Clifford "T.I." Harris has allegations of rape and intimidation of victims.
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Allegations are emerging from women who say that media mogul Clifford "T.I." Harris is a sexual predator. The 40-year old mogul and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle-Harris, 45 are accused of being sexual predators.
The accuser claims that T.I. put a firearm to her head and ordered her to perform head service.
There's rumors the two had engaged in sexual abuse of women and girls as young as 15 years old.
There was a thread started by a woman on social media detailing how T.I. and Tiny would woo women into their inner circle and the rest goes from the tweets.
19 victims have come out with drug/sexual abuse stories about T.I. And tiny (so far) in less than 24 hours.
TW!!! Rape, drugging, abuse, etc / / / / / /T.I. And Tiny’s ex friend (instagram: theglamuniversity)came out with her own story of abuse from them yesterday. Since then, 19 others have also come forward. Here are some of them. Some of the victims being as young as 15 years old. pic.twitter.com/pR0rUN7WSW
TW!!!! Gruesome details of drug abuse and sexual assault / / / / Literally ALL of the stories are similar. They all add up. Orgies and threesomes are regular occurrences with them, so I will not be surprised at all when even more people come forward. They need to be in PRISON. pic.twitter.com/oNSJwWIoG1
I’m gonna mute this conversation for obvious reasons. I’m sorry if this conversation has triggered anyone. This is NOT ok and claiming that their victims are “clout chasing” is beyond vile, not to mention they are almost all anonymous. Stop idolizing these celebrities.
TE!!! Gaslighting, abuse, sexual assault, drug abuse / / / / / Tiny’s best friend went on live basically confirming all the accusations, not denying any of it and saying they had lots of assistance in their acts. https://t.co/82AeBxRD0F
So there is allegations say that the couple would get acquainted with women and asked them to stay with them at hotels and their home. At one point, they're offered drinks, a shot of cocaine and molly. They would confiscate their phones and lock them up.
Those who were too drunk or high were convinced to take off their clothes and have sex with T.I. and his crew.
One woman said this.
"In 2016 during the CIAA in Charlotte, North Carolina, I went to their suite at the Ritz and they locked everyone's phones up --- passed around molly/coke and said the only people who could stay had to take their pants off. I was so lucky because my homeboy Tony was there (part of T.I.'s entourage) and he pulled me into another room to smoke and told T.I. (known as T.I.P) like 'she good' meaning don't bother her."
"I watched him drag girls back and forth from the bedroom. to the bathroom, to the living room. One girl was crying because she wanted to leave but they refused to give her her phone to call an Uber. At one point he came out of the room and asked his security to come [and] 'pick this bitch up off the bed' because the girl was too fucked up to walk."
"They carried her from the bedroom to the bathtub and left her there. I snuck into the bathroom to make sure the girl was okay and she was almost unconscious. I'm a nurse, so I checked her pulse which was barely there and she was sweating/shivering."
"I left that night 5 years ago and it still haunts me to this day.... [I am] still wondering what happened to those girls. And if I could've done anything to stop it or help them."
[Sad emoji and prayer emojis]
"[T.I.] is an absolute monster who uses his money and power to MANIPULATE people and Tiny is his secret weapon. The shit is truly, truly sickening."
There are over a dozen women who said that T.I. and Tiny would do cocaine and engage in sexual acts on unconscious women and underage girls. Some say that he calls the women he wrangles up as his "cattle."
Sabrina Peterson who brought the first allegations to light said the mogul pulled a firearm on her in front of children. The mogul isn't allowed to own firearms under his federal in-house terms.
She openly criticized him and Atlanta based public figures in "covering up" this huge scandal.
Do you believe that T.I. and Tiny engaged in sexual abuse of women and girls?
She said, "The Public praises our predators. T.I., you put a gun to my head in front of children and I never called the police on you! But for years you have painted me as the villain! As Black women, it's hard to heal from rape, violence or anything because you are painted as the problem or [the] reason this has happened to you! Let's normalize the allowing Black women to heal. It's so hard being the victim of rape and being painted as the reason it happened!"
Tiny said her husband didn't do anything to her.
"[Okay. so] now when did you say my husband assaulted you? Did you change your mind or change it back? What's up wit you today, Pooh? I'm confused. Stop harassing my family. You strange. Everybody knows you been special (face slicing seminar lady). Please get help but please leave us alone."
Peterson is the only woman who stepped forward with allegations of rape and intimidation. She said that other women will share their stories.
