Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill are helping protect inmates and prison staff from coronavirus with the generous donation of 100,000 surgical masks.
The pair, through their Reform Alliance organization, were able to procure the highly sought out supply to put in the hands of some of the most vulnerable during the pandemic. Masks will be distributed to the Tennessee Department of Corrections with an allotment for the state, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, with the bulk going to New York's Riker's Island Correctional and their medical facility as one of the country's largest prisons.
In this episode of People’s Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper, author, producer, and one of the most influential and respected figures around the world in all of culture. The leader of the iconic group Public Enemy -- "Mista" Chuck D.
Over the course of two hours, we get an insightful and exclusive discussion highlighting the life and career of a man who helped shape the course of music history. Public Enemy and their pull-no-punches approach to attacking politics and addressing social injustices was the beginning of a true movement in every sense of the word. With Chuck "trending like a chicken sandwich" after his fallout with Flavor Flav, he, Kweli, and Jasmine discuss the rapper's early childhood, coming up in the middle of the civil rights era, PE following Run DMC's footsteps to success in the industry, Chuck designing the PE logo, Yo! MTV Raps co-host Andre "Doctor Dre" Brown's huge contribution to hip-hop, and PE's signature sound. Chuck also speaks to the current generation, giving advice on use of their smartphones.
Later in the episode, Chuck reflects on the producing the demo 'Public Enemy No.1' by using two tape decks, which were called 'pause tapes' back in day, by those who didn't have access to a sampler. He touches on the struggles of getting radio play, even during the height of PE's popularity, the origins of his 'louder than a bomb' rapping style being inherited from his father, his mother forcing him to take part in plays that she put on at the local theater, and the process of coming up with the impactful titles of PE's records. Chuck also talks about mentoring a young Busta Rhymes and Leaders of The New School, all of them being from the Roosevelt neighborhood of Long Island, as well as what it was like being the first hip-hop group to perform in Ireland while the IRA was fully active.
As the conversation crosses the 1:30 mark, the discussion moves to Flavor Flav and his essential role in Public Enemy as the greatest hype-man in history. Kweli, Chuck, and Jasmine discuss the origins of the clock necklace, Chuck fighting to keep Flav, and the rest the members in the group when Def Jam wanted them dropped. They talk about Flav and his move to doing reality TV with "Flavor Of Love", despite the inevitable objections from long-time PE fans, including Talib himself. Chuck details the reasons why he didn't show up for his Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, he discusses Pop Smoke's murder, and clears the air about Flavor Flavs supposed firing after Chuck performed at a Bernie Sanders campaign event. Chuck also reflects on his feelings when Obama was elected, shares his views of Donald Trump, and discusses the issue of lack of black ownership in black industries. Chuck finishes with a story about his experiences with Tupac Shakur, who he states was like a little brother to him, and talks about how he felt mentoring young emcees like Pac, Ice Cube, and Treach was like a calling. Chuck also tells about his friendship with Prince, and as the interview comes to a close, Talib states that we will definitely be seeing a part 2 of Chuck D at the People's Party -- as even that sprawling discussion had barely scratched the surface of a long and fascinating career of one of hip-hop's greatest of all-time.
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David Foster, better known as D.Best, comes from Aurora Illinois and brings with him a strong and very consistent work ethic and a desire to show the world his gifts. D.Best began his musical journey during his Middle school years recording and passing out cds taking his craft seriously. D.Best went on to release more music & perform across the US. Inspired by the likes of Snoop Dogg, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean and Cam’ron, D.Best has set out to make his voice heard.
New Single "The Dark" off of Jersey City emcee K.O Styles' debut mixtape titled "Statistically Speaking." Bringing light on the minds and struggles of the all urban natives. Harsh realities produce coping mechanisms that sometimes require negative actions, and in this video, K.O Styles shows all the situations many neighborhoods can relate to. you can follow him and download the mixtape in all links below!!
Floyd Mayweather's daughter, Iyanna, has been arrested for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, TMZ has learned, and it appears to have been a confrontation over NBA Youngboy.
Iyanna Mayweather is currently in Houston's Harris County jail after getting arrested at 1:30 AM Saturday. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, the alleged victim and NBA Youngboy were at his home when Iyanna arrived and told the woman, Lapattra Lashai Jacobs, she was Youngboy's fiancee and Jacobs should leave the house. Jacobs then told Iyanna to leave.
