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Swizz Beatz Surprises Alicia Keys With Her Own Tea Company For Her Birthday
Solid word play. Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys have been going strong for over a decade now, and when a couple has been together that long, coming up with gift ideas for each other can start to get challenging. Luckily, it looks like Swizz knows his beautiful wife very well, as his birthday gift to her this year is not one most people would come up with (or could afford). Before fulfilling her hosting duties at the Grammys on Sunday, Alicia celebrated her 39th birthday on Saturday night, where her husband surprised her with her own tea company called “Alicia Teas.” In a video...
Roddy Ricch & DJ Mustard Takeover Jimmy Fallon With "Ballin’" Performance
Roddy Ricch is the hottest in the game right now. The past week has been huge for Roddy Ricch. The rapper’s continued to maintain the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “The Box” for three consecutive weeks, and also took home his first Grammy for Best Rap Performance for “Racks In The Middle.” To keep the momentum going, he made his way over to Jimmy Fallon the other night where he performed his hit single, “The Box.” But just a few days later, he joined Mustard for a performance of the anthem of summer 2019. View this...
Antonio Brown Apologies To The Hollywood Police Department
Antonio Brown hopes to work with the department again soon. Antonio Brown has apologized to the Hollywood (Florida) Police Department for the incident earlier this month involving a domestic disturbance call at his home, as reported by ESPN. “To everyone who I may have offended or Disrespected at the @hollywoodflpd Of the state of Florida, I would like to sincerely give you all my apology from the top and bottom of my heart, And as a human being and an professional athlete I can honestly say that my emotions truly did cloud my better Judgment, When you all were only there to help...
Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union Invite Teen Suspended For Dreadlocks To Oscars
The team behind “Hair Love” are showing this teen’s hair some love. The team behind the Oscar-nominated animated short, Hair Love, are walking in the spirit of the film by inviting a Texas teen who was suspended for his dreadlocks to the prestigious award show next Sunday. DeAndre Arnold, a high school student who was suspended and told he wouldn’t be permitted to attend his graduation ceremony in the spring unless he cut off his dreadlocks, got the invite from Hair Love’s director, Matthew A. Cherry, along with producers Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union. “We love the way that you carry yourself and we wanted to...
How Sauce Money Became East Coast Hip-Hop’s Silent Witness
After he fired shots at Diddy and Jay-Z, we unpack the legacy of Marcy Project’s best-kept-secret and esteemed ghostwriter Sauce Money. Not everyone can break through the glass ceiling. For every transcendent star that sets the world alight, there’s a whole graduating class of aspiring artists they’d once shared mics with that find themselves left in the dust. At a time when New York hip-hop scrambled to meet the rising tide of west coast gangsta rap, the east coast of the mid-to-late 90’s was bustling with talent that were happy to pool their resources and act for the betterment...
Billie Eilish, Rage Against The Machine & More To Headline Firefly Music Festival
Firefly Music Festival looks to be worth the trip this year. The full line-up for Firefly Music Festival 2020 has been officially announced. Billie Eilish, Halsey, Rage Against the Machine, and Blink-182 are just a few of the names set to perform at this year’s festival in Delaware’s The Woodlands venue. On the hip hop side of things, names of interest include Big Boi, Run the Jewels, Don Toliver, Leikeli47, Lil Tecca, and more. Four-day general admission tickets will go on sale on February 3rd and start at $299. The full Firefly Music Festival 2020 lineup is as follows: AbsofactoAnna LunoeAvi KaplanBadflowerBig...
Trippie Redd Imagines Life With A Bald Head: "Dr. Evil Redd"
Meanwhile, Adam22 is looking for royalties. Fashion plays just a part of hip-hop these days as music itself. Fashion and hip-hop have gone hand-in-hand since the beginning of the genre and these days, when there are so many artists out, it’s necessary that one sticks out. Trippie Redd is one of hip-hop’s most unique looking figures right now. His colorful dreads and face tatts have made him a poster child for Soundcloud rappers worldwide. Over the past few years, Trippie’s maintained his dreadlocks but has continuously experimented with the colors. We’ve seen him rock red, blonde, and more recently,...
Megan Thee Stallion Gets "Punk’d" By Chance The Rapper With Gorilla: Watch
Meg got bamboozled by the new “Punk’d” host. Cahnce The Rapper is one some real cold boy sh*t. The rapper-turned-TV-host successfully pulls one over on the Hot Girl herself, Megan Thee Stallion, in a sneak peak from the Punk’d reboot. Not only was it announced last week that the early 2000s MTV celebrity prank show would be revived for the new generation, but it was also revealed that Chance would be taking on hosting duties for the Quibi series. The mobile streaming platform already shared a teaser for the series, in which Megan has a run-in with a caged gorilla, but a new extended clip gives viewers a more...
Student Promised College Scholarship In 2007 Now Being Told She Can’t Have It
The real-life “Scott’s Tots.” South Florida student Ynette Lopez was promised a college scholarship in 2007 by the I Have a Dream Foundation, but now, as a high school senior in 2020, is being told the foundation will not be providing her with any money. As reported by WSVN, and pointed out by Complex, Lopez was promised $3,000 per year for whichever four-year college or university she commits to by the I Have a Dream foundation, back when she was in kindergarten at Hibiscus Elementary School but has now been told she cannot have it because she “did not keep up with the program.” “Legally, this...Recent Posts
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