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It appears that Twitch is the new mixtape leak. Kai Cenat recently previewed a new track from Drake and Lil Yachty.
As reported on Hypebeast, the New York City native broke the internet once again. On Wednesday, July 24, the popular online personality took to Twitch and premiered a new track from Drake and Lil Yachty. Now referred to as “Super Soak,” the selection finds both MCs floating nicely on a slow-pitched beat, which samples Mr. Hotspot’s “Goodness Gracious.” Drizzy opens the cut with his signature approach of blending singing and rapping together. “I’m watching the moves, I’m playing it close / S.O.D., Super Soak / Rainy days, his and hers, matching coat / Jet is so big, it feel like a boat, staying afloat / I’m watching the moves, I’m playing it close,” he raps.
Lil Yachty follows Drake after the chorus with some moody bars on the second verse. “Twenty times Bottega, you can get what you want / Twenty times Balenci’, you could have it all / I don’t ask no questions ’bout who else involved / Get rid of your troubles (Phew), problem solved.” As expected, Kai Cenat turned up while the song played and proceeded to cut a rug from the comfort of his bedroom. Earlier this week, Adin Ross teased a song called “Promotion” that features Ye, Ty Dolla $ign and Future.
You can see the preview to the Drake and Lil Yachty track below.
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The infamous fight between Joseline Hernandez and Amber Rose during the filming of College Hill: Celebrity Edition is one that everyone knew about but no one had ever seen. Yesterday (July 24), TMZ leaked the footage of the fight, and man, did those two women go at it.
Just a week after Amber Rose took to the Republican National Convention to call the MAGA movement her “people,” TMZ obtained the footage of the fight between her and Joseline Hernandez, which was spurred by an argument in which Hernandez questioned Rose’s racial background and whether or not she embraces being a Black woman. Needless to say, Rose didn’t take lightly to the criticism and ultimately ended up throwing hands with the self-proclaimed “Puerto Rican Princess.”
Unfortunately for viewers, the fight itself never aired nor was it shared online… until now.
TMZ reports:
Folks who saw that episode remember the confrontation well — Joseline was questioning Amber’s racial identity and background, and straight-up said Amber was not Black — and AR felt she was being singled out and made to feel bad for her white heritage.
Joseline also made the argument that Amber was conflicted with her mixed-race makeup — and that ultimately set Amber off, spurring her to get up and start repeatedly punching Joseline. Like we said, only one punch originally aired in 2023, and then producers opted to cut away.
Looked like Rose got some good licks in before everyone broke it up.
Though Rose has said in the past that she doesn’t consider herself to be a Black woman, that hasn’t stopped Republicans from boasting that having Amber Rose speak at their national convention is proof that they have support from the Black community. Go figure.
Check out the leaked fight below, and let us know your thoughts on the situation in the comments section.
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Charlamagne tha God called out Jake Tapper over a question about Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview.
In a live interview, Charlamagne tha God took CNN correspondent Jake Tapper to task over a question about the vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Tapper asked him if America was ready to elect a former prosecutor to the presidency. “Jake, I don’t even know if that’s the right question, asking if America is ready for a prosecutor,” The Breakfast Club co-host said. “I mean, is America ready for somebody with all of the criminal charges that Donald Trump has? Most convicted felons can’t even get those kinds of jobs that Donald Trump is currently campaigning for. They can get better jobs at McDonald’s and Walmart.”
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Charlamagne, who was joined by activist and writer Angela Rye, continued: “It’s weird to have to say, ‘Is America ready for a prosecutor?’ No, is America ready to elect a criminal?” Later on in the interview, Tapper read a quote concerning lying from the media personality’s book Get Honest or Die Lying and asked Charlamagne about how it ties into the “political rollercoaster” of the past few weeks. “I think the media lied to themselves for a week,” he said, referencing how outlets had called for the political rhetoric to be toned down in the wake of the attempt on Donald Trump’s life in Pennsylvania.
“I think CNN lied to themselves for a week. I think MSNBC lied to themselves for a week. And I want folks, especially the media, to understand you don’t have to willfully surrender to fascism.” He added, “You can’t talk about Trump without telling the truth. He absolutely led an attempted coup of this country. His followers were chanting, ‘Hang Mike Pence.’ [Trump] did suggest that Second Amendment supporters do something about Hillary Clinton. You can’t even begin to have conversations about dangerous rhetoric that leads to political violence without talking about Trump.”
