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50 Cent may add another small-screen credit to his resumé. According to an exclusive Deadline report, the 46-year-old entertainer is developing a hip-hop competition series for ABC. The show, titled Unrapped, will reportedly have a rap battle format in which celebrity constants vie for the crown with the help of iconic music mentors. Fif described the series as “Hip-hop’s American Idol.” […]
A 12-year-old boy fatally shot himself by accident after with a gun that his friend brought to a sleepover at his home in Chula Vista, California, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reports the victim, who family identified as Maximilian Mendoza, was given access to the gun during the sleepover at the Mendoza family’s home. Chula […]
After a petition was launched months ago to have the East Hudson Street block between Riverside Boulevard and Long Beach Road in Long Beach, New York home renamed “KMD-MF DOOM Way” in honor of MF DOOM, it has been reported that the request is finally being met. According to HipHopDX, Dr. Patrick C. Graham, the architect behind the petition […]
Diplo has been slapped with another sexual assault allegation. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, the 42-year-old DJ—legal name Thomas Wesley Pentz—is accused of coercing a woman into performing oral sex in 2019. The lawsuit states the alleged victim was invited to an afterparty for one of Diplo’s Las Vegas concerts. The woman said she and […]
In his memoir, Trejo, Danny Trejo recalled the time he was hypnotized by Charles Manson while the two were in jail 60 years ago, per Page Six. Trejo said a “greasy, dirty, scrawny” Manson walked up to him in Los Angeles County Jail in 1961 seeking protection. “He was so poor, he didn’t have a belt, and instead used a piece […]
Rudy Giuliani’s career has suffered another major blow. According to CBS affiliate WUSA 9, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has suspended the attorney’s law license “pending further disciplinary proceedings” in New York. The order comes less than two weeks after officials temporarily prohibited Giuliani from practicing law in the Empire State, citing his “false and […]
A peacock was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound last week in McKinleyville, California after a since-deleted Craigslist ad promising compensation in exchange for executing a plan that would “eliminate this bird” went up on the site, Lost Coast Outpost reports. “The job is simple… get rid of a wild peacock that is disrupting our lives,” […]
The House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is considering legislation that would ban the boiling of live lobsters, crab, and other crustaceans, The Hill reports. The current Animal Welfare Sentience Bill only takes into account the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones, but the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has authorized a study […]
Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap has reached another big milestone. According to Chart Data, the rapper’s debut studio album has now spent a total of 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, which ranks the top-selling albums of the week. The effort re-entered the ranking and is currently sitting at No. 139—an respectable feat considering it was […]
North America just experienced one of the hottest Junes in recorded history. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month’s temperatures in the region were 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the average from 1991-2020, with some areas surpassing 110 degrees. The data also confirmed that 2021 marked the 12th consecutive year in which North America recorded […]
