A mother’s love is unconditional. But according to Wiz Khalifa, so is their level of cool. The “We Dem Boyz” rapper is known for his laid-back, easy going personality. But in his eyes, he is simply an extension of his mother, Peachie Wimbush’s free spirit.
Yesterday (May 17), during his appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Wiz outlined just how down to Earth his mother is, which included a family trip to the strip club. As Hudson and Wiz discussed Mother’s Day, the musician gushed about their tight-knit relationship.
“Mother’s Day is every day for my mom,” he said. “Peachie’s a superstar. If you meet her, you’ll fall in love with her. So every day is her day. Me and my mom do everything together.”
When asked what mother and son quality time consisted of, Wiz answered: “We go to the strip club together, we went to Mexico. We went to Coachella together. We do everything. That’s my dog.”
Well, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. When it comes to parenting his son, Sebastian (whom he shares with Amber Rose), Wiz confessed that he’s also a cool dad. Earlier in the interview, he talked about throwing a West Coast gangsta themed party, fulled with low riders and more.
According to HITS Daily Double, across Lamar’s fiery tracks, in just this week (week ending 5/09), he supposedly pulled in an estimated $562,368. In the age of streaming, several musicians (such as Snoop Dogg) have expressed their frustrations with each platform’s pay model. On the flip side, for Lamar the feud has seemingly proven to be lucrative, specifically in relation to his streaming income.
“Not Like Us” alone reportedly grossed a total streaming revenue of $264,325 (58,739,000 counted streams). The second highest streamed (45,755,00) solo diss track from Lamar, “Euphoria,” is estimated to have earned $205,896. Lastly, with a total stream count of 20,478,00, Lamar’s “Meet The Grahams” supposedly brought in $92,147.
According to the outlet, the track to set it all off, Metro Boomin and Future’s “Like That,” also generated a pretty penny. With 29,978,000 counted streams, that track is estimated to have generated $134,900 in streaming income alone.
Now, these numbers could fluctuate based on Lamar’s royalty percentages (sound recording, mechanical rights, and the performance rights). Still, even if the final number dropped significantly, this is quite a massive payout for essentially airing out your grievances. Most people have to pay a therapist big bucks for that.
Sabrina Ionescu‘s first signature sneaker with Nike was a massive hit, gaining traction with fans and other players — in both the WNBA and NBA.
Ionescu’s shoe felt closely aligned with the ever-popular Kobe Bryant line, fitting for a player that had close ties to the late-Lakers legend. After seeing so much success with her first show, there was plenty of anticipation for what Nike and Sabrina would come up with for her second edition in 2024.
On Saturday, ahead of the Liberty’s home opener, Nike unveiled the first official look at the Sabrina 2, and also announced a global release date of June 28.
The Sabrina 2 features a similar silhouette to the popular first model, but they were able to shave 28 grams of the weight to make it even lighter. It’s not a surprise Nike and Ionescu wanted to keep a lot of the look and feel of the first shoe given how well it was received, working mostly to update and refine the original.
From a tech perspective, there’s a Zoom Air unit in the forefoot, with a Cushlon 3.0 foam midsole, and an updated band system in the midfoot area to provide better lockdown and a more snug fit.
Ionescu’s sneaker is the first of what will soon be three Nike women’s basketball signatures, with Caitlin Clark and A’ja Wilson each having shoes coming out in the coming years.
In a weird twist of 2024, Ancient Rome is alive in well at the movies and on TV. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 will revisit the world once traveled by Maximus and Commodus. The Boys has also thematically referenced Julius Caesar in its lead up to Amazon series’ fourth season. And now, there’s Roland Emmerich with a full-on TV series about the nitty-gritty of arena dominance.
That would be the same Roland Emmerich who destroyed cities and the world in movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow and who also likes to blow sh*t up almost as much as Michael Bay does. What can we expect from Emmerich taking the historical-epic route on television? He likely had a difficult time restraining himself while directing several episodes in an hour-long format, but he got the job done. Here’s what we can expect.
