Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty The Migos are proving that they are more than just rappers as they diversify their profile with a new business venture. The Atlanta trio has partnered with a Canadian company to roll out a very fresh three-wheeled motorcycle called the Ryker. Page Six reports : Quavo, Offset and Takeoff have teamed up with Can-Am to launch the Canadian company’s three-wheel motorcycle, the 2019 Ryker. “The Ryker is hard, that’s why we’re excited to team up with them,” Quavo said in a press release. “Can’t wait to get one of my own. Skrrt Skrrt!” The “Motorsport” rappers also posted about the trikes on their Instagram, writing, “W E R E A D Y T O R I D E.” The outlet adds that the 2019 Ryker will retail for $8,499. View this post on Instagram W E R E A D Y T O R I D E #CanAmRyker #partnership A post shared by Migos (@migos) on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:07pm PDT — Photo: Getty
Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty A member of the Gambino crime family was found shot to death outside his home Wednesday night. The NYPD says crime boss, Francesco “Frank” Cali was shot six times at his Staten Island residence and allegedly run over by a blue pickup truck fleeing the scene. Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Cali is the first New York crime family boss shot to death in 34 years. In 1985, then-Gambino boss Paul Castellano was shot dead as he arrived at Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan — a killing organized by John Gotti, authorities said. Gotti, who then assumed control of the family, reportedly watched the action from nearby with his eventual underboss, Sammy “the Bull” Gravano. Cali had been considered a unifying figure in the years after Gotti’s fall. Gotti was convicted of murder and racketeering in 1992 and sent to prison for life after Gravano ratted him out to authorities. Gotti died in prison in 2002. Police continue to look for suspects in Cali’s shooting. Source: WABC-TV
Source: Future Music Magazine / Getty Once again it is proven that age is nothing but a number. A senior citizen has emerged as a drum machine master. As spotted on CBS News, a Chicago native has seemingly found his true calling with music. After being ordered to stay home by his doctor Arthur Dubois made use of the time by studying production . Fast forward about a couple of years and the 72-year-old is now proficient at making trap instrumentals. On March 4 he placed a call to Haven Studios in his Southside neighborhood. When owner Andre “Add-2” Daniels met Dubois in person he was stunned on how good his tracks were. “When the bass dropped, my face went into full shock. His beats sounded exactly like the beats I hear my 16, 17, 21-year-old mentees rapping to,” Daniels explained. “I thought it was a fluke. I went to the next one and it was just as good, then the next and the next. Each time I was in pure disbelief.” Daniels was so impressed he filmed the footage and shared it on social media. The videos quickly went viral eventually grabbing the attention of many in the music industry. “Add-2” has since created a Twitter account for Dubois @BeatsByArthur . The grandfather of three showed his appreciation with a heartfelt post. “I would like to thank all of you for supporting me and appreciating my music. It warms my heart.” I would like to thank all of you for supporting me and appreciating my music. It warms my heart. Whatever your passionate is persue it. No matter the obstacles or criticisms Stay with your passion and follow your dreams. — BeatsByArthur (@BeatsByArthur) March 12, 2019 The news network also mentions there is talk about creating a movie about his life. You can hear a snippet of his work below. Bruh!! Today I met a 72yr old producer who makes TRAP MUSIC!! He said the doctor told him to stay in the house but instead of wasting away he used the time to teach himself how to produce beats. I'M SO INSPIRED!!! pic.twitter.com/10XIuH8vDe — Add-2 (@ADD2theMC) March 5, 2019 Photo: Getty
