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Roc Nation Brand Paper Planes Partners With Lids For Fitted Hat Collabo
Source: LIDS / LIDS One of the culture’s most recognizable logos is about to take another important flight. Roc Nation is once again joining forces with Lids for a special project. Source: LIDS / LIDS Roc Nation’s apparel brand, Paper Planes announced a collaboration with leading sports retailer, Lids. Available for purchase at select Lids stores, the new Paper Planes Crown Fitted puts a spin on the iconic New Era 59Fifty fitted cap with six different colorways and features the Paper Planes logo and pin. Based off the brand statement “Greatness is a Process”, the Paper Plane logo symbolizes the idea that as big as the world is, it is still accessible. Your imagination can take you anywhere you want to go – a message that resonates with the spirit and culture of streetwear. Lids is the firs...
Daniel Cameron Suspiciously Files Motion To Keep Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Files Secret
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty As if things couldn’t get any worse for Breonna Taylor’s case, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is doing everything in his power to block a juror’s request to release files detailing what happened during the grand jury proceedings that allowed her killers to avoid charges. Blavity reports that Cameron broke protocol last week by releasing grand jury recordings in Taylor’s case after an anonymous juror filed a legal motion demanding the information be open to the public and to speak out about what was said during the proceeding. The request includes “discussion of charges that were NOT presented to the grand jury, explanations of the law that were NOT provided to the grand jury, defenses or justifications that were NOT detailed during the proceedings...
“Unrivaled: Earnhardt vs. Gordon” Takes a Deeper Look at Two NASCAR Legends
One of the greatest elements of spectatorship in any sport is rivalry. Whether it’s Yankees vs. Red Sox, Bird vs. Johnson, or Borg vs. McEnroe, some of the greatest sporting events in history include this layer of neck-and-neck competition that makes for dramatic victories and upsets. For NASCAR fans of the 1980s, they had already found their undisputed king, Dale Earnhardt. The Kannapolis, North Carolina, native created an empire through his image and his undeniable mastery of stock-car racing. The cowboy hat-wearing, blue-collar poster boy looked like the epitome of what a NASCAR legend should look like. That is, until Jeff Gordon showed up. See all 13 photos Gordon, hailing from Vallejo, California, was everything Earnhardt was not. With a humble demeanor, sleek haircut, and style...
Songs We Love During Hispanic Heritage Month: Luis Enrique, Hernaldo Zuniga & More Latin Picks
Traveling to Nicaragua every year became a family tradition and it was throughout the years that I discovered its captivating and promising music scene. Most notably, Luis Enrique, positioning himself as “the Prince of Salsa” as one of the leading forces of the romantic salsa movement of the ‘80s and ‘90s. His timeless hits such as“Así Es La Vida,” “Tu No Le Amas, Le Temes” and “Yo No Se Mañana,” amongst others, have all entered the Billboard charts, and his 2009 album Ciclos nabbed the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album. Luis comes from one of the country’s biggest musical families, including the iconic singers (and his uncles) Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy, both of whom were pivotal in the New Song Movement in Central America of the 1970s. Carlos also helped pro...
Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony Say Eddie Van Halen’s Death Was ‘Like Getting Hit By a Freaking Mack Truck’
Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 following a battle with cancer on Tuesday (Oct. 6). His friends and former bandmates Sammy Hagar and Mike Anthony heard the news while on Catalina Island to perform for Hagar’s birthday bash. In a new video the duo shared on Thursday (Oct. 8) titled “We Love You Eddie,” the rockers run through their emotions after the devastating loss. “After the unfortunate thing that happened yesterday with Eddie Van Halen, for Mike and I, it was just like getting hit by a freaking Mack truck,” Hagar shared. “Kind of took the wind out of the sails.” “A Van Halen song never felt so hard to play and sing in my life,” he continued, before Anthony added, “It’s very surreal right now, and it hasn’t sunk in yet.R...
Why Jonathan Shank Left Red Light to Launch His Own Touring Company Amid a Global Concert Shutdown
Why did you decide to launch Terrapin Station Entertainment? Ultimately the goal was to be able to continue to be aggressive and utilize this time to grow and scale and come out of this with great content and great music. Red Light was super supportive of all of the projects that I took on, but they were family shows. I was carving my own lane. Did you feel like you kind of had to go independent to pivot and be agile? Yeah, and having the ability to continue to be aggressive in the intellectual property space and continue to support my team. With these types of artists and projects, you have to have a really strong team. I felt that this is a great time to go out and license a lot of IP for the future. If you can be aggressive in that space, then when the clouds lift, we have a really stro...
