You're in for a rude awakening! Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J releasing a collaboration album.
Rejoice TGOD fans, the Taylors are working on a collaboration album. Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J have confirmed that there's an album in the works and they will rely on 808 Mafia's TM88 and Southside (known as rapper Sizzla) to give them the bangers.
The collaboration is a first for the two.
Juicy J also signaled that he will produce a handful of tracks for their album.
TGOD Mafia presents Rude Awakening will be released on Taylor Gang Music through iTunes. The tentative date for release is June 3.
Wiz Khalifa's second album in a year. The Khalifa album was released in February. Juicy J released his mixtapes Blue Dream & Lean 2, 100% Juice and O to the Oscars late last year.
Indiana or bust! Cruz may announce his choice for Veep or he's getting out!
Sources are saying that either Ted Cruz is dropping out or he's planning on picking failed presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his running mate. There is talk that Republican governor of Indiana Mike Pence may endorse Cruz for president.
After a bruising defeat in the Northeast, Cruz is hoping to secure last ditch efforts in Montana, West Virginia and Indiana. We can't confirm any news at this time. But he's slated to make an announcement at 4pm.
Speculations are floating.
Odds are.... CRUZ IS DROPPING OUT THE RACE!
If Ted Cruz does happen to drop out, I'll posted it as soon as possible.
The Bern is being felt in the Democratic races in Maryland. Hillary Clinton may have won the state in close race, but some of her coattails failed to score a win.
A corrupt former mayor went down in defeat. An establishment Democrat beats the insurgent who could have achieved a political feat.
Catherine Pugh (left) defeats former mayor Sheila Dixon in the Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor.
Catherine Pugh beats Sheila Dixon and activist DeRay McKesson in the Democratic race for Baltimore mayor. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake opted out of reelection after pressure mounted against her during the Freddie Gray incident. The city rioted and Rawlings-Blake took responsibility for the actions. She faced a tougher reelection if she would have ran again.
McKesson was a longshot candidate who is a vocal member of the BlackLivesMatter and ProjectZero movements.
Dixon was the former mayor of Baltimore after failed presidential candidate Martin O'Malley. O'Malley, then governor tired and failed at winning the Democratic nomination. Dixon was a political grandstander who had a history of making outlandish remarks and giving her friends and family a piece of the pie. She was indicted on federal charges for corruption. She resigned and then city district councilor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took the role as mayor.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) defeats fellow lawmaker Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) for Democratic nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).
The Freddie Gray incident hurt her chances at running for Congress. She had an intention to run for Congress if Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was to retire.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) beats Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) in the Democratic primary. He will be candidate in a TOSS UP race for the seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), the oldest and longest serving woman in the U.S. Senate. The seat is a TOSS UP and the challenger for the Republican seat is State Delegate Kathy Szeliga. She will make this a nail-biter race due to the fact that Van Hollen has baggage.
Edwards was one of the few Black lawmakers who would make an appearance on Fox News. She was part of the insurgency that's pushing for progressive issues such as raising the minimum wage and getting rid of the Citizen United ruling.
Now before I move on to the next post. I'll give you my take on the closely watched U.S. Senate races as of today.
Colorado - Michael Bennet (RUNNING) (TOSS UP) Florida - Marco Rubio (RETIRING) (TOSS UP) Ohio - Rob Portman (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN) Illinois - Mark Kirk (RUNNING) (LEANS DEMOCRAT) Maryland - Barbara Mikulski (RETIRING) (TOSS UP) New Hampshire - Kelly Ayotte (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN) Wisconsin - Ron Johnson (RUNNING) (TOSS UP) Pennsylvania - Pat Toomey (RUNNING) (TOSS UP) North Carolina - Richard Burr (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN) Iowa - Chuck Grassley (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN) Nevada - Harry Reid (RETIRING) (TOSS UP)
Now there are other races for the U.S. Senate. I won't say too much about them. Some are considered either Safe Republican or Safe Democrat. If there's a shake up in the Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri races, I'll bring it up.
Democratic lawmaker got the Bern. Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) was told to shake.
The Bern was felt in Philadelphia yesterday.
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) was told to bounce. The lawmaker who is under federal indictment knew the odds weren't in his favor. He decided to keep his political fires burning with the people who lobbied him in.
He faced defeat from Pennsylvania state representative Dwight Evans. Evans decided that Philadelphia needed a leader who wasn't two feet deep in the corruption.
Fattah will serve out the remainder of his term. He will appear in federal court on corruption charges.
He could face 15 years in federal time out if found guilty.
For 11 terms, Fattah was outspent by Evans.
Fattah is accused of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds for his friends and his family under the guise of charitable grants.
Fattah tried to run for mayor of Philadelphia but failed to win the Democratic nomination.
Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney and Pennsylvania's Democratic governor Tom Wolf threw their support to Evans.
