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Twitter Confirms Talib Kweli’s Account Was Suspended Due To Harassment
Source: Al Pereira / Getty Another rapper who was thought to be living righteous has been apparently doing way too much. One of the biggest social media brands has sat Talib Kweli down. As spotted on Hip Hop N More the Brooklyn lyricist has been missing from Twitter for some time now. In late July he announced he was leaving the platform for greener pastures. Naturally speculation followed with allegations of him possibly being barred from using the app due to some testy exchanges with other prominent personalities. Well the rumors have been proven to be true. View this post on Instagram It's official. I have officially left @twitter for the greener pastures of @patreon which is membership fee based. Now most of my exchanges will always be with real fans who invest in me. I spent 11 y...
Colorado Cops Under Investigation After Mistaking Black Family’s Vehicle As Stolen
Source: Bill Oxford / Getty Brittney Gilliam likely has a lawsuit on her hands after police in Aurora, Colo. treated her and four minors like brazen criminals from a Grand Theft Auto session. According to local reports, members of the Aurora Police Department, already in hot water over the questionable death of Elijah McCain, made an error in detained the woman and her family in a situation that should have been handled with professionalism instead of carelessness. Local outlet 9NEWS reports that Gilliam was out and about with her younger sister, her daughter, and two nieces to enjoy a spa day at a local nail salon. Upon arriving at the establishment this past Sunday, they discovered that the salon was closed and thought they’d just be going about the rest of their day. Instead, APD ...
Legendary Liverpool Venue Zanzibar to Permanently Close Due to Impact of COVID-19
“Covid-19 has been a massive kick in the teeth for everyone.” Citing the impact of COVID-19, the operators of fabled Liverpool venue Zanzibar have announced its impending permanent closure. “Covid-19 has been a massive kick in the teeth for everyone,” said Scott Burgess, director of Zanzibar, in a statement shared on Facebook. “There has been a tragic amount of lost lives. Peoples hopes, dreams and livelihoods completely destroyed.” Zanzibar has been a staple of Liverpool’s live music for over 30 years and was a local favorite for its patented club nights, such as “The Bandwagon” and “Valhalla.” Many iconic musicians have graced the venue’s stage, including Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher, who recently tweeted that ...
Beirut’s Nightclub District “Virtually Wiped Out” Following Lebanon Explosion
Lebanese authorities have declared Beirut a “disaster city.” Following the devastating explosion in Lebanon’s capital yesterday, August 4th, Lebanese authorities declared Beirut a “disaster city” as the death roll rose to 113. Lebanon’s prime minister revealed that an investigation has been launched into the cause of the blast, which is most likely due to an estimated 2,750 metric tons of explosive ammonium nitrate stored at a Beirut warehouse. The Guardian journalist Martin Chulov, who was reporting at the scene of the explosion, stated that the “whole nightclub district [was] virtually wiped out.” According to Mixmag, a bevy of nightclubs and music venues were located close to the site of the explosion, including The Gärten, The B...
Kayzo Announces New Single “Say It” and Release Date
Kayzo fans, rejoice. Since he released two thunderous tracks in the month of April 2020, Kayzo has been relatively quiet on the new music front. That notion went up in flames, however, after the bass music kingpin took to Twitter to announce a forthcoming single. In early April, Kayzo released “Spin It Back” on his own Welcome Records banner, teaming up with fellow bass sage Calcium for a raucous dubstep offering. He then joined forces with Crankdat for the aptly-titled “The Fire,” a blistering, metal-inspired electro track that received support from k?d, Blanke, Laidback Luke, and many more. Since the newly announced solo track “Say It” will also arrive on Welcome Records, if the two aforementioned tunes are any indication, Kayzo fans ar...
Grammy-Winning Producer Detail Arrested on Suspicion of Sexual Assault
Noel Fisher, the Grammy-winning producer known as Detail who has worked with the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne and Beyoncé, was arrested in Los Angeles by the Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau on Aug. 5. He faces 15 sexual assault charges and five additional felony assault charges. According to a statement by the Department, the alleged incidents occurred between 2010 and 2018. Fisher’s bail has been set at $6,290,000. “In January 2020, detectives submitted the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for review,” a statement from the Department posted on Facebook read. “On July 31, 2020, detectives were notified fifteen sexual assault charges and five additional felony assault related charges were filed against Noel Christopher Fisher,” it continued. “B...
