We'd like to congratulate Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty as the couple prepare to welcome a new bundle of joy.
Minaj, 37, announced that she was pregnant with her first child by posting several photos on Instagram that showed her bare stomach, which looks like she is more than a few months along.
"#Preggers," the caption read on one of the pics.
Wishing the best for Nicki and Kenneth as they begin this new journey together.
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In this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper, actor, author, activist, philanthropist, and Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Oscar winner...
C O M M O N
In this two hour episode, Common and Kweli's many years of collaborating and touring together, as well as their decades-long friendship, gives way to an incredible interview. Things get started with a talk about their original collab together -- recording Black Star's classic song and video "Respiration." They then go on to discuss Common's mother Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines and her influence on him growing up as a teacher, as well as his father Lonnie "Pops" Lynn, who was famously featured on Common's "Resurrection" album. They also touch on the importance of HBCUs, and violence in Common's hometown of Chicago being weaponized by politicians. Common is asked to reflect on the making of one of the greatest concept records of all-time in "I Used To Love H.E.R" -- digging into all the things that compelled him to write that song, and the profound influence it had on the culture, which naturally leads into talk about his beef with Ice Cube stemming from a perceived diss to the West Coast tucked in those lyrics. Common details where he was when he heard the first shots from Cube, the point in time when he felt he had to fire back with his own diss track, and how they eventually reconciled with the help of Minister Farrakhan. Common and Talib go on to reflect on their shared experience of meeting with activist Assata Shakur in Cuba through the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, as well as discuss recording at the famous Electric Lady Studios and how special that place is.
Later, Common reflects on the making of another one of his most iconic recordings in the song "The Light," produced by the late great J Dilla. He expands on his close friendship with Dilla, being roommates with him while he was making "Donuts," with his health steadily declining. The conversation moves to Kanye West and his recent announcement to run for president in 2020. Common provides his thoughts the moment he read the tweet, and answers the question of if he supports his bid. Common also goes on to talk about his work as an actor, and why he chose the roles that he did. He speaks on opening up in his new book about surviving childhood sexual abuse, his work as an activist for prison reform, and toxic masculinity and how much it's ingrained in our culture. Common also gets to talk about his philanthropic work in the city of Chicago with his "Common Ground Foundation" and the A.I.M. charter school.
In closing, Common is asked about his higher purpose, and what he feels like he owes the next generation. His answer is thoughtful, wise, and deeply heartfelt.
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3:10 -- Talib kicks things off by thanking Common for collaborating with him on Black Star's classic song "Respiration." Kweli first gets into detail on how and why he pursued Common so hard for the collab, Common details how he remembers it, and they both discuss recording the song and shooting the famous music video.
8:40 -- Common gets to speak about his mother Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines. Talib and him discuss how their shared background of having teachers as parents connected Talib, Common, and Kanye with each other. They discuss the importance of knowledge to the art of writing and emceeing, how their upbringing of having teacher parents clearly translates through their subject matter, and Common remembers how his mom would open her doors to underprivileged kids in the neighborhood to hang out and expand their minds.
17:50 -- Common's father Lonnie "Pops" Lynn Jr. gets a big shout-out, who passed away in 2014. Talib brings up how he always looked out for Talib when he performed in Denver, Common speaks on how profoundly wise he was, as well as a little bit crazy at times, Pops' deep love and respect for hip hop culture, at one point even having interest in doing his own EP. He also mentions his hanging out with Dr. Sebi before passing, and they reminisce about a time when Dave Chappelle, got Common and Talib to jump in a pick-truck at 4am to visit the place where Pops met Common's mother Mahalia.
23:33 -- Jasmin brings up Common and her both attending Florida A&M University, and asks him what about HBCUs makes them such a vital part of promoting black excellence. He reflects on how going there gave him the opportunity to expand his knowledge base of the black experience beyond his hometown of Chicago, and they touch on some of the greats that HBCUs have produced over the years.
26:57 -- Talib brings up Common's song/album titled "Nobody's Smiling" inspired by the violence and high crime in Chicago. He asks Common how he feels about the current state of Chicago being weaponized in political conversations. Common talks about his concern in seeing his home-town's situation being exploited by politicians, how it's struggles are viewed with a complete lack of empathy, and expresses how he feels black people generally can't depend on the government for help.