Fattah tried to throw Obama into the race. President Barack Obama declined to endorse Fattah in this election. The White House was none too happy to hear Fattah using Obama's name in vein.
Fattah is married to Renee Chenault-Fattah. She was a local news agitator. She bounced from the job after the feds started to look into her dealings with lobbyist. Some of them lobbyists were informants for the FBI and they've watched the lawmaker for some time.
The Bernie Sanders effect may have not helped him win Pennsylvania. The effect did throw an established lawmaker out of Congress.
Donald Trump swept all the Northeastern States in his quest for the Republican nomination.
Not even a contest. Trump made himself the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party. The controversial media and business mogul took Ted Cruz and John Kasich to the woodshed.
Trump wins Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland and Delaware.
Hillary Clinton also came out big this evening as well. She won Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, and Delaware.
Bernie Sanders can claim a victory in Rhode Island. With only one win on the belt, Sanders now finds it even harder. He has no real chance at winning the Democratic nomination.
Donald Trump gets five and Hillary gets four.
Trump will now focus on taking on Clinton. He is going to start ignoring Cruz and Kasich.
Trump was widely expected to dominate the primaries, his margins of victory represented a breakthrough: He received 55 percent to 60 percent of the vote in some states, after months of winning many primaries with less than a majority.
Trump’s success intensified the aura of inevitability around his bid to lead the Republicans, and created urgent new challenges for his rivals. More significant, it increased his chances of avoiding a fight on the floor of the party’s convention in July and of claiming the nomination on the delegates’ first ballot.
Ted Cruz's last stand is in the politically conservative Indiana. If he fails at winning the state, it could be over for him.
We have a real race ahead. Trump and Clinton are the presumptive nominees and its going to be a bloody battle for the White House.
Legendary singer Billy Paul passed away on Sunday.
The Associated Press reports that Billy Paul has passed away at the age of 81 years old. The famed singer was known for the 1972 hit single "Me and Mrs. Jones."
Paul passed away from pancreatic cancer in his New Jersey home.
Paul was a part of the Philadelphia Sound. The sound that brought a genre of soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often featuring sweeping strings and piercing horns. The subtle sound of a vibraphone can often be heard in the background of Philly soul songs. The genre laid the groundwork for disco and what are now considered quiet storm and smooth jazz by fusing the R&B rhythm sections of the 1960s with the pop vocal tradition, and featuring a slightly more pronounced jazz influence in its melodic structures and arrangements.
Known by his beard and large glasses, Paul was one of many singers who found success with the writing and producing team of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, whose Philadelphia International Records also released music by the O'Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and Lou Rawls.
"Me and Mrs. Jones" was an extramarital confession and a characteristic Gamble and Huff production, setting Paul's thick tenor against a lush and sensuous arrangement. Many fans best remember the moment when Paul's otherwise subtle vocals jump as they reach the title words, stretching out "Me" and "And" into multiple syllables and repeating "Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones." (Paul himself was married to the same woman for decades).
Paul's voice made him "one of the great artists to come out of Philly and to be celebrated worldwide," Gamble and Huff said in a statement late Sunday.
"Our proudest moment with Billy was the recording of the salacious smash 'Me and Mrs. Jones.' In our view, it is one of the greatest love songs ever recorded," they said.
The song was one of the top singles of 1972 and brought Paul a Grammy the following year for best male rhythm 'n blues performance, with runners-up including Ray Charles and Curtis Mayfield. Paul remained identified with the song for the rest of his life.
Paul continued to perform live until he fell ill and his manager said he had been lining up numerous appearances at the time of his death. Among his favorites in concert was a cover of Prince's "Purple Rain." (Prince died last Thursday).
He was born Paul Williams but later agreed to his manager's suggestion that he change his name to Billy Paul to avoid confusion with songwriter Paul Williams and other musicians with the same name. A Philadelphia native, he sang much his life, performing with such jazz stars as Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington and being featured on a handful of singles while still in his teens.
Paul was drafted into the military in his early 20s, and found himself on the same base in Germany with a couple of famous show business names, Elvis Presley and Gary Crosby, Bing Crosby's son.
"We said we're going to start a band, so we didn't have to do any hard work in the service," he told bluesandsoul.com in 2015. "We tried to get Elvis to join but he wanted to be a jeep driver. So me and Gary Crosby, we started it and called ourselves the Jazz Blues Symphony Band."
By the mid-1960s, the Beatles had inspired him to incorporate more rhythm 'n blues into his singing and he had found a new home for his recordings after meeting Gamble at a Philadelphia music shop. His early albums with Gamble and Huff, including "Ebony Woman" and "Going East," sold modestly, before "Me and Mrs. Jones" briefly made him a superstar.
He will be missed.
Paul faced numerous obstacles following his biggest hit. Radio stations resisted his more socially conscious follow-up song, "Am I Black Enough for You" and the Rev. Jesse Jackson was among those who objected to the explicit "Let's Make a Baby."
