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Just before announcing the 2023 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year, rappers Haviah Mighty and Kardinal Offishall took the stage to pay homage to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Offishall, sporting a De La Soul jacket, began with a shout-out to DJ Kool Herc, whose infamous party back in the Bronx back in 1973 […]
Marvel is asking a court to intervene following the pre-release leak of dialogue from the latest Ant-Man film. As fans are likely already aware, the February rollout of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was preceded by a dialogue transcript allegedly being leaked to Reddit and Google Docs. Now, per a report from Variety, a request has been […]
Troy Ave testified Monday in the Taxstone murder trial, alleging the two struggled over the gun that was used in the fatal shooting of the rapper’s bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter in 2016 at Irving Plaza, where T.I. was billed to perform. “If it’s fight or flight I’m always going to fight because at that point you could die,” Troy Ave […]
Jessica Alba reveals she channeled her “masculine energy” to avoid Hollywood predators as she established her career. The Fantastic Four alum appeared on the latest episode of HBO Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? The host spoke about Hollywood’s infatuation with Alba’s looks, asking, “Did that bother you, the degree to which you were objectified as a sex symbol?” “Yeah, I […]
Amazon Music has announced the launch of two new flagship music-based shows, the hip-hop focused Rotation Roundtable and Latin pop culture offering La Semanal Live. Rotation Roundtable will be both livestreamed via Twitch and available as a 60-minute podcast, and is inspired by the Rap Rotation and R&B Rotation playlists. The hosts include Speedy Morman, Nyla Symone, Gabe P, […]
Rolling Stone has a new feature on Pras, who faces up to 22 years in prison on a slew of charges, including his alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme and association with a foreign country attempting to influence the U.S. government. Pras allegedly donated a total of $1.1 million to Barack Obama’s 2016 campaign, which appeared as several […]
Either DatPiff’s website and/or app are shutting down, or reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. As tributes were taking flight on Twitter on Monday evening, the official DatPiff account wrote, “Despite the rumors, we are happy to report that we will still be supplying you with all the mixtapes you love. We’re working through […]
Every year, the Academy Awards dedicate a special segment to remembering the lives of Hollywood directors, actors, and other creatives. The show ran its “In Memoriam” on Sunday night, and among its inevitable, generally unintentional snubs was Paul Sorvino. Daughter Mira Sorvino took to her Twitter account to express her disappointment in the Academy. “It is baffling beyond […]
A bill has been reintroduced into the House of Representatives that challenges the standardized five-day/40-hour workweek. California Representative Mark Takano’s bill proposes making a four-day workweek a federal law. The mandate would create “a significant change which will increase the happiness of humankind,” per CNBC. In June 2021, the UK ran a trial bringing the four-day workweek to the forefront. […]
The 2023 Oscars proved to be one of the most memorable and inspiring nights in the Academy’s 95-year history. While much attention in the run-up to this year’s ceremony was placed on slap-related matters, not to mention returning host Jimmy Kimmel’s predictable decision to go into overkill when it came to slap jokes, the bulk […]
