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Mike Tyson Hits Boosie Badazz With A Gut Punch When He Confronts Him About Transphobic Comments
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Bossie Badazz’s transphobic and homophobic past came back to haunt him. Over the years, Boosie Badazz made it quite clear he has a problem with the LGBTQ community. The “Wipe Me Down” rapper was taken to task on social media for his problematic transphobic and homophobic comments. He was excoriated when he fixed his lips to talk about Dwyane Wade’s transgender child, Zaya Wade. On a recent episode of Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson, Boosie got a gut punch from the “baddest man on the planet” when Tyson put him on the hot seat for blatant homophobia and transphobia. 10 minutes into the podcast, Tyson calmly pressed Boosie into the corner when he asked why he was so pressed about other people living their truth. Tyson asked, “Why do you say things about people ...
New Yorkers Experience Hours Long Wait Lines To Cast Their Vote
Source: Pacific Press / Getty Early voting has been underway in many states for the past few days and while millions of people are pouring into their polling places like their lives depended on it (it does) they’re being subjected to ridiculously long lines and hours of waiting just to exercise their rights to vote. According to The New York Times, Big Apple residents are the latest voters to find out what people in Georgia, Texas and Ohio have been experiencing as many New Yorkers waited for hours to cast their vote when polling places opened up this past Saturday (Oct. 24). With the danger of COVID-19 still stalking humanity and Donald Trump threatening the legitimacy of mail-in ballots and possibly having millions tossed, people felt compelled to vote early and in person to avoid both s...
Say What?: Swizz Beatz Reveals His Newest Venture, Camel Racing
Source: Cindy Ord / Getty Verzuz cofounder, Swizz Beatz, has found his next competitive hustle, and it’s something no one really was expecting. Speaking with Variety, the super-producer/mogul who has season 2 of his online DJ battle situation ready for liftoff with Atlanta’s Hip-Hop elite, Jeezy and T.I., revealed to the publication that he is all in on camel racing. Swizz Beatz born Kaseem Dean is now the first African American and westerner to own a competitive camel racing team in the Middle East. Beatz’s racing team, Kaseem Abu Nasser, has 12 fast camels in his stables, and he has already won his first race on Thursday (Oct.22), in Saudi Arabia. His team also won another race on the same day he dropped Kaseem Abu Nasser merch with Chinatown Market, the LA streetwear brand. When asked w...
Tom Morello, Kathy Valentine and More Cover Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’
A group of legendary artists including Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Foo Fighters’ Rami Jaffee and The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine joined Girl with a Guitar, a group of young female guitarists from Kabul, Afghanistan to cover Eurythmics’ 1983 hit “Sweet Dreams.” [embedded content] Guitarist Vicki Peterson of The Bangles, singer Cherie Currie of The Runaways, guitarist Wayne Kramer of MC5, drummer Kris Myers of Umphrey’s McGee, The Bird and the Bee’s Greg Kurstin and singer Inara George also contributed their talents to the rendition. The new cover not only sheds light on the hardships children, particularly girls, are facing in war-torn countries, but also hopes to raise money for The Miraculous Love Kids, an organization that raises awareness, resources and funds for some of the mos...
AC/DC Share ‘Shot in the Dark’ Video
Earlier this month, AC/DC officially returned with the announcement of a new album, Power Up, and the release of its lead single “Shot in the Dark.” Today, the band shared its highly-teased music video. Featuring a red background, the clip for the rollicking rocker sees the band performing live and was directed by longtime collaborator David Mallet. Watch it below. [embedded content] Power Up welcomes Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams back into the lineup with guitarist Angus Young’s nephew Stevie Young replacing his late uncle Malcolm Young. The album is slated for a Nov. 13 release and is available in multiple formats including a deluxe edition that comes in a light-up box with built-in speakers that play a portion of “Shot In The Dark,” as well as a 20-page book...
Outkast Share Rare Zack de la Rocha Remix of ‘B.O.B.’
With the 20th-anniversary reissue of Outkast’s Stankonia dropping on Friday (Oct. 30), the duo shared one of the rare tracks that will appear on the record — the remix of “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” by Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine. Only released to radio, the RATM frontman worked on it in September and October 2000 at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta — adding aggressive guitar riffs giving it more grit and edge to already frenetic track. [embedded content] “Zack added an extra layer of grunge to a masterpiece,” Big Boi told Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, Andre 3000 said, “I’m a fan of the Rage sound so it was an honor to have them involved in a remix.” The bundle will also include Ms. Jackson” and “So Fresh, So Clean” in a cappella versions of the songs along with assorted...