Years later, Paul sued Gamble and Huff and other industry officials over unpaid royalties and was awarded $500,000 by a Los Angeles jury in 2003.
Paul is survived by his wife, Blanche Williams, with whom he had two children. Although he endured many difficult moments with Gamble and Huff, he would look back on those years as a lost golden age.
"It was like a family full of music," he told bluesandsoul.com. "It was like music round the clock, you know. And I reminisce and I still wish those days were here."
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Billy Paul. His memorable song will forever etched in stone as one of the greatest soul hits.
A Delaware high school student loses her life to the senseless violence that plagues the Black community. Gang violence is often talked about in our community but is widely ignored by the junk food media.
When Black leaders talk about the senseless violence in the community it's ignored by the concern trolls.
The junk food media, the concern trolls and racial agitators (i.e. Colin Flaherty) often make Black on Whatever crime a frequent talking point. These entities are giving the world the notion that every Black American is prone to violence.
The life of this young girl is being highlighted in the junk food media. It's basically a story about a "good guy in the wrong place". This young girl was known to stop the violence. She ended up being a part of the systematic violence that plagues America.
Amy Inita Joyner-Francis was beaten senseless after being jumped by a group of girls. She would be killed inside the high school. Her friends mourn her death. They believe gang violence in Wilmington may have contributed to her death.
According to the junk food media, Amy was engaged in a fight inside the school. She was fighting one of the suspects. She was ambushed inside the restroom.
Amy was usually the one who stopped the fights. It's unfortunate her friends didn't stop this one.
As it was, Amy was often the one who calmly counseled her friends, many said. Amil Gibbs, a sophomore at Howard, said she would sit with Amy during lunch and tell her about problems she had in school. Amy would reassure her using simple encouragements, like “be strong,” she said, but from her they were effective.
Amy had a goal to attend college after her years at Howard High, Stryminksi said. In the same math class where she diffused a scuffle, he said, she sometimes had her own struggles with the numerical concepts. “Simple stuff that other people would say but I would react differently because she was very important to me,” Gibbs said.
“But even if she was struggling you could still see her pushing thought trying to pass, trying to get that good grade.”
That's the image many of Amy's neighbors had of the 16-year-old who had just recently earned her driving learner's permit. She was frequently seen quietly walking to the school bus each morning with her book bag.
"She would walk to the bus stop by herself," said Maxine Wilson, who lives near the teen's New Castle home. “I had never seen this little girl messing with anybody.”
Howard High School and the Wilmington Police are looking for the suspects.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Amy Inita Joyner-Francis. Your life was bright and you have opportunities to shine in the world. It's unfortunate that ignorance took this lovely young girl's life.
Urban radio will never be the same knowing that legendary radio host Doug Banks passed away today.
He hosted The Doug Banks Radio Show on many affiliates. Born in Philadelphia, Doug hosted radio shows in many markets but got his big break in the late 1990s when he joined V103 to do his show nationally. From 2-6pm (Central), Doug, George Willborn and Dee Dee Renee would give the take on the latest things going on in hip-hop and R&B.
His previous co-hosts A.J. Parker and Dee Dee McGuire all sent their condolences to their friend and mentor.
Doug Banks, Dee Dee Renee and George Willborn the producer.
Doug was diagnosed with diabetes.
American Urban Radio Networks released a statement saying that the world has lost a legend. They said that Doug Banks was on a hot streak when illness took him away from this earth.
"We were all deeply saddened to hear the news of Doug’s passing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, his wife Wendy and his daughters Kennede and Kelli. Radio has lost a true legend", said president of AURN, Jerry Lopes.
Many in the radio community also reign in their thoughts to the beloved radio host.
Born in Philadelphia, Banks hosted radio shows at stations in L.A., San Francisco, Las Vegas, Detroit and finally V103, his website says, before signing on to do a nationally syndicated show. His show airs on V103 from 2-6 p.m. on weekdays.
Banks began his broadcasting career on his high school's radio station in Detroit, Michigan. He then moved on to the big time in Motor City radio. Leaving Detroit, Doug became a hit on stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Doug Banks. He will truly be missed on radio and online.
Tangling with Bill Clinton. Protesters got him riled up.
In Philadelphia, 42 got riled up by protesters who are still pissed about the school to prison pipeline enacted by him. Bill Clinton was campaigning for his wife Hillary when he was interrupted by #BlackLivesMatter activists.
Clinton managed to pass Republican-sponsored legislation that enacted welfare reform and drug sentencing laws that could charge a person a high crime for possessing an ounce of marijuana.
Clinton's tough on crime laws led to the mass incarceration of people of color. Some of the activists are probably sons and daughters of those put in the iron college for LIFE.
Clinton let them have it.
