Source: Ethan Miller / Getty There was a whole new energy during Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals, all thanks to the National Anthem performance by Carlos Santana . Carlos Santana performs the National Anthem prior to Game 2 at Oracle! #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/816qMTjwLo — NBA (@NBA) June 4, 2018 Santana ripped the Star Spangled Banner (in a good way) with his guitar, and folks were definitely here for it. Carlos Santana got that weak ass song SLAPPIN — whole country has turned into BITCH ASS NIGGAS (@Tweezaintshitt) June 4, 2018 Carlos Santana still just does the damn thing. — Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 4, 2018 Carlos Santana's rendition of the #NationalAnthem had me like. pic.twitter.com/YSMuMexFlC — Jason Henshaw (@coacHHeav) June 4, 2018 But did you know that Jimi Hendrix did the same thing live at Woodstock in 1969 and got slandered for it? While everyone is enjoying Carlos Santana don't forget that Jimi Hendrix was slandered for doing this at Woodstock pic.twitter.com/QJhBXiDqEC — John David (@johndavidrhymes) June 4, 2018 The late rock star’s performance was somewhat of a protest against the anthem. Hendrix openly condemned that American soldiers were deploying napalm against civilians in Vietnam and used the guitar and the washed up anthem to express his frustration. When asked about his opinon on police, Jimi once said: “The world is nothing but a big gimmick, isn’t it? Napalm bombs, people getting burned up on TV. American cops? Oh man, it’s really great, man, they’ve got some really groovy uniforms, stripes down their pants. Clubs in their pockets—wow, outta sight. Guns!” Nearly 50 years later and Colin Kaepernick still has to protest the same song. But anyway, congrats to Carlos Santana and thanks for showing a whole new generation of kids what swagged out anthem would sound like. via GIPHY
Cheif Keef Shot At In NYC Cheif Keef literally dodged a bullet during his latest visit to NYC this weekend. According to TMZ , shots were fired Keef’s way around 6am outside the W Times Square. Shell casings were discovered, and cops are on the hunt for two black males spotted fleeing the scene, wearing all black hoodies. Thankfully, none of the shots fired connected, and Keef walked away unharmed. Mind you…this incident comes hot on the heels of Tekashi 69 publicly giving Chief Keef and fellow rapper Lil Reese 48 hours to murder him. Yes, you read that correctly. The rainbow-haired instigator went on a full rant against the drill duo, even causing his female companion to grab her pooch and get off the scene to avoid subsequent heat. Now we’re not pointing ANY fingers here, but all this smack talk doesn’t exactly foster an environment of peace in the NYC streets. Besides, 69 is reportedly in LA after giving that ultimatum to someone visiting his city… Anyway, thankfully Keef is okay! Hopefully, he’ll stay safe for the remainder of his time in NYC. Getty/YouTube
Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Prosecutors Claim This Woman Murdered Her Nephew After Their Affair Authorities had been called to the Abdelaziz family’s home along in San Antonio seven times before the fatal stabbing of Mohammed Abdelaziz, according to KENS–That was in August 2016. The man’s aunt by marriage, Andira Abdelaziz, has since been charged with stabbing Mohammed in the back that fateful day. Andira’s marriage to Mohammed’s uncle was arranged when she was only 14-years-old, according to the San Antonio Express-News, which is a part of the family’s Palestinian cultural tradition. During the first day of her trial on Thursday, prosecutor Clayton Hayden told the jury that 37-years-old Andira and Mohammed were having an affair for years, and that their sexual relationship played a big part in Mohammed’s murder. Mohammed entered his uncle’s home at about 8 a.m. the day he was murdered, which prompted a call where police say they were responding to a possible burglary–when they arrived, he told them everything in the home was fine, so they left. Minutes later, sheriff’s deputies were called back to the house, this time to a messier scene , WOAI reported. Mohammed had crashed his car into the front of the house, and laid dead at the wheel with a stab wound in his back…he had allegedly gotten in his car after being stabbed in an attempt to flee the scene. The prosecutor accused Andira on Thursday of stabbing Mohammed to keep their affair a secret. “He sent some texts suggesting that he was going to reveal the romantic relationship to the family,” Hayden said, adding that the revelation of such infidelity would have been a disgrace to a family that adheres to Palestinian cultural norms. If convicted, Andira Abdelaziz faces up to life in prison.
