Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Hip-Hop and gaming go hand in hand, that’s why Amazon Music’s Versus series featuring Vince Staples and Bas makes perfect sense. Tuesday (Nov.5) Staples will challenge Dreamville rapper Bas in a friendly but competitive game of NBA 2K20 . Fans of each artist can watch it all go down on the popular streaming network at 4pm EST Twitch. The stream will be hosted by the very well-known Twitch streamer and gaming personality JERICHO , who will also conduct an interview with Staples during the matchup. While going head to head with Bas, Staples will also be playing music fro Amazon Music subscribers via the Amazon Music Twitch extension during the broadcast, including his latest release “Sheet Music.” The outspoken rapper also just recently dropped the second episode of his comedy series The Vince Staples Show. View this post on Instagram Episode 2 out now! Link in Cio. A post shared by @ vincestaples on Oct 31, 2019 at 12:02pm PDT Not to be outdone, Bas also announced that he is releasing new music this week and even gave fans a sample of what to expect on his Instagram account. View this post on Instagram new music releasing this week x @frenchkiwijuice A post shared by Bas (@bas) on Nov 3, 2019 at 8:46pm PST So make sure to tune in at 4pm cause this is definitely a showdown you don’t want to miss. Both Staples and Bas are big-time gamers, and we are sure they will bring excitement and trash talk. Watch live video from amazonmusic on www.twitch.tv — Photo: Taylor Hill / Getty
Source: E! Entertainment / Getty Oprah famously interview Michael Jackson at his estate in 1993. They laughed, they smiled, he charmed us with his moonwalk. Fast-forward to today and she’s being slammed for interviewing the alleged survivors of Leaving Neverland. View this post on Instagram #PressPlay: #MoNique and her husband #SidneyHicks share their thoughts on #Oprah and her decision to interview #MichaelJackson’s #LeavingNeverland accusers!! A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Mar 7, 2019 at 10:44am PST Comedienne Mo’nique particularly had a problem with Oprah’s interview and questioned if she did it for ratings? “Here’s a man that was found not guilty in the eyes of the law,” Mo said during the broadcast with her husband Sidney Hicks. “And you wait for 10 years after this man was deceased, to now do an interview with people who said they lied.” She added, “For me, it’s sad and disheartening. That man welcomed you in his home. And you spoke of how beautiful, and all the love this man has shown children all over the world.” Clearly Mo isn’t letting up in Oprah anytime soon. “When we’re calling someone a molester and they’re no longer here… Michael Jackson is not here to defend himself, which is a major problem. [He was] found not guilty… then you come back and you allow these two men to get on your platform and tell this story, and that man cannot defend himself, who does that?” What say you? Was Oprah in the right or the wrong? RELATED STORIES: The ‘Leaving Neverland’ Documentary Left Michael Jackson Fans Polarized Bobby Brown Says He Taught Michael Jackson How To Do The Moonwalk
Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Oprah Already Knows Her After Neverland Interview Will Get Hate Oprah Winfrey already knows that she’s going to be sparking some controversy with her new special After Neverland , an interview with the two men who have accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were young. “I’m gonna get it,” the talk show host predicted during a taping of the broadcast on Wednesday. But, Oprah argued, the issue of sexual abuse is too important to remain silent no matter how much her program angers the “gloved one’s” fans. “This movie transcends Michael Jackson,” she told an audience of over 100 abuse survivors. “It allows us to see societal corruption.” The program is set to air on March 4, which comes after the second and final episode of the upcoming HBO documentary. Leaving Neverland is a four-hour investigation into the claims of Jackson accusers, Wade Robson and James Safechuck and Winfrey was joined on stage by the two men along with the director Dan Reed for a talk that was filled mixed emotions. Winfrey made it clear that she finds the men’s allegations credible, but the Jackson estate has continued to push back against Robson and Safechuck. Before going public with his abuse claims in 2013, Robson was known for being one of Jackson’s most avid defenders, denying the pop star had ever behaved inappropriately while serving as a key defense witness in the pop star’s 2005 child molestation trial. Safechuck also testified that he was never abused as part of the singer’s 1993 molestation trial, but declined to testify on his behalf in the follow-up trial. Both men say they were groomed by Jackson to stay quiet as he repeatedly told them that their lives would be ruined if they broke their silence.
