed suicide, but also had previously lost her father to cancer, and coped with her mother and other friends having the disease. What the “You Don’t Get High Anymore” artist describes is years of different devastating losses one on top of another a...
Avicii Honored with Google Doodle During National Suicide Prevention Week
Back in 2018, the Swedish DJ-turned-EDM superstar Avicii tragically died by suicide. He was just 28 years old, and his unexpected death shook not just the electronic scene, but the music industry as a whole. Now, in honor of this year’s National Suicide Prevention Week, the late Avicii is the subject of a new Google Doodle to help raise awareness. Check out the animation below. Born Tim Bergling, the late Avicii would be celebrating his 32nd birthday this Wednesday if he were still alive. To mark the occasion and spread the word about NSPW, The Google Doodle image was created by artists Alyssa Winans, Olivia When, and Sophie Diao. “The truth is Tim struggled a great deal during the touring part of his adulthood, and I wanted to find a way to both touch on the realities of that experience, ...
Snoop Dogg’s Daughter Cori Broadus Reveals She Attempted To Take Her Own Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty This is just another prime example that it doesn’t matter how good a person’s circumstances are. You never know exactly what they are dealing with mentally. If you didn’t know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and plenty of people are coming forward with their mental struggles and bravely sharing their stories on social media. One of those individuals is Snoop Dogg’s 21-year-old daughter Cori Broadus. On Sunday (May 16), Broadus took to Instagram to share four photos in a gallery and detailed at one point in her still young existence that she reached a low point and considered taking her own life. In the caption for the post, she confessed: “The last few weeks my mental has not been so great, at one point I tried to end my li...
So Sad: Authorities Believe 40 Cal’s Missing Daughter Committed Suicide At Niagara Falls
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Westend61 / Getty The search for Dipset affiliate 40 Cal’s missing daughter seems to have come to an unfortunate tragic end. PIX 11 reports that the rapper’s 19-year-old daughter, Saniyya Dennis, who is enrolled at Buffalo State College, is believed to be dead due to suicide. Authorities believe Dennis took her own life following a breakup. The sad news was confirmed by Erie County District Attorney John Flynn on Thursday (May 6) when he said, “It appears this poor girl took her own life.” Before her apparent suicide, Dennis was last seen leaving her dorm on the evening of April 24 and revealed that she was arguing with her boyfriend, which subsequently led to him calling off their relationship. In a series of text messages that she sent following the arg...
Maureen Esisi: Leaving my marriage was my best decision ever
Maureen Esisi, ex-wife to popular Nollywood actor, Blossom Chukwujekwu, says she once contemplated suicidal thoughts after her divorce. Maureen talked about her failed marriage to the Nollywood actor in a monologue on her Youtube page. According to her, although it was not easy leaving the 2-year-old marriage, it “was the best decision ever.” “Let’s look back two years ago when I left my marriage. I left my marriage penniless broken and penniless. I can remember it like it was yesterday. I have no money in my account. My business had suffered so much,” she disclosed. “And I was broken. I had a friend who felt it in her heart to be there for me. I love her to bits. I moved out of my then home and moved into this place that you all love today. “It wasn’t easy, I swear. For the first time in ...
U.K. to open first LGBT+ retirement home as market grows
Britain’s first LGBT+ retirement home is set to open in mid-2021, the housing association behind the London riverside apartments said, highlighting a growing market of older people who do not want to be forced back in the closet. There is a critical need for housing for older LGBT+ people, said Anna Kear, Chief Executive of Tonic Housing, as many say it would be “terrifying” to live in a predominantly straight home where other residents did not accept them. “People say that if they get to that stage, they would rather (die by) suicide than go into a heterosexual care home or sheltered housing environment, which is just awful,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. With an ageing population, the demand for specialist housing for older people is growing, with private retirement units acco...
