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Speeding: Usain Bolt Tests Positive for COVID-19, His “MASSIVE” Birthday Party Could’ve Been A Super Spreader Event
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty While millions of people have decided to once again go about their lives as if we’re not still slap-dab in the middle of a deadly pandemic, more and more people continue to reveal they’ve been infected with the Coronavirus and gold medalist Usain Bolt has joined the long list of celebrities to do so. According to TMZ Jamaica’s minister of health, Dr. Chistopher Tufton, has confirmed that the fastest man on earth has indeed tested positive for COVID-19 days after rumors began swirling that he’d been infected. Initially after the rumors started Bolt denied having the Rona but said he’d just been tested and was awaiting the results, but now it’s confirmed he’s self-isolating until he tests negative. Now people are worried about the “massive” birth...
Leikeli47 Drops New Animated Visuals To “Zoom”
Source: AFROPUNK / Getty After a hiatus of sorts, Leikeli47 has returned to the rap game to remind everyone that when it comes to female MC’s, looks should be secondary and skills should be first! The masked rapper who’s known for, well, being masked, has come out of the shadows to release her latest visuals to “Zoom” which features an old school 16-bit animated scene that would make Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis users proud (TurboGrafx-16 was really 8-bit but that’s neither here nor there). Showing and proving that her pen is sharp, 47 drops bars and similes galore when spitting “I’m from the backstreet boy where it’s very rare we link/And if you sing the wrong note/We’ll put yo ass n sync/Originally from Virginia, DMV we squad in/Then I’d head up north to do my prospect parking/That’s ...
Jacob Blake Paralyzed From Waist Down After Being Shot In The Back By Cops
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Jacob Blake, 29, was shot in the back multiple times while walking away from cops. Now, the Black man and latest victim of police brutality is out of emergency surgery, but he is reportedly paralyzed from the waist down. As previously reported, on Sunday (August 23) police in Kenosha, Wisconsin were responding to a domestic violence call. Two women were arguing, but witnesses say Blake was trying to stop them. Blake, a father of six who was celebrating his 8-year-olds birthday that day, placed three children in his car. When the unarmed man tried to get in the SUV, an officer got into an altercation with him, shooting him reportedly 8 times in the back, at point-blank range. Some reports say seven shots were heard—but overkill is overkill especially considering...
Watch ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s Ted Nugent Fire Up the Crowd in Reno 911! Preview Clip
Way, way back in March — remember March? — it was reported that none other than “Weird Al” Yankovic would be playing Ted Nugent in the latest version of Reno 911! on Quibi. The episode is finally upon us. In the clip below, you can see Yankovic as Nugent, with red, white and blue regalia and all. Prior to hitting the stage at a show, Yankovic’s Nugent wants to make sure that his T-shirt gun has a silencer and from there, well, hijinx ensue. Check it out below. [embedded content] Reno 911! stars Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver. This is the second episode of the season, which airs today (Aug. 26). In March, Yankovic denied people’s requests to parody the coronavirus with a version of The Knack’s “My Sharona” but to “My Corona.” He was cl...
Ford F-150 Getting Multifunction Tailgate to Challenge Ram’s, GMC’s
Though it continues to dominate truck sales, the Ford F-150 has fallen behind in the trick tailgate game. Its full-size competitors from GMC and Ram both offer fancy multi-way tailgates, with the former blazing a trail with its MultiPro tailgate and the latter recently introducing the barn door-style Multifunction tailgate. Not to be outdone, Ford is reportedly working on a complex tailgate gimmick of its own. According to Ford Authority, Ford is considering several prototype tailgate designs for development. Sources close to the project say a barn door setup like Ram’s is a top contender. The Ram 1500’s available Multifunction tailgate opens two ways: It can drop down like a traditional tailgate or swing open thanks to side-hinged 60/40 split barn doors. Those barn doors make ...
2022 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: What We Know About the Twin-Turbo Super-’Vette
If the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray‘s nearly 500-hp V-8 engine fails to entice you, then the forthcoming Corvette Z06‘s 650-hp V-8 ought to do the trick. And it’s not just the horsepower output that’s changed. The Z06’s engine will be an entirely different animal from its lesser sibling, increasing performance and bringing an entirely different character to the car. Read on to find out why. 2022 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: Twin-Cam, Twin-Turbo, Flat-Plane Unlike the LT2 engine of the Stingray, the Z06’s V-8 will forgo pushrod valves and a cross-plane crank for dual-overhead cams and a flat-plane crank. The resulting engine should possess the rev-happy nature and aural thrills of the Corvette C8.R’s V-8, which also happens to use twin cams and a flat-pla...
