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Kendrick Lamar is still on a victory lap following the release of his latest album, GNX. Meanwhile, his favorite punching bag, Drake, was on a Kick stream throwing jabs.
Even Stevie Wonder can see that Kendrick Lamar has really hurt Drake’s ego. Over the weekend, Drake appeared on Canadian streamer xQc’s Kick channel, and he used the opportunity to talk sh*t about his opps, and even himself.
Showing that he’s still butthurt about the success of Lamar’s diss record towards him, the 6 God sent a jab at the Compton rapper while introducing himself to watchers. “I’m here — mind, body and soul fully intact, in case you were wondering. You need facts to take me out; fairytales won’t do it,” Drizzy said.
Drake’s tone is a response to Kendrick Lamar’s claims on his numerous diss records, including the hit record “Not Like Us’ that the “Take Care” crafter has a penchant for engaging in inappropriate behavior with underage girls, keeps the company of pedophiles around him and also has a secret daughter.
Drake also had time for singer Steve Lacy, calling him a “fragile” opp, and then The Weeknd, telling the popular streamer to turn off his music when the song “Starboy” came on.
Kendrick Lamar & Steve Lacy Both Had A Response For Drake
Drizzy’s salty behavior did get a response from both Lacy and Lamar. Lacy reacted with a series of Instagram posts, while Lamar reacted in a text exchange shared by his friend Reli.
In the screenshot of the conversation, Reli jokingly said to K.Dot, “You done turned blood into a streamer on Phillies [laughing face emojis],” and Lamar responding with several laughing emojis.
“That’s a damn shame,” Reli continued with Lamar asking, “He tripping??!”
Reli continues, “Blood don’t won’t [sic] no smoke Philly gang,” before covering the rest of the conversation.
Social media has been clowning Drake for his behavior on the stream. You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
1. Damn shame
2. Truuuueeee
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Over the weekend the OG Hip-Hop world mourned together as word broke that legendary Hip-Hop artist TJ Swan passed away at the young age of 57.
Taking to instagram to announce the sad news, Roxanne Shanté shocked her followers when she revealed that her former Juice Crew comrade had returned to the essence with an IG post dedicated to TJ Swan with a caption that read “We are sad to Announce the passing of our Hip Hop Brother TJ Swan the original Bally Silk shirt King.”
Known for rocking shiny silk shirts and designer Bally shoes, TJ Swan made a name for himself as part of the legendary Juice Crew which gave us Hip-Hop icons such as Roxanne Shanté, Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane amongst many others. Taking to his own IG page to pay homage to TJ Swan, Big Daddy Kane paid respect to his Hip-Hop brother-in-arms with a video tribute of his own writing, “Rest well my good Brother!!! Rocking at a party, Shocking everybody!”
Legendary Hip-Hop producer, DJ Premier too took the time to show love to Swan with a picture of TJ and Biz Markie and in the caption wrote “(R.I.P.)TJ Swan had a iLL style that was so Hip Hop but Soulful at the same time. A Juice Crew ICON. The Biz records and MC Shan records are all timeless and you made them complete when you were featured. I am a day 1 fan. R.I.P. To TJ Swan, Biz Markie, Mister Cee and DJ Polo.”
No cause of death as been revealed as of yet.
R.I.P, King.
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Democratic congresswoman Jasmine Crockett delivered a fiery rebuttal and lesson on privilege to another congressman that went viral.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett stands by her forceful speech in which she dressed down a Republican colleague about his use of the word “oppression.” The moment took place during a House of Representatives Committee meeting on a proposed bill presented by a Republican congressman from her state of Texas, Michael Cloud. The bill, nicknamed “Dismantle DEI,” was mentioned constantly by Louisiana Representative Clay Higgins who called DEI initiatives “oppressive.” Crockett would have none of it. “It seems you don’t understand the definition of oppression,” she stated before.
“There has been no oppression for the white man in this country,” Crockett began. “You tell me which white men were dragged out of their homes. You tell me which one of them got dragged all the way across an ocean and told that you were gonna go and work.” Referring to the enslavement of Africans in the country from the 1600s, she continued: “We are gonna steal your wives. We are gonna rape your wives. That didn’t happen, that is oppression. We didn’t ask to be here. We [are] not the same migrants that y’all constantly come up against. We didn’t run away from home; we were stolen. So yeah, we are gonna sit here and be offended when you wanna sit here and act like, and don’t let it escape you, that it is white men on this side of the aisle telling us, people of color on this side of the aisle, that y’all are the ones being oppressed, that y’all are the ones that are being harmed.”