The women who chose to stay anonymous fear retaliation from his fans, his crew or possible termination from their employers for sharing their encounter.
Allegations that T.I. and Tiny would get coked up and sexually abuse women.
If the allegations do reach civil or criminal, T.I. could face federal charges. Not only for the firearm and drug charges but the sexual abuse and crossing state lines with underage minors is the real trouble.
T.I. already in hot water for cryptocurrency fraud is a former convict. He was sent to the federal time out for three years on weapons charges. He also has state charges ranging from battery, assault, trespassing and driving without a valid license. He is not allowed to own firearms or associate with domestic terrorists.
So far, he's been doing charity, his podcasts and trying to do music. But the allegations could put him a serious bind.
Tiny also has battery charges, check fraud, drug abuse and witness tampering charges on her.
Both entertainers could be forced to give DNA to state and federal authorities if the charges are criminal.
I hate mentioning the former R&B singer who got himself caught up. The 54-year old Robert Sylvester Kelly is currently in federal time out awaiting trial for multiple federal charges involving child pornography and sex trafficking. He faces state charges for allegedly raping and abusing underage girls and women.
The sexual predator also faces child support, failure to provide evidence, evidence tampering, failure to report a criminal act and battery.
The former R&B singer is facing LIFE in federal time out if convicted. The state charges will run concurrent with the federal charges.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
More developments on this as they become available.
Cicely Tyson, a legendary Black actress passed away.
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Legendary actress Cicely Tyson has passed away. The Emmy and Tony award winning actress and producer passed away at the age of 96.
She leaves behind a legacy of theater, film and television as well as activism for African Americans. She is an icon and SHERO among Black women.
Her management issued a public statement.
"I have managed Miss Tyson's career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing," her manager Larry Thompson said in a statement to Variety. "Cicely thought of her new memoir as a Christmas tree decorated with all the ornaments of her personal and professional life. Today she placed the last ornament, a Star on top of the tree."
Cicely was born in 1924 in New York City. A child of Harlem, she was the daughter of Frederica Tyson, a domestic worker, and William Augustine Tyson, who worked as a carpenter, painter and odd job worker. Her parents were immigrants from Nevis (known as St. Kitts and Nevis).
Cicely was discovered by a photographer for Ebony and became a very popular fashion model. She was a household name when she was in her mid-20s. She got her first acting gig on NBC with the series, Frontiers of Faith. Her first starring film role was Carib Gold in 1956.
She would be the first African American woman to star in a a television drama role.
The show East Side/West Side opened her role in dramas. She also had a role in the soap opera Guiding Light. She worked on shows like Naked City, The Nurses, I Spy, Slattery's People and The Bill Cosby Show.
President Barack Obama honors Cicely Tyson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
From the 1960s, Cicely had a role in the Jean Genet's play The Blacks. She played the role of Stephanie Virtue Secret-Rose Diop and starred with Maya Angelou, James Earl Jones, Godfrey Cambridge, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Charles Gordone. The show was the longest running off-Broadway non-musical of the decade, running for 1,408 performances.
She appeared on the game show To Tell The Truth as a decoy contestant for Shirley Abicair. She also had a role in the movie with legendary singer/actor Sammy Davis, Jr. in the film A Man Called Adam and starred in other roles like The Comedians and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Cicely had a major role in the Roots miniseries.
Despite her achievements onstage and in films, much of her works are in television.
She had also contributed to Miss Jane Pittman, King: The Martin Luther King Story, When No One Would Listen, A Woman Called Moses, The Marva Collins Story, The Women of Brewster Place, The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, and the TV adaption of Trip to Bountiful.
Cicely refused to be typecast as drug addicts, prostitutes, maids and servers. She believed the roles were demeaning to Black women and gave a perception of her talents being degraded.
One of the most beautiful women world, Ebony saw Cicely as a girl going places.
She said that she wants to be the part of a professional who stood for Black women and their achievements.
Even in her later years, Cicely was still acting. She had roles in media mogul Tyler Perry's movies. She appeared in his films, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion, Why Did I Get Married Too? as well as the action thriller Alex Cross.
She also appeared in films like Because of Winn-Dixie, Fat Rose and Squeaky, Idlewild and The Help.
Cicely was active in charity and arts organizations including Urban Gateways, the Human Family Institute and the American Film Institute. She received awards from the National Council of Negro Women and the NAACP as well as the Capitol Press Award
Cicely was one of 25 Black women who were honored for contributions to art, entertainment and civil rights as a part of the 2005, Oprah Winfrey's 2005 Legends Ball.
