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Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Appearance To Honor COVID-19 Heroes
Source: ABC News / Getty Meghan Markle has been staying away from the spotlight, but after seeing the devastating effects of coronavirus, The Duchess of Sussex made a surprise appearance to pay homage to the people who’ve made a difference in the fight against the pandemic. On Sunday (Dec 13), Meghan Markle surprised the frontline fighters with a surprise appearance during the annual “CNN’s Heroes” special event, thanking the “individuals (who) stood up and made sure the most basic needs of our communities were met” in the past year, which she described as being “universally challenging for everyone.” “In the face of this devastating reality, we saw the power of the human spirit and the remarkable ways that communities respond in challenging times,” the Duchess said. “We saw the good...
Busta Rhymes ft. Bell Biv Devoe “Outta My Mind,” Dave East “Never Had Sh*t” & More | Daily Visuals 12.16.20
Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN After taking a lengthy hiatus from the game, Busta Rhymes returned with a certified banger in Extinction Level Event 2 a month and some change ago and has since dropped a few visuals in support of the project. Today the Hip-Hop OG links up with legendary R&B group Bell Biv Devoe for his video to “Outta My Mind” where Busta and BBD get in the holiday spirit and turn up at an underground club in what could be a potential super spreader event. Wasn’t no one wearing a mask when those cameras was rolling. Just sayin.’ From Brooklyn to Harlem, Dave East takes to the block with Quany Gz in his clip to “Never Had Sh*t” where they demonstrate they got a whole lotta everything now. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Drag-On, Westside Boog...
2 Chainz Blessing Black Entrepreneurs With New “Money Maker” Contest
Source: Prince Williams / Getty 2 Chainz is giving back in a big way for the holiday season with the announcement of his new contest for Black entrepreneurs. On Monday (Dec 14), 2 Chainz took to Instagram to announce his latest partnership with YouTube for a new series as part of their #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund initiative, giving Black entrepreneurs a chance to win money for their business. The Money Maker Fund consists of five episodes airing from Monday (December 14) through Friday (December 18) and features HBCU students and alumni pitching their business ideas to 2 Chainz, who will invest up to $55,000 into the best ones. In the video announcing the launch, the “Grey Area” rapper explained why the initiative was important to him noting that the pandemic has made it difficult for all of ...
Cloth Talk: Hit-Boy Says Jay-Z Changed His Life With Some Professional Advice
Source: Amy Sussman / Getty One of 2020’s hardest working producers is giving it up to one of his OG’s. Hit-Boy, the man behind Nas’ latest effort, detailed how Jay-Z changed his point of view on the business. When you consider that Hit-Boy helped craft some of the beloved albums, it is hard to point to a producer who put more numbers on the board in 2020. As reported by AllHipHop.com the Fontana, Calif. native owes some of his current wins to Jigga Man. In the exclusive interview, he recalls when the big homie noticed the beatsmith was having difficulties while navigating within the music industry. Hit said the “Empire State Of Mind” rapper pulled him aside and let him know to take the all ups and downs in stride. “[Don’t] blame anybody for anything that happens or how things transpired w...
Mike Tyson Feels Partly Responsible For Tupac Shakur’s Death
Source: Eyepix/WENN / WENN When Mike Tyson speaks people listen. In a recent Q&A, the boxing great reveals that he feels to blame for one of the culture’s biggest losses with the passing of 2Pac. As spotted on Page Six, the former world champion did an interview with Zab Judah. While the Brooklyn native spoke on some of his most iconic moments, he also spoke about his good friend and supporter, Tupac “2Pac” Shakur. On September 13, 1996, the rapper was attending the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson match in Las Vegas. Shortly after Mike’s victory, the “Hit Em Up” rapper was infamously gunned down on the strip following an altercation with Crip gang member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson at the MGM Grand casino. The Hotboxing host said he asked Shakur to record a brand new song to be ...
Jake Paul Calls Out Conor McGregor & Dana White, But Nate Diaz Responds
Source: Mike Roach / Getty Ever since turning Nate Robinson into the butt of many jokes and even an online challenge, Jake Paul‘s really been feeling himself something ridiculous. It’s gotten to the point where the YouTube personality has been talking ish to UFC icon and former champion, Conor McGregor and not only challenging him to a fight but even offered the Irish arse kicker a $50 million purse to get it done. Taking to IG to call him out for “ducking” him (uh-huh), Paul went for the jugular and called him a “c*nt” and even called his wife a “4” on a scale from 1 to 10. Accusing McGregor of being scared of losing to a YouTuber, Paul went on to call out UFC’s head white man in charge, Dana White by calling him a “p*ssy” and a “bald b*tch!” While this seems like all showmanship and/or o...