29:52 -- Common is asked about the evolution that took place from his first album "Can I Borrow A Dollar" to his second "Resurrection", made very apparent with his immortal classic "I Used To Love H.E.R.". Talib asks Common to touch on the things that inspired him to write the song, and if he had any foresight as to how much it would inspire the culture. Common notes what he felt when he first heard the beat, and the reaction of a friend of his during his performance when he didn't understand the concept until the last line. He also clarifies how it wasn't about hating on the West Coast contribution to hip hop.
38:13 -- Common speaks about his past beef with Ice Cube. He gets into specifics on where he was when he first heard that Cube dissed him on "Westside Slaughterhouse", and the tipping point when he decided he had to make his own diss record response with "The Bitch In Yoo". He then goes into detail on how Louis Farrakhan got involved to help them reconcile and that neither ever felt any real animosity toward one another, with Common even starring in a "Barbershop" film. Common also talks about his producers No I.D., Twilite Tone, and Dug Infinite in how essential they were in creating the sound and tone for his early albums.
45:04 -- Common and Talib discuss the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement sending both of them to Cuba at different times to meet with activist Assata Shakur. Common speaks on how that experience impacted his career, how it was the first time he really felt like he was an active participant in a movement, how Assata she proved to him how you can be an activist and still have fun, and tells about a dinner conversation that gave him pause when an FBI agent brought up Assata's name.
50:43 -- Talib brings up Electric Lady Studios in New York, where both him and Common have recorded albums. Common explains how special and unique the place is, with it's rich history of amazing music being made there since Jimi Hendrix had it built in the 1960's. He details the memorable sessions there when he, Talib, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, and others were all recording simultaneously, and how inspiring that was.
53:40 -- Common is asked about J Dilla's production for "The Light'', and if he knew it was going to become such a classic of it's time. He details how he felt when he first heard it before he even penned the lyrics, he mentions who he had in mind when writing it, and how liberating it was to be able to drop a hip hop love song, and have it be embraced by everyone. They also talk about the layers of human beings and how people should be given a chance to evolve from past mistakes.
1:02:16 -- Common speaks on his time being roommates with J Dilla, and how they would pool their record collections together. All contributing to the making of Dilla's "Donuts" album, which he produced in their living room, and in his hospital bed. Common reflects on how much he appreciated that time in his life, as well as noting the bittersweet aspect of dealing with the fact of both of them being at the peaks of their careers while his brother was suffering from a serious illness.
1:06:30 -- Common explains how he's maintained such close friendships with his exes throughout the years. Talib also brings up the tours they've done together, and how he's met some of his favorite musicians while on the road with him, and also asks Common what made him want to sign on, and work so closely with Kanye West. He outlines how the partnership came together, all happening at a time when Common was searching for a new sound.
1:14:57 -- Jasmin brings up Kanye's announced run for president in 2020. Note: The episode was taped on July 5th, the day after West made international news by announcing a presidential bid via tweet. Common goes into what came to his mind the moment he read the tweet, Talib and Common share their personal reservations about the idea, they discuss the low bar that's been set for presidential candidates, Common speaks on voting for policy stances over the candidate, and his evolution of thought on politics in general.
1:22:03 -- Talib pivots the convo to movies, and brings up Common's work in cinema. He asks Common why he was taking so many tough guy roles especially early in his career with films like "Smokin' Aces", "Street Kings", and Terminator, despite his famously nice-guy persona in real life. Common also goes into what he was hoping for when he got into acting, and they also discuss breaking down black stereotypes in Hollywood.
1:26:18 -- Common reflects on his recently released book titled "Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir", where he opens up about being molested as a child. Talib asks him how he came to the point of wanting to share this with the world, and Common credits it to a conversation he had that helped him realize how important it was to be included in the book as to help erase the stigma of discussing these experiences.
1:31:49 -- Common and Talib mutual friend, film producer Scott Budnick gets a shout-out and his work as an advocate for prison reform. Talib asks Common about his own activism for reform of the criminal justice system. Common talks about meeting with author Michelle Alexander who wrote "The New Jim Crow" and her schooling him on how much prisons are at the heart of the destruction of the black community over so many generations. Common also opens up about the perspective he gained when he started talking to these prisoners, and hearing their stories.
