Alicia Keys, Rihanna and President Obama were just a few of the black celebrities up to big things this weekend. Click on for more star sightings! (Photos INF, Getty)
September 28, 2012: Rihanna enjoying a bar of chocolate as she arrives at JFK airport to jet out of New York City. The 24-year-old ‘Umbrella’ singer stops to pose for photos for her fans before she boards her plane. Mandatory Credit: Dario Alequin/INFphoto.com
September 28, 2012: Rihanna enjoying a bar of chocolate as she arrives at JFK airport to jet out of New York City. The 24-year-old ‘Umbrella’ singer stops to pose for photos for her fans before she boards her plane. Mandatory Credit: Dario Alequin/INFphoto.com
September 30, 2012: Kanye West pictured arriving at the Celine Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris, France. . Mandatory Credit: INFphoto.com
September 28, 2012: Kanye West arriving at the Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show in Paris, France during Paris Fashion Week. Mandatory Credit: INFphoto.com
September28, 2012: Alicia Keys at the Radio 2 Studios in London, UK. Mandatory Credit: Famous/ACE/INFphoto.com
September28, 2012: Alicia Keys at the Radio 2 Studios in London, UK. Mandatory Credit: Famous/ACE/INFphoto.com
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 27: Jay-Z attends the grand opening of the 40/40 Club at Barclays Center on September 27, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 29: T.I. and Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris attend GREY GOOSE Cherry Noir Hosts Official Birthday Celebration for T.I. in Atlanta on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Craig Bromley/Getty Images for GREY GOOSE)
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 29: Kandi Burruss and Wanita “D. Woods” Woodgette attend GREY GOOSE Cherry Noir Hosts Official Birthday Celebration for T.I. in Atlanta on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Craig Bromley/Getty Images for GREY GOOSE)
September 30, 2012: President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mandatory Credit: INFphoto.com Ref.: infuslv-07/RD/Kabik
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 29: Spliff Star and Busta Rhymes perform onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 29: 2 Chainz performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 29: T.I. performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 27: Rihanna attends the grand opening of the 40/40 Club at Barclays Center on September 27, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
Between a birthday party for a southern king, the BET Hip Hop Awards show, and Jay-Z’s performance at the Barclays Center grand opening, black celebrities had a great deal to celebrate this past weekend. Rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny held court for his 32nd birthday with famous friends and family at a private mansion in his hometown Atlanta. Diddy, Nelly, Phaedra Parks, Miguel and Big Boi were some of the guests in attendance for the special event. While those folks partied it up, Academy-Award winner Halle Berry allegedly spent her downtime house-shopping with fiancee Olivier Martinez in Malibu.
Newcomer Azealia Banks worked the stage this weekend, wearing her staple mermaid-inspired, emerald green tresses and chunky black stompers. Having recently chopped off her own hair, “Diamonds” singer Rihanna took a break from her daily grind to visit Giorgio Baldi Ristorante in Los Angeles. In honor of the series’ premiere this past Sunday, Revenge star Ashley Madekwe made an appearance at ABC’s lineup event. Jordin Sparks was also spotted out and about at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer awareness gala dressed in all red.
NBA baller Amare Stoudemire spoke on a panel with former NBA stars John Wallace and Etan Thomas, as well as rapper Styles P and others, addressing about 250 incarcerated teenagers in Rikers Island gym last Friday. “The message we want to get across is fatherhood,” Stoudemire told a reporter. “A lot of young brothers who are fathers are incarcerated. …We’re going to keep their spirits up.”
Check out how these and other celebrities spent their weekend in our weekend recap photograph gallery above. Which is your favorite black celebrity sighting?
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