50 Cent's new variety show, "50 Central" is set to premiere Wednesday, September 27, at 10:30/9:30c on BET. It will feature hidden camera pranks, sketch comedy, musical guests, celebrity guests and more.
"50 Central's a platform that allows us to get all those hidden talents out in the open," says the "I Get Money" hit maker. "Expect the unexpected. It's me having freedom. It's a different type of comedy. It's a little edgier than the things you might have seen in the past."
We promise, you don't want to miss an episode. So, get ready to laugh your ass off!
Doñé was born Handel Antonio Doñe Jr. in a town called La Victoria, Dominican Republic (DR). He and his family immigrated to New York City when he was three years old. Doñe lived in NYC for a few years and later returned to DR until the age of 15. Although he loves his homeland, he feels “NYC made me who I am today and taught me how to be strong, and how to survive”. Doñé currently lives in Harlem, NY where he’s working on his debut album. Named after a composer from the English Renaissance Handel Bach and choosing to use his last name as his stage name, Doñé explains the ambition to have the family name endure and create a legacy that is associated with good creative music; he wants to create a brand that future generations will remember.
Doñe is an Urban Tropical artist whose sound is a colorful blend between R&B Soul and the music of his upbringing, merengue. He grew up listening to artists like Michael Jackson, Mana, Juan Luis Guerra, Hector Lavoe, and incorporated their intensity, sound, passion and formulated his own unique sound. He admires their passion in their performances to bring a crowd to their feet and have them join him in what he believes is an escape to another place where we live in the moment and forget the trials and tribulations of life. Doñé finds inspiration in his past and present experiences for the lyrics he creates. This gives him the gift of being able to write meaningful songs that his fans connect with.
Doñé’s latest project includes several remixes including Trap Queen (Fetty Wap) and Vacacciones (Foreign) by Trey Songz, in his native Spanish. What started out as a mixtape project of songs remade in Spanish, has quickly transitioned into a not yet released debut album of original content. With the support of his team, SolBuenoMusic, he has written songs that he believes to be a classic breakthrough album. He expresses that to be on stage has been his life long dream and is determined for his sound to reach Latin America and eventually the world. He wants to present audiences with a strong storm that comes in the form of the songs "Tamo en Party" and "Callejero" the first one that inspires joy and emotion to all who hear it masterfully combining carnival and Caribbean rhythms that influenced his childhood And where he asks his listeners to live in the moment and to forget any problem and Callejero next to one of the most outstanding exponents of the urban genre of Dominican Republic NIPO 809 with whom he intends, with his country behind him, to make not only noise, but history.
His debut album is scheduled to be released 2017 and his team is hard at work to deliver content of his journey as well as his music to feed the appetite of his fans asking for more. Many people will be familiar with the genre of music he will be releasing, but Doñé states “it will be on another level. When you here it people will say that’s Doñé. There will be no guessing. My sound is unique”. There’s no question that Doñé is on a mission to realize his lifelong dream and that this realization will come to fruition with the support of his country, his team, and his fans. “I come from La Victoria. I gotta win!” – Doñé
During a time when urban Latin music is constantly evolving, it takes an artist of extraordinary talent to effectively break barriers and set a new standard for Latin Hip Hop. Salazar’s music not only possesses commanding and intoxicating beats, but has an original and advanced lyrical style that few others have been able to match. When one listens to Salazar’s flow, it is clear he speaks from the heart and soul, receiving the attention and respect of both female and male listeners alike.
Jose Pablo Salazar, a.k.a. SALAZAR, was born in Miami, Florida. The son of a professional Cuban baseball player who also wrote music and poetry, Salazar’s initial childhood dream was to play professional baseball. After being exposed to musicians and the art of expression through writing, Salazar developed a deep interest and love for music. He began rapping at the age of 17 and formed A.O.D (Age Of Destruction) while he was still in high school. Realizing music was his life project; he began associating with professional artists such as Trick Daddy and Timbaland. His style unexpectedly flipped from English to Spanish on a verse written just to mess around. As if by fate, it all seemed to fit together.