Cicely was married to Kenneth Franklin when she was 18. Her first marriage ended with a decree after he abandoned her after 18 months of marriage. It was dissolved shortly after. She started dating jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in the 1960s after he was in a messy divorce with his wife Frances Davis. The two started dating and he used Cicely as the muse of his album Sorcerer. The relationship ended when Davis ended up marrying Betty Davis.
Miles and Cicely rekindled their relationship and got married in 1981 in Atlanta. Then mayor Andrew Young officiated the wedding and the two wed at the Atlanta home of convicted sexual predator, Bill Cosby. The two had an abusive relationship though.
Miles often got high on cocaine and drank liquor heavily. He would be abuse towards her and was known to have cheated on her as well as his previous relationships.
Davis did try to beat the cocaine addition but it didn't save his marriage. the two would divorce and shortly after the divorce, he died in 1991.
Tyson has a daughter and remained private about her child. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She was a vegetarian and very active before her passing.
She is the godmother of Denzel Washington's daughter and rocker Lenny Kravitz.
An amazing feat in the United States. A 22-year old African American woman is recognized for her achievements. Amanda S.C. Gorman is an American poet and activist. Her works focus on the issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as African diaspora.
She had the opportunity to deliver the her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
A child of Los Angeles, Amanda grew up in a single family home with her two siblings. Her mother was a teacher. The young woman has a twin sister, Gabrielle who is an activist and filmmaker. She grew up in a home where watching television was limited and she was always into reading books and writing.
Gorman is very sensitive to loud sounds. She has an auditory processing disorder and grew up with a speech impediment. She said that she had to go through speech therapy to strengthen her voice.
Amanda spoke at the inauguration of Joe Biden.
The inspiration of writing led to her focus on issues that the government often overlooked.
She was inspired to become a youth delegate for the United Nations in 2013 after watching Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, a young woman who survived a near-fatal shooting in a terrorist attack on her way to school. She wrote her first book The One for Whom Food is Not Enough in 2015.
She also grew towards activism by starting the organization One Pen One Page. She also became the first youth poet to open the literary season of the Library of Congress.
She also studied at Harvard University and graduated in 2020 with cum laude in sociology.
Now in 2021, Amanda is going places. Her poem, "The Hill We Climb" is a call for unity and collaboration and togetherness" among the crisis Americans are facing. She was asked by First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden to deliver the poem on behalf of the Biden Inaugural commission.
She ended up becoming the youngest person to ever deliver an inaugural poem.
She said that the poem came days after the U.S. Capitol chaos in which former president Donald J. Trump whipped his supporters into causing an insurrection. It lead to his second impeachment and permanent banishment from social media.
Amanda was recently signed to IMG Models and WME. She is expected to deliver a poem in Tampa, Florida for the Superbowl LV. The first for the young talent.
It's amazing to have a SHERO at such a young age strive for the plights of people of color.
A legendary actress and comedian who has a legacy that spans over generations has passed away from natural causes on Tuesday. It was confirmed that Cloris Leachman died at the age of 94.
"There was no one like Cloris. With a single look she had the ability to break your heart or make you laugh 'til the tears ran down your face," said her longtime manager Juliet Green. "You never knew what Cloris was going to say or do and that unpredictable quality was part of unparalleled magic."
Known on the big screen and little screen, I remember Cloris from her roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, Raising Hope, The Facts of Life and Young Frankenstein.
She had an impact on so many and will be missed.
According to TMZ, which first reported the news, she passed away at her home in Encinitas, California, with her daughter, Dinah, beside her.
Cloris was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1926. She was the eldest of three daughters whose father worked in the family lumber business.
By 15, Leachman had built up an impressive resume of radio appearances — even receiving a radio scholarship to Northwestern University. It was there as a college student that she would decide to give beauty pageants a shot — competing in the 1946 Miss America pageant as Miss Chicago.
While she didn't snatch the crown, Leachman used the money she did earn from the competition to move to New York City where her acting career would take off. She attended the Actors Studio in its founding years, studying acting under Elia Kazan with people like Marlon Brando, Eli Wallach, and Julie Harris. She said the education opened her up to roles she never dreamed she would have.
