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Rapper and actor DMX has died at hospital in New York on Friday. He was 50. The rapper's condition is said to have shown no improvement after a series of tests that were performed Wednesday, leaving his family with the agonizing decision to take the 50-year-old entertainer off life support.

Hanna is well-known for live animal demonstrations on late night talk shows. For decades, he was a regular fixture on segments with Johnny Carson, David Letterman and James Corden. He would often use his time in front of the national audience to bring awareness for the protection of wildlife including those endangered.

A majority of his wealth comes from his sneaker and apparel business, Yeezy, which is now in partnership with Adidas and Gap Inc., the business is valued between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion by UBS Group. The value of the new Gap collaboration with Yeezy, which is due to hit stores this summer.

CNN’s viewership during the 8-11 p.m. ET slot dropped 36% since Biden moved into the White House. Even more so, the viewership decline was sharper among the key demographic of all adults aged 25-to-54, plummeting 47% during the same period. Overall, the network's ratings suffered a hit as well with 44% of the total audience exiting from coverage throughout the day.  

“We think that these dogs and this capability is going to allow us to rapidly confirm that all of those people entering the essential footprint on Sunday — that’s race teams, that’s NASCAR officials, that’s the vendors that work inside the garage — all those folks are COVID-free or not,” said Tom Bryant, NASCAR managing director of racing operations.

Due to the Black Panther star's untimely death, the nomination for best actor was expected but still unprecedented. Boseman is the first Black performer to ever be nominated posthumously for an Oscar. The Anderson, South Carolina native died at the age of 43 on Aug. 28 after a lengthy bout with colon cancer.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Pepé Le Pew had already been written out of LeBron James’ Space Jam sequel more than a year ago. Lew Pew was in the original film starring Michael Jordan." THR went on to report “there are no current plans for the controversial cartoon skunk to return” for any future projects.

The six books to be pulled off shelves are “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, “If I Ran the Zoo”, “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.” The decision to cease publication and sales of the books was made last year after months of discussion, the company, which was founded by Seuss’ family, told AP.

Sources tell SBJ, Disney is expected to pay an increase of up to 30% from its current deal, which would be roughly $2.6 billion per year. An agreement comes after news leaked last week of a stalemate between the two sides, which initially were so far apart in price that some ESPN executives questioned whether to cut a deal.

The Los Angeles Police Department says the shooting occurred last night around at 9:40 p.m. local time on the 1500 block of Sierra Bonita Avenue. An unidentified male known as Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot four times by an unknown male at an undisclosed location. The victim was rushed to an area hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.