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Sinners silenced any doubt about the power of Black storytelling by sweeping the Black Film Critics Circle awards in New York City. The movie and others emerged as celebrated films of 2025.

The Ryan Coogler directed drama was named “Best Film of the Year” by the Black Film Critics Circle and led the organization’s annual honors with wins for “Best Director,” “Best Actor” for Michael B. Jordan, “Best Supporting Actor” for Delroy Lindo, “Best Original Screenplay,” “Best Cinematography” and “Best Ensemble Performance.”

The results followed BFCC’s year end voting process recognizing achievements in theatrical motion pictures across 13 competitive categories.

The announcement was delivered by BFCC co-president Mike Sargent, who framed the film’s success within a broader cultural context that extends far beyond awards season.

READ ALSO: Sinners: The Many Multiverses Of Michael B. Jordan & Jonathan Majors…

“We live in a time of cultural erasure for Black folks in America and people of color in general. Books are being banned and achievements are being erased. Yet somehow a film like Sinners can come out and remind not just the importance of Black stories, but how a genre like a horror-vampire movie can speak to the human condition and have social relevance,” Sargent said.

Sargent pointed to industry data to underline the magnitude of Coogler’s achievement, citing a recent industry analysis.

“The stories we consume as a recent article in Hollywood Reporter pointed out. 92% of the Top Scripted Streaming Series Come From white creators,” he continued. “If our creations ( non-white creators) make up only 8% what is actually getting produced, it makes what Ryan Coogler achieved here even more monumental. They may try to erase our past, but they cannot erase our future.”

Co-president Wilson Morales echoed that sentiment, noting that this year’s BFCC honorees reflected a refusal to retreat amid political pressure and industry gatekeeping.

“What we saw this year is a community of filmmakers refusing to shrink in the face of political headwinds or industry gatekeeping. From Ryan Coogler’s vision to the range of performances recognized by BFCC, these films demonstrate that Black stories are not a trend or a niche; they are a vital part of the cinematic conversation,” Morales said.

READ ALSO: Teyana Taylor Lands Golden Globe Nod, Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler Score Major Recognition for ‘Sinners’

Beyond Sinners, the BFCC honored Tessa Thompson as Best Actress for Hedda and awarded Best Supporting Actress to Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another, which also won Best Adapted Screenplay. Chase Infiniti received the Rising Star Award for her breakout performance in that film. The Perfect Neighbor was named Best Documentary Feature, K Pop Demon Hunters earned Best Animated Feature and It Was Just an Accident took Best Foreign Language Film.

Coogler also received the BFCC Pioneer Award recognizing his sustained influence on contemporary Black cinema. The honor cited his ability to balance scale, ambition and authorship while merging spectacle with social consciousness.

Sargent concluded his remarks with a direct appeal to audiences that doubled as a statement about the strength of genre filmmaking.

“I could go on, but I’ll just say if you haven’t seen the film see it if you’ve seen the film see it again. The beauty of genre storytelling is that it’s disarming. You can speak about things in a genre film be a comedy science fiction or horror that may seem heavy handed in a straight drama that’s the power of genre. That’s the power of storytelling and that’s the power of Sinners.”

THE COMPLETE LIST OF BFCC 2025 AWARD WINNERS

Best Film: Sinners

Best Director: Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Actress: Tessa Thompson – Hedda

Best Supporting Actor: Delroy Lindo – Sinners

Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Original Screenplay: Sinners

Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another

Cinematography: Sinners

Documentary Feature: The Perfect Neighbor

Animated Feature: K-Pop Demon Hunters

Foreign Language Film: It Was Just an Accident

Ensemble Performance: Sinners

BFCC Special Mention: 40 Acres

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A woman from Alabama recently noticed her dogs fighting, even though they never used to. She could hardly believe her dog trainer’s explanation for the sudden change.

“I’m on my period. So I asked the trainer, ‘Is this part of the reason why they’re fighting?’ And he goes, ‘Abso-freaking-lutely,’” said TikTok creator @alabamaradio, the host of the “Alabama Radio Show.” Her video has since reached 107,000 views, with many commenters agreeing with the trainer’s claims.

But does science actually support the idea that dogs become “territorial” because they see their owners as their “girlfriend”?

Alabama Woman’s Dogs Randomly Start Fighting

@alabamaradio noticed that her dogs began fighting constantly during her time of the month. “My period has become a problem with my dogs,” she said. “I have two very large dogs that have recently started fighting. They have lived together carefree without a problem for the past two years.”