Xplosive: Dr. Dre’s Wife, Nicole Young, Challenges Prenup, Says She Was Forced To Sign It
Source: Jeffrey Mayer / Getty The pending divorce between Dr. Dre and his soon-to-be ex-wife Nicole Young is getting S P I C Y and understandably so because there is a lot of money on the line. TMZ has obtained court docs filed by Nicole Young, and it alleges that Dr. Dre forced her to sign it back in 1996. Young is also claiming that Dre felt like crap for forcing her to sign the prenup 2-years into their marriage. Dre allegedly tore up the prenuptial agreement documents in front of her she states. Per TMZ: Nicole says Dre is now worth $1 bil and says before they tied the knot, “I was extremely reluctant, resistant and afraid to sign the agreement and felt backed into a corner. Given the extraordinary pressure and intimidation by Andre, I was left with no option but to hire a lawyer...
So Long TikTok?: Instagram Finally Brings Reels To The United States
Source: Instagram / Instragram Reels With TikTok possibly on the verge of being banned by Donald Trump, if Microsoft can’t secure a deal by the so-called president’s deadline, Instagram sees a golden opportunity. The Facebook-owned social media platform announced the arrival of Reels in North America, which the company describes as “a new way to create and discover short, entertaining videos on Instagram.” The TikTok clone, if we’re keeping it a buck, will allow users to record and edit 15-second clips that can be comprised of shorter multiple videos and add music, other effects while utilizing new creative tools. Once you’re done crafting your Reel, you can either share it on your timeline and if your account is public to the new Reels tab will be live ...
Juelz Santana Is Free From Prison
Source: @thejuelzsantana / Instagram Juelz Santana is now a free man. Today (August 5), the Dipset rapper was freed from federal prison where he was serving a sentence for a gun conviction. Kimbella was right—in late 2019, and thus before the Coronavirus Pandemic, she asserted that her husband would be home by the summer of 2020. Juelz was originally sentenced to 27 months in prison back in December of 2018 after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft. In March 2018 he was pinched after security at Newark Liberty International Airport found oxycodone pills and a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage—but only after he fled the scene and turned himself in days later. So originally due out on February 10, 2021, Juelz Santana has come h...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Tapped As Guest Editor for ‘Vanity Fair’ September Issue
Source: CAMBRIDGE, MA – NOVEMBER 11: Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Institute of Politics moderated by Harvard Professor Bruce Western on November 11, 2015 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images,) Uploaded By Godpseed Ta-Nehisi Coates has been working on some things and we’re excited about it. The best selling author will serve as guest editor for the September issue of Vanity Fair. In partnership with the magazine’s editor in chief Radhika Jones, the issue will explore art, activism, and power in 21st century America. “I’m honored to be partnering with Radhika and the entire Vanity Fair staff on this project,” said Coates in a statement from Vanity Fair. “Equally, I’m...
Texas Man, Like Florida Man Before Him, Uses PPP Loan Money on Lamborghini
No offense to the state of Florida, but it’s typically a good idea to avoid following in its male citizens’ footsteps. Or, at least, to never appear in a sentence like the title of this story. That’s because it can be assumed that any news item that begins “Florida Man…” involves some kind of brazen, insane, or otherwise non-model behavior. Take one Florida Man from last month, who used fraudulently obtained Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan money intended for coronavirus business relief to purchase himself a Lamborghini Huracán. Well, one Lamborghini-lovin’ Texas Man just couldn’t help himself. While it’d be funny to write that the Texas Man at the center of a new Justice Department criminal complaint said something like “ho...
Even Watching a Street Race in Atlanta Could Net You a Huge Fine
Street racing is nothing new, but it may have found an opening of late. As we’ve reported previously, while the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has kept most people inside and cars off the roads, and according to some local news outlets, speeders and street racers have been taking advantage of those extra-empty streets—Atlantans included. They’ve been holding street races and road takeovers with hundreds of spectators, sometimes multiple nights in a row. Authorities are summoning a response. In an effort to crack down on street racing—and, more specifically, the massive crowds these events tend to attract—the Atlanta City Council recently approved legislation that punishes bystanders, in addition to racing participants. We all know you can be sent to jail and have your license suspen...
