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President Donald Trump Being Laughed At During Speech at United Nations
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Nas was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday, September 25. He used the occasion to perform "Adam and Eve."
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New visuals from Coach Peake and 6ix3ree Huncho for their record 'Alotta' which features South Carolina artist FattBoi Pimp. Peake and 6ix3ree are dropping a collaboration project sometime in the next few weeks. The project is expected to be released on all streaming platforms and will probably include around 9 songs at the most. Check the video out now.
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Tha Carter V has an official release date. Lil Wayne announced today that the long-awaited album will drop on his 36th birthday, Friday, September 27.
"I hope you guys love this album," he says in a video clip. "With this album I always give y'all all of me. But with this album, I'm giving you more than me. This is years of work. This is four, five, six years of work, that you'll be listening to. Hopefully, you'll be listening to."
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Lil Yachty is set to star in MTV's "How High 2."
The rapper will play Roger, an entrepreneur who is the younger brother of one of How High's protagonists," according to Billboard
The film's story line has been updated to reflect today's culture, and .will follow the adventures of two "potrepreneurs" on a "magical hash-fueled journey to fund their on-demand munchies delivery start-up."
Shooting began Tuesday, September 25. "How High 2" will premiere on MTV in 2019.
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Compton, California recording artist Billionaire Buck is still putting this finishing touches on his long awaited Ep "Billions" ... In the meantime "Billionaire Buck" hits y'all with his follow up visual to his recently released "That's Facts" still in the same vibe of overcoming the struggle thru grinding & Money Motivation Billionaire drops "Hood Scratch" This hard hitting 808 track get you ready to tackle yo day while also answering the age ole question.... why u should never count out the under Dogg especially one that continues to grind on a daily thru ups an downs of the street to the rap life... just to share his real life situations wit fans & supporters so press play enjoy "Hood Scratch" & stay tune this just the beginning.... "BILLIONS" the ep is otw sooner than you think until then chop it up with Buck on a daily via Twitter | https://twitter.com/comptonsbuck
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, becoming the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison.
The punishment all but completed the dizzying, late-in-life fall from grace for the comedian, former TV star and breaker of racial barriers.
“It is time for justice. Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The time has come,” Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill said. He quoted from victim Andrea Constand’s own statement to the court, in which she said Cosby took her “beautiful, young spirit and crushed it.”
Cosby declined the opportunity to speak before the sentence came down, and afterward he sat and chatted with his spokesman and a lawyer, seemingly in good spirits. His wife of 54 years, Camille, was not in court. Constand smiled upon hearing the punishment and was hugged by others in the courtroom.
The comic once known as America’s Dad for his role on the top-rated “Cosby Show” in the 1980s was convicted in April of violating Constand, Temple University women’s basketball administrator, at his suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004. It was the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
Cosby faced a sentence of anywhere from probation to 10 years in prison. His lawyers asked for house arrest, saying Cosby — who is legally blind — is too old and vulnerable to do time in prison. Prosecutors asked for five to 10 years behind bars, saying he could still pose a threat to women.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele rejected the notion that Cosby’s age and infirmity entitle him to mercy. “He was good at hiding this for a long time. Good at suppressing this for a long time. So it’s taken a long time to get there,” Steele said.
The sentencing came as another extraordinary #MeToo drama unfolded on Capitol Hill, where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stands accused of sexual misconduct more than three decades ago.
The Cosby case “really raised awareness of the pervasiveness of ... sexual misconduct against subordinates and against women of relatively less power,” said Daniel Filler, dean of Drexel University’s law school. “For jurors, I think it’s inherently changed the credibility of the accusers.”
In the years since Constand first went to authorities in 2005, more than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, though none of those claims have led to criminal charges.
Cosby’s lawyers asked that he be allowed to remain free on bail, but the judge appeared incredulous over the request and said he would not treat the celebrity any differently from others.
The punishment came at the end of a two-day hearing at which the judge declared Cosby a “sexually violent predator” — a modern-day scarlet letter that subjects him to monthly counseling for the rest of his life and requires that neighbors and schools be notified of his whereabouts.
The judge ruled on Cosby’s “sexually violent predator” status after a psychologist for the state testified that the entertainer appears to have a mental disorder that gives him an uncontrollable urge to have sex with women without their consent. When the ruling came down, a woman in the courtroom shot her fist into the air and whispered, “Yessss!”
In a statement submitted to the court and released Tuesday, Constand, now 45, that she has had to cope with years of anxiety and self-doubt. She said she now lives alone with her two dogs and has trouble trusting people.
“When the sexual assault happened, I was a young woman brimming with confidence and looking forward to a future bright with possibilities,” she wrote in her five-page statement. “Now, almost 15 years later, I’m a middle-aged woman who’s been stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to heal fully or to move forward.”
She also wrote of Cosby: “We may never know the full extent of his double life as a sexual predator, but his decades-long reign of terror as a serial rapist is over.”
The AP does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they come forward publicly, which Constand and other accusers have done.
Constand went to police a year after waking up in a fog at Cosby’s gated estate, her clothes askew, only to have the district attorney pass on the case.
Another district attorney reopened the file a decade later and charged the TV star after stand-up comic Hannibal Buress’ riff about Cosby being a rapist prompted more accusers to come forward and after a federal judge, acting on a request from The Associated Press, unsealed some of Cosby’s startling, decade-old testimony in Constand’s related civil suit.
In his testimony, Cosby described sexual encounters with a string of actresses, models and other young women and talked about obtaining quaaludes to give to those he wanted to sleep with.
Cosby’s first trial in 2017 ended with a hung jury. He was convicted at a retrial that opened months after the #MeToo movement had taken down such figures as Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein, NBC’s Matt Lauer, actor Kevin Spacey and Sen. Al Franken.