Source: Dinendra Haria/WENN / WENN The Facebook family (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp ) were down for the greater part of Wednesday and where else could they go to report the devastating news, but their competitor, Twitter ! That’s right the social media juggernaut informed the masses of their troubles via a tweet. The company noted that they were aware of some — meaning all — people having issues accessing their apps and were working on a solution. We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. — Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019 Hours later they tweeted again. Confirming that they were still working on the issue and that it was in fact not related to a DDoS attack. We're focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack. — Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019 What’s a DDoS attack? See here: As you can imagine there has been a steady stream of jokes rolling in from the Twittersphere about Facebook’s predicament. See some of our favorites here: Every instagram user right now #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/Bppu5htUJq — arvind parmar (@arvindparmar004) March 13, 2019 Just go ahead and delete my account while you’re in there. Save me the trouble of doing myself later. — ☞ Bob Sawyer ☜ (@bobsawyer) March 13, 2019 PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE DO IT ASAP pic.twitter.com/3Eho5cfdds — delilah remoz (@DelilahRemoz) March 13, 2019 I’m waiting pic.twitter.com/PSYjR5oKzb — ClarenceBowe CBD (@organicphoneguy) March 13, 2019 When you have to use one of your competitors to announce that your apps are down… pic.twitter.com/nHYz50syxC — ETech 7 NYC (@ETech7) March 13, 2019
Most people jump on social media to browse the platforms to see what their friends, family, celebrities, or favorite influencers are doing. If you haven’t been on social media for the past few hours then you would know that Facebook and Instagram have been down. Currently you can’t do much of anything on the social media sites because of some type of technological issues. Both platforms had a worldwide outrage and users are NOT happy. The blackout largely effected the United States and countries in western Europe. Facebook is hard at to fix the problem and they’ve released a statement because their users were not happy! Rapper Soulja Boy has a solution for all the platforms. He took to twitter (the only popular social media site not down at the moment) to solve the issue. Facebook????? Soulja Boy App is up and well! This would never happen to us smh https://t.co/rSTOnHWAei — Soulja Boy (@souljaboy) March 13, 2019 While Soulja boy is trolling, everyone hopped on twitter to troll Facebook and Instagram: Something went wrong #instagramdown #facebookdown Users be like pic.twitter.com/9o3otCXrUZ — Lody Elias Saad (@LodySaad7) March 13, 2019 Facebook AND Instagram are down… MySpace, it's your chance to make a comeback! #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/ILccg1PtC8 — Troy Osinoff (@yo) March 13, 2019 Trying to use Facebook and Instagram like… #FacebookDown | #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/hGmRkqE8vv — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 13, 2019 yall what if instagram won’t come back, many lives will take drastic turns and you know it #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/rENdI3S00d — habsanxo (@habsanxo) March 13, 2019
Most people jump on social media to browse the platforms to see what their friends, family, celebrities, or favorite influencers are doing. If you haven’t been on social media for the past few hours then you would know that Facebook and Instagram have been down. Currently you can’t do much of anything on the social media sites because of some type of technological issues. Both platforms had a worldwide outrage and users are NOT happy. The blackout largely effected the United States and countries in western Europe. Facebook is hard at to fix the problem and they’ve released a statement because their users were not happy! Rapper Soulja Boy has a solution for all the platforms. He took to twitter (the only popular social media site not down at the moment) to solve the issue. Facebook????? Soulja Boy App is up and well! This would never happen to us smh https://t.co/rSTOnHWAei — Soulja Boy (@souljaboy) March 13, 2019 While Soulja boy is trolling, everyone hopped on twitter to troll Facebook and Instagram: Something went wrong #instagramdown #facebookdown Users be like pic.twitter.com/9o3otCXrUZ — Lody Elias Saad (@LodySaad7) March 13, 2019 Facebook AND Instagram are down… MySpace, it's your chance to make a comeback! #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/ILccg1PtC8 — Troy Osinoff (@yo) March 13, 2019 Trying to use Facebook and Instagram like… #FacebookDown | #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/hGmRkqE8vv — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 13, 2019 yall what if instagram won’t come back, many lives will take drastic turns and you know it #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/rENdI3S00d — habsanxo (@habsanxo) March 13, 2019