The bill would pass the committee by a vote of 23-17. “They waste taxpayer dollars and undermine the merit-based principles that have made America strong,” Cloud said of the policies the bill would target and eliminate. “The Dismantle DEI Act takes aim at this harmful ideology and will root it out of our government, ensuring our institutions focus on the mission of serving the American people efficiently and effectively.”
Crockett defended her words in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday (Nov. 21), writing: “I didn’t bring race into anything… THEY DID & always do & then they twist history & dilute the definition of words.”
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One Connecticut couple f***ed around and eventually found out after allegedly going on a Lululemon boosting spree across the country.
NBC News reports that Jadion Richards, 44, and Akwele Lawes-Richards, 45, were pinched at a Lululemon store in Woodbury, Minnesota, and charged with organized retail theft on November 4.
According to the news website, the couple boosted around $1 million in Lululemon merchandise nationwide. Before their arrest, the complaint notes that the couple visited another Lululemon location in Roseville, Minnesota, with an unidentified man, where they allegedly stole $5,000 worth of product.
The couple allegedly had an elaborate theft scheme they used when visiting the locations that ensured they could make off with the goods.
Per NBC News:
An investigator for Lululemon said the couple and the organized crime group they work for had been stealing from stores across the country since September and are responsible for nearly $1 million worth of financial loss for the company, per the complaint.
The investigator explained how the couple allegedly run their theft scheme, with Richards typically entering the store first and purchasing a couple of small items. Richards and Lawes-Richards would then remove a security sensor from another item in the store that they’d attach to the small items Richards purchased, then steal other items that they’d conceal under their clothes and jackets.
Lawes-Richards and a third person would walk out of the store ahead of Richards with the stolen items, and when the security sensor at the store would beep, Richards would offer his bag that contained the small purchased item with a sensor attached to it to staff, according to the complaint. The couple would then take the stolen items to another store to exchange them without a receipt.
Well damn.
Lululemon’s Statement on The Couple’s Arrest
In a statement, Lululemon’s vice president of asset protection, Tristen Shields, spoke on the couple’s arrest, saying that the company is committed to “creating a safe and secure environment” for shoppers and staff.
Shields continued, “This outcome continues to underscore our ongoing collaboration with law enforcement and our investments in advanced technology, team training, and investigative capabilities to combat retail crime and hold offenders accountable. We remain dedicated to continuing these efforts to address and prevent this industry-wide issue.”
After the couple’s arrest, authorities obtained a search warrant. They found large suitcases containing an estimated $50,000 worth of Lululemon products in a rented room at the J.W. Marriott in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Online records indicate the couple was booked into the Ramsey County Jail on November 14. NBC News reports that Lawes-Richards got out on $30,000 bail on Tuesday, November 19, and Richards was released Thursday, November 21, on $100,000 bail.
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A federal jury awarded the family of Botham Jean nearly $100 million for his wrongful death at the hands of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.
On Wednesday (Nov. 20), a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas, found that former police officer Amber Guyger used excessive force in the death of Botham Jean in 2018, violating his constitutional rights in the process. The jurors awarded Jean’s family a verdict of $98.65 million. “Today is a day that I’m a bit consoled,” said Bertrum Jean, Botham’s father to the press afterward. “I’m still heartbroken over the loss of my son … but today I think justice was served and we are very thankful, and we pray that it will be a lesson.”
Jean, an accountant, was a native of St. Lucia who lived in the same building as Guyger. On the night of Sept. 6, 2018, the 26-year-old was eating ice cream on his couch (something his family said he enjoyed from childhood) when Guyger allegedly mistook his apartment for her own and opened fire on him, believing him to be a burglar. Guyger would be fired from the Dallas Police Department and go on to be found guilty of murder in a criminal trial where she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was eligible for parole earlier in the fall, which was denied.
The breakdown of the monetary judgment included $60 million in punitive damages, awarded due to the jury’s finding of malice or heightened indifference to the rights of others. Guyger waived her right to participate in the trial, which Jean’s family said demonstrated a lack of accepting accountability for her actions. That was underscored by testimony that showed that Guyger didn’t offer medical aid despite having that training and a recording of the 911 call where she vocalized worry over losing her job. The city of Dallas also successfully filed to be dismissed from the judgment.