1:37:21 -- Talib harkens back to the topic of toxic masculinity and homophobia, admitting to his own past mistakes and needing to evolve. He asks Common to detail his evolution of thought, leading to talk about his growing up in South Side Chicago, and how ultra-masculinity was ingrained in the culture and seen as a way of survival. He talks about the things that helped him move past that mentality and shares a story of what two gay men said to him after a show about some of his lyrics.
1:43::45 -- Jasmin brings up Common's "Common Ground Foundation" that's been going strong for many years, and asks what they're current focus is. Common expands on how they've been helping inner-city youth in Chicago through mentoring and college preparation programs. Focusing on areas of nutrition, healthy living, financial literacy, character development, and creative expression. He also touches on his work as a primary partner for the A.I.M. (Arts In Motion) Charter School.
1:48:16 -- Common expounds on his work to hold politicians accountable to their promises in the improvement of black and brown communities, in having sit-downs with community members and those running for office. Jasmin then goes on to reference Common's recent song "Black America Again ' while she asks what's his higher purpose, and what he feels like he owes the next generation.
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On what would have been his 21st birthday, the deluxe edition of Pop Smoke's posthumous debut album has been released.
Available on all streaming platdorms.
Tracklist:
01 Bad Bitch From Tokyo (Intro)
02 Aim For The Moon
03 For The Night
04 44 BullDog
05 Gangstas
06 Yea Yea
07 Creature
08 Snitching
09 Make It Rain
10 The Woo
11 West Coast Shit
12 Enjoy Yourself
13 Mood Swings
14 Something Special
15 What You Know Bout Love
16 Diana
17 Got It On Me
18 Tunnel Vision (Outro)
19 Dior (Bonus)
20 Hotel Lobby
21 Showin Off Pt.1
22 Showin Off Pt.2
23 Iced Out Audemars
24 Woo Year
25 Tsunami
26 Backseat
27 Imperfections (Interlude)
28 She Feelin Nice
29 Paranoia
30 Hello
31 Be Clearr
32 Yea Yea (Remix)
33 Diana (Remix)
34 Enjoy Yourself (Remix)
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Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Ariel, a heroin addicted prostitute on Figueroa Street in South Central Los Angeles.
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Check out the official music video for "Meet the Woo" by Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch.
This is off of Pop's posthumous album titled "Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon."
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One of the GOAT’s, LL Cool J, called in to Sway In The Morning to talk about his partnership with other hip-hop legends to refresh the Rock The Bells platform. He also gave his reasoning behind his BLM verse on Instagram and got into the mental health of celebrities.
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Kanye West's off-the-rails campaign stop Sunday in North Charleston, South Carolina may not only hurt Ye politically, he has concerned, upset and alarmed many of his friends and the Kardashians ... sources connected to Kanye tell TMZ.
Our sources say those around him believe Kanye is in desperate need of professional help and is in the middle of a serious bipolar episode, but he won't listen to them.
We're told they also believe Kanye is tanking some of his businesses, if not all of them, with rants like when he went on about Harriet Tubman, claiming she did not free slaves. His family and friends know comments like these are the things that trigger boycotts.
Suffice it to say ... we're told the family is upset that Kanye talked about Kim's first pregnancy and how they discussed abortion, something he says he wanted. Then he blurted out that Kim might divorce him for saying that, but even if she does, he'd thank her for having North.
It's curious he mentioned divorce ... it's usually a topic married folk don't say out loud unless it's been discussed. Whether it was or not ... between Kanye's Forbes interview and Sunday's rally ... you gotta think it puts a strain on the relationship.
BTW ... we're told there's not much concern that Kanye's comments will adversely affect Kim's businesses. We're told their money is separate and her and Kanye's brands are distinguishable.
Finally, we're told his family and friends are also upset because they feel Kanye is a distraction to what is a very important election.
Source: TMZ
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Back in 2018, Buffalo, New York emcee and producer, TheRealSkitso, released an EP titled "Shock Treatment." It was full of bangers, but got highly slept on at the time.
