Month: September 2021

Damian Lillard is a married man! The Portland Trailblazer was wed to his fiance Kay’la Hanson in a low-key ceremony. The couple got engaged right before the start of the pandemic, in February 2020. Almost a year later, in January, the couple welcomed twins, a girl named Kali and a boy named Kalii. Their first child, Damian Jr., was born in March 2018. Now, Dame has made the mother of his children his wife. 

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Of course, teammates and friends CJ McCollum, Evan Turner, Tim Frazier, and Jake Layman were all in attendance. Jusuf Nurkic was in Europe, and flew in just for the wedding.  Snoop Dogg, Common, and Tevin Campbell all performed for the event as well. 

The six-time All-Star has spent his entire career with the Blazers. There have been rumors that Dame would leave, but he still hasn’t. The dedicated Blazer has been with the team since being selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. Dame most recently helped Team USA secure the Gold Medal at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. It’s amazing to see Dame settling down and enjoying his life as a husband and father. Much love. 

It looks like the highly anticipated return of Bobby Shmurda is in full effect. Since his release from prison earlier this year, the rapper has been popping out everywhere but we’ve yet to hear any new music from him. His first real post-prison show took place at Rolling Loud Festival earlier this summer.

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On Friday, the rapper unveiled his first single since he was released from prison titled, “No Time For Sleep (Freestyle).” The single is just a teaser for what the Roc Nation-managed artist has in store. The single’s release was set to be followed by a performance at Made In America festival on Sunday. 

Unfortunately, not everything went as smoothly as he’d hope. Per TMZ, the rapper was in the crowd when he nearly came to blows with a concertgoer on Saturday when he was in the crowd. Apparently, Bobby was struck with a water bottle when he was watching Megan Thee Stallion’s set which is what prompted him to nearly climb the barricade. Fortunately for him, his team managed to pull him away before things really got out of hand. 

Bobby Shmurda is currently on parole so chances are that getting into any sort of physical altercation would violate his conditions. 

Are you feeling Bobby Shmurda’s new comeback track? Let us know in the comment section below. 

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Angelina Jolie, who is set to star in Marvel’sEternals later this year, sat down with The Guardian and spoke about a range of topics recently. One moment that has the internet riled up, is a piece where Jolie details her experience with Harvey Weinstein. Jolie talks about working with Weinstein for the 1998 movie Playing By Heart. Jolie, who was 21 at the time, was forever haunted by how the producer treated her.

“If you get yourself out of the room, you think he attempted but didn’t, right? The truth is that the attempt and the experience of the attempt is an assault,” Jolie stated. “It was beyond a pass. It was something I had to escape. I stayed away and warned people about him. I remember telling Jonny [Lee Miller], my first husband, who was great about it, to spread the word to other guys – don’t let girls go alone with him.”

Jolie claims that she even turned down a starring role in The Aviator because of Weinstein’s involvement. That’s why Jolie said it hurt so bad when her then-partner Brad Pitt worked with Weinstein. First, Pitt starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, which was co-produced by the Weinstein Company. The actress also claims that Pitt asked Weinstein to produce his thriller Killing Them Softly.

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“We fought about it. Of course, it hurt,” Jolie explained. However, TMZ sources claim that Jolie is mischaracterizing the situation, explaining that Pitt was simply cast in the film Inglourious Basterds, and the Weinstein Company happened to pick it up.

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It’s come to this. The cultural phenomenon of McDonald’s broken ice cream machines is now under the gaze of the Federal Trade Commission.

While it would be entertaining to chalk up their involvement to some nefarious plot inside McDonald’s headquarters to deny the people their McFlurrys, McDonald’s chronic ice cream issue is actually grouped into a larger topic of giving the American people the right to repair broken tech.

Per the Wall Street Journal, we can assume that McDonald’s ice cream machines aren’t breaking down any more than other places. Franchisees just may be restricted from actually repairing the machines themselves.

It’s an issue that parallels the main point of this investigation at large which is the inability to repair things like broken laptops and phones at home or through a cheaper third party due to illegal repair restrictions.

