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Elon Musk Tried Convincing Kanye West to Run For President in 2024, but It Didn’t Work
Elon Musk tried to talk some sense into Kanye West regarding his presidential bid, but it sounds like his BFF didn’t listen. During a new interview with The New York Times, the Tesla and SpaceX founder explained how he attempted to convince West to delay running for president (despite giving his “full support” when Ye first threw his hat into the ring). “I’ve done my best to convince him that 2024 would be better than 2020,” Musk divulged, saying he wouldn’t want his friend to be accused of splitting the Black vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. During the interview, Musk also revealed he’s known the rapper for “at least 10 years” and checked up on him after his latest Twitter ramblings, which included accusing his wife Kim Kardashian of flying a doctor to Wyo...
Biz Markie Has Been In Maryland Hospital For Weeks: Report
Source: W.Wade/WENN / WENN Prayers up to a Hip-Hop legend. Juice Crew rapper Biz Markie has been in a Maryland hospital battling an undisclosed illness for weeks. Fortunately, it’s not COVID-19. However, it seems that the Biz is fighting for his life. Reports TMZ: Biz’s rep tells TMZ the illness is not coronavirus. The rep went on to say the trigger for the hospitalization is that he suffers from Type II Diabetes. He’s currently in a Maryland-area hospital and the status of his condition is unclear, but it appears serious. The rep told us, “He is receiving the best care from an amazing team of medical professionals and we remain positive about the outcome.” Back in 2014 Biz talked about his diabetes diagnosis and how he lost 140 pounds to get it under control — he went from 385 lbs to 244 ...
Kanye West Apologizes To Kim Kardashian, Visits ER for 10-Minutes
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN It seems like Kanye West‘s mind is refocusing, maybe. The multi-hyphenate rapper has apologized to Kim Kardashian over what many consider to be some appalling and asinine comments—even if they were the result of a bipolar episode. I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a private matter.I did not cover her like she has covered https://t.co/A2FwdMu0YU Kim I want to say I know I hurt you. Please forgive me. Thank you for always being there for me. — ye (@kanyewest) July 25, 2020 Just as where the insensitive comments occurred, Yeezy took to Twitter to ask his wife for forgiveness. “I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a private matter,” tweeted West on Saturday (July 26). “I did ...
Nick Cannon Visits Museum Of Tolerance After Anti-Semitic Remarks
Source: SWC / Simon Wiesenthal Center The Nick Cannon apology tour has officially kicked off. The now-former Wild ‘N Out host, as of right now, paid a visit to the Museum of Tolerance, which was founded by a Holocaust survivor, after his anti-Semitic remarks during a podcast sparked outrage. In a statement issued by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Cannon reportedly reached out to Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC’s associate dean and global social action director, after his rhetoric and apologized to the Jewish community. On Monday (July 20), Cannon paid the center a visit to learn about the Center and Museum of Tolerance’s work while discussing how to “build bridges between the Jewish and Black communities, especially young people.” Along with touring the museum, Cannon was The Hitler Letter wh...
St Vincent Shares Video of Herself ‘Fumbling Through ‘Stairway to Heaven”
St. Vincent is a guitar player, and like anyone passionate about their craft she misses noodling around in guitar shops. So what did she do? Shared a video of herself “fumbling through” the song everyone fumbles through while testing out a new ax: Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” “Since guitar stores have been closed, I thought you might have missed the sound of someone fumbling through ‘stairway to heaven,’” she captioned the Instagram clip before poking fun of some other classic songs you’re bound to hear in a guitar store. “(Not pictured but honorable mention, ‘smoke on the water’ ‘sweet home Alabama’ ‘black dog’ ‘where ever I may roam’). Love to all my guitar players out there. I know. I miss it too.” St. Vincent has been active on social media since quarantine started, and even be...
Chuck D, Ice-T and More Send Well Wishes to Hospitalized Biz Markie
Biz Markie has reportedly been hospitalized due to complications from Type 2 diabetes. According to TMZ, the 56-year-old rapper has been receiving care at a Maryland hospital for several weeks and his condition “appears serious;” however, Markie’s rep is optimistic. “He is receiving the best care from an amazing team of medical professionals and we remain positive about the outcome,” they told the outlet. After news broke, members of the hip-hop community took to Twitter to send well wishes to the legendary emcee. “Just heard @BizMarkie has been in the Hospital.. Get well Homie!!” Ice-T tweeted. “Get better @BizMarkie everybody send a happy GET WELL RT to THE BIZ …..always been a very nice man,” Chuck D wrote. This isn’t the first time Markie has experienced complications from diabetes, an...
