nsfs
Page: 69
Ingrid Andress is leveling with her fan base after going viral Monday (July 15) for her televised performance of the national anthem at the Home Run Derby in Arlington, Texas, revealing in a statement posted the following day that she was drunk on the field and plans to voluntarily seek rehab treatment. “I’m not gonna […]
Amber Rose completed her 180-degree pivot in throwing her support behind Donald Trump. The 40-year-old model took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Monday night (July 15), where Rose detailed her journey to becoming a fan of the former president.
“I’m here tonight to tell you, no matter your political background, that the best chance we have to give our babies a better life is to elect Donald Trump president of the United States,” she said.
Rose alleged that the media misguided her views about Trump, and she now sees the light that this is the path toward a better America.
“[I] care about the truth, and the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump. I know this because for a long time I believed those lies,” she added.
After letting go of her fear of being judged and “attacked from the left,” Rose said she figured out being a Trump supporter and with the Republican party is where she belongs.
“I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don’t care if you’re Black, white, gay or straight. It’s all love. And that’s when it hit me: These are my people. This is where I belong,” she continued.
Rose pointed to the sky-rocketing prices and inflation rate impacting the average American. “When you go to the store to buy food for your family, you’re shocked,” she said. “When you fill up your gas tank, you’re pissed. I know I am, and when you turn on the news, you are just exhausted, inflation is out of control.”
Amber Rose believes that American families were “better” when Trump was in office for his first term. “The left told me to hate Trump and, even worse, to hate the other side — the people who support him,” she concluded. “When you cut through the lies, you realize the truth: American families were better when Donald Trump was president. We were safer, wealthier, and stronger.”
Political commentator Van Jones was impressed with Rose’s speech and believes it was the “most dangerous” of the night for Democrats.
“That was probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition,” he said on CNN. “That is a young woman of color. She is describing the experience that a lot of people have — feeling that maybe, if you’re around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much or you might not be able to speak your mind, and she spoke to it really well.”
He continued: “And she’s way more famous than any of us up here — I’m going to tell you that — way more famous. And so to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there.”
Rose went public with her support of Trump in May when posting a photo to social media alongside the former president and his wife, Melania. In 2016, Rose called Trump a “f—king idiot” in an interview with The Cut.
Monday marked Trump’s first public appearance since the assassination attempt; he appeared with a bandage around his wounded ear.
The RNC continues on Tuesday night (July 16). Watch Amber Rose’s speech below.
[embedded content]
“God Bless the U.S.A.” singer Lee Greenwood and “Buy Me a Boat” singer Chris Janson are among those taking part at the Republican National Convention, which runs through Thursday (July 18) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Other speakers named as part of the convention include lawmakers, governors and officials, as well as rapper Amber Rose and media […]
Amber Rose is among the celebrity speakers slated to take the stage at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, which kicks off on Monday (July 15) and runs through Thursday (July 18). The 40-year-old model/influencer revealed she was gearing up for a trip to the Milwaukee RNC as a speaker on July 8. “It’s True! […]
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.
Days after surviving an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail. His next stop? The 2024 Republican National Convention on Monday (July 15). The former president is expected to formally accept the Republican nomination for presidential candidate during RNC 2024, and name his vice presidential running mate.
“The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago,” Trump told the press over the weekend. “It is a chance to bring the country together. I was given that chance.”
The conference comes less than month after Trump and Biden participated in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season.
Read on for ways to watch and stream RNC 2024.
Where to Watch RNC 2024
The Republican National Convention will be held at Fisery Forum in Milwaukee from July 15 to 18. RNC coverage will broadcast on several cable and local channels including Fox News, CBS, ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBC and CSPAN (use ExpressVPN to stream various platforms internationally).
You can livestream the RNC with a free trail from DIRECTV Stream, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV, no cable necessary. Sling TV also offers cable and local channels starting at $20 for the first month.
CBS’ RNC coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET each night of the convention. ABC will air primetime coverage from 10 to 11 p.m. ET, and ABC News’ will air coverage from 7 p.m. ET until midnight.
Fox News started its RNC 2024 coverage over the weekend and will continue through July 18. In addition to daily coverage, Fox News will also broadcast a live, nightly two-hour RNC special at 10 p.m. ET from Monday until Thursday.
If you’re looking for live, uninterrupted RNC coverage, head over to CSPAN. The channel will broadcast daily coverage of the RNC starting on Monday at 12:45 p.m.