She hired a new trainer to help correct their infighting, as she isn’t able to break up two 100-pound dogs once they’re in the middle of a brawl. Eventually she asked the trainer whether her period might have something to do with their behavior, and he agreed.

“They think you’re their girlfriend because you have not become their alpha,” the trainer told her. “So they are definitely fighting over you, and they know that you’re on your period.”

He then told her she was a “[expletive] in heat” to her dogs.

Many commenters agreed with @alabamaradio’s trainer, saying they have noticed similar issues. “My trainer told me the reason my male dog listens to me better than he does my husband is because he’s hoping to have puppies with me one day,” one commenter wrote. “It took a while to get over that comment.”

Another added, “My female Irish wolfhound will not let our male collie in the bedroom… while I’m on my period.”

Can Dogs Detect When a Human is Menstruating?

The simple answer is yes, a dog can tell when a woman is menstruating. Animals often have heightened senses of smell, making them more aware of slight changes to odors around them. 

According to an animal behavior professional cited in Vet Explains Pets, that allows them to understand slight changes in their environment. “It’s possible that they can detect the hormonal shifts that occur during a woman’s menstrual cycle,” the behavior specialist said. 

But, the evidence that dogs can “tell” that women are on their periods is generally anecdotal. It’s not 100% verified by studies or scientific evidence, and is more so discussed amongst professional dog trainers and the animal behavioral community. 

Why Dogs are Territorial Over Their Owners

Dogs can tend to be territorial over their owners, as domestication hasn’t entirely removed their inherent territoriality. 

While a dog might not necessarily consider their owner a “girlfriend,” they can be strongly bonded to their owners and consider them their “territory.” Canine territoriality can be influenced by the animal’s natural instincts, their emotional connection to their owner, their environment, and their overall socialization and training.

If dogs can truly detect and understand hormonal cycles and changes to a woman’s menstrual phases, it’s also likely that they can become more territorial during certain periods. 

All Hip Hop has reached out to @alabamaradio for comment. We’ll let you know if she responds. 

@alabamaradio Well… this is a first…. #period #comedy #dogmom #dogsoftiktok ♬ оригінальний звук – @aleks83best

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Two creeps turned a fentanyl overdose into a sick joke during a Memphis drug bust, literally using a dying man as a table while they ate.

Cops from the West Tennessee Drug Task Force hit a house in the Soulsville area early Wednesday and found Barry Andre Oliver and Michael Ford mid-meal, chilling like nothing was wrong.

Their food was resting on the back of a 45-year-old man who was unconscious and overdosing on fentanyl. The guy was barely clinging to life and these two were out here treating him like a piece of furniture.

Task Force Director Johnie Carter didn’t hold back.

“The depravity that accompanies the sale and use of some drugs, such as using a dying human being as a breakfast table, never ceases to amaze me,” he said. “I’m thankful our Agents and those assisting us were there, trained, and able to render aid so that this man may have a second chance at life.”

Cops hit the spot after a month-long investigation and found the whole place loaded with illegal stuff. We’re talking five ounces of fentanyl, five ounces of meth, 8.5 ounces of cocaine, 88 oxy pills, and a few methadone tabs. Plus, they had a loaded semi-auto, three digital scales, almost a pound of weed, and over two grand in cash.

The overdose victim was given naloxone on the scene, but he’s still in critical shape at a local hospital.

Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy called the whole thing out for what it was. “The callous indifference shown here dramatizes the human cost of drug trafficking and abuse, degrading both the victim OD’ing and those who casually looked on,” he said.

This whole thing is part of a bigger crackdown on fentanyl in Memphis. Since October, the task force has made over 126 arrests and pulled millions of deadly doses off the streets.

Authorities say more charges are coming and they’re not done yet. But this case? It’s a new low, even for the drug game.

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Angela Yee confronted grief and urgency on her Way Up with Angela Yee platform in New York City as the veteran radio and media personality revealed the sudden death of her only brother while urging listeners to take health warnings seriously and prepare for the unexpected.

The emotional disclosure unfolded during a raw on air conversation that quickly shifted from personal loss to public service.

Yee explained that her brother died from an aneurysm after experiencing days of intense headaches that did not initially register as a medical emergency for him or his family. The first sign something was wrong came through absence rather than alarm when he stopped responding in the family group chat.

