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Kanye West The Op Accuses Dems Of “Spying” On His Campaign After Being Accused Of Fraud
Source: Kanye West Purchases Second City In Wyoming To Bring Yeezy Production / Kanye West Purchases Second City In Wyoming To Bring Yeezy Production To The US Kanye West may be on the campaign trail to cause a distraction, but that is not stopping him from accusing Democrats of sabotage after complaints of fraud were aimed at the Birthday Party’s direction. According to TMZ, Kanye West is accusing the Democratic party of hiring a private investigator to track his signature-gathering street team as part of an “organized effort of harassment and intimidation” against his candidacy, before adding that the strategy led to nothing but wasted time after efforts led to no evidence of wrong doing. In efforts to add his name to the Wisconsin ballot, West’s campaign In addit...
Singer & Asthma Sufferer Tekashi 6ix9ine Caught Riding NYC Subway Without A Mask
Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Tekashi 6ix9ine has been galavanting the streets ever since his release from house arrest, but his recent mask-free antics have annoyed New York City’s MTA for good reason. In one of his latest adventures captured on Instagram, the lace front enthusiast and two armed security guards boarded a southbound F train with disregard to the mask ordinance of the MTA. The guards wore their masks around their chins while he rode barefaced. View this post on Instagram Fuck it took the train today because I felt like it A post shared by PUNANI (@6ix9ine) on Aug 7, 2020 at 9:45am PDT To be fair, New Yorkers have been under quarantine for five months, so it may be difficult for the rugged rodents, notoriously infamous for overrunning the subway system, to ident...
Lil Gotit ft. Future “What It Was,” Drag-On “Smoke Out Freestyle” & More | Daily Visuals 8.11.20
While Future is one of the few mainstream artists holding it down for Atlanta at the moment, fellow ATLien Lil Gotit is looking to one day carry the A on his back and links up with Hendrixx to continue on that path. Linking up for the clip to “What It Was,” Gotit and Future give us what you’d expect from rap videos nowadays. A fly Lambo, a thick rump shakin’ young lady, and a big illuminated cross on a wall. Let the Illuminati conspiracy theories continue. From the future to the past, OG Ruff Ryder Drag-On continues to show and prove that he’s still got lots of gas left in the tank and in his visuals to “Smoke Out Freestyle” lets off hella bars in a smoke filled room. Was a smoke machine used or was that just the product of many, many, many blunts? Just curious. Check out the rest of today...
NBA Star Turned International DJ Donates $100,000 to Beirut Relief Efforts in Wake of Deadly Explosion
Lebanese DJ Rony Seikaly is directing funds to shelter, food, medical support, and rehabilitation in Beirut Following a devastating explosion in Beirut that left at least 220 dead, Lebanese DJ Rony Seikaly has donated $100,000 to ongoing relief efforts in the region. The explosion, which “virtually wiped out” Beirut’s entire nightclub district, led to over 7,000 injuries, $10 to $15 billion in damage, and left an estimated 300,000 people homeless. According to reports, the blast was likely due to approximately 2,750 metric tons of explosive ammonium nitrate stored at a Beirut warehouse. To augment relief efforts, Seikaly has partnered with the NGO SEAL, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 by a group of Lebanese-Americans to take action against sev...
Illicit Brooklyn Rave at Prospect Park Attracts Thousands Amid Ongoing Pandemic
Over 1,500 people attended the unauthorized rave and the majority did not wear masks. Despite concerted efforts in recent weeks by the state of New York to curtail illicit raves amid the ongoing pandemic, a massive event was organized at Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Sunday, August 9th, 2020. According to a report by the New York Post, over 1,500 people attended the “Litnic 20” rave and the majority did not wear masks, partying into the early hours of Monday, August 10th and ignoring social distancing measures. Following the event, the park was reportedly left in shambles and CBS New York called it a “wasteland.” “Illegal gatherings like the one held last night in Prospect Park present significant challenges for safety and undercut our maintenance eff...
Phish’s Trey Anastasio Was the First Late-Night TV In-Studio Guest Since March
Phish singer Trey Anastasio has had a busy year — even in quarantine. Phish released a new album, Sigma Oasis, earlier this year and while alone in New York City, Anastasio put together a solo album titled Lonely Trip. On Tuesday night, Anastasio became the first in-studio guest on a late-night show since the coronavirus pandemic fully took hold of society in March. Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Anastasio and the Roots tore through a version of the Lonely Trip track “I Never Needed You Like This Before.” The performance, socially-distant of course, took place in Studio 6A rather than the customary 6B due to spacing. Upon entry into the building (with just his guitar and amp in hand), SPIN has learned, Anastasio had to take a COVID-19 test on site. He test...
