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JAY-Z has and always will be one of the top earners in hip-hop, but for the first time ever he’s lost out to his former protege Kanye West. In the 2019 edition of Forbes‘ highest-paid acts in hip-hop, Kanye West has come out on top with $150 million pretax income. Jay, meanwhile, sits at No. 2 with […]
Noting the potential for “a lot of noise” and judgment clouding, former POTUS Barack Obama advised Wednesday that his successors avoid the pitfalls of television and social media. Speaking at a San Francisco event hosted by data analysis company Splunk on Wednesday, Obama said a “team with a diversity of opinion” around you is necessary in […]
Fresh off the release of his second Uniqlo collaboration, Japanese designer Verdy has unveiled the fall 2019 range for Girls Don’t Cry. Verdy teased the drop this week on social media and confirmed the pieces would coincide with the launch of the brand’s webstore. POST CONTINUES BELOW Verdy also shared the Girls Don’t Cry fall 2019 lookbook, […]
Jamal Adams took to Twitter to blast the NFL for fining him $21,506. The fine was handed out due to Adams’ hit of Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield during Monday night’s Jets-Browns game. Adams took to Twitter to express his disproval of the roughing the passer penalty and the league. “This league is a damn joke! I just got […]
One week after he launched his re-election campaign, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has found himself at the center of a racial controversy. TIME magazine published a resurfaced photo in which the politician is seen donning brownface. The publication reports the image appeared in the 2000-2001 yearbook of a private school where a then-29-year-old Trudeau was […]
The 2016 film Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was a learning experience for its director Ang Lee. Now, Lee has taken all the lessons, positive and negative, that he learned from his previous flick, and applied them to his upcoming project Gemini Man starring Will Smith. With Gemini Man, Lee was able to expand on the high frame rates and 3D filmmaking tactics that were […]
Royce da 5’9″ is convinced 6ix9ine has found his calling. On Wednesday, Tekashi returned to the stand to testify against alleged Brooklyn gang members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack. The rapper, legal name Daniel Hernandez, previously told the court he decided to cooperate with prosecutors following his 2018 arrest on racketeering charges. His decision to testify against his co-defendants […]
A student at Illinois’ Washington Community High School was given a six-day suspension after a classmate overheard him misquoting a lyric from the 2017 Future song “Draco.” In an interview with Illinois’ ABC affiliate, the student’s parent Brandon Porter claims his son was singing the song as he left school when he mistakenly replaced “Draco” with “AK” in the line “Draco season with the bookbag.” […]
Alan Maloney, the referee who made 16-year-old high school wrestler Andrew Johnson cut his dreadlocks in order to compete in his next match, has been suspended for two years, USA Today reports. The announcement was made Wednesday following an investigation into the December 19 incident during a Buena-Oakcrest meet where Maloney forced Johnson to either wear a hair […]
Iggy Azalea caught wind of Wendy Williams‘ comments and the rapper decided to fire back by referencing the television and radio presenter’s battle with addiction. While talking about Nicki Minaj’s retirement, Williams mentioned Azalea’s hiatus. But instead of using the rapper’s stage name, she decided to call her the “the Australian girl with the fake body.” This not only prompted […]
