Source: Jason Miller / Getty Kevin Durant Says He Can See Himself Retiring from Basketball at 35 Even though he won his second Finals MVP last week, Warriors star Kevin Durant told ESPN on Monday that he could see himself retiring from the game of basketball at age 35, about five years from now. “This game, your craft, you have to continue studying it,” said Durant. “No matter how much you enjoy it, nobody wants to be in school that long. I know I don’t. At some point, you have to be ready to graduate. Thirty-five, that’s just a number in my mind.” “I heard him say that, but I’ll believe it when it happens,” says Rich Kleiman, his business partner. Durant currently has 20,913 career points and is on pace to challenge Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all time regular season scoring record of 38,387. However, Durant claims that the record is not on his mind. “Because it’s not about the record,” Durant said Friday. “I can leave the game knowing I did everything I wanted to do, my way, on my terms. That’s how I want to leave the game. And if I happen to have all these accolades and these accomplishments, then that’s cool. If not, I’m still cool.”
Source: Jason Miller / Getty Kevin Durant Says He Can See Himself Retiring from Basketball at 35 Even though he won his second Finals MVP last week, Warriors star Kevin Durant told ESPN on Monday that he could see himself retiring from the game of basketball at age 35, about five years from now. “This game, your craft, you have to continue studying it,” said Durant. “No matter how much you enjoy it, nobody wants to be in school that long. I know I don’t. At some point, you have to be ready to graduate. Thirty-five, that’s just a number in my mind.” “I heard him say that, but I’ll believe it when it happens,” says Rich Kleiman, his business partner. Durant currently has 20,913 career points and is on pace to challenge Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all time regular season scoring record of 38,387. However, Durant claims that the record is not on his mind. “Because it’s not about the record,” Durant said Friday. “I can leave the game knowing I did everything I wanted to do, my way, on my terms. That’s how I want to leave the game. And if I happen to have all these accolades and these accomplishments, then that’s cool. If not, I’m still cool.”
Source: David Livingston / Getty Jada Pinkett Smith swears she knew when her eldest child lost his v-card. On her new show Red Table Talk, she tells her daughter Willow Smith “I knew the night— the night!— Jaden lost his virginity.” The famed actress credited her own “intuition,” but we think Jaden most likely made it hot when he walked into his house (late) looking like a brand new man. Hit the flip for 5 photos that depict how we imagine he rolled up to his mama’s house after getting some for the first time.
Source: Unique Nicole / Getty Karen Civil is the latest celebrity to stop by The Breakfast Club , and she was there to promote her new series on Complex titled, Good Looking Out . Throughout her interview, Civil talks about meeting new up-and-coming entrepreneurs, why she’s single and what she looks for in a man, and how she goes about strengthening her brand. Being behind the scenes for huge names like Nicki Minaj and Nispey Hussle , Karen definitely knows her way around the industry, and she reveals some of her secrets to success along the way. If you’re someone who is into the behind-the-scenes of business or you’re looking to make yourself and entrepreneur, this interview is a must-see.
Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty GZA is arguably hip hop’s smartest rapper. With complex rhymes, a vocabulary straight out of the dictionary, and broad scientific knowledge , the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder is always schooling folks no matter where he is. So it comes as no surprise that the New York spitter was caught on camera performing a music set, but also handling a chess game…AT THE SAME DAMN TIME. In one video, he can be seen rapping “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F*ck Wit” while making a move on the chess board. In another clip, it seems he’s playing during a break. Bro @TheRealGZA was challenged to PLAY CHESS from the crowd and he did it while rapping his set pic.twitter.com/Fw6Ho0kymf — Frak (@FrakTheMC) June 10, 2018 Your fav could never. GZA’s efforts are not surprising considering he’s a well known chess fan. Even the reissue of his classic album Liquid Swords included a full-sized wooden chess set . Now I’m not saying your favorite rapper has to be a genius, but come on…GZA is setting the bar pretty high.
Source: Roberto Machado Noa / Getty Everyone is getting in on dragging IHOP over their name change from International House of Pancakes to International House of Burgers. Regular folks aren’t the only ones confused by the rebranding. Restaurants are dragging IHOP by their edges too. Not really afraid of the burgers from a place that decided pancakes were too hard. — Wendy's (@Wendys) June 11, 2018 Remember when you were like 7 and thought changing your name to Thunder BearSword would be super cool? Like that, but our cheeseburgers are still better. — Wendy's (@Wendys) June 11, 2018 Literally, every restaurant is getting involved. Inspired by the International House of Burgers announcement, we are also changing our name (Please do not ask what it means — we don’t know either.) pic.twitter.com/0HPQtQirHn — A&W Restaurants (@awrestaurants) June 11, 2018 We have burgers too pic.twitter.com/zIBhKYhbtd — Pluckers (@Pluckers) June 11, 2018 Burger King even changed their name and bio to reflect their new name, Pancake King! BRAND WARS: Burger King trolls IHOB by calling itself the Pancake King. pic.twitter.com/CONYjjxNMd — Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) June 11, 2018 sorry, old Burger King can’t come to the phone right now… — Pancake King (@BurgerKing) June 11, 2018 Restaurants aren’t the only ones getting in on the fun. Netflix joined in as well. brb changing my name to Netflib — Netflix US (@netflix) June 11, 2018 Today has been one weird day.