As he continued to pursue his artist development, Salazar was noticed by several top A&Rs with Sony Latino in Miami. Salazar was selected to be a part of a compilation Spanish hip-hop album to debut in the U.S (April 26, 2005). The project was titled Syndicato and was composed of a collaboration of 7 artists, each with a distinct style. Since his experience with Syndicato, Salazar has chosen to pursue his career as a solo artist, performing throughout South Florida. He caught the attention of Strictly Business Records, a local independent label, receiving much recognition in the South Florida area at the time. Salazar is currently seeking to receive international attention and target the Hispanic community as a whole.
Salazar’s goal is to revolutionize Latin music by bringing hip-hop to the Spanish community the way it is heard in English. With a powerful voice and street-based lyrics, Salazar’s music portrays the realistic experiences of a young first generation Cuban-American living in the United States. In a period where music consumers search for answers, Salazar delivers truth to a snowballing urban Spanish community that wont be denied. Salazar is determined to take Spanish hip-hop to the next level, “I want people to remember me for changing the way Hispanics express themselves musically“.
Following a 13-week break, Kendrick Lamar returns to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart with "DAMN."
Billboard reports that it's the discs fourth week overall at number one. The best performance by an album since "Starboy" from The Weeknd spent five weeks atop the list in earlier this year.
"DAMN" sold just under 47,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 10, according to Nielsen Music, to soar past it's competition. It sold 603,000equivalent albumunits in its first week following an April 14 release.
"DAMN." has since been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump denounced white supremacists including neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan on Monday, and said racism, hatred and bigotry had no place in America following a violent white-nationalist rally in Virginia.
Trump had been assailed by Republicans and Democrats alike for failing to respond more forcefully to Saturday's violence in Charlottesville, in which a woman was killed when a man crashed his car into a group of counter-protesters.
"Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans," Trump said in a statement to reporters at the White House.
Critics said Trump had waited too long to address the bloodshed, and slammed him for stating initially that "many sides" were involved, rather than explicitly condemning white supremacists widely seen as sparking the melee.
A 20-year-old man said to have harbored Nazi sympathies as a teenager was facing charges he plowed his car into protesters opposing the white nationalists, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 19 people. The accused, James Alex Fields, was denied bail at an initial court hearing on Monday.
James Alex Fields
In a strong rebuke to the president, the chief executive of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, Merck & Co Inc, resigned from a business panel led by Trump, citing a need for leadership countering bigotry.
CEO Kenneth Frazier, who is black, did not name Trump or criticize him directly in a statement posted on the drug company's Twitter account, but the rebuke was implicit.
"America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy," said Frazier.
Born and raised in Houston, CHYNAMAN is quickly becoming a trend establishing American rapper, songwriter and record producer. As an independent musical artist, CHYNAMAN has been able to capture the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers. His first single "Don’t Wanna Trusta" quickly ranked more than half a million views on his dedicated Vevo channel. CHYNAMAN quickly followed up his swiftly acquired success with "Riddim of Love". His second single has been described as a combination of electronic dance music, pop, dancehall, and hip hop. "Riddim of Love" has a catchy melody and expansive baselines infused with positive social messages. Following the release of his third single this summer, "Let Me See It", a high energy Hip Hop/EDM Bounce track of Miami Bass and college drumline. So track is guaranteed to get you dancing where ever you may be. CHYNAMAN’s rapid rise allowed him to work with other well established Hip Hop artist such as Ying Yang Twinz, Gorilla Zoe, Lil Flip, King Ashoka, and Paul Wall.CHYNAMAN is currently working up a Hip Hop EP using fresh new sounds and flavors. In addition, he is currently using familiar sounds of Hip Hop mixed in with electronic dance music, drumline brass, and New Orleans Bounce Music. CHYNAMAN’s next work will be an intense, high energy EP that will have listeners on the dance floor coming back for more. CHYNAMAN’s passion doesn’t stop at music, he is a up and coming fashion designer, dancer and of course a pianist.Social Media links:OFFICIAL SITE:www.chynamanmusic.comFACEBOOK:www.facebook.com/chynamanmusicTWITTER:www.twitter.com/chynamanmusicINSTAGRAM:www.instagram.com/chynamanmusicRead more…
