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Killer Mike has created a new digital banking platform that focuses on the Black and Latinx community. Killer Mike announced on Friday that he partnered with former Atlanta mayor, Andrew J. Young, and the founder of the Bounce TV network, Ryan Glover, to create the Greenwood online banking service. The bank’s name is derived from the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. […]
Supply-related headaches are complicating the inaugural day of recreational marijuana sales in Maine. The launch of recreational sales, amazingly, comes nearly four years after its legalization was voted on by those in the state. As touched on in a new Associated Press report on Friday, Maine’s path to recreational weed prosperity was first hung up by […]
While this year has seen no shortage of deeply depressing developments across the world that will surely define 2020 in history as a total shitshow, at least we’ve all been given some solace in the form of Nathan Apodaca‘s Fleetwood Mac-soundtracked TikTok hit. Apodaca—a.k.a. Doggface208—has become a fixture in headlines in the days since the […]
Logic has publicly called on Def Jam to pay up. On Friday night, the newly retired rapper tweeted at the record label, demanding it compensate Lil Keke for lending his vocals to No Pressure—Logic’s sixth and final studio album. “Yo @defjam can you please pay Lil Keke his fucking money …” the Maryland native tweeted. “That’s my bro, don’t be fuckin up […]
California Rep. Katie Porter presented another masterclass in political interrogation. On Wednesday, the Democratic lawmaker began trending on Twitter after she grilled a pharmaceutical CEO on his wildly high salary and the significanct price surge for Revlimid—a cancer drug commonly used to treat multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome. Porter presented her argument during a House Oversight Committee hearing that centered on an […]
Nathan Apodaca, a.k.a. 420doggface208, has received thousands of dollars in donations from generous fans of his still-ubiquitous TikTok featuring the comforting pairing of a skate-improving Fleetwood Mac classic and a jug of Ocean Spray’s Cran-Raspberry drink. Apodaca said in an interview on Tuesday that he’s going to use the money that’s been donated to him so far by putting […]
Christians have raised more than $500,000 for Kyle Rittenhouse‘s legal defense, arguing—presumably after clicking the little “pray now” button on the fundraising site or whatever—that the 17-year-old from Illinois who’s been charged with first-degree intentional homicide “bravely tried to defend his community.” The fundraiser, housed on the self-described “No. 1 free Christian fundraising site” GiveSendGo, has been […]
In a new interview published by Empire, Sienna Miller revealed that Chadwick Boseman sacrificed some of his salary from the film 21 Bridges for the purpose of raising her pay. “He was a fan of my work, which was thrilling, because it was reciprocated from me to him, tenfold,” Miller said. “So he approached me to do it, […]
Prince George’s County in Maryland reached a $20 million settlement Monday with the family of William Howard Green, who was shot and killed in January while handcuffed inside an officer’s vehicle, CNN reports. “Prince George’s County has reached a settlement agreement with the Green family for $20 million,” County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said at a news conference. […]
The NBA has emphasized inclusivity and Black lives since the bubble restart. It appears this could all be performative, however, as the basketball league is donating to political parties that might not have the best interest of minorities in mind. The Ringer reported on Thursday that over 80% of the political donations from NBA owners have gone […]
