Mary J. ‘bilk’ charity sham

Rakes $$ and closes shop

By ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN

Mary J. is being called a deadbeat diva.
The New York music star’s charity is supposed to empower women but instead has no office, no phone number — and hundreds of thousands of dollars in missing donations.
It failed to file its federal tax returns for 2010, which were due last November, along with its annual state-charity registration. The charity has now been hit with two lawsuits — one claiming the group stiffed musicians at its 2011 fund-raising gala and another saying it defaulted on a $250,000 loan, The Post has learned.
Blige, known as the “queen of hip-hop soul,” touted the charity’s success on the “Today” show in late 2010, saying, “I sent 25 women to college.”

Charity co-founders Blige and Steve Stoute in ’09.

Mary J. Blige’s charity, meant to empower women, has missing money and unpaid bills, including:

*Jay-Z gave FFAWN $25,000 and Stoute $35,000 in 2009. Gucci ponied up $50,000 and Walmart $33,500 that year
* $60,000 raised by sales of perfume that is unaccounted for
* An unpaid bill of $167,252 for musicians who played at a 2011 benefit concert
* Default on a bank loan of $250,000
* $18,000 spent on a press conference in 2008
Additional reporting by Kathianne Boniello
Read full story here :EXCLUSIVE: Mary J. Blige’s charity has hundreds of thousands of dollars in missing donations - NYPOST.com

Thursday, May 24, 2012

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The biggest concert for 103.5 Kiss FM (Chicago) went down last Friday and it was crazy fun!!!

The Allstate Arena, on Friday May 18th, was packed for Fantabuloso 2012. It featured an all-star line up of Top 40 hit-makers including artists like Gym Class Heroes, Enrique Iglesias, The Wanted, Adam Lambert, B.o.B., Cobra Starship, Karmin, DJ Havana Brown, Carly Rae Jepsen, Neon Hitch, Outasight, and Dev.

Check out the video recap I created to see all that you missed!!

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