If at first you succeed, try again. Such was the thinking behind the Roseanne reboot, which took a classic sitcom and revived it for the year 2018… to surprisingly strong ratings. But then Roseanne Barr opened her often-racist mouth, ABC canceled the series and now a source alleges that executives are contemplating a second line of thinking: If at first you succeed, and then you try again successfully until your star proves herself to be an irredeemable dirtbag… well… try again. Again. In other, less complicated: A Roseanne spinoff is in the works at ABC. Insiders close to the situation say that network higher-ups are thinking of re-branding Roseanne and centering it on Sara Gilbert’s character of Darlene. The thinking is that: The Roseanne brand still resonates with millions of viewers. Gilbert is far, far, far less of a terrible person than Barr. Gilbert has supposedly been calling co-stars to gauge their interest in such a show, with John Goodman described by TMZ as “very interested.” These same television sources say Tom Werner, who produced Roseanne through his company Carsey-Werner, is involved in the effort to reboot the show around Sara. Just three days ago, Roseanne quipped about former White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, saying she was a mixture of an “ape” and the “Muslim Brotherhood.” In a statement mere hours later, Channing Dungey, president of ABC, did not hedge in the any way, shape or form when she said the following: Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show. So that was that… until Roseanne blamed the use of Ambien for her racist remark . She also went after any colleague who dared to call out her awful viewpoints on life, one of whom was Gilbert hereslf. Here is what Gilbert said the day Roseanne’s Tweet went viral: Roseanne’s recent comments about Valerie Jarrett, and so much more, are abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show. I am disappointed in her actions to say the least. Elsewhere, showrunner Bruce Helford said he was “horrified and saddened” by the insult. Barr was later dropped by her talent agency ICM Partners; while TV Land, Paramount Network, CMT and Hulu all announced that Roseanne reruns were being yanked. But would there be interest nationwide in a Darlene-centric sitcom? It would not lack for publicity, that’s for sure. “Don’t feel sorry for me, guys!!,” Roseanne Tweeted at one point this week, adding: “I just want to apologize to the hundreds of people and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet.” Well, not at least one of those talented actors may end up with an even better job. But why do we doubt Roseanne will be happy for her?
Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Spotify Is Stepping Back On Their Policy Toward “Hate Content” After it stopped promoting R. Kelly’s music as part of a controversial new artist conduct policy, Spotify is already reversing their recent steps. The streaming service is now said to be “moving away” from its “hate content” and “harmful conduct” policy, which was initially meant to provide guidelines for the company to remove an artist from its curated playlists and recommendation algorithms–if their behavior is deemed unacceptable. An announcement shared on Friday to the Spotify website reads: “Spotify recently shared a new policy around hate content and conduct. And while we believe our intentions were good, the language was too vague, we created confusion and concern, and didn’t spend enough time getting input from our own team and key partners before sharing new guidelines.” They continued on to say, “Across all genres, our role is not to regulate artists…Therefore, we are moving away from implementing a policy around artist conduct.” If you’ll recall, Spotify announced last month that it would not actively promote Kelly’s music after deeming he was in violation of the conduct policy due to his sexual misconduct allegations. They quickly took the same measures with XXXTentacion, who has faced a series of legal issues himself, including accusations of domestic violence. Though some people condoned the choice, Spotify’s move was condemned by reps for both artists, and it sparked a wider conversation about whether the policy could be considered censorship or not. Do you agree with their decision to take a step back on not promoting artists like R. Kelly and XXXTentacion?
(Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for BET) Strength Of A Shadow: Ta’kari Lee Talks Being Evicted By Jackie Christie, Accepting Speech Impediment And Contemplating Suicide Ta’Kari Lee sat down with Hollywood Unlocked to talk about her strained relationship with her mom, Basketball Wive’s Jackie Christie, began. She still doesn’t know WHY Jackie didn’t raise her (leaving her with her grandma until she was 9) or why there’s still so much denial on Jackie’s end about their checkered past. She credits her grandmother for picking up Jackie’s slack. She says she had a mother but it wasn’t the mother who birthed her. On Jackie Christie evicting her when her second son was just 2 months old: Ta’Kari: I was staying in a rental property of my mom’s for like, a year. And one day there’s a knock at the door and it’s all my aunts and their husbands. They have trash bags and they’re like “we’re here to help you…your mom said come help you pack, the bank is taking the house in the morning. My second son was two months old. Interviewer: You were being evicted by your mom and you didn’t know? Ta’Kari: Yes. They ended up sweeping our stuff into trash bags, throwing this in the back on this Uhaul. Ta’kari, who is is 70% deaf in one ear and 30% deaf in the other spoke accepting her speech impediment: It was hard. I’m just no comfortable speaking in the last year or so. It makes me feel very different, but that the same time, it’s ME. Ta’kari speaks about cutting herself and leaving a suicide note around 11-years-old: Around 11 or 12…it was bad. I didn’t want to wake up in the morning. I just didn’t wanna be seen. I don’t still have them (suicide letters), but I remember the first one I wrote: “My very last breath, I’m leaving it for my grandmother”. This is so sad!
Drake: don’t push me when i’m in album mode Pusha T: pic.twitter.com/h6pANxkBS6 — doom (@eatinghalalfood) May 30, 2018 Hilarious Pusha Vs. Drake Memes Everyone’s still reeling from stone-cold braidlette bully Pusha T’s heart-stopping Drake diss that blew up the internet while fueling the funniest (and PETTIEST) meme wave of 2018 . The memes behind this Drake vs Pusha T battle are CRUCIAL pic.twitter.com/shFVjeaPQ7 — ŁŁ FLY JA ES (@TwaunJames) May 31, 2018 Peep MORE hilariously petty memes from the Drake/Pusha on the flip.
You don't normally see people this excited about having been arrested . But most people aren't Countess Luann. The Real Housewves of New York City star is teasing what viewers can expect to see of her arrest, and more. In the video that we have included, Luann de Lesseps teases to Entertainment Tonight about everything that fans can look forward to seeing. “Wait 'til you see the trip in the 'Bezerkshires.'” The Berkshires estates are located in Massachussetts and Connecticut. She even gets specific. “I mean, the end of the trip.” She expects that the drama will be very entertaining. And then, of course, Luann teases something a little more significant. “And then it's the holidays, so we all kinda know what happens during the holidays.” In case someone somehow missed her meaning, she adds: “To me.” On December 24 of 2017, Luann was arrested for allegedly trying to trespass into the wrong hotel room while being drunk and disorderly. Oh, and she may have, uh, kicked a police officer. And then, while in the car, slipped her cuffs. Like an action hero. Or an assassin. While Luann's insane arrest video is already available for public consumption, we are very interested to see how it will be covered on RHONY . Of course, Luann's brief foray into a life of crime is not the only story that she's teasing. “There's always drama.” If there weren't, the Real Housewives franchise would not be such an amazing success. She speaks of her costars and how supportive they have been in the wake of her arrest. “They've been great, but there's definitely shifts.” As we've noted for a while, friendships and factions are not a constant. “You're gonna see Bethenny and I get closer, and some of us get … not as close.” For example, Carole Radziwill and Bethenny Frankel are no longer friends. In fact, they seem to be enemies. Entertainment Tonight mentions that, about a month ago, Luann opened up about how she is recovering following the huge wakeup call that was her arrest. “I think that people are looking at me now and going, ‘Wow. She just, like, fell down the staircase and she got back out and she's climbing again.’” She's making great strides to turn her life around. “And that's how I feel about my life.” Within days of her arrest, Luann checked into rehab . “I feel like I'm taking control of my life again, and unfortunately I had to go to that extent to turn my life around.” Sometimes, you have to hit rock bottom before you realize that you're out of control. “But it's OK and I'm OK with that.” By the way, Luann stepped out with a dapper man on her arm. The guy looks like some sort of fusion of Liam Neeson and Jonathan Cheban (no shade!), and they seemed to be getting along well. That said, Luann says that the two of them are “just friends.” Though she did follow up by saying: “Just friend … for now.” Good for you, Luann.