Charlamagne tha God also stated that he was supporting Vice President Harris in her presidential run, saying that he had been reluctant to support President Joe Biden for reelection. The galvanizing of support for Harris has been remarkable, with Zoom calls held by organizations led by Black women and Black men in support of her campaign raising close to $3 million. This was part of a historic effort that saw the campaign rake in $81 million over 24 hours.
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Rihanna may be a mother of two and possibly married to A$AP Rocky, but many men still daydream about her. Recently, she gave everyone something else to think about whenever fantasizing about her.
Yesterday, the bombshell from Barbados took to Instagram to post a video of her new photoshoot in which the 36-year-old was decked out in “schoolgirl” attire and flashed her panties as she walked away. Looking like she could easily walk into any high school and not be questioned about her age, Rihanna once again reminded us why she’s one of the baddest women alive and in the caption took a humbling and comedic approach to her beauty writing, “since I clearly won’t be achieving my six pack til next summer, I switched my summer goal to matching my shoes to my panties!”
The new post comes weeks after she posed as a schoolgirl in a promo clip for her FENTY x PUMA collection. No panties were shown in this video, but needless to say, fans still took notice of her schoolgirl look. Whether that leads to high schoolers actually buying the merchandise remains to be seen, but we’re not mad at her effort.
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Regardless of how anyone feels about controversial R&B singer Chris Brown, it’s time for people to stop laboring under the delusion that his history of alleged violence against women and violent outbursts, in general, begin and end with Rihanna.Instances and allegations of violent behavior have followed him throughout his career, and now he’s facing yet another lawsuit related to yet another allegation.
This time, the “Under The Influence” singer has been hit with a $50 million suit filed by four plaintiffs who claim they were assaulted by Brown and his team backstage at one of his concerts last Friday.
From Variety:
Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and Da Marcus Powell filed the suit in Harris County, Texas today against Brown as well as his tour promoter Live Nation, Sinko Ceej, Hood Boss and Yella Beezy. In addition to the payment, the four plaintiffs are asking for a temporary restraining order against all defendants.
According to the complaint, which was first reported by TMZ and obtained by Variety, Brown and his crew severely beat the plaintiffs following the singer’s performance as part of his 11:11 Tour at Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth, Texas this past Friday. The four men were invited backstage after the set to meet Brown, who showed up 30 minutes later than anticipated.
Before leaving, Bush approached Brown to congratulate him on the show, prompting a member of the singer’s entourage to remind Brown that the two previously had issues. Brown allegedly said, “Oh yeah, we were. What’s up, n—a? I don’t forget shit.” The suit states that Brown and seven to 10 members of his entourage proceeded to assault Bush and punch him in the chest, and claims that Hood Boss picked up a chair and threw it at Bush’s head.
The suit goes on to claim that Brown and his crew turned their attention to Parker, who tried to escape down a staircase that led to a locked door. Upon instruction from Brown, Parker was allegedly punched in the face and chest and kicked in the head for over 10 minutes. The suit also states that Powell was punched in the shoulder, while Lewis was hit in the shoulder and chest. All plaintiffs were injured and are currently undergoing medical treatment.
“No one should have to endure what these clients endured,” the plaintiffs’ attorney, Tony Buzbee, said in a statement. “We will seek the maximum amount of damages allowed by law for this egregious conduct.”
Buzbee elaborated on his opinion of the case in a statement to Dallas Morning News, saying, “This is Texas. The people here don’t care how important or famous you think you are, you have an obligation to follow the laws and conduct yourself in an appropriate way. Unprovoked violence can’t and won’t be tolerated. We intend to seek all damages that the law allows against Brown and his cohorts.”
So far, neither Brown, Beezy nor Live Nation have made any public statements regarding the latest lawsuit, and they would have an uphill battle explaining how the “Look at Me Now” artist is, once again, innocent of the kind of allegations he just doesn’t seem to be able to stop getting subjected to.
Last October, a man named Abe Diaw, who claimed to have known Brown for at least seven years, filed a lawsuit against the 35-year-old, claiming he spotted Brown at TAPE nightclub in England and tried to give him a friendly hug, which Diaw said resulted in Brown smashing him over the head with a bottle of Don Julio 1942 tequila and then proceeding to beat on him with “crushing blows” to Diaw’s surprise and confusion.