Australia’s Falls Festival Will ‘Raincheck’ Due to COVID-19
The 2020/2021 edition of Australia’s Falls Festival has been shelved due to the pandemic. Falls Festival, one of Australia’s biggest annual touring fests, was meant to go ahead with multiple dates on either side of New Year’s, featuring an all-Australian lineup. Those plans, however, proved too optimistic. “Falls Festival will no longer be taking place this year,” reads a statement from Falls Festival producers Jess Ducrou and Paul Piticco. “In May, as the nation seemed to be moving into recovery mode, we were optimistic about forging ahead and supporting our local industry with an all Aussie edition of Falls Festival,” the message continues. “We were especially excited to reunite many live music fans, get industry crew back on the job, and contribute to the economies of the co...
Sheldon Riley Reimagines Kylie Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ on ‘AGT’: Watch
Sheldon Riley hides his face behind a mask, but there’s nothing shy about his performances. As the quarter-finals continued Tuesday night on America’s Got Talent, the mysterious Australian singer chose a particularly dramatic crystal mask for the occasion, and delivered a powerhouse cover of “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.” Riley totally reimagined Kylie Minogue’s pop classic as an epic heartbreaker. The son of an Aussie mother and a Filipino father, Riley (real name Sheldon Hernandez) amassed a following during his run on The Voice Australia in 2018, earning a spot in the final four. He returned to the series last year as an All-Star and competed for a chance to represent Australia at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest. Watch his latest AGT performance below. [embedded content] You Deserve t...
Joe Biden Presidential Campaign ‘Flooding the Zone’ with Celebrity Backers
Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play “I Feel the Earth Move” during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her to it. “On my playlist, Carole!” Biden proclaimed, holding up his phone and letting a few seconds of the song blast. “Oh, well, I’ll just sit back and let you play your playlist,” King said with a laugh. The four-time Grammy winner isn’t the only Biden playlist mainstay helping his campaign against President Donald Trump. Jimmy Buffett noted that “Come Monday” was among the hits stored on Biden’s phone before singing it at another recent fundraiser. And James Taylor told another group that he learned to play “America the Beautiful” for President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration, when Biden was sworn in for four...
Dirty Hit Launches In Australia
Dirty Hit, home to The 1975 and Wolf Alice, expands its global footprint with a new affiliate in Australia. Leading the Sydney office is Rachel Jones-Williams, who oversees label activities for the region as General Manager, Asia Pacific. Jones-Williams joins the independent music company from Sony Music Entertainment, where she most recently served as senior manager, national promotions & communications at Sony Music. Prior to that, she worked as national promotions manager at Caroline Australia, Universal Music’s label services business. Launching a new record label in a pandemic isn’t without its challenges. “It’s definitely a strange time,” Jones-Williams tells Billboard. “In a normal world we would be seeing a debut tour from Beabadoobee and The 1975 would have been returnin...
12 Things We Learned From Nas on ‘The Breakfast Club’
Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Over the weekend Nas triumphantly returned to the rap game with release of his 13th album, Kings Disease. For the first time in a decade checked into The Breakfast Club to drop gems and jewels like the Queensbridge Hip-Hop King who he is. Talking about his career up to this point, linking up with The Firm for his latest album, and revealing his only regret with his Kanye West-produced, Nasir, Nas treats Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy (who he pulled a gun on) to a trip into the cerebral of Nasty Nas. From confirming a secret music project he’s working on to how Roxanne Shante helped him get on his A-game, Nas becomes an open book (for the most part) and blesses his fans with all kinds of revelations from the gospel of Nasir Jones. Here...
RZA Sells 50 Percent Of Catalog To Hipgnosis Songs
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty RZA has certainly amassed a lengthy catalog over the past two decades and more, with a career that began before the global impact of The Wu-Tang Clan where he found fame. The Abbot of the Shaolin Swordsmen sold half of his classic catalog to Hipgnosis Records, joining other artists and producers by placing their catalog into the hands of the British music publishing company. Variety reports that RZA, born Robert Diggs, sold half of his copyright interest and writers share to Hipgnosis, which specializes in protecting and promoting the value of popular music as the industry pivots primarily towards the streaming market. Given that physical copies are largely niche items among collectors, monetizing music in the near future will have to find new pathways to su...