One person held up a sign that read, “Hillary is a murderer,” while another yelled that she should be tried for “crimes against humanity.”
The protesters were referencing Clinton’s 1994 Violent Crime Control and Prevention Act, which is now widely accepted to have sparked a wave of mass incarceration, especially among people of color. Hillary Clinton has come under fire for her support of that legislation, as well as decades-old comments regarding a now-debunked myth about child “super-predators” who were supposedly responsible for crime. She’s since apologized for those words.
“I had an assault weapons ban in [my version of the bill],” the former president said Thursday in defense of the 1994 legislation. “I had money for inner-city kids, for out of school activities, we had 110,000 police officers so we could put people on the street, not in these military vehicles, and the police would look like the people they were policing.”
Despite those efforts, Clinton said he was told that Republicans wouldn’t pass the legislation without more sentencing provisions.
“I talked to a lot of African-American groups — they thought black lives mattered,” continued Clinton. “They said, ‘Take this bill, because our kids are being shot in the street by gangs. We have 13-year-old kids planning their own funerals.’”
Clinton went on to say that gun violence and crime ultimately went down as a result of the crime bill. The legislation passed with harsh sentencing requirements like three strikes laws, which put many people — including low-level offenders — in jail for long periods of time. While crime did indeed decrease after the bill’s passage, experts are divided on what role it may have played, if any. Clinton has conceded in the past that certain provisions contributed to mass incarceration.
Later in the exchange, Clinton appeared to respond to criticism of his wife on the “super-predator” myth.
“I don’t know how you would describe the gang leaders who got 13-year-olds hopped up on crack and sent them out in the streets to murder other African-American children,” he said. “Maybe you thought they were good citizens, [Hillary] didn’t. ...You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter.”
While the crowd appeared to vocally support Clinton’s exchange with protesters, at times chanting “HRC” to drown out their shouting, critics online saw Clinton’s remarks as a woefully inarticulate moment for the former president. Many were quick to argue that Clinton had dismissed the protesters’ concerns, and in turn defended the tough-on-crime rhetoric of the era and the merits of his approach to criminal justice.
Clinton then went on to defend his welfare reform proposals, arguing that he left the program in good shape, only to have a wave of Republican leadership at the state levels come into power and undo the work he’d accomplished.
After spending nearly 10 minutes rebutting protesters, Clinton suggested that critics not dwell so much on the past — and not blame Hillary Clinton for things that she wasn't involved in.
“All I know is this electio'ns about the future,” he said. “They’re trying to blame her for something she didn't do.”
Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have called for the end harsh penalties for minor drug charges. The Republican candidates are mixed on it.
John Kasich and Ted Cruz have turned somewhat Libertarian on it. They may eventually support the decriminalizing of an ounce marijuana.
Terrorist kills Penna Turnpike workers. The law guts him. Who takes the blame for this senseless act of violence?
A former Penna State Trooper was killed in a hail of gunfire after he went on a murderous rampage.
The terrorist Clarence Briggs was responsible for ambushing a toll plaza worker and security guard.
Authorities identified the victims as turnpike worker Danny Krouse, 55, and security guard Ronald Heist, 71, a retired York City police officer. A female toll worker and the driver of a toll collection van were able to escape without injury, police said.
The investigation into the incident is active and ongoing.
According to documents, this terrorist was struggling after his business fell flat. He filed for bankruptcy. Briggs, 54, and his wife, Donna, list Clarence Briggs as a range officer with Israeli Weapons Industries US Inc. near Linglestown in Lower Paxton Township. IWI US, which publishes a monthly newsletter titled "Close Quarters," states on its website that it develops weapons for the Israeli Defense Force and numerous foreign countries.
Turnpike plaza on the Penna.
Records in U.S. Middle District Bankruptcy Court also show the Newville-area couple filed a voluntary Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition in March 2015. They listed $233,375 in assets and $314,615 in debts, including a $179,358 mortgage on their home in the 600 block of North Middle Road in Upper Mifflin Township northwest of Newville.
And court filings show the terrorist was charged with simple assault in 2014, although that case was later dismissed.
In their bankruptcy filing, the terrorist's' listed less than $500 in cash and five firearms among their assets. The terrorist had listed $5,220 a month in pension income. His wife's occupation was listed as an admissions specialist with Hospice of Central PA.
On the debt side, the couple listed more than $18,000 in student loans, a $2,590 federal tax claim, more than $15,000 in outstanding personal loans, and tens of thousands of dollars owed on 34 credit card accounts.
The terrorist armed with a gun, led the workers into a nearby building and tried to tie them up, when a fight ensued, police said. One of the victims, Danny Krouse, ran out of the building as an armored security van arrived to pick up money from the toll booth, according to police. Krouse was shot and killed by the terrorist, who then also shot and killed Ronald Heist, who was a security guard in the van, police said.
