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Kendrick Sampson has written a letter to the entertainment industry, requesting that Hollywood divest from the police and invest and give back into the Black community, Variety reports. Titled Hollywood 4 Black Lives, the letter is now live on Sampson’s nonprofit’s site, BLD PWR (Build Power), which he penned alongside Tessa Thompson and Black Lives […]
It appears that Donald Trump really asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing, contradicting senior White House officials who have argued that Trump’s comments were made facetiously. During Saturday’s infamous campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Trump said, “When you do testing to that extent you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find […]
CNN reports the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk had the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday, an alarming discovery for a place that posts an average high of 68 degrees Fahrenheit in the month of June. While the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) understands that Siberia is known for its large swings in month-to-month and yearly temperature, Verkhoyansk’s […]
The Atlas Restaurant Group, owner of Ouzo Bay in Baltimore, issued a statement on Monday apologizing to Marcia Grant, a Black mother, after a video shows a manager denying her service because her child, Dallas, was allegedly in violation of dress code policy. A similarly-dressed white kid nearby didn’t face the same scrutiny, CBS Baltimore reports. “We sincerely apologize to Marcia Grant, […]
Paul Chin’s music hits that spot—weighty with bass but still gossamer, tangled with minimal drum and bass and pierced with the kind of delicately strung, distant-sounding synth that makes your heart ache. If you have a honey at home, this is the music for getting close with the lights low. Chin’s latest EP is the type […]
Rising rapper Bris was shot and killed this weekend at age 24, the Sacramento County Coroner records confirm. Sacramento police responded to reports of shots fired on Sunday. When officers arrived, they found Bris—who was born Christopher Treadwell—suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. Bris was one of Sacramento‘s brightest stars to attack […]
With the pandemic still surging across the planet and hitting pause on any sort of live events, the industry’s had to get creative in the way they reach us music fans. That includes everyone from DJs on Instagram Live to promoters organising virtual events in online spaces, the latest of which is Move The Record, […]
Florida, in a move that should sadly surprise literally zero people, has become the latest state to surpass 100,000 total COVID-19 cases. The state’s Department of Health said in its latest update on coronavirus stats on Monday that the current total of agency-confirmed cases is 100,217. Florida has also seen 3,173 deaths. Per WKMG-TV, a regional Orlando outlet, there was […]
Virgil Abloh’s still-unreleased Off-White x Air Jordan 4s are being auctioned to benefit Black Lives Matter. Abloh announced today on his Instagram that the women’s “Sail/Muslin-White-Black” collaboration will be auctioned in partnership with record label Deviation Music on eBay. Proceeds from sales of the shoe will benefit two Black Lives Matter-based organizations in the UK, […]
On Monday, Microsoft made it public that they are shutting down their attempt at a Twitch competitor (Mixer) less than a year after luring Ninja and some other big name creators to the brand via exclusivity deals. That shutdown becomes official on July 22. According to Forbes, this move came after Mixer acquired almost no […]
