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Kanye West and Elon Musk Bro Down With Grimes as Their Witness
Yeezy season is once again approaching, and with that comes Mr. West monopolizing our timelines. Just days after announcing his musical return with the Yeezus-channeling Travis Scott duet “Wash Us in the Blood” and his upcoming record God’s Country, Kanye West has taken Twitter by storm today with a billionaire-laced photo of him standing side-by-side with Elon Musk. The caption appropriately reads “When you go to your boys house and you’re both wearing orange” and caps off with a fitting emoji of an orange. The shot of the laced-up “Spaceship” rapper and the also-laced-up SpaceX founder has since earned well-over 400,000 likes, and fans are pointing out that, if you squint hard enough, you can see Grimes’ reflection in the background as she takes the photo. And as ever, no Kanye post...
KKKaren-Antics: White Woman Calls Cops On Black Family For Building Patio On Their Property
Source: Fareed Hayat / facebook It should be common knowledge to most white Americans that calling the police on Black people when they’re simply minding their business is part of the reason the nation is on fire right now. In Montclair, N.J., a woman dubbed as “Permit Karen” tried it with a Black family building a patio on their property, but got expertly handled by the power couple who both know their rights and the law. Via a Facebook post, Fareed Nassor Hayat, a professor of law at CUNY, shared a video of the exchange between him and his neighbor, which he named “Susan” and also used the “Permit Karen” nickname. From Facebook: White entitlement and black hate embodied in Susan who lives on Marion Road and works at the EPA, called the police to lodge a false report of assault against me...
Richelieu Dennis Steps Down As CEO of ESSENCE Amidst Investigation
Source: Rich Polk / Getty CEO of ESSENCE Communications Richelieu Dennis has stepped down from his position amidst allegations of sexual misconduct. On Wednesday (Jun 30) the iconic publication released a statement revealing that Dennis has reportedly “stepped down” as CEO while the magazine conducts its independent internal investigation over the claims written in an anonymous essay posted over the weekend, adding that Caroline Wanga will be acting as interim CEO while they undergo the process. “It is of critical importance to us that there is no doubt or question about who we are, what we represent, and what we believe in,” the statement said. “Yesterday, in step one, we addressed the accusations made in an anonymous blog post, as well as our ongoing transition in rebuilding th...
Mahershala Ali Lands “Dream Role”, To Play Legendary Boxer Jack Johnson In HBO Series ‘Unruly’
Source: Chelsea Guglielmino / Getty Get the awards ready, Mahershala Ali is coming for all of them. Marvel Studio’s new Blade, Marhershala Ali, will be hopping in the boxing ring and playing the legendary boxer Jack Johnson who was the world’s first Black heavyweight champion. Vulture reports that Ali has signed on to play Johnson in an upcoming HBO limited series called Unruly. Per Vulture: “Based on the Ken Burns documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and its accompanying book by Geoffrey C. Ward, the series will be written by playwright Dominique Morisseau and produced by Tom Hanks’ production company, Playtone.” This will be the second time Ali will portray Johnson. The actor first played Johnson in the 2000 stage revival of the play The Gr...
“The Purge” Couple In St. Louis Who Pulled Guns on Peaceful Protestors To Be Investigated
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Getty Over the weekend social media was bursting out with laughter when video of an old white married couple in the suburbs of St. Louis was filmed toting firearms as Black Lives Matter protestors peacefully marched in front of their property. While the scene was comedic on many levels and had “The Purge” trending on Twitter, authorities are investigating the matter and may actually take action depending on their findings. According to the St. Louis American, St. Louis Prosecutor Kimberly Gardner announced that Mark McCloskey and Patricia McCloskey would indeed be under investigation by her office for their threats to the peaceful protestors. In a statement issued by her office, Gardner wrote that she was “alarmed at the events that occurred over the weeke...
