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Burning Man Project Launches Kindling, a Platform for Virtual Shared Live Experiences
Burning Man Project, a nonprofit that supports the global Burning Man community and produces the annual beloved Burning Man event in Black Rock City, today announced the launch of a new virtual shared live experience platform called Kindling. The goal of the new portal is to immerse fans into Burning Man culture via the virtual space through specially curated experiences. Its launch is a direct result of Burning Man’s tragic cancellation of its 2020 iteration due to the impact of COVID-19, which was announced back in April. At the time, Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell expressed optimism for the future and alluded to a looming virtual event, which is now coming into fruition with Kindling. “Since we can’t gather in person, Kindling is your s...
Gym Patrol Gary: White Man Loses Office Lease After Calling Police On Black Entrepreneurs Using Gym
Source: @teamtopfigure / Instagram A white man in Minnesota woke up feeling dumb after losing his office space for not minding his business. On Wednesday (May 28), the owners of Top Figure, a Black-owned Minneapolis-based social media and branding agency, were exercising in the gym of their co-opted professional building. That’s when they were approached by Tom Austin, the managing partner of F2 Group, who threatened to call the police on the group because he didn’t feel “they belonged.” The exchange, which was caught on video and posted by Top Figure to Instagram, shows Austin questioning the three men about their office location before pulling out his phone to call the police. in the caption, the men explain in further detail why the questioning was asinine pointing out that the office s...
Brilliant!: Jean Grae & Donwill Hilariously Troll Instagram With DJ Set Using Facebook’s “Elevator Music”
Source: JP Yim / Getty DJ’s have literally been saving our lives thanks to their Instagram Live DJ sets. BUT due to music rights, Instagram has been cracking down on the streams. One duo found a loophole and decided to troll the social media platform. Brooklyn’s own Jean Grae and Donwill came up with the brilliant idea to hold the first-ever “Instagram Approved DJ Set.” Grae and Donwill decided to produce the set after they saw a Page Six article that highlighted Instagram cracking down on DJs due to music copyright issues. The Facebook-owned company then posted a set of guidelines last week that pointed out to users that it has a library of “generic music” and sound effects that DJs could use without having to worry about their lives being shut down. Jean Grae and Donwill decided to use t...
Gone Too Soon: Toronto Rapper Houdini Murdered In Home Town
Source: @houdini / Instagram The Rap community has another emerging talent. A Canadian MC was just taken away from us due to gun violence. As reported by Complex Houdini life’s was cut short on Tuesday, May 26. According to CP 24 gunfire erupted in broad daylight outside of a hotel in Toronto’s Entertainment District. Local police responded to several calls regarding the incident which is said to have occurred at King Street and Blue Jays Way sometime after 4PM in the afternoon. When they arrived a Black male was found laying on the ground with wounds. Two other unidentified victims, a 15-year-old boy and 27-year-old woman, were also found shortly after. All three were rushed to the hospital. The woman and teenager are expected to survive. “What we heard was like a bunch of fireworks,...
Grimes Will Sell a Piece of Her Soul at Upcoming Art Exhibit
Having released a new album and given birth a new child (with Tesla founder/rapper Elon Musk as the father), it’s safe to say that 2020 is a year that Grimes won’t forget. Now, you can get in on the action too. The musician known as Claire Boucher is the subject of an online art exhibit called Selling Out and of all of the interesting items to snag, one is literally a piece of her soul. If you’re interested, the pricing for it is “best offer.” According to Bloomberg, other pieces will be assorted prints, photos and concept art like anime that she’s accumulated over the past decade. “I didn’t want anyone to buy it, so I said we should just make it $10 million and then it probably won’t sell,” she said. “Also, I really wanted to collaborate with my lawyer on art. The idea of fantas...
George Floyd Used To Be Down With DJ Screw, Was A Rapper In The 90’s
Source: George Floyd / Courtesy of Roxie Washington The horrific murder of George Floyd at the hands (or knees) of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin earlier this week has understandably spurred all kinds of protests on both the streets of The Mill City as well as social media. Now that reporters continue to get deeper into the lives of both Floyd and Chauvin, the more Floyd comes off as the everyday law abiding citizen just living his life while Derek “MAGA” Chauvin’s history of use-of-force complaints raises more questions as to why he was never disciplined by the Minneapolis Police Department. Now Vulture is reporting that George Floyd was actually doing his thing-thing on the Hip-Hop scene with non other than the legendary DJ Screw. According to the piece, the 46-year-old se...