A t least two undocumented immigrants recently detained by U.S. immigration agents have killed themselves before their deportations were complete, underscoring the latest worrisome aspect of the growing humanitarian crisis caused by America’s immigration policies. And while the popular narrative has been that only Latinos have been punished for trying to enter the U.S. illegally, an increasing number of Black and brown migrants have also been on the receiving end of the country’s harsh immigration policies. In the most recent instance of this troubling trend, an Eritrean man seeking asylum in the U.S. out of “fear of returning to his country” had his request denied before he killed himself in transit back to his native country, the Associated Press reported . Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion hanged himself in a detention area at Cairo International Airport while waiting for a connecting flight to, Eritrea which has been fighting a civil war with neighboring country Ethiopia for nearly two decades. The deadly violence at the border and children being snatched from their families is an all-out humanitarian crisis. Here's what it means for Black immigrants. https://t.co/WVnEilZK6E #Immigrants #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jUUtwJilTi — NewsOne (@newsone) May 26, 2018 America’s latest immigration policy that separates migrant families at the border by isolating their children has also had a deadly effect, according to reports. A Honduran national who was told his family would be separated once they were detained at the border for illegally trying to cross into the U.S. killed himself last month, NBC News reported this weekend. Marco Antonio Muñoz hanged himself in a jail cell in Texas on May 13 while awaiting his deportation, law enforcement officials said. He managed to kill himself despite surveillance cameras being trained on the cell he was being held in. Only Trump's @realDonaldTrump blind supporters believe his denial of making racist remarks about Black immigrants. https://t.co/UyJpTf85QT pic.twitter.com/YvzuC9PZym — NewsOne (@newsone) December 24, 2017 With the reports of dozens of Somalians detained in a Florida jail , advocates for Black immigrants cited an “inhumane” immigration legacy for America and decried the divide-and-conquer tactic being employed at the border by the federal government. “It is tempting to label this policy ‘un-American,’ but the truth is, family separation is a devastating tradition in the U.S. From the nearly 250 years of slavery in U.S. to the harsh conditions in Japanese internment camps of the 1940s, U.S. policy has torn families apart, causing deep intergenerational trauma and betraying any sense of humanity,” Opal Tometi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, said in a statement released late last month. “While we expect nothing more from a man who insulted Black and Brown countries in the Caribbean and Africa, we should expect that our society would rise above this continued hateful rhetoric and dangerous immigration policy and call for our leaders to defy our the darkest days of our history and present by enacting laws that provide a just and humane approach to immigration.” Of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, just about 600,000 of them were Black, according to the most recent statistics by the Migration Policy Institute . That was a close second to the nearly 800,000 undocumented Latino immigrants in the U.S. SEE ALSO: Trump Ending DACA Affects Black Undocumented Immigrants, Too What The Diversity Visa That Brought NYC Terrorist To U.S. Means For Black Immigrants How One Black Undocumented Immigrant Copes With Changed DACA Status [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3785430″ overlay=”true”]
A t least two undocumented immigrants recently detained by U.S. immigration agents have killed themselves before their deportations were complete, underscoring the latest worrisome aspect of the growing humanitarian crisis caused by America’s immigration policies. And while the popular narrative has been that only Latinos have been punished for trying to enter the U.S. illegally, an increasing number of Black and brown migrants have also been on the receiving end of the country’s harsh immigration policies. In the most recent instance of this troubling trend, an Eritrean man seeking asylum in the U.S. out of “fear of returning to his country” had his request denied before he killed himself in transit back to his native country, the Associated Press reported . Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion hanged himself in a detention area at Cairo International Airport while waiting for a connecting flight to, Eritrea which has been fighting a civil war with neighboring country Ethiopia for nearly two decades. The deadly violence at the border and children being snatched from their families is an all-out humanitarian crisis. Here's what it means for Black immigrants. https://t.co/WVnEilZK6E #Immigrants #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jUUtwJilTi — NewsOne (@newsone) May 26, 2018 America’s latest immigration policy that separates migrant families at the border by isolating their children has also had a deadly effect, according to reports. A Honduran national who was told his family would be separated once they were detained at the border for illegally trying to cross into the U.S. killed himself last month, NBC News reported this weekend. Marco Antonio Muñoz hanged himself in a jail cell in Texas on May 13 while awaiting his deportation, law enforcement officials said. He managed to kill himself despite surveillance cameras being trained on the cell he was being held in. Only Trump's @realDonaldTrump blind supporters believe his denial of making racist remarks about Black immigrants. https://t.co/UyJpTf85QT pic.twitter.com/YvzuC9PZym — NewsOne (@newsone) December 24, 2017 With the reports of dozens of Somalians detained in a Florida jail , advocates for Black immigrants cited an “inhumane” immigration legacy for America and decried the divide-and-conquer tactic being employed at the border by the federal government. “It is tempting to label this policy ‘un-American,’ but the truth is, family separation is a devastating tradition in the U.S. From the nearly 250 years of slavery in U.S. to the harsh conditions in Japanese internment camps of the 1940s, U.S. policy has torn families apart, causing deep intergenerational trauma and betraying any sense of humanity,” Opal Tometi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, said in a statement released late last month. “While we expect nothing more from a man who insulted Black and Brown countries in the Caribbean and Africa, we should expect that our society would rise above this continued hateful rhetoric and dangerous immigration policy and call for our leaders to defy our the darkest days of our history and present by enacting laws that provide a just and humane approach to immigration.” Of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, just about 600,000 of them were Black, according to the most recent statistics by the Migration Policy Institute . That was a close second to the nearly 800,000 undocumented Latino immigrants in the U.S. SEE ALSO: Trump Ending DACA Affects Black Undocumented Immigrants, Too What The Diversity Visa That Brought NYC Terrorist To U.S. Means For Black Immigrants How One Black Undocumented Immigrant Copes With Changed DACA Status [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3785430″ overlay=”true”]