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Azealia Banks weighed in on this weekend’s Twitter war between Kim Kardashian and Rhymefest , and Banks says she has personal accounts to add to the picture. Banks was triggered by Kim’s mean girls drag of Rhymefest Saturday afternoon, which shamed the DONDA Foundation co-founder for wearing fake Yeezys to a recording session with Kanye West . But it’s dedicated to Kanye’s mom… i would assume kanye would be the one sustaining the foundation + not everyone can afford to pay loads of $ sneakers. I was at that session and kanye had a private Chef cooking food for only him. Kanye had niggas in the studio hungry and broke https://t.co/LiAdkE7VPW — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018 In response to Kim’s tweets about Fest and the struggles to finance DONDA’s House, Banks typed: “But it’s dedicated to Kanye’s mom… i would assume kanye would be the one sustaining the foundation + not everyone can afford to pay loads of $ sneakers. I was at that session and kanye had a private Chef cooking food for only him. Kanye had niggas in the studio hungry and broke.” Read all of her tweets below: Literally the most obnoxious thing to watch kanye eat a plate of cantaloupe wrapped in prosciutto off Versace plates and 24k cutlery while not offering anyone in the room a single snack. Niggas kept looking at him hoping he would offer and it was the most awkward shit ever — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018 Banks added: “Literally the most obnoxious thing to watch kanye eat a plate of cantaloupe wrapped in prosciutto off Versace plates and 24k cutlery while not offering anyone in the room a single snack. Niggas kept looking at him hoping he would offer and it was the most awkward shit ever.” LIKE NIGGA. I KNOW I DID NOT FLY ALL THE WAY TO HAWAII TO LEND MY CREATIVE ENERGY JUST TO WATCH YOU STARE ME IN THE EYES AND EAT CANTALOUPE. — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018 LIKE NIGGA. I KNOW I DID NOT FLY ALL THE WAY TO HAWAII TO LEND MY CREATIVE ENERGY JUST TO WATCH YOU STARE ME IN THE EYES AND EAT CANTALOUPE. — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018 Banks made another good point, asking why Fest and other friends of Ye’s don’t get complimentary Yeezys from the big homie? She typed: “And trust I seen the types of niggas Kanye has in the studio they are all regular dude plus why kanye ain’t give Rhymefest some yeezy’s? Why did Rhymefest have to procure his own yeezys lol.” And trust I seen the types of niggas Kanye has in the studio they are all regular dude plus why kanye ain’t give Rhymefest some yeezy’s? Why did Rhymefest have to procure his own yeezys lol — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018 Banks went on: “But at the same time why Rhymefest had to throw another L at kanye after drake just threw hot soup on the nigga last night… . That’s just kicking a nigga while he’s down. Making it public that his charity needs money. He probably trying to stack his yeezy coins then invest” But at the same time why Rhymefest had to throw another L at kanye after drake just threw hot soup on the nigga last night… . That’s just kicking a nigga while he’s down. Making it public that his charity needs money. He probably trying to stack his yeezy coins then invest — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018 She closed out her rant by admitting, “Lol kanye gossip gets me hype. He’s so zany. I love to hate him and love to love him. Def my favorite person to simultaneously compliment and bitch about.” Lol kanye gossip gets me hype. He’s so zany. I love to hate him and love to love him. Def my favorite person to simultaneously compliment and bitch about — CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 27, 2018
