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Renee Montgomery “Definitely Interested” In Buying WNBA Team
Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty If the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream were to go on sale, the team wouldn’t have to worry about liking their owners because Renee Montgomery has expressed interest in buying the team. The WNBA star talked about the potential opportunity while co-hosting “TMZ Sports” on FS1. “Listen, I’m interested,” she said. “I think that people talking about it are actually serious. And, I’m actually serious.” The team isn’t up for sale, but team co-owner and Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler may be salty enough to consider it after the entire Dream squad spent the last six months throwing shade at her for her right-wing political views against Black Lives Matter. In a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert written in July, she stated: “I adamantly opp...
DaBaby Taken Into Custody For Carrying Heat In Beverly Hills
Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital DaBaby might be one of the rap game’s biggest artists today, but that isn’t keeping people and police in Beverly Hills from looking at him and his crew with suspicious eyes. TMZ is reporting that this past Thursday (Jan. 7), DaBaby and his crew were taken into custody while at a shopping spree in Beverly Hills after police frisked him and his crew and discovered a gun in their possession. According to the report the Kirk rapper and three of his friends were surrounded by “Jake” as they exited the Moncler store on Rodeo Drive after someone in the store dropped dime and informed police that they were carrying a weapon. Baby and his friends were detained while officers searched the vehicle, and found one handgun. We’re told the rapper was arrested ...
Celeb Sneaker Plug Benjamin Kickz Arrested For Assaulting & Robbing A Fan, Goons Did It
Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty These days internet celebs are just as popular as actual celebs and sneaker dealer to the stars, Benjamin Kickz just found out that the price of fame sometimes costs peace of mind… and more. TMZ is reporting that the famous sneaker reseller was recently arrested after his crew put hands and feet on a fan in Miami this past New Years Eve. Apparently Benjamin Kickz confronted a fan at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach believing he’d taken a pic of him and proceeded to snatch his phone and walked away as his crew put a universal beatdown on the victim. The beating was so bad that authorities say the fan was taken to the hospital to get treatment for his injuries. Benjamin was booked into Dade County Jail Thursday morning and has been charged with one count ...
Lauryn Hill Opens Up About Why She Didn’t Release A Follow-up After ‘Miseducation’
Source: Christie Goodwin / Getty Lauryn Hill debuted her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill over 20 years ago and never followed up with another studio release. Finally, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the singer reflects on her decision why and offers insight into what she wanted out of the album. Hypebeast highlights the takeaways from the discussion. For starters, Hill places blame on Ruffhouse and Columbia Records, her label at the time, for suffocating her creative process with efforts on a follow-up. “The wild thing is no one from my label has ever called me and asked how can we help you make another album…With The Miseducation, there was no precedent. I was, for the most part, free to explore, experiment and express. After The Miseducation, there were scores...
Under Armour Giving Away 62 Pairs of Curry Flow 8 In Celebration of Chef Curry’s 62-Point Game
Source: Ezra Shaw / Getty Steph Curry endured much criticism to start off the season as he’d struggled to get his Golden State Warriors in the Win column without his PNC, Klay Thompson. But after burning the Portland Trailblazers for 62 points, it looks like Chef Curry is back in the kitchen and Under Armour is preppin’ an exclusive dish in celebration of his return. Sneaker News is reporting that Under Armour is blessing 62 students at the Oakland Unified School District with free pairs of the upcoming “Flow Like Water” colorway of their Curry Flow 8. This upcoming January 22nd release features a full Warriors royal blue upper with a clean white contrast on the sole and mudguard, while subtle hits of bright Golden State yellow can be found throughout. Curry Brand was officially unveiled i...
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Mercedes-Benz Unveils 56-Inch Hyperscreen Display For EQS Electric Car [Video]
Source: Mercedes-Benz / Mercedes-Benz Battery operated motoring is about to get an upgrade. One of the top tier manufacturers is about to advance the look and feel of the category. Source: Mercedes-Benz / Mercedes-Benz As spotted on The Verge Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled a big point of difference to their upcoming electric car release. The German automaker will be providing drivers a customized operating system for the upcoming EQS model via the Hyperscreen. The MBUX Hyperscreen is a large, curved screen panel extends almost the entire width of the interior, from the left to the right A-pillar. In addition to its sheer size, the high-quality, detailed design aesthetic guarantees a “wow” effect. The front passenger is also given their own display and operating area, to help make roa...