Plot
Peacock
Russell Crowe’s infamous “Are you not entertained?” line from Gladiator will come to mind with this show, which portrays (as revealed in a new Entertainment Weekly feature) the “entertainment underbelly” of Ancient Rome. In particular, the real-life Flavian dynasty will take center stage with Anthony Hopkins as ruler Flavius Vespasian , whose sons — Titus (Tom Hughes), a military officer, and Domitian (Jojo Macari), a slimy politician — are at odds over who will eventually ascend to the leadership position.
As Hopkins told EW, Flavius took on his duties while attempting to save the Roman empire from its corruptive practices. He used “bread and circuses, he entertained the people.” From there, the dynasty “fortified a strong empire,” but oh, the brutality. Expect, as always, for Emmerich to spare no spectacle while directing several episodes in the first season in this series created by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan). From the synopsis:
Those About To Die is an epic drama set in the corrupt world of the spectacle-driven gladiatorial competition, exploring a side of ancient Rome never before told — the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most… blood and sport. The series introduces an ensemble of characters from all corners of the Roman Empire who collide at the explosive intersection of sports, politics, and dynasties.
Cast
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The vast ensemble cast is headlined by Anthony Hopkins. Expect to also say hello (and possibly quick good-byes) to Tom Hughes, Jojo Macari, Moe Hashim, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Iwan Rheon, Sara Martins, Gabriella Pession, Dimitri Leonidas, Gonçalo Almeida, Eneko Sagardoy, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emilio Sakraya, David Wurawa, and Pepe Barroso.
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Release Date
On July 18, Peacock will release all 10 episodes of the first season.
For the third straight game in the Pacers-Knicks series, the home team picked up a blowout win, as Indiana protected homecourt in Game 6 to the tune of a 116-103 win (that wasn’t as close as that final score indicates), sending things back to the Garden for a Game 7 on Sunday.
It looked like we might finally get a competitive game, as the two teams traded punches and leads through the first quarter and a half, with Indiana playing much more inspired team ball at home and Deuce McBride providing a big lift off the bench for New York.
However, as the second quarter wound to a close, the Pacers ripped off a big run to take control of the game with a 10-point lead going into the halftime break.
The Knicks would trim the lead down to 13 going to the fourth and seemed like they might make one last push to get things close, but the Pacers quickly shut down those hopes, pushing their lead out to 20 and ending the threat.
In support, the Pacers saw Tyrese Haliburton (15 points, 9 assists), Myles Turner (17 points, 8 rebounds), Andrew Nembhard (15 points, six assists), TJ McConnell (15 points), and Obi Toppin (11 points) all get into double figures. What is maybe most encouraging for Indiana is they didn’t win thanks to a red-hot shooting night (34.6 percent from three), but by imposing their will physically and taking the fight to the Knicks — something New York did to them in Game 6.
The Knicks looked like a tired, worn down team once again on the road, with Josh Hart being the latest Knick to pick up an injury with an abdominal injury that limited him to 31 minutes and had him in clear pain on the bench. McBride was the bright spot offensively, with 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting, but it was otherwise a grind for New York to get much of anything going on offense. Jalen Brunson finished with 31 points but shot just 11-of-26 from the field, while Donte DiVincenzo added 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting. As a team, New York shot just 43.9 percent from the floor and 69.2 percent from the free throw line, as they just could not get into a rhythm with their shot from anywhere.
Now the series shifts back to New York and the same question persists: Can a road team finally get a win in this series? The first three games were all tight, but since then it’s been blowout after blowout, and the Pacers will have to prove they can get this kind of effort, intensity, and focus to travel to New York on Sunday afternoon for Game 7 at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
But the reverse is also true. When you’re in another country and unexpectedly encounter someone who speaks your language, it’s a refreshing and delightful surprise. Americans are pretty familiar with that experience, as it’s not uncommon to find people who speak English in other countries, but that’s not the case for everyone.
It’s especially not the case for Chinese people living in the U.S., where only around 1% of people speak Chinese at home, and those numbers are split between Mandarin, Cantonese and other dialects. Finding an American who comfortably speaks Mandarin is a rarity, which is why a video of employees of a Chinese restaurant reacting to a customer doing just that has gone viral.