Source: Oprah Winfrey Network / Tracy McMillan OWN’s latest reality TV show Family Or Fiancé focuses on couples who are headed down the aisle but are having a hard time getting their family’s approval. The future newlyweds are paired in a home with their loved ones and Tracy McMillan, a relationship expert who challenges the couples to find middle ground before their wedding day. You may know Tracy through her work. She penned a viral article seven years ago titled “Why You’re Not Married” that solidified her as an expert. We caught up with Tracy ahead of the premiere and she gave us some insight, tips and advice on relationships. HelloBeautiful: Tell us about Family Or Fiancé? Tracy McMillan: These couples are amazing and you may not relate to every couple’s journey, but you’re going to relate to somebody in that family because you’ve been on one side of this before. You’ve either been the person where your family is not really down with BAE or you’ve been the person. Source: OWN Communications / OWN HB: What were some of the exercises you did with the couples? TM: I meet with them every morning and I give them things to do that first of all are going to help. Like let’s say the couples haven’t met the parents, well this is going to be an icebreaker activity or an activity that’s going to show the parents something related to what their concerns are. One of the things that we do quite often on the show is play 20 questions. he family members will write down the questions that they want to know the answers to and then the other person has to answer it. And it’s anything from ‘have you been faithful’ to ‘what would you do if the baby mama came for some child support and that part of that was your money?’ HB: What can the everyday couple do as an exercise? TM: We’ll have the mom and the new daughter-in-law cook a meal together. When you have to cooperate with somebody, you find out really quickly whether that person is kind of really openhearted toward you or is this just like a lot of power struggle? HB: Which family member is the most problematic? TM: Mama is the most committed to a point of view. She’s the least likely to just go, ‘okay, it’s fine.’ She’s not just going to go along with something. She has a strong feeling, she becomes mama bear. You know? So it’s not that she’s a problematic, it’s that she her feelings on the strongest, she got the biggest investment. HB: You went viral for your piece “Why You’re Not Married,” what was the story about? TM: Marriage is a spiritual path and if your focus is on getting something you want or you’re going to get a big wedding or you’re going to get a white dress and like marriage isn’t really going to change your life, you’re just going to be you at twice as much laundry in that it’s really about giving and receiving love. Source: OWN Communications / OWN HB: What are some common problems that you see in relationships? TM: They don’t understand that relationships are challenging. People are like, wait, what? Why should I have these problems? This is a place where you practice loving. It’s not a place where you go to feel good and get what you want. That’s not why that other person is in that relationship to give you what you want and make you feel good. So a lot of times when people, when it stops feeling good after like the first nine months or a year, then like, yeah, I don’t think this is working. In fact, it’s, it’s working to grow you up that cause that’s what it, that’s what a relationship is all about. It’s about growing as a human. HB: What advice do you give couples coming off the honeymoon phase? TM: The thing about coming out of the honeymoon phase is first of all, to know when you’re in one and that it’s going to end. So even when you’re in it, you got to know it’s going to end. So when it ends, it’s like coming up and moving. So I brought out the airport and so it’s not like, oh shit, what just happened? It’s more like, I know it’s going to be a very different pace than this first part. It’s not going to be as easy. Relationships bring up every unresolved thing. And that starts to happen right after the honeymoon phase. So whatever you’ve got going on, whatever you brought in from childhood, it’s going to get triggered, it’s going to get triggered and then you’re going to get to deal with that. Catch Tracy McMillan on Family Or Fiancé on OWN every Saturday night at 10pm EST. RELATED STORIES: NeNe Leakes Explains Why She Unfollowed All Of Her ‘RHOA’ Co-stars + Reunion Looks ‘LHHNYS9’ Reunion Recap: Rich Dollaz Rebukes MariahLynn’s Undying Love
