Catfish
Manti Te’o Says Jay-Z Inspired Him To Speak About Catifsh Girlfriend Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sean Gardner / Getty Manti Te’o, a former standout linebacker at the University of Notre Dame and NFL player, found himself the center of controversy a decade ago regarding a woman he was dating that didn’t exist. Today, Te’o is sharing more about the ordeal and says that attending a Jay-Z concert inspired him to speak about the situation in full. Manti Te’o sat down with CBS Mornings this past Tuesday (August 16) as part of the media run for the new Netflix documentary, Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist. As he shared his side of the 2012 ordeal, Te’o told the program that him opening up about the controversy surrounding the mystery woman was part of his overall healing process. “In order for me to kind of heal from this, I needed to reveal it,” Te’...
Azealia Banks Denies Cooking Her Dead Cat In Typical Azealia Banks Fashion
Source: Burak Cingi / Getty Azealia Banks is back to doing way too much. The struggle rapper is saying she did not cook her dead cat for brunch. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the Harlem native is now backtracking from a video she shared last week. In the cringe worthy clip she is seen digging up her dead cat. She is then seen starting a boil and all signs pointed to her former pussy being on the menu. Naturally the visual went viral quickly and accusations of being a cannibal came soon after. But to hear Slay-Z tell it she is prepping her former pet for a proper send off. On an Instagram story she rebuked everyone who thought she had fried feline on the mind. “Why do you think i would eat a dead cat, when I can barely eat a dead cow. It’s called taxidermy…. Plenty of hunters with...
Ex-President Obasanjo, catfish farmers brainstorm on how to move aquaculture forward
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Catfish farmers in the country on Saturday met to brainstorm and strategize for better productivity in the industry. The farmers, under the aegis of the Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) met with the former President, who is a founding member of the body at the boardroom of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta. Obasanjo who expressed satisfaction in returning to the association, after what he described as an interregnum, assured that the industry would be at enviable heights in no distance future if they all worked together as a body. Obasanjo said, “I started poultry farmers association and as a result of its achievements, that was why I began the catfish association too. What put me off, was that I was arrested,...
US Republican senators confront Netflix over Chinese sci-fi show
Five Republican US senators have confronted Netflix over the streaming giant’s plan to adapt a Chinese sci-fi book trilogy, expressing concern over the original author’s comments about claims of forced labor in Xinjiang. Liu Cixin’s bestselling “The Three-Body Problem,” which tells the story of humanity’s first contact with aliens, is set to become a major Netflix series co-written by the creators of “Game of Thrones.” In a letter to content boss Ted Sarandos, the senators accused Liu of “parroting dangerous [Communist Party] propaganda” and suggested Netflix was “providing a platform to Mr Liu in producing this project.” They highlighted a New Yorker article from last year in which Liu is quoted defending mass internment in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where activists say more th...
