There has been much said in the media about COVID-19 disproportionately affecting the Black community. While statistics are thrown around daily regarding marginalized communities being hit with an increase of cases, celebrities have stepped forward in an effort to use their platforms to encourage people to exercise precautions. Tyrese recently spoke with journalist April Ryan in an Instagram Live interview where he talked about how the Black community has dealt with health issues and mentioned certain noteworthy moments that changed their outlook.

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“On that level, we had Magic Johnson, the most infamous and famous legendary iconic basketball player and then we had Eazy-E, and then it all hit home for us that maybe we are all capable of catching HIV-AIDS,” Tyrese said. “This is not a homosexual community problem. This is not a gay problem. HIV-AIDS can be contracted by everybody. And Black people never came to that ‘come to Jesus’ moment until these two Black significant iconic Black men had announced [it].”

Tyrese added that the world witnessed how quickly Eazy-E passed away following him learning of his diagnosis. “With that being said, we are dying by the numbers,” he said. “We wasn’t going to do a regular doctor’s check-up before [coronavirus]. We never had insurance before [coronavirus]. We would go and do any and everything we could to put a band-aid on something that we know needs medical attention.” Watch the clips of Tyrese and April Ryan below and let us know if you agree with him on this.

Vin Diesel and the official Fast and the Furious pages took to socials to announce that they too would be postponing the worldwide release of their movie due to the complications of the coronavirus outbreak. The movie was originally set to release May 22nd of this year but has retracted that date in order to give fans the most comfortable watching experience. In an interesting play that we have yet to see or hear about, the team also took the opportunity to announce the new release date of April 2, 2021.

There are millions of aspiring artists who may not have the money or the fame quite yet, but they’ve already mapped out how they would spend their first million dollars once they make it big. Some would cop expensive jewelry or maybe purchase a luxury vehicle. Yet, there are a select few who are more concerned with taking care of their parents before flexing their bank accounts.

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There have been many celebrities who have purchased homes for their mothers, and Anderson .Paak took to Instagram to share that he bought his mama her dream home. “We’re a winner!!! From doing time with lifers and killers to a 5 bedroom hideout by the river!” he wrote on Instagram. “I love you mama, make sure you save a room for me lol and enjoy yah new home! ❤️ #GetYahMamaAHouse.”

Russ snatched up a beach house for his mother back in October 2018, Lil Yachty shared that he purchased a home for his mom in 2017, Trouble did the same for his mom in November 2018, as did LL Cool J, Tyrese Gibson, Fetty Wap, Too $hort Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and many more. Check out Anderson celebrating with his mama below.