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50 Cent has been on his TV-buff grind for quite some time now. While he’s always had a storied acting history, his wildly successful Starz series Power propelled him deeper into the world of television. Back in 2018, the rap mogul landed a deal with the network to serve as executive producer for an upcoming series Black Mafia Family. 

The series is based on the true-life story of Detroit street legends Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest” Flenory and their drug operations. Starz officially gave the show the green light in April of 2020. Ahead of the show’s release, which stars Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. as his father, he went on social media to properly co-sign the series.  

He took to Instagram late Friday night (June 19) to share a clip highlighting behind-the-scenes content from the highly-anticipated series. “WHAT ZIPPO SAY? THIS AINT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. WE NOT PLAYING FAIR @50cent BMF ON THE WAY AND WE COMING FOR EMMYS REMEMBER I SAID IT #FREEZIPPO,” wrote Lil Meech in the caption. 

If that wasn’t enough to get you excited about the upcoming series, Big Meech’s return home might. 

Fif recently sent out a celebratory post in reaction to Big Meech landing a deal with prosecutors allowing him to return home an entire three years before his sentence was scheduled to end. Reposting a screenshot of the article’s title he added in the caption, “YES [grin emoji] Now you know this BMF show is gonna [bomb emoji][smoke emoji]Blow everything off the f*cking TV, the real sh*t different ! [stoplight emoji] Green Light Gang.”

Let us know if you’re looking forward to the upcoming series down below. 

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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.