CNN’s RNC coverage began on Sunday with Jake Tapper reporting live from inside Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, and special editions of CNN shows like Erin Burnett OutFront, Anderson Cooper 360 and NewsNight With Abby Phillip. The cable network will air near-constant coverage of the RNC on CNN, CNN.com, CNN mobile apps, CNN International, CNN en Español and CNN on Max.
Viewers can stream RNC coverage on CNN.com/RNC with a CNN cable log-in, or subscribe to Max for access to CNN on Max. Plans start at $9.99/month.
Those who don’t have access to cable or TV can stream RNC coverage online as most outlets including NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CBS News, ABC and Fox News provide multi-platform coverage across websites, mobile apps and TV.
Hulu subscribers can watch live RNC reports on the platform. According to Ad Week, Peacock will stream coverage of the 2024 RNC including Decision 2024 hosted by the Today show’s Savannah Gunthrie and NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt at 10-11 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 9-11 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.
NBC’s coverage includes live episodes of NBC Nightly News from the RNC. CBS’ coverage will be available to stream live on Paramount+ with Showtime.
RNC Speakers & Themes
According to the Associated Press, each day of the conference will feature a different theme. Monday is “Make America Wealthy One Again,” Tuesday is “Make American Safe Once Again.” “Make America Strong Once Again” and “Make American Great Once Again” are the themes for Wednesday and Thursday.
Who will be speaking at RNC 2024? The list of speakers includes Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed presidential candidates Nikki Haley, Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Florida senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former House speaker Newt Gingrich and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s former counsel, will also be speaking at the convention, along with Trump’s eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
Don Jr.’s fiancée and ex-Fox New host Kimberly Guilfoyle will be speaking at the RNC, as will Eric’s wife Lara Trump. Other RNC speakers include Amber Rose, and UFC president Dana White.
Cardi B isn’t one to mince her thoughts when it comes to politics. Last week, she called the Democratic party “selfish” for continuing to let President Joe Biden seek re-election later this year.
A clip re-surfaced and Cardi doubled-down on her stance Thursday (July 11) when captioning the post with “Yeup Yeup Yeup” on X. She also voiced her belief that it was time for Vice President Kamala Harris to step in for Biden in the upcoming election.
“I feel like it was very selfish of Biden and the whole Democrat party that they allow Biden to continue to run for president,” she said. “I feel like they should have passed the torch to Kamala [Harris]. This was the perfect moment for her. Right now, I don’t feel like we have strong candidates.”
Cardi continued: “I feel like this would have been her perfect time to shine. We already know she’s sharp with the f–king mouth. Whatever value that Biden wants, she’s practically the same value. So I feel like it was a little bit selfish to not make that choice to give her this moment to run for presidency.”
In the replies, the Bronx native also tweaked her Bardi Gang fanbase’s name to the “Smarty gang.”
Cardi B has been critical of President Biden in the past, but calmed fans’ worries earlier in July when she assured them she’s never going to be a Republican. “I will never turn republican lol,” she replied to a fan on X.
Cardi has criticized the United States’ involvement in the Israel-Hamas war, and she was also critical of Biden’s inaction on the economy as part of her Rolling Stone cover story in May. “I feel like people got betrayed,” she said at the time. “It’s just like, ‘Damn, y’all not caring about nobody.’ Then, it really gets me upset that there is solutions to it. There is a solution. I know there’s a solution because you’re spending billions of dollars on any f–king thing.”
After interviewing and endorsing Biden in the 2020 election, Cardi isn’t supporting either party’s candidates right now. “I don’t f–k with both of y’all n—-s,” she said about Biden and Trump.
While reports emerged earlier in July about Democrats fielding interest in Harris going to the top of the ticket, Biden has said he has no plans to step aside. He addressed the public from the Oval Office on Sunday (July 14) in the wake of the apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump over the weekend in Pennsylvania.
“We can’t allow this violence to be normalized,” Biden said. “The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that … Politics must never be a literal battlefield, God forbid, a killing field.”
Kid Rock is enraged over the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
On Saturday (July 13), the 53-year-old rocker — a staunch supporter of the former president — took to social media to share his anger over the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., where the presumptive GOP presidential nominee was struck in the ear and an audience member was killed.
“You f— with Trump, you f— with me,” Rock furiously yelled in a video posted on Instagram.
The short clip, which appears to have been recorded on a boat, finds the “We the People” singer-rapper shirtless and sporting black sunglasses with a “White Boy of the Year” baseball cap.