Leachman made her Broadway debut in the 1947 farce John Loves Mary, as an understudy. She'd work consistently on the Great White Way every year after for the next 12 years — sometimes in leading roles, like 1950's As You Like It opposite Katharine Hepburn, and others as replacements, like when she stepped into the shoes of Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible in 1953.
Years of laughter and acting.
She was both in the original run of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific — taking over the leading role of Nellie Forbush after understudying it from original star Mary Martin.
At the same time, Leachman's television career kicked off with a slew of live broadcasts in the '40s and '50s — beginning with 1948's Night Must Fall on The Ford Theatre Hour. The live anthology TV shows — like Suspense, Kraft Theatre, Danger, and Matinee Theatre — would be a staple of her career. She'd often film them during the day before rushing to act in a Broadway show at night.
Gigs on Lassie, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Perry Mason (among countless others) carried her through the 1970s. Along the way, she cozied up to a few big-name costars — including soon-to-be President Ronald Reagan.
The big screen called, too — though the parts at first were small. Leachman's feature debut was as an extra in 1947's Carnegie Hall. She had a memorable scene in Robert Aldrich's 1955 classic Kiss Me Deadly, but it wasn't a speaking role. She worked with Paul Newman in 1956's The Rack and then again in 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (she played the prostitute).
In 1971, Leachman's performance in The Last Picture Show would prove to be her breakout — earning her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Competing alongside Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Barbara Harris and Margaret Leighton, it was the first time in the history of the Oscars an entire category was filled with first-time honorees. Leachman would go on to win the top prize.
Cloris Leachman was featured on the sitcom Raising Hope.
"I'm having an amazing life, and it isn't over yet," she said in her acceptance speech, before thanking her parents and first piano and dance teachers by name. "Remember when Ben Johnson said in The Last Picture Show, 'I've fought my whole life against' whatever he said? I feel, I fought all my life against clichés. And look at me? I'm a hopeless cliché. … I am deeply honored by this."
It was an unexpected win for Leachman, who played Ruth — the depressed middle-aged wife of a high school football coach who has an affair with a senior on her husband's team. Leachman filmed the movie's pivotal scene, in which she confronts the boy (played by Timothy Bottoms), in just one take.
"I just did it once — I had just learned my lines on the way over there," she told CBS This Morning in 2015. "And then [director Peter Bogdanovich] said 'cut' and I said, 'Wait wait wait wait — I need to do that again.' And he said, 'no.' "
Though the big screen gave Leachman her breakout, television was where she'd find her most iconic role: as Phyllis Lindstrom on 1970's The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Snobbish and biting, Phyllis managed the apartment where Mary and Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) lived — and often clashed with Rhoda. Phyllis also had a tense relationship with Sue Anne Nivens (Betty White), who had an affair with Phyllis' husband.
"She's one of those geniuses who's capable of thinking on the spot and making it funny and making it truthful," Moore told GMA of Leachman in 2010. "I would go to no other person than she to ask for advice.
Leachman earned two consecutive supporting actress Emmys for playing the role, in 1974 and 1975. While she appeared in all seven seasons of the CBS sitcom, Leachman also went solo with the character — leading a spinoff series titled Phyllis from 1975-1977. She'd earn a leading comedy actress Golden Globe award for the show.
Cloris Leachman with Betty White.
During her Mary Tyler Moore Show run, Leachman would originate one of comedy's most cherished punchlines: Frau Blücher in Mel Brooks' 1974 classic, Young Frankenstein.
The forbidding housekeeper of Dr. Fronkensteen's Transylvanian castle, costar and co-writer Gene Wilder played the sound of a horse's neigh every time Leachman's character's name was spoken — a joke he told the San Jose Mercury News he added when he learned "Blücher" translates to "a horse going to a factory and being turned into glue." (It technically doesn't mean that, but the joke still landed.)
To this date, it's one of the best-known running gags in movie history.
In her personal life, Leachman married Hollywood impresario George Englund in 1953. The couple had four sons and one daughter together: Morgan, Adam, Dinah, George Jr., and Bryan (who died in 1986).
Their marriage wasn't without scandal. Early on, Englund became involved in a torrid affair with Dynasty actress Joan Collins. In her 2010 autobiography, Leachman called it "the most difficult time of my life," since she had just gone through a "terrible miscarriage." Years later, both women would talk openly about the conflict — and the time Collins phoned Leachman at 4 a.m. to say, "I'm in love with your husband — what are you going to do about it?"
They remained together, though Leachman would admit in her book that she too had flings with stars, including Gene Hackman and singer Andy Williams. They eventually divorced in 1979.
