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Look, I’m not gonna lie. I cuss a lot.
In fact, my use of profanity has historically bordered on the poetic. I have a preternatural ability to string together bad words to add a flourish to just about any point that I need to make. My ability to curse is, frankly, a gift.
It’s rhythmic. It’s musical. I’ve delivered expletives with the kind of cadence that would make a Baptist preacher jealous. I can lace a rant so artfully that Samuel L.… Read more
On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would be lifting its restrictions on air travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
According to NBC News, the FAA initially reduced air travel by 4% at 40 major American airports on Nov. 7. The FAA increased that restriction to 6% the following week as staffing-trigger events increased. Staffing-trigger events reached a record high on Nov. 8 with 81 reported incidents.
The lack of air traffic controllers led to 1 in 10 flights being canceled on Nov.… Read more
Megan Pete and Klay Thompson have officially been together for a few months. After making their relationship public over the last summer.
Thompson, 35, is in his 13th season in the NBA overall and his second with the Dallas Mavericks. He spent the first 11 years with the Golden State Warriors, where he was a five-time NBA All-Star and four-time NBA champion.
Thompson is currently averaging just under nine points per game, fewer than half of his career average of 19.… Read more
Roc Nation Distribution was announced over a year ago as a pathway to provide options to independent artists who want to get their music to the masses. Now, Roc Nation Distribution is upping its offerings to empower independent artists by launching a new dashboard feature.
By way of a press release from Roc Nation’s press team, Roc Nation Distribution announced its new dashboard feature on Monday (November 17) with a breakdown of what’s to come for those who sign up.… Read more
Things have gotten to an unfortunate point between Cardi B and her ex-husband, Offset.
After Bardi and Stefon Diggs welcomed their first child together, her past continues to bubble back up. The ATL rapper posted on his Instagram story, “My kid lol,” days after Cardi B had her fourth child with her new boo. Following that cryptic post was a post of Cardi’s own. Where she got in detail on how the last year of her breakup with Offset has been:
“Y’all be thinking it’s so funny and it’s not…it’s been over a year and I’m still being harassed and threatened to the point that I feel like my life is in danger.… Read more
Tory Lanez was slapped with a $20,000 fine for obstruction in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation case against blogger Milagro Gramz. According to reports, Tory Lanez and his attorney, Crystal Morgan, were hit with the fine due to “obstruction of Plaintiff’s multiple attempts to depose him.”
In a report from Rolling Stone, Tory Lanez and his refusal to work with Megan Thee Stallion’s legal team has led to the court finding the jailed singer in contempt for not answering their inquiries.… Read more
summer Walker finally drops “Finally Over It” to complete the trilogy theme.
The Atlanta R&B artist has been teasing this project for quite a while now. She dropped the first installment of the trilogy, “Over It,” in 2019, which housed some of her biggest tracks like “Playing Games” (the extended version with Bryson Tiller needs to be studied), “Just Might” featuring a vintage PARTYNEXTDOOR verse, and many more.
Fast forward two years, “Still Over It” dropped, continuing that nonchalant energy of being over something or somebody.… Read more
This week, a stalwart of the American economy will no longer be with us as the U.S. Mint pressed the final penny on Wednesday.
According to the Guardian, the U.S. Mint cited the cost, along with the relative uselessness of the penny, as a reason for ending its production. To paraphrase Kendrick Lamar, how much a penny cost?
Believe it or not, it costs 4 cents to produce a penny. While the penny has a better cost-to-value ratio than the nickel, which costs 14 cents to produce, the expense doesn’t match the penny’s usefulness.… Read more
Akon had a little run-in with the law recently that landed him in jail for a hot second.
Konvict Music’s own reportedly had a warrant out for his arrest due to a suspended license, according to TMZ. Back in September, Akon was cruising around Atlanta in his Cybertruck when police found his whip sitting in the middle of the road. He claimed the battery died, which is why it was left there.
Police stated that they called for a tow truck to get the Soul Survivor artist’s car out of the road, and during that process discovered his license was suspended.… Read more
Retail giant Walmart removed a T-shirt and a hooded sweatshirt that depicted a Nazi salute emblazoned on the front, after a multitude of complaints on social media. The T-shirt and hoodie carried the phrase “Paper Beats Rock,” and it showed one hand raised with a flat hand in the upper right corner towering over a raised clenched fist in the lower left corner, holding a rock. The symbolism suggested that fascism would beat Black activism, which prominently uses the raised fist in its protest movements.… Read more
