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Damon Wayans Jr. Spoke Out About His Reality Star Baby Mama Having Kid With Dwayne Wade

I Love Old School Music — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:21:09 +0000

Whenever you hear the name Wayans, you probably associate the name with lots of talent and laughter. So it comes as no surprise that Damon Wayans Jr. is an apple that didn’t fall far from the family tree. Damon Jr. is a talented actor, scriptwriter, and stand-up comedian, just like his pops, Damon Sr. In fact, he’s made quite a name for himself over the years and he’s now a celebrity in his own right. Now, the 35-year-old actor has children of his own, but most fans probably don’t know he and Miami Heat star, Dwyane Wade, have a child by the same woman.

Dwyane’s Love Child:

Remember when Dwyane Wade had a love child with another woman during the time he and Gabrielle Union were “taking a break?” Well, Damon also has kids with that woman and her name is Aja Metoyer. When details surfaced about Wade’s love child, of course, the reports sparked a media firestorm. At the time, Damon was asked about the situation, and he revealed that although he and Aja were high school sweethearts with lots of history, they lead totally different lives now. The famed actor made it clear that his daughters are his priority when it comes to Aja, according to Madame Noir. “I really have nothing to do with Aja’s situation. We both live completely separate lives, aside from co-parenting. My concern is my daughters and that they don’t get hurt in any of this.”

Damon Jr. with his daughters and his dad, Damon. Sr. (photo via bckonline.com)

He went on to confirm that his daughters “love their little brother [Xavier Wade] and that’s all I care about.” But, of course, Damon knows about the dark side of fame which is why he didn’t want his daughters being dragged into all the drama.

A Break Baby?:

Mother of Damon Wayans, Jr.’s and Dwayne Wade’s kids, Aja Metoyer formerly of “Basketball Wives”

Although the drama has subsided, there are still whispers about whether or not Dwyane and Aja’s son, Xavier, is a “break baby.” Shortly after details surfaced about Aja’s pregnancy, she was immediately labeled as a “side chick,” a “homewrecker,” and any other undesirable name you can think of despite Dwyane’s claims about taking a break from his relationship with Gabrielle Union. Even though Dwyane adamantly insists he didn’t cheat on Gabrielle, Aja was still dragged. During a recent interview with OK! magazine, she finally decided to clear the air and set the record straight about her relationship with the NBA baller. Aja claims it’s all very simple: numbers don’t lie.

Dwayne Wade with his four kids; His and Aja’s son, Xavier, is sitting atop Dwayne’s shoulders (photo via HipHopHollywood)

“I think that a little bit of mathematics needs to be done. I’ve known the person ten years,” Aja explained. “My son is not a break baby. He’s almost four. Do the math,” she continued. “I’ve never been a mistress, side chick, any of those things,” she insisted. “I’m not a homewrecker… I wish I was a little Jezebel, you know? It might have worked out for me better that way,” she joked. But on a serious note, Aja revealed she knows how it feels to be cheated on so she wouldn’t have done that to another woman. “I’ve been cheated on, do you think I’m going to be an accomplice,” she asked. “Someone cheated with my man, why would I put that pain on someone else?”

And there you have it ILOSM fam’…all’s well that ends well. Wishing the blended families all the best going forward.

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Damon Wayans & Rev. Run’s 4 Year Old Grandbaby Is So Adorable & Their Kids Are In Love

I Love Old School Music — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 20:50:26 +0000

(L) Rev. Run of Run DMC; (R) Damon Wayans. Sr.

A few decades ago, when two legends- comedian/actor, Damon Wayans, Sr. and rapper, Rev. Run of Run DMC- started making their mark in entertainment, they probably never would have imagined they’d become family decades later. They were in two entirely different industries and they’re two kids who have now fallen madly in love with each other, weren’t even born of at that time. Fast forward today and it’s a whole ‘notha story, now the legends share the same adorable grandbaby.

Back in 2014, Mike Wayans, son of comedian Damon Wayans, Sr. and Vanessa Simmons, daughter of Rev. Run (whose legal name is Joseph Simmons), celebrated the arrival of their daughter, Ava Marie Jean Wayans. Now, 4 years later, Ava has gotten so big and her parents are in talks of holy matrimony.

One Big Happy Family:

Growing Up Hip Hop star, Vanessa, sat down to talk with Entertainment Tonight about her new clothing line, her beautiful little girl, and her boyfriend, Mike Wayans. In January of 2014, Simmons and her longtime boyfriend, Mike Wayans, had a star-studded baby shower to welcome the arrival of their daughter, Ava. With plenty of support from the fam,’ the Simmons and the Wayans were in the house to congratulate the two parents-to-be.

Damion Wayans, Tyrese, Marlon Wayans, Rev. Run, Vanessa, Angela, and Russell Simmons all attended Ava’s baby shower. (via Facebook)

MEET DAMON’S & REV. RUN’S 1st BORN GRANDCHILD, AVA

As we all know, there are like a thousand members within the Wayans family (LOL, well, maybe not a thousand, but a whole LOT of ’em), but both Rev. Run and Damon Wayans were too excited as hell about Ava’s birth because she was officially the very first grandchild for both of the legends. Vanessa Simmons and Mike Wayans celebrated the impending arrival of their baby girl with a baby shower at the Sugar Factory in Hollywood. Ava was born less than a month later on February 13th of 2014.