One of the gems off of the project was "Play Me Out" featuring Westside Gunn. This deserves to be heard by a wider audience. Hope you enjoy.
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Pop Smoke's alleged murderers were tracked down by LAPD detectives the old-fashioned way ... there were no shortcuts or easy breaks.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the big break in the case leading to the arrests of 4 men allegedly connected to the rapper's death didn't come from a tipster, but instead from LAPD detectives pounding the pavement and knocking on doors.
We broke the story ... Pop Smoke was gunned down back in February by at least 4 masked gunmen after what appeared to be a home invasion robbery at his rental property in the Hollywood Hills.
Detectives went back to the basics because, as we reported, they hit a roadblock back in February when potential witnesses wouldn't cooperate, and combing social media turned out to be a bust.
Our sources say detectives used video from citizens and businesses in the area to help track and ID the suspects, who were slapped with murder charges last week and could face the death penalty.
Sources also tell us cops believe Los Angeles street gang members were involved in Pop's murder, but they say the case doesn't appear to be a gang hit or an East Coast-West Coast beef -- Pop was from NYC.
Instead, police believe the tragedy was a robbery gone wrong after the alleged killers saw Pop's posts on social media in the hours before the fatal shooting. Pop shared his address, and flexed with huge wads of cash.
We're told, even though the arrests have been made, the case remains under active investigation as detectives search for more evidence.
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Nick Cannon seemed to have contemplated suicide ... calling 2020 the most "fucked up year I've ever witnessed," talking about his friend who he says took his own life, adding, he was in "dark contemplation of continuing my physical existence on this planet," and admiring his friend who "had the balls to do it."
It's an alarming message, but not totally surprising. Nick's been called out from all sides, it seems, this week, after his anti-Semitic comments he made on a podcast, for which he apologized. Although Nick says he's trying to educate himself as he meets with rabbis and others, he's now being attacked for apologizing. On top of that, Viacom fired him from 'Wild 'n Out.'
Nick recounted the story of his friend, Ryan Bowers -- an up-and-coming rapper who Nick signed to his label -- who was shot in his own home last year by a San Diego cop. Nick says Ryan was in a coma for months and Nick was by his side. Cannon says his friend fought hard, re-learning basic functions like walking.
Nick says on the surface, Ryan seemed to rebound ... returning to perform to sold-out crowds. But, behind the veneer, Ryan was hurting, whispering to Nick, "Everything still hurts."
Nick says, "I can't help but think if I wasn't so engulfed in my own bullshit I could've been there for you when you finally took your life after several attempts ...Fuck this place!! #CantWin #ForLosing".
We have checked and the Medical Examiner tells us a Ryan Bowers died Saturday.
Nick said on Thursday, "I hurt an entire community and it pained me to my core, I thought it couldn't get any worse. Then I watched my own community turn on me and call me a sell-out for apologizing," adding, "Goodnight. Enjoy Earth."
Source: TMZ
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In this clip from next week's "People's Party with Talib Kweli," Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh chat with rapper, actor, writer, and activist Common about his famous collaboration with Black Star, "Respiration." Kweli first gets into detail on how and why he pursued Common so hard for the collab, Common details how he remembers it, and they both discuss recording the song and shooting the famous music video.
Full episode arrives on Monday 7/20 at 9AMet/6AMpt.
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The family of Specialist Enrique Roman-Martinez wants answers from the U.S. Army about the circumstances of his death and dismemberment after he disappeared during a Memorial Day camping trip with fellow soldiers to North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Six weeks after his partial remains washed up ashore, his loved ones still do not know what happened.
Roman-Martinez's family in California said that Army officials at Fort Bragg, North Carolina have not been forthcoming with details about the case, leaving them with unanswered questions about the 21-year-old paratrooper serving in the famed 82nd Airborne Division.
"It was so cruel what they did to him," Roman-Martinez's sister, Griselda Martinez, said in an interview with ABC News affiliate KABC earlier this week. "Why did they have to do that to him? He's already gone. Why did they have to go the extra step to do this to him?"
"It was really hard for us, too," she added.
Roman-Martinez was camping at South Core Banks over Memorial Day weekend, with seven other soldiers, when he mysteriously disappeared from the camp site.
