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Damon Dash Is Trying To Sell His Stake In Roc-A-Fella: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The state of Jay-Z and Damon Dash‘s business relationship is looking like it’s no bueno. Hova recently sued his fellow Roc-a-fella Records founder for trying to sell an NFT (non-fungible token) of his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, and Dame has answered back in kind. Well actually, on Friday (June 18) it was revealed that Roc-a-fella Records is suing Dash for trying to auction off Jay-Z’s classic debut as an NFT. According to the Roc, Dash doesn’t have the right to sell the NFT. Reports TMZ: According to the docs — filed by powerhouse attorney Alex Spiro — Damon planned to sell the album as an NFT at a since-canceled auction, but the company is worried DD will just try to find another platform to hold the auction. In the suit, RA...
Troops launch major rescue operation for kidnapped Kebbi students
A major rescue operation is ongoing for the kidnapped students and teachers of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State. Over 100 people, the majority of them girls, and five teachers, were kidnapped last week after bandits stormed the school. Top security sources told newsmen that some of the students had been rescued by troops. The remaining abducted students, the source said, had been split into five groups by the bandits, who had now been surrounded by troops. The troops have however not stormed the locations so that the girls will not be caught in the crossfire or killed by the bandits. “They have been surrounded by troops but they are negotiating so that the girls would not be killed,” the source said. Meanwhile, about 15 people recently kidnapped by bandits in Tegin...
2022 Lexus LS500h Teammate Driver-Assist-System Review: There’s No “Tesla” in Teammate
Lexus LS Full Overview Tesla was first into the breach in the U.S. with a driver assist system capable of SAE Level 2 autonomy, which is the second-from-the-bottom tier of self-driving capability as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers. (Full or close to full self-driving gets Level 4 and 5 designations.) Autopilot handles acceleration, braking, steering, and even lane changes on its own, but only on contained roads such as freeways, and the driver must monitor things. That Tesla allowed its Autopilot-equipped vehicles even that much autonomous leeway with the meager sensor package onboard raised eyebrows—all the more so when you consider what Lexus is bringing to the table with its SAE Level 2 setup dubbed Teammate. See all 23 photos It’s the Sensor Package, Stupid I...
John Legend Claims Designer Michael Costello Fabricated Direct Messages From Chrissy Teigen
In a blog post published to Medium on Monday, Teigen referenced the “awful” tweets and acknowledged that there is “simply no excuse” for them. She reflected on the situation, adding that “not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for things I’ve said in the past.” Costello surfaced the alleged messages with Teigen soon after the blog post. In a statement attached to the DM screenshots he posted, he claimed that Teigen accused him of being a racist following a Photoshopped comment that he says was proven false by Instagram and later removed from the service, and that she and her stylist Monica Rose attempted to blacklist him from the fashion industry. “For the past 7 years, I’ve lived with a deep, unhealed trauma,” wrote Costello. The direct messages ...
First Photos of 2022 Toyota Tundra Pickup Truck Spill Forth
Update: Toyota has decided to fight fire with fire. After murky images of the new Tundra leaked out this morning, Toyota responded by posting a much higher quality picture of the white truck you see before you on Twitter—along with a coy tweet aimed at whoever spilled the beans earlier today. The first photos of what appear to be the 2022 Toyota Tundra have surfaced online, allegedly leaked from a virtual reveal for dealers. Someone then posted the leaked photos of the new Tundra to the TundraCrew Facebook group, where they propagated to the wider internet via tundras.com. See all 37 photos The real surprises come at the rear—our first peek at the Tundra’s rump reveals interesting tri-bar taillights and, on this TRD Pro, another set of amber marker lights atop the tailgate...
Ford Bronco Sold Out for Years, Orders Pour in for F-150 Lightning and Maverick
Reservations are strong, Ford CEO Jim Farley said during the Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference. Filling them all will take some time. A shortage of semiconductor chips means inventory is not expected to return to normal levels until 2022. See all 4 photos Ford Bronco Has Two Years of Sales Orders So far 190,000 customers have reserved a Bronco, the rugged SUV that has seen its launch delayed a number of times, and which has had to sort out an issue with the supplier of its hardtops. But production is underway to fill the 125,000 reservations that have been converted to orders, Farley says. The SUV is essentially sold out for two years. In April Ford warned that the chip shortage would force it to cut production in half during the quarter that ends this month. Farley says day su...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (June 19)
“We are immensely proud to bring the first live and presidential industry event since the advent of the pandemic last year,” said Leila Cobo, vp, Latin industry lead, Billboard. “Billboard Latin Music Week is the biggest and longest-running Latin music event in the world, and a tentpole for the Billboard brand and the Latin community. Celebrating our Latin culture and music safely alongside fans and artists was our first priority and we are thrilled to be back and in Miami.” NEON16 Recruits New Talent After scouting for new talents on social media, where over 3,700 contestants from all over the world participated, NEON16, alongside NFL en Español and SBS’ La Musica, revealed its grand winner of “El Snap Draft: Search for the Newest Global Urbano Performer” contest. Tainy, Lex Borrero, Pabl...
