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Arashi’s ‘Kite’ Sails to No. 1 on Japan Hot 100
Arashi’s “Kite” soars to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, selling 636,590 copies during the chart week dated July 27 to Aug. 2. The quintet’s 58th single took the top spot by a wide margin after leading physical sales and look-ups, while also coming in at No. 2 for Twitter and No. 26 for radio airplay. A bit of chart trivia: the super-group’s previous single, “Brave,” debuted at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100 last September after a close contest against the writer of “Kite” — hitmaker Kenshi Yonezu, who topped that week’s chart with “Uma to Shika.” “Brave” actually sold more CDs than “Kite” with 708,595 copies that week, coming in at No. 1 for sales, No. 2 for look-ups, No. 3 for Twitter, and No. 56 for radio. The weekly total for “Kite” was 39,590, surpassing “Brave,”...
Taylor Swift Slams Trump Over His Refusal to Fund the US Postal Service: ‘Vote Early’
Taylor Swift is slamming President Donald Trump over his handling of funding for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The 30-year-old pop superstar took to Twitter on Saturday (Aug. 15) to criticize Trump over reports that he is deliberately withholding billions of dollars in funding for the USPS as part of a coronavirus relief package. Many claim Trump is purposely starving the postal service in an attempt to slow down an expected surge of mail-in ballots this November. “Donald Trump’s ineffective leadership gravely worsened the crisis that we are in and he is now taking advantage of it to subvert and destroy our right to vote and vote safely. Request a ballot early. Vote early,” Swift wrote. “Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS prov...
Cardi B Reacts to Lil Nas X’s ‘Certified Freak’ Pose
Cardi B had one word for Lil Nas X‘s “WAP”-inspired portrait. “Goddam,” she wrote Saturday (Aug. 15), retweeting a sultry picture of the rapper posing shirtless by the pool. Lil Nas X had captioned the photo “certified freak,” with a zany face emoji, when he posted it earlier in the day — a reference to Cardi’s first line in her latest single, “WAP”: “I said certified freak, seven days a week.” Before she was fanning herself over Lil Nas X’s post, Cardi kicked off the weekend on a political note, endorsing New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on social media for a future presidential run. The Bronx-born politician was seen jamming out to “Bodak Yellow” to which Cardi responded: “...
2023 Cadillac Lyriq Will Be Priced Below $60,000
The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq debuted earlier this month, promising Tesla-like range and technology. Now, Cadillac is providing clues as to how much the electric crossover will cost when it debuts in late 2022 or early 2023. As Automotive News reports, the Lyriq will start under $60,000. That’s according to Steve Carlisle, president of General Motors North America, who made the announcement at the JP Morgan Auto Conference on Wednesday. “This car will need to be priced similar to how the industry prices midsize lux SUVs today, maybe a slight premium at the outset,” said Carlisle. “It’s a price that won’t be high five digits. It won’t start with a seven and it won’t start with a six.” Full pricing information will be released closer to the mod...
Big Daddy Barn Find: Ed Roth’s 1956 Ford F-100 Found after 50 Years in Hiding
Ed Roth was a man of many talents: painter, pinstriper, airbrush artist, fabricator. He was also a great self-promoter. Roth understood that an artist working in obscurity would likely starve. Success meant getting the word out about your skills. In the early 1950s, Roth bought a 1948 Ford, painted it red, lettered it with the name of his business and phone number, and adorned the roof over the back window with papier-mache head and hands. Sort of a bizarre take on the old “Kilroy was Here” cartoon. But, as he told Tony Thacker in the book Hot Rods by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, that head “drew too many complaints.” So in 1957, he bought a light green 1956 Ford F-100 pickup. Roth repainted the truck white and adorned it with red flames and added a tonneau cover...
Kev-On Stage Schools White Folks On The History Of DJ Screw After Teens Colonize Sound
Source: Magdelena / Radio One Houston Comedian Kev-On Stage had to put on his “teacher” cap after calling out white teens on social media for attempting to appropriate the legendary and original “Chopped and Screwed” sound of Houston icon DJ Screw. On Thursday (Aug 13), the comedian took to social media with a response to a young teen who attempted to credit a white producer named Slater with originating the early 90s sound and gave her a quick lesson on the true originator of the sound she called a “slowed and reverb phenomenon”—DJ Screw. “White people, y’all don’t know what y’all be talking about but you be confidently loud and wrong!” Kev-On Stage began. “You really tried to gentrify chopped and screwed. I know you don’t know who DJ Screw is, but I guarantee you Slater is not the invent...