Jean’s family did not hesitate in expressing their disappointment with the city’s handling of the incident from the beginning but also expressed their appreciation for those in Dallas who supported them through the ordeal. “I feel the support of the Dallas community from the day I flew in on September 7th, there were already protests, vigils, all sorts of things,” Allison Jean, Botham’s mother said. “I feel the warmth of the city, of the community, but the institutions within that city that are supposed to do better, have not.”
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Hennessy, the world’s largest producer of cognac, now finds itself in the middle of a trade dispute that sparked a strike among the brand’s workers in France. Earlier this week, Hennessy factory staff organized a mass walkout strike to protest a proposed move to shift the bottling of the brandy from France to China.
By way of a New York Times report, Hennessy unveiled plans of bottling its prized product in China to offset the costs of import tariffs, with France’s President Emmanuel Macron requesting of China’s President Xi Jinping to end the tariffs. As the news broke regarding the bottling move, around 500 workers at the company’s factory in southwestern France walked off, which makes up half of its workforce. Thus far, the strike has gone on for two days since beginning this past Tuesday (November 21).
China has imposed tariffs on European brandy, a category cognac does fall under, and the country is one of Hennessy’s top markets. The plan to move the bottling operation is to save the company costs by not paying the hefty tariffs. The tariffs imposed by China are likely in response to the European Union voting to levy higher tariffs on electric vehicles produced by China with France being the leading voice in that charge. Conversely, the European brandy tariffs will deeply affect any brandies made in France.
The strike has spread to other cognac producers, collectively known as the Big Four, which include Martell, Rémy Martin, and Courvoisier. The quartet produces much of the cognac consumed globally. Hennessy says it has no plans to move its entire production to China and will test out the program by sending distilled cognac in vats to bottle there and thus bypassing the brandy tariffs.
The strike has the potential to run longer than a week as both sides continue to hammer down a day to discuss the matter between management and the workers.
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Denzel Washington spoke candidly about having issues with alcohol, detailing his reasons and his sobriety in an interview.
Veteran actor Denzel Washington revealed his past issues with alcohol in a far-ranging interview for Esquire Magazine’s Winter 2024 issue. The interview was released in conjunction with promotion for his starring role in Gladiator II.
The Academy Award-winner detailed how he had a preference for wine and talked about drinking due to being “bitter” after losing out on the Oscar in 1999 for his portrayal of wrongly-imprisoned boxer Ruben “Hurricane” Carter in The Hurricane to controversial actor Kevin Spacey for his role in American Beauty. “Wine is very tricky,” Washington said. “It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden. And part of it was we built this big house in 1999 with a ten-thousand-bottle wine cellar, and I learned to drink the best. So I’m gonna drink my ’61s and my ’82s and whatever we had.”
The Equalizer actor stressed that it never interfered with his acting work because of his self-imposed restraint. “I’d call Gil Turner’s Fine Wines & Spirits on Sunset Boulevard and say, Send me two bottles, the best of this or that. And my wife’s saying, Why do you keep ordering just two? I said, Because if I order more, I’ll drink more. So I kept it to two bottles, and I would drink them both over the course of the day,” he recalled, continuing: “I never drank while I was working or preparing. I would clean up, go back to work—I could do both. However many months of shooting, bang, it’s time to go. Then, boom.Three months of wine, then time to go back to work.”
Denzel Washington Reveals He Is Now Sober
Washington would remark that the fifteen-year period until he gave up alcohol altogether did “a lot of damage to the body.” But he stated that he’s been sober for ten years as of next month. “I haven’t had a thimble’s worth since,” he said. Washington cited his faith and getting more health-conscious with the help of Lenny Kravitz, who helped him get a physical trainer.
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Malcolm X, the civil rights leader who later transformed into a global activist, was assassinated in 1965 just as his messages for human rights began to resonate with the wider public. The family of Malcolm X has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the United States government, alleging its involvement in his passing.
As reported late last week by ABC News, civil rights attorney Ben Crump was flanked by members of Malcolm X’s family and announced the $100 million lawsuit while addressing a media gathering in New York where the leader was gunned down.
According to Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), said that the family and their legal team have uncovered damning evidence that connects the NYPD and FBI worked in concert to kill her father.
“We fought primarily for our mother, who was here,” Ms. Shabazz said referencing the late Betty Shabazz while speaking at the site of the former Audubon Ballroom. “My mother was pregnant when she came here to see her husband speak, someone who she just admired totally and to witness this horrific assassination of her husband.”