At Saturday’s Pennsylvania rally, held on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show, the shooter was immediately killed by the Secret Service after firing numerous shots from a nearby rooftop. The FBI has identified him as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. A motive has not yet been determined.
Following the incident, Trump wrote on Truth Social that a bullet struck the upper part of his ear. Videos and photos from the event show the Secret Service quickly escorting the bloodied former president from the stage while Trump pumped his fist to the crowd. One rally attendee was killed and two additional audience members are in critical condition.
In addition to his passionate video, Rock also shared a link on his X (formerly Twitter) account to a “President Trump Authorized” GoFundMe page dedicated to the victims of the Pennsylvania rally. The effort had raised nearly $900,000 as of Sunday morning.
Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, has been a major supporter of Trump over the years. The rapper-turned-southern-rocker visited the former president at the White House in 2017 and he has golfed with Trump on numerous occasions. In 2022, Rock spoke to Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson about his past interactions with Trump. He also called Trump “one of my besties” in a 2024 profile in Rolling Stone.
Kid Rock wasn’t the only musical artist who reacted to the Trump assassination attempt. Other acts — including 50 Cent, John Rich, Scotty McCreery, Soulja Boy, Randy Houser, Kid Cudi and Lil Pump — also shared their thoughts about the shooting.
“Trump was shot!!!” Rich, of Big & Rich, alerted his X followers, later adding, “They couldn’t beat him in a fair contest, so they tried to kill him. BUT THEY MISSED.”
“Praying for our country rn,” said country singer and American Idol alum McCreery.
“I know the vibes,” noted 50 cent, posting a clip of his track “Many Men (Wish Death)” from Get Rich or Die Tryin’. “We are all in trouble now!”
See Kid Rock’s response to the Trump rally shooting on Instagram and X below.
Former President Donald Trump was shot at in an apparent assassination attempt on Saturday (July 13), an incident that had 50 Cent looking back at Get Rich or Die Tryin’, the rapper’s debut album. 2003 album track “Many Men (Wish Death)” references 50 surviving someone opening fire on him; he’s previously talked about an incident in which he was shot nine times.
“Trump gets shot and now I’m trending,” 50 posted on his social media accounts Saturday night. His remark, topped off with a shrugging emoji, was the caption to a Get Rich or Die Tryin’ cover edit featuring Trump’s face on his body.
Before posting the altered album art, the rapper shared a still image of Trump from Saturday’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, where the Republican presidential candidate had a bloodied ear and face and his fist pumped up for the crowd. Trump was surrounded by the Secret Service, who were rushing him off the stage following gunshots.
Trump is “fine,” according to a statement from spokesman Steven Cheung obtained by The New York Times. One rally attendee and the suspected shooter were killed.
“Many men wish death upon me/ Blood in my eye, dawg, and I can’t see/ I’m tryin’ to be what I’m destined to be/ And n—– tryin’ to take my life away,” 50 Cent sings on the intro of “Many Men (Wish Death).”
His breakthrough album Get Rich or Die Tryin’ went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2003 and was nominated for a Grammy for best rap album.
“Many Men (Wish Death)” was never serviced as an official single, though it had a life of its own that included a music video released in 2003. Interestingly, 50 revealed two decades later that “Many Men” is his least favorite from the debut set: “We was in that hard-hitting intensity, the energy on the records, and it’s the slowest song on Get Rich or Die Tryin’. And it’s now the tempo that the artists are rapping to. So the fast tempo, hard-hitting beats, that was that era, that time period.”
In a 2013 interview with Howard Stern, 50 Cent said of his shooter, “He was paid to do it … It’s my past … It’s karma.” He told Stern, “He was paid ’cause someone felt like I would potentially do something to them if they kept going in the direction that they were going in.” He said getting shot in the face was “not as painful as having to visit the dentist repeatedly for a root canal.”
“His street credit just went up a couple points,” one of 50’s followers wrote of Trump Saturday night on the rapper’s post, where many others made light of the former president being shot at, with comments like: “Get reelected or die trying,” “Fif better let Trump use ‘many men’ during his campaign” and “He walking out at his next rally to this song.”
“Blood in my ear dawg and I can’t hear, Biden tryna take my votes away,” one person quipped, while another wrote, “Bro fighting charges and got shot… put him in the booth rn.”
See 50 Cent’s posts about Trump from Saturday night below.
