Soul and R&B star Betty Wright has passed away. The music industry has suffered another tragic loss this weekend with the passing of Betty Wright who died at 66-years-old, TMZ reports. Wright’s niece confirmed the news, though no cause of death has been revealed at this point. Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect/Getty Images Wright was a prolific singer, songwriter, and producer during her career who influenced and inspired the generations that came after her. Releasing her first single at 18 years old with “Clean Up Woman,” she became a revolutionary figure in the music industry throughout her lifetime. In the 80s, she...
Alex Caruso made sure to get some jokes off about the Los Angeles Lakers’ fearless leader, LeBron James. LeBron James has made a whole lot of money throughout his NBA career and for good reason. He is easily the best player of his generation and his deal with Nike has set him up for multi-generational wealth. Of all the players in the league, he is easily the highest earner when you combine all of his various endorsement deals and assets. However, just because you have a lot of money, doesn’t necessarily mean you are spending a lot of it. During...
Erykah Badu and Jill Scott’s “Verzuz” battle on Instagram live broke Teddy Riley and Babyface’s previously set record, raking in nearly 750K viewers. Erykah Badu and Jill Scott’s display of neo-soul excellence took place on Saturday (May 9th), and the Instagram live stream garnered the most viewers on a “Verzuz” battle ever with nearly 750,000. Although many agreed that the “battle” felt more like a mutual celebration of each other’s talent and vast catalogues, it did mark the first female face-off of the “Verzuz” series, and it looks like the people showed their appreciation for finally including some ladies by tuning...
Patrick Mahomes’ herculean efforts could be rewarded very handsomely. Patrick Mahomes is easily the best quarterback in the NFL right now and fans can’t get enough of his ridiculous highlights. As a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Mahomes has gone to two AFC Championship games and has even won a Super Bowl. He is on pact to become one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and if he wins another Super Bowl, there is an argument to be made that he could be in the Hall of Fame before he even turns 30. Mahomes will be negotiating a...
Pharrell Williams gave a surprise commencement speech at Norfolk State University’s virtual graduation ceremony this weekend. Pharrell Williams dropped by webcam to the virtual graduation ceremony for Norfolk State University, an HBCU in his hometown of Virginia, to give a surprise commencement speech to all the graduates. On Saturday, (May 10th), NSU unfortunately had no choice but to conduct their ceremony virtually as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but one VA native did what he could to raise the graduates’ spirits by offering them some inspiring words in these troubling times. David Livingston/Getty Images “Even if this is not the...
The Nike Air Max 97 continues to be one of the best shoes on the market. Perhaps one of the best Air Max sneakers of all time is the Nike Air Max 97. The shoe saw a huge resurgence back in 2017 when Nike brought out the “Silver Bullet” colorway to pay homage to the silhouette’s 20th anniversary. Since then, numerous colorways have been released and they all seem to do very well, even when the colorway is a GR. Now, Nike is coming out with an Air Max 97 colorway that will appeal to all of the diehard Seattle Seahawks...
Tristan Thompson sent Kim Kardashian “the most beautiful flowers” as an early Mother’s Day gift, maintaining their civility since his cheating scandal. Tristan Thompson is making sure that all is well with his pseudo-sister-in-law, Kim Kardashian, by sending her a bouquet of flowers as an early Mother’s Day gift. On Friday, Kim posted a video on her Instagram story showing off the bouquets she received from her sister, Kendall Jenner, and Tristan, the father of her niece, True Thompson. In the video, Kim captures different angles of the light pink and beige roses as she narrates, “…to the most beautiful...
The NBA seems extremely determined to make sure we get a conclusion to this season. Sports fans have had it rough over the last few months thanks to the Coronavirus. Essentially, sporting events aren’t allowed to happen because they are simply too dangerous. If even one player gets infected, many others can get sick and potentially even die. It’s a sad reality that we are all trying to cope with, even though it hasn’t been very easy. Over the last few weeks, the NBA has been coming up with scenarios for a return to action and now, some of the...
In the wake of Gregory and Travis McMichaels, Jay-Z and Roc Nation artists demand a fair but speedy trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder case. The murder of Ahmaud Arbery has sparked outrage across the nation and beyond. Arbery was murdered in broad daylight by a father and son duo who claimed to have shot the 25-year-old man out of suspicion that he had burgled a house in the predominantly white neighborhood. Jay-Z and Roc Nation artists Meek Mill, Yo Gotti, and Alicia Keys have signed off on an open letter calling for a fair but quick trial so felony...
The producers of “Deadpool 2” have been fined nearly $300,000 in damages for the death of a stunt woman while filming. The producers of Deadpool 2 have been fined $289,562 by Canada’s worker’s agency, due to safety violations that caused the death of a stunt woman back in 2017. Joi Harris was killed in 2017, while filming a motorcycle stunt in Vancouver for the film. A production studio source reportedly told Deadline that they ran through the sequence “five-plus times before filming,” and thus the scene was well-rehearsed for two full days prior to filming. During the last take,...