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Snitches Get Sued: Tekashi 6ix9ine Sued By Robbery Victims
Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital While the men he helped put behind bars might have a hard time exacting revenge on him for his ship sinkin’ loose lips, Tekashi 6ix9ine will have a harder time dodging some other people looking for a little retribution. According to TMZ, the most feared troll in the rap game turned states evidence has now found himself being haunted by the ghosts of victims past as he’s being sued by a few people his former Trey Nine Bloods crew robbed at gunpoint a few years ago. Seketha Wonzer and Kevin Dozier just filed suit against the rapper, claiming he was part of the criminal conspiracy set in motion in April 2018 that led to them getting bum-rushed and robbed at gunpoint in NYC — something Tekashi himself testified and pled guilty to in federal court. Apparently ...
Former Friend of G Herbo Claims He Is Singing Like Tekashi In Federal Fraud Case
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Fans were thrown for a loop when news broke of G Herbo, and five other associates, were caught up in a $1.5 million federal fraud case. Now one of the rapper’s friends is calling him a snitch. The PTSD crafter and his crew were charged with using stolen credit card information to purchase things like “designer puppies,” flights on private jets, a Jamaica villa, designer bags over a period of four years. Now to add insult to injury, a former friend of the Herbo is accusing of him singing. In his Instagram stories, the friend who goes by the name Omi, claimed Herbo is talking and giving federal informants the details they need in the case Hot New Hip-Hop is reporting. He is also claiming both he and Herbo were smashing the same woman. “I didn’t get hit for fra...
Former Friend of G Herbo Claims He Is Singing Like Tekashi In Federal Fraud Case
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Fans were thrown for a loop when news broke of G Herbo, and five other associates, were caught up in a $1.5 million federal fraud case. Now one of the rapper’s friends is calling him a snitch. The PTSD crafter and his crew were charged with using stolen credit card information to purchase things like “designer puppies,” flights on private jets, a Jamaica villa, designer bags over a period of four years. Now to add insult to injury, a former friend of the Herbo is accusing of him singing. In his Instagram stories, the friend who goes by the name Omi, claimed Herbo is talking and giving federal informants the details they need in the case Hot New Hip-Hop is reporting. He is also claiming both he and Herbo were smashing the same woman. “I didn’t get hit for fra...
The White House To Get Proper Disinfection After Super Spreader Trump Leaves Office
Source: Win McNamee / Getty With January 20th approaching and Donald Trump about to vacate the White House (if his attempted coup d’état finally fails anyway), the Biden administration is planning on a top to bottom disinfection of the building as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has become a breeding ground for COVID-19. Raw Story is reporting that the incoming Biden administration are taking no chances come Inauguration Day and will have a team of specially trained cleaners (that’s a thing?) to leave the White House as spic and span as humanly possible before Biden and his team enter the Oval Office. The executive mansion will get a deep clean after two COVID-19 outbreaks this fall led to President Donald Trump and members of his staff and family becoming infected. The departure of one president...
The White House To Get Proper Disinfection After Super Spreader Trump Leaves Office
Source: Win McNamee / Getty With January 20th approaching and Donald Trump about to vacate the White House (if his attempted coup d’état finally fails anyway), the Biden administration is planning on a top to bottom disinfection of the building as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has become a breeding ground for COVID-19. Raw Story is reporting that the incoming Biden administration are taking no chances come Inauguration Day and will have a team of specially trained cleaners (that’s a thing?) to leave the White House as spic and span as humanly possible before Biden and his team enter the Oval Office. The executive mansion will get a deep clean after two COVID-19 outbreaks this fall led to President Donald Trump and members of his staff and family becoming infected. The departure of one president...
Big Sean Named Creative Director of Innovation For The Detroit Pistons
Source: Gregory Shamus / Getty For way too many people 2020 has been a wash, but Big Sean is still managing to make out quite nicely. Today (Dec. 23), the Detroit Pistons announced they have named the “Blessed” rapper their Creative Director of Innovation. As part of his duties, Sean will be providing input and direction to an assortment of Pistons initiatives like the look of their apparel and in-game experience. Just so you know that it’s real, the Detroit native’s “Don Life” logo will be emblazoned on Detroit Pistons practice jerseys. “Sean is an accomplished artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. Having spent time with him and his family I know how deeply he cares about the city of Detroit,” said Pistons Owner Tom Gores via a press statement. “We share a common desire to use the powe...