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Source: Jeff Hahne / Getty The NBA marries its culture and game better than any other league in sports. On Sunday night, Charlotte became the number one city for hip-hop in the country as rappers flew in, partied and in the case of Meek Mill and J. Cole , performed in the marquee event of All-Star Weekend — the All-Star Game. Meek opened up for player intros, running through a medley of hits from 2018’s “Intro” to “Dreams And Nightmares,” “Going Bad,” “Uptown Vibes” and others. I’m pretty sure Team LeBron getting the “Dreams And Nightmares” intro for player introductions was a cheat code as they came back from 20-down to win the game. Meanwhile, Cole repped for classic Starter jackets and ’90s fashion before checking off a number of current hits and items from both KOD and 2014 Forest Hills Drive . He even teased his verse from “a lot,” telling 21 Savage , “We love you,” during the broadcast. Even Team LeBron had to get in on the action as they asked head coach Mike Malone if they could head out from the locker room to watch Cole perform “ATM” and “Middle Child.” But the biggest Carolina win, from an old school perspective came from Anthony Hamilton who delivered a little soul and passion to his rendition of the National Anthem. It’s not Marvin Gaye circa 1983 but it was far better than what Fergie gave us last year in Los Angeles. RELATED: Celebrities At NBA All-Star Weekend 2019 [PHOTOS RELATED: 21 Savage Drops “A Lot” Video Featuring J. Cole [NEW VIDEO] RELATED: Meek Mill And Drake Drop “Going Bad” Video [NEW VIDEO]
Boogie Dash May Be A Daddy Soon Well here’s a plot twist! During WE tv’s “Growing Up Hip Hop” Live Cast event on 1/17 Boogie Dash revealed that he received a text during the broadcast from a young lady claiming to be pregnant. That text message said: “There’s no way to say this, but I’m pregnant.” His “Growing Up Hip Hop” cast mates, including Angela, Vanessa and Jojo Simmons, Egypt Criss and Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton, were all stunned by the news. Boogie walked off the live event set to deal with the surprising information. Host, Sherri Shepherd reacted “This is what happens on live tv, y’all!” o you think this plot line will play out during the series?
Source: Phillip Marquez / Radio One Atlanta The Center for Civil and Human Rights is THE place to celebrate the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK weekend. Your favorite station will be onsite Monday, January 21st broadcasting live, 10a-2p to culminate a weekend of King focused activities! The Center will be debuting a new installation called Fragments in our Voice to the Voiceless Gallery on Jan 19th. Register for the public program to view the new exhibition for free. During the day on Dr. King’s Holiday, The Palefsky (PA-LEF-SKEE) Collision Project with Alliance Theatre will perform, “Dear Dr. King.” A play written by students of the Project. All of this information can be found online at www.civilandhumanrights.org . Sponsored in part by Debt Stoppers, Semrad Law Firm a Debt Relief Agency for information log onto www.debtstoppersat.com & DFCS. There are currently over 14,000 children in Georgia’s Foster Care system. These children represent more than a number, but are an indication that families in Georgia need you! Help build Stronger Families for a Stronger Georgia. Call 1-877-210-KIDS or go to fostergeorgia.com and find out how!
