Source: Julian Finney / Getty On March 6, 1957, Ghana made history. They became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence, freeing themselves from British rule. On a day of celebration for Ghanaians across the world, we show love to a dance challenge that was launched by Instagram user @incrediblezigi . It’s called “pilolo” and it’s already making waves across social media. With such a boss way to rep your country, it was only a matter of time before other folks joined in. Swipe through to watch more variations of the pilolo as folks celebrate an independent nation!
W e have been saying for months that Ben Carson is seriously unqualified to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). His track record speaks for itself. He has been protested for trying to take away fair housing. He has been accused of using taxpayer dollars for private planes . He is being investigated for his family’s involvement at HUD. He is accused of using taxpayer dollars to pay for his extravagant office renovations. This is just a handful of the messiness he created. Now, in an interview with The New York Times , Carson appears to know he is a disaster. In one of his most bizarre comments ever, Carson told the NYT about HUD, “There are more complexities here than in brain surgery.” Really? Well, then maybe you need to go back to brain surgery — the lives of low-income people are in your un-gifted hands. This sounds like he is admitting that he doesn’t know what he is doing. To make matters worse, Carson doesn’t know how to secure funds, which HUD seriously needs to help low-income people — but the rich, privileged doctor “hates” asking for money, “Mr. Carson, people close to him say, hates asking anybody for money — and has told advisers that he feels acutely uncomfortable asking the president for anything that could be construed as a favor. When the White House budget director, Mick Mulvaney, proposed an 18 percent cut to HUD late last year, Mr. Carson reluctantly reached out to the president. Mr. Trump expressed sympathy. Then he told him to ‘talk to Mick’ about the details.” HUD was cut by 14 percent cut, which resulted in millions of dollar of funding being slashed for the elderly, poor and homeless. However, according to NYT sources, “He often simply seems out of the loop—telling senior staff members at a gathering last spring that the president had given him assurances that HUD’s budget would not be cut at all.” As far as those ethics violations (stemming from his wife and son being too involved at HUD), he claims they just wanted to “help.” He believes Ben Carson Jr is “integrally important” but they are “ethically pure.” Clearly, if Lil’ Ben is “integrally important” than he is too involved at HUD. Was his son “integrally important”while he was performing brain surgery? If his son wasn’t and brain surgery is easier than running HUD, then obviously Ben Carson Jr. should not be involved. We also can’t forget the team at HUD is a mess. Raffi Williams , the incompetent HUD spokesman, has time to attack people on social media and lies to major news outlets like The Guardian. Other HUD employees, like Lynne Patton , called April Ryan “Miss Piggy” on social media. The whole operation is slop. If Ben Carson had any respect for his country, he would resign immediately or at least let someone who knows what they are doing take the reigns. SEE ALSO: One Step Forward, 10 Steps Back: San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor Unseated By Rich White Man Jada Speaks Out For Mo’Nique And The Comedian Has More Thoughts On Amy Schumer’s Success
W e have been saying for months that Ben Carson is seriously unqualified to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). His track record speaks for itself. He has been protested for trying to take away fair housing. He has been accused of using taxpayer dollars for private planes . He is being investigated for his family’s involvement at HUD. He is accused of using taxpayer dollars to pay for his extravagant office renovations. This is just a handful of the messiness he created. Now, in an interview with The New York Times , Carson appears to know he is a disaster. In one of his most bizarre comments ever, Carson told the NYT about HUD, “There are more complexities here than in brain surgery.” Really? Well, then maybe you need to go back to brain surgery — the lives of low-income people are in your un-gifted hands. This sounds like he is admitting that he doesn’t know what he is doing. To make matters worse, Carson doesn’t know how to secure funds, which HUD seriously needs to help low-income people — but the rich, privileged doctor “hates” asking for money, “Mr. Carson, people close to him say, hates asking anybody for money — and has told advisers that he feels acutely uncomfortable asking the president for anything that could be construed as a favor. When the White House budget director, Mick Mulvaney, proposed an 18 percent cut to HUD late last year, Mr. Carson reluctantly reached out to the president. Mr. Trump expressed sympathy. Then he told him to ‘talk to Mick’ about the details.” HUD was cut by 14 percent cut, which resulted in millions of dollar of funding being slashed for the elderly, poor and homeless. However, according to NYT sources, “He often simply seems out of the loop—telling senior staff members at a gathering last spring that the president had given him assurances that HUD’s budget would not be cut at all.” As far as those ethics violations (stemming from his wife and son being too involved at HUD), he claims they just wanted to “help.” He believes Ben Carson Jr is “integrally important” but they are “ethically pure.” Clearly, if Lil’ Ben is “integrally important” than he is too involved at HUD. Was his son “integrally important”while he was performing brain surgery? If his son wasn’t and brain surgery is easier than running HUD, then obviously Ben Carson Jr. should not be involved. We also can’t forget the team at HUD is a mess. Raffi Williams , the incompetent HUD spokesman, has time to attack people on social media and lies to major news outlets like The Guardian. Other HUD employees, like Lynne Patton , called April Ryan “Miss Piggy” on social media. The whole operation is slop. If Ben Carson had any respect for his country, he would resign immediately or at least let someone who knows what they are doing take the reigns. SEE ALSO: One Step Forward, 10 Steps Back: San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor Unseated By Rich White Man Jada Speaks Out For Mo’Nique And The Comedian Has More Thoughts On Amy Schumer’s Success
Here’s our girl Miley Cyrus, and by our girl, I mean America’s girl Miley Cyrus, even though I am not American, I can still reference her as all that is America, because I believe her lie that she’s from the heartland, or the south, and really represents what America is about, like all country music acts…. When really, she’s just a pop star, shameless Disney trained attention seeker, who basically sprawled her vagina out as often as she could be be as controversial in her quest of exploring sexuality to sell product… Which is the real American dream, or best represents America, if you look at anything American, despite the Christian mask of the country, it’s where every one is a dirty sexed up whore for money, and can still spin being a good Christian… In Miley’s case, she just talks about her country roots, and not her daughter of new money Billy Ray, raised in Cali, working for Disney, living in mansion, being rich as fuck….so fucking country….but people buy in…. While I stare at her legs mad there’s no vagina lips like there used to be… The post Miley Cyrus Tits for Wonderland Magazine of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepFather.com .
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Quiet, hipster, or in your early twenties? There’s a playlist for that. One Uber driver has gone completely above and beyond in his quest for a five star rating, and it looks like he probably gets just that pretty often. He announced via his Twitter page that he just recently began working for some ride-sharing apps, and wanted to make sure that he made all of his customers as comfortable as possible. How’d he do it? He compiled just under a dozen playlists in advance, and whenever he gets a new passenger, he quickly makes an assumption on what music they’d like by a few generalizations, and presses play. So I just started driving for uber and Lyft and I’ve been getting a lot more compliments on my music since generalizing my passengers by 1 of these 11 playlists pic.twitter.com/WhX1O5wZ4b — (@TEEJUS___) February 25, 2018 The playlists include titles like, “quiet ppl,” “early 20s fem,” and “white dudes who look like they like rap,” and according to Twitter, the playlists are actually really good. ok but where's the link pic.twitter.com/l6Oz6rJkzz — (de)ssa (@deTessari) February 26, 2018 I’m sorry but these playlists are so good and I’m so shook. quiet, hipster and heady are all bops i can’t. — * ·˚.✫ * ✧ .⋆ ✵ * ✧✷ ·. ⊹˚* ·✵.˚. ✫ •✷· ✵ ˚ ·*˚✺ (@erinmarieisaac) February 26, 2018 i want an uber driver who will play that quiet ppl playlist while we ignore each other https://t.co/skzJFbBgU1 — :$ (@itsmyfauIt) February 26, 2018 According to @TEEJUS_, he’s been getting a lot of compliments on his music since implementing his new technique, and the people of the internet agree. Next time you’re in an Uber and the music is just you’re style, you know exactly what’s going on. Get this man a job as playlist curator @Spotify https://t.co/wId4fMBCKL — tuck (@Tuckers__Tweets) February 26, 2018