Constand said Cosby gave her what she thought were herbal pills to ease stress, then penetrated her with his fingers as she lay immobilized on a couch. Cosby claimed the encounter was consensual, and his lawyers branded her a “con artist” who framed the comedian to get a big payday — a $3.4 million settlement she received over a decade ago.
Five other accusers took the stand at the trial as part of an effort by prosecutors to portray him as a predator.
Cosby, whose estimated fortune once topped $400 million, broke barriers in the 1960s as the first black actor to star in a network show, “I Spy.” He went on to superstardom as wise and understanding Dr. Cliff Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” a sitcom that showed America a new kind of black TV family: a warm and loving household led by two professionals, one a lawyer, the other a doctor.
He also found success with his Saturday morning cartoon “Fat Albert,” appeared in commercials for Jello-O pudding and became a public moralist, lecturing the black community about young people stealing things and wearing baggy pants. He won a Presidential Medal of Freedom and countless Emmys, Golden Globes and Grammy awards.
As the allegations mounted, his career all but collapsed, “Cosby Show” reruns were taken off the air, and one college after another stripped him of his honorary degrees.
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Associated Press writer Claudia Lauer contributed to this report.
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Night School co-stars Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish have two simple choices in this never-before-seen Hot Ones special: Tell the truth, or suffer the pain of the Last Dab. Watch as host Sean Evans drills the comedy superstars with high-stakes questions about everything from The Rock's acting performances, to the last celebrity to slide into Tiffany Haddish's DMs. The only way to escape the truth is to eat an incredibly spicy wing.
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Taraji P. Henson and Tracie Jenkins stopped by the show to open up the discussion on mental health and talk about The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation.
- Howard vs Hampton
- Mental health
- Traumatic experiences with death
- Building tough skin vs social media
- Taraji's son getting therapy
- Mental health in the black community
- Kids being misdiagnosed with ADD
- Taraji teaching special ed classes
- Advice for black parents
- Opening up about emotional distress when you're young
- Taraji's experience with therapy at a young age
- How relationships with parents affects you today
- The stigma of men not being vulnerable
- Why is the brain so difficult to to talk about
- Insurance and mental health
- Tracie's first mental breakdown
- Handling things that are beyond our control
- Tracie on avoiding triggers
- Self medicating
- The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
- Suicide being shamed
- No rehab in prisons
- Strong black women allowed to not be strong
- Debunk pregnant rumors
- Loving yourself before loving anyone else
Watch the interview below:
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Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh is now accused of multiple cases of sexual assault. Ebro in the Morning breaks down sexual assault and the case overall.
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In this VladTV exclusive, Nick Cannon spoke about the concept of being a boss and how that idea differs from being a hustler. Cannon said he would rather be referred to as a leader because he feels he is not good as a boss. He said that leaders help people grow and has a greater mission.
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On the Tuesday, September 25th episode of #Everyday Struggle, DJ Akademiks, Nadeska and Wayno review Young Thug's new EP 'On the Run,' talking about lifting our NFL protest for a potential Cardi B Super Bowl 2019 halftime performance. Plus we look back at Drake's album 'Nothing Was the Same,' five years later to see where it ranks in his discography. Then we answer some fan questions, including, this one, "Is it ever ok to not like an artist due to their voice? Obviously this isn't something they can change (except the use of autotune) but even then they're limited, so is it ok to do so?."
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In this clip, Boosie introduced his new artist Lil Blurry. He spoke about how another one of his artists brought Blurry to his attention. Boosie said he instantly knew he was a star and quickly linked up with the 13-year-old. Lil Blurry talks about his creative process and deleting a number of songs that contained content not normally suitable for 13-year-olds.
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When you're a rebellious, educated and enlightened liberator, the world is at your mercy. This saying holds true for Minnesota rap artist, REEL Smoovv, born as Johnny Watkins.
In Minneapolis, there's a unique brew of artists including the late Prince, The Time, and The Soul Asylum; among others. As an artist, Smoovv has a rich history to look upon and encapsulate everything great about the Minneapolis Sound. As a child, listening to R&B legends like The Tem
"As I got older and involved in Hip-hop, I grew fond of artists like Nelly, DMX & Outkast. Outside of hip-hop, it was Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Erykah Badu."
In 2013, REEL Smoovv's hip-hop career began with a rap collective called "Flood The Basement" and featured on their “Whatchu Want” project. Later that year, he released two solo projects entitled “The REEL Revolution” and “REEL Smoovv's Summer Jams.” Shortly after "Flood The Basement" disbanded in 2014, REEL Smoovv joined the Mill City Collective & released his third solo project entitled, "REEL Smoovv's 31st Groovvs." This album helped identify him as a real artist with crafty metaphoric content. In 2015, the "Deeply Rooted Tribe" was formed along with two other Mill City Collective artists (FreshVs Sellers & RAW Toon). The group delivered the compilation project, "Low Eye Rise" which featured the lead single, "Tribe Supply." Since that release, REEL Smoovv has been working on a new project with the Tribe; as well as his solo project.
"Hip Hop has the most prominent platform out of all music genres & not enough people use it to promote positivity or even realize the power they have as an artist to shift the dynamic of things."
As an artist with direction, Smoovv has opened up for mainstream artists like The Migos, Curren$y, Bone Thugs and Harmony, Nappy Roots, 50 Cent, Naughty By Nature, The Game and Krayzie Bone; just to name a few. REEL Smoovv possesses characteristics of a self-effacing, reserved, laid back individual with an associates degree. But, with a microphone in hand, he takes on the stage with lyrical content and commands the attention of those in his presence. His latest single "Groovy In A Hooptie," proves that he is a contender in the hip-hop world.
All in all, REEL Smoovv is ready to deliver his message and help change people lives. Let the revolution begin!
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