Just to be clear, Kanye West does not think it’s okay to have sex with underage women. But the controversial rapper does seem to think it’s okay to keep buying albums by artists accused of having sex with underage women. Heck, he basically encourages it! On Sunday, West took to his Instagram story and said the following: “They want art from the artist. But, anytime they do anything erratic, they just gonna pull up the full documentaries on him.” Full documentaries , huh? This certainly seems to be an allusion to R. Kelly because Lifetime aired a six-part documentary last week titled Surviving R. Kelly that detailed all the alleged sexual relationships he carried on with young teenage women over the years. The testimony from these women in the series is haunting. John Legend, who was interviewed for the special, has referred to R. Kelly as a “serial child rapist” on Twitter. This is an accusation that is hard to argue with after you read about what R. Kelly reportedly did with Aaliyah , for example. Years ago, a sex tape surfaced in which the long-time singer urinates on a 14-year old partner. And yet… fans have continued to buy his music and popular culture has mostly continued to support Kelly. Thankfully, the tide may finally be turning against the monster that is R. Kelly, as a #MuteRKelly has been gaining momentum on social media. In his diatribe over the weekend, it very much sounds as if Kanye is talking directly about this movement when he said: “They gonna come with the Michael documentary. We can enjoy all their music all we want.” Here, West is bringing up Michael Jackson. For the most part, his songs remain as iconic and beloved as ever — but this legendary artist has also been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. Prior to his passing, Jackson had been under investigation on multiple occasions for allegedly touching little boys with whom he shared his bed. Does this mean his albums are off-limits? That’s a decision that can only be made by each indivdual listener. But it’s apparent West doesn’t think anyone’s sales numbers should be negatively affected by anyone’s actions, no matter how abhorrent they may be in the case of R. Kelly. UPDATE : Actually, no, this is not what Kanye meant, his wife has now claimed. Aware of the uproar over Kanye’s latest rant, the reality star has once again rushed to her man’s defense, Tweeting early on Monday: I’m going to nip this in the bud right now. Kanye was speaking about his own experience of everyone quick to say they are cancelling him because of differences in opinion & not being perfect. The analogies were in context to his own experiences, not defending anyone else. She then added: I want to make it very clear, he is not condoning anyone’s actions or unacceptable disgusting behavior. My husband’s words are being taken out of context due to timing. HA! Due to timing. Yes, because West purposely timed his remarks to coincide with the backlash against R. Kelly as the result of this documentary airing. Dude is totally responsible for his own words and his own timing. At some point, doesn’t Kim get tired of serving as Kanye’s interpreter? Of lying and clarifying and then lying some more on behalf of the man who helps keep her famous? Seriously, who wants to be the Kellyanne Conway of a marriage? View Slideshow: The Kardashians: How Many Babies Will They Crank Out in 2019?
So much has happened since Part 1 of the 90 Day Fiance Tell All special , but Part 2 aired on Sunday night. Notably, TLC’s censors stopped bleeping out obscenities about halfway through the broadcast, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Our favorite part was probably Leida and Eric getting scolded by just about everyone. Let’s start with, dare we say it, Colt and Larissa . We have had so, so much to say about Coltee and Larissa over this past week, in large part due to their bloody fight and divorce . Though this Tell All was filmed last year, the couple manages to take center stage there, too. Why? Because they are deeply controversial and not well-liked. When everyone returns to stage, Steven and Jonathan discuss the idea of not even responding to Colt and Larissa. Steven dismisses them as “trash,” and you know that you’ve f–ked up when Steven has the moral high ground. Larissa speaks about her arrest — at the time, she had only been arrested once, in June 2018. Since then, she has been arrested two more times. Colt expressed a fear that Larissa would be deported. For the most part, they could not speak out about it for legal reasons. Every attorney’s worst nightmare is for their client to go on television and say anything at all that could be used against them in court. That’s out of the way, and it’s time to address Eric and Leida . We’ve actually been chomping at the bit to talk about Eric and Leida, because Tasha was on the Tell All. Tasha is Eric’s 19-year-old daughter with whom he was roommates … until, at Leida’s insistence, he kicked her out of her own home. Tasha’s okay and living with friends, but things are extremely tense. In fact, Tasha tells (the incredibly patient) Shaun Robinson that she “doesn’t have” a relationship with her father anymore. She says that he broke off all ties with her. Eric counters: “That’s not true. All I said is that I have nothing to say until I get an apology.” Shaun asks the very understandable question: for what does Eric demand that Tasha apologize? Eric says that it’s for “the mess.” That’s right, this is all about the apartment being slightly cluttered when Leida first arrived. He also says