That customer is musician Kevin Olusola, most well known as one of the vocalists in the a cappella group Pentatonix. Olusola was picking up some food at Okome Asian Grill in his home state of Kentucky when he surprised the crew by responding to them in Mandarin, and their reaction was sheer surprise and delight.
Olusola shared in the comments that it meant a lot to him and filled his heart when the woman said, “You’re one of us.”
He joked in the video about being born and raised in Beijing, but he actually only lived there and studied Chinese for a year and a half. But as he said, he loved the language and put his “whole heart” into studying it. And apparently, however he learned it was incredibly effective.
“As a native Chinese speaker I need people to realize how amazing this is: not only is he speaking Chinese fluently and pretty quickly, he’s also slurring certain words/speaking in a certain accent, using sentence patterns, and using phrases that’s specific to Beijing: he is literally in every sense speaking like a Beijing locals, it’s so cool to see 😍” shared one commenter.
Another commenter explained what he said after “The food is” in the video: “Se Xiang Wei Ju Quan, literally ‘colour,’ ‘aroma,’ ‘taste,’ ‘complete,’ the first three are the three basic requirements of well made food in the philosophy of Chinese cooking, so essentially it means ‘Your food is amazing, it looks good, smells good and tastes good.'”
Another person wrote, “I’ve been watching videos like this on YouTube..it’s always so interesting. Once that language barrier comes down we are so much alike.” That comment hit home for Olusola and he responded to it with another video.
“Once language barriers go down you realize that we’re all alike—that statement resonates so deeply with me,” he said. “I remember living in Beijing and hanging out with my Chinese friends, speaking to them in Chinese, and once the language barrier was down I realized that they had the same hopes, dreams and fears that I had…I think that’s why empathy and understanding are so embedded in language learning.”
Empathy and understanding really are the key to shared humanity. Ideally, one day we will have a universal language that we all learn to speak in addition to our native tongues, so that we won’t have to navigate those language barriers that artificially separate us. But in the meantime, learning another culture’s language can be a bridge that unites people in moments of delight like this one.
“Follow your passion” is a cliche you will hear in almost every graduation commencement speech. But we all accept it as a golden rule for life because we hear it so often and it feels right.
We tell ourselves that if we are passionate about something, we will be good at it and it will sustain us throughout our lives. However, Scott Galloway, a self-made millionaire and marketing professor at New York University Stern School of Business, thinks that telling people to follow their passions is bad advice.
In 2005, Galloway founded the digital intelligence firm L2 Inc., a venture that would go on to be acquired by Gartner for a staggering $155 million in March 2017.
″[Return on investment] and sex appeal are inversely correlated. What do we mean about that? Simply put: Don’t follow your passion,” Galloway told CNBC Make It. Instead, Galloway proposes a more practical approach. “Find out what you’re good at and then invest 10,000 hours in it — and become great at it,” Galloway says.
The 10,000-hour theory Malcolm Gladwell explains in his book “Outliers,” states that to become exceptionally good at something, you need about 10,000 hours of practice. In his book, he emphasizes that it’s not just talent that matters; putting in the time and effort is key to mastering any skill or profession.
In “Outliers,” Gladwell notes that highly successful people, including Bill Gates, The Beatles, and Robert Oppenheimer, all put 10,000 hours into their particular skill sets before reaching incredible heights of success.
“People often come to NYU and say, ‘Follow your passion’ — which is total bulls***, especially because the individual telling you to follow your passion usually became magnificently wealthy selling software as a service for the scheduling of health care maintenance workers. And I refuse to believe that that was his or her passion,” Calloway continues.
Calloway adds that one of the benefits of focusing on our natural gifts is that it will eventually inspire passion. “What they were passionate about was being great at something, and then the accouterments of being great at something — the recognition from colleagues, the money, the status will make you passionate about whatever it is,” Galloway said.
A 2018 report by Stanford researchers came to a similar conclusion. The researchers believe that following one’s passions isn’t a clear road to success for numerous reasons. The maxim assumes that we have only one passion in life and that it will not change over time. It also gives the impression that when we follow our passions, we’ll always magically fall into our dream jobs and become successful.