“He’s very active in our group text like our family chat every day,” Yee said. “He’s a person that if you call him he’s going to answer if you text him he answers right back.”

That silence prompted action.

Yee said her mother used a spare key to enter his home and found him on the floor. Emergency responders arrived but protocol required a prolonged wait for police and the medical examiner before the family could return inside. Because he was alone and appeared to have fallen authorities had to rule out foul play.

READ ALSO: David Banner, Angela Yee, Chuck Creekmur & Dr. Ben Chavis Rep Hip-Hop At Global HOPE Forums

Doctors later confirmed an aneurysm as the cause of death.

Yee shared that her brother had complained of severe headaches in the days before he died and tried to manage the pain on his own.

“He had been saying he had really bad headaches a couple of days before that they were so bad he had to take three Advil,” she said. “When you feel like pain like that and it feels out of the ordinary it is important to see a doctor because again like you never know what could happen.”

Yee acknowledged how easy it is to minimize symptoms especially for people who consider themselves healthy and active.

“I probably would have did what he did take some Advil and go and lay down,” she said.

Beyond the medical warning Yee spoke about another reality families often avoid. At 51 her brother had never discussed burial preferences or end of life wishes leaving relatives to make weighty decisions during shock and grief.

“They’re like does he want to be cremated does he want we never even discussed that,” she said.

As arrangements move forward Yee asked friends and listeners to send photos for a memorial slideshow to bookAngelaYee@gmail.com.

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Milagro Gramz has landed back in legal crosshairs after losing a defamation case to Megan Thee Stallion and allegedly picking up right where she left off, targeting the rapper online despite a jury’s ruling.

In a new motion filed by Megan’s legal team, the Houston artist is asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction against Milagro Gramz after what they describe as a resumption of harassment.

The request comes just weeks after a jury found Gramz liable for defamation.

Milagro Gramz appeared on Instagram Live on December 1, a day after the gag order was lifted. According to court documents, she downplayed the verdict and floated the idea of shifting her focus to music with a mixtape.

Megan Thee Stallion says the move ot music is an attempt to disguise continued attacks as constitutionally protected speech.

But the motion says the behavior didn’t stop there. On December 2, Gramz posted a photo on X featuring herself next to journalist Gayle King, which Megan’s team says was a veiled jab at the rapper’s 2022 interview with King.

That interview became a focal point during the Tory Lanez shooting trial, where Gramz tried to discredit Megan’s statements.

She also referred to Megan Thee Stallion as “the Black Regina George” (a character in the movie ‘Mean Girls’), a phrase Megan’s attorneys say is both defamatory and racially loaded.

“Ms. Pete will continue to suffer irreparable harm if Defendant is permitted to further stalk, bully, and harass Ms. Pete, and to further incite [Milagro Gramz’s] “mob’ of followers, who has been primed over the last five years with hateful rhetoric directed at Ms. Pete,” Meg’s lawyer said.

Megan’s lawyers argue Milagro Gramz is dodging real accountability while continuing to provoke their client under the guise of free speech. Megan Thee Stallion has been trying to move on after Tory Lanez’s trial, conviction and sentencing.  

Megan Thee Stallion has been publicly dating NBA star Klay Thompson since July 2024, and in October, she dropped “Lover Girl,” a track inspired by their relationship.

The couple reportedly bought a home together, signaling a new chapter for the Grammy-winning rapper.

Despite the legal turmoil, Megan’s business ventures haven’t slowed. She’s juggling music, a swimwear line, and other projects, even as Roc Nation faces a lawsuit from two models over contract disputes tied to her brand.

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Iman Shumpert and Teyana Taylor have officially closed the book on their marriage, money and all, and the final numbers are the kind that make even seasoned Hip-Hop observers blink twice. The former NBA champion and the singer, actress and entrepreneur are now legally divorced, with court documents revealing a settlement that sends more than $25 million in assets Shumpert’s way straight into Taylor’s column.

READ ALSO: Iman Shumpert Responds To Teyana Taylor’s Claims He Leaked Court Documents

The couple, who were married for eight years and built a public image around love, creativity and family, quietly began divorce proceedings back in January 2023. The case wrapped up in June 2024 in Fulton County, Georgia, but the real shockwaves did not hit until the financial details surfaced. What was once a private split suddenly became a case study in how marriage, money and legal structure can dramatically reshape fortunes.

