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Chance The Rapper Reflects On The Song That Changed His Life

Chance The Rapper takes a moment to reflect on his first number one hit, thanking DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Quavo, and Justin Bieber in the process. An artist can go years before amassing a number-one hit to their name, if they manage to do so at all — for Chance The Rapper, who originally won hearts on his debut mixtape Acid Rap, that fateful day arose the moment he linked up with DJ Khaled. In 2017, Khaled dropped off his Grateful album, ringing it in with the release of “I’m The One,” a stacked track featuring Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, Quavo, and Chance...
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Heems Reveals His Father Has Died From Coronavirus

Heems of Swet Shop Boys and formerly Das Racist reveals that his father has passed away from COVID-19. Heems is an Indian-American rapper who was once apart of famed yet semi-controversial rap group Das Racist, which formed in Brooklyn, New York before disbanding circa 2012. Nonetheless Heems has continued his journey as an artist, going on to form Swet Shop Boys alongside Riz Ahmed. Last year, he actually came out as queer. Today, Heems is in the news for an entirely different reason, but it’s one we’ve grown all too familiar with in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Heems’...
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XXXTentacion "Moonlight" Is One Of The Top Songs On Spotify

XXXTentacion’s song “Moonlight” is close to becoming his third song with over a billion streams on Spotify. XXXTentacion was a generational talent and he was unfortunately taken away from the world far too soon. As we near the two-year anniversary of his shooting death, the artist is getting closer and closer to reaching a new milestone on Spotify. With 958 million streams total, XXXTentacion’s song “Moonlight” has become one of the top hundred songs of all-time on Spotify, joining two more of his hit records. The rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, already hit the billion-streams mark for “SAD!” and...
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Tomi Lahren Tweets And Deletes Tone-Deaf Slavery Take

Tomi Lahren once again drew backlash over a particularly incendiary take, this time likening social distancing measures to slavery. At this point, it feels like a damned if you do, damned if you don’t type of deal whilst covering Tomi Lahren. On one hand, some of her takes appear clearly designed to stir up controversy through sheer provocation, thus providing further coverage for her page. On the other, those types of tone-deaf takes can feel important to highlight nevertheless, given how deeply they highlight the divide between political demographics in American society.   Rich Polk/Getty Images Seeing as the entire United...
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Chicago Ignores Social Distancing With Another House Party Featuring A Stripper

Chicago is in the news once again, as the host of yet another house party ignoring all guidelines about COVID-19. Over the weekend, we reported on how residents in the city of Chicago decided to ignore the advice of health professionals and engage in a house party, where there were over 1,000 attendees– which could essentially make it a breeding ground to spread Coronavirus. The party antics quickly went viral as clips inside the jam-packed house were shared on social media. Now, Chicago is back in the news for similar antics. Another house party went down in the windy city, it...
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Migos "Taco Tuesday" Song Leaks

We already know LeBron James will be a big fan of this but are you feeling the leaked preview of Migos’ new song “Taco Tuesday?” It sounds like one of the most popular rap groups in recent history is making a return soon as the Migos are looking set to take over with their new single “Taco Tuesday.” The trio has been working on a new mixtape during quarantine, which is set to arrive before Culture III, and an unreleased song from Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff has just surfaced online. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images The song is called “Taco Tuesday”...
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Trump Presses Governors To Re-Open Schools As COVID-19 Cases Rise

Even though America has reached over a million Coronavirus cases, Trump wants schools to reopen. The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t been getting any better in the United States. Even though it was reported that the U.S. has reached over a million cases of coronavirus, the president is adamant about reopening the economy and getting the country back on its feet again. Most recently, Trump hopped on a call to urge the governors in the nation to “seriously consider” starting schools up again, CNN reports. Alex Wong/Getty Images According to a phone call, Trump reportedly has pushed for schools to reopen...
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Joe Rogan Guest Tim Pool Explains How Chris Cuomo Faked Having Coronavirus

Joe Rogan and Tim Pool travel down the rabbit hole, divulging information about misleading mainstream media news reports in the process. Joe Rogan’s latest podcast guest is Tim Pool, an independent news journalist, who previously broke ground at VICE News, where he actually helped found the VICE News vertical. He’s been on Rogan’s podcast in the past, de-bunking various news stories, and mainstream media outlet coverage. Today he’s back, and you guessed it, the conversation is centered around Coronavirus and the media’s coverage of the pandemic. Approximately thirty minutes into the new episode, Tim Pool reveals that Chris Cuomo,...
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"Good Morning America" Reporter Caught Without Pants

Will Reeve appeared on “Good Morning America” this week where he very clearly was not wearing pants. Many of us have been joining daily or weekly video calls with our bosses to check up and see how things are going while working from home. Students have similarly transitioned to Zoom classes with their peers, where everyone can see them through their webcam. Without a need to leave the house, it’s become customary for many of us to work in our pajamas, throwing on some office attire whenever the call approaches. This morning on Good Morning America, reporter Will Reeve, son...
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Big Pun’s "Capital Punishment" Turns 22

Happy twenty-second birthday to Big Pun’s classic debut “Capital Punishment,” an album that cemented him among hip-hop’s deadliest lyricists. Twenty-two years ago, one of the greatest technical achievements in hip-hop history arrived — Big Pun‘s debut album Capital Punishment. Boasting an onslaught of standout tracks like “Beware,” the Black Thought-assisted “Super Lyrical,” “Twinz,” “Still Not A Player,” and countless more, Pun’s instant classic immediately captured attention thanks to a confident and unparalleled level of emceeing. Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Despite his heavyset appearance, Pun stood among the most verbally dexterous rappers of his generation, discovering pockets that lesser wordsmiths might...