View this post on Instagram …… A post shared by Lil Tae Tae (@lashontae) on Mar 29, 2019 at 11:03pm PDT Tae Heckard Is 41 & FIIIIINE Hall of Fame InstaBaddie Tae Heckard was fine years ago when she was poppin’ (and tangled in a never-ending Teyana Taylor saga ) and STILL fine today at age 41 (YES, FOR-TEE ONE) with a possible spot on Basketball Wives that has everyone impatiently awaiting her return back to the spotlight. View this post on Instagram ……with Papa’s approval A post shared by Lil Tae Tae (@lashontae) on Jul 7, 2019 at 4:25pm PDT Peep a very necessary celebration of Tae Heckard on the flip.
Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty What seemed like just harmless fun might actually be a huge security risk. Over the past two days, Twitter and Instagram timelines looked like a “retirement home” thanks to FaceApp , which takes a photo and ages it using its impressive face altering technology. After it was learned that app is Russia-based, Democratic Senator, Chuck Schumer is calling for an investigation. It’s perfectly understandable why granting anything Russian-based access to private information raises red flags in the United States. This is the same country that successfully hacked our electoral system paving the way for the orange menace in the White House. Chuck Schumer announced on Twitter that he is calling for an investigation on a federal level into the company that owns the app. He is claiming there are potential national security and privacy risks to millions of Americans. In a letter to the FBI and Federal Trade Commission, Schumer states: “It would be deeply troubling if the sensitive personal information of U.S. citizens was provided to a hostile foreign power actively engaged in cyber hostilities against the United States.” “I ask that the FTC consider whether there are adequate safeguards in place to prevent the privacy of Americans using this application, including government personnel and military service members, from being compromised.” BIG: Share if you used #FaceApp : The @FBI & @FTC must look into the national security & privacy risks now Because millions of Americans have used it It’s owned by a Russia-based company And users are required to provide full, irrevocable access to their personal photos & data pic.twitter.com/cejLLwBQcr — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 18, 2019 While there is no evidence at this time of foul play going on, there is definitely some cause for concern. This is a moment for app users to read the acknowledgment and privacy forms thoroughly before they press accept and grant it access to their phones. Before learning of the apps Russian ties, it was already downloaded and used by celebrities like Drake , LeBron James , and more. View this post on Instagram Best caption wins ovo tickets A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Jul 16, 2019 at 1:36am PDT It was at the top of Apple and Google’s download charts by Wednesday. We are interested to see what surfaces if the investigation is carried out. — Photo: Getty
Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Staff / Getty Now if these two are in fact dating Diddy knows good and well his 49-year-old self is too old to be dealing with 22-year-old Lori Harvey…. but hey maybe they’re just homies (eye rolls) Check out this video of the two of them together recently. View this post on Instagram #reggaemusic #rastalove #pressplay #diddy #sizzla use your eyes my people #LoriHarvey also spotted #askblondietv #billionairemag #billionairemagjamaica #askblondietvquestionoftheday A post shared by MEDIASELFIEQUEEN (@askblondietv_) on Mar 11, 2019 at 10:21pm PDT [ione_media_gallery src=”https://zhiphopcleveland.com” id=”4824610″ overlay=”true”]
Ayesha Curry stays trying it lol and this time she tried it with the ‘Milly Rock’ dance move that she didn’t quite nail but we have to admit it was a cute effort. What we really love is how her man Steph Curry posted his own video doing the ‘Milly Rock’ clapping back at the haters who had something to say about his wife’s dance moves. See Ayesha dancing below then watch Steph coming to her defense as a real husband should! View this post on Instagram #PressPlay: #Roommates, was #AyeshaCurry’s Milly Rock sturdy or nah? A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Jul 16, 2019 at 8:41pm PDT View this post on Instagram #PressPlay: #StephCurry says don’t come for #Ayesha’s #MillyRock & hits his own (SWIPE) #RelationshipGoals A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Jul 17, 2019 at 3:56pm PDT [ione_media_gallery src=”https://zhiphopcleveland.com” id=”4824811″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Brian To/WENN.com / WENN Mendeecees Harris enjoyed notoriety as part of the popular Love & Hip Hop: New York cast alongside his partner Yandy Smith, but he was sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking. According to an exclusive new report, Harris will see freedom next year and will have served just over half the time of his original sentence. Bossip exclusively reports : [Yandy Smith-Harris’] incarcerated husband and former co-star Mendeecees Harris is set to be released from federal prison next year after being sentenced to at least eight years for drug trafficking. Mendeecees’ release date is now November 2020, which means he’ll serve a little more than half of his actual sentence, according to records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Under a plea deal, Mendeecees admitted that from 2006 to 2008, he helped to ferry hard drugs from New York City to the Rochester, NY area. In 2015, a federal judge sentenced Mendeecees to eight to ten years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking ring that flooded upstate New York with heroin and cocaine. Harris, now 40, is currently housed in a medium-security prison in New Jersey after initially being jailed in Pennsylvania. — Photo: WENN
