Source: Brett Barnhill / EyeEm / Getty According to Fortune , the BET Awards might be moving to Atlanta next year. The awards, which celebrates black excellence in music, movies, sports, TV and other forms of entertainment. While Atlanta has become the hub for African-American entertainment, It makes perfect sense for an award show that spotlights African American entertainment should be held in Atlanta. Related: Why Does Atlanta Call The Police 12? Atlanta also has been home to the Trumpet Awards, a similar celebration of African-American achievement that was started by Turner Broadcasting. Houston and Austin also under consideration for the BET Awards in 2019. Click here to read more
Source: Michael Buckner/KCSports2015 / Getty When adulting gets too redundant, grownups hop on their social media and imagine they’re in a far away land where they are not responsible for bills, kids, and more. Thus, the hashtag #IfIWereAKidAgain. Hit the flip.
Source: Jupiterimages / Getty It’s officially summer and let’s face it, it’s going to be hotter than fish grease this year. Before you go outdoors thinking that you’re going to skip the deodorant and let Mother Nature handle the rest, let us remind you that this is not a time to risk it all. Love thy neighbor and make sure you swipe some Old Spice once or twice before you go out in public. Thank you CASSIUS , for speaking that real!
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Source: sam brown / power We’ve seen 21 Savage do the unexpected; Like go Gold with his debut album, collaborate with Air Jordan on a sneaker line and hold down a high profile relationship with an infamous Instagram cougar. But lately, we’ve been seeing the rapper challenge the status quo in much more impressive ways. In February, the Savage Mode MC announced his plans to stop buying expensive jewelry in tweets that have since been deleted. The plans included, “no longer wearing jewelry, buying houses, investing in businesses, cryptocurrency, and youth startups”, in hopes of sparking a positive trend among young rappers. 21 recently spoke with Vogue to detail how his lifestyle changes have been going. . @21Savage , aka the self-proclaimed “Saint Laurent Don,” brought his fresh sense of style to @YSL . https://t.co/Vho8oHOCgK — Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) June 8, 2018 “I stopped wearing jewelry for a couple reasons. One is because everybody wears jewelry and I outgrew it; I’m getting a little wiser and growing so,” said the Atlanta spitter. He added, ”Another reason is because the richest people I’ve ever met in my life, they never had on jewelry. And ever since I’ve been saving money and not spending it on jewelry, I’ve been getting way richer.“ Flip the page for one local resident explain why she believes that despite his legal issues and raunchy lyrics, 21 Savage truly has a good heart.
Source: Atlanta PD / Atlanta PD Y’all still rocking with Trippie Redd ? The tattoo-face rapper was arrested in Atlanta for allegedly pistol-whipping a woman. According to TMZ , for the second time this month, Trippie got pinched aggravated assault and battery causing substantial physical harm. Word is that cops responded to a call around 1 AM from a woman who claimed Trippie pistol-whipped her. The cops arrested the rapper, who just landed on XXL mag’s Freshmen cove r, after they spotted a bump on the woman’s head where she claimed she was hit. Check out Trippie Redd’s latest struggle mugshot above. — Photo: Atlanta PD/TMZ
Hundreds of millennial entrepreneurs and young professionals gathered at Atlanta’s Google Fiber Headquarters for the launch of “The Hangout” Speaker Series presented by the Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta Foundation in partnership with Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. “The Hangout ” Speaker Series is a new concept of the Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta Foundation to engage notable influencers and fresh dialogue around “Entrepreneurship at The Intersection of Culture, Community, and Cool”. “The Hangout” featured a power-packed panel of the city’s most influential trailblazers including Anderson Duncan (General Manager, Handpicked Atlanta & Founder, Lumary Candles), David Leeks (Co-founder, Street Execs), K. Botchey (vh1’s LHHATL & Founder, PartyPowerPurpose), Su Solo (Media Correspondent, Baller Alert) and Kadeem Dunwell (Founder, Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta Foundation). Attendees participated in curated brand experience and networking mixer featuring music by DJ Milhouse and DJ Ace Star, food-by-the-bite prepared by Chef Kodak, complimentary cocktail tasting courtesy of Bomade Lemonade Vodka and Goza Tequila along with an cold dessert bar by McCoughtry’s Ice Cream. The Young Entrepreneurs of Foundation is the premier community organization directly impacting the future of Millennials and Gen Y entrepreneurs. The mission of the YEA Foundation is to infuse culture and submerge the industries of entertainment, tech and business to foster and cultivate young entrepreneurs. For more information, visit http://www.yeafoundationinc.org/ .
Hundreds of millennial entrepreneurs and young professionals gathered at Atlanta’s Google Fiber Headquarters for the launch of “The Hangout” Speaker Series presented by the Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta Foundation in partnership with Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. “The Hangout ” Speaker Series is a new concept of the Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta Foundation to engage notable influencers and fresh dialogue around “Entrepreneurship at The Intersection of Culture, Community, and Cool”. “The Hangout” featured a power-packed panel of the city’s most influential trailblazers including Anderson Duncan (General Manager, Handpicked Atlanta & Founder, Lumary Candles), David Leeks (Co-founder, Street Execs), K. Botchey (vh1’s LHHATL & Founder, PartyPowerPurpose), Su Solo (Media Correspondent, Baller Alert) and Kadeem Dunwell (Founder, Young Entrepreneurs of Atlanta Foundation). Attendees participated in curated brand experience and networking mixer featuring music by DJ Milhouse and DJ Ace Star, food-by-the-bite prepared by Chef Kodak, complimentary cocktail tasting courtesy of Bomade Lemonade Vodka and Goza Tequila along with an cold dessert bar by McCoughtry’s Ice Cream. The Young Entrepreneurs of Foundation is the premier community organization directly impacting the future of Millennials and Gen Y entrepreneurs. The mission of the YEA Foundation is to infuse culture and submerge the industries of entertainment, tech and business to foster and cultivate young entrepreneurs. For more information, visit http://www.yeafoundationinc.org/ .
Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty That Girl LayLay is making moves. The 11-year-old Houston native visited Atlanta radio to spit another jaw-dropping freestyle. 11 year old lyricist that would BODY any of your favorite rappers!! #laylay #11yroldrapper watch the full freestyle here -> https://t.co/qvVWlRJdGT pic.twitter.com/h6eObBnAkX — The People's Station (@V103Atlanta) June 1, 2018 Watch her breakout freestyle below and follow @That_Girl_LayLay44 on Instagram.