The driver of the van fled on foot, police said. He was not harmed. The other toll worker, a woman, was also not injured.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (known as the Penna Turnpike) is a 360 mile controlled access freeway that carries through the southern tier of the state. It passes through Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Okay, quick poll.
Who Takes The Blame In The Shooting Of Penna Turnpike Workers?
World News Today send our condolences to the families of Danny Krouse and Ronald Heist.
The memorable scene where Andre Lyon was close to ending his life. Trai Byers is threatening to leave hit drama Empire.
Empire already is a go for season three on Fox. But the rumor mill has been buzzing about a key actor planning on bouncing from the hit hip-hop drama. Trai Byers who plays Andre Lyon may leave the show after the season finishes.
Andre Lyon is the oldest son and is just as ruthless as his father Lucious Lyon. He is married to Rhonda and their expecting a child in show. He is bipolar and struggling to find a way to deal with the business and the cutthroat tactics of his father.
Empire Cast:
Terrance Howard: Lucious Lyon
Taraj P Henson: Cookie Lyon
Jussie Smollett: Jamal Lyon
Trai Byers: Andre Lyon
Bryshere Y. Gray: Hakeem Lyon
Grace Gealey: Anika Calhoun
Kaitlin Doubleday: Rhonda Lyon
Gabourey Sidbie: Becky Williams
TaRhonda Jones: Porsha Taylor
Serayah McNeill: Tiana Brown
He felt that Lee Daniels and Danny Strong have ignored him as a main character. They focused on the breakout stars Terrance Howard, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Y. Gray and Taraj P. Henson.
Page Six of the tabloid The New York Post said that the actor was frustrated that he's not getting more screen time and felt that the show isn't worth his time. He's a thespian not a gangsta, says the sources.
Byers with girlfriend, co-star Grace Gealey.
The report says that "Trai threw a temper tantrum during filming in the past weeks saying, 'I don't get do enough, I might leave'. But producers called his bluff and said, 'Fine, if you're not happy, we don't need you.'"
Sources also added, "He thinks he is a brilliant guy who deserves a better role, but he's hardly one of the most popular or dynamic actors on the show. He also fired out the cannon his reps for not getting him big movie roles."
But Byers shot down the rumors quickly. The reasons unknown.
Of course, I know! Daniels and Strong told him about Mo'Nique. The comedian won an Academy Award for supporting actress in the blockbuster drama Precious. She was on top of the world until she found out that her services weren't needed.
She was blackball'd out of Hollywood. Mo'Nique blames Lee Daniels for ruining her career. She is currently feuding with the producer. Gabourey Sidibe, also stars in Empire.
I see the cracks at the bottom on the series. Ratings have taken a downturn. I mean at debut premiere it took in 18 million viewers. Throughout season one, it was clocking 9 to 15 million viewers (including DVR).
Byers said that he's happy to be on the show and he's not leaving. But a cryptic message from Taraj kind of says that he's could be written out of the show if he acts a fool. So if Byers want to get fired out the cannon, would it hurt the show?
Empire is going to hit ABC and CBS where it hurts, Once Empire comes back on, ABC sitcoms Modern Family and Black-ish will take a slight drop in the ratings.
Empire is a success.
The show has dominated in ratings since its premiere in January 2015. The show was granted a second season after the third episode by the Fox executives. Fox has already green lights The Simpsons, Gotham, Bob's Burgers and Empire. Bones was green lighted for a final season.
New Girl, Lucifer, Rosewood, Brooklyn Nine-9, Family Guy, The Last Man on Earth, Sleepy Hollow, Last Chance, The Grinder, Grandfathered, Barrett Cooper's Guide.... are on the bubble. Some may survive the cut.
I predict the other survivors would be Family Guy, Rosewood, Brooklyn Nine-9, The Grinder, Last Man on Earth and Lucifer.
I think New Girl will be cut. But it could survive if the show would crossover to MTV or TBS in the coming.
The most unusual feud in entertainment. Atlanta rapper/singer B.o.B taking on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. This stemmed from an argument over the Earth. The rapper is a flat-earther and he's adamant about it.
I'm so shocked but not surprised that B.o.B would tick off one of the coolest nerds in the world.
B.o.B went to social media to talk about the Earth being flat. The rapper rejects claims about the Earth being round. He mocks the scientific community and it touched a nerve with Neil.
So on social media, Bobby Ray went to the Twitterverse to explain his thoughts on the Earth being flat.
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart... where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7
So once again, Neil goes to The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore to drop the mic on B.o.B.
The scientist responded to a B.o.B. diss by schooling the rapper on exactly why he's wrong, making points about Calculus and B.o.B.'s "size" relative to Earth.
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains gravity to B.o.B by dropping the mic. He burned the Atlanta rapper.
"Isaac Newton, my man, said, 'If I have seen farther than others, it's by standing on the shoulders of giants.' Can I get an amen? So that’s right B.o.B. When you stand on the shoulders of those who came before, you might just see far enough to realize the Earth isn't fucking flat!"