An unidentified person placed a call to 911 around 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, and said Roman-Martinez was last seen wearing blue shorts and no shirt around midnight, 19 hours before the call was placed.
The paratrooper's partial remains were found a week later, on May 29, on Shackleford Banks Island, part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. His body was identified using dental records.
Roman-Martinez's phone and wallet were later found at the camp site, leading his family to wonder what could have prompted him to leave without them in the middle of the night.
"Because my brother can't see without his glasses, so for him to walk out in the middle of the night without his glasses, it's not likely," Martinez said. "He can't see, where would he go?"
Martinez told the Fayetteville Observer that Army officials have not told the family much about the ongoing investigation into what happened to her brother.
"Over Memorial Day weekend we lost Enrique to a senseless act of violence," Major General Christopher Donahue, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, said in a statement issued Thursday. "We are doing everything we can to support his family and find justice for Enrique."
"I've personally spoken with his family to assure them that we will not stop in our pursuit to bring those responsible to justice," he added. "The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the homicide. I encourage anyone with information related to this case, regardless of how small, to contact the Fort Bragg CID Office."
An Army official told ABC News that there is no suspicion of a reprisal or hate crime motive in the case.
Donahue described Roman-Martinez as "a valued member of our team" and expressed his condolences to his family, friends and fellow paratroopers.
"My family's thoughts -- and the thoughts of the leadership of the 82nd Airborne Division -- are focused on Enrique's family and battle buddies as we mourn together," he said.
Source: ABC News
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This is the classic Pharoahe Monch song/video "Desire" featuring SHOWTYME and MeLa Machinko off of the 2007 album of the same name.
You can purchase it on iTunes on all major streaming platforms.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/desire/1445837787
This is the only true high definition version of this music video that is currently on YouTube.
I have to thank director Andy Morton for allowing me to upload it.
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Shot live on the Rock the Bells tour in LA and San Francisco, August 2007.
Director/Editor: Andrew Morton
DOP: Ian Benham
Camera: Ian Benham / Andrew Morton
*** a Triple Double film ***
Lyrics:
[Hook - Pharaohe Monch]
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Said its my desire, yes it, yeah
Yes it, yes it is, oh yeah, yeah
[Verse 1: Pharaohe Monch]
Comprehend the guidelines
My chest out chinchilla all relaxed on the sidelines
I'm so famous
Understand, New York City respects my game like Joe Namath
And I protect my name like your anus
In prison, y'all don't hear me
Y'all don't listen
Y'all just wanna shine
Y'all just wanna glisten
Floss, knowing that the soul is still missing
(Who am I?) I am the poetical pastor
Slave to a label but I own my masters
Still get it poppin' without artist & repertoire
Cause Monch is a monarch only minus the A&R
When my brain excels, your train derails
Pop shit, make you feel the Clipse like Pharrell
You will feel me
You will admire
(My) Struggle
(My) Hustle
(My) Soul, Desire
[Hook]
[Verse 2: Pharaohe Monch]
My book is a ovary
The pages I lust to turn
My pen's the penis
When I write the ink's the sperm
Desire, the fire that ignites the torch to burn
This is not rocket science
This is easy to learn
My mic's the gavel
When I talk courts adjourned
Respect, even if you were ashes you couldn't earn
I embody antibiotics
You are infected with germs
Rap's fatally ill, please get concerned
Players, pick turns to play, get burned
I color commentate the game like Chick Hearn
This is the moment of truth for my opponents & liars
Vocals alone invoke the emotion of black choirs
Fire, you don't wanna get burned like Rich Pryor
Move back, who's that, there, the live wire
You will feel me
You will admire
(My) Struggle
(My) Hustle
(My) Soul, Desire
[Outro]
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In this clip from 'People's Party with Talib Kweli,' Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh chat with Common about his past beef with Ice Cube. He gets into specifics on where he was when he first heard that Cube dissed him and the tipping point when he decided he had to make his own diss record in response. He then goes into detail on how Louis Farrakhan got involved to help them reconcile and that neither ever felt any real animosity toward one another, with Common even starring in a "Barbershop" film.
Full episode arrives on Monday 7/20 at 9AMet/6AMpt.