Foo Fighters Announce ‘The People of Rock and Roll’ Digital Zine
Readers can filter through the 135 pages of stories at the time of publication by narrowing down to a specific bandmember or location. One by an anonymous user from Boulder, Colorado, shared two photos from Lollapalooza in 2011 and 2019. “I want to thank you for bringing me and partner together,” the note reads. “We met at foo fighters concerts at lolla 2011, dancing in the midsts of mud and rain, sharing an intimate moment only to separate and meet again 8 years later by fate, locking eyes remembering a distant time. I’ll always be grateful to the foo fighters for constantly reminding me how music connects spirits for only one shared moment or a lifetime of shared moment.” See the digital zine here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates...
Tory Lanez Charged With Assault in Megan Thee Stallion Shooting
Tory Lanez has been charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with one felony count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm of a “female friend.” Though the DA’s office doesn’t specify who the woman is, it should be clear by now that the “female friend” in connection is Megan Thee Stallion. “The rap artist known as Tory Lanez has been charged with assaulting a female friend in the Hollywood Hills earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today,” the announcement said. It continued: “Daystar Peterson aka Tory Lanez (dob 7/27/92) was charged today in case BA490599 with one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm – personal use of a firearm – and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. The defend...
Former Civil Rights Lawyer Maya Wiley To Run For Mayor of New York City
Source: WENN.com / WENN After years of torching Donald Trump and his republican cult of a party with facts and figures on cable news channel MSNBC, political commentator Maya Wiley has announced that she has decided to throw her hat into the 2021 mayoral race for New York City. We. Love. It. NBC New York is reporting that the civil rights lawyer turned Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School is announcing her candidacy to succeed her Bill de Blasio when his term is up next year and if you’re familiar with the former de Blasio aide, you’d know her mind is as bright as they come. “I want to build a New York where no matter who you are or what you look like, how you identify or who you love, whether you have a big bank account or none at all, whether you live in public hous...
Virginia Couple Facing Zoning Challenge For Massive Black Lives Matter Lawn Sign
Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty A Virginia couple wanted to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement by erecting a massive sign on their lawn. Of course, it sparked a very predictable response. NBC News 12 reports that a Chesterfield Virginia is facing opposition and a zoning challenge from the county government because of the large Black Lives Matter sign they built on their lawn. The Barrys reportedly began building the sign after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer and received “overwhelming support” for it. But the reception wasn’t totally positive. Per Raw Story: “The Barrys say on top of negative comments and messages on social media a complaint from a neighbor to take the Black Lives Matter message down has brought the attention of C...
Fleetwood Mac Viral Skateboard Star Gets A Gulping Taste of Success
Source: @doggface208 / Instagram In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks or you just don’t have social media, Chicano turned social media sweetheart Doggface208 is the hottest thing out in these streets. And thanks to his TikTok videos he’s now reaping the fruits of his laid back labor. TMZ is reporting that Nathan Apodaca a.k.a. Doggface’s video of himself skateboarding and sipping on Ocean Spray while lip syncing Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” has led to all kinds of support and success in just a matter of days thanks to the clip going viral and being viewed millions of times over. From seeing his Doggface merchandise begin to sell like hotcakes online and having Ocean Spray bless him with a brand spanking new truck, Apodaca is experiencing the kind of success most only ...
Pretty Ricky’s Baby Blue Purchased A Ferrari With COVID-19 Relief Money, Arrested By The Feds
Source: Ray Tamarra / Getty The prospect of money being made available for people in desperate need of financial relief because of COVID-19 was bound to bring out the scammers. According to the Feds, Diamond “Baby Blue” Smith, who you might know as a member of late 1990’s/2000’s R&B/Hip-Hop group Pretty Ricky, was approved for over $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, and used the money to buy a Ferrari. C’mon son. According to the Feds—as in the Justice Department—Smith, who is the brother of Pleasure P, has been hit with a gang of charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Allegedly, Diamond Blue Smith, 36, of Miramar, FL, and Tonye C. Johnson, 28, of Flourtown, PA, were involved in a scheme that aimed to seek ...
