Noname shared the freestyle on Twitter. Noname has shared a freestyle of herself rapping over Jay Electronica‘s “Rough Love.” The artist took to Twitter on Wednesday to share the brief freestyle, captioning the video with: “i write to jay elect beats when im bored.” The track is from Jay Elec’s Act II: The Patents of … Read moreWatch Noname Freestyle Over Jay Electronica’s “Rough Love”
@RailroadedUnderground is a Twitter account that has offered firsthand accounts of how incarcerated people are dealing with COVID-19. We spoke with the person behind the account, who details what’s wrong with this country’s prison system. Mass incarceration is a well-known problem in this country that COVID-19 has only exacerbated and exposed further. As of October, … Read more@RailroadedUnderground Is the Twitter Account Bringing Awareness To Being Incarcerated During Covid-19
The social media platform claims any “wish or hope for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against *anyone*” violates a recently-instated rule against abusive behavior. Though it’s failed/refused to prohibit hate speech from the president or his legion of trolls, Twitter appears to be drawing a line for those openly welcoming a worst-case scenario … Read moreTwitter Threatens to Suspend Users Publicly Wishing Trump Dies from COVID-19
Why come for Sade? Hot takes are abundant and never-ending on Twitter. From terrible best rappers lists to people debating between Quincy Jones and Kanye West, if you’re looking for questionable opinions on just about anything — but especially music — you’re bound to find it on Twitter. Case in point? Someone basically implying that … Read moreTwitter Discussion Comparing Sade And Jhene Aiko Is Proof We’re Losing Our…
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We learned from the recent VERZUS battle between legends Babyface Edmonds and Teddy Riley that even though some of our cultural uncles and aunties may not know how to use social media properly, they still have one.
(Photo by JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. cities including Phoenix and Houston are seeing changes in their domestic violence rates as the COVID-19 cases rise nationwide. Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Thursday that they’d donated a joint $4.2 million grant to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles to directly … Read moreRihanna & Twitter CEO Link up to Donate $4.2 Million to Aid Domestic Violence Victims Affected by COVID-19 Lockdown
Photo Credit: Westend61 A journalist asked a question that sparked a debate and a bunch of jokes: should “Karen” be considered a slur? Karens is crazy. Over the weekend, Julie Bindel, a journalist based in the UK, asked a simple yet puzzling question: “Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman hating and based … Read moreIs “Karen” the N-Word for White Women? An Investigation
Photo Credit: Sundance Institute Zola, which is inspired by the infamous viral Twitter thread from 2015, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Janiczo Bravo has made a name for herself as a Black filmmaker who specializes in depicting the absurdity of whiteness. In 2016, she directed the stellar Atlanta episode “Juneteenth,” which depicts a … Read more‘Zola’ Is More Than A Twitter Thread Come To Life — It’s A Critique Of Whiteness
Source: (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) / (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Twitter Announces A New Feature For Patrolling Your Own Tweets This past week Las Vegas held the annual Consumer Electronics Show, a trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association. CES is where all the players in electronics and technology come to show off their … Read moreI Said What I Said: Twitter Announces New Features To Keep Unwanted People Out Of Your Mentions