Miley and Noah Cryus Are in Perfect Harmony on Live Version of ‘I Got So High That I Saw Jesus’
Believe it or don’t, it’s their first joint release. Noah and Miley Cyrus have released their live cover of Noah’s ballad “I Got So High That I Saw Jesus” on Monday morning (Oct. 26). “No one knows how excited we are to be releasing something together for the very first time,” Noah wrote. “thank u sissy for singing with me and as always making it sound effortlessly beautiful.” While it’s hard to believe this is the first time the siblings have released something together, it’s about time because their voices beautifully compliment each other on the stripped-down piano and voice version of the tune from Noah’s EP The End of Everything. It’s been a very busy summer for the Cyrus sibs, with Noah performing “Th...
Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Cardi B & More Potential Record-Setters at the 2020 American Music Awards
Swift is also nominated for favorite music video for “Cardigan.” She won last year for “You Need to Calm Down.” She’s vying to become the first two-time winner in the category since it was re-introduced in 2017. The other nominees for favorite music video are Doja Cat’s “Say So,” Future ft. Drake‘s “Life Is Good,” Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” Bieber is vying for his fourth award as favorite male artist – pop/rock. That would, likewise, set a record in this category. The Bieb is currently tied for the lead with Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, Eric Clapton and Michael Jackson, with three awards each. The other two nominees in that category are Post Malone, who won two years ago, and The Weeknd. There are separate male and female awards...
The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch Top 2020 AMAs Nominations
The 2020 AMAs air on ABC at 8PM ET on Nov. 22 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. See the full list below. ARTIST OF THE YEARJustin BieberPost MaloneRoddy RicchTaylor SwiftThe Weeknd NEW ARTIST OF THE YEARLewis CapaldiDoja CatDaBabyLil BabyRoddy RicchMegan Thee Stallion COLLABORATION OF THE YEARCardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP”DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar”Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours”Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me”Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé, “Savage Remix” FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTISTBTSBillie EilishEXOAriana GrandeNCT 127 FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEODoja Cat, “Say So”Future ft. Drake, “Life Is Good”Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me”Taylor Swift, “cardigan”The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCKJustin BieberPost MaloneThe W...
12 Top Takeaways from the 2020 American Music Award Nominations
Bieber, who has won 15 American Music Awards, which puts him in a tie for seventh place, is nominated for four more awards this year. He’s vying for his fourth award as favorite male artist – pop/rock. That would, likewise, set a record in this category. The Bieb is currently tied for the lead with Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, Eric Clapton and Jackson, with three awards each. Juice WRLD, who died of a seizure in December 2019, is vying for favorite male artist – rap/hip-hop. Juice WRLD wouldn’t be the first posthumous winner in this genre. 2Pac took the 1997 award for favorite rap/hip-hop artist, four months after he was shot to death in Las Vegas. BTS, the winner for favorite social artist the last two years running, is nominated in that category again this year. BTS is also defending i...
Republic Records Rules Top Three on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
With Republic Records claiming Nos. 1-3 (the label shares distribution credit with Epic on Savage Mode II), it’s the first time a label has held the top three since Republic itself did it on the July 14, 2018-dated chart. That week, Drake’s Scorpion (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic) debuted at No. 1, while Florence + the Machine’s High as Hope (Republic) debuted at No. 2, and Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys (Republic) held at No. 3. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Becomes First Million-Selling Album of 2020 in U.S.
Folklore and Lover are the only albums released in 2019 and 2020 to sell a million copies in the U.S. Folklore is Swift’s ninth album to sell at least 1 million copies in the U.S. Those nine albums include all eight of her studio efforts, along with her Christmas release The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection. Here’s a look at all of Swift’s million-selling albums, in order of release: Taylor Swift (2006, 5.75 million sold to date), The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (2007, 1.08 million), Fearless (2008; 7.21 million), Speak Now (2010, 4.71 million), Red (2012, 4.49 million), 1989 (2014, 6.25 million), Reputation (2017, 2.28 million), Lover (2019, 1.22 million) and Folklore (2020, 1.04 million). You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined wha...
