Rihanna's Number One Fan Loses Her Battle with Leukemia

Jasmina Amena, seven years old, who was a staunch fan of singer Rihanna, lost her battle with leukemia last night.

Rihanna and former Destiny's Child star, Kelly Rowland, were helping Amena find a bone marrow transplant. Rihanna spent a lot of time with Amena over the past year, all in an effort to help her #1 fan get through life with Leukemia.

Here’s the message that was posted on Jasmina’s Twitter account just a few hours ago:

At 10:55 on January 27th, after a long battle, Jasmina lost her fight with leukemia. Thanks for all of your support.

Back in November, Amena surprised Rihanna on the day of her album release at an in-store signing.

President Barack Obama put out the following statement about Jasmina today after recently meeting the youngster at the White House:

“It is with great sadness today that Michelle and I extend our condolences on the passing of Jasmina Anema. Jasmina showed tremendous bravery in the face of adversity, and her ability to stay positive throughout her battle was an inspiration to me and to all those she touched. As the parents of two young girls, our hearts particularly go out to Jasmina’s devoted mother Thea. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and with all who knew and loved Jasmina.”

Amena was diagnosed with leukemia in January of 2009.

R.I.P. Jasmina.

The staff of the Black Urban Times extends their deepest condolences to the Amena Family on the loss of their angel who has gone home to be with the Father.
May God bless you all and bring you peace.

NY Post: Off Again, Inn Again For Chris & Rhianna?

By GEORGETT ROBERTS, ANNIE KARNI and DAVID K. LI

Could they be making sweet music again?
Just days after Chris Brown publicly apologized for his February beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna, the two spent the weekend at the same luxury Midtown hotel under a cloak of secrecy, The Post has learned.
The pretty "Umbrella" singer and "Run It" crooner -- who is barred from seeing his former squeeze by a restraining order issued in Los Angeles -- checked into separate rooms at the Trump International Hotel & Tower on Friday, hotel sources said.
They spent the next two days coming and going in separate chauffeured vehicles from the underground garage of the 52-story Columbus Circle building.
The two appear to have taken great measures to avoid public exposure, including the use of decoy vehicles to throw off reporters and photographers. As of last night, the secretive performers hadn't been seen together.
Neither Brown nor Rihanna had any public appearances or events to otherwise bring them to Manhattan, although London's Daily Mail reported that Rihanna is shopping for a Big Apple pad.
Last night, The Post spotted Brown, 20, leaving the hotel for Harlem, where he ducked into a building at 135th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
A childhood friend whom Brown regularly visits lives there, said a barber who works in the building.
Rihanna's car sped away around 10 p.m. last night, sources at the hotel said.
About an hour later, Brown returned from Harlem and checked out of the luxury digs. A member of his entourage told The Post it was because "she [Rihanna] checked in."
At about 7 p.m. Friday night, Brown was seen leaving the hotel to go to the movies with friends, witnesses said.
Two hours later, Rihanna, 21, and at least seven friends left for the tony Philippe restaurant on East 60th Street, sources at the eatery said.
The former lovers haven't been spotted together since their Feb. 8 blowup in LA that left Rihanna bleeding and badly bruised.
Brown pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault and will be sentenced Aug. 5. Judge Patricia Schnegg is expected to sign off on a plea bargain that will keep him out of jail. The deal calls for Brown to perform 1,400 hours of community service and undergo domestic-violence counseling.
Schnegg ordered Brown to keep 50 yards away from Rihanna -- or 10 yards if they're at the same music-industry event -- despite Rihanna's plea that she didn't need protection.
If Brown is found to have violated the order -- even with Rihanna's consent -- he risks blowing his plea bargain and being charged with a misdemeanor.
Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, said he was unaware of his client's whereabouts yesterday and added: "I don't want to be quoted on something hypothetical."
Prosecutors, Rihanna's lawyer and publicists, and Brown's publicists did not return messages seeking their comments.

'I'm his manager - not a booty call!' Says Tina Davis

Chris Brown's manager Tina Davis, in photo, reportedly sent him a steamy text message the night police say he beat Rihanna.

