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Beyonce Buys Church For $850,000
Beyonce has reportedly purchased a church in New Orleans that is more than 100 years old. The 36-year old is now the new owner of a stone structured 7,500 square foot House of God in New Orleans listed at $850,000. However, it is unknown how much the entertainer coughed out for her latest investment.
A celebrity gossip site revealed that the church was built in the early 1900s but had been out of commission as a place of worship for some time due to its members passing away. Beyonce’s younger sister, fellow singer, Solange Knowles lives nearby.
Beyonce is hardly the first celebrity to buy a religious site. Katty Perry has been involved in a contentious law suit with nuns over an eight- acre convent she purchased. Beyoncé’s reported purchase comes just weeks after a San Francisco church held a mass devoted to the music and accomplishments of Beyoncé.
“Come to Vine SF to sing your Beyonce favourites and discover how her art opens a window into the lives of the marginalised and forgotten, particularly black women”, the Grace Cathedral announced on its site. The Rev. Yolanda Norton, Assistant Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary who created the Beyonce and the Hebrew Bible”, Class at SFTs will be preaching.
“The Vine is a service offered by the episcopal cathedral that provides contemporary worship and progressive theology”. In this year where there’s been so much conversation about the role of women and communities of colour, we felt a need to lift up the voices that the church has traditionally suppressed”, Rev Jude Harmon, the Vine’s founding pastor told the San Francisco Gate in April.
The beauty of Beyonce’s music is that she explores those themes in an idiom that is accessible to everyone, we can use it as a conversation starter, that’s what it’s designed to be.
“I know there are people who will say using Beyonce is just a cheap way of trying to get people in the church”. Harmon added: ‘But Jesus used very provocative images in the stories he would tell to incite people to ask hard questions about their own religious assumptions. He regularly provoked. We are following in Jesus way”.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’