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Rudy Gobert has won three Defensive Player of the Year awards throughout his career, including this season. Gobert is one of the toughest players to score on while in the paint, although many fans have noticed that he struggles when defending on the interior. He struggles to defend three-point shots and teams have taken notice. In fact, the Clippers were ready to take full advantage of that last night as they defeated the Jazz to propel themselves into the Western Conference Finals.

Throughout the entire game, Gobert was exposed by Terance Mann, who played the game of his life and scored a whopping 39 points. Gobert simply had no way of stopping Mann and there were moments in which he was dunked on pretty hard. It was a shocking display of incompetence by the reigning defensive player of the year, and fans took notice.

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In true NBA Twitter fashion, Gobert was roasted online for his performance as many claimed that he is a bit of a fraud. While Gobert is always lights out in the regular season, his playoff performances have been questionable, and Friday night was yet another example of that. Needless to say, some fans have had enough.

You can see what people had to say about the game, below.

On Friday, June 11th, super producer and artist Pi’erre Bourne dropped his new album The Life of Pi’erre 5. The album featured guest appearances from frequent collaborators Lil’ Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti, but for the most part, the vocals were handled entirely by Bourne. 

Multiple publications and figures within the music industry have weighed their opinion and gave their reviews of Bourne’s latest project. Also weighing in is DJ Akademiks, who tends to keep an eye on the charts. On Friday, June 18th, Akademiks made a post in relation to The Life of Pi’erre 5, reporting the numbers for Pi’erre Bourne’s latest LP.

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The tweet reads “Pi’erre Bourne ‘The Life of Pi’erre 5’ sells 16K first week.” He captioned the post, “He’s projected to do 16K currently. Final numbers come out on Sunday. Big W or Big L for #PierreBourne?”

Pi’erre Bourne’s first installment of The Life Of Pi’erre was originally released as a mixtape in September of 2016. His solo studio debut, The Life Of Pi’erre 4, was released on June 21st, 2019; it also had a deluxe release the following year. Despite his many credits as a producer, the project actually had no features, surprising given how many talented artists he’s connected with throughout the years. In addition to his own solo material, Bourne has produced tracks for other artists such as Travis Scott, Young Thug, Young Nudy, and Juice WRLD.

What did you think of Pi’erre Bourne’s latest offering? Weigh in below!

When the Utah Jazz took a 2-0 series lead against the Los Angeles Clippers, many thought it was over for the Clippers. Eventually, they battled back and tied the series at 2-2, however, an injury to Kawhi Leonard made everyone question whether or not the Clippers could pull it off. In Game 5, Paul George expelled the demons of his past and had a monstrous performance that have his team a 3-2 lead in the series.

Last night, at home in Game 6, George scored 28 points all while Terance Mann came out of nowhere to score 39. His performance helped the Clippers come back from a 25-point deficit to win the game, 131-119. It was a shocking victory that sent the Clippers to their first Western Conference Finals in franchise history.

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Throughout the course of the season, Mann was struggling to get playing time, much to the chagrin of Clippers fans. When Ty Lue gave him the opportunity to showcase his talents, he took full advantage, and now, the Clippers are one step closer to the NBA Finals. It was an all-time great performance by a bench player, and the reactions on social media were just as big as the moment itself.

In the tweets below, you can see the praise that was given to Mann as he finally broke the Clippers curse that has plagued the team for decades. This is the biggest moment in Clippers history, and the fans can’t wait to see what happens against the Phoenix Suns.

Weeks ago, several of DMX’s friends gathered together for the listening party to his posthumous album Exodus. Just prior to its release, the bittersweet get-together found Swizz Beatz and many of his collaborators in the same room for a positive moment in tribute to Dark Man X, and it was reported that during the listening session, Mary J. Blige was even spotted shedding a few tears.

Not long after, there was news that during the party, Blige somehow was rocking Conway The Machine’s chain, and in a recent interview with Angie Martinez, the two ladies clarified how it all went down.

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According to Angie, Mary was just hanging out at the listening party when she saw Conway’s iced-out jewelry. She casually mentioned to Swizz that she’d always wanted one of those types of chains, and without hesitation, the megaproducer made his way over to the Griselda emcee. Martinez claimed that Swizz simply told Conway that Blige wanted his chain, specifically, and the rapper didn’t hesitate to give it to her.

“You are still humbled by that!” the radio show host said about the moment. The Grammy Award-winning singer couldn’t help but laugh. “That was funny, Angie,” the singer said with a smile. “‘Cause when Swizz came and put that chain around my neck I was like, yo, no, this ain’t really happening.”

Blige added that both Swizz and Conway let her know that was their way of giving the singer her flowers. “I think I almost cried. I was like, ‘Okay, thank you.” Check out Mary J. Blige’s interview with Angie Martinez below.