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Raising a 4 year-old is not easy when you have a fashion line to run. The 34-year-old fashion designer, recently launched Bad Butterfly with fellow fashion designer, Candice Cuoco. Simmons spoke with ET on life with her then 3-year-old daughter Ava, boyfriend Mike Wayans, and why they’re not quite ready to expand their family. While Simmons definitely wants more kids, she would like to be married first. Despite the fact that Simmons and Wayans had been dating a long time before Ava’s birth, Mike has still not popped the question. Apparently, the couple has discussed jumpin’ the broom, but it has not happened yet.

“Dealing with a 3 year old is very challenging, but I think eventually yes [we will have more kids] after Mike and I tie the knot, the Growing Up Hip Hop star shared with ET’s Courtney Tezeno on Tuesday.”

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During the interview, Vanessa also discussed how she is love with her niece and nephew. Her sister Angela Simmons has a 1 year-old son Sutton, and her niece, Mia, who is the daughter of her younger brother, JoJo. Because she is incredibly close to her family, Vanessa shared how she loves that all of Rev. Run’s grandchildren are around the same age.

“I love that our kids are close in age and get to grow up together, Simmons said. And we get to share those experiences together.”

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Despite the fact that Angela and Vanessa are extremely close, motherhood has kept them busy. Initially, Vanessa was upset that she and Angela didn’t talk as much but she knows all too well the struggles of being a new mom with a career.

“We’re in a great space, she said of her current relationship with Angela. I think a few months ago [when we were filming the show] she was settling in to becoming a mom and trying to get back into work. I know from experience with my daughter that it can get hard, but I was just being a big sister and being like ‘hey don’t forget about me over here.’ I need my sister, so that’s what that was. I think I was being a little overly sensitive.”

The Simmons sisters were working on relaunching their Pastry in 2018, and Vanessa’s even open to the idea of a potential reboot of the family’s MTV reality show Run’s House. Until then, fans can watch the Simmons sisters when Growing Up Hip Hop airs on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on WE tv.

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Uh Oh! Damon Wayans Son Gets Slammed By White Fans For What He Did On 4th of July

ilosm — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:06:47 +0000

Damon Wayans Jr. (L); Damon Sr. (R)

Comedic actor, Damon Wayans Sr.’s, 34 year old son, Damon Jr., has just pissed off many of his Caucasian fans.

FYI: We all know In Living Color veteran, Damon Sr. But for any of us, Old Schoolers, who aren’t too familiar with his son, Damon Jr., he’s a known comedian/actor who currently stars on the hit Fox sitcom, New Girl.

The Tweet That Sparked The Racial Blowup

Now, here’s why Damon Jr. was going at it with his White fans on Twitter- many of whom are fans of the show, New Girl. It all started with his 4th of July (2017) Twitter post, which read:

“Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day.”

Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day

— Damon Wayans Yunior? (@wayansjr) July 4, 2017

White Fans Slammed Damon Jr.’s Tweet

As soon as his post went up, the you-know-what hit the fan and many of his White fans were heated. Many of the commenters slammed him by implying that he should be grateful his African ancestors were stolen from their country and brought to the U.S. as slaves, because he now has a better life. Other commenters slammed him for ‘disrespecting’ his country and ‘race baiting,’ while others went at it with his Black fans in his Twitter comments:

https://twitter.com/The_Mad_Rebel/status/882371106711195648

One fan also confused Damon Jr. with his dad and denounced his role in Lethal Weapon:

Damon Wayans Jr. Responds

Damon Jr. responded back to a few of the commenters without ever backing down from his post, nor his point of view about the 4th of July:

Page Six also reported that Damon replied with this in a later comment:

“It was a joke. But feel free to be offended by it.”

The Harsh Reality Though

In school, most of us learned that Independence Day is about celebrating the day U.S. Congress signed into effect the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the then 13 U.S. colonies became independent from British rule. But many of us -White, Black, etc.- were not taught about the down side of it’s history because those parts were cleverly omitted from our school curriculum. President Thomas Jefferson was the author of The Declaration of Independence, which partly read:

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’

President Thomas Jefferson

The only problem with the ‘Declaration’ is that the “all men are created equal” line intentionally excluded all Black people in the United States. How so? Because at that time, Black people in the U.S. -who were predominately slaves then- were only considered, by law, to be three-fourths of a human being. In addition to that ignorance, the dude who actually wrote the declaration, Jefferson, owned hundreds of slaves and several plantations at that time. So the only ‘independence’ the 4th of July technically celebrates, is the independence of all human beings in the U.S. except Black people.

Now, don’t feel bad if you lit up fireworks and danced to Frankie Beverly & Maze at your family’s cookout on the 4th, it’s all good. For many of us, the 4th of July is simply a celebration that represents a day off from the job…so there’s no harm, no foul there.

But for those who are pissed off with Damon Wayans Jr., hopefully they’ll eventually be able to gain a broader historical understanding of why, as a Black man in America, Damon Jr. feels the way that he feels about his ‘independence’ on the 4th of July. Better dialogue among each other and across racial lines, creates better understanding. Take us out Marvin Gaye…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbZYRZpNc64

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