that Tasha “lied” by saying that about half of the mess was her father’s. It sounds like Eric threw Tasha under the bus and is just doubling down on that story to appease Leida. Tasha’s response is to simply raise an eyebrow, while Kalani — a parent herself — turns to give Eric a look of wide-eyed judgment. Overall, Kalani really really has the best take on Eric’s whole situation. Eric seems to want his teenage daughter to both restructure her entire life for him — which parents expect their minor children to do. At the same time, he very clearly wants Tasha to be an adult when it’s convenient for him — paying bills and working. “You guys are wanting her to be an adult,” Kalani says. “And pay bills and do this.” But, as Kalani points out, if Tasha is an adult, she can have her room and, frankly, her home as messy as she damn well chooses. Eric put Tasha in a no-win scenario and he seems stubbornly willing to lose his entire family over it. But Eric dismisses Tasha (and Steven) and tries to fit as many anti-Millennial buzzwords as he can. Nice try, dude. Okay, so then there’s Kalani and Asuelu . Asuelu, as Kalani has noted, has a sassy side to him. He really does not like Colt and Larissa, and he is a generally friendly person. Asuelu ended the Tell All with a Samoan dance, which is incredibly charming but made some people uncomfortable. The line between “I am appreciating his culture” and “they made this man of color dance for their amusement” can be tricky. Either way, best of luck to Kalani and Asuelu, who are fan favorites and who are expecting their second son — another boy. Jonathan and Fernanda seemed all good, aside from when Jonathan had to sort of stiff-arm Jay away. Jay said some very flattering things about Fernanda as an example of class and beauty. Like … we’re not saying that he’s wrong, we’re just saying that he is literally married to Ashley and needs to tone down his horniness by at least 20%. Obviously, since this was filmed, Jon and Fernanda have split. Jon recently revealed that he has not spoken to Fernanda since December 22. She apparently said some things to him that he is not willing to forgive, and he considers their relationship over. That’s … sad. (Also, just to address worries, Colt referred to Fernanda as a “16-year-old bride,” but she was already 18 when she and Jonathan met) Ashley and Jay had a host of issues that were mostly dealt with in Part 1 of the Tell All. Jay cheated on Ashley, signing up for Tinder right after their wedding. She caught him cheating on FaceTime three days later. That’s a nightmare, but Ashley was kidnapped at 19 and is also battling lupus. She has bigger fish to fry than her cheating husband. She does sound unwilling to send Jay packing to Jamaica, which is very nice of her. But she’s also not willing to just stay married on paper for him to horndog around with other women. Steven and Olga weren’t both on the show, because of Steven dragging his feet when applying for Olga’s visa. That is still weird and will always be weird, but it’s not as bad as him getting jealous of his own baby over Olga’s attention. We will say that this part of the Tell All showed Steven’s better side. He made good points about Eric and Tasha (though anyone can look reasonable compared to Eric). Most importantly, the dude apologized to Olga at the end, over Skype. That is important. That’s growth. 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As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Justin Bieber is engaged to Hailey Baldwin . And unlike the many, many other times that the media has claimed Justin is getting engaged, this time it’s the real deal. Yes, Bieber and Baldwin have confirmed their engagement , which means the Summer of Wealthy Early-Twentysomethings Getting Engaged to People They’ve Only Been Dating For a Few Months is in full swing. And it’s just as annoying as it sounds. Naturally, fans have been wondering what Justin’s most famous ex, Selena Gomez, thinks of all this. We’ve heard rumors that Selena is pissed about the engagement , which would certainly make sense. Then again, there also been reports that Gomez is glad to be rid of Bieber for good and actually feels bad for Baldwin. As is so often the case with this sort of thing, it seems that the truth is less interesting than the rumors. According to People magazine — probably the most reliable outlet to report on Selena’s reaction — the singer simply couldn’t care less about the state of Justin’s love life. “They haven’t spoken in months,” a source tells the publication. “She hasn’t been talking about him since they ended things again earlier this year.” Obviously, no one will know for sure what Selena makes of the situation unless she decides to speak out on the matter herself. But this take sounds about right. By most accounts, Selena wasn’t too broken up following her latest split with Justin, and she finally realized they just weren’t right for each other. After the sixth or seventh breakup, you probably stop thinking of the other person as your one and only. Besides, Selena’s career is going better than ever these days, and sources close to the singer says she’s the happiest she’s ever been. She may have experienced a pang of sadness upon realizing the ex she dated longer than anyone else is getting married. But we’re guessing it didn’t last long. And if Selena ever doubts that she dodged a bullet, she need only look at a pic of the mustache Bieber is rocking these days. That thing is truly unfortunate. View Slideshow: Justin Bieber: All His Sexual Conquests, RANKED!