Source: WENN / WENN via Bossip.com : Missy Elliott is set to become the first female Hip Hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame when the annual ceremony goes down in New York City in June–but she’s got another big accomplishment on the way, too. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Ahead of that absolutely major honor, the music legend is also going to receive an honorary doctorate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music alongside longtime pop star Justin Timberlake and conductor Alex Lacamoire. The school announced this news about their upcoming recipients via Twitter on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: 18 Songs You Didn’t Know Missy Elliott Wrote According to the Berklee College of Music website, Berklee President Roger H. Brown will present Elliott — a 5x-Grammy Award winner with nominations spanning three decades — Lacamoire and Timberlake with honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Berklee College of Music’s commencement ceremony on May 11 at Boston University’s 7,000-seat Agganis Arena.This year’s honorary doctorate recipients are being recognized for their “achievements and influences in music and for their enduring global impact.” ANNOUNCEMENT: @jtimberlake , @MissyElliott , and @LacketyLac to Receive Honorary Doctorates at #Berklee Commencement https://t.co/6OvOkfWCkE pic.twitter.com/k9Bsr1W42G — Berklee College of Music (@BerkleeCollege) March 12, 2019 Past recipients for this prestigious honor include Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, George Clinton and Nile Rodgers. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1845258″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Chance The Rapper Ties The Knot, See The Wedding Photos Rickey Smiley’s Uncle, Thomas Smiley, Passes Away New Study Reveals Marijuana Before Sex Could Lead To Mind Blowing Orgasms Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Daniel Boczarski / Getty With less than two weeks until its premiere date, the horror flick Us is already making a name for itself in the movie world. The Jordan Peele -directed flick already screened at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday, and critics are showering it with praise. “It’s official: Jordan Peele is the new Spielberg. # Us is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year,” said author Ramin Setoodeh . It’s official: Jordan Peele is the new Spielberg. #Us is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. #SXSW — Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) March 9, 2019 The film’s two leads Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o also received a lot of accolades with Lupita already getting Oscar talk. “It’s safe to say that #UsMovie further proves that @Lupita_Nyongo is one of the finest actresses of her generation,” wrote film industry professional Matt Dentler. It’s safe to say that #UsMovie further proves that @Lupita_Nyongo is one of the finest actresses of her generation. #SXSW — Matt Dentler (@MattDentler) March 9, 2019 “My review for # UsMovie . Lupita is about to win another Oscar but this time as lead actress. She should actually win 2,” tweeted director Matthew A. Cherry. My review for #UsMovie . Lupita is about to win another Oscar but this time as lead actress. She should actually win 2. — Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) March 9, 2019 Did we mention Lupita completely slayed on the SXSW red carpet as well… View this post on Instagram US against the world. #UsMovie Global Premiere at #SXSW Swipe for inspiration: Paying my respects to tha Doggfather! @SnoopDogg A post shared by Lupita Nyong'o (@lupitanyongo) on Mar 8, 2019 at 9:38pm PST It should be noted that Lupita and Winston aren’t new to having success in the arts together. Before Winston gain international attention in Black Panther last year and before Lupita broke hearts in her Oscar-winning performance for 12 Years A Slave, the two attended Yale School of Drama together for the master’s program. Winston even talked about how they once dreamed of being in a superhero flick, and their vision came true when they booked Black Panther together, which was Winston’s first movie. But even before Yale, Lupita was doing big things, and Winston was definitely getting warmed up for stardom before Black Panther arrived. Hit the next pages to peep what Lupita and Winston were up to before they became famous.
Source: KaShauna Williams / Radio One James Worthy has captivated us with beats for top charting hits including Meek Mill’s Dangerous. After working with so many talents from 6lack, The Weekend to Travis Scott, James decided to redefine his artistry by taking to the booth himself. Revealing he is more than just a Producer, watch as he talks to Radio One’s own K.Samone about his creativity behind his EP Blu Leisure, the revolution making his debut to the world as an artist and simply reminding us there are no boundaries in this industry. Following the blueprint of icons such as Q-tip, Kanye, and Timberland we already respect his art now lets receive his artistry because James Worthy is more than just orchestrating a beat.