Dave Grohl Remembers Trini Lopez: ‘A Beautiful Musical Legacy’
Singer Trini Lopez, who is best known for songs like his cover of “If I Had a Hammer,” “I’m Comin’ Home, Cindy,” “Sally Was a Good Old Girl” and “Lemon Tree,” died at the age of 83 in Palm Springs. Variety says The Dirty Dozen actor died due to complications from COVID-19. Lopez may not have known it, but he had an important role in shaping Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl’s career as well. In a series of tweets from the Foo Fighters account, Grohl thanked Lopez for his contributions to the band Grohl purchased a 1967 Trini Lopez signature guitar while he was still in Nirvana, and still relies on it to create the Foos’ sound. “Today the world sadly lost yet another legend, Trini Lopez. Trini not only left a beautiful musical legacy of his own, but also unknowingly helped s...
Jeep Drops First Teaser for New Grand Wagoneer (or New Grand Cherokee)
Jeep is working on something grand. Well, that’s the implication made in this teaser image by the off-road-oriented brand, which includes a picture of the Grand Canyon, a definition of the word “grand” (“magnificent and striking in appearance, size, or style”), and the copy “coming soon.” Given the Grand Canyon is millions of years old, we don’t think the geographic feature is the forthcoming thing that Jeep is teasing. More likely, the brand is previewing its forthcoming Grand Wagoneer full-size SUV, which may emerge as the largest model Jeep offers in its showrooms. Then again, the mid-size Grand Cherokee is slated for a redesign soon, too, and it’s possible this ad teases that model instead. Or maybe it’s neither the Grand Wagoneer nor the Grand Cherokee that Jeep’s alluding to in this...
Vote for the Best 2000’s Latin Hit: Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Thalia & More
While Bad Bunny, J Balvin, and other reggaeton stars dominate the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the new era, the scenario was different 20 years ago. The Hot Latin Songs chart, which currently blends airplay, streaming data, and digital sales, was then dominated mainly by pop ballads and some tropical anthems with chart-toppers such as Chayanne, Thalia, and Marc Anthony, to name a few. In the year 2000, 18 Latin bops hit No. 1, showcasing the variety in musical taste and consumption. {“nid”:”9429942″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Thalia, Marc Anthony & More Latin Artists Who Had No. 1 Billboard Hits 20 Years Ago”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/latin\/9429942\/hot-latin-songs-hits-in-2000\/...
Muse Announces ‘Simulation Theory’ IMAX Movie Experience & Limited-Edition Box Sets: Watch the Trailer
Muse is reliving its Simulation Theory Tour days by bringing them to the silver screen. MUSE – Simulation Theory: The IMAX Experience will be available in select IMAX theaters around the world next Monday, Aug. 17 before coming to iTunes, Amazon and Google Play starting next Friday, Aug. 21. Directed by Lance Drake, who shot every promo video for the English rock band’s 2018 album by the same name, the sci-fi concert film-narrative film hybrid was filmed at London’s O2 Arena in September 2019 and follows a team of scientists investigating the source of a paranormal contagion around the world in efforts to save humanity, which sounds eerily familiar to the coronavirus pandemic. The Simulation Theory movie also features 22 songs and the never-before-heard score from Muse...
Let’s Rewind Through Sen. Kamala Harris’ Mood Playlist
Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP pick Tuesday (Aug. 11), so Billboard is revisiting and rewinding through her mood playlist. Last year during a segment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Harris sat down and ran through her favorite tracks for any given scenario, from what to play at the cookout (Beyoncé‘s Lemonade) to what reminds her of her college days at Howard University (Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It”) to what she loved as a child (Aretha Franklin’s “Young, Gifted and Black”). But most importantly and timely, her presidential song pick is “One Nation Under a Groove” by Funkadelic. Artists including John Legend, Cher, Justin Timberlake, Hayley Kiyoko and more chee...
Neil Young Says He’s Spending $20,000 to Remove Facebook and Google From Website
A week after filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump for copyright infringement, Neil Young is addressing a potential problem. On Tuesday, an email (which was obtained by SPIN) was sent to Neil Young Archives members detailing Young’s decision to disengage Google and Facebook from his website. “Facebook knowingly allows untruths and lies in its political ads to circulate on the platform, while bots sow discord among users,” the statement reads in part. “Sowing dissent and chaos in our country via political disinformation is something we cannot condone. Simply put, Facebook is screwing with our election.” Young’s gripes with Facebook go back years, and he’s been outspoken about the social network. The statement notes that it will cost “almost $20,000 to disen...
