Source: Amanda Edwards / Getty Rickey Thompson & Denzel Dion React To Viral Videos Rickey Thompson and Denzel Dion have both been propelled to fame with their hilarious videos, so it’s only right they give their expertise on some other viral moments. Genius recruited these two popular content creators to give their take on a wide range of music videos that have all gone viral; From Salvatore Ganacci’s “Horse” to Lil Dicky’s “Earth” to Childish Gambino “Summertime Magic,” Thompson and Dion definitely did not hold back their opinions on these entires.
Today, multi-platinum recording artist Lil Dicky releases “ Earth ,” a song produced by Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat as well as a short film co-directed by Nigel Tierney of Emmy Award®-winning content studio RYOT, Federico Heller of 3Dar and Iconic Engine and executive produced by Scooter Braun, SB Projects and Mike Hertz. Music’s biggest stars join Lil Dicky with their cameos to celebrate Earth Day and bring much-needed attention to the climate change crisis. The list of featured collaborators includes Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Zac Brown, Brendon Urie, Hailee Steinfeld, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart, Adam Levine, Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, Sia, Miley Cyrus, Lil Jon, Rita Ora, Miguel, Katy Perry, Lil Yachty, Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor, Joel Embiid, Tory Lanez, John Legend, Psy, Bad Bunny, Kris Wu, Backstreet Boys and Leonardo DiCaprio. A character key is noted below. “Like a lot of people, I had a vague idea that something bad was happening here on Earth, but I didn’t really realize how insane our climate crisis is and how screwed humanity is about to be,” says Lil Dicky. “It’s full-on crazy! If we don’t get our act together now, and change a lot about our fundamental behavior, Earth will become unlivable alarmingly soon. Why did it take me so long to get wind of this? I feel like everybody on the planet should be talking about this 24/7. But that’s not the case. So I wanted to make the most entertaining and epic piece of content possible, to get everyone aware and talking. Because it’s now or never… Let’s save the Earth! We love the Earth!!!!” In collaboration with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), a portion of profits from the song, music video, and merchandise will be allocated to select nonprofits identified by LDF as being on the front lines of implementing solutions to climate change. These organizations support those who are helping communities transition to 100% renewable energy, protecting critical ecosystems and wildlife, and supporting regenerative farming practices. They include the Quick Response Fund for Nature, the Shark Conservation Fund, the Solutions Project, the Global Greengrants Fund and the Carbon Cycle Institute. “As activists across the world make their voices heard and inject new life into the environmental movement, we are delighted to be working with Lil Dicky and other collaborating artists to help build even greater support for climate solutions at this critical time,” said Justin Winters, Executive Director of LDF and the One Earth initiative. “Research backed by LDF’s One Earth initiative shows that if we transition to 100% renewable energy, protect, connect and restore 50% of nature on land and sea, and adopt regenerative agriculture methods, we can solve the climate crisis and create a vibrant future for all of us. We invite everyone to sign the Global Deal for Nature petition to take a stand for our planet.” “Bringing Dave’s wonderful vision to life was not only creatively rewarding for all of us involved, but it quickly became evident during its creation that we had an incredible responsibility to empower our generation to rally together and reverse the effects of climate change,” says Nigel Tierney, director of the “Earth” video and Head of Content for RYOT. In addition to the song and video, the “Earth” project includes an interactive website “We Love the Earth”, which aims to educate the public on the realities of climate change. The website was created by Lil Dicky and RYOT, and in partnership with Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to feature behind-the-scenes and making-of content, interactive tutorials, merchandise printed on sustainable materials, and more. More information can be found at http://www.welovetheearth.org . “EARTH” CHARACTER KEY Baboon—Justin Bieber Zebra—Ariana Grande Lion cub—Halsey Cow—Zac Brown Pig—Brendon Urie Common fungus—Hailee Steinfeld Skunk—Wiz Khalifa Marijuana—Snoop Dogg Kanye West—Kevin Hart Vultures—Adam Levine Rhinos—Shawn Mendes Giraffe—Charlie Puth Kangaroo—Sia Elephant—Miley Cyrus Clam—Lil Jon Wolf—Rita Ora Squirrel—Miguel Pony—Katy Perry HPV—Lil Yachty Koala—Ed Sheeran India—Meghan Trainor Africa—Joel Embiid China—Tory Lanez We Love the Earth —John Legend, Psy, Bad Bunny, Kris Wu Mankind—Lil Dicky Credits—Backstreet Boys Leonardo DiCaprio
