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Toronto rapper Tory Lanez isn’t about being Mr. Nice Guy with everyone he encounters. Instead, the rap crooner has come through with a little friendly reminder to anyone sending him negative vibes. Tory Lanez Has A Message For Haters TL went to his Instagram page and didn’t hold back his state of mind toward the […]
Jets’ rookie quarterback Zach Wilson disappointed Jets fans, Saturday night, at the team’s annual Green & White practice in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000. In front of his biggest NFL audience yet, he threw two interceptions and led the offense to just 3-points.
His final stats were 11 of 24 passes for 112 yards and two interceptions. The scrimmage lasted two hours and involved no live tackling.
“The biggest learning jump for him was that it was under the lights, there was a bigger crowd,” coach Robert Saleh said. “It wasn’t necessarily a bigger moment, because you want them all to be the same, but I’m sure the young man wanted to do his absolute best. There are a lot of things he can take from this one, and it will be awesome to see him grow from it.”
Wilson admitted afterward that his performance was “not great.”
“Not great,” he said. “I have high expectations for myself and this offense. I have to lead the guys and I have to make better decisions. That’s why this isn’t Game 1; that’s why we’re doing this. I understand that. Of course, I’m going to be frustrated with myself, but I’m going back to the film room and find out what I can learn.”
Wilson was drafted with the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
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As a tribute to her late daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, Vanessa Bryant had her daughters Bianka and Capri recreate a throwback picture of Gigi and Natalia sitting on a bench in Capri, Italy.
“Missing my baby girl, Gigi. My #2. Mambacita,” Vanessa captioned the Instagram post.
Italy is where Vanessa’s late husband, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant grew up, as his father played basketball for a professional team in the European country.
Earlier this year, Vanessa spoke at Kobe’s Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony and said that his biggest accomplishment was being a great father.
“His most cherished accomplishment was being the very best girl dad,” she said in her speech. “I want to thank him for somehow finding ways to dedicate time to not only being an incredible athlete, a visionary, entrepreneur, and storyteller but for also being an amazing family man.”
“Thank you for growing and learning from your own mistakes,” she added. “Thank you for always trying to do better. Thank you for never giving up on us. Thank you for all of your hard work. Thank you for our family. Thank you for our daughters: Natalia, Gianna, Bianca and Capri. Thank you for working so tirelessly to provide for us and for giving us the most amazing life together.”
Check out Vanessa’s post below.
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Talib Kweli says that De La Soul now owns the rights to their music after years of not have control of their catalog. He did not confirm if their albums would appear on streaming services.
“Ladies and gentlemen I spoke to @djmaseo from the legendary @wearedelasoul today and it’s official… after years of being taken advantage by the recording industry in the worst possible ways, De La Soul now owns all the rights to their masters and is in full control of the amazing music they have created,” Kweli wrote, Saturday night. “Let’s salute Plugs 1, 2 and 3 for sticking to their guns and showing us that we can all beat the system if we come together as a community. Let’s hear it for black ownership of black art! Congratulations fellas…”
The group’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, is widely considered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time, but a younger audience has been unable to stream the project as it has been kept off of streaming services. Earlier this year, Reservoir Media acquired Tommy Boy, which owned De La Soul’s back catalog, for $100 million. The company has said they are working to get the music online.
Check out Kweli’s announcement below.
Meek Mill is back with a new song titled, “War Stories,” which samples the Isley Brothers’ 1983 hit “Ballad for the Fallen Soldier,” and sees Mill rapping about crime, trauma, and more. The Philadelphia rapper clarified that the track is “just a freestyle” on Twitter after dropping the music video, following a similar release to his last song, “Flamerz Flow.”
“My dawg got killed with his Rollie on/Forty on his hand, tryna blow it off,” he raps. “When I was at the funeral, it really gave me trauma when I seen his momma goin’ on/I said, ‘Fuck it, we gon’ go to war.’”
The music video for the song features cameos from Bobby Shmurda and rapper Lil Uzi Vert and was directed by Carters Vision.
Check out “War Stories” below.
Quotable Lyrics
Where she live at? They want war, we gon’ lay
Let the money too go by, they gon’ pay
Memorial weekend, we gon’ drive to MIA
And when we see ’em, homicide, right away
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Comedian Trevor Moore died, Friday night, at the age of 41 following an accident, according to his wife and manager, Aimee Carlson. Moore was best known as the co-creator of The Whitest Kids U Know.