TikTok to hide graphic videos behind warning screens
TikTok has unveiled a newly updated set of community guidelines and tools, which include new warning screens on graphic videos, a new text-to-voice accessibility feature, and updated health resources. The update brings new vaccine information which will be added to TikTok’s coronavirus resource hub as well as resources to be shown if people search for certain terms, like those related to self-harm. According to TikTok, the graphic content warning screens are meant to prevent the accidental viewing of content that some might find disturbing. The screen gives two options, letting users either view the clip or skip it entirely. More extreme content is removed from the service entirely, but the new warning labels cover clips that might be allowed for “documentary reasons,” scenes from horror m...
KXNG Crooked Talks Slaughterhouse, Death Row & 2020’s Top Verses in New Interview
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Since the breakup of one of the Slaughterhouse a few years back, KXNG Crooked‘s been keeping busy, dropping some bars here and a few cuts there for the heads who bop to lyrically-enticing records. While fans have been pondering what the former Death Row Records representative’s been up to these days, HotNewHipHop caught up with the artist formerly known as Crooked I as part of their 12 Days Of Christmas series in which the cigar-smoking aficionado was honest and open about a bevy of subjects. Crooked shared which of his 2020 verses he holds in highest regards and who he thinks measures up to his own lyrical prowess this past year. Something from Royce, something from Em. You know, they call us the holy trinity of lyricism, me, Royce, and Em. They put the church...
Daz Dillinger & Capone ft. N.O.R.E. & Kurupt “Guidelines” & More | Daily Visuals 12.14.20
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Back when Snoop Dogg and the Dogg Pound dropped their surprise attack on the East Coast in “New York New York,” Capone-N-Noreaga linked up with Mobb Deep and clapped back with “LA, LA.” Now more than two decades later the two crews connected to show and prove the East Coast vs. West Coast drama is water under the bridge. In the visuals to “Guidelines,” Capone-N-Noreaga made their way out Greater Los Angeles to kick it with Daz Dillinger and Kurupt of the DPG and getting in some California love and chronic to boot. Keeping with OG’s of the game, Billy Danze of M.O.P. continues to prove that after years in the game, he’s still got some of the hardest bars ever heard in his clip to “Cyrus.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed ov...
VIDEO: T-Classic & MixNaija – La Cream (For Life)
Check out this new music video from T-Classic & MixNaija – ‘La Cream (For Life)’ out now. Talented Nigerian artiste T-Classic teams up with his record label for the official music video for ‘La Cream (For Life)’. The song is taken from the Alirat EP that was released some months ago. It’s is party season, and T-Classic is setting the mode with his new song. Enjoy T-Classic & MixNaija – La Cream (For Life) video below. [embedded content] Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
TDE’s Audio Engineer Extraordinaire MixedByAli Purchases Former Death Row Records Studio
Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Derek “MixedByAli” Ali has become one of the most sought after audio engineers of his era, applying his mixing and mastering skills with the Top Dawg Entertainment stable of artists and beyond. Over the weekend, MixedByAli shared via social media a virtual tour of his new recording studio home, which just happens to be the former studio used by Death Row Records. MixedByAli took to Instagram this past Sunday (Dec. 6) and shared details on his new studio, which is apparently known as NoName Studios/EngineEars Office. From IG: This is Death Row Records former studio, where they recorded and mixed @drdre ‘The Chronic 2001’, @snoopdogg ‘The Dog Pound’, Tupac’s ‘All Eyes On Me’ and countless other records that shaped my childhood and inspired me to create the mu...
CAFCL: Plateau United threatens protest against Tanzanian side
Nigeria Professional Football League side, Plateau United, have given an indication they would be lodging a protest against Simba SC for the alleged antics they deployed to progress in the CAF Champions League at their expense. Plateau United on their official Twitter handle said they are planning to report the Tanzanian club to the continent’s football ruling body for falsely claiming two of their key players tested positive for COVID-19 and were thus not allowed to play in Saturday’s second leg tie. The club while posting a negative result of one of the players alleged the false-positive results was only meant to weaken the team and give Simba SC an undue advantage. “The management of Plateau United is looking to petition CAF to look into the antics of @SimbaSC_EN who kept out two of our...