Source: Peter Cade / Getty Instagram Might Be Getting Rid Of Their Public Like Count Sometime Soon Some of us like to act like we don’t care about Instagram likes–and some of us actually, really don’t care. But others have built entire careers off the number of likes they can pull in per picture, so there’s definitely something important about the number under that little heart icon on all of our pictures. While the number of people who double tap certain photos seems pretty arbitrary, a lot of people are starting to think more and more that the attention we pay to social media can be harmful to our self-esteem, mental health, and other factors in our real life. That’s why Instagram could be getting rid of this feature for good. Instagram is expanding its test of a feature that hides their public “like” counts. The test began in Canada in back in April, and, starting on Wednesday, the test expanded to Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. At this point, this is still just an experiment, and Instagram hasn’t said whether or not the feature will come to the US–but this gradual implementation into different areas could be the platform’s way of introducing a really big change. As for the tests going down in these 7 countries, Instagram users can opt out of the test, but it’s on by default. “Likes” aren’t shown in any public part of the app, including on public-facing grids or on the main feed, but the person who posted an image can still see the “like” count privately. We’re currently running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people in the following countries: Australia Brazil Canada Ireland Italy Japan New Zealand pic.twitter.com/2OdzpIUBka — Instagram (@instagram) July 17, 2019 There have been a lot of positive and negative reactions to this newly implemented test run, with most of the concern being for the livelihood of Instagram’s influencers. After the initial idea was announced, Elle ran a story titled “Instagram Is Experimenting With Hiding Likes, Which Would Make It Much Harder to Be an Influencer,” which points out that brands care a lot more about hiring influencers with high engagement rates (a high percentage of likes compared to their follower count) on their posts than they do about how many followers someone has. On the contrary, marketing blogger Charles Tumotto Jackson argued that influencers would be fine — probably just pivoting to a higher reliance on Instagram Stories. That’s where they can use the swipe-up feature to link directly to purchasing pages, and “everything becomes measurable and even more transparent than it used to be.” Plus, like mentioned above, the influencers themselves can still see how many likes are being brought in, which is something they can show to a brand just like the back-end analytics already provides–proving once more that their business and livelihood probably won’t be affected by this change as much as people think. Whether you’re trying to build your influencer game or you just frequent the platform to see what your friends are up to: how do you feel about public “like” counts possibly being no more?
Source: Peter Cade / Getty Instagram Might Be Getting Rid Of Their Public Like Count Sometime Soon Some of us like to act like we don’t care about Instagram likes–and some of us actually, really don’t care. But others have built entire careers off the number of likes they can pull in per picture, so there’s definitely something important about the number under that little heart icon on all of our pictures. While the number of people who double tap certain photos seems pretty arbitrary, a lot of people are starting to think more and more that the attention we pay to social media can be harmful to our self-esteem, mental health, and other factors in our real life. That’s why Instagram could be getting rid of this feature for good. Instagram is expanding its test of a feature that hides their public “like” counts. The test began in Canada in back in April, and, starting on Wednesday, the test expanded to Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. At this point, this is still just an experiment, and Instagram hasn’t said whether or not the feature will come to the US–but this gradual implementation into different areas could be the platform’s way of introducing a really big change. As for the tests going down in these 7 countries, Instagram users can opt out of the test, but it’s on by default. “Likes” aren’t shown in any public part of the app, including on public-facing grids or on the main feed, but the person who posted an image can still see the “like” count privately. We’re currently running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people in the following countries: Australia Brazil Canada Ireland Italy Japan New Zealand pic.twitter.com/2OdzpIUBka — Instagram (@instagram) July 17, 2019 There have been a lot of positive and negative reactions to this newly implemented test run, with most of the concern being for the livelihood of Instagram’s influencers. After the initial idea was announced, Elle ran a story titled “Instagram Is Experimenting With Hiding Likes, Which Would Make It Much Harder to Be an Influencer,” which points out that brands care a lot more about hiring influencers with high engagement rates (a high percentage of likes compared to their follower count) on their posts than they do about how many followers someone has. On the contrary, marketing blogger Charles Tumotto Jackson argued that influencers would be fine — probably just pivoting to a higher reliance on Instagram Stories. That’s where they can use the swipe-up feature to link directly to purchasing pages, and “everything becomes measurable and even more transparent than it used to be.” Plus, like mentioned above, the influencers themselves can still see how many likes are being brought in, which is something they can show to a brand just like the back-end analytics already provides–proving once more that their business and livelihood probably won’t be affected by this change as much as people think. Whether you’re trying to build your influencer game or you just frequent the platform to see what your friends are up to: how do you feel about public “like” counts possibly being no more?