He added, "And, by the way, this is called gravity!"
Neil let him have it. He said that influential celebrities such as B.o.B have a right to say the Earth is flat. But if you're broadcasting that to an audience who antagonizes common sense and reality, you've proven to the world you're an idiot. He basically said, entertainers such as B.o.B, as well as politicians (i.e. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz) are pretty much "Flatline".
The song that was posted by Neil was called Flat to Fact (a take on Back to Back by Drake).
It goes hard on Bobby Ray....
But what you're going to love is the video of Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Nightly Show.
If you're looking for another hip-hop feud, tune into Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa. They'll entertain you!
An old feud is reignited. This started over a misunderstanding. But given the controversy that follows Chicago's very own Kanye West, everything is big and his ego drives in cruise control.
He and Wiz Khalifa are back at it again.
And it started over of all things "Kim". Really, it wasn't about Kim, but to Kanye, anything KK is his.
You have distracted from my creative process
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
I went to look at your twitter and you were wearing cool pants
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
I screen grabbed those pants and sent it to my style team #Wizwearscoolpants
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
3rd no one I know has ever listened to one of your albums all the way through
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
4th you let a stripper trap you
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
5th I know you mad every time you look at your child that this girl got you for 18 years
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
6th don’t ever come out the side of your neck at me
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
7th I am your OG and I will be respected as such
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
8th I made it so we could wear tight jeans
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
9th me and Cudi created this shit
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
10th don’t you ever in your fucking life speak sideways about a nigga that’s fighting for us I do this for all of us
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
11th I showed you respect as a man when I met you
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
12th You wouldn’t have a child if it wasn’t for me
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
13th You own waves???? I own your child!!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
14th Nigga it’s called creativity #youshouldtryitsomeday
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
15th Nigga I tried to call you and you changed your number
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
16th don’t even hint at mentioning me my family or my wife I am your OG
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
17th I think you dress cool I wish I was skinny and tall
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
maybe I couldn’t be skinny and tall but I’ll settle for being the greatest artist of all time as a consolation
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Don’t ever ever ever come out the side of your mutherfucking neck bro or bruh or however you say it Mr. Waves
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
I’m YE and I ain’t gotta say it the right way I’m Ye I’m Ye I’m Ye I’m Ye I’m Ye I’m Ye I’m Ye
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Thank you for the extra promotion #WAVES available February 11th
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
What’s sad is I love Wiz and I love all all my brothers and all people
It seems like in the middle of the Twitter rant, he took a dig at Wiz's ex-wife Amber Rose and their son Sebastian Taylor. Kanye is still bitter about the break up with Amber. So he clapped at her.
What he also did was bring Wiz and Amber's son in this rant. And that's when Amber clapped at him.
Amber Rose basically said that Kanye loves to take it in the butt. She basically saying that he's into the fingers in the anal cavity.
Kanye denied this on social media before he deleted that as well.
"Exes can be mad but just know I never let them play with my ass," West wrote late Thursday. "I don't do that... I stay away from that area all together."
One minute later, West elaborated: "I'm not into that kind of shit," he tweeted. "I like pictures and videos Me and my wife got the kind of love that can turn exes into best friends."
Amber Rose discussed the ordeal in an interview to be released Friday. "I wouldn't have said anything if it was just between him and Wiz," she said on the Allegedly podcast. "That's two grown men hashing it out. That's their business. I would have kept it cute and just minded my business, but you don't bring in my baby. That's so corny."
Wiz while on tour basically said to his audience "fuck Kanye". He said that when you talk about his son, you're an enemy! "You better run, NIGGA!" says Wiz Khalifa.
Kanye is preparing for his seventh album titled Waves. It's going to be highly anticipated.
Wiz is also dropping Khalifa in February 4th. The album comes out a week before Waves comes out on February 11th.
It seems like Kim Kardashian is everywhere. The media loves her and her family. E! Entertainment is making her and her family very rich. Her mother Kris, the ex-wife of then Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, her brothers and sisters roll deep with cameras in tow.
Kanye West, Tyga, Blac Chyna, Lamar Odom, Reggie Bush, Kris Humphries, Ray J, and French Montana got caught into the spin and they're being rinsed.
Kim Kardashian's popularity brings a curse. There are some in the junk food media who believe that Kim's impact on the nation has "dumb down" America.
Jada Pinkett Smith went to social media to protest the Oscars. Will Smith hasn't commented on his wife's decision to boycott the ceremony.
Entertainer Jada Pinkett Smith, had call upon Black entertainers in Hollywood to do a boycott of the Oscars in February. It's sparked by the anger of many who believe the Oscars deliberately snubbed Black and Hispanic actors and actresses.