Kanye West’s outlandish statements and worrisome behavior, form his outspoken Trump support to his blaming black people for slavery , continue to have consequences. This time, Rhymefest put out a statement for a charity in Kanye’s mother’s name, distancing the organization from Kanye’s MAGA views. Kim Kardashian took to Twitter in a fury, putting Rhymefest on blast and vowing to take that charity out from under him. Che Smith is better known by his stage name, Rhymefest. He is an American hip hop artist, an award-winning songwriter, and a philanthropist. He is also a politician from Chicago. He is cofounder of Donda’s House, a charity named after Dr. Donda West, Kanye’s late mother. As Snoop Dogg recently alluded , she passed away just over a decade ago. Recently, Donda’s House put out a statement imploring people upset by Kanye’s Trump-support and other outlandish statements that they do not share his views. “While we cannot and do not speak for Kanye West and his views, we can and will speak up for the youth that we serve.” “We ask that as you boycott and protest Kanye West, that you not forget that we are a non-profit organization that like other non-profits needs donations, corporate support, and volunteers” “We do not want your rejection of Kanye West, to be a rejection of Dr. Donda West and the thousands of lives she impacted including her own son.” The non-profit also accused Kanye of having not provided them with the desired financial support, despite alleged agreements to do so. Kim sent out a series of angry tweets on Saturday in response. “U haven’t been right since u got kicked out of the studio in Hawaii wearing fake Yeezy’s @RHYMEFEST.” Hey, even fake Yeezys are closer to the real thing than plenty of people are willing to wear. “You’re over [leveraging] Kanye’s name & asked Kanye to donate money to u so stop w your fake community politics & lies. Truth is you haven’t been able to sustain the foundation.” That’s quite the claim. “I saw you at our studio a few weeks ago so why didn’t you bring this up then @RHYMEFEST ? You were trying to get Kanye to listen to your sub par beats. You have the audacity to use Kanye’s mom name to try to shed a negative light on Kanye.” Some, Snoop Dogg included, have suggested in recent days that Kanye’s behavior would be better if his mother were still alive to talk sense into him. Kim then pulls out some reciepts. “You didn’t say this when Kanye paid you up front then you disappeared during Pablo # RealFriends @RHYMEFEST.” Some would point out since Kanye has been accused of borrowing massive amounts of money from Jay-Z, this isn’t the best angle of attack. “F–k i spelled leveraging wrong. Typing while pissed will do this to you.” That is very relatable. “You better believe I will make it my mission to take Donda’s House from you and let my children run it the way it should be run! @RHYMEFEST” That’s quite a vow. But, to her credit, she’s talking about handing it over to Dr. Donda West’s grandchildren rather than taking it for herself. “Oh and lastly your flight cancelled to Wyoming. You thought you were really worthy to be on this album.” Kim concluded her roast with an “apology” to her followers that was really just shade. “Sorry to all of my followers for flooding my timeline I know you have no idea who Rhymefest is.” Rhymefest replied on Twitter, posting a full letter.. “Hey @KimKardashian good to hear from you. Here’s my response.” We’ll give you the highlights. He starts by explaining her attempted callouts about his presence at the studio and such. And then he gets personal. “How can you criticize an organization that you’ve never physically been to OR that you’ve never even talked to the Executive Director or any of the team?” Oooh. He points out that, unlike Kim, he actually knew and had a relationship with Kanye’s mother. “I actually knew and was mentored by Dr. Donda West personally and have met with and spoken to hundreds of her students and mentees who not only support the work that we are doing in Chicago, but compel it.” He suggests that Kim is not getting the whole story of alleged broken promises that Kanye has made. “At this point, if you and Kanye want us to dissolve the organization so that you can do the work, we welcome that.” The way that he sees it, that would just mean more organizations helping young people. “As we will continue from our home on the South Side of Chicago, to do what we can to support the community we’ve worked 5 years to build in spite of you & Kanye’s lack of interest or support.” Oh dang . At the end, he writes that he awaits her decision, and: “Our community will be okay, regardless.” View Slideshow: 15 of the Craziest Celebrity Twitter Feuds EVER