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Every once in a while, the internet can be a beautiful place and not just ground zero for drama. A video of a producer by the name of DJ Track Addict making its rounds on Twitter set him up with an opportunity of a lifetime to work with Meek Mill . Wednesday (July 17) the video of the producer working on speaker knocking on his MPC machine went viral on the social media network. Users put out the signal for the Dreams and Nightmare to hop on the beat that — they felt was perfect for him — and he answered the call. I had 1000’s of people @ me in this …. now where is it https://t.co/6DZpZM5EMm — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 17, 2019 Where is thing guy at … the game needs you!!!! https://t.co/vPHf5tyf2L — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 17, 2019 The producer soon responded to Meek Mill letting the Philly rapper he is ready to work. I'm right here g! #Practice https://t.co/tv8mNqAddf — Tr!zzyTr@ck (@DJTRACKADDICT) July 17, 2019 Meek followed that up by extending an invite to the rapper to link up in the studio and to bring more heat in the form of beats of the same quality. From there it would seem two immediately got to work and a new song by the name of “Free Meek” being the product of the session. Ima make some fiya from scrolling on twitter watch lol — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 17, 2019 I am fucking this beat uppppppppp — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 It’s called #freemeek — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 From there the “24/7” rapper shared some lyrics from the forthcoming track and even shared a snippet of what fans could look forward to when the full song drops. It’s deceiving when they give you probation you think you leaving but in get technical when they giving violations for even breathing — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 I took my pen and pad and turned it into businesses… this ain’t no cap I used to trap now my business lids… now I can’t tell you mind ya business cause my business is …really on ya mind where ya fitted is — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 View this post on Instagram #meekmill jumped on the track with that producer we posted earlier A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akadmiks) on Jul 17, 2019 at 8:26pm PDT Sounds like Meek has a serious banger on the way to add to the hits currently being played from latest album Championships . We just hope the rapper makes sure the producer is well taken care of financially. This all comes on the heels of the Dream Chasers general’s lawyer asking his 2008 conviction be overturned at a July 16 appeals court appearance. His team is requesting that a new magistrate presides over the case and the office District Attorney Larry Krasner is in agreement. — Photo: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Every once in a while, the internet can be a beautiful place and not just ground zero for drama. A video of a producer by the name of DJ Track Addict making its rounds on Twitter set him up with an opportunity of a lifetime to work with Meek Mill . Wednesday (July 17) the video of the producer working on speaker knocking on his MPC machine went viral on the social media network. Users put out the signal for the Dreams and Nightmare to hop on the beat that — they felt was perfect for him — and he answered the call. I had 1000’s of people @ me in this …. now where is it https://t.co/6DZpZM5EMm — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 17, 2019 Where is thing guy at … the game needs you!!!! https://t.co/vPHf5tyf2L — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 17, 2019 The producer soon responded to Meek Mill letting the Philly rapper he is ready to work. I'm right here g! #Practice https://t.co/tv8mNqAddf — Tr!zzyTr@ck (@DJTRACKADDICT) July 17, 2019 Meek followed that up by extending an invite to the rapper to link up in the studio and to bring more heat in the form of beats of the same quality. From there it would seem two immediately got to work and a new song by the name of “Free Meek” being the product of the session. Ima make some fiya from scrolling on twitter watch lol — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 17, 2019 I am fucking this beat uppppppppp — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 It’s called #freemeek — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 From there the “24/7” rapper shared some lyrics from the forthcoming track and even shared a snippet of what fans could look forward to when the full song drops. It’s deceiving when they give you probation you think you leaving but in get technical when they giving violations for even breathing — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 I took my pen and pad and turned it into businesses… this ain’t no cap I used to trap now my business lids… now I can’t tell you mind ya business cause my business is …really on ya mind where ya fitted is — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 18, 2019 View this post on Instagram #meekmill jumped on the track with that producer we posted earlier A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akadmiks) on Jul 17, 2019 at 8:26pm PDT Sounds like Meek has a serious banger on the way to add to the hits currently being played from latest album Championships . We just hope the rapper makes sure the producer is well taken care of financially. This all comes on the heels of the Dream Chasers general’s lawyer asking his 2008 conviction be overturned at a July 16 appeals court appearance. His team is requesting that a new magistrate presides over the case and the office District Attorney Larry Krasner is in agreement. — Photo: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz
Source: Joshua Lott / Getty 4 Chicago Cops Fired For Cover-Up Of Laquan McDonald Murder For once there appears to be some justice when it comes to police who killed Black people . As we previously reported, the Chicago cop who killed Laquan McDonald , Jason Van Dyke, has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in prison. Today, we are happy to report that the cops who tried to help Van Dyke cover-up his murderous intent have all been fired from the Chicago Police Department according to NBCNews . Chicago’s superintendent of police, Eddie Johnson, in 2016 had recommended that Sgt. Stephen Franko and officers Ricardo Viramontes, Janet Mondragon and Daphne Sebastian be fired for violating rules of conduct after the shooting, according to the board’s decision released Thursday. Franko, who was the first on-scene supervisor in the October 2014 shooting, approved reports that “contained several demonstrable and known falsehoods,” including that Van Dyke was injured by the 17-year-old, who had been carrying a knife, the police board wrote in the decision. The other three officers, all of whom were on the scene, gave statements about the shooting, and the board found that “each of the three officers failed in their duty — either by outright lying or by shading the truth.” We kinda wish these cops would be charged criminally and imprisoned too because they definitely deserve it, but at LEAST they lost their jobs. Good riddance.