Is ‘All Too Well’ the 10-Minute Song on Taylor Swift’s Re-Recorded ‘Red’?
Below, read on about that clue and others that point to “All Too Well” being the super long Red song that Swift is teasing. The Legendary Old Scarf The scarf emoji in Swift’s recent tweet just might be a very obvious wink at a certain scarf that has taken on a life of its own to Swifties — the one left in a drawer to be immortalized in “All Too Well.” “But you keep my old scarf from that very first week ’cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me,” she sings. “You can’t get rid of it ’cause you remember it all too well.” The 10-Minute Track Length “All Too Well” is the first song Swift wrote for the breakup album Red, and clocking in at just about five-and-a-half minutes, it’s alrea...
Macy Gray Calls for Update of American Flag: ‘One That Represents All States and All of Us’
Addressing President Biden, vp Kamala Harris, and members of Congress, Gray wrote that the American flag “has been hijacked as code for a specific belief. God bless those believers, they can have it.” She added that, like the Confederate, the flag is “tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect” and no longer represents all people. “It’s not fair to be forced to honor it,” wrote Gray. “It’s time for a new flag.” Of the flag’s stripes, Gray wrote how the Smithsonian documents that the white stripes represent purity and innocence. “America is great,” wrote Gray. “It is beautiful. Pure, it ain’t. It is broken and in pieces.” She posed the question: “What if the stripes were OFF-white?” Gray argued that the flag should include 52 stars, D.C. and Puerto Rico among them — which she noted have been ...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ Has 30 Songs: Our Track List Predictions
The Original 16 Songs of ‘Red’ This part of the list is a given, but just to jog your memory, here are the 16 songs that appeared on the standard version of Swift’s Red album in 2012: “State of Grace,” “Red,” “Treacherous,” “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “All Too Well,” “22,” “I Almost Do,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Stay Stay Stay,” “The Last Time” feat. Gary Lightbody, “Holy Ground,” “Sad Beautiful Tragic,” “The Lucky One,” “Everything Has Changed” feat. Ed Sheeran, “Starlight” and “Begin Again.” The Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks A few more obvious choices for the Red (T...
Jamiu Abiola: MKO, Kudirat died in vain if Nigeria’s democracy collapses
Getty Images Son of Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Jamiu Abiola has floated a foundation named after his mother, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola to work for peace and unity of Nigeria in the face of agitations for secession. Jamiu Abiola said it would mean that his parents, Alhaja Kudirat and Chief MKO Abiola died in vain if Nigeria or its democracy collapse. He spoke in Zaria, Kaduna State on Saturday while launching the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation in memory of his Zaria-born mother, who was assassinated on the 4th June 1996. Alhaji Jamiu Abiola who is the Chairman of the Foundation said, it was founded to work against the forces trying to bring Nigeria down, adding that the creation of Nigeria by God was not a mistake and the country has gone too ...
Tesla Could Have Built a Quad-Motor Model S Beyond Plaid—Here’s Why It Didn’t
Elon Musk famously named the new tri-motor, high-performance variant of the 2022 Tesla Model S the “Plaid” because like the movie Spaceballs says, it’s the only step beyond “Ludicrous,” the previous top-dog in the Model S lineup. Well what if there is a step beyond Plaid and the cancelled Plaid+? According to a source at the company, there’s no reason why Tesla couldn’t make a quad-motor Model S if it wanted to. Why Would Tesla Want to Make a Quad-Motor Model S? Two reasons primarily: more power and more traction, which could potentially improve the Model S’ launch, and actually give it a sub-2.0-second 0-60 mph time without any gimmicks. According to the below cutaway, as the Model S Plaid is currently laid out it has two motors at the rear ...