Rae Sremmurd recently chopped it up with Montreality about:
- their Utopia (0:58) - how they're going to live their life at 86-years-old (1:53) - their appreciation for Lil Wayne (2:50) - their favorite Cartoon characters (3:44) - their last meal of choice (5:29) - their Message to the Youth (6:24)
"If I had a utopian society, everyone would be treated equally, we wouldn't even grow up knowing black, white, green, orange, purple, Mexican, Christian. It wouldn't even matter, we would all just be people." (0:58)
"86-years-old where I'm at? I'm Dr. Dre, don't nobody know where I'm at, everyone just know I'm rich, that's it. Goals, you know what I'm saying." (1:53)
"Man, Lil Wayne is one of my favorite artists for real, he made me appreciate lyrics. It was just tight the way he rapped, he knew how to swag over a track and say something at the same time, and his lyrics were always off the chain." (2:50)
"Wear condoms, that's one of the messages we have. Because STDs, those aren't cool, and babies at a young age those are really hard to deal with. AIDS, and all that type of sh*t - that's not fun."
Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" album continues to spawn hit records. Here's a music video for it's latest single titled "Versace on the Floor" starring Zendaya.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation’s roiling racial and political divisions.
The chaos erupted around what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade — including neo-Nazis, skinheads, members of the Ku Klux Klan — who descended on the city to “take America back” by rallying against plans to remove a Confederate statue. Hundreds came to protest against the racism. There were street brawls and violent clashes; the governor declared a state of emergency, police in riot gear ordered people out and helicopters circled overhead.
Peaceful protesters were marching downtown, carrying signs that read “black lives matter” and “love.” A silver Dodge Challenger suddenly came barreling through “a sea of people” and smashed into another car, said Matt Korbon, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student.
The impact hurled people into the air and blew off their shoes. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed as she crossed the street.
“It was a wave of people flying at me,” said Sam Becker, 24, sitting in the emergency room to be treated for leg and hand injuries.
Those left standing scattered, screaming and running for safety. Video caught the car reversing, hitting more people, its windshield splintered from the collision and bumper dragging on the pavement. Medics carried the injured, bloodied and crying, away as a police tank rolled down the street.
The driver, James Alex Fields Jr., a 20-year-old who recently moved to Ohio from where he grew up in Kentucky, was charged with second-degree murder and other counts. Field’s mother, Samantha Bloom, told The Associated Press on Saturday night that she knew her son was attending a rally in Virginia but didn’t know it was a white supremacist rally.
Albermale county jail just sent me the mugshot of today's suspect in today's Charlottesville tragedy. James Alex Fields Jr, 20. pic.twitter.com/ucALl7oSyi
“I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump’s not a white supremacist,” said Bloom, who became visibly upset as she learned of the injuries and deaths at the rally.
“He had an African-American friend so ...,” she said before her voice trailed off. She added that she’d be surprised if her son’s views were that far right.
His arrest capped off hours of unrest. Hundreds of people threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays. Some came prepared for a fight, with body armor and helmets. Videos that ricocheted around the world on social media showed people beating each other with sticks and shields.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer, both Democrats, lumped the blame squarely on the rancor that has seeped into American politics and the white supremacists who came from out of town into their city, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, home to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s plantation.
“There is a very sad and regrettable coarseness in our politics that we’ve all seen too much of today,” Signer said at a press conference. “Our opponents have become our enemies, debate has become intimidation.”
Some of the white nationalists at Saturday’s rally cited President Donald Trump’s victory after a campaign of racially-charged rhetoric as validation for their beliefs.
