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On Friday night, Sir Mix-A-Lot joined the Seattle Symphony and performed his biggest hit, "Baby Got Back."
With the live quartet, the rapper invited a ton of women of all shapes and sizes on stage to dance to the song.
The event titled Sonic Evolution, celebrated the evolution of music from all genres with the orchestra providing their own special take on each performance.
Check it out above.
During Childish Gambino's set at Govenor's Ball in New York Saturday, the rapper brought Chance The Rapper for their collabo, "The Worst Guys."
The track off Gambino's latest album Because the Internet features Chance on the hook, but the Chicago rapper spit his own verse for the hype crowd.
In addition to "The Worst Guys," the two performed their other collaboration, "Favorite Song."
Gambino also performed singles from his debut album, Camp.
Check out Donald and Chance's performance above.
Rihanna has received many accolades in her career, but this one has to be the most rewarding. The R&B diva was awards Most Desirable Woman at the 2014 Guys Choice Awards on Saturday (June 8).
The testosterone-fueled kudos-fest, presented by Spike TV, salutes all-things “GUY” in entertainment. So obviously, guys dig RiRi, just asked Chris Brown and Drake, but we digress.
Rihanna was onhand to accept her first-ever pair of mantlers at the all-star event. Unfortunately, she didn’t come naked like she did at the CFDA Awards, much to the chagrin of the fellas in attendance. However, she did look flawless in her black dress and matching high heels.
The ‘Stay’ singer accepted the award from funnyman Kevin Hart. “How many men are mad that she didn’t come naked?” he asked the crowd, to which Rihanna responded, “I knew pervs like you would be here.”
The Bajan beauty then thanked all the guys who voted for her.
“Thank you for voting me this at 26 ’cause it goes all downhill from here,” she says. “This is a fun award, I appreciate it, and shout out to all the real men out there. Thank you for standing up. Thank you guys!”
Rihanna then went on Twitter to show off her mantlers.
The 2014 Guys Choice Awards will air on June 11 at 9 p.m. on Spike TV.
T-Boz from the music's most popular girl group TLC, has voiced her opinion about an interview she and fellow TLC member Chilli did about singers in the industry.
Contrary to what people may think, T-Boz slammed allegations that she and Chilli were referring to Rihanna.
T-Boz tweeted her frustrations on Friday about the rumors and the singer's "Old Thot" jab.
"Last time I checked I didn't say no bodies name the interview lady did shit I'm out of the country lol I didn't even see pics." She tweeted.
Coincidentally, the interview was released the day after Rihanna's appearance at the CFDA's where she wore a very revealing garment to accept her Fashion Icon award.
T-Boz continued with her rant, claiming that she never alluded Rihanna's name or likeliness in the interview.
"how did I get dragged in2 talkin about some1 I like I don't care what my opinion is." She tweeted. "I'm gonna say what I want at least get what I say right"
She also threw in a shot of her own to the critics.
"Lol I swear when some of their mamas whipped after sex apart of the sperm must of got whipped cuz their not whole y'all can catch bricks."
Check out the rest of her tweets above.
China’s largest-populated city Shanghai gets the spotlight in Nike’s ongoing celebration of cities all over the world.
The Nike City Collection Shanghai uses the silhouettes of the Lunarfly 306 and the Air Footscape Woven MTN. When it comes to the colorways, the two silhouettes have similar soles and while the theme is different on each pair it still feels very unified.
The Nike Lunarfly 306 City comes together with a comfortable silver mesh on the upper and backed by black nubuck with red accents which feels reminiscent of dusk.
The Nike Air Footscape Woven MTN City is given a heavily perforated black leather upper with 3M laden weave laced in as well while a shimmering heel rounds out the shoe.
The Nike City pack does a great job of highlighting Shanghai’s vibrant nightlife.
Both the Lunarfly 306 City and Footscape Woven MTN City will be available at Nike.com on June 13 for $105 and $160, respectively.
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LeBron James addressed reporters on Saturday to talk about his leg cramp recovery from Game 1 of the Finals and his chances of playing in Game 2.
James remains hopeful for tonight's game and says that the past few days of treatment have made him better.
"I'm doing well, I'm doing a lot better," he said. "With another day I should feel much better tomorrow."
He also said talked about his pull out from Game 1.
"You don't know what's gonna happen," he said. "I felt the extreme measures, but I wasn't the only one out there on the floor. You just play and you worry about the results later."