Vegetarian since the age of 35, Leachman lived outside a horse farm in the hills above Los Angeles. In her 2010 autobiography, she said she wanted to be remembered for how she approached everything in her life with full force.
"I've lived my life; I haven't trotted alongside it," she wrote. "I've opened the doors of opportunity wherever I've seen them. I've walked into discoveries and dreams, disappointments and death. I bear the scares of not having obeyed rules made by others, and I wear the deep satisfaction of knowing I never bent to conventions I didn't believe in."
Mostly, Leachman said she was proud for how she remained unique up until the end.
"I never wanted to conform," she wrote. "I haven't conformed. I've tried, but I couldn't. I've never put a label on myself. I find it distasteful that people put labels on other people and say that's who they are, that one thing. When I was 46, people said I was in middle age. I shrugged off that designation. I didn't want to be lumped into a group."
The Karen of Congress is facing heat for threatening lawmakers.
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The Republicans are going to get a wake up call in 2022 if they don't pull their heads out their asses. They better get use to the new norms.
Before she became a U.S. Representative from Georgia, white nationalist Marjorie Taylor Greene was a classic troll. She would post videos online trying to bait people for click bait.
It seems like March for Our Lives co founder David Hogg has a good memory of the Georgia Republican. Only a few years ago, Greene went to Washington, DC to harass Hogg and filmed the encounter on her social media.
In her mind, she believed that the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas mass shooting was a "false flag." In her warped mind, she thinks Hogg is a puppet master to confiscating firearms.
Now it's coming back and the backlash is harsh against her.
CNN did an investigation into the Georgia lawmaker's social media and found that she has been very active in tweeting and posting on Facebook conspiracies and calls for violence against prominent politicians and media agitators.
As CNN reported, Greene, who has repeatedly come under fire for past support of the QAnon conspiracy, liked comments that said "a bullet to the head would be quicker" than removing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and that "through removal or death, doesn't matter, as long as [Pelosi] goes. Greene also responded to a user who suggested former president Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton be hanged by saying "Stage is being set. Players are being put in place. We must be patient. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off."
Then, in a speech she posted on Facebook live, Greene said Pelosi was "guilty of treason" and that treason is "a crime punishable by death."
The posts were dated 2018 and 2019, before Greene's run for office.
These weren't the only posts that have recently landed Greene in hot water. On Wednesday, a video Greene had posted to YouTube this month featuring her berating the gun control activist and Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg circulated online.
In the video, Greene follows and films Hogg in Washington, D.C., near the Capitol, calling him a "coward" for refusing to debate her on gun policies. It's not clear when the video was first shot, but Greene has repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of mass shootings. In one such video, she suggested the 2017 Las Vegas shooting may have been staged by gun control activists.
Meanwhile, in another Facebook post, Greene promoted a conspiracy theory about Clinton, a top aide and child murder and mutilation.
Greene has only served in Congress for a few weeks but has already faced calls from colleagues to resign over spreading false information about the election in the run-up to the Capitol riot earlier this month. Greene denounced the violence but blamed the left and the media.
Greene's office did not provide comment to NBC News but, in a Tuesday tweet ahead of the CNN story, Greene called the report "a hit piece on me focused on my time before running for political office."
"Over the years, I've had teams of people manage my pages," she said. "Many posts have been liked. Many posts have been shared. Some did not represent my views."
She added that reporters were "taking old Facebook posts from random users to try and cancel me and silence my voice."
The controversial lawmaker continues to push narratives that the election was stolen from the former president Donald J. Trump. She also has promoted the QAnon movement.
Again, QAnon is a white nationalist conspiracy that makes the claims that prominent Democrats and political elites are running a child sex ring and practice in Satanism.
In their minds, Trump is the savior and was elected to save the world from it.
It led to the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol and the second impeachment of the 45th President of the United States.
The dangers of QAnon. The far-right has been a deadly influence on Republicans.
This Karen's actions are similar to Jacob Wohl, James O'Keefe, Joey Salads and Laura Loomer. This video shows an attempt to ambush an activist the far-right demonized as a "crisis actor" and a bought and paid for agitator for George Soros.
The far-right runs this narrative that George Soros, Black Lives Matter, Antifa and crisis actors are deliberately undermining Republicans, conservative agitators and Trump.
None of this shit is true but it's been an infection on the minds of white extremists who continue to believe that the "other" people are destroying their way of life.
