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West Coast rap legend Ludacris had teamed up with tech giant Google to release his new single, ‘Buying All Black,’ with an interactive music video.The song and video from the three-time Grammy winner features Flo Milli and 70 Black-owned businesses.The release of the production comes in time to celebrate the third yearly US-wide campaign known as ‘Black-owned Friday,’ this week.The interactive video sees Ludacris transported to different Black-owned businesses through the rapper’s Google searches. The various wares sold by each Black business featured are highlighted during the video — including the clothing donned by Ludacris and Flo Milli in the production.

Adidas have announced the launch of a new colorway for the Hu NMD shoe in collaboration with musician Pharrell Williams.On Thursday, the German sportswear giant announced that a new grey tone colorway of the Hu NMD Animal Print shoe would be made available for sale from 23rd November.In a statement, Adidas announced that the new colorway would feature “ an embroidered all over print that adds texture to the sock-like material in a silvery gray color accented with darker tonal spots.”“Accompanying rope laces feature reflectivity, while the shoe’s signature heel cage allows the wearer to lace their sneakers in unique ways. The sneaker is constructed with an engineered adidas Primeknit textile upper, matched with a BOOST midsole and rubber outsole,” the press release added.Images provided along with the press release showcase a unique looking shoe.

In the early 2000s, my parents had a falling out, and we were forced to move from forested Oregon, where we had countless hiking trails and a jungle of temperate rainforest to explore, to rural Arizona, which hung somewhere around 105-110 F during the summertime. Everything was prickly, dusty, dry, and hot. Regardless of how high we cranked the air conditioner, which we had to sneak, we'd still feel like we were on fire. We were trapped in the house. We had nowhere to ride our bikes. All music was banned. We were told that our favorite TV shows were sinful, and we were shamed if we read books. Life was meant for work, picking up after the dog, shoveling gravel, mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing countertops, toilets, and dishes. Church was absolutely mandatory. My grandparents attended the ultra-extremist Church at Safford, an ancient brick building with 70s shag carpet that smelled like sweat and tar. It was Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Bible class on Tuesday nights. If we refused, we were told that we'd either be forced into the car, or the cops would be called, even if we were sick. We could puke in the tiny bathroom outside the sanctuary if it came to it. There was an actual polygamist compound across the street, some neanderthal Mormon sect, not unlike the FLDS we've all heard so much about, but they weren't as stringent about their uniforms. Sometimes we'd see the kids working in their fields, moving from one row to the next in cheap Walmart jeans and plain, raggedly T's covered in the dust that seemed to collect everywhere. They weren't much different from the congregation, who seemed a little off. All of the women had stringy Brady Bunch mom hair, 90s rat tails, and country western outfits, complete with tassels, turquoise, and bolo ties. The men were usually dressed as cowboys, shell-shocked ex-soldiers, or a combination of the two. They'd have giant pistols on their hips, and those gigantic Peggy Hill glasses we've all come to associate with the elderly. The style was too pervasive. Normalcy was rare, and when it did show up, it was never fully complete--just a little more progressive than your average cattle rancher like, 'I know he ain't gospel, but I think it's OK to listen to a little Ted Nugent.' It was unreal to think that a hundred people like that could be condensed into a single room, but they were.

Roddy Ricch gave back to his city of Los Angeles this week by paying for some residents’ groceries.It seems the LA rapper has taken the title of his ‘Feed Tha Streets,’ mixtape series quite literally by paying for customers’ shopping at a local supermarket in his hometown.The Compton rapper got on the loudspeaker of a local grocery store and let customers by know he’d be paying for all of their shopping for the day.Ricch has turned Good Samaritan as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches in the USA while inflation rises in the country.The following no is what the rapper announced on the supermarket’s P.A system.“It’s Roddy Ricch, if I got any shoppers in here we just came through to pay for anybody’s groceries for the next 30 minutes,” he told the shoppers.“If you got your groceries and you want us to pay for them and help y’all out,” he announced on the sound system.“We here for y’all, make your way to the register — we got y’all and we appreciate y’all. We love (Los Angeles), happy holidays,” he said.The rapper’s generosity went on to help out many shoppers, who were left touched by his gesture.“Thank you so much, I just wanna cry right now,” one female shopper said. “This is a blessing today,” another said.