Source: EA Sports / EA Sports Madden NFL’19 is just days away now, and the hype is building for the latest installment in the famed video game franchise. Last week EA Sports unveiled the game’s hip-hop fueled soundtrack , and today we get the first ad for the game, and it features some big names. Nothing screams its Madden season more than the games over the top commercials that are never short on star power. Madden NFL’15 featured the hilarious Kevin Hart and Dave Franco to help get the masses hyped for the unofficial start of football season. This year the folks at EA take it to another level with the latest spot which features Lil Dicky, Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd, Nicki Minaj , Quavo who also alongside his two friends penned the official song for the game, Philadelphia 76er’s all-star center and NBA Live’19 cover boy Joel Embiid and the Houston Texans DeAndre Hopkins. In the 3:37 commercial, Redd tells the story of Will, and his legendary play call the won him an extremely close game. The grand tale features Minaj revealing she is a huge Madden fan and shares her rather epic Gamertag. Embiid makes a cameo playing as his hometown champs the Philadelphia Eagles on the Madden NFL Overdriv e mobile game. Quavo gets involved after Will accidentally calls the rapper while celebrating his victory with some epic trash talk and decides to put him on a song. To cement Will’s legend, DeAndre Hopkins immortalizes the Madden gamer’s face by making it into a diamond pendant. We honestly really want to see if Nicki does play Madden regularly or was that just a line for the commercial. BUT nevertheless, the spot carries on the tradition of memorable Madden commercials. Madden NFL’19 lands on shelves August 10th, if you pre-ordered the games Hall of Fame edition, you can play three days early on August 7th. EA Access and Origin Access members get to play the game for 10 hours starting August today on Xbox One and Origin for PC. Peep the epic commercial below. — Photo: EA Sports
When we learn new things about how R. Kelly allegedly keeps women in a sex cult and trains them as “pets,” the new information is never pleasant. This time, it’s no exception. One of R. Kelly’s exes has come forward to reveal that, by his own admission, the singer allegedly began “training” at least one woman when she was as young as 14. R. Kelly is infamous for his long history of reports of sexual misconduct, interest in minors, and the reports that he keeps women in a “sex cult.” At this point, the fact that he ever makes music is sort of an afterthought Multiple women have come forward with horror stories about how R. Kelly allegedly grooms and abuses women, sometimes beginning when they are minors. He offers them money to quit their old lives, using his charisma and fame to seduce them into wanting a life with him. From there, things get a lot scarier. R. Kelly reportedly uses physical violence and other abuses, such a the use of starvation as a punishment and cutting off any access to the outside world. The idea of this happening to adults is a nightmare. But one of the women who has now escaped from R. Kelly’s world says that he begins this treatment on some “pets” when they are still children. In a new BBC3 documentary, one of R. Kelly’s exes who has bravely come forward with her horrifying story describes how his alleged grooming begins when girls are very young. The woman, Kitti Jones, describes when she realized this. “I saw that she was dressed like me, that she was saying the things I’d say, and her mannerisms were like mine.” She says that there was much more to it than R. Kelly just having a type . “That’s when it clicked in my head that he had been grooming me to become one of his pets. He calls them his pets.” Kitti says that R. Kelly had this woman “crawl on the floor towards me and perform oral sex on me, and he said, ‘This is my f–king pet, I trained her.’” She says that he eventually bragged to her that he had “trained” this girl since she was just 14. The shocking accusations about R. Kelly surfaced in 2017, but have so far come from adult women — and from their concerned families. Abusers and cult leaders alike know that it’s important to isolate their victims from their families as much as possible and to encourage total dependence upon them. That’s one of many factors, in addition to gradual grooming, that helps them maintain control. That is precisely what R. Kelly is accused of doing. Unfortunately, sometimes law enforcement feels that their hands are tied when victims are adults, because they are likely to tell police that they’re there of their own free will. Yes, even if they’re being starved as punishment for some perceived slight. However, the victimization and sexual exploitation of minors might be easier for law enforcement to address … but, like everything else that R. Kelly is accused of doing to these women, may be very difficult to prove after-the-fact. But this is not in any way the first stomach-churning story that the world has heard about R. Kelly and underage girls. R. Kelly illegally married Aaliyah in 1994, when she was only 15. He had met her when she was only 12. Then, in 2002, a video surfaced that allegedly showed R. Kelly having sex with and then urinating upon an underage girl. When his property was searched by authorities, they recovered multiple images of an underage girl on a camera that was stashed away. In at least some of the images, R. Kelly was allegedly engaged in sex acts with this underage girl. It was reported that this young woman was the same who appeared in the video tape that had surfaced. Ultimately, the charges were dropped, as it was determined that the search warrants had lacked probable cause, rendering all of the findings fruit of the poisonous tree in the eyes of the courts. And, in the end, R. Kelly was found not guilty over charges from the original video. Will any of these charges against R. Kelly be proven? View Slideshow: 21 Celebrities You Probably Want to Keep Away From Your Children It’s hard to say. The more people who come forward, the better the chances are. It’s worth noting that when the sex cult accusations first came out during the summer of 2017, this was months before the #MeToo movement. Perhaps the positive cultural shift against victim-blaming has opened people’s eyes enough that sex monsters can be brought to justice. But it’s hard to imagine how someone groomed to be a sex slave since she was just 14 years old could ever truly recover.