Look, it should be noted that many of the allegations of violence against Brown have not been proven. Still, it’s hard to believe everybody is telling the same general lie about a perfectly innocent man who does happen to have several proven instances of violence attached to his name.
Just sayin’—it ain’t just about Rihanna.
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Next month, Napa Valley, Calif. will play host to the Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience helmed by artist in residence, famed pianist Robert Glasper. The festival recently unveiled its official sponsors list, featuring Tracee Ellis Ross’ PATTERN Beauty, Black Vines, and other notable brands.
The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience will feature the aforementioned Glasper along with his fellow headliners John Legend, Jill Scott, and André 3000. Longtime music journalist Sway Calloway will be the MC of the festivities. The event will be held at the Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa Valley, with plenty of activations on-site for fans to engage with beyond the entertainers in tow.
The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience proudly announced PATTERN Beauty, Volcan de mi Tierra Tequila,
Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Monster Energy, Lexus, and Black Vines® as this year’s sponsors.
As Napa Valley is a premier travel destination for wine lovers, the inclusion of the Black Vines® Wine Garden will showcase several Black-owned wineries, including LVE Wines by John Legend, Pur Noire Urban Wineries, Love Cork Screw, J Moss Winery, Mom Juice, and P. Harrell Wines.
PATTERN Beauty will also host a hairstyling and gifting suite, a must for the stylish and camera-ready attendees of the Black Radio Experience. Further, there will be specialty cocktails from Volcan de mi Tierra Tequila and Tito’s Handmade Vodka, a stop for folks to get their vibe elevated with Monster Energy drinks, and an up-close look at the Lexus GX, a luxury SUV from the fine automaker.
In a recent chat with Robert Glasper that we’ll share in full later this week, the award-winning talent expressed that the Black Radio Experience is more than music but instead is a convergence of Black culture that includes music, food, wine, and style.
Aiding that objective, Black Vines® is a burgeoning community of Black-owned wineries and vintners and hosts frequent events across the Bay Area, Napa Valley, and beyond. Learn more at the Black Vines® website here. The community is also hosting a points-based contest for a chance to win a backstage meet & greet with Robert Glasper for attendees and their friends.
The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience takes place from August 30 through September 1. Joining the headliners will be Musiq Soulchild and Marsha Ambrosius, who will both join Glasper for a special vocal performance. Andra Day, Ledisi, Common and Pete Rock, Madlib, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and more are also slated to perform.
The Aldea Mental Health Fund is a partner for the event and a portion of the ticket sales will go towards the Aldea Children and Family Services division.
Hotel and ticket packages are available now with three-day general admission passes beginning at $499 and single-day GA passes starting at $175.
Visit the website for more information, including ticket sales and hotel information.
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Jack Black canceled the world tour dates for Tenacious D after his bandmate’s comment on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Actor and musician Jack Black announced on Monday (July 15) that he was canceling the rest of Tenacious D’s world tour after his bandmate, Kyle Gass made a joke about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The incident took place at the duo’s show in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. Gass was presented with a cake honoring his 64th birthday onstage, and when asked what his wish was, he reportedly said: “Don’t miss Trump next time.”
“I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” Black wrote in a post that was shared on his Instagram account. “After much reflection, I no l longer feel it appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour,” he continued, also saying that the group’s “creative plans are on hold.”
United Party Australia senator Ralph Babet had called for the band to be expelled from the country. “I call on the prime minister Anthony Albanese to join me in denouncing Tenacious D, Jack Black and band member Kyle Gass, and I call on the immigration minister Andrew Giles to revoke their visas and deport them immediately,” Babet said on Tuesday. (July 16) “Anything less than a deportation is an endorsement of the shooting and the attempted assassination of Donald J Trump.”
Gass would offer his apology through Instagram on Monday. “The line I improvised onstage Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake,” he wrote. “I don’t condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone. What happened was a tragedy, and I’m incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologise to those I’ve let down and truly regret any pain I’ve caused.”
The situation occurred a day after a would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, aimed and shot at the former president as he was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening (July 13), reportedly grazing his ear. After firing six to eight rounds with an AR-15 which killed one bystander and critically wounded two others, the 20-year-old was killed by snipers from the Secret Service.