Crump added in his statements to the press that the lawsuit targets an alleged scheme from the authorities to keep the truth of X’s death under wraps. In the lawsuit, a witness by the name of Mustafa Hassan claims that when he and others tried to stop the individuals who carried out the assassination, NYPD officers intervened to allegedly help the suspects escape. Hassan was reportedly never questioned by investigators on the scene despite him giving an account of the incident.
Further, the family’s legal team says it has two affidavits from a pair of X’s bodyguards who claim they were jailed by an undercover NYPD officer one week before the slaying was carried out and were kept from X’s side to guarantee the job would be done.
The FBI and NYPD have declined to comment on the lawsuit according to the outlet.
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For a minute, it seemed like Colman Domingo was set to become the new Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While that may not be the case anymore, having Domingo take on the Dark Knight isn’t a bad consolation prize.
According to Variety, the Fear The Walking Dead star will be the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Spotify’s second season to Batman Unburied: Fallen City, which is set to premiere Nov. 26. Taking over voicing duties from Winston Duke, who was the caped crusader in its first season, Colman Domingo’s deep baritone voice seems to perfectly fit that of the Dark Knight. We all know Kevin Conroy will forever be Batman’s voice GOAT (RIP, sir).
Coming in at eight episodes deep, Batman Unburied: Fallen City is the brainchild of filmmaker and comic book writer David S. Goyer, who reimagined Bruce Wayne as a Black man born in Gotham City as opposed to the privileged rich white man who decided to take justice into his own hands. We’re low-key surprised MAGA nation wasn’t in an uproar about this. They must not have discovered Spotify yet or something. Just sayin’.
Per Variety:
“This story, one that explores Bruce losing a friend and an emotional new discovery about his parents’ death, was exciting and challenging,” Domingo said in a statement. “I can’t wait for listeners to experience the twists and turns awaiting them.”
Here’s the description for “Batman Unburied: Fallen City”: As Gotham City is plagued by seismic tremors, Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent launch a social program that rattles the city’s elites yet earns praise from the city’s newest masked figure: the Oracle of Gotham. But when Harvey goes missing, Batman is forced to descend into the city’s labyrinthian underground, uncovering a horrific conspiracy by a secret society that has ruled Gotham for ages, one that has ties to his parents’ tragic murder. While Two-Face works to puppeteer the strings of law and order, Batman must defend his life — and his city — before everything he knows and loves turns to rubble.
We’re not gonna lie, we wish this was a live-action film or at least an animated one. But then MAGA nation would definitely take notice, and social media would be chaotic over it, as that’s their thing.
Listen to the trailer for the second season of Batman Unburied: Fallen City, and let us know if you’ll be lending it your ear when it premiers on Spotify on Nov. 26 in the comments section below.
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When it comes to RFK Jr. caring about the health of American citizens, the jig couldn’t be clearer, thanks to a photo making its rounds on social media.
Donald Trump’s heada** pick to head the Health and Human Services Department, RFK Jr., got caught consuming the food he claims is “poison” and is on a mission to stop Americans from eating.
In a photo that made its rounds on social media, Donald Trump, his new favorite glazer, Elon Musk, his “favorite son,” Donald Trump Jr., and RFK Jr. all looked very stupid while consuming McDonald’s, presumably on Trump’s private plane.
Before his election win, in exchange for his support, Trump vowed to allow the alleged Democrat/Independent “go wild on health” before ultimately nomination the health conspiracy theorist and vaccine skeptic to run the Health and Human Services Department.
Kennedy, in the past, has been vocal about the obesity rate of Americans and once ridiculously claimed that COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” not to affect Jewish people.
Social Media Is Frying RFK Jr.
Social media instantly started frying everyone in the picture, specifically RFK Jr., because of how hypocritical it made Kennedy look.
“Making the new gang member do drugs to make sure he’s not an undercover cop,” Economy commentator Geiger Capita wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The Tennessee Holler wrote on social media, “Nothing says ‘Make America Healthy Again’ like a Big Mac and a Lipper.”
“Mr. Kennedy, blink twice if you are being forced to eat McDonald’s against your will,” added market researcher Anna Matson.
Welp.
The Senate has not yet confirmed RFK Jr. for the job, and many are clinging to the little hope that he doesn’t earn the nomination because he is not qualified for the gig—period.
The confirmation hearing is still many days away. Until then, you can see more reactions to RFK Jr. getting caught consuming McDonald’s in the gallery below.
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