Trump criticized the violence in a tweet Saturday, followed by a press conference and a call for “a swift restoration of law and order.”
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” he said.
The “on many sides” ending of his statement drew the ire of his critics, who said he failed to specifically denounce white supremacy and equated those who came to protest racism with the white supremacists. The Rev. Jesse Jackson noted that Trump for years questioned President Barack Obama’s citizenship and his legitimacy as the first black president, and has fanned the flames of white resentment.
“We are in a very dangerous place right now,” Jackson said. McAuliffe said at Saturday’s press conference that he spoke to Trump on the phone, and insisted that the president must work to combat hate.
Trump said he agreed with McAuliffe “that the hate and the division must stop and must stop right now.”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced late Saturday that federal authorities will pursue a civil rights investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice,” Sessions wrote. “When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated.”
Oren Segal, who directs the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, said multiple white power groups gathered in Charlottesville, including members of neo-Nazi organizations, racist skinheads and KKK factions. The white nationalist organizations Vanguard America and Identity Evropa; the Southern nationalist League of the South; the National Socialist Movement; the Traditionalist Workers Party; and the Fraternal Order of Alt Knights also were on hand, he said.
“We anticipated this event being the largest white supremacist gathering in over a decade,” Segal said. “Unfortunately, it appears to have become the most violent as well.”
On the other side, anti-fascist demonstrators also gathered, but they generally aren’t organized like white nationalist factions, said Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
In addition to Fields, at least three more men were arrested in connection to the protests.
The Virginia State Police announced late Saturday that Troy Dunigan, a 21-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was charged with disorderly conduct; Jacob L. Smith, a 21-year-old from Louisa, Virginia, was charged with assault and battery; and James M. O’Brien, 44, of Gainesville, Florida, was charged with carrying a concealed handgun.
Just as the city seemed like to be quieting down, black smoke billowed out from the tree tops just outside of town as a Virginia State Police helicopter crashed into the woods.
Robby E. Noll, who lives in the county just outside Charlottesville, heard the helicopter sputtering.
“I turned my head to the sky. You could tell he was struggling to try to get control of it,” he said.
He said pieces of the helicopter started to break off as it fell from the sky.
Both troopers onboard, Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen, 48, and Berke M.M. Bates, one day shy of his 41st birthday, were killed. Police said the helicopter had been deployed to the violent protests in the city, which has been caught in the middle of the nation’s culture wars since it decided earlier this year to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, enshrined in bronze on horseback in the city’s Emancipation Park.
In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally. Spencer returned for Saturday’s protest, and denied all responsibility for the violence. He blamed the police.
Signer said the white supremacist groups who came into his city to spread hate “are on the losing side of history.”
“Tomorrow will come and we will emerge,” he said, “I can promise you, stronger than ever.”
Four-hundred miles away, the mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, hinted that the white supremacists might get the opposite of what they’d hoped for.
Mayor Jim Gray announced on Twitter that he would work to remove the confederate monument at his county’s courthouse.
“Today’s events in Virginia remind us that we must bring our country together by condemning violence, white supremacists and Nazi hate groups,” he wrote. “We cannot let them define our future.”
Today's events in Virginia remind us that we must bring our country together by condemning violence, white supremacists and Nazi hate groups
Associated Press writers Alan Suderman in Richmond, Virginia, Heidi Brown in Charlottesville, Claire Galofaro in Louisville, Kentucky, and John Seewer in Maumee, Ohio, contributed to this report.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.
The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade: the governor declared a state of emergency, police dressed in riot gear ordered people out and helicopters circled overhead. The group had gathered to protest plans to remove a statue of the Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee, and others who arrived to protest the racism.
Matt Korbon, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student, said several hundred counter-protesters were marching when “suddenly there was just this tire screeching sound.” A silver sedan smashed into another car, then backed up, barreling through “a sea of people.”
The impact hurled people into the air. Those left standing scattered, screaming and running for safety in different directions.
The driver was later arrested, authorities said.