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(TAMPA BAY, FA) Friday, July 17 -- Dominigue Young Unique puts passion to paper in her new social conscious release "WHY".
She's most known for her success overseas and her feature on the Diplo VS DJ Fresh hit, "Earthquake".
Now, it's 2020 and Dominique is poised to show her Florida Natives and the rest of the USA how her message translates throughout the world.
"With so much going on around the world, I feel like “WHY” is a song that makes you open up your eyes and mind to be more conscious. I’m speaking nothing but the truth and with every person's name I mention on this song - it’s not that I am dissing them... I'm trying to bring light to their situation, for greater awareness of the life and generation we’re living in. From cops killing us, to the people protesting, and the frustrations of the economy failing due to COVID 19", says Dominique
Today marks 6 years since an NYPD Police Officer choked Eric Garner, whose last words, "I can't breathe," are a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement.
This synchronicity of this release with the day of Garner's death, serves as an important reminder: we need to continue to question these injustices.
Borrowing from the timeless 2007 Jada Kiss and Anthony Hamilton classic "WHY", Dominique does just that... harnessing the same thought-provoking emotions used in the original, while adding a touch of her own fierce female energy.
As she raps, sitting in front of a shooting range target, her message is clear: the young black youth are in constant danger and someone has to take a stand.
With an 'in-your-face' aggressive-style delivery, she ponders...
"Why you don't like the fact I'm trying to get my mom out them trenches? Why you feel like just cuz you trap, they gotta be right there with ya? Why you can't see my vision even though what I'm saying is visual? Open your eyes"
"WHY" addresses problems in the African-American community that go beyond police brutality. She's using her platform to unify the culture.
It is our collective responsibility to each day take one step forward in our commitment to a more equitable world. Music has the power to change and that is “WHY” I'm raising my voice.
In these strange and trying times, our days are filled with countless unanswered questions. And like so many of us, Dominique Young Unique wants to know the reasons "WHY".
Quan Askew just dropped a hot new joint titled "Never Change". Check it out below and make sure you visit his website for the hottest beats!
(CNN) President Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump -- a psychologist whose recently published book criticizes the President and his family -- asserted Friday that her uncle's childhood is affecting his ability to govern in a crisis.
"Donald is a psychologically deeply damaged man, based on his upbringing and the situation with his parents," she told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Friday on "Cuomo Prime Time."
"He is not going to get better and he is without question going to get worse," she added.
The stinging assertion is another blistering comment from one of Trump's family members who has been interviewed often this week after her book, "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," went on sale. The book paints the President in an unflattering light and traces his governing style back to his childhood.
When asked if the President was known among family members as someone who didn't tell the truth, Mary Trump asserted that he "does on some levels know what he's doing" and pointed to issues such as not wearing a mask. She said her uncle is not anti-science but will ignore facts in order to spin his preferred narrative.
"I think one of the reasons he's sort of unraveling a bit now is because what he's always done in the past, that used to work, isn't really working as effectively anymore, so it has him scrambling a bit," she said.
"Knowing, not knowing; educated, not educated as you say -- ultimately it is irrelevant," Mary Trump added. "Just as in the grand schemes of things -- although I think it's extremely useful in some ways to understand his psychology -- it's irrelevant compared to what he's doing, that's what we need to focus on."
Trump, after days of silence about her, called her "a mess" earlier on Friday and alleged that she wrote "untruthful things."
In a series of tweets Friday, he accused her of breaking an unspecified law and lambasted her for criticizing his parents who, he added, "couldn't stand her!"
Mary Trump, in turn, asserted that she was legally in the right.
"I never had Donald's tax returns in my possession, so I could not have revealed them to anybody," she told Cuomo.
She and her grandmother "were very close," she said. "I really loved (my grandmother) and believe that she loved me. My grandfather, I don't think was really, had real positive feelings towards anybody except perhaps Donald."
She called the assertion that she was a mess "an attack he hurls, predominantly, I think, about women."
"Honestly, I'm in very good company," she added. "I believe he's said the same thing about Nancy Pelosi, and I'm fine with that."