READ ALSO: Iman Shumpert Demands Jail Time For Teyana Taylor Over Divorce Drama

According to filings, Taylor is set to receive a $10 million cash payout, along with four residential properties valued at roughly $10 million combined. Those homes were part of the couple’s shared real estate holdings and are now being transferred fully into her name. Add in a fleet of luxury vehicles and the numbers climb even higher. Taylor walks away with a Maybach valued around $300,000, a Mercedes Benz Sprinter estimated at $80,000, and a custom tour bus worth approximately $700,000. That alone paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle the two maintained while together.

Look at how mad this dude is before I go on:

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Anyway, Taylor retains complete ownership and control of her businesses and creative ventures, reinforcing her independence beyond the marriage. Legal documents also show that during the relationship, Shumpert placed the bulk of his NBA earnings into joint accounts. That financial structure, combined with marital property laws, heavily influenced how the assets were divided.

READ ALSO: Teyana Taylor Claims She Has Proof Ex Iman Shumpert Paid Blogs To Cover Their Divorce

Shumpert is also required to pay $8,000 per month in child support and cover all private school tuition, educational expenses and medical costs for their children. The intent, according to filings, is to preserve stability and continuity in their lives.

After all transfers are completed, reports suggest Shumpert is left with roughly $2 million in personal assets and no primary residence from the marriage. While he may still hold investments elsewhere, it is a stark contrast to his peak NBA earning years. This divorce may be finalized, but its financial lessons will linger in celebrity culture and Hip-Hop conversations for a long time. Who was his lawyer?!

By the way, she has moved on totally…based on this, ol’ boy should be careful.

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Head to the comments…we have to discuss this one.

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Today, Earl Simmons, the man the world knew as DMX, would’ve turned 55. I count myself among the blessed few who stood in his presence when the culture was shifting, when Hip-Hop was reeling from the deaths of Biggie and Tupac, and a shinier, more polished sound dominated the mainstream. Out of that vacuum stepped X. He was raw, untamed and unapologetically real. And the man bred in Yonkers, New York somehow reshaped Hip-Hop forever.

This was 1998: a pivotal year, not just for DMX, but for hip-hop’s heartbeat. While glossy aesthetics gained commercial traction, there was a hunger for something authentically rugged – for truth delivered with visceral force. Enter It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. In the same calendar year, X dropped two albums that didn’t just top charts – they rattled the industry and reoriented its compass toward raw emotion and street reality. 

I had the privilege of interviewing him multiple times that year, which was also the year AllHipHop was born. On the first occasion, X wasn’t in interview mode at all. Irv Gotti had to coax him into sitting still. In classic Dark Man X fashion, all he cared about was rapping. Before we even started, he broke out into freestyle. This was not for the camera, because there were no cameras present. It was not for hype or clout. To me, this was because the music lived in him. That energy, that ferocity, was his gift and his burden.

Hip-hop hasn’t heard a presence like that before or since.

DMX was a man of contradictions, scary one moment, tender the next; a warrior wrestling with demons, yet spiritual in ways few dare admit. As he once told Blackfilm, “Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life … you have to know both in order to honestly choose one.”

His spirituality wasn’t superficial. It bled through every album, every “Prayer” track, every confession of struggle and redemption. He spoke often of faith not as an accessory, but as survival: “I’ma shine regardless … the Lord has already written my steps out so no one can do anything to stop it.”

Still, beneath that towering voice and commanding stage presence was a guy who knew pain. In later years, whispers about his struggles with addiction and fatigue followed him. Rumors that were hard to separate from truth. I remember one interview where X nearly nodded off mid-conversation. My colleague Amanda Seales and I exchanged glances, finally ending the interview. We voiced concern quietly to Dee from Ruff Ryders, and she just shrugged, saying, “that’s just X” without further expansion on the thought. Life on the edge never looked like anything else. 

Decades on, I sat down with his uncle, Ray Copeland, who offered insight rooted not in headlines but in family history. He reminded me that X wasn’t lazy or lost or even drugged like that. He overworked himself. Ray said, “He moved in life in a perpetual state of fatigue” — always exhausted, living on short naps between studio sessions, tours, films and prayer meetings. 

And yet, even with all of that intensity, he never lost his human core. Longtime collaborators like Swizz Beatz have spoken publicly about X’s selflessness: “He lived his life for everyone else… you ain’t ever seen him next to a Lamborghini… he didn’t care about that.”