ATLANTA’S HOTTEST HIP HOP STATION , HOT 107.9 ANNOUNCES ARTISTS TO PERFORM AT BIRTHDAY BASH ATL “We’re Taking It Back” Edition {Atlanta, GA February 26, 2018} Atlanta’s Hottest Hip Hop Station, WHTA Hot 107.9 announces Birthday Bash ATL, “We’re Taking it Back” Saturday June 16, 2018 at the Lakewood Amphitheatre . Hot 107.9 continues to be the leader in hip hop, providing listeners with not only the hottest music, but one of the biggest hip hop concerts in the country. Source: Phillip Marquez / Radio One Previous shows have included performances from just about every heavy hitter in hop-hop such as Kanye West, T.I., Future, Jay Z, Rick Ross and other chart topping artists. Historically, Birthday Bash has been known to close out the show with surprise guests and artists which has always been a hit with attendees. This year’s line-up guarantees to be nothing less than a sell- out success and early ticket purchasing is advised! Text birthdaybash to 71007 to join our club for the special pre-sale. Vice President of Programming & Operations, Hurricane Dave said, “A few years ago when we celebrated our 20th anniversary we received a number of requests from people who said they wanted us to take it back to Lakewood Amphitheater. They shared with us a lot of great memories. So by popular demand we’re going to take it back this year. Birthday Bash will make history on a number of different fronts. Get your tickets now for the biggest hip-hop show in the South Birthday Bash ATL.” Birthday Bash ATL artists will be announced in the next few weeks . For up to date information, visit the website at www.birthdaybashatl.com or www.hotspotatl.com , follow us on twitter and Instagram @hot1079atl and of course tune into WHTA Hot 107.9-FM. Tickets are on sale Friday March 2, 2018 , 10am at all Ticketmaster Outlets, ticketmaster.com, Lakewood Amphitheatre Box Office or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Ticket prices range from $10.79, $35, $55, $65 up to $100. A special pre-sale will happen Thursday March 1st for Birthday Bash text club members. EVENT DETAILS: Saturday, June 16, 2018: Doors Open at 5:00pm Showtime 7:00pm – 11:00pm Birthday Bash ATL 2017 “Taking it Back” Concert Lakewood Amphitheatre 2002 Lakewood Way SW, Atlanta, GA 30315 Tickets $10.79 – $100+ Source: Phillip Marquez / Radio One About Radio One Radio One, Inc., together with its subsidiaries ( http://www.radio-one.com/ ), is a diversified media company that primarily targets African-American and urban consumers. The Company is one of the nation’s largest radio broadcasting companies, currently owning and/or operating 54 broadcast stations located in 16 urban markets in the United States. Through its controlling interest in Reach Media, Inc. ( http://www.blackamericaweb.com/ ), the Company also operates syndicated programming including the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the Russ Parr Morning Show, the Yolanda Adams Morning Show, the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Bishop T.D. Jakes’ “Empowering Moments”, and the Reverend Al Sharpton Show. Beyond its core radio broadcasting franchise, Radio One owns Interactive One ( http://www.interactiveone.com/ ), an online platform serving the African-American community through social content, news, information, and entertainment. Interactive One operates a number of branded sites, including News One, UrbanDaily, HelloBeautiful and social networking websites, including BlackPlanet and MiGente. In addition, the Company owns a controlling interest in TV One, LLC ( http://www.tvoneonline
Source: Prince Williams / Getty You knew it wouldn’t be long before folks started making plans to to travel to Wakanda. But unfortunately, everyone is not welcome to the lush, vibrant land and folks on Twitter had no problem letting it be known. Especially when R. Kelly thought he would 12-play his way into the kingdom: Hell, I’m on my way too! Amazing film! #WakandaForever #BlackPanther pic.twitter.com/m9q4kgrLzs — R. Kelly (@rkelly) February 20, 2018 Y’all kicked R Kelly out of Wakanda, and I can’t stop laughing. — damita jo (@KiaSpeaks) February 22, 2018 pic.twitter.com/9eHHw48Sw9 — blu girl (@blugirl718) February 22, 2018 Kellz isn’t the only one denied access the great Wakanda. Hit the flip to see the other folks who got told that the plane is too full.