In a separate interview, Heat coach Erik Spolestra talked about the weather conditions in the arena. Since the Heat and the Spurs plan to play in the AT&T Center tonight, Spolestra says that the air conditioner should be running smoothly.
"We anticipate we will play in a very cool gym," he said. "We will have to deal with that now. I don't know if guys will be wearing tights under their shorts and long-sleeved shirts. I don't know."
Check out the rest of James' interview above.
Today (June 8) marks a special day in Kanye West‘s glorious life — it’s his 37th birthday!
The rapper-producer received a gorgeous-looking b-day cake from his new wife, Kim Kardashian. The celebutante posted a photo on Instagram of the cake, which spells out ‘Yeezus,’ the title of his last album, which he released in June 2013.
Along with the cake, Kimmy also wrote a beautiful birthday message to her hubby. She writes:
Happy Birthday to my husband and best friend in the entire world! You have changed my life in more ways than you know! The way you look at life inspires me! I love you so much!!!”
Awww…isn’t that sweet?
Prior to celebrating his birthday, Kanye West gave an impressive performance at the Summer X Games last night (June 7) in Austin, TX.
Kardashian posted a few photos from the event, which boasted a revamped stage design reminiscent of West’s recent ‘Yeezus’ stadium tour.
According to MTV News, Yeezy didn’t perform any tracks from his forthcoming album, but did perform his noteworthy tunes like ‘Power,’ ‘Jesus Walks,’ ‘Black Skinhead,’ ‘Bound 2,’ ‘Mercy,’ among many others.
Check out the pics below from Kim Kardashian’s Instagram account. Also, videos from West’s Creative Director Virgil Abloh.
After months or going to court with his estrange wife, Mase has finalized his divorce.
According to TMZ, the rapper lost physical custody of his children, but he's still able to visit for three hours every day with a 12 hour advance to Twlyla Betha. The rapper also has to pay $6,000 in child support.
On the bright side, the rapper received all of music equipment back in the settlement.
The rapper recently released his new single "Nothng."
Source: tmz.com
Meek Mill didn't respond well to his native Philadelphians' views of him due to his indirect ties to the Slowbucks' chain grabbing incident.
After exchanging words with his artist Louie V Gutta on Twitter about the incident, another associate shared his thoughts on the rapper.
"Meek really the clown in all this," Twitter user Demynu said.
Meek replied with, "I don't really know why y'all think y'all can mention my name in these ways...when we run into each other don't change!"
He also went into a full rant about the lack of support he receives from his hometown, and mentioned an earlier incident that resulted in a local Philly rapper taking him to court.
"Niggas b cold p**** talking on these joints ..... Just know meek mill and them gone b around.... Twitter different than real life!" he said.
The rapper plans to make an appearance in his hometown Friday.
Check out the rest of his tweets above.
If the monotony of all white everything is starting to bore you a bit then maybe you just need a few hits of Safari to spice things up and thankfully Nike has you covered.
The Nike Air Trainer 1 Low ST is a white leather shoe that features bits of grey safari print panels on its midfoot strap as well as the swoosh. The sneaker is also aided by hits of blue strewn about on the upper. Overall, the sneaker is extremely clean and just begging to be worn with shorts.
These are available now at select retailers including Oneness. Unfortunately, they aren’t available for purchase online but with little legwork you could cop them on eBay and have them on your feet in no time.
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As Kanye West rings in his 37th birthday, his wife Kim Kardashian posted a special note for her husband on Instagram.
"Happy Birthday to my husband and best friend in the entire world! You have changed my life in more ways than you know! The way you look at life inspires me! I love you so much!!!"
She also posted a photo of his huge birthday cake.
Take a look at the cake in the slide above.
Chance the Rapper maybe a newcomer, but one can never say that he can’t command a stage.
Before the Chicago native stepped onto the stage at the 2014 Governors Ball Music Festival on Saturday (June 7), the crowd started chanting him to come out 10 minutes prior to his scheduled set time. Then again, we can’t judge these fans too harshly as many of them came so early to grab a spot by the stage that they had to tolerate a show by Deafhaven, the fest’s only heavy metal act.