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Joe Bryant, the father of the late Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, has died according to reports. Joe Bryant, nicknamed Jellybean, was a Philadelphia native who played basketball and coached in the city reportedly suffered a stroke.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Joe Bryant suffered a stroke based on comments made by La Salle University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Fran Dunphy. Bryant’s passing happened well over four years after the death of Kobe Bryant and his granddaughter Gigi Bryant on January 26, 2020.
According to the Inquirer, Bryant earned the nickname Jellybean due to his love of sweet treats and was a star player at Bartram High School and La Salle University ahead of being drafted in the first round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. After eight seasons in the league, including four with the Philadelphia 76ers, Bryant established himself as a player in Italy and Europe, where a young Kobe picked up the Italian language
The outlet adds that a distance became apparent between Kobe Bryant and his father after being drafted right out of Lower Merion High School by the Los Angeles Lakers. After the death of his son and granddaughter, the elder Bryant never spoke about the loss, signaling just how far the rift between them was.
Joe Bryant was 69.
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Just one year after Shannon Sharpe suddenly bolted from FS1’s popular sports talk show Undisputed, his former co-host, Skip Bayless, is said to be calling it quits as well as the show has struggled to rediscover its appeal since Sharpe’s exit.
The New York Post is reporting that the often hated and sometimes insufferable Skip Bayless has decided to pack it up after eight years of going back and forth with Shannon Sharpe and his replacements, Richard Sherman and Michael Irvin.
Unfortunately for Bayless, audiences began to tune out after Sharpe took his talents to ESPN. In an attempt to shake things up, Bayless recruited the talents of Paul Pierce, Keyshawn Johnson, Rachel Nichols, and even Lil Wayne to stir things up, but to no avail.
With ESPN’s First Take continuing to overshadow whatever was going on on Undisputed — thanks to the big personalities of Sharpe, Stephen A. Smith, and Molly Qerim — it was only a matter of time before Skip Bayless had to accept that inevitable “L.”
Per the New York Post:
“Undisputed” ratings numbers were also hurt on the margins as Craig Carton’s lead-in show has not yet reached the metrics that “First Things First” had in the early mornings before it got moved to mid-afternoon, following “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd.
While Cowherd and Bayless were warned by colleagues that they would get “lost” leaving ESPN for FS1 in 2015 and 2016, both were successful in making the shift, as digital platforms like YouTube, X and Instagram made their audiences portable beyond linear TV.
It is expected that “Undisputed” will continue without Bayless.
For years it was rumored that Skip Bayless would eventually find his way back to ESPN where he and Stephen A. Smith had some undeniable chemistry brewing on First Take for years before Skip went to FS1 and kicked off Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe, helping launch his star into another stratosphere.
Would Skip entertain a return to First Take? Would Stephen A. and Shannon Sharpe even want to bring him into their circle given the way things have soured between Skip and his former co-hosts over the past few years? We doubt it, but hey, you never know.
Skip’s final show is said to be going down later this summer.
Would you want to see Skip Bayless back on ESPN, or are y’all good on him at this point? Let us know in the comments section below.
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It seems like whenever Lil Reese begins to trend on social media it’s almost never for anything positive and unfortunately that once again happens to be the case.
According to TMZ, the Chicago rapper was just arrested and booked in Los Angeles for allegedly raping a woman he went on a date with.
Reese and the woman in question went out on a dinner date this past Saturday night (July 13) before he took her to a hotel in Downtown Los Angeles where the sexual assault allegedly occurred. Once in the hotel room, the woman rejected Reese’s sexual advances before she said he forced himself on top of her and sexually assaulted her.
TMZ reports:
We’re told the woman then went straight down to the hotel lobby, and called the police around 3:30 AM Sunday.
We’re told officers promptly arrived on the scene and arrested Reese on suspicion of sexual assault and rape.
Boosie Badazz was an apparent witness to the arrest and put out an APB on Reese’s friends to bail him out.
Lil Boosie being there at the same time and seeing Reese hauled off to jail was hella random.
Lil Reese was eventually released on a $100K bond.
What do y’all think of the situation that Lil Reese finds himself in? Let us know in the comments section below.
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