She has faced litigation from Robert Trump, the President's brother, who argued in court that the book violated a confidentiality agreement related to Fred Trump's estate. But a New York judge ultimately allowed its release. It sold a staggering 950,000 copies by the end of its first day on sale, publisher Simon & Schuster said Thursday.
Mary Trump has made damning allegations against the President in recent TV appearances, including claiming she's heard Trump use racial slurs. The White House has denied her claims.
In the series of tweets Friday, Trump also had choice words for John Bolton, calling his former national security adviser a "lowlife dummy." Bolton recently published a book about his time in the White House and called the President "naive and dangerous."
The President wrote: "I am the ultimate member of The Book of the Month Club. First I have lowlife dummy John Bolton, a war mongering fool, violating the law (he released massive amounts of Classified Information) and an NDA in order to build badly needed credibility and make a few dollars, which will all end up going to the government anyway."
"Many books have been written about me, some good, some bad. Both happily and sadly, there will be more to come!," the President wrote, in conclusion.
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Actress Naya Rivera’s ex-fiancé Big Sean is among celebs and friends morning the “Glee” star following her death while fighting to save her son as the two swam in California’s Lake Piru.
The “Blessings” MC, 32, wrote a lengthy dedication to his former partner on Instagram, sharing his disbelief in her passing. He also praised the “Glee” star for breaking down barriers.
“Rest In Peace Naya,” the Detroit rapper began. “God Bless your Soul! Thank you for blessing us all with your talent and presence. you are a hero! Not just because of how you saved your son, also because of the barriers you knocked down for so many people to make them feel confident in themselves and to stand tall and be proud when they couldn’t achieve that on their own.
“I appreciate and cherish everything that ever happened between us for making me wiser and a better person,” he continued. “I’m still grieving and in shock, I can’t believe this is real. I’m praying for you and your family and I know your watching over them and protecting them. Rest In Peace Naya.”
Big Sean and Naya began dating in April 2013. They announced their engagement in October 2013, but ended their relationship in April 2014. The Grammy-nominated artist is currently dating singer Jhene Aiko.
Source: ETOnline
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After connecting with Conway the Machine for the highly acclaimed "No One Mourns the Wicked" album, super producer Big Ghost LTD got right back to work on a new project.
This time he links up Rob Gates and M.A.V. of Da Cloth for "The Dark Side Of Nature."
M.A.V. and Gates kept the features in house with appearances from fellow Cloth members Times Change, Illanoise, Symph, Rigz and Mooch.
"The Dark Side Of Nature" is available now: https://bigghostlimited.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-side-of-nature
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3. Bloodhounds 03:00
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7. Tombstone 03:29
8. Left For Dead ft. Rigz 03:36
9. Said Less, Did More 02:55
10. Authenticated 02:41
11. By Myself 02:51
12. Smokin Aces ft. iLLanoise, Symph, Times Change, Mooch and Rigz 07:41
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Texas’ Nueces County, where Corpus Christi is located, has reported that 85 infants under the age of 1 have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, health officials said.
"We currently have 85 babies under the age of one year in Nueces County that have all tested positive for Covid-19," said Annette Rodriguez, director of public health for Corpus Christi Nueces County, according to CNN.
"These babies have not even had their first birthday yet,” Rodriguez added. “Please help us stop the spread of this disease."
Texas has become a new hotspot for coronavirus cases, reporting a record of 15,038 new cases on July 16 alone, according to data from The New York Times.
In the past seven days, Nueces County has had 2,499 new cases and 40 deaths — “the fastest growth in new cases on the seven-day average than any other metropolitan county in the state,” Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni told CNN.
"You can see the trend line is relatively flat until July, and this is where we have had that huge spike in cases, and this is why it's turned into a major problem for Nueces County," Zanoni said.
The news from Rodriguez indicates one of the first announcements of a large number of infant infections in one area. In the past, limited published reports indicated that a “small number of babies” tested positive for the virus shortly after birth. However, children are not at a higher risk than adults and the majority of cases to date are adults, according to the CDC.
Though it is rare, deaths of infants have also been attributed to the virus, including a 6-week-old Connecticut baby who died after testing positive in March.
“We believe this is one of the youngest lives lost anywhere due to complications relating to COVID-19,” Gov. Ned Lamont said at the time.
Source: PEOPLE
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