GloRilla has announced her inaugural tour following the release of her debut album, ‘Anyways, Life’s Great...’ this week.The album, featuring the single ‘Tomorrow 2,’ with Cardi B, was released last Friday, 11th November.The tour of the US will include shows at 16 different cities across the country in 2023.The tour will begin in Charlotte, North Carolina and finish in Glorilla’s hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.So far, official dates have been released for all venues on the countrywide tour barring the final show. GloRilla took to social media to share the news with her many fans.“SO EXCITED I’m going on my VERY FIRST TOUR!” she wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, 17th November.“Get the presale code when you join my Discord (gorilla emojis). Presale starts 11/17 @ 10AM local time.,” she said.“Public on sale Friday, Nov 18 at 10AM Local. BIG GLO & GANG EM COMING TO UR CITY !,” she added in the post.

Fat Joe believes he should have been awarded a Grammy in 2017.The New York rapper has said that he feels he was robbed of what would have been his first Grammy by Chicago’s Chance the Rapper.Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s hot single “All the Way Up” alongside rapper French Montana was nominated for the Best Rap Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards,Unfortunately for Joey Crack and his colleagues, they eventually lost out to Chance’s hit song “No Problem” featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, from Chance’s ‘Coloring Book’ album.The performance of “No Problem” would go on to win Best Rap Performance for 2017.Fat Joe’s “All the Way Up” also competed with Drake’s super hit “Hotline Bling” for Best Rap Song, and lost out in that category too.In a new interview with men’s fashion magazine, GQ, Fat Joe spoke about his belief that “All the Way Up” should’ve taken home the award over Chance’s “No Problem.”

Lil Durk has said he wants to play a part in ending Chicago’s sequence of violence. In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the ‘Chi City’ rapper expressed his thoughts on rap music and violence and claimed that he would no longer make reference to the deceased in any of his future rap songs.Durk said that he wanted to stop the ongoing gang violence in his native city’s altogether.“I’m going to start by getting the city together,” Lil Durk said. “To do my part to slow down the violence,” the rapper added.Later in the interview, Durk spoke about his upbringing in the city and revealed that he experienced immense some really bad days before he recently hit his 30th birthday this year. He spoke about how he wanted to play a part in halting violence by not rapping about the topic any more in his music.Instead, Durk shared his ambition of becoming a more business focused man.“Even if you do 99 percent of sh*t right, you still got 1 percent of the demons with you,” Lil Durk stated in the interview. “You get angry fast, and one reply can f**k up a billion dollars,” he shared, “That’s why I’m not saying names no more [in my music].” “I ain’t speaking on the dead no more — none of that,” Durk added.Lil Durk spoke about his hopes for the future.“I’m not chasing death no more,” Durk said.“I’m chasing a billion dollars,” the rapper said, “I want our kids to grow up safe and sound, to be able to have fun, to have a real life.”

Puma have announced that they have teamed up with Italian outerwear clothing brand, Neman, to create a “camouflage” inspired clothing collection this Winter.The “PUMA x NEMEN Fall 2022 collection” is due to drop on 19th November, with the prices of products ranging from 45 to 650 euros.In a press release published on Thursday, 17th November, Puma said that the collection of clothing has taken inspiration from supercars.The release said that Puma and Nemen’s joint production will consist of apparel, footwear and accessories for Fall 2022.“ The collaboration draws from the elite world of supercar prototypes, which are often obscured with specialized, anti-spy camouflage wrap,” the statement from Puma read.“Together, PUMA and NEMEN developed an exclusive pattern inspired by these optical illusions of the automotive industry, which are intended to distort and conceal the shapes and angles of prototype cars,” it explained.

At its height, the Falwell family was a theocratic machine, so influential that their endorsement could make or break a presidential candidate. They'd hoard billions from collection plates, corrupt business practices, and various enterprises and funnel those funds into building a vast Christian empire. They had influence, wealth, and a voice that reached the masses. But they were sloppy and bigoted, and they loved their vice. In the end, all it took to bring them down was a single Miami pool boy with a story to tell. It's all chronicled in the recently released Hulu documentary 'God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty.' In 2012, Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki were staying at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel, where 20-year-old Giancarlo (pronounced 'jon-car-low') Granda worked as a pool attendant. He had been flirting with a group of girls when he looked back to see a middle-aged woman filming him with her phone. She reportedly told him, 'Don't bother with the young ones. They don't know what they're doing.'They struck up a conversation, and he agreed to meet her at another hotel for sex. She said that there was one caveat: Her husband wanted to watch. Her husband just happened to be the son of one of the most popular televangelists in the nation--and also a cuck, who jacked off in a dark corner while Giancarlo had sex with his wife.