When the world lost him in April 2021 at age 50, the mourning wasn’t just about a rapper. It was about a voice. This was a pure soul willing to expose fear, faith, pain and power without pretense. Tributes poured in from every corner, from fans to icons like LeBron James, who called him a “legend” upon his passing. 

Yet, for all the music and memories he left us, there’s always that lingering question: What would’ve been? What heights might he have reached with more time? What battles might he have won? I don’t spend every day on that thought, but I feel it. I know others do too.

Here’s what I firmly believe: DMX didn’t die in the way most legends do. His spirit – that raw, electric, uncompromising force – didn’t fade. It transcended. It lives in every gritty Hip-Hop venue that refuses to sugarcoat life, in every mini-prayer woven through rhyme, in every artist who dares to speak without filters. They still exist.

DMX is infinite.

His music still slaps. His voice still reverberates through new generations. Stories of him, all of them, from the funny and the wild alike keep coming. And the more we share them, the more his legacy breathes.

I still love a good DMX story. I still press play all the time and let that bark cut through the noise. Everywhere, the house, the gym, the car and beyond. And yeah — I would love another interview with him. But what we do have is enough to keep us thinking, feeling, grieving, celebrating, and even growing.

Rest in power, Earl Simmons. You were and remain Dark Man X.

This is the first interview in 1998.

DMX was super tired. This is after he woke up.

DMX made my buy Henny for this interview. Gina had X talking about Drake, but I was trying to get his Top 5 Dead or Alive.

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Cardi B celebrated a welcome change this holiday season when her daughter, Kulture, asked for dozens of outfits from Fashion Nova and SHEIN instead of pricey designer labels. The shift that comes one year after Offset allegedly skipped out on Christmas gifts for their children during their divorce.

“Kulture just sent me like 40 outfits from Fashion Nova and SHEIN she want for Christmas… I love that for me,” Cardi B wrote Tuesday night on X, formerly Twitter.

The 7-year-old’s simple wishlist stood in stark contrast to earlier years, when Cardi B famously splurged on luxury items for her kids.

Kulture just sent me like 40 outfits from Fashion Nova and SHEIN she want for Christmas…..I love that for me

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) December 17, 2025

In 2021, she gifted Kulture a $48,000 Hermès Birkin bag. Just last Christmas, she went all-out with themed trees for each child, Hello Kitty for Kulture and Baby Shark for her son Wave.

But this year’s scaled-back holiday comes after a tense 2024 and 2025.

During a January X Spaces session, Cardi B revealed that Offset didn’t buy any presents for their three children, Kulture, Wave and Blossom, amid their ongoing divorce.

“Do you guys know that my kids didn’t receive no Christmas gifts from somebody in particular?” she said. “M############ want to make it seem on social media like I was keeping my kids away from them, but purposely fly to New York to buy their kids gift and guess how many did they buy my kids? Zero.”

She called the alleged move “spiteful” and accused Offset of trying to “ruin” her year. Cardi B filed for divorce in August 2024 and requested primary custody of their children. Since the split, Cardi B has moved on with Stefon Diggs, wide receiver for the New England Patriots.

The couple welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, on November 4, 2025. She recently posted photos of their son on Instagram Stories, calling him her “cuddle buddy.”

Diggs and Cardi B began dating in late 2024 and have appeared at multiple public events, including a yoga fundraiser. Diggs also posted pictures of their newborn in Patriots gear, showing their excitement about fatherhood.

Despite the cheerful moment, Cardi B admitted she knows Kulture’s taste in fashion may evolve.

When a follower warned her that kids eventually discover designer brands, she replied, “Ugh I know…once kids get in that Wave it’s no turning back. I didn’t care about brands till I was in the third grade. She just google ‘girls clothes’ and whatever pops up she ask me to buy.”

Supporters applauded her for letting her daughter enjoy childhood without brand pressure. Cardi B now has four children, three with Offset and one with Diggs.

Her daughter’s budget-friendly wishlist marks a new chapter for the family following last year’s holiday fallout.

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D4vd is under renewed scrutiny after a private investigator uncovered a boxed incinerator at his former Hollywood Hills rental, just weeks after 14-year-old Celeste Rivas-Hernandez’s body was found in the trunk of his Tesla parked nearby.

The 20-year-old singer was leasing a $20,000-a-month property on Doheny Drive when the teen’s remains were discovered on September 8.