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Noizu Embraces the 90s with Nostalgic “Summer 91” [Premiere]
The melodic piano stabs that accompany the rhythmic four-on-the-floor beats are a staple of 1990s house music. As the genre evolved from its early 80s samples and synthesizers, it found new life as it married itself with keystrokes and pop vocals. The undeniable piano keys, in particular, elevated house music into the mainstream, making it a quintessential 90s sound. Aiming to return to those classic tunes, and banking on fond memories of bygone dance floors, is Noizu with his latest release “Summer 91.” As the name implies, “Summer 91” is a trip down memory lane, joining those previously mentioned components hand-in-hand with subtle acid warps and an infectious chant. The track opens with a vocal note, immediately triggering fond memories of sounds lost to the deca...
BLVK JVCK Uploads Riveting “IF MALCOLM X WAS A DJ” Livestream Performance
With his rip-roaring take on trap and dubstep, DJ and producer BLVK JVCK has been making serious noise in the netherworlds of bass music for quite some time now. As a prominent Black artist in the electronic music world, he has also emerged as a staunch and outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement, recently releasing a powerful and timely music video for his single “WHVT.” Keeping the conversation around racial and social injustice alive, BLVK JVCK recently livestreamed a special performance for Insomniac‘s “One Beat” series in which all donations made were directed to the Los Angeles Urban League, an organization that “serves, educates and empowers African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-relia...
Watch Kill The Noise Create a Waveform in Ableton That Looks Like REZZ
Bass music vet Kill The Noise has long been championed as one of the most gifted sound designers in the electronic music genre. Whether he’s crafting house music, mind-bending dubstep, or soaring future bass, his ability to pump out pristine mixes across any genre is matched by few in the game. Prompted by an innocuous tweet from REZZ that simply said, “Hey,” Kill The Noise took to his Twitter account yesterday to share a short clip in which he plays around with a waveform in Ableton that looks just like Space Mom’s patented LED goggles. The sound produced by the waveform is a simple bass patch, but its visual representation is uncanny, as he says, “That almost looks like REZZ.” Responding to a fan, Kill The Noise said the program wasn’t a plu...
This Chicago Rooftop Bar is Hosting Laser Shows from the Minds Behind Illenium, Porter Robinson Concerts
After COVID-19 stomped on the sandcastles of the entire live music industry, the nation’s clubs, bars, arenas, and concert halls saw their businesses decimated and left vulnerable in its wake. Many of those venues are finding themselves rudderless, desperately picking up the pieces as their local governments navigate the painful process of reopening. In order to drum up business during these unprecedented and uncertain times, Chicago venue Whiskey Business is thinking outside the box. In collaboration with renowned laser artist Will Kent and his company Coherent Designs, the Wicker Park bar has installed a rig on its rooftop to host dazzling laser light shows as Illinois powers through its fourth phase of reopening. Kent, who has designed mind-bending light s...
Radiohead Closes Out Streaming Series With 1997 France Festival Show
Remember when Radiohead’s OK Computer was a brand new album? It was a simpler time, and you can relive it Thursday. The group is back again this week with the final installment of the At Home #WithMe live-stream series. with a 1997 festival slot at Les Eurockéennes de Belfort, The group hopped around its discography throughout the show — playing tracks like “Airbag” and “Talk Show Host” — and wrapped the set up with heavy hitter “Just.” Through 15 total tracks, fans were able to enjoy the best of the group in ’97. The stream, premiering Thursday at 5 pm EST/2 pm PST, closes out the group’s popular live-stream series with a bang. After taking fans to São Paulo and Dublin, and traveling in time between 1994 and 2018, the guys have put some of the best from their archives out o...
PUP to Release Live at The Electric Ballroom for Charity
PUP have just announced that they will be releasing Live at The Electric Ballroom on Friday (July 3). “We never planned on putting these recordings out, because we expected them to suck,” the band said in a statement. “They were mostly just for ourselves, to mark what we considered to be a pretty big moment in our careers. But turns out, they suck a bit less than we expected. So in typical PUP fashion we made a plan to release them in a self-sabotaging, stupid way. The record will be sold for one day only. After that, it’s gone.” PUP continued, “Everyone we work with told us it’s a terrible idea. And they are definitely right. But one of the reasons we love working with them is because sometimes they agree to let us fuck up on our own terms, and rally behind us in a supportive way. Thanks ...