Big Sean Named Creative Director of Innovation For The Detroit Pistons
Source: Gregory Shamus / Getty For way too many people 2020 has been a wash, but Big Sean is still managing to make out quite nicely. Today (Dec. 23), the Detroit Pistons announced they have named the “Blessed” rapper their Creative Director of Innovation. As part of his duties, Sean will be providing input and direction to an assortment of Pistons initiatives like the look of their apparel and in-game experience. Just so you know that it’s real, the Detroit native’s “Don Life” logo will be emblazoned on Detroit Pistons practice jerseys. “Sean is an accomplished artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. Having spent time with him and his family I know how deeply he cares about the city of Detroit,” said Pistons Owner Tom Gores via a press statement. “We share a common desire to use the powe...
Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger Is in on the Joke in New ‘Photgraph’ Ad
Nickelback’s 2005 “Photograph” video, which spawned endless memes, has been turned into a Google Photos ad. But this time around, singer Chad Kroeger is in on the joke, looking back at questionable phone photos with self-deprecating musical commentary. Kroger sings new lyrics to the 2005 hit while scrolling through his phone. “Is it my hair or just a ramen bowl?” he sings. “Time to braid it. Time to shave it.” It all began 15 years ago when “Photograph” was released as the first single for Nickelback’s fifth album, All the Right Reasons. The music video opens with Kroeger holding up a framed picture of himself and Nickelback’s producer Joey Moi. Nearly 200 million people have watched the video on YouTube since its release, so kudos to Google for snapping it up for an ad...
Watch the Moving Lyric Video For Chris Cornell’s John Lennon Cover
The estate of Chris Cornell has released a lyric video for the late Soundgarden singer’s cover of John Lennon‘s “Watching The Wheels.” The clip for the song, from the recently released posthumous Cornell covers album No One Sings Like You Anymore, opens with an image of Cornell strumming an acoustic guitar projected onto a sign on a busy city street. Bathed in deep red, the visual takes viewers on a tour around crowded cities, showing the kind of manic shoulder-to-shoulder hustle-bustle that is unthinkable during these COVID-19 pandemic times. With the lyrics about stepping out of the spotlight scrolling back and forth across the screen alongside images of Cornell jamming with his kids, the clip pays homage to the original’s genesis: Lennon’s decision to...
Yule Love The White Stripes’ Rocking 90-Minute Greatest Hits Holiday Treat
The band’s animated holiday video is packed with their greatest hits. The White Stripes are here to sprinkle a little Christmas cheer on the darkest holiday ever. As we all hunker down this week, the Jack White-led group has released a 90-minute Yule log video that cycles through tracks from the defunct Detroit duo’s recently released 26-track Greatest Hits album, as well as acoustic tracks, rare B-sides and the pair’s original Christmas song, “Candy Cane Children.” The Noah Sterling-directed animated clip features arresting drawings of a little princess getting a marshmallow roasted by a fire-spitting dragon, creepy drawings of demonic creatures gathered around a fire pit lying in wait for Santa, demons dancing, aliens prepping plates of cookies and a Ye...
Elton John & David Furnish Vow to Keep Fighting for LGBTQ+ Equality in Throwback Anniversary Post
Elton John and husband David Furnish posted a throwback post honoring their sixth wedding anniversary on Monday while vowing to keep fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The couple, who’ve been together for 15 years, were married on Dec. 21, 2014, at their Windsor estate nine months after same-sex marriage became legal in England. But they fully realize that though they live a privileged, comfortable life, not everyone is as lucky and free as they are. “Today @davidfurnish and I are celebrating two anniversaries: 15 years of Civil Partnership and 6 years of marriage,” John wrote in a post that included a snap of the happy couple in their wedding suits. “Our relationship gets stronger every day, and I am extremely grateful for the love we share ...
Kid Cudi’s ‘Beautiful Trip’ Breaks Record for Shortest Billboard Hot 100 Hit Ever
Kid Cudi sets the mark on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 26, 2020, a year after Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, became the shortest No. 1 hit by length since 1965, running 1:53 in its briefest iteration. Still, last year also brought a new record for the lengthiest Hot 100 hit by run time: Tool’s “Fear Inoculum” spent a week at No. 93, on the Aug. 17, 2019-dated tally, becoming the first song in the chart’s history with a run time exceeding 10 minutes (10:21). Long story short, here’s an updated look at the shortest and longest Hot 100 hits all-time, as confirmed by the invaluable Paul Haney of Joel Whitburn’s Record Research. (Songs are measured by the shortest version of a song for the first list and the longest for th...