Finally, just because one is passionate about something doesn’t necessarily mean they are good at it.
While some may think Calloway’s advice is cynical and heartless, there’s something extraordinary about nurturing our natural gifts and using them to achieve success in life. In a world where our talents and passions may not always align, embracing what makes you unique and sharing it with the world in your own special way is a beautiful gift that you can offer.
After the last few weeks, I think it’s fair to say that we all agree hip-hop needed to settle down a bit. The energy was getting too negative, and honestly, a lot of really great releases were being overshadowed. Fortunately, white flags were waved, so we have plenty of room to take in and appreciate new releases this week, including:
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge’s latest foray as NxWorries, “FromHere,” which features a fascinating monologue from the one and only Snoop Dogg.
Chance The Rapper’s impassioned plea for housing justice, “Together,” which finds DJ Premier sampling one of his own classics with another Chicago star.
Lupe Fiasco’s new comeback single “Samurai,” which turned out to be alarmingly timely thanks to some video game news this week.
And Saweetie’s new single “Nani,” whose release sees the Bay Area baddie overcome a lot of label reluctance to bring her dream to fruition.
Here is the best of hip-hop this week ending May 17, 2024.
Albums/EPs/Mixtapes
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Better Off Alone
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
The Bronx native returns after two years with a 21-song collection of hood harmonies and emotional, melodic rap. A strong guest list including fellow New York breakout Cash Cobain, Atlanta trap luminaries Future and Young Thug, and Chicago drill pioneer Lil Durk bolsters A Boogie’s latest, but he remains the star on what turns out to be a breezy listen despite the hefty tracklist.
Courtney Bell — Microdose
Courtney Bell
Courtney Bell has been rolling out his latest project for some weeks, and the full project lives up to the hype. Teaming up with fellow Detroit native Royce Da 5’9, who contributes a handful of verses in addition to executive producing, the underground firecracker displays his credentials and heady concepts across 14 tracks with contributions from Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, LaRussell, Symba, and more.
Kamaiyah — Figuring Out My Emotions
Kamaiyah
The Bay is on this week. Kamaiyah, who we last heard from on her 2023 release Another Summer Night, gets in her vulnerability bag (another common strain in this week’s releases). Over bass-heavy, slow funk instrumentals, Kamaiyah explores themes of romance and loss — not an entirely unknown concept in her music — while delivering on the same party-ready grooves.
Rapsody — Please Don’t Cry
We Each Other/Jamia Records
Over the years, Rapsody has kind of become an emblem of the anti-“pussy” rap, “real hip-hop” proponents who tut-tut Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion in favor of Rap’s no-frills, all-bars approach to the form. However, on her latest, Rap takes more time to introduce us to Marlanna Evans, the person behind the persona, revealing all the human complexities such critiques usually miss. The result is not only her best album, but perhaps the best rap album of the year so far.
ShooterGang Kony — Opps Can’t Have Fun
ShooterGang Kony
The Sacramento rapper fuses spacious, introspective samples with thumping, West Coast beats to remind listeners that for some, the street rhymes stem from a real lifestyle, not just commercial viability. He’s also got some of the wittiest bars from a street rapper I’ve heard all year including a WILD Anne Frank reference that almost made me spit out my coffee.
Singles/Videos
Chow Lee — “Swag It!” Feat. Flo Milli
Sexy drill is a thing now, and the world has both Cash Cobain and Chow Lee to thank. Lee is an amusing presence, but Flo Milli continues her run of show-stealing performances here, which warrants a listen.
DJ Quik & JasonMartin — “Two Hi (Waves)” Feat. Channel Tres, Free Nationals & George Clinton
If you saw the two names involved and thought you knew exactly how this song would sound, have I got some news for you. It’s certainly a Quik groove, but it’s also a mellow, jazzy vibe, courtesy of its guests. The song will appear on Quik and Problem’s second joint project, Chupacabra, which is coming soon via Empire.
