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Patagonia is under new ownership. Brand founder Yvon Chouinard announced the news Wednesday, confirming he and his family gave away the $3 billion company in an effort to fight climate change. The move comes nearly 50 years after the rock climber-turned-billionaire opened the first Patagonia store in Ventura, California. In the following decades, the Chouinards owned and operated the […]
For the final entry in its two-year series of charity-focused collaborations, Sky High Farm Workwear has enlisted Balenciaga for a collection of customized archival pieces. Proceeds from the sales of the collection, which includes two reversible silhouettes in vintage black and stonewash white colorways, will be put toward the independent 501(C)(3) Sky High Farm. The […]
Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation held a back-to-school event this weekend benefiting local teachers in the Houston area. Per a press release, the Cactus Jack Back-to-School Drive was held on Sunday at the Lakeshore Learning Store in Houston and resulted in 1,000 educators from the Houston Independent School District receiving a free tote bag filled […]
Most NBA players spend their off-seasons in tropical locales, rolling around on pristine beaches and sipping on fine wines, their minds as far away from their jobs as possible. But on Tuesday, the Raptors’ Pascal Siakam chose to be in Toronto, handing out free laptops to kids in one of the city’s most underserved areas. “I mean, first […]
Two Asian legends are getting ready to ball for a cause. Simu Liu is linking up with the Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association (CCYAA) to host a celebrity basketball game in Toronto, and ex-Raptor Jeremy Lin is the first to join the roster. The event will feature over 20 celebrities, athletes, and “personalities from the North American Asian community,” with […]
This past weekend saw the second annual pool noodle fight in Lincoln, Nebraska to select the ultimate Josh. Associated Press reports that the event—which started out as a meme—once again brought a couple hundred people to the Midwest state, with pool noodles in hand. The battle originated from a joke made by Josh Swain in […]
Lil Durk’s Neighborhood Heroes Foundation is helping supply inmates in his home state with hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Durk’s organization teamed up with the Illinois Department of Corrections and the non-profit Chicago Votes to help supply the prisons with 29,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. “The pandemic has amplified issues that impact our incarcerated community members […]
Most people who’ve got their assets in order choose to pass on their wealth to their children or family once they die. That’s a pretty standard move. John MacLellan, a life-long resident of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, a town near the famous Cape Breton region with a population of 4,300-ish people, had different plans for his […]
TMZ has learned that a judge has allowed Kodak Black to travel to Dubai next month where he will perform at a concert and make a few paid appearances. Kodak points out in his motion to travel for work purposes that he hasn’t been getting into trouble lately, and has been granted permission to travel across […]
Sir Mix-A-Lot is getting into the NFT space. For National Colon Cancer Awareness Month, which is in March, and ahead of the 30th anniversary of his May 1992 hit “Baby Got Back,” the rapper partnered with developer META-X Studios. His first NFT collection, Bit Butts, is a way to raise money to fight colorectal cancer. “When the team at […]