Oops, folks… … they're bad! Earlier this week, members of the Virginia Tech women's lacrosse team didn't just record themselves singing along to Lil Dicky's “Freaky Friday.” They recorded themselves singing along to this explicit track AND released the footage on social media. And because the women are all white, and because the lyrics include a certain N-Word, backlash against the athletes was swift and ferocious. (For whatever it's worth, yes: “Freaky Friday” is the song in whose video Kendall Jenner stars and during which she's very excited about her vagina .) After the video below made its way around YouTube and Head Coach John Sung made note of the comments, he said the following to The Roanoke Times: “This is a teachable moment. It’s not something that we’re proud of. The team is very apologetic and sorry. There’s nobody of any color that should say it. Period. “There’s nobody that should say it.” Sung insisted there “was no malice involved” and we tend to believe him. “They just thought that they were singing along to a song,” he added. “They had just won. They’re singing songs. The first couple songs were Disney songs…They were celebrating and they were dancing and they were excited.” Some folks out there were satisfied with this apology. Others, however, don't think any apology was even necessary. Take radio host Clay Travis, for example, and his response to this so-called scandal on Twitter: “Hey @Deadspin,” he wrote, mentioning the name of a website that ran this story and asking: “Was the Virginia Tech women’s team chanting racial slurs or were they singing along to one of the most popular rap songs in America? This is pathetic, and fake news.” It's actually an interesting debate: Should any mea culpa have been required when these young women were just singing along to the words of a track? Should white people avoid saying this epithet at ALL times, including this one? Ponder your answer as you watch the footage in question:
Image via Getty Virginia Tech Women’s Lacrosse Team Online Singing N-Word Apparently the women on the Virginia Tech Lacrosse team are perfectly comfortable with saying the n-word. Footage of them merrily crooning the slur is circulating online during a group sing-a-long of Lil Dicky’s new song “Freak Friday”. We knew from the very first time we heard the song that it would lead the mayonnaise millions to feel empowered to launch into a fit of unbridled “ni**as”, and here we are. Hope all these heffas lose their scholarships. Continue reading →
Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa Trump are making headlines after multiple sources have confirmed they are getting a divorce . In an article on Page Six the couple haven’t filed yet, but have been living separately for quite some time. Friends of the couple believe they will file soon even though neither of them have spoken out about it. Follow @TheRSMS One source said, “The problems have been there for a long time, the couple had hoped to stay together during the president’s time in office, but it is getting harder to resolve their issues. He’s never there.” The couple share five children and Vanessa has been taking care of the home while Donald Jr. is away. He’s gone so much because him and Eric run the Trump Organization. One source mentioned, “Don Jr. has been busy traveling, which has contributed to their problems. Vanessa is a devoted mother, but she is increasingly lonely and alone in the house with the children.” Vanessa was taken to the hospital in February after she opened a letter addressed to her husband that had powder inside of it. Although it wasn’t hazardous she was still worried about the safety of her kids. While some believe the couple won’t get a divorce others are saying things aren’t looking good. We will keep you updated on this story. RELATED: Donald Trump Jr. Talks About How His Dad Used To Hang With Rappers RELATED: Stacey Dash Uses God To Defend White Supremacy & Donald Trump [VIDEO] RELATED: Why Donald Trump Jr. Is Getting A $100,000 Pay Day The Latest : Are Donald Trump Jr. & His Wife Getting A Divorce? #HelloWorld: Explore America With These Black Airbnb Experience Hosts Footage Released Of Travis Scott & Torey Lanez Confrontation FREAKY FRIDAY – LIL DICKY FT. CHRIS BROWN Blac Youngsta Talks Super Powers On “What’s New With Stu” It’s Lit: Ain’t No Party Like A Jailhouse Party We Hope You’re Having A Better Week Than Bow Wow On The Rise: Have You Heard Of Renni Rucci? Dancer Kid The Wiz Proves That Once You Go Viral, You Can’t Forget About Mama Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. Dies At 95 [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1828541″ overlay=”true”]