The turbulence began Friday night, when the white nationalists carried torches though the university campus in what they billed as a “pro-white” demonstration. It quickly spiraled into violence Saturday morning. Hundreds of people threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays. At least eight were injured and one arrested in connection.
President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that “we ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for.” He then wrote “There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!”
We must remember this truth: No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are ALL AMERICANS FIRST. pic.twitter.com/FesMiQSKKn
But some of the white nationalists cited Trump’s victory as validation for their beliefs, and Trump’s critics pointed to the president’s racially tinged rhetoric as exploiting the nation’s festering racial tension.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson noted that Trump for years publicly questioned President Barack Obama’s citizenship.
“We are in a very dangerous place right now,” he said.
Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler had called for what he termed a “pro-white” rally in Charlottesville. White nationalists and their opponents promoted the event for weeks.
Oren Segal, who directs the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, said multiple white power groups gathered in Charlottesville, including members of neo-Nazi organizations, racist skinhead groups and Ku Klux Klan factions.
“We anticipated this event being the largest white supremacist gathering in over a decade,” Segal said. “Unfortunately, it appears to have become the most violent as well.”
The white nationalist organizations Vanguard America and Identity Evropa; the Southern nationalist League of the South; the National Socialist Movement; the Traditionalist Workers Party; and the Fraternal Order of Alt Knights also were on hand, he said, along with several groups with a smaller presence.
On the other side, anti-fascist demonstrators also gathered in Charlottesville, but they generally aren’t organized like white nationalist factions, said Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Many others were just locals caught in the fray.
Colleen Cook, 26, stood on a curb shouting at the rally attendees to go home.
Cook, a teacher who attended the University of Virginia, said she sent her son, who is black, out of town for the weekend.
“This isn’t how he should have to grow up,” she said.
Cliff Erickson leaned against a fence and took in the scene. He said he thinks removing the statue amounts to erasing history and said the “counter-protesters are crazier than the alt-right.”
“Both sides are hoping for a confrontation,” he said.
It’s the latest confrontation in Charlottesville since the city about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C., voted earlier this year to remove a statue of Lee.
In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.
Kessler said this week that the rally is partly about the removal of Confederate symbols but also about free speech and “advocating for white people.”
“This is about an anti-white climate within the Western world and the need for white people to have advocacy like other groups do,” he said in an interview.
Between rally attendees and counter-protesters, authorities were expecting as many as 6,000 people, Charlottesville police said this week.
Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed Trump for inflaming racial prejudices.
“I’m not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you’re seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president,” he said.
Charlottesville, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a liberal-leaning city that’s home to the flagship University of Virginia and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.
The statue’s removal is part of a broader city effort to change the way Charlottesville’s history of race is told in public spaces. The city has also renamed Lee Park, where the statue stands, and Jackson Park, named for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. They’re now called Emancipation Park and Justice Park, respectively.
For now, the Lee statue remains. A group called the Monument Fund filed a lawsuit arguing that removing the statue would violate a state law governing war memorials. A judge has agreed to temporarily block the city from removing the statue for six months.
With all of the heat toward mumble rap in 2017, it tends to become difficult to focus on finding traditionally lyrical content. Jody Lo is an artist who shows potential to effortlessly fill that void in hip hop with his debut album "Sack Religion". Get to know Jody Lo in his 30 minute interview with DJ smallz, as well as listento the album Sack Religion on Spotify, iTunes, Google play, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon, Apple music or any other streaming service
Jody Lo with the brand new project "The Lion King"
Jody Lo dropped a surprise mixtape titled "The Lion King" this past sunday August 6 which happened to be his birthday. The obvious reason for the title being the fact that he's a leo, this mixtape is one of the best of 2017 as far as lyrical quality with every single track on this mixtape being potential hits, he brought 3 of his top streamed tracks back on this tape with higher quality as well as being mixed and mastered. The entire mixtape is actually a Solo project. Stream The Lion King on Livemixtapes, Mymixtapez, Spinrilla, Datpiff, and Topmixtapes
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