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Two cars, laptops and a big box of Snickers, this is how your favorite celebrities spent their first paycheque

Photo: Ebony magazine

Kelly Rowland

The queen of RnB told Instyle, “When I got one of my first paycheques, I went to the grocery store and bought almost everything that my mom used to tell me was too expensive.” 

The former Destiny’s Child member said: “I bought all of that s—, had a party at my house, and everybody ate up everything. I’ll never forget it, because it was fun and it was something I was able to fund myself.”

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Novieku Babatunde Adeola

Novieku Babatunde Adeola is a content writer, entertainment journalist, freelance PR practitioner, and event engineer. His passion stems from the need to change the narrative in Africa and the diaspora. He has worked with several media organizations in Ghana.

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