Month: June 2021

There’s a case to be made that Sa-Roc is one of the best lyricists in the game, with her recent album The Sharecropper’s Daughter being one of 2020’s most slept-on projects, period. With her name still left out of the conversation at a woeful rate, Sa-Roc remains entirely unfazed, continuing to lead fellow emcees by example with an incredible I-95 Freestyle.

Upon introducing herself as “The Goddess Emcee,” a scholar of the legendary Rakim, Sa-Roc proceeds to get to work. “Got my formal education from my bloodline, that’s Ivy/IV / came up in the heart of Cocaine 80s bruh, No I-D / life was mostly bitter with a little bit of sweet / I had to concentrate to get all of this juice, yes that’s Hi-C,” she spits, and that’s only in the opening moments. 

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“I know this must sound cocky, but Sa-Roc to rap like a little bit of turbinado to ground coffee,” she raps, setting up a ridiculous scheme. “Got a full grasp of this Queen’s English, when that tongue loose I hit the booth and make that heifer sound cockney / call me Shocklee, Public Enemy on every property / cause I’m a product of this rebel aristocracy / so they trail me and internet stalk me cause I’m exorcising demons with this drip — Mephistopheles.”

It’s no wonder Sa-Roc caught the attention of Black Thought, who previously set the bar for radio freestyles before hopping on The Sharecropper’s Daughter for a guest appearance. If you have any appreciation for the art of lyricism, do yourself a favor and watch one of the game’s sharpest at work. Do you think Sa-Roc deserves more credit as a top-tier emcee in the game?

WATCH: Sa-Roc puts on a bar clinic on I-95 radio

Although J. Cole’s time in the Basketball Africa League was both an extremely inspiring yet incredibly short run, another major Hip-Hop artist has been living out his hoop dreams since last fall. After declaring himself for the 2020 NBA Draft and eventually going undrafted, Sheck Wes ended up signing with the B-level Paris Basketball club last November. 

Now, a summer later, Sheck Wes has reflected on his first season as a professional basketball player in France. While he’s far from Paris Basketball’s star player — at least, as far as basketball talent goes — Sheck played in three matches and averaged 7 minutes, 1.3 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.3 assists. 

“ALLLEZZZ PARIS !!!” Sheck Wes writes in the caption of his celebratory post. “SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE CITY THE PEOPLE ! FOR MY TEAMMATES and STAFF !!!! TURNED INTO A WINNING SEASON !!!! shoutout da @yard #H2PSEASON #hell2paradise.”

Despite Sheck Wes’s grim stat line, his team managed to have an extremely successful season. According to Paris Basketball’s official website, Sheck’s team finished second place in the ProB championship, which meant that it would be promoted for the first time in the team’s history to the Jeep ELITE, a.k.a the primary division in France’s professional basketball league.

Congratulations to Sheck Wes and the Paris Basketball club! 

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One of the best shoes to ever come out of Jordan Brand is the Air Jordan 6. It is a sleek high-top silhouette that etched its name in history after Michael Jordan won his very first NBA title while wearing the shoe. Now, the Jordan 6 continues to be a beloved model, and every single year, fans can rest assured that some new colorways are going to make their way to the market. In fact, the Air Jordan 6 is getting a new women’s exclusive soon, and it is going to be called “Gold Hoops.”

In the images below, you can see that the sneaker has a white leather upper, all while rose gold is placed on the midsole and the tongue. From there, we have large gold Jumpman hangtags attached to the laces which give the shoe a very bold look. While you can detach the tags if you so choose, walking around with these would look pretty badass.

When it comes to the release date, these are set to drop as of Thursday, July 1st for $190 USD. Pairs will be available on the SNKRS app as well as your local retailers, so be sure to keep an eye out on release day. Let us know what you think, in the comments below

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John Stockton is the all-time NBA leader in assists and his record will probably never be broken. As a member of the Utah Jazz, Stockton went to two-straight NBA Finals although he never ended up winning a ring. His career led to his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and to this day, he is highly regarded as a legend by Jazz fans.

Yesterday, however, Stockton’s favorability amongst fans dropped significantly after it was revealed that he would be appearing in a documentary that underplays the seriousness of COVID-19. In fact, a clip from the trailer shows Stockton talking about the vaccine and how he doesn’t believe in it.

“This isn’t a virus cheating us of this opportunity,” Stockton said. “It’s the guys making decisions saying, ‘No, no we’re too scared. We’re going to shut everything down. Sit in your house and be careful.’ My kids and my grandkids hearing these things and accepting them as truth when I know by my significant amount of research that it isn’t, it’s very frustrating.”

Immediately following the virality of this clip, fans took to Twitter to mock Stockton and his views. They also made sure to throw in some digs about the Jazz and their NBA Finals failures that came at the hands of Michael Jordan. It was pretty brutal, although when it comes to COVID-19, we’re sure the backlash didn’t sway his views in any way shape, or form.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the best players in the NBA although there is one area where he truly needs to improve on. Of course, we are talking about free-throw shooting, as he is constantly bricking shots that are supposed to be an easy point. Throughout the course of the playoffs, Giannis has received delay of game violations for taking way too long to shoot his free throws. His routine prior to taking each shot is ridiculously long and players are starting to get fed up.

The best example of this was last night as the Bucks and the Nets faced off in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. At one point in the first quarter, Giannis was taking practice shots without the ball, and it continued to delay the process. Eventually, Nets star James Harden shouted at Giannis and threw his hands up in the air in exasperation. Needless to say, Harden and his teammates were fed up with the antics.

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Luckily for Giannis, things turned out just fine for him and his team as they were able to tie the series at 3-3. Now, they will play a deciding Game 7 in Brooklyn and it remains to be seen whether or not Giannis and the Bucks have what it takes to knock off the favorites to win it all. With Kyrie out of the lineup, the Bucks definitely have a chance.

As for Giannis and his free throw routine, it doesn’t appear as though he has any intention of changing up his style. This might be good for him, but it’s certainly not good for our sanity.

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Donald Trump is finally catching up to what we all knew many months ago– the fact that he didn’t win the 2020 Presidential Election. 

President Joe Biden has been in office since the beginning of this year, recently signing an order for Juneteenth to be celebrated as a federal holiday. He’s been working to undo the damage that Trump did to the United States during his four-year reign of terror and it looks like he’s officially ready to admit defeat in the 2020 election.

For months, Trump has tried to argue that, because of voter fraud and many other falsities, he was the rightful winner of the election. However, after plenty of re-counts and fact checks, it was determined that Biden won fair and square. Still, Trump has had trouble accepting the fact that he lost, telling countless journalists that he’ll find a way back into the White House. There are disturbing conspiracy theories about him potentially coming back into power this year, which are being pushed by his QAnon supporters, but during a recent interview with Fox News, Trump finally admitted that he wasn’t the winner of the election.

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“We got ’em by surprise in ’16 and in ’20 we did much better than we did in ’16,” said Trump during a phone call. “Shockingly, we were supposed to win easily at 64 million votes and we got 75 million votes and we didn’t win but let’s see what happens on that.”

Nah, we’ve already seen what happened. You lost. It’s over.

Listen to Trump’s recent remarks below.