Private investigator Steve Fischer, hired by the property’s owner, found the unopened burn cage during an inspection of the home.

The device, which Fischer described as “unusual for a Hollywood Hills home,” can reach temperatures of 1,600 degrees and weighs roughly 55 pounds. Incinerators of this type are banned in Los Angeles County.

“Some will argue that this item was intended as a prop for a video,” Fischer wrote on X. “If that were the case, it raises several obvious questions. Why would a 55-pound burn cage be delivered to a private residence instead of directly to a prop designer or production house?”

Although my words have been misquoted by some, what I actually said about certain items found at the Doheny address was that they were “items you would expect to find on a farm rather than in a home in the Hollywood Hills.” One of those items was a Burn Cage incinerator,… pic.twitter.com/VlS2MHdb2G

— SF INVESTIGATES • STEVE FISCHER (@SF_investigates) December 16, 2025

Fischer said the incinerator was ordered before D4vd left for his “Withered” world tour, which he later canceled following the discovery of Rivas-Hernandez’s body. The device was shipped under a fake name and remained unused in its packaging.

The teenager had been seen in multiple photos with D4vd and reportedly spent considerable time with him. Her remains were discovered by tow yard employees who noticed a foul odor coming from the impounded Tesla.

The vehicle had been parked less than half a mile from the singer’s rental. The LAPD executed a search warrant on the property on September 17 and collected evidence. Authorities have classified the case as a “murder investigation,” though no arrests have been made.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not yet released an official cause of death.

Fischer said he also found other items that could be used with the incinerator, but declined to specify what they were. Because the burn cage had not been used, it was not seized during the police search.

“Given that Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains were ultimately found in the Tesla trunk, the presence of an incinerator at the same residence associated with that vehicle necessarily raises questions about intent,” Fischer added.

D4vd, who rose to prominence with his viral track “Romantic Homicide,” has since canceled all remaining tour dates.

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Terence Crawford is being accused of letting a luxury watch deal fall apart the same way a sponsor patch did on his shorts mid-fight.

The undefeated boxing star is now facing a New York lawsuit from Manhattan jeweler Mazza New York, which claims Crawford took a six-figure Patek Philippe Aquanaut and never fully paid for it after the jeweler’s logo quite literally failed to stay on his trunks.

The dispute traces back to February 2024, when Terence Crawford visited Mazza’s Diamond District office to pick up custom pendants. While there, he reportedly set his sights on a brand-new Patek Philippe Aquanaut, priced around $139,000.

That night, over dinner, Crawford allegedly pitched a creative payment plan. He would put down $35,000 cash and cover the rest by wearing a Mazza New York logo patch on his boxing shorts during his next professional bout.

The jeweler claims it agreed, banking on the exposure that comes with one of boxing’s biggest names, and handed over the watch the same evening.

The plan unraveled fast.

Crawford’s next fight came on August 3, 2024, against Israil Madrimov. The Mazza logo made it to the ring but barely survived the opening rounds.

According to the lawsuit, the patch started peeling off in round one and was entirely gone by round four of the 12-round fight.

After the fight, Mazza claims Terence Crawford and his representatives acknowledged the problem and promised a redo, assuring the jeweler the logo would be adequately featured in Crawford’s next bout.

That next bout turned out to be massive.

Crawford faced Canelo Alvarez on September 13, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in a heavily promoted showdown streamed live on Netflix. The complaint says the fight drew more than 70,000 fans in person and reached over 41 million viewers worldwide.

This time, Mazza says it did everything by the book. The jeweler claims it coordinated with Crawford’s team for months, delivered a physical patch and digital logo files, and even flew its staff to Las Vegas, expecting to see its branding on one of the most-watched fights of the century.

Two days before the bout, the lawsuit alleges, Crawford’s representative abruptly informed Mazza the logo would not appear on his shorts after all. No explanation was given. The logo never appeared during the fight.

Mazza argues that missing out on exposure during an event of that scale was no small slip. The complaint compares the lost opportunity to premium Super Bowl advertising and claims damages exceeding $1.5 million.

The lawsuit also cites reports that Crawford earned roughly $50 million from the Alvarez fight, citing a World Boxing Council statement issued during a separate sanctioning fee dispute.

Mazza is suing for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and conversion. The jeweler is asking the court to either compel Crawford to return the Patek Philippe in new condition or pay its current market value, which it estimates at more than $155,000, along with additional damages for the missed promotion.

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