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Wakanda, even in all of its fictional glory, has been viewed as a Black Utopia. The place where Popeyes never runs out of fresh spicy and you never argued with the financial aid lady at your college or university. Get The Latest Music and Entertainment News On Your Phone But after knowing about the particulars of the country and how they don’t necessarily take too kindly to outsiders creeping in on a come up, I figure we go ahead and let it be known the 10 people who definitely would get stopped at the border by W’Kabi and them. This is unlike the mythical cookout people attempt to invite everybody to. Nope, there are strict rules and regulations about Wakanda. A travel-ban, a no-fly zone, a “these heathens aren’t allowed in the sanctuary” list. 10. Rachael Dolezal Wakanda already has a strict concept about colonizers. Lord knows they don’t need colonizers who come to Wakanda with magic marketed lips saying “they too felt abandoned by Wakanda.” Nawl. 9. Stacey Dash Because Stacey Dash is anti-Black History Month and walked out of that airport in the “All Falls Down” video and returned a different person that none of us recognize. Well, Fox News did but then you see how that ended. 8. Blac Chyna (And The Fake Booties Of Instagram) Okay, Blac Chyna has had a bad week. A real bad week . And personally, I don’t think it’s all Blac Chyna’s fault for said week. That being said, Wakanda appreciates things that are all natural. You saw what happened when Okoye almost broke out in hives about her wig. https://giant.gfycat.com/IdleFilthyBudgie.mp4 And that was over a wig! Now factor in other forms of deception? Exactly. Blac Chyna can’t slide in Wakanda. Country would be on high alert for no good reason. 7. Kanye West We’re still slowly trying to get Kanye out of the Sunken Place. And he’d tried to stage a coup on T’Challa talking about he’s the true king because he got shoes better than Shuri ever made. Plus, I’m still not entirely certain if Kanye wouldn’t try to sneak Kim Kardashian and her terrible cooking past the tribes either. Nope. Tell him he can leave those first five albums though. 6. Clarence Thomas Wakanda doesn’t need a judge who never smiles but also never speaks AND when he does speak, spouts off some of the more ridiculous takes this side of Stephen A. Smith. Those in power who don’t speak are the most non-trustworthy people ever. EVER. Also, Bill Cosby because … I don’t need someone telling the young boys to pull their pants up 5. Birdman We don’t need a full-blown hostage situation over the rest of the vibranium in the kingdom and come to find out Birdman had it all melted down into a grill or worse, what he should have paid Lil Wayne with. 4.Tyrese What more do you want from me? Nothing Ty. Because Tyrese with an iPhone and decent Wi-Fi to communicate has not only come close to ruining Dr. Dre’s billion dollar deal with Apple but also say that Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith gave him money, argue with The Rock (who definitely IS invited to Wakanda) over being jealous that the Rock is getting his own stand-alone Fast & Furious movie and more. We can’t have him getting access to the Wakandian Wi-Fi. Wakanda was supposed to stay a secret. Tyrese around? That’s all gone. 3. Kendu Isaacs I can already see Mary being part of the Dora Milaje asking if she’d want this dude to surrender after he wanted not only half but spousal support and probably the house, the cars, the kids, the dog, the saline solution that helped make up much of My Life and Share My World and everything else. 2. Omarosa Trust nobody for a second that willingly joined a bigoted White House, got fired, was escorted out of the paint kicking and screaming and then tried to come back to black people wanting acceptance. Or disrespected the National Association of Black Journalist convention, perhaps one of the few great galleries of Black ambition and camaraderie we have. While we’re at it, take Ben Carson with you. The greatest Disney princess of all-time already has gifted hands and technology, Doc. 1. R. Kelly No. Wakanda has no need for people who self-invite themselves to Wakanda knowing full well that they a) have Twitter in Wakanda and b) know full well that some transgressions just cannot go ignored. And yes, there is that whole eviction thing that just happened. The children of Wakanda will inherit the land. Besides, they’ve already told you that they’d meet you at the door, anyway. Nah bruh pic.twitter.com/hOt4M8p5Rw — Elle Cee (@ellementality) February 22, 2018 [ione_media_gallery src=”http://hellobeautiful.com/” id=”2981370″ overlay=”true”]
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Sean Combs, Ludacris and Jermaine Dupri perform onstage at the 2018 Global Spin Awards at The Novo by Microsoft on February 22, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Global Spin Awards) *** Local Caption *** Ludacris;Sean Combs;Jermaine Dupri “Global Spin Awards” Airs Feb. 22nd at 8:30 P.M. EST On Revolt The “Grammys” of the DJ world is back and drew out the great and the good of hip hop. Hosted by Snoop Dogg, the sixth annual Global Spin Awards recognizes the best DJs in the country and brought out the likes of Nicole Scherzinger, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Vanessa and Angela Simmons. The show kicked off with a surprise performance from Ludacris, who joined Usher, Diddy, Jermaine Dupri and Snoop to perform “Welcome to Atlanta.” LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 15: Timbaland (L) and Pharrell Williams the 2018 Global Spin Awards at The Novo by Microsoft on February 15, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Global Spin Awards) Usher later presented Dupri with the “Breaking Barriers” award, and Pharrell gave Timbaland the “Lifetime Achievement” award for their contributions to DJ-ing and hip hop culture. Hit the flip for more pics from the show:
Brie Larson, Serena Williams, Octavia Spencer, and more celebs have donated to ‘Black Panther’ causes, helping kids around the country see the movie opening weekend.