Dreamville & Red Bull — “Spiral Freestyle”
If there was any rap crew that deserved to hit Red Bull’s long-running performance series, I can’t think of too many who would make as much of the opportunity as J. Cole’s posse. Cozz, Earthgang, and Lute have been beyond solid for the label, even if much of the attention is reserved for Bas, JID, and the founder, and this freestyle gives them the chance to shine on their own terms.
Mutant Academy — “Make A Wish”
The Virginia rap collective’s new EP, Talk Soon, is out now, and in finding a representative starting point for listeners, I decided the best place is the beginning. The EP’s intro is also a solid introduction to the group’s respective members and their freewheeling, cipher-esque sound.
No one likes doing the dishes, but the tedious chore is made much easier when using a dishwasher. However, an alarming amount of people have reported that their dishwashers can actually make the job harder because they don’t properly fit their dishes.
And that’s where Twitter user Mike McLoughlin (@zuroph) comes in.
Back in January, McLoughlin made an observation about his dishwasher that would change the way he does dishes forever. For a decade, the Irishman thought that the bottom rack of his washer simply was too small for his large dinner plates. Then he made an amazing discovery:
The tweet went totally viral, and was shared over 14,000 times. He even tweeted a picture to show just how much he could fit in the dishwasher now that he knows the racks are adjustable:
I moved into this house in 2008. It always annoyed me that the lower level of the dishwasher wasn’t tall enough to fit my biggest dinner plates. Been handwashing them all this time. This week I discovered you can raise the upper shelf and all my plates fit fine. TEN FUCKING YEARS
The “hack” (is it still called a hack if the appliance is doing what it is supposed to be doing?) blew people’s minds:
Haha, brilliant. My car key central locking is dodgy so I’ve been getting in on passenger side for ages, hauling myself across the handbrake. I paid mechanic €100 to show me that the problem is solved by putting the key in driver door and turning it. Click!
But other people were basically like, “Seriously, dude?”
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While a group of others tried to one-up McLoughlin with stories of their own:
18 YEARS! I’ve had mine 18 years and only just realised! I used to lie the plates down so they would wash! I’m raging and ecstatic all at the same time. Do you have any other helpful hints about how to live life efficiently?!
The magic of twitter. 5 years of confusion about why my dishwasher was the only one on the planet that didn’t fit normal dinner plates. A year of measuring every dinner plate that crossed my path for one that might. Fixed in 30 seconds. @zuroph you are my hero. https://t.co/dYIuXD5Itq
Woke up this morning. Saw your tweet. Leapt out of bed and feverishly emptied top rack of dishwasher. Voila! Rack moved up a notch and my dinner plates now fit perfectly! Thank you..it’s been five years of frustration..life changing:)
Thats neat but hold my beer😎….my friend just found out in 2017 that her kitchen HAD a dishwasher. She thought it was a false cabinet as it was so hard to open. Her niece forced it open and voila instant dishwasher! She owns the property and lived there for 8yrs by then..😂
Try this one on for size. I grew up in anAsian house hold and thought it was only a drying rack until sophmore year of college when my roomate @eddieschneider1 was wondering why I was hand washing dishes. TWENTY FUCKING YEARS https://t.co/dAyEsmF7Ik
Marcos Alberti’s “3 Glasses” project began with a joke and a few drinks with his friends.
The photo project originally depicted Alberti’s friends drinking, first immediately after work and then after one, two, and three glasses of wine.
But after Imgur user minabear circulated the story, “3 Glasses” became more than just a joke. In fact, it went viral, garnering more than 1 million views and nearly 1,800 comments in its first week. So Alberti started taking more pictures and not just of his friends.
“The first picture was taken right away when our guests (had) just arrived at the studio in order to capture the stress and the fatigue after a full day after working all day long and from also facing rush hour traffic to get here,” Alberti explained on his website. “Only then fun time and my project could begin. At the end of every glass of wine, a snapshot, nothing fancy, a face and a wall, 3 times.”
Why was the series so popular? Anyone who has ever had a long day at work and needed to “wine” down will quickly see why.
Take a look:
This article originally appeared on 11.19.16
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Nembhard for the corner triple 
