A fact from Yella Beezy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 September 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Yella Beezy's father was murdered when the rapper was 12 years old?
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@Fkbowen: I've just added another alternate hook about Yella Beezy's investment in the trucking industry because it seems unusual and interesting, at least to me. I'll let the promoter decide the hook, as I really have no preference. Michael Barera (talk) 05:40, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
This WP:BLP relies on EarnTheNecklace.com for some rather remarkable assertions. What do we know about EarnTheNecklace? They seem oriented to celebrity gossip and other sensational tabloid topics. They do have an identifiable "editorial team", but the writer of Beezy's article, Naveen Rao, is described thus: Naveen is an aspiring writer who dreams of seeing his short stories and novels on the shelves in bookstores, or better yet, topping the best-sellers lists! He has completed his MBA in Marketing and is currently interested in Design. After working in Advertising and Marketing for a few years, he decided to get back to his first love, writing. He loves to read books and listen to rock music. His goal is to travel to different countries and understand different cultures. Can we source claims about Beezy's net worth and value of assets to someone who's not in the business of marketing plus gossip? Elizium23 (talk) 01:07, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I removed the latest edits citing "factualintel.com", which describes itself as an "IT company dealing with Data Analytics, SEO, Web Design, and System Development", headquartered in Nairobi. Not reliable for WP:BLP information such as was found nowhere else. Elizium23 (talk) 01:43, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the delay, Fkbowen. After a little bit of copyediting, I believe this article is good to go. Nice work! Michael Barera (talk) 04:59, 30 August 2019 (UTC)