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Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul are set to go head to head with each other in an exhibition boxing match on June 6th. Considering Mayweather doesn’t have anything to lose in terms of his 50-0 standing, the match is more of a scrimmage for the boxing legend than anything. Still, to build up anticipation for the event, the pair came together for a customary press conference yesterday (May 7) ahead of the event.

While the event went smoothly, perhaps the most intriguing part came when Paul snatched Mayweather’s hat off. From there, Mayweather and his security go after Paul, with Mayweather eventually putting him into a headlock. Many photos from the physical altercation have circulated the internet, with Charlamagne tha God wasting no time giving them meme treatment. 

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Sharing a black and white photo from the altercation of Floyd reaching for Paul in the moments after grabbing his hat, the controversial radio presenter joked, “I’m a tell my kids this was Selma in 1965.”

He continued, “A turning point in the Civil Rights Movement they knucked, we bucked…..” Reaching nearly 150,000 likes, the popular meme format elects using funny photos for a modern retelling of history. 

The Selma March in March of 1965 notably turned violent after 600 or so protestors faced brutal attacks on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by oncoming state troopers. Footage of the attacks collectively shocked the nation and became a turning point for Civil Rights in the United States.  

Check out clips from the altercation above and below if you haven’t seen them already. 

In case it wasn’t already abundantly clear, North Carolina rapper J. Cole is going down in history as one of the best to ever do it. He has proven time and time again that he’s one of the world’s most elite wordsmiths on the microphone, spitting with raw emotion and consistently managing to create tongue-twisters and thought-provoking rhyme patterns in his music. With only one week left before the release of his upcoming studio album The Off-Season, Cole decided that it was time to return the real, dropping the lead single “i n t e r l u d e” on Friday night. While the record may simply be an interlude, it has his fans convinced that there aren’t very many people that can out-stage the rapper.

As reactions continue to pour in across social media for J. Cole’s latest single release, people appear to have reached a consensus that the Dreamville rapper is likely one of the greatest to have ever rapped on a large scale. Cole has been trending since before the song was released and right now, there’s a pretty dominant ratio of people who love the track in comparison to those who aren’t feeling it. 

Most notably, people have been going crazy over Cole’s tribute to Nipsey Hussle and Pimp C. In the song, the rapper points out that, along with Jesus Christ himself, Pimp C and Nipsey both passed away at the age of thirty-three. “Christ went to Heaven, age thirty-three, and so did Pimp C, and so did Nipsey,” he raps on “i n t e r l u d e.” 

Fans are excited about what’s to come from the 36-year-old superstar, agreeing that he might have finally entered his prime after years of comparisons to the likes of Kendrick Lamar. What did you think of the new song? Are you ready for The Off-Season next week?

The Game decided to share his list of the best ten rappers that are still alive (in his opinion) on social media this week, causing quite a bit of shock with his choices. Specifying that he had left himself out of the conversation, The Game revealed that JAY-Z, Nas, and Eminem are at the top of his list. That’s not where people found issues. Near the end of his top ten, the rapper included names like Lil Baby, J. Cole, and Snoop Dogg, which didn’t entirely resonate with his audience.

His list was widely publicized after he posted it, being shared on popular hip-hop blogs across Instagram and Twitter. The Game has yet to clarify some of his picks from the list, which was published fourteen hours ago at the time of publication, but it doesn’t seem to correspond to a lot of other people’s personal selections. Even Swizz Beatz made sure to seemingly tell The Game that he wasn’t feeling this list.

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Commenting the “X” emoji on Akademiks’ post of the tally, Swizz Beatz racked up over a thousand likes as people rushed to find contrarian responses to The Game. Some folks are upset that Game would decide to place J. Cole on the list over somebody like Kanye West, who has been in the game for longer and has a near-perfect discography. Others are calling out Game for claiming he can go blow-for-blow with any rapper on the list, even Eminem and Nas. “The game is NOT seeing Nas bar for bar,” wrote a fan in the comments.

What do you think about The Game’s list? Do you agree with him, or are you more on Swizz Beatz’s side?

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