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Vanderpump Rules star James Kennedy was tasked with presenting the “Dynamic Cast Returning” award after four of his costars were fired for resurfaced racist behavior.During the 7th annual Reality TV Awards on Wednesday, June 24, the 28-year-old DJ virtually helped give out the award.

This year, Black Music Month took a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more at the hands of police, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.

Lisa Vanderpump's cocktail lounge, PUMP, in Los Angeles has been boarded up and covered in Black Lives Matter messages as protests continue over the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody. The spray-painted tags also come in the wake of Bravo firing four cast members from her show "Vanderpump Rules" for past racially insensitive actions.

Lala Kent spoke about her and fiancé Randall Emmett’s feud with 50 Cent for the first time on Vanderpump Rules during the Tuesday, June 9, reunion.Andy Cohen brought up the highly publicized feud on Tuesday’s episode, noting James Kennedy poked fun at the situation with an Instagram caption after he and Kent, 29, made amends.“I mean, I won’t say more than I can,” the Give Them Lala Beauty CEO began. “There was a very public beef between myself and a pretty famous rapper, and it got very bad.

Vanderpump Rules are no strangers to controversy.The staff of Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant SUR made their debut on Bravo in 2013 as part of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spinoff.

Victor Cruz spoke with “realness and vividness” to his 8-year-old daughter, Kennedy, while discussing racism in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at his first defense secretary, James Mattis, after a blistering statement from the retired Marine Corps general criticizing Trump for showing a lack of “mature leadership” and threatening to “Constitutional rights” in the response to the George Floyd killing.

“WOW MAN!! [facepalm emoji],” tweeted LeBron James, 35, on June 3 while sharing a clip of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’s interview with Yahoo! Finance. In the interview, Drew, 41, was asked if the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and other black men and women killed by the police would trigger another round of Colin Kaepernick-inspired national anthem protests.

LeBron James was among the pro athletes on Wednesday who were shocked by comments made by Drew Brees earlier in the day. The Saints star QB said in an interview with Yahoo News that, even after the killing of George Floyd and worldwide protests which resulted, he was still against any football player kneeling during the national anthem.“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country," Brees said.

NFL quarterback Drew Brees can add one more fumble to his career total. The New Orleans Saints star is the latest public figure to spark backlash over his comments surrounding his beliefs on the National Anthem and the United States flag.  On Wednesday, Yahoo Finance interviewed Brees and asked him about his stance on the recent nationwide protests in response to George Floyd's death, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Monday, May 25.

On Tuesday, June 2, the Kennedy Center went dark to show solidarity with the nationwide movement currently raging over the apparent murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota Police Officers.

LeBron James publicly criticized New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees on Wednesday after Brees said in a new interview that he was still against NFL players kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest police brutality, even amid nationwide protests after the death of George Floyd.

As the protests over George Floyd's death at the hands of police continue throughout the country, artists and influencers are stepping up to fund various initiatives that help the protesters, the cause, and the black community at large.

An eye-opening conversation. On Tuesday, Pop of the Morning's Victor Cruz joined Nina Parker on Daily Pop and discussed the conversation he had with eight-year-old daughter Kennedy amid the ongoing protests following George Floyd's death.

James Corden addressed the protests going on nationwide following the tragic death of 46-year-old Minnesota man George Floyd on Monday's, and was overcome with emotion during a conversation with his band leader, Reggie Watts.