Jimmy Fallon Apologizes For Resurfaced Blackface ‘SNL’ Skit
Source: NBC / Getty Late Night talk show host Jimmy Fallon is apologizing after an old Saturday Night Live skit featuring the comedian donning Blackface. On Tuesday (May 26), the host of “The Tonight Show” issued a statement Tuesday via Twitter and thanked fans for holding him “accountable.” “In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface,” Jimmy Fallon wrote. “There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable.” In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface. There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all ...
Henry Cavill In Talks To Return As Superman In The DCEU
It’s been 7 years since Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill breathed new life into the long dormant and left for dead Superman film franchise and though Superman V Batman and Justice League pretty much ruined the foundation set in 2013, we still very much like Cavill as the Man of Steel. After years of rumors that Warner Bros. was ready to once again reboot the franchise with a new lead and show Cavill the door, Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros and DC have engaged in talks with the British actor to return but unfortunately it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting that long awaited sequel 2013’s Man of Steel (damnit!!). We hear Cavill could come back in a couple of different ways, not a standalone film, but there are plans to put him back in the big red cape again sources with knowledge te...
Who We Be: DMX Apologizes To Lloyd Banks For Lyricist Snub
Source: DMX headlines at the 2014 Masters of Ceremony concert held at Radio City Music Hall Featuring: DMX, Earl Simmons Where: New York, New York, United States When: 24 Jan 2014 Credit: WENN.com While we all know that Dark Man X is far from perfect he has shown to speak from a real place. Recently he put his foot in his mouth but now has made good on the matter. As spotted on Hip-Hop N More DMX left several fans and Rap aficionados confused during a video call with Fatman Scoop. When asked by the Party King on who he would go record for record on a Verzuz battle he once again made it clear he wants to battle Jay-Z. Naturally the conversation progressed to name dropping some of the game’s most respected MC’s. Things unfortunately went left when Lloyd Banks’ name was brought up. ...
deadmau5 Announces Livestream Performance and Q&A with Amazon Music Tomorrow
deadmau5 has announced a new livestream event in partnership with Amazon Music, who will be hosting the Grammy Award-nominated dance music producer for a wide-ranging session tomorrow, May 29th, 2020. The mau5 took to Instagram to share the news and invite fans to ask questions leading up to the stream. In his post, deadmau5 divulged that he will be performing a DJ set and also answering questions from fans, who should have a lot to ask about. Hot off the release of his stunning collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo‘s The Neptunes, “Pomegranate,” he recently appeared on KISS Ibiza‘s “LIVE in the MIX!” for a performance where he showed off his iconic cube v3 production. Livestreamed events from the mau5 have been...
Cardi B Claps Back at Troll Who Shaded Her and Daughter Kulture’s Love With This Sweet Video
Cardi B took to social media on Wednesday (May 27) to shut down a troll who attempted to shade her relationship with her daughter, Kulture. The drama all started when a Twitter user took aim at the rapper’s mothering, writing, “Kulture don’t like her momma and that’s the funniest part…every video she be ignoring tf outta all that screaming.” In her response, Cardi decided to clap back with sweetness, posting an adorable video of with the toddler (whom she shares with Migos rapper Offset), captioned “Loud and wrong.” In the 10-second clip, the star lies in her bed, urging Kulture to show her some love. “Give mommy kiss, give mommy kiss,” Cardi says. The toddler obliges by removing her pacifier and planting a sweet kiss on Mom. Watch the adorab...
Banda MS: Snoop Dogg Wants Us to ‘Start Working on a Second Song’ Together
While hunkered down in their native Mazatlán [Sinaloa, México], Banda MS‘ Alan Ramírez and Oswaldo Silvas joined Billboard for an Instagram Live Q&A on Tuesday (May 26), during which both spoke about their chart-topping collaboration with Snoop Dogg, “Qué Maldición.” “This song was born in the most organic way,” says Silvas. “It came out when it was supposed to come out and it was a risk we were taking because we didn’t know how our fans would react.” The historical collaboration, uniting two cultures and two genres in one song, debuted at No. 4 on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs (chart dated May 14), scoring both acts their first top 10 on the survey. On YouTube, the animated video has more than 30 million videos to date. Furtherm...