OP Alert: Tekashi 6ix9ine Spotted At Nipsey Hussle Mural Clout Chasing
Source: @6ix9ine / Instagram Hip-Hop’s most hated troll is up to his old tricks again. This time the rainbow haired stool pigeon used a late great to get some shine. As spotted on HipHopDX, Tekashi 6ix9ine paid a trip to California. His visit for the most part didn’t produce any big headlines he did make a calculated pit stop to the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. There he captured some footage of him paying respects to the late great Nipsey Hussle via a graffiti mural. While it has become common practice for rappers to pay homage to King Nip when they are in town everything about this moment screamed to be a reach for attention. In a video post to his Instagram account he is seen getting one knee and saying a prayer in front of the painting. The caption read “REST IN PEACE NISPEY ! I K...
Kanye West Congratulates Kamala Harris on VP Nomination: ‘It’s an Honor to Run Against You’
Kanye West has shared a touching congratulatory message to Kamala Harris, who was recently selected by Joe Biden as his running mate for the 2020 presidential election. “I know my mom and Kamala Harris would have been friends … congratulations on being the democratic Vice President nominee … all love and respect from the future president,” the 43-year-old rapper and presidential hopeful tweeted on Saturday (Aug. 14). “It’s an honor to run against you.” This is the first time West has publicly commented on Biden’s pick for VP, which marks the first Black, Asian American woman on a major party presidential ticket. Following the Aug. 11 announcement, numerous artists celebrated Harris’ nomination, including Taylor Swift, John Legend, Katy Perry ...
Sophie Turner Sends Sweet Birthday Message to ‘Baby Daddy’ Joe Jonas
Sophie Turner is reminding everyone that it’s Joe Jonas‘ first time celebrating a birthday as a dad. The actress took to social media on Saturday (Aug. 15), Jonas’ 31st birthday, to share a classic black-and-white photo of the couple alongside a special birthday message to her husband. “Happy birthday to my love/bub/baby daddy,” she wrote to Jonas in a sweet post on Instagram. The new parents welcomed their first child together just a few weeks ago, but this is the first time Turner has acknowledged on social media that their bundle of joy, a baby girl named Willa, is here. Nick Jonas wished his brother a happy birthday, too, with a silly clip of him dancing. “You’re the funniest person I know and I love celebrating you. I feel so lucky to have...
BTS Delivers a ‘Dynamite’ Teaser, And There’s More to Come
BTS‘ new song “Dynamite” is almost here, and Big Hit Entertainment is keeping fans hyped with teasers. While ARMY awaits “Dynamite,” an English single set to make waves on Aug. 21, they can enjoy a new photo released as a preview for the song. In the picture, posted on Saturday (Aug. 15), the K-pop superstars casually pose behind a counter, looking as though they’re standing around and anticipating the new tune, too. Before the big “Dynamite” day, the group will also deliver a music video teaser. The sneak peek is coming on Aug. 18, according to a press release issued by BTS’ team. In July, BTS first mentioned they have a new single coming. “We are preparing an album for the second half of this year, but decided to first rele...
This Is What Rihanna Thinks of Donald Trump
Rihanna is being loud and clear about her opinion of Donald Trump. In case fans didn’t already know how she feels about the president, the singer used her platform to share the spray-painted words “F— TRUMP” in a series of colorful graffiti photos posted on Instagram Friday night (Aug. 14). The graffiti artist wore an oversized “psychedelic” Fenty hoodie. “art,” Rihanna captioned the image, adding the hashtag #81 days, her countdown to the 2020 presidential election. When one of her 86 million followers asked 81 days until what, Rihanna replied, “ELECTION!!! Wake up! Stay woke!” “BadGalBanksy,” another person quipped in one of the post’s top comments. See the expressive artwork on Instagram. You Deserve to Make M...
The Weeknd Unearths Remix of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Money Power Glory’
Despite the Weeknd’s major label debut Kiss Land coming out seven years ago, it topped iTunes’ R&B chart for the first time this week. To celebrate the unexpected achievement, Abel Tesfaye decided to feature “a collection of records that inspired the universe and a few songs and ideas that didn’t make the album” during the latest episode of his Memento Mori radio show Friday night. He played a number of unreleased tracks and outtakes as a “special thank you episode to the fans for showing so much love to kiss land this week,” and threw in a few other surprises, including a remix of Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence track “Money Power Glory.” Though the song was never properly released, the singers would go on to collaborate on Del Rey’s “Lust For Life” in ...