“We are devastated by the loss of my husband, best friend and the father of our son,” Carlson said in a statement. “He was known as a writer and comedian to millions, and yet to us he was simply the center of our whole world. We don’t know how we’ll go on without him, but we’re thankful for the memories we do have that will stay with us forever. We appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you please respect our privacy during this time of grieving.”
In addition to being a founding member of The Whitest Kids U Know comedy troupe, Moore worked behind the scenes on Saturday Night Live, made appearances on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Funny or Die, and more.
“Early this morning, we learned that we lost our brother, our collaborator and the driving force behind WKUK,” his collaborators, Sam Brown and Zach Cregger wrote in a statement to Variety. “He was our best friend, and we speak for all of us in saying that the loss of Trevor is unimaginable. We are heartbroken and our grief pales in comparison to the loss felt by his wife and son. On behalf of WKUK, we ask for privacy during our time of profound grief, and strength for his family who are dealing with the impossible thought of living life without him. Our hope is that friends, fellow artists, and fans that loved him will not focus on his death, but will remember the countless moments of laughter he gave them.”
After news of his passing, fans shared their favorite sketches on social media.
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Kit Harrington recently opened up regarding his struggle with mental health during and after Game of Thrones, stemming from “pretty traumatic” events. Harrington spoke about the struggle of going sober afterward in an interview with The Times.
“You get to a place where you feel like you are a bad person, you feel like you are a shameful person. And you feel that there’s no way out, that’s just who you are,” he explained. “And getting sober is the process of going, ‘No, I can change.’ One of my favorite things I learnt recently is that the expression ‘a leopard doesn’t change its spots’ is completely false: that a leopard actually does change its spots.”
He continued: “I just think that’s the most beautiful thing. It really helped. That was something I kind of clung to; the idea that I could make this huge fundamental change in who I was and how I went about my life.”
He went on to explain that he’s suffered from depression in the past and has even felt suicidal before.
“I went through periods of real depression where I wanted to do all sorts of things…maybe [speaking about this will] help someone, somewhere,” he added. “But I definitely don’t want to be seen as a martyr or special. I’ve been through something, it’s my stuff. If it helps someone, that’s good.”
Harrington took a one-year break from acting after the finale of Game of Thrones.
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Isaiah Rashad discussed SZA’s recording process in a new interview with Apple Music 1’s Nadeska, and referred to the CTRL singer as a “perfectionist.” Rashad also spoke about her contributions to his new album, The House Is Burning.
“We respect each other so much, like artistically and then like personally knowing like we have other things going on,” Isaiah Rashad said in the interview. “So when we hang, we try not to make music. So this one kind of took us like, just being okay with just doing it. Like we’re going to, because we know we’re going to do it. And knowing the song, knowing them what song it was, we both procrastinate. Sometimes she’ll make some of our best at the last minute.”
Rashad also celebrated the success of her two songs, “Hit Different” and “Good Days.”
He continued: “I guess maybe the on top of like the fear of failing, not being willing to fail can push out something like that. And it was just cool, just linking with her on that. But I’m surprised that I’m putting my actually, especially with her having like two of the biggest songs of the year.
“And then she been in her zone so much, like being a perfectionist,” he added. “I’m just happy that she wanted to do this. Cause she really took some time apart. She was in a studio for like a week trying to make it exactly as she wants to make it. It’s always beautiful.”
Check out the interview here.
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In his latest cinematic play, Lebron James will be producing a new Native American basketball film titled Rez Ball. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the story, “follows the Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico, that must band together after losing their star player if they want to keep their quest for a state championship alive. It’s an all-American underdog story about Navajo kids and coaches told from the inside-out.”
Sydney Freeland, is set to direct the film, co-writing it along with Sterlin Harjo, who co-created FX’s Reservation Dogs.
The script is adapted from Michael Powell’s Canyon Dreams sports novel, incorporating pieces from his own New York Times articles which preceded the original book. The overarching story focus on “reservation basketball,” a fast-paced iteration of the sport that many credit with influencing top NBA teams and coaches.
“Basketball on the Rez is like high school football in West Texas,” says Freeland. “It has a fanatical following that few sports can rival. This is a story that’s commonplace on Indian reservations all over the US, but most people aren’t even aware it exists. What we want to do is bring people into our world, to tell a story about the people and places we know, and what better way to do that than through a sports movie?”
New York rapper 50 Cent is showing major love to Motor City’s own Eminem. The hip-hop veteran has stepped up to salute his longtime friend and mentor on bodying his King’s Disease verse. 50 Cent Tells Everyone To Respect Eminem’s Bars Fifty hit up his Instagram page to highlight Em’s hard-hitting lyrics. 50 took things […]
