Chance the Rapper announced on Monday that he would donate $1 million to the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system.
Chicago Tribune reports that as the city’s funding crisis continues to threaten a shorter school year for some 400,000 students, Chance, who hails from Chicago, said he hopes his donation will be “a call to action” for others to help the troubled school system “for the interest of the children.”
“This check is a call to action,” he said at a press conference held at Westcott Elementary School. “I’m challenging major companies in Chicago and across the United States to donate and to take action. The students have spoken and would like corporations to invest in them as we have invested in their businesses.”
The generous donation, which draws from Chance’s ticket sales for his upcoming tour, has been applauded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, who called the rapper “an example of the power of arts education.”
More artists, entertianiners, and others alike should follow suit when it comes to making a difference in their respective communities.
If you enjoyed Season One of Underground, it returns tonight at 10 pm on WGN network. Season 2 will seemingly pick up where season 1 left off, with Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) heading back to rescue Noah (Aldis Hodge) and the rest of the Macon 7.
Since resigning from “America’s Got Talent,” Nick Cannon has taken his talents to the internet with his new vlog series, which has been receiving mixed reviews and much to people’s delight. However, he takes on an array of topics from Nicki Minaj to Donald Trump. It cannot be denied that Nick is a damn fool, and funny at doing so.
Here are some excerpts from the vlog:
ON RACE: “Shoutout to my Mexicans. Just so y’all know, I can make Mexican jokes ’cause my grandmama’s Mexican. Lo siento, ni**as. That’s why I say, I offend everyone equally. I talk shit about white people, talk shit about Mexicans, talk shit about Asians, talk shit about Eurasians. Yes, I’m talking about all you motherfuckers.”
ON TRUMP: “Fuck Trump and his first address…He was talking a whole bunch of bullshit at his first address. He said he can’t fix every problem. Duh! You ain’t fix one [expletive] problem. You’ve been creating problems. You too worried about making problems and causing problems than [expletive] fixing problems.”
ON INNER-CITY VIOLENCE: “There’s shootings all over the country in disenfranchised places because it’s a systemic problem. Y’all keep us in this place, quarantined, and y’all want us to kill each other. Y’all feeding us poison, all that bullshit. Fuck you, Trump.”
ON SANITY: “People think I’m crazy. They done had reports that I had mental issues. Tell us some shit we don’t know. Ni**a, I was dressing in drag at 17. I’ve been crazy. They called me crazy because I turned down millions and millions and millions…of dollars. I am moving on to bigger and better things like my mixtape. That didn’t really sound like that was better than millions and millions of dollars. Yeah, ni**a, you gon’ have to rethink that. You gon’ leave a No. 1 show on television to promote a mixtape? You is crazy. The mixtape gon’ be fire. Model Music is coming, bitches, and it’s gon’ be hot. It’s gon’ make every woman feel like a supermodel. But you know what, to be brilliant, to be a genius, to change the world, you have to be crazy. You know who else is crazy? Albert Einstein, Buddha? Crazy as hell. Gandhi? Crazy than a motherfucker. Martin Luther King Jr.? Crazy as fuck.”
ON REMY MA: “Remy Ma went crazy. She even put my name in that motherfucker…Remy, that’s the only bar that I think was some bullshit. Because it’s my name, I appreciate the shoutout but you know how many old, street, Facebook rap-ass ni**as done used that bar? ‘Hit Nick with the Cannon. Carey like Mariah. Two twins Cannons.’ I’m the ni**a with the name…Them bars is old…But everything else was hot…Nah, that shit was still hot. ‘Shoot Nick with the Cannon! Yo, Miley, what’s good?’ I should fuck Miley Cyrus. Now, you know Nicki Minaj can’t say shit to Remy Ma. You know why? Remy Ma ain’t got shit to lose. Remy Ma done went to jail for shooting bitches. Remy Ma shot a bitch in the knee. How you shoot a bitch kneecap off? And did nine years for that shit? Remy don’t give a fuck. She ain’t trying to be cute out here. Y’all don’t want it with Remy. And Papoose will come punch your ass over Remy’s shoulder. Remy did ‘Wild N’ Out’ and Papoose was standing there like, ‘I’ll beat any ni**a ass who says shit about Remy. The ‘Wild Style’ battle turned into a compliment battle about Remy. ‘Remy, you’re so beautiful / Thanks for coming on the show / We ain’t gonna say shit to you because Papoose gon’ whoop a ni**a ass for sho!’”
Los Angeles’ Power 106 is bringing its annual Powerhouse event outdoors with Lil Wayne and Big Sean as headliners.
The yearly celebration will take place at Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, Calif. on Saturday, May 6, with performances by Kid Ink, Jeremih, Post Malone, Skeme, Dom Kennedy, and Warm Brew, as well as sets from DJs like Deorro, L.A. Leakers, DJ Vice, and DJ Felli Fel.
Tickets for the all-day show will go on sale Friday, March 10, at 10 a.m. through Live Nation, with packages starting at $29.50 and going up to $75.00.
“Moonlight”has won the Best Picture Oscar over strong favorite “La La Land”.
This was after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read out La La Land as the victor – and the cast and crew took to the stage and completed many of their acceptance speeches.
Directed by Barry Jenkins and adapted from an unpublished playscript by Tarell AlvinMcCraney, the film is a about the coming of age of a black teenager from a rough neighborhood in Miami who experiences an intimate encounter with another man.
Congratulations to Mahershala Ali for his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Moonlight.” He is the first Muslim actor to receive such an honor.
If you have been under a rock the last 24 hrs, the #1 trending song on Twitter right now is a little song called “SHEther,” a major Nicki Minaj diss by Remy Ma. This week Nicki unveiled two collaborations that she is featured on one with Gucci Mane called “Make Love,” and the other called “Swalla,” with Jason Derulo. On both songs, Nicki seems to take aim at Remy Ma. Well, Remy wasted no time…actually less than 48 hrs to be exact to respond.
As a Nicki fan and supporter of Remy, I was a bit traumatized by the assassination of Nicki’s character etc. Could this be the modern day Lil Kim’ and Foxy Brown beef?
Nicki has no other options but to release nothing but venomous poison to win round 2.
The biggest and brightest of stars were in full effect this evening at the 59th Grammy Awards this evening. Stars like Adele, Katy Perry, and Solange had a chance to grace the red carpet as the made their way into the Staples Center. Check out some of the looks below:
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