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Nick Cannon Had ‘Baby Mama Drama’ After Kevin Hart’s Condom Vending Machine Prank
Nick Cannon is still on good terms with Kevin Hart, despite the comedian gifting him a vending machine full of condoms as a Valentine’s Day prank. While the joke provided a good laugh for both, The Masked Singer host recalled getting into a bit of hot water with the mothers of his children before Hart revealed himself as the prankster. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In an interview with Entertainment Tonight published Wednesday (Feb. 9), Cannon appeared alongside Hart and their Real Husbands of Hollywood co-stars, and took a brief moment to talk about their mutual pranks. “I still think me wrapping [Hart’s] face on my private plane is better than his sending me a vending machine full of condoms,” he said. “Vending machine full of condoms is a ...
Aave launches Web3 social media platform, Lens Protocol
Aave (AAVE), the decentralized finance lending platform, launched the Lens Protocol ecosystem on the Polygon (MATIC) blockchain as their way to challenge centralized social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook. What started with an open letter to garner support around the idea that content creators should own and control their digital identities, led to developing a Web3-native social network powered by nonfungible tokens (NFTs). In a Twitter Spaces conversation the company hosted this week, Stani Kulechov, CEO and founder of Aave, described the mission behind Lens Protocol. “We wanted to build a social media protocol, or essentially a social graph, and make those profiles on-chain, following the relationships on-chain and creating a permissionless way to di...
Machine Gun Kelly Rocks Out With Willow in ‘Emo Girl’ Video, Teases New Track From ‘Mainstream Sellout’
Machine Gun Kelly is getting pumped for the release of his sixth studio album, Mainstream Sellout. In anticipation for the album’s release, the “Papercuts” singer gave fans not one, but two gems on Wednesday (Feb. 9): A music video to accompany his newest single “Emo Girl” featuring Willow, and a snippet of a track from his forthcoming LP. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The nearly-three minute video for “Emo Girl” kicks off with a cameo from MGK’s friend and frequent collaborator Travis Barker, who is dressed in a gray wig and and black turtleneck, and acts as a museum guide to a group of young children. Though the institution looks impeccably clean and sanitized, the material the children are exposed to in the exhibits are not exactly kid fri...
5 Safety Tips to promote a more empowering experience for youths online
Facebook WhatsApp Reddit Twitter Shares You will have a more empowering experience online, when you’re sharing with the people you care about and engaging with the communities that interest you the most. That is why on this year’s Safer Internet Day, we’d like to celebrate young people’s role in creating a safer internet by sharing some tools you need to manage your network and connect with the content that you’ll most enjoy. Define your circle So, to get the best experience out of your interactions with people online, it is safer to connect, like and follow people and pages that you share the same interests with and also those whom you have many common friends with. Always remember to manage your network by friending people you know and following people you f...
Tusk Ventures CEO: Don’t repeat social media mistakes with Metaverse regulations
Tusk Ventures CEO and founder Bradley Tusk says that the failure to regulate cryptocurrency and social media effectively in the United States is a “really good lesson for how we should handle the Metaverse.” In a Feb. 1 interview on CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” Tusk urged U.S. policymakers to “get ahead” of the Metaverse and implement regulations sooner rather than later. “Typically speaking, our policy has been that we wait for technology to be introduced to gain market fit and traction [before introducing regulation].” However, “It’s very hard to do that retrospectively,” he said. “We know the Metaverse is coming — it’s already here in some ways. We know it’s got all the problems of the internet, probably times five or ten. So why don’t we think about it now, and get ahead of it?” He echoed th...
Reddit is testing out NFT profile pics but ‘no decisions have been made’
Reddit is testing out NFT profile pictures on its platform, with the news coming just a week or so after Twitter implemented a similar feature. The popular social media platform had around 430 million monthly users in 2021, and is reportedly working on an NFT profile picture implementation that will enable users to set their profile picture to any non-fungible token with an attached image. In an Interview with Techcrunch on January 27 , Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt stated that: “We’re always exploring ways to provide value for users and communities on Reddit. At the moment we’re testing the ability to use NFTs as profile pictures (avatars) and verify ownership.” “It’s a small, internal test and no decisions have been made about expanding or rolling out the capability,” he added. Ear...