On her official social media pages, Pinkett Smith remarks about the Oscars once again leaving talent of color off the table. She also said that she asks entertainers who are upset over the situation to join her in the boycott.
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Pinkett Smith decided the time is now to address this.
At the Oscars...people of color are always welcomed to give out awards...even entertain, (pt. 1)
"Today is Martin Luther King's birthday, and I can't help but ask the question: Is it time that people of color recognize how much power, influence, that we have amassed, that we no longer need to ask to be invited anywhere?" Pinkett Smith said on her video.
She added, "Begging for acknowledgement, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power. And we are a dignified people, and we are powerful. So let's let the Academy do them, with all grace and love. And let's do us, differently".
Janet Hubert took to social media to slam on Jada Pinkett Smith's boycott. Hubert blames Will Smith for her being fired out the cannon from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She's hasn't done much since and she faults him.
One person isn't supporting Jada's boycotts is Janet Hubert. Hubert was the original "Aunt Vivian" on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She took to social media to slam her down.
Hubert took a shot at her husband, entertainer Will Smith for not being nominated in the movie Concussion.
"First of all, Miss Thing, does your man not have a mouth of his own with which to speak?" Hubert said in a video message. "Second thing is, girlfriend, there's a lot of s—t going on in the world that you all don't seem to recognize. People are dying, our boys are being shot left and right, people are hungry, people are trying to pay bills, and you're talking about some…actors and Oscars. It just ain't that deep." Hubert said that the Smiths are asking people to jeopardize their careers, and she finds it "ironic" that Pinkett Smith has made "millions and millions of dollars from the very people that you're talking about boycotting."
Hubert was fired out the cannon after she got into confrontations with Will Smith and Alfanso Ribeiro, the show's breakout stars.
To this day, Hubert is blackballed from Hollywood and she blames Smith for her shortcomings.
Hubert is often criticized by her former castmates as being a "drama queen". Hubert says that Will Smith is an ego-driven asshole who throws temper tantrums when he can't get his way.
Jada Pinkett Smith got a friend in Spike Lee.
Jada got one supporter. Filmmaker Spike Lee decided to join her boycott. After his controversial movie Chiraq got snubbed, Spike Lee decided to make it clear that he's not attending or watching the Oscars as well.
"We cannot support it and I mean no disrespect.... But, how is it possible for the second consecutive year all 20 contenders under the acting category are white? And let's not even get into the other branches, said Spike Lee.
The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences president is Cheryl Isaacs Boone. She is a woman of color herself. Boone is truly disappointed that Black entertainers are upset. She said that she promises that she'll get to the bottom of this.
The members of a nearly 7,000 voting committee are mostly White, older, male and pretty much out of touch with the movie trends.
Reminds me of those conservative agitators Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and Bill O'Reilly. They're old, white, and out of touch with reality.
Jada also blessed her friend Chris Rock on a great performance. She hopes him the best but she said that she'll sit this one out.
By the way Chris Rock went to social media to address this.
Meek Mill feud spreads past Drake and Future. He aims at the Unit's 50 Cent.
Meek Mill released a surprise EP in anticipation of his mixtape Dreamchasers 4. The mixtape has unleashed several subliminals aimed at Drake and Future. Seven months after the Great Feud of 2015, Meek Mill decided to go back into the studio and record a handful of tracks aimed at the Canadian entertainer and those associated around him.
Meek also took aim at another entertainer, one who is a media mogul whose recently struggled with his money.
Curtis got a broadside by Meek.
And Curtis decided to go hard on him. The Unit's leader has made it clear he's no fan of Rick Ross. I am guessing that Meek decided to come to defense of the rapper after 50 continued to taunt him on Rozay's legal situations.
And down below is 50 Cent's official social media page. He mocks Meek. He photoshopped Meek's face to a poop emoji.
50 Cent called Meek a "shithead" and said that his career was over. He went to social media saying that Meek better get his girlfriend Nicki Minaj pregnant and ask for child support.
When Meek released the 4 for 4 Mixtape, he released "Gave 'Em Hope" in which some of the lyrics targeted 50 as a rat. He also went through 50's feud with former ally Floyd Mayweather.
[Intro]
Let them niggas have the Grammys, we got the streets
We rich already and my chick the baddest
This Rollie like my trophy, young nigga
[Hook]
When they needed motivation (What you do?)
I gave 'em hope
When my nigga needed money (What you do?)
I gave him dope
Every time we went to war (What we do?)