Ray Fisher’s Cyborg Written Out Of Upcoming ‘The Flash’ Movie
Source: CHRIS DELMAS / Getty One of the few bright spots of DC’s incredibly struggle film known as Justice League was Ray Fisher’s iteration as comic book superhero Cyborg. Although many fans want to see more of the half-man, half-robot hero, don’t expect to see him again anytime soon. Months after criticizing Justice League replacement director Joss Whedon and DC Films President, Walter Hamada, The Wrap is reporting that Ray Fisher’s Cyborg character has been written out of the highly anticipated The Flash solo film. The news comes after Fisher publicly announced that not only did he want nothing to do with the upcoming movie, but also that Walter Hamada was “the most dangerous kind of enabler” explaining that “His lies, and WB PR’s failed Sept. 4th hit-piece sought to undermine the very ...
After Twitter Suspended His Account, Facebook Is Indefinitely Banning Donald Trump From Posting
Source: SOPA Images / Getty After all of the racist and outright crazy sh*t that he has said on Twitter that many have warned would eventually lead to yesterday’s bootleg coup, social media companies have said enough. With only 14 days remaining in his nightmare term, Donald Trump, who has been pushing the norms to the limit, has finally done something that both Democrats and a sizeable number of Republicans can agree was absolutely crazy. After urging a mob of his loyal pro-Trump terrorists to storm the U.S. Capitol Building putting the lives of Congress members, Capitol Police, and his own Vice President in danger, Twitter took the unprecedented act to suspend the inciter-in-chief’s account after he continued to spew false information breaking Twitters Rules. In violation of those rules,...
Royce da 5’9 Boots ‘The Source’ Co-Founder Dave Mays Out Clubhouse Room Over Eminem Beef
Source: Catherine McGann / Getty It is a well-documented fact that Royce da 5’9 and Eminem are close friends in Hip-Hop and that their connection is more of a brotherhood than anyone on the outside can understand. While hosting a Clubhouse chat, Nickel Nine got into some funk with The Source co-founder Dave Mays regarding Slim Shady which got testy. As Clubhouse becomes one of the hottest spaces online for industry minds to meet and, at times, hash out their varying opinions, fans are uploading the previously privatized chats to social media, especially when veer off into the spicy side. Inside the room featured the likes of Just Blaze, Van Lathan, Punch of TDE, and King Los among others discussing Eminem’s legacy, loosely at that, along with the aforementioned. It appeared that many in th...
Busta Rhymes Memorializes MF DOOM In Heartfelt Letter
Source: PYMCA / Getty Busta Rhymes is mourning over the loss of his longtime friend, and collaborator MF DOOM after the recent news of his death created a shockwave of grief throughout the culture. After a few days of silence, Vibe spotted Busta’s heartfelt letter penned on Instagram memorializing DOOM’s life and contribution to Hip-Hop. “It has taken me days to come to terms with this enough to type about it and I still can’t believe it or come to terms with it,” Busta wrote on Sunday (Jan. 3). “I’m completely f*cked up by the loss of this GOD MC & incredible human being!!! Over 30 years of friendship and brotherhood almighty!! I wanted to believe this was another elaborate scheme by the great Whodunit MF Doom himself but this time I have [received] the confirmations that ...
The Twitterverse Thanks Stacey Abrams For Turning Georgia Into A Blue State
Source: Jessica McGowan / Getty Last night Georgia held what many consider the most important senate runoff vote in U.S. history and now that it looks like democrats will retake control of the Senate, Americans took to Twitter to give Stacey Abrams her flowers for making the impossible happen. According to Raw Story, the Twitterverse erupted with joy and gratitude for Abrams after it began to seem clear that democratic senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were Washington bound as they took the leads over their republican opponents, Sen. Kelly Loeffler amd Sen. David Purdue. Long thought to be a deep red state, Stacy Abrams spent the last few years convincing people to register to vote and got them to the poles after she herself was robbed of the Governorship in Atlant...
Megan Thee Stallion Says “Nice Try” To Tory Lanez Seemingly Trying To Troll Her With DaBaby Collab
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz It’s a new year, and the varmint Tory Lanez is still trying to get under Megan Thee Stallion’s skin. Sighs… Tory Lamez is still at it y’all. The Canadian rapper became the discussion topic when he shared a still from a video he and the king of CAP, DaBaby, collaborated on with the caption “@dababy X TORY LANEZ ……… SONG + VISUALS ON THE WAY.” Twitter immediately called out Lanez and DaBaby for working with the “Say it” crafter because Lanez allegedly shot the Houston rapper. DaBabt and Megan Thee Stallion are good friends and have collaborated frequently. Just recently, the two, who many say is work husband and wife, came together on the single “Cry Baby” off Megan’s debut album Good News which is currently gaining momentum thanks to the #CryBab...
