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Four teenagers were killed in a car crash in Buffalo Monday morning that has been linked to an alarming “Kia Challenge” on TikTok. The Associated Press reports there were six passengers inside the vehicle at the time of the accident. The victims were between the ages of 14 and 17. As for the other two, one was the 16-year-old […]
The Food and Drug Administration is warning against a recent TikTok challenge that recommended cooking chicken in a popular over-the-counter cold medicine. In a warning published last week, the FDA urged the public to avoid participating in the dangerous “NyQuil Chicken Challenge,” which has gained legs after a video went viral in which someone fried two chicken breasts in […]
Just a few weeks after launching his independent label I Can’t Feel My Face, Juelz Santana might be getting ready to drop some new music. On Friday, Funk Flex issued a challenge to the Dipset rapper, giving Juelz six days to send him a new song. “Juelz Santana, you’ve been home for a few years now,” Flex […]
Two families are suing TikTok after their daughters died last year while attempting the viral “Blackout Challenge.” ABC News reports the parents of Arriani Jaileen Arroyo, 9, of Wisconsin, and Lalani Walton, 8, of Texas, have joined forces with the Social Media Victims Law Center to file a lawsuit against TikTok. Arroyo and Walton died of suffocation last year after […]
Police in Florida and Georgia are seeing incidents pop up in relation to a new social media stunt, the “Orbeez challenge,” and are advising residents to be wary of the trend, which “could cause injury.” While the challenge features TikTokers playing with the small gel balls known as Orbeez, other clips show users shooting the balls […]
YK Osiris took to Instagram on Thursday to announce he was finally out of debt, but it seems his celebration was premature. The Jacksonville native made the declaration by participating in the now-viral Money Challenge. The post shows Osiris sitting on the floor next to stacks of $100 bills spelling out “debt free.” His caption read “you N***as […]
When a 10-year-old girl asked her Amazon Echo device for a “challenge to do,” the digital assistant Alexa suggested that she take a penny and put it on the prongs, the BBC reported. “Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs,” Alexa replied to the […]
50 Cent has decided to use his infamous trolling skills against Madonna. The hip-hop mogul posted a screenshot on Instagram from Madge’s controversial photoshoot, in which she was seen wearing a fishnet getup that bared her nipples and derriere. 50 shared one of the images that showed the “Material Girl” partially under a bed with her butt in […]
Over 50 high school students were suspended this week for participating in a TikTok challenge for Nardo Wick’s song “Who Want Smoke.” Fox Chicago reports two separate incidents at Tinley Park High School outside of Chicago, Illinois, as well as West Creek High School in Tennessee, resulted in the suspensions. The video showed teachers simulating gun violence […]
Mark Hamill caused a Twitter frenzy when he responded to a challenge to simply tweet his own name. It started when a user tweeted at the legendary Star Wars actor on Sunday afternoon, claiming a tweet consisting solely of his name would “get thousands of likes.” Hamill accepted the challenge and the prophecy was fulfilled. At the time of publication, the about-to-turn-70-year-old Jedi master’s tweet had received […]