This Karen voted with Republicans to deny President Joe Biden his certification. She even went further to draft her own Articles of Impeachment against the 46th President of the United States.
The Republicans want us to move on. They never seem to move on from Hillary Clinton, 9/11, Benghazi, their obsession to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the endless mass shootings in the country, the impeachment trial and the denial of climate change.
The Republican Party is catering to extremists. They are not conservatives. They are the party of conspiracy theories, racial arsonists, homophobes, Islamophobes, chauvinists, contrarians, blue bloods and idiots. The party that led to the creations of dumbass legislators who have no accomplishments other than being a gadfly on cable television.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebart, Madison Cawthorn, Burgess Owens, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, Bryon Donalds, Andy Biggs, Lee Zeldin, Elise Stefanik, Bill Johnson, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Cindy Hyde Smith, Tommy Tuberville, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Liz Cheney, John R. Kennedy, Kevin McCarthy, Tim Scott, Mitch McConnell, Marsha Blackburn, Ron Johnson and the rest of the Republican Party are pathetic.
A bunch of pathetic morons in the party that once stood for Lincoln principles. Now the party stands for white nationalism under the guise of Ronald Reagan and Donald J. Trump.
The Republicans are aware of the comments but they're not going to do nothing.
According to the Republicans, it's time to move on. Right, we'll move on when those involved in the insurrection are prosecuted, convicted and sent to the iron college.
We want those who instigated this to be removed from holding federal, state and municipal office. We don't need extremists in the government.
That's probably why we elected Joe Biden over Donald J. Trump.
The hip-hop community is mourning the loss of underground rapper 6Dogs. He allegedly committed suicide after being infected with COVID-19.
We are approaching 450,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus. The daily deaths are 6,400 a day and people infected by this are extremely high. I am at a point to inform you that we will likely lose a million Americans by April.
The Atlanta based rapper whose real name was Chase Amick, was best known for songs including ‘Faygo Dreams’, ‘Guccy Armor’, ‘Someone’ and ‘Flossing’.
His death was initially confirmed by local reports from Georgia, prompting an outpouring of tributes for the star.
Benny Blanco tweeted: “He may have been ur favorite rapper 6dogs… but to me he was one of the kindest, toe painting, star gazing, art making, day dreaming, thoughtful, warmest souls i had ever met… the way u made us laugh and the ridiculous stories u would tell…”
i’m just trying to replay em over and over again... i miss ur laugh... i miss ur spirit... and most of all i miss u chase. i love u. rest easy
Lil Aaron added: “Rip 6 dogs. real underground legend. made it all the way to benny blanco off of some internet rap songs. forever the goat.”
The rapper initially rose to fame on Soundcloud, where he had thousands of followers and began uploading his talents on the platform in secret due to his family’s devout Christian faith.
He soon scored success with an Interscope Records deal in 2016, and told fans as recently as last November that he was working on a new album – the follow-up to 2019’s Hi-Hats & Heartaches.
6Dogs also battled the coronavirus last year, confirming that he received a positive test result in July.
“I’m str8 just a pretty bad headache. I’m a healthy dood tho so I should b fine,” he said.
“Unfortunately this will put a delay on the album thx for rockin w me y’all.”
A cause of death is yet to be confirmed.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about your business, your performances, your personal finances and travel. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.
Death does happen to at least 40% of those who are affected by COVID-19.
Healthy people can die from this. Take this seriously. You only have one life!
If you need more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.
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The Republicans are going to get a wake up call in 2022 if they don't pull their heads out their asses. They better get use to the new norms.
The U.S. House of Representatives has presented its article of impeachment against Donald J. Trump to the Senate.
After years of demonizing Barack Obama and worshiping Trump, the Republicans want to move on past the chaos they've created. We will not let this slide. All the years of misinformation and demonizing will certainly come to an end. We need to hold Republicans and those who engaged in an attack against democracy accountable.
We are not moving on.... We are going to move forward.
The neverending hypocrisy exists with the Republican Party. They party is full of radicals, hypocrites, conspiracy nuts, blue bloods, racists and jocks.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is one of the most least productive members of the U.S. Senate. He is just like his dad, former Republican lawmaker Ron Paul. All talk and no action.
Paul was hoping to sabotage the impeachment trial by throwing shit to the wall hoping it sticks. There were a few Republicans who believe Trump should be held accountable for the insurrection.