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Now, in conjunction with an executive order from President Joe Biden, the agency issued a new policy that will force developers and manufacturers of things like phones, cars, washing machines, and even farming equipment to make to publish the tools and documentation that they use to fix products when they break as a part of a new “right to repair” initiative. Now, attempts to fix such items outside of authorized retailers could potentially protect consumers from things like voided warranties.

Where McDonald’s is concerned, the FTC is thoroughly investigating whether or not the broken ice cream machines are truly a “right to repair” problem by taking a look at suppliers, types of equipment and whether or not McDonald’s franchise owners are allowed to work on their own machines, per the Wall Street Journal

“Intrinsic to the interest in our soft serve machines is our fans’ love of McDonald’s iconic McFlurry desserts and shakes,” McDonald’s told USA TODAY in a statement. “Nothing is more important to us than delivering on our high standards for food quality and safety, which is why we work with fully vetted partners that can reliably provide safe solutions at scale.”

Labor Day weekend couldn’t have come at a better time. With two massive albums dropping within a week of each other, everyone needs a bit of down time to really take it all in. Kanye West’s DONDA is 27-songs in length with a run-time of nearly two hours while Drake’s Certified Lover Boy clocks in at nearly an hour and a half with 21 songs.

This week’s R&B Season playlist includes updates from both of those albums. From Kanye, we got the heavily anticipated anthem, “Hurricane” ft Lil Baby and The Weeknd, who ended up hopping on the track (and making it infinitely better) shortly after the first listening party. 

While Certified Lover Boy might lean more towards Drake’s bars, the album title wouldn’t ring true without a few R&B cuts. This week’s R&B Season playlist includes the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted stand-out, “Get Along Better,” as well as “Fucking Fans.”

Along with both Drake and Kanye West, the latest R&B Season update also includes a few new cuts off of JMSN’s new album, Heals Me, as well as Jenevieve’s “Résumé.”

Check out the latest R&B Season update below and sound off with your favorite R&B drops of the week in the comment section below. And don’t forget to subscribe to HNHH on Spotify. 

As reported by TMZ, comedian Fuquan Johnson, a writer for the TV series Comedy Parlour Live, has passed away along with two other unidentified victims after allegedly overdosing on Fentanyl-laced cocaine. The overdose occurred in Venice, California. Comedian Kate Quigley is in critical condition, along with three others, who also took the laced cocaine.

Fentanyl has caused a deadly wave throughout the nation, causing the death of thousands every year. High-profile victims of Fentanyl overdoses include Prince, Mac Miller, Shock G, and Lil Peep. Johnson, 42, was blowing up in the stand-up circuit, following several successful Los Angeles shows. Quigley has appeared in The Office and was known for dating Darius Rucker.

TMZ reports that police were summoned on Friday night around midnight to a home in Venice. Johnson was allegedly pronounced dead on the scene along with two others. The identities of everyone outside of Johnson have yet to be revealed.

It is unclear whether police will pursue any charges. The LAPD is aware of the deaths, however, the source of the drugs has not been confirmed. It’s possible that if the other victims recover that they could give some answers to where the drugs came from.

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Between motherhood and wrapping up a new album, it’s safe to say that Nicki Minaj has been quite busy in recent times. She isn’t on social media as much as she was in the past but when she does pop out, it’s to make a statement. Yesterday, Nicki took to Instagram where she shared a series of subliminal tweets aimed towards an unidentified subject. 

“Spoke to shawty & switched up. Let’s play ball. That obsession so real,” she tweeted. “All you gotta do is say the Queen name for them to be on ur phone every day chile. Lmao say it with me y’all. #WhoGODBless #NoManCanCurse you will soon understand,” she wrote in a separate tweet.

In another tweet, she offered some uplifting words to her fans, as well as her opponents. “Everyone, I wish you peace & love. Once you have that within, everything changes. Ppl pretend to be happy but spend day & night trying to hurt & attack others. What does that tell you? The ppl closest to you saying ur obsessed. Get it together. Onika is going to be happy boo.” 

Though the tweets have since been deleted, she went on to show love to her followers and the Barbz in general for always showing her love. 

Check out the tweets below. Who do you think Nicki was referring to? Let us know in the comments.