Two climate activists from the notorious group Just Stop Oil have been arrested after storming England’s iconic Stonehenge monument in protest of the Labour Party’s recent election manifesto. In case you missed it, earlier this week a pair of individuals waltzed right up to the monument and proceeded to unleash a torrent of orange paint across the ancient stones. The video footage, which has since gone viral, shows the activists racing towards the 4,500-year-old stone circle and covering it in thick, vivid orange pigment, which the group claims is made from cornflour and will wash away in the rain. A…
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Polo G’s mother, Stacia Mac, confirmed she fired gunshots at her daughter, Leilani Capalot, during an altercation last Easter. Stacia spoke out after footage of the incident surfaced on Friday (June 21). “Ya damn right I blew that mf!” Stacia wrote on Instagram Stories. “I NEVER said I didn’t. I thought it was 16 shots? ANOTHER LIE SHE TOLD and not a tear came out her eye bc she’s manipulative and calculated. Three warning shots to get an unstable person from my home where my baby and grand baby were afraid and upset. While SHE was having a full manic…
Kendrick Lamar had on more than half-a-million dollars worth of jewelry at “The Pop Out: Ken and Friends” Juneteenth concert, according to celebrity jewelry designer Ben Baller. Baller celebrated the moment in a series of tweets on Twitter (X) in which he broke down the origins of the massive cross pendant’s design in addition to revealing the whopping price tag. In his initial message, Baller saluted the monumental moment Kendrick created during The Pop Out show at the Kia Forum arena. “LA went crazy tonight. And Dot had my ice around his neck all night,” Baller wrote. In the same…
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland faced hefty backlash after announcing the new exclusive distribution partnership between Verzuz and X (Twitter). The super producers announced the deal on Juneteenth (June 19) as Elon Musk faced accusations of racism. The billionaire tech mogul was criticized for amplifying a tweet that falsely compared the rates at which Black Americans murder their white counterparts. Social media users accused the duo of selling out, but Swizz insisted nothing could be further from the truth. On Friday morning (June 21) Swizz took to Instagram to share some new photos of their meeting with Elon to seal the…
Kim Kardashian is worried that her Botox treatments will prevent her from becoming a serious actress. The Skims co-founder has been taking on an increasing number of roles, although she never expected to venture into acting. She wants to do a film a year but is concerned the botox in her face will inhibit her ability to make facial expressions. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian) Botox injections block nerve signals to the muscles, relaxing any lines and wrinkles, but also restricting muscle movement. Kardashian recently successfully pitched her comedy movie, The Fifth Wheel,…
Kanye West finalized a settlement with Donna Summer’s estate, which sued Ye for the unauthorized use of the late singer’s song “I Feel Love,” on Thursday (June 20). AllHipHop first reported on the two sides settling the dispute out of court in May. The settlement blocked Kanye from using “I Feel Love” on his Vultures 1 album. Ye and Ty Dolla $ign sampled Summer’s track for the Vultures 1 cut “Good (Don’t Die).” The duo removed “Good (Don’t Die)” from the album after they were hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit. “We did not license the song,” the Summer estate’s…
A hacker used 50 Cent’s X (formerly known as Twitter) account to pull off a cryptocurrency scam. The rapper/television producer informed fans he wasn’t responsible for posts promoting a memecoin called $GUNIT on Friday (June 21). “My Twitter was hacked I have no association with this Crypto,” he wrote on Instagram. “Twitter worked quickly to lock my account back down. Who ever did this made $720,000 in 30 minutes.” All of 50 Cent’s posts were removed once X stepped in to secure the account, but the damage was already done. The hacker’s crypto pump-and-dump scam successfully ripped off people who…
Duane “Keefe D” Davis, accused orchestrator of Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, may soon see the light of day. According to court records, Keefe D has secured the $750,000 necessary to post bond for potential release from a Las Vegas County Jail. Court officials confirmed a company named E-Bail facilitated the bond required for Keefe D’s release. In Keefe D’s case, Nevada law mandates defendants to pay 15% of their bail to secure freedom, which amounts to approximately $112,000. This fundamental aspect is central as the court deliberates Davis’s supervision and future movements. Arrested in September last year, Keefe D stands…
Chloe Bailey rejected genre categorization as a Black artist. The actress/singer explained her beef with people labeling her music as R&B in an interview with NYLON. “Any music I do will easily and quickly be categorized as R&B because I’m a Black woman,” Chlöe said. “If someone who didn’t have my skin tone made the same music, it would be in the pop categories. That’s just the way it’s always been in life.” Chlöe admired Beyoncé and the late Whitney Houston for defying such classifications to become pop icons. Chlöe cited Houston as one of her music idols. “Early on…
Ice Cube provided an encouraging update on the long-awaited fourth film in the Friday series. The Hip-Hop legend said his Last Friday movie is back in the works thanks to new leadership at Warner Brothers, which owns the franchise’s distribution rights. “We finally got some traction with Warner Brothers,” Ice Cube told Flavor Flav on SiriusXM’s Flavor of the Week. “They have new leadership. My man Mike DeLuca, who used to be at New Line when I first started, when I first did the first Friday and Players Club and All About the Benjamins. Mike DeLuca was there, so now…