Senators were sworn in as jurors to former president Trump’s impeachment trial Tuesday as the Senate voted 55-45 to end debate on Paul’s point of order arguing that the impeachment trial is unconstitutional now that Trump is out of office.
Five GOP senators voted not to dismiss the impeachment trial of President Trump: Susan Collins, Maine, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ben Sasse, Nebraska and Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, and Mitt Romney, Utah. They voted with all 50 Democrat senators to table the point of order.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has indicated he has an open mind on whether Trump should be convicted, voted against ending debate.
Paul had told reporters earlier that he would make a point of order alleging that the trial is contrary to the Constitution -- an argument that multiple Republican senators have made. That forced a vote on the point of order, requiring senators to go on the record about whether they believe the trial is constitutional.
The Senate also passed its pre-trial organizing resolution 83 to 17, and the impeachment trial will be adjourned until Tuesday, Feb. 9, as McConnell had been pushing for.
Paul said he expected his resolution to prove there would be "no chance" of impeaching the president in the Senate.
"I think there will be enough support on it to show there’s no chance they can impeach the president," Paul told reporters Tuesday. "If 34 people support my resolution that this is an unconstitutional proceeding it shows they don’t have the votes and we’re basically wasting our time."
The Senate would need a two-thirds majority, or at least 67 votes, to convict the president.
Republicans have called to "move on" from impeachment now that Trump is out of office, adding that to continue pursuing the matter would further divide the country.
The Constitution says, "When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside." Chief Justice John Roberts let it be known that he would not preside over the impeachment now that Trump is no longer president.
Paul and the Republicans want to move past the insurrection. The Republicans instigated this by endorsing Trump's claims that the election was stolen. It led to terrorists storming the U.S. Capitol. Trump is impeached again.
Paul, in floor remarks ahead of the vote, claimed that the absence of the chief justice made the trial unconstitutional. The Kentucky Republican said that without the chief justice present, the trial was "not a trial of the president but of a private citizen."
"Impeachment is for removal from office and the accused here has already left office. Hyper-partisan Democrats are about to drag our great country into the gutter of rancor and vitriol the likes of which has never been seen in our nation's history," Paul said ahead of the vote.
"Instead of doing the nation’s work with their new majorities in the House, Senate, and the executive branch, Democrats are wasting the nation’s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office," Paul argued.
Pual argued on Twitter that "45 Senators agreed that this sham of a 'trial' is unconstitutional. That is more than will be needed to acquit and to eventually end this partisan impeachment process."
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows predicted after the vote that the impeachment article was "dead on arrival." He praised Paul and Republican senators for "standing up."
Schumer said that Paul’s assessment was "flat out wrong" and had been "completely debunked by constitutional scholars all across the political spectrum." The Democrat leader said that Paul had left out Article 1 Section 3, where the Constitution states that officials can be barred from holding office ever again through impeachment.
"Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States," the Constitution reads.
Trump was impeached in the House after for months claiming that he won the presidential election. Trump then held a rally on Jan. 6, when Congress and former Vice President Pence were meeting to certify the results of President Biden's win, where he pressed his claims. Afterward, protestors stormed the Capitol.
He was impeached on the charge of inciting an insurrection.
Trump and his allies at that rally used pitched rhetoric -- although Trump did at one point tell his supporters to "peacefully and patriotically" march to the Capitol -- as they continued to make unproven claims about widespread voter fraud.
A pro-Trump mob shortly thereafter stormed the Capitol, forcing Pence and hundreds of lawmakers into hiding, and ransacking the building.
The Senate did concede to a Republican request by delaying the trial’s start until Feb. 9. McConnell had requested Schumer allow the trial to be delayed to offer the president’s defense team "a modest and reasonable amount of additional time" to prepare a case.
Democrats embraced the delay and, in turn, will be able to dedicate the immediate weeks to confirming President Biden’s cabinet nominees.
"If the framers intended impeachment to be merely a vehicle to remove a president from sitting office they would not have included this," Schumer argued.
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) will preside over the trial. He did not feel well and was rushed to the hospital. The senator is resting at home and confirms he will return to the Senate to conduct the trial.
One year ago, Kobe and Gigi Bryant died in a helicopter crash.
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It's almost hard to believe that on this day, the legendary basketball star Kobe Bryant passed away along with his daughter Gigi and five others.
On Sunday, January 26, 2020, Kobe and his daughter were on their way to a basketball camp in the Los Angeles area. They took along four of her friends, a coach and operated by the pilot.
