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Kanye West No Longer Has Elon Musk’s “Full Support” On His Presidential Bid
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Well, looks like Kanye West might be in danger of losing a possible major donor for his 2020 Presidential campaign before it even got underway. According to Page Six, billionaire Elon Musk has decided to backtrack on his “full support” of Yeezy’s presidential aspirations after he was called out on Twitter by John Crowley who wrote “Cmon Elon – you’re way too intelligent for this BS.” In a now-deleted tweet, Musk responded, “We may have more differences of opinion than I anticipated.” Though he didn’t get into specifics on what he and Yeezus disagreed on, we can only imagine what those issues could be as Musk has pledged his support to the Trump presidency and that ish is all sorts of asinine. Could Kanye’s recent “rejection” of Donald Trump and his administ...
HHW Gaming: Near-Mint Condition Super Mario Bros. Copy Fetches Record Amount Of Coins
Source: KAREN BLEIER / Getty If you’re holding onto pristine copies of Nintendo games, you definitely should check out this story. Someone just got $114,000 richer thanks to unknown buyer scooping up a sealed copy of the 1985 NES classic, Super Mario Bros. The game was sold via Heritage Auctions and broke a previous record held by another copy of the same video game making this copy of the iconic title “the most expensive game ever sold to date.” A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just sold at auction for $114,000, which is a new record for the sale of a single game. Bet the owners of the $100,000 one, which is an earlier printing, feel great today. pic.twitter.com/lVdcla8d19 — Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) July 10, 2020 According to Heritage Auctions, the game’s 9.4 out of 10 rating, which me...
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The Trailer For Season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Looks Off The Chain [Video]
Source: Courtesy of Netflix / Netflix With the success and popularity of The Umbrella Academy last year, y’all should’ve known Netflix was going to bring back the gang of super-powered misfits for another season of world-saving heroics with comedic hijinks. Source: Courtesy of Netflix / Netflix Picking up where season 1 left off as the Hargreeves family once again find themselves in the midst of an pending apocalyptic event as they time travel back to the 1960’s Dallas. Unfortunately each one of them have been placed in different locations and it’s on Five to figure out where they are and bring them all together. With only a few days until they can make things right and prevent a worldwide nuclear holocaust, the team must figure out how to save the day while The Commission continues t...
Rickey Smiley’s Daughter Aaryn Shares Opens Up About The Night She Was Shot In Houston
Source: Rickey Smiley / Aaryn Smiley Rickey Smiley’s daughter opened up about the frightening night that landed her in hospital after being struck multiple times by stray bullets. Smiley’s daughter Aaryn called into her dad’s radio show, The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. She shared the details about the night over the July 4 weekend, where she suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The 19-year-old was celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend in Houston, Texas. While on their way to get some fast food from Whataburger, Smiley was hit both legs by stray bullets and had to undergo emergency surgery and a blood transfusion. Describing the incident, Smiley’s daughter initially thought the gunfire was fireworks being set off and thought she initially just got “burned” by the fireworks being set off ...
Halle Berry Apologizes For Considering Role As A Transgender Man In A Upcoming Film
Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Halle Berry hasn’t had to apologize for much in her career, but she quickly had to say sorry following an interview where she spoke on a role she was considering taking. The Acadamy Award-winning actress revealed during an Instagram Live interview with hairstylist Christin Brown that she was potentially going to take on the role of a transgender man in an upcoming movie role. She was immediately met with criticism and swift backlash from the transgender community and its allies for even considering the role. Berry also got called out for her misgendering of the character. Monday evening (Jul.6), Halle took Twitter and quickly apologized for “Over the weekend I had the opportunity to discuss my consideration of an upcoming role as a transgender man, and ...
Statue Of Frederick Douglass Removed From New York Park, Damaged Beyond Repair
Source: The Washington Post / Getty A statue of Frederick Douglass near the site of one of his most iconic speeches was torn down and damaged beyond repair over the holiday weekend. The act of vandalism occurred on the anniversary of Douglass’ famed “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” speech in Rochester, N.Y. As reported by local outlet WROC, the statue’s construction was spearheaded by Carvin Eison, Project director, re-energize the legacy of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemoration, and went up in 2018 at the Maplewood Park site in honor of Douglass, who was a resident of Rochester. “This is all that is left at this [particular] moment of a monument that we put so much work and thought and love and care into,” Eison said to the outlet, speaking of the base...