We're told the argument moved into the kitchen, where Iyanna was holding 2 knives. According to our sources, Jacobs stepped toward Iyanna and Iyanna charged at her with one of the knives. Jacobs told cops she didn't feel the first knife wound but then she said Iyanna charged at her with the second knife, stabbing her again.
When EMTs arrived, Jacobs was laying on the floor. She was taken to the hospital. We do not know her condition.
Youngboy, who was home at the time, was briefly handcuffed by cops -- presumably as a precautionary measure -- before being released.
Iyanna told cops Jacobs had incited her by initially pulling her hair outside the house and then running into the kitchen, where the confrontation went down.
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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped coffin to pay their last respects. No symphony of sniffles is heard across the room as the minister gives a final prayer.
Instead, a handful of people are scattered across one chapel row as if they’re strangers, not blood. White roses are pinned to empty chairs, representing those who couldn’t be there. An iPad on a tripod livestreams the service for people stuck at home across state lines.
“This is going to be a different experience for all of us,” the minister tells the half-dozen people gathered at a South Carolina funeral home to celebrate the life of J. Robert Coleman, an Army veteran, husband to Gloria, father to three sons and grandfather to three children. “But one thing that will be common is that as we conduct this service today, we’re going to open with a prayer.”
Unspoken was the reason this funeral, and untold others across the world, is different: The coronavirus outbreak, stay-at-home orders and the rules of social distancing are dramatically altering the way families and communities mourn the passing of loved ones.
“It’s hard enough to lose a loved one, but then to have the traditions that usually bring comfort at a time like this seemingly not available just kind of compounds the grief that families feel,” said Justin Baxley, of Woodridge Memorial Park & Funeral Home.
Like most funeral homes, Woodridge is limiting the number of people allowed for services. Many families find it hard to choose which loved ones will be invited to the in-person gathering and which will be relegated to watch via livestream, if at all.
Black Thought of The Roots chops it up with Sway about new music he's working, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jay-Z and drops a freestyle. Peep it below.
Jessica Andrade won the UFC women's strawweight championship with an impressive performance over Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro last year.
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Philadelphia area rapper Flock just released a new album titled "Flocko Season." He kicks off promotion of the project by dropping an official music video for the title track.
"Flocko Season" is available on all streaming services:
"The ghetto go up, period! Every hood got the same @%it, hoodrats, %$itches, drugs, gang bangin, dice games, and even death, it's universal," says Slim 400. Brack'n Thru the Ghetto takes you through the journey of what you see when rollin through a typical hood regardless of the city. You're going to see typical ghetto, hood, street $%it. "Niggas out there getting money, and selling drugs." New to the scene, Detroit rapper, Sada Baby, hopped on this single because the Compton rapper feels like he's an artist that's "really Brackin right now" and thought he was perfect for this track. Slim continues to say " I'm really from the streets and I'm still in these streets but I move differently now cause these streets are treacherous. I'm gonna speak it into existence that I will fulfill my life's purpose in spite of everything".
Kobe Bryant will be inducted into the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2020 -- alongside Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.
Players become eligible 4 seasons after their last game -- and with Kobe retiring in 2016, this was his first opportunity to get in.
The ceremony (which will be formally announced on Saturday) will take place at The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA in August, according to Shams Charania.
ATLANTA — Rapper “Playboi Carti” was arrested by the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office.
A memo released by Sheriff Victor Hill’s office said the elite COBRA strike force “pulled over a Lamborghini that had an expired tag. During the stop COBRA members located 12 bags of marijuana, 3 guns, Xanax, codeine, and oxycodone,”
Playboi Carti, whose real name is Jordan Carter, and Jaylon Tucker were both taken into custody.
Carter emerged in the music scene in 2011 as an underground recording artist.
He later found a career in modeling working with brands like GQ and H&M. Back in 2017, the rapper became a trending topic when he revealed that was dating Blac Chyna.
The Clayton County Sheriff's Office wrote Carter and Tucker are "now facing the wall at Georgia’s toughest para-military jail known as the Hill-ton."
In 2018, Playboi Carti released his first studio album “Die Lit."
JR Writer is back on his bullshit. Following the release of his "Pedigree" single, the Harlem, New York emcee is back with another heater titled "Can I."
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