We gave 'em smoke
Fiends was copping, I was broke
Fuck that shit, we gave 'em soap
They forgot we gave 'em hope
[Verse 1]
I would spend time on that corner trying to stack me a hundred up
Strapped with that Glock with on my hip shit the coppers was running up
I look at these niggas and I can tell they are not one of us
I ride in the back like a nigga that can't ride the front of the bus They had it segregated, bulletproof Caddy, I escalated Stepped up in my game like a escalator When you shine like I shine, you get extra haters Seen 'em ride with the fake and I hesitated
"Wait, these niggas serious?", or maybe Meek Milly delirious
Judge had to sentence a nigga, no period
I'm putting fear in these niggas, ain't sparing these niggas
I cut out your head with a hair on the trigger
Try to reach for my chain shit I deal with you niggas
I end one of you niggas, had the paramedics screaming, "Clear", on you niggas
Uh, back in the Phil, we gon' get to the money and stack up that dough 'til it way up
'Member them bitches? They played us back in the day like a Sega
Now I got paper, young nigga doing so major
Niggas is hater, look as they faces
Yeah, we still balling, bitch, it's the Chasers
[Hook]
I gave 'em hope
When my nigga needed money (What you do?)
I gave him dope
Every time we went to war (What we do?)
We gave 'em smoke
Fiends was copping, I was broke
Fuck that shit, we gave 'em soap
They forgot we gave 'em hope
[Verse 2]
Uh, look at the money and stack it up
I talk about it, I bag it up You popping shit on your Instagram Shit that you're popping ain't adding up Shit that you're popping ain't making sense I got fifty reasons say you're taking dick And it's fifty reasons I should kill, nigga But, for real, nigga, I been taking trips with my Philly niggas Got the richest chick, she's from your hood Niggas hating on me, I ain't really tripping, shit, I'm good I be in the 40 with the .40 on me like I should I be deep in your hood where you never be at Be with them guys that you never could dap You could never adapt You know the game, if you cosign a rat, you forever a rat We were never with that You tried to go "Money" May with that paper, but now you in debt cause you never was that Fuck is you high? You know better than that Mention my name and Berettas with that I move for real in these streets, in the world with that piece I'm like Metta with that Fuck what you heard, I'm a get mine out the curb
I'm a just sit back, I'm watching 'em serve
How niggas, they didn't rock the wave and they surf
I'm on my surfboard, this what I worked for
Mention my name, the shit your get murked for
Shit you get robbed for, shit you get killed for
Shit you get carried boxes into church for, oh
[Hook]
I gave 'em hope
When my nigga needed money (What you do?)
I gave him dope
Every time we went to war (What we do?)
We gave 'em smoke
Fiends was copping, I was broke
Fuck that shit, we gave 'em soap
They forgot we gave 'em hope
I see that it was clearly aimed at 50 Cent. Meek who is currently facing a bid in the iron college once again violates his probation by doing something that the judge told him not to do.
By posting on social media, he may have violated his term of conditions. But who knows what could happen! He knows he's fucked anyway.
What makes the feud so crazy, 50 Cent wasn't letting Meek off the hook. He went on to post a handful of direct shots at Meek. Matter of fact, there were nine mentions of Meek in a video.
The first one was funny. The second one was hilarious and I'll leave it up to you to view the rest on his official Instagram page.
Philadelphia Police nabbed man who tried to shoot up an officer. He claimed that he's devoted to the Islamic State.
Philadelphia Police are hailing a fellow officer for his bravery. He managed to dodge the grim reaper on Friday morning. A man who claims support to the Islamic State ran up on a lawman in an undercover vehicle. He let 13 slugs fly into the cruiser.
The officer returned fire.
Edward Archer is being treated for his injuries along with the officer. Archer will be charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Man ambushes the lawman.
Police Commissioner Richard Ross echoed the statement at a news conference on Friday, saying that Archer confessed to the shooting "in the name of Islam." But Mayor Jim Kenney told ABC-6 that the attack had nothing to do with "being a Muslim or the Islamic faith," and everything to do with mental illness.
Archer's mother told Philly.com that her son had been hearing voices, and Ross said investigators are not yet sure whether he was truly radicalized. Late Friday, a U.S. Muslim advocacy group told Reuters that Archer didn't appear to be a mosque-going Muslim.
"At this hour, it does not appear that he was an observant or mosque-going Muslim" in the local community, said Jacob Bender, executive director of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The officer, identified as 33-year-old Jesse Hartnett, was sitting in his patrol car around 11:30 p.m. at 60th and Spruce Streets when a gunman fired nearly a dozen shots through the driver’s side of the car.
Jesse Hartnett survived a point blank shooting by nutjob.
“When you look at the video, this is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen,” Commissioner Ross said. “This guy tried to execute the police officer. The police officer had no idea he was coming. It’s amazing he’s alive.”
“We’re thankful to God he’s here today because it easily could’ve been a police funeral.”
Hartnett was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he underwent surgery for a broken arm. Ross says the officer’s arm suffered significant damage and that he has a long road to recovery. As of Friday night, he was listed in stable condition and police officials say he will need several surgeries to repair his arm.
World News Today send our prayers to Jesse Hartnett.
Archer could face LIFE in the iron college if he's convicted of attempted murder. Archer is innocent until proven guilty.