KKKaren & KKKarl Kouple Painted Over California Black Lives Matter Street Sign
Source: Screencap / Twitter In a video that has since gone viral, a white couple defaced a Black Lives Matter street mural by covering the wording in Black paint. At the scene of the vandalistic act, a man yelling “All Lives Matter” while driving by pulled out a gun and aimed it at one unnamed man before he was promptly arrested. CBS SF shared in their reporting on the July 4 incident that the couple were both seen wearing Donald Trump shirts and an American flag shirt. In the video, the man can be heard arguing with a man filming the act going down saying loudly and proudly with his chest, “No one wants you here, No one wants Black Lives Matter here. Of course, the man isn’t doing any of the painting and has on a Make America Great Again hat. Additional footage of the vandalism surfaced w...
Minister Louis Farrakhan Delivers July 4 Speech Addressing State of Black America
Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Minister Louis Farrakhan had some choice words for those in power and skeptics with his latest speech, “The Criterion.” Delivered on Saturday ( Jul 4), Min. Farrakhan addressed the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic, and other critical subjects including the onslaught of racism and police brutality in America, and the death of one of his disciples Abdul Hafeez Muhammad, on Independence Day, which also marks the 90th anniversary of the existence of the Nation of Islam in America. “This message will not just be for Muslims; it is not just for Christians; it is not just for Jews, it is for every inhabitant of this planet,” Minister Farrakhan said. “I say to you with deep humility from the 25th Surah of the Qur...
Former ‘Black Ink Crew: Chicago’ Cast Member & N-Word Abuser Lily Arrested For Assaulting GF
Source: TMZ / TMZ Former Black Ink Crew: Chicago cast member, Liliana “Lily” Barrios found herself in jail. The N-word abuser/tattoo artist was thrown in slammer after she allegedly went into a violent rage after finding her girlfriend in the bed with another woman. According to the police report obtained by the celebrity gossip site, the couple got into a verbal altercation before things went extremely left insider their San Antonio Texas. Lily reportedly didn’t only put hands and feet on her girlfriend, she also bit her. Bruh! Per TMZ: Cops say during the argument, Barrios decided to take off for the night. When she returned the next day to pick up clothes, cops say Barrios got heated after catching her 22-year-old GF in bed with another woman … triggering another argument. Cops allege B...
Gucci Mane Apologizes For Calling His Record Label “Racist”
Source: Prince WIlliams / Prince Williams/ATLPics.net Just a few weeks after Gucci Mane expressed his displeasure with his label, Atlantic Records, and suggested that the staff’s racism was pushing him out the door, the “Coca Coca” rapper has changed his tune and is walking back his controversial comments. After saying his label staff were “crackers police racist” and asked fans whether or not he should go the independent route, Gucci took to Twitter today to not only announce he wasn’t leaving Atlantic Records, but also apologized for slandering (or calling out?) anyone working in their offices. I’m not going independent but so respect those who go that route I apologize for my rude harsh language lately I’m a do better #1017/Atlantic 🥶 — Gucci Mane (@gucci1017) July 1, 2020 The t...
Racist President Trump Flips His Lacefront Over Black Lives Matter Street Painting
Source: NurPhoto / Getty President Donald Trump has a nationwide pandemic and a crumbling economy on his hands during an election year, but he’s focusing on matters that show his true colors. Via Twitter, the former business mogul went on a covertly racist rant and misframed the Black Lives Matter movement after railing against the painting of the slogan on a New York street. We won’t dignify President Trump’s rant by linking to the tweet but since he never deletes the trash he posts, we’ll share it below. The rant was in response to a Black Lives Matter sign to be painted alongside Fifth Avenue near Trump Plaza, prompting the following on Wednesday (July 1). From Trump’s Twitter: NYC is cutting Police $’s by ONE BILLION DOLLARS, and yet the @NYCMayor is going to paint a big, expensive, ye...
Rona Rumble: Black Man Cracks White Man Over The Head With A Bottle During Bar Brawl
Source: Yui Mok – PA Images / Getty Rona has people on edge and understandably so. One white man learned the hard way not to invade the space of a Black man and his girlfriend. Another day, some more white folks have lost their minds. A video is making its rounds on social media highlighting a bar brawl that took place on Saturday (Jun.27) at an Arkansas bar that started over social distancing, according to witnesses. According to a police report, a Black woman wearing a mask is visibly upset, issued some stern warnings to a white couple who she claimed was sitting entirely too close to them. According to an employee at the establishment, Karen was “purposely coughing on other customers.” A white man wearing the official uniform of MAGA fans, a ‘USA’ T-shirt, also was antagonizing th...