Wearing former Chicago White Sox pitcher David Wells’ jersey with a Superman T-shirt underneath, Chance clearly pays homage to his Chi-town home even though he’s in the Big Apple. Performing songs like ‘Cigarettes’ and ‘Lost,’ Chance may be one of the more energetic rappers you will see onstage. Blending his rap and R&B vibe so effortlessly, the 21-year-old rapper can spit tough rhymes for the fellas and sing seductively enough for the ladies in the audience.
Unlike other sets which had a mix of hardcore fans and the musically curious, it was clear that the hundreds of festival-goers in the Gotham tent were disciples of Chance the Rapper.
The sold-out crowd yelled every word along with him, proving they were dedicated fans of the Chi-City rhymer. And nothing proved that more when Chance performed his 2013 mixtape standout ‘Juice,’ which inspired everyone to sing along and dance so hard they could have turned that tent upside down.
Check out photos from Chance the Rapper’s performance at the Governors Ball below.
A 50 Cent associate has been arrested for allegedly pummeling and robbing Slowbucks of his chain at Hot 97′s Summer Jam concert reports AllHipHop.com.
Mikey Fingers, who is purportedly a member of the rapper’s entourage, is currently in jail for the assault and robbery of Slowbucks’ jewelry.
In a tweet that has since been removed, concert promoter Mike Lighty accused Slow (of Slowbucks) of snitching to the police.
“#ShoutOut The coward @slowbucks For Snitching On the Homie Aka Tio #MikeyFingers!!!!!” he wrote. “These @slowbucks Cats talk about killing drugs and gangs But when the block Is flamming these be the same Cowards Snitching and pointing People Out… #Free my n—a #MikeyFingers!!!!”
While Lighty’s tweets were directed at the wrong Twitter user, Slowbucks did respond via Instagram denying that he talked with authorities.
I [see] this #Snitching s— is getting outta hand… Da news #Conference y’all viewed was not about #PressingCharges or anything like that it was about #Brand #Management!” he writes. “Da brand consultant was explaining Da case 2 a panel of P.R. In an attempt 2 try 2 pull some bread out 4 Da”SlowBucks” Brand.. However, the media will always show y’all what they want you 2 [see]. We not entertaining NO #Police @ all!! This is the last time I’m speaking on it…!!! #FACTS & Still #OE!”
Prior to the arrest, Slow held a press conference on Thursday (June 5) with his civil attorney to announced that he’s investigating 50 Cent for brand tarnishment. Lawyer John P. Bostany of Bostany Law firm is considering legal action against the parties involved in the beatdown of Slow. Bostany says that the assault, which has been captured on video, hurts the Slowbucks brand, and that 50 Cent’s clothing brand, G-Unit, is a direct competitor.
“They know he is the founder of Slowbucks, the No. 1 urban brand on the rise today,” said Bostany. “They want to hurt that brand, and they are trying to hurt that brand. We are going to put an end to that. We’re here. I’m a trademark attorney. I’m a copyright attorney and I fight unfair competition.”
You can watch the incident below.
Watch the Assault and Robbery of Slowbucks at Hot 97 Summer Jam 2014
Justin Bieber's mentor Usher has finally released an official statement following the singer's racist jokes via Instagram.
The "Good Singer" insists that Bieber isn't a racist, but his recent string of legal issues prove that he doesn't make the sight decisions.
"At my core, I am a person that supports growth and understands without judgment," Usher said. "[That] growth often comes as a result of pain and continues effort. As I have watched Justin Bieber navigate difficult waters as a young man, I can tell you that he hasn't always chosen the path of his greatest potential, but he is unequivocally not a racist. What he was 5 years ago was a naive child who did not understand the negative power and degradation that comes from playing with racial slurs. What he is now is a young man faced with an opportunity to become his best self, an example to the millions of kids that follow him to not make the same mistakes."
The leaked outtakes from his film Never Say Never show the singer repeatedly saying the n-word in a joke about African Americans.
Migos, Floyd Mayweather and Soulja Boy have also come to the singer's defense claiming that Bieber isn't a racist.
Source: tmz.com
Pierre Garcon jammed out with Biz Markie and sang his big hit "Just A Friend."
The Redskins player joined Markie on stage at his Second Annual All-White Charity event for the Boys and Girls Club in D.C. For the event, the player raised proceeds to fund programs for children of the Greater Washington area.
Check out the moment from the benefit above.
R&B group Jagged Edge is on the comeback trail with help from Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox.
The famed producer goes behind the scenes for the group's new album J.E. Heartbreak Too.
Check out some of the new music and the group's writing process above.