The day was heavily foggy and air travel was restricted. The pilot ignored the warnings and end up flying the helicopter on its deadly flight.
The helicopter crashed into a mountain near Simi Valley.
The crash led to the death of an iconic figure in NBA history. A man who worked tirelessly to build the Los Angeles Lakers to greatness. A man who played with the team for over 20 years.
A man who was a father to his daughters and working on building a life with his wife.
A man who was flawed with the temptations of fame almost ruined by an encounter in a Colorado resort. Bryant was accused of sexual assault on a woman at the resort. He would have seen his career in the iron college. He managed to beat the charges but it ruined his brand.
He ended up settling out of court and moving on. He and his wife Vanessa had a rocky relationship at one point in which they were going to divorce, but they ended up reconciling before his death.
His youngest daughter will have no memory of him. She was only less than a year old when her dad passed away.
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association.
Vanessa mournfully marked the first anniversary of the tragic deaths of her late husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and her teenage daughter, Gianna — sharing a moving note from one of Gianna's best friends.
Thirty-eight-year-old Vanessa — who is also mom to daughters Natalia, 18, Bianka, 4, and 1-year-old Capri — shared the letter on her Instagram feed, writing a heartfelt message alongside the post.
A moment that shows a family. Kobe and vanessa and their daughters.
"Today I received this sweet letter from one of Gianna's best friends, Aubrey," Vanessa began in her caption. "I love you Aubz (as my Gigi would call you). Thank you so much for beautifully sharing some of your memories of my Gigi with me and allowing me to share them here on my ig."
She continued, "My Gigi is INCREDIBLE and I truly appreciate your thoughtful letter. She loves you so much. I miss my baby girl and Kob-Kob so much, too. ♥️I will never understand why/how this tragedy could've happened to such beautiful, kind and amazing human beings. It still doesn't seem real. Kob, we did it right. Gigi, you still make mommy proud. I love you!"
Vanessa concluded the post using the hashtags "#PlayGigisWay," "#Mambacita," "#Mamba," "#DaddysGirl" and "#GirlDad."
The emotional note from Aubrey honored Gianna as a friend who pushed Aubrey "to be better," and praised Vanessa as a mother.
"... If I ever become a mother, I hope my daughter turns out exactly as yours did," Aubrey said in the note. "[Gianna's] love of life is something I admire endlessly ... She would smile up the rest of the world."
Later in the letter, Aubrey wrote, "There are times I get into a pit of despair thinking about her and what she could've accomplished had she had a couple more years. But recently I have been thinking about the mark she did leave on this earth. Her fights for equality in sports made the world reconsider there opinions, she along with Mr. Bryant, set the wheels in motion."
Concluding her note, Aubrey told Vanessa that she "did it right" when it came to raising Gianna.
"I am so, so blessed I got to have time with your angel of a daughter, and thank you for giving me that chance," she said, adding, "I love you and am thinking of you as we remember an honor her life."
On the morning of Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe, Gianna and a group of friends — including Sarah and Payton Chester, Christina Mauser, John Altobelli, his wife Keri Altobelli and their daughter, Alyssa Altobelli — were on their way to a basketball game in a helicopter piloted by Ara Zobayan that ultimately crashed in Calabasas, California. At the time, Kobe was 41, and Gianna was 13.
At the time of his death, Kobe was four years into his retirement from the NBA and had positioned himself at the helm of prominent business interests including the basketball camp, the Mamba Sports Academy, and the multimedia agency, Granity Studios, which produced the 2018 Academy Award-winning animated short film, Dear Basketball, and several New York Times best-selling novels.
Kobe Bryant is missed.
"She had the best laugh," Vanessa said at the celebration of life. "It was infectious, it was pure and genuine. Kobe and Gianna naturally gravitated toward each other. "
Vanessa paid tribute to her husband's love of fatherhood, saying, "Kobe was the MVP of girl dads, or MVD. He never left the toilet seat up. He always told the girls how beautiful and smart they are. He taught them how to be brave."
"We loved each other with our whole beings," she continued, "two perfectly imperfect people making a beautiful family and raising our sweet and amazing girls."
Nearly two weeks before the solemn anniversary, Vanessa opened up on Instagram about dealing with grief.
"One day you're in the moment laughing and the next day you don't feel like being alive," she wrote. "I want to say this for people struggling with grief and heartbreaking loss. Find your reason to live. I know it's hard."
"Death is guaranteed but living the rest of the day isn't," Vanessa added. "Find your reason."