Doja Cat Got COVID-19 After Calling Those Scared Of It ‘Pussy’
Karma’s a bitch, just ask Doja Cat. During an interview with Capital Xtra, the rapper revealed that she contracted COVID-19. “I got COVID,” she confessed. “Honestly, I don’t know how this happens, but I guess I ordered something off of Postmates, and … I don’t know how I got it, but I got it … I’m OK now, it was a four-day symptom freakout, but I’m fine now.” The diagnosis comes after Doja mocked the virus’ severity in an Instagram live video, calling it nothing more than “a flu” and anyone scared of it “pussy.” “Bitch, I’m not scared of a coronavirus or the motherfucking beer version of that shit,” the 24-year-old declared at the time. “I’m gonna get corona and then I’m gonna get a Corona, cos I don’t give a fuck about corona, bitch. It’s a flu!” “I’m not scared. Y’all are pussy, period,”...
Awesome Range Rover Coupe Restomod Is a Perfect Classic 4×4
The original two-door Land Rover Range Rover’s shape is a timeless and charming one, and this lovely restored SUV shows it off in all its glory. And it’s especially timeless because, in addition to the other modifications, it’s been back-dated to resemble an early 1970s model—including the body-colored C-pillar and early style silver bumpers. But the star of the show has to be the Tuscan Blue paint, available on early Range Rovers (and recently, on the Range Rover Fifty limited edition models). See all 17 photos The two-door Range Rovers look especially exotic and appealing to American eyes because they were never officially sold here. Later, four-door Range Rovers appeared, first through the grey market and later officially, but these two-doors remain a rare sight in Ame...
Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac Co-Founder, Dies at 73
Peter Green, the influential blues rock guitarist and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, has died. He was 73. The musician’s death was confirmed by his family members in a statement shared with the BBC. “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days,” the statement reads. Born in London in 1946, Green began his career as a teenager in 1965 as the guitarist for John Mayall‘s Bluesbreakers, where he replaced Eric Clapton. Two years later, Green teamed up with drummer Mick Fleetwood to form Fleetwood Mac. The two later recruited John McVie on bass. Under Green’s direction, the early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac released three albums, starting with its 1...
Regis Philbin, TV Host With the Most Congenial Demeanor, Dies at 88
Regis Philbin, the indefatigable and downright neighborly host of talk shows and game shows who spent more time in front of a television camera than anyone else, has died. He was 88. Philbin died of natural causes according to a family statement, People reported on Saturday (July 25). The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Philbin’s representatives for comment. Unfailingly perky and personable during his 60-plus years in show business, Philbin hosted live morning programs from Los Angeles and New York from the early 1970s through 2011, sharing cups of coffee and flipping through the morning papers alongside the likes of Ruta Lee, Sarah Purcell, Cyndy Garvey, Mary Hart, Kathie Lee Gifford and Kelly Ripa. Like Jack Paar before him, Philbin engaged his audience with tales about his p...
100+ Junkyard Photos! Steve Magnante’s Decades-Long Quest for Hidden Treasure
If you watch Roadkill’s Junkyard Gold, the Barrett-Jackson live auctions, or have been to any of Dodge’s SRT clinics at Mopar events across the country, you may recognize Steve Magnante as the on-camera expert on all things muscle cars and performance. Magnante eats, breathes, and sleeps everything related to muscle cars, and if you ask him, he’ll tell you he’s never met a muscle car he didn’t like! He has been poking around junkyards all his life, but what you may not know about “Magneto”—as his friends call him—is that long before he stepped in front of a camera, he spent decades behind one. For a solid two decades, Magnante crawled through junkyards from coast to coast with a camera, documenting what he has found for many magazines over the year...
Kanye West Reveals How He Can Beat Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential Election
Kanye West has a new message for voters in the 2020 presidential election. The 43-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who announced his plans to run for U.S. president on July 4, took to social media Saturday (July 25) reveal how he can defeat presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the November election. “I CAN BEAT BIDEN OFF OF WRITE INS,” West tweeted, adding the hashtag #2020VISION. West’s latest message come after a turbulent week for the rapper, who posted a barrage of late-night tweets following his surprise presidential campaign rally in South Carolina on July 19. In the now-deleted messages, West accused his wife, Kim Kardashian, of sending a doctor to Wyoming to “lock me up” and claimed that the 2017 horror movie Get Out was about him, among other...