Gunshots rang out at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennyslvania, on Saturday (July 13). The former president, who appeared to have blood on his ear and face, was immediately escorted from the stage by the Secret Service.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
Trump, currently the Republican presidential candidate, is “fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility,” according to a statement obtained by The New York Times. Spokesman Steven Cheung did not provide the publication with any further information about whether he had been injured.
The NYT reports one rally attendee and the suspected shooter were killed.
Trump was photographed surrounded by Secret Service agents while raising his fist to the crowd before being rushed off to his motorcade.
The rally was being held on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show.
President Biden received a briefing about what happened at Saturday’s rally, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says state police arrived on the scene to work with federal partners.
As news of the assassination attempt spread across social media, with Trump’s name trending on X (formerly Twitter), a number of music artists and public figures posted reactions. X’s Elon Musk posted his endorsement of Trump for president, and commented, “Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.”
“Trump was shot!!!” John Rich, of Big & Rich alerted his followers, later adding, “They couldn’t beat him in a fair contest, so they tried to kill him. BUT THEY MISSED.”
“Praying for our country rn,” said country singer and American Idol alum Scotty McCreery.
Josh Turner wrote: “Thank God President Trump is okay. Thoughts and prayers go up for him and for the family of the attendee whose life was taken at today’s rally.”
“Ain’t no way they just shot at trump,” said Soulja Boy, who shared a video clip from the rally.
M.I.A. said she was “looking for bullet proof sun hats just for America.”
See various reactions to the incident at the Trump rally below.
Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 13, 2024
Praying for our country rn 🇺🇸— Scotty McCreery (@ScottyMcCreery) July 13, 2024
Thank God President Trump is okay. 🇺🇸Thoughts and prayers go up for him and for the family of the attendee whose life was taken at today’s rally.🙏🏼— Josh Turner (@joshturnermusic) July 13, 2024
Eminem returned with his first album in four years as The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) hit streaming services on Friday (July 12). Tapping into his Slim Shady alter ego at times throughout the LP, Em doesn’t hold back when targeting fixtures around pop culture and within hip-hop, especially when it comes to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The embattled mogul caught the Detroit legend’s wrath on multiple tracks, as Eminem sniped the Bad Boy CEO regarding the litany of sexual misconduct allegations made against him in recent months.
The only clean name-drop of Combs from Em came on the jarring “Antichrist,” in which he seemingly references the 2016 footage of Diddy assaulting his ex Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel. (Diddy apologized days after for his actions and said his “behavior on that video is inexcusable” in a self-recorded video posted to Instagram; the apology was later deleted when he wiped his account clean of all posts.)
“Next idiot ask me is getting his a– beat worse than Diddy did,” Em raps, but stops short of naming Cassie. “But on the real, though/ She probably ran out the room with his f—ing d—o.”
Billboard has reached out to Diddy’s reps for comment.
Fans believe there were another pair of disses on the J.I.D-assisted “Fuel,” on which Em pays tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac, and appears to insinuate Diddy had a role in the deaths.
“R.I.P., rest in peace, Biggie/ And Pac, both of y’all should be living/ But I ain’t tryna beef with him (Nope)/ ‘Cause he might put a hit on me like Keefe D did him,” Marshall Matthers spews.
Just the bar before, Em seemingly uses “P, did he?” as a homonym of P. Diddy. “I’m like a R-A-P-E-R/ Got so many S-As (S-As), S-As/ Wait, he didn’t just spell the word, ‘Rapper’ and leave out a P, did he?” he asks.
Part of Cassie’s sprawling 2023 lawsuit alleging rape and years of physical abuse against Diddy included an allegation that the decorated music executive attempted to blow up Kid Cudi’s car in 2012 after finding out that the “Day ‘n’ Nite” rapper was romantically interested in her.
“Mr. Combs told Ms. Ventura that he was going to blow up Kid Cudi’s car, and that he wanted to ensure that Kid Cudi was home with his friends when it happened,” Ventura’s lawyers wrote. “Around that time, Kid Cudi’s car exploded in his driveway.”
Em seems to rap about it on “Bad One”: “The f—ing bomb with the puffy on/ I’m blowing up for Kid Cudi’s car/ In front of his house where all his buddies are.”
Cassie and Diddy ended up settling the lawsuit less than 24 hours after she filed in November 2023. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Diddy and his legal team have vehemently denied all of the sexual misconduct allegations made against him in other lawsuits.
Listen to “Antichrist,” “Fuel” and “Bad One” below:
[embedded content]
[embedded content]
[embedded content]