History is filled with the forgotten accounts of great women. Since the beginning of time, men have stolen their ideas, demeaned their intelligence, and built statues in their own image. Gilead excelled at this practice. Serena Joy Waterford, their philosophical founder, wasn't mentioned in any records after the fall of the regime. Historians speculated that her name might have been a parodical pseudonym, created by June when she made the audio cassettes recording her experiences as a handmaid. It was the same with Aunt Lydia, a formidable political figure, credited as a founding aunt. Her picture hung in the back of every classroom. By the time the regime had fallen, and the world had moved on, there was very little proof of her existence. Historians knew the names of the Sons of Jacob and powerful commanders. But women's records were purged, burned in an effort to erase the crimes of men. There's no way of knowing how many stories have faded, what those women's lives were like, or what they might have accomplished. They could have lit the first fire and invented the wheel, the bow and arrow, and the sword. Perhaps they created the first spyglass or ship sail. If the legacies of women like Lydia and Serena can be destroyed, anything is possible. It's time women were given the credit they deserve. Let's right countless wrongs, restore dignity and justice, and delve into the bloody tapestry of female life in Gilead.

A pair of white trainers should be a staple of everyone's wardrobe.Some clean white sneakers can go with jeans or joggers and everything in between, maybe even a suit! Here are our top picks of the best white shoes for your feet to rock in 2022.

A new football campaign from sportswear brand Nike titled ‘Footballverse’ comes as the 2022 World Cup in Qatar approaches.The campaign is headed by a four and a half minute video advertisement features some top stars of the football world, including Alex Morgan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Ronaldinho and Sam Kerr.The concept of the campaign poses the question, what would a universe where some of the greatest compete against each other look like?To answer this question, the American sports brand has created the “Footballverse,” where stars from different eras compete both against and with each other.View the new star studded Nike Football World Cup film below:

New York Rapper Nas is set to perform a one-off show in his home city where he will perform his 'King's Disease,' trilogy of albums in its entirety.The news comes after the rap legend released 'King's Disease III,' produced by Hit-Boy, on Friday.Shortly after its release, the album was placed at number one on the iTunes music charts.Riff magazine rated the Mass Appeal-released album 9/10 in its recent review, arguing that 'Nas maintains his reign with ‘King’s Disease III.’Describing the project, the magazine details that 'Nas spends most of this album reflecting on his youth and rise to superstardom, the naïveté of new artists and the ever-present significance that mortality holds over all of us.'Nas announced that the special performance will take place on the 24th February 2023 at the famous Madison Square Garden venue in New York city.The rapper took to social media to announce the news to his fans, sharing a concert poster on Instagram with the following captions:'King's disease Trilogy - one night only @thegarden 2.24,' the post said.

Bronx rappers Ice Spice and Lil Tjay gave back to their communities ahead of Thanksgiving with a Turkey giveaway on Wednesday.The pair of hip hop stars brought some holiday cheer to the Bronx as they gave back to their hometown with a Turkey Drive. With Thanksgiving approaching next week and prices going up in the USA due to inflation, the hip hop pair arrived on the scene to help to those in the area less fortunate.According to local news outlet, ‘News12 The Bronx,’ Ice Spice and Lil Tjay donated turkeys to around 150 local Bronx families. The queue trailed was reported to line around the block as the local stars participated in the giveaway at Fordham University.Some local residents were said to be waiting in line for up to three hours. One resident told News12 that she was “beyond grateful” to be part of a community where locals are “supporting everybody,” especially during Thanksgiving time when working families are still feeling the ill effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Singer SZA has finally announced a release month for her much anticipated album, ‘S.O.S.’During a new interview with music website and chart authors ‘Billboard,’ the singer revealed that her follow-up to her 2017 album ‘Ctrl,’ will be delivered at some time this December.The artist declined to reveal any set date for the albums release however.Her major label sophomore studio effort, which will released via Top Dawg/RCA, is “the most captivating music [SZA] has ever made,” according to the Billboard interview.“Her beloved lo-fi beats sharing space with surf rock within the same track,” the Billboard article said. “A grunge record and an acoustic guitar-driven ballad coexisting without either sounding out of place, the report details.Since her debut album, the singer has featured on a number of tracks from other major artists and also released her own singles, including ‘I Hate U,’ last year and ‘Good Days’ in 2020.Recently, she dropped her first single from the upcoming album, titled ‘Shirt, which was dropped with an accompanying music video featuring actor Lakieth Stanfield.