Chris Brown's manager broke her silence Wednesday to deny she's sleeping with her teen client and shoot down reports she sent a racy text message that preceded Rihanna's brutal beating.
Tina Davis, 39, was identified by TMZ.com as the mysterious paramour whose text sparked an argument that cops say ended with Brown punching, biting and choking Rihanna.
"The relationship between Ms. Davis and Mr. Brown is that of manager and client," said Davis' lawyer Marshall Grossman. "There has never been any other relationship. The rumors in circulation are false."
He insisted that "there are no e-mails between Ms. Davis and Mr. Brown of the type which have been described in media reports."
A music industry source said the texter's true identity remains a mystery - even to handlers on both sides of the alleged felony.
"Rihanna is just not talking to the people on her team. Chris also isn't talking to his management. Everyone is waiting for them to clear up all the questions and reports. But neither of them is communicating," the source told the Daily News.
For her part, Rihanna partied in public into the wee hours Wednesday. It was the first time she hit the town since cops found her battered, alone on a dark street and willing to identify Brown as her attacker the morning before the Grammy Awards.
The Barbados-born beauty stepped out sans Brown for a belated birthday party at Hollywood hot spot Coco de Ville. She turned 21 on Feb. 20.
"She was in great spirits having a ton of fun," a source said.
Rihanna danced in her seat on the exclusive lounge's private patio, wearing sunglasses as she was toasted with champagne.
She later blew out the candles on a lemon-vanilla cupcake tower topped with a giant sparkler.
Rihanna left at 4 a.m. through an underground garage as dozens of paparazzi gave chase.

Robin Givens has a message for Rihanna: Get out now. The actress and ex-wife of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson spoke about her own experience with domestic violence on "Larry King Live" Tuesday night, and told guest host Joy Behar that hearing about the pop star's troubles with boyfriend Chris Brown brings back painful memories.
"Even sitting now, you know, here with you, it shakes you up," said Givens. "You know, you begin to sweat. You begin to feel sad all over. ... It's hard to sit here."
Brown, 19, has been charged with two felonies after allegedly punching, choking and biting Rihanna, 21, on the day of the Grammy Awards. Sources report that the couple are back together.
Givens, who is now a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, called the similarities between her own story and other stories of abuse "amazing."

GIANT EXCLUSIVE: Is Chris Brown Violent?

Chris Brown violent? In an August 2007 interview with GIANT magazine, the young R&B star talks about witnessing domestic violence in his childhood home:
Like the day an 11-year-old Brown made a promise to his mother.

He vowed that he would go to jail by age 15 for killing his abusive stepfather. “I just want you to know that I love you,” he told her in GIANT. “But I’m gonna take a baseball bat one day while you at work, and I’m gonna kill him.”

Brown’s parents had separated when he was seven. When his mother remarried, she moved her son and his new stepfather to a trailer park. Then his stepfather shot himself in the head. The shot went straight through the eyes. He survived the suicide attempt but was permanently blinded.

“When you’re blind, your senses are heightened, like your smell, hearing, your sense of touch,” Brown explains to GIANT. “You can move and maneuver around your sight. But he used to hit my mom…. He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself. I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, ‘I’m just gonna go crazy on him one day…’ I hate him to this day.”

As his young world spins on an axis of fame, money and music — getting advice from everyone from Usher to Michael Jackson — rising superstar Chris Brown wants to balance the normal and the crazy. Who says it can’t be done?
“You’ve got too much rotation on the ball!” shouts Chris Brown’s security guard from the bench. “You gotta let it flow!”
“I can’t help it,” the teenage superstar snaps back from the court as he shakes his wrist. “I jerked off before I got here.” Full Story

Rhianna's Own Troubled Past:

Apparently, Chris Brown isn’t the only star in this domestic violence drama who has a troubled past. In a June/July 2007 coverstory, Rihanna talked about how her father’s drug abuse and parents’ marital woes effected her:
Her father, Ronald, who is of both black and white heritage, works as a warehouse supervisor for a garment factory and was addicted to many drugs, including crack and weed, Rihanna told GIANT. “I just knew that my mom and dad would always argue when there was a foil paper with an ashtray,” says Rihanna. “He would just go to the bathroom all the time. I didn’t know what it was. I really did not know. I just thought it was normal. Then one day, I heard them arguing about it. Then he did it again. And I told her. I said, ‘Mom, he did that ashtray thing again.’”
Then, as a young girl, Rihanna began having terrible headaches. Her mother, an accountant of Guyanese descent, dreaded the possibility that her daughter might have a brain tumor. But actually, Rihanna was keeping such a stiff upper lip about her parents’ marital problems, her massive stress was making her head hurt.
“I was just taking on too much. I wouldn’t cry or act, so it really affected me in here,” she told GIANT, pointing to her head. “I would go to school like a normal kid. No one would know that I had a problem. I always had a smile on my face. But that’s when it started to mess with me.”

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