YouTube CEO hints that NFTs could be added to creator platform
YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, addressed YouTube’s priorities for 2022 in a letter published Tuesday on the company blog. Among those priorities is the possibility of adding nonfungible token, or NFT, features for the platform’s video creators. there’s *so much* to in 2022: @SusanWojcicki shares the future of YouTube → https://t.co/uL2WIbLwXK pic.twitter.com/JEW8yzqh7e — YouTube (@YouTube) January 25, 2022 What this could look like is yet to be determined, however. No additional details were provided in Wojcicki’s statement aside from the claim that the YouTube team will use developments in the Web3 space “as a source of inspiration.” “The past year in the world of crypto, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), and even decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) h...
Here’s Why BTS Caused Chipotle to Change Its Twitter Name
Anything that BTS says, goes … even if it’s a slip of the tongue. On Sunday (Jan. 23), BTS uploaded a behind-the-scenes video of members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook enjoying bowls of Chipotle after performing their special sidewalk concert on the Dec. 17 episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden. Delighted by the meal but slightly confused, Jungkook mispronounced Chipotle. Explore Explore BTS See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “How do you eat this? What is this, Chicotle? Chipotle?” Junkook says in Korean, with J-Hope behind him adding, “I thought they said it was chocolate at first!” After the pair took turns sharing the contents of the bowls, Jungkook took a brief moment to tell the camera just how good his food was: “This is so ...
Demi Lovato Hosts ‘Funeral’ Mourning Their Pop Music, Teases New Rock Song
Demi Lovato is ready to get back to their rock roots. On Friday (Jan. 21), the “Melon Cake” singer jokingly hopped on Instagram and told fans that their pop music is knocking on death’s door. Lovato shared an image to their grid posing with both middle fingers up, joined by music executives from Island Records and manager Scooter Braun. Every person in the picture wore all black. “A funeral for my pop music,” Lovato captioned the image. The 29-year-old singer shared more insight through their Instagram Story, with one of the label executives saying, “You put out whatever music you want, whenever you want to. Break the rules.” Demi promptly screamed in excitement at the news, and shared two snippets of a new rock song in the following clips. Explore See latest videos, charts and...
Cardi B Reveals What She ‘Really Really’ Wants for Her First Face Tattoo
Cardi B is ready to add to her impressive tattoo collection, this time, with an inking that has an extra special meaning to her. On Monday (Jan. 17), the “Up” rapper tweeted about “really really” wanting a tattoo of her son’s name — which she has not shared publicly — in a location she’s never done before. Explore Explore Cardi B See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Random but ….I’m 1% close too [sic] tatting my sons name on my face….I really really wanna do it!” the 29-year-old tweeted. The rapper later responded to a tweet from a fan, who shared they shared the have the same idea for a tattoo. “Me too like right by my ear,” the fan chimed in. Cardi then replied to reveal the exact location of where she’s thinking of getting hers: “I want mine on my jaw.”...
Joe Jonas’ ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Cameo Featured a ‘Camp Rock 2’ Reunion
Still rocking after all these years! It turns out Joe Jonas reunited with Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam co-star Chloe Bridges while filming his recent guest appearance on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. Bridges, whose husband Adam DeVine plays youth pastor Kelvin Gemstone on the hit comedy series, showed off their sweet reunion in a Monday (Jan. 10) Instagram post. Explore Explore Joe Jonas See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I live in South Carolina with Adam for half the year while he’s shooting the show, so I was very pumped when the @roughhousepictures crew asked me if I wanted to go to set for a few days,” Bridges captioned the snap of herself and Jonas grinning ear-to-ear on set together. “Plus, one of my scenes involved Joe singing while I’m just kinda...
Ari Lennox Responds To Backlash After Ghana Trip, Taking Social Media Break
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Ari Lennox recently announced that she was taking a break from social via Twitter late last week. The decision was made after the Dreamville star returned from a trip to Ghana and the subsequent reactions from outside observers. On January 7, Lennox tweeted, “My heart hasn’t changed. Nobody can take the peace I felt away from me. I do not like twitter. Or SM rather. So I’m giving my passwords to my label. Hopefully this will last. Love you all and thanks for the kindness.” Related Stories The “Shea Butter Baby” singer traveled to Ghana in December 2021 to perform at the Afrochella concert, which was hosted in Accra, per Yahoo. After Lennox performed, she used the rest of her trip to explore Accra, and the experiences really...
