Often, the day after Halloween is a celebratory time as we’re all gearing up for the vacation season. We anticipate the spooky season easily transitioning into Mariah Carey-Christmas season. As an alternative, a lot of us woke as much as news of one-third of the most important rap groups in history’s murder. Not even two months after rapper PNB Rock was gunned down, Migos’ Takeoff was fatally shot at a non-public party. While speculation of who’s in charge consumes the web, we send our condolences and prayers to Quavo, Offset, and the remaining of Takeoff’s family and friends.
So whether you spent the week mourning and relistening to “Fight Night” or haven’t any clue who Takeoff is and just bored with hearing about senseless deaths, here’s a number of news stories you would possibly have missed.
We Know Who Oprah Isn’t Voting For…
One thing about politics, is it can all the time draws lines within the sand. In a shocking twist of events, days before the 2022 midterm election, Oprah Winfrey has thrown her support behind Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman.
On Nov. 3, Winfrey hosted “A Virtual Voting Conversation” with community leaders and discussed the importance of voting within the midterm election. She later said, “If I lived in Pennsylvania, I’d have already solid my vote for John Fetterman for a lot of reasons.”
That is interesting as Fetterman’s opponent within the Pennsylvania Senate Race is celebrity doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz. Dr. Oz, celebrity doctor turned talk show host, became a household name largely through his association with Winfrey.
Winfrey was the primary guest on Oz’s early-2000s show Second Opinion, and he or she invited Oz on The Oprah Winfrey Show often for years. Her company, Harpo Productions, launched The Dr. Oz Show which ran for 13 seasons and led to January of this 12 months.
The 68-year-old media tycoon went on to endorse a slew of other Democrats in high-profile Senate races, throughout the event.
“That will not be the one race that matters. If I used to be in North Carolina… sister (Cheri) Beasley there, and if I used to be in Florida, I’d be supporting Val Demings. If I used to be in Wisconsin, it might be Mandela Barnes, in Nevada it might be Catherine Cortez Masto. And in Texas, Beto O’Rourke, and Raphael Warnock and the incredible Stacey Abrams, after all, in Georgia.”
In accordance with a poll from the Latest York Times Fetterman is leading the race at 49 percent, with Dr. Oz following closely behind at 44 percent.
A Racist Puppet Show
A puppeteer is under fire online after a recent performance at one in every of the oldest gay bars in Chicago in line with them. Videos from Touché’s forty fifth anniversary celebration on Tuesday, show performer Jerry Halliday, doing a routine with a puppet named “Sista Girl.” The offensive puppet, of a Black woman with large pink lips and a high ponytail spoke with a stereotypical “Blaccent.”
“Well you may kiss my motherf–king ass, b—h. Don’t f–k with me, honey,” the Black puppet voiced by the white man told an audience member during a confrontation.
In one other video, an audience member confronts Halliday, saying “Everyone in the gang thinks that is a little bit weird for 2022.” In accordance with Book Club Chicago, witnesses said the ventriloquist made jokes about loving watermelon, being on welfare and having multiple kids.
The bar posted an apology on social media on Wednesday, writing that they “deeply regret not vetting the entertainer prior to the event.”
“People were harmed by his words,” the apology reads. “Racism and transphobia are improper, we want to do higher. Touché will proceed to upgrade our awareness of and responses to racism, sexism, and transphobia. We’re currently exploring ways to handle the harm that was caused.”
Touche says the performer wasn’t vetted beforehand because he had previously performed a set that went well with the gang.
For Halliday, nevertheless, the show was an “overwhelming success.” The national performer who has headlined shows in Las Vegas defended himself stating Sista Girl has been a mainstay in his act for 25 years.
“The Black people there all loved my show, and so they told one person there to ‘shut up’ because he was attempting to stop my show,” Halliday told Book Club Chicago. “I used to be a student at Hampton University, which is a Black university, and I’ve done fundraising for Black organizations, so that is all bulls–t.”
Elmo would never allow this on Sesame Street.
Ice, Ice, Baby
Starr Andrews, just became the primary Black American figure skater to win an ISU Grand Prix medal. She’s the primary to accomplish that within the series’ 27-year history.
Back in 2010, Andrews went viral for her routine to Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” when she was just 9 years old. Now, at 21 years old, she’s making history!
Last Saturday at Skate Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, Andrews skated to Lara Fabian’s remake of “Je Suis Malade.” She executed six triple jumps and a formidable double axel euler triple salchow. Her final rating was 191.26, 10 points above her previous personal best. The rating bumped her up from fifth place to second, right behind Japan’s Rinka Watanabe.
“It is a big deal for me,” Andrews said, in line with the International Skating Union. “I’m one in every of the few people of color in the game, and to bring home a medal is much more special.”
After this system, Andrew wrote on Instagram: “I can’t even put into words how I feel at once! I couldn’t be more happy with how I skated in Canada. Thanks to all of the support I’ve gotten even on the skates that weren’t my best. It is a dream come true.”
The trailblazer skater began skating at three years old, after watching her mother figure skate.
Andrews historic feat is only a reminder that Black girls can do anything and all the things.
From “Cop Killer” to TV Cop
This week, Ice-T is being celebrated because the longest-running male actor in a TV series for his role on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. The “Cop Killer” rapper joined the series in 2000 and has since amassed over 400 episodes as narcotics-detective-turned-sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola.
To not be outdone, his co-star, Mariska Hartigay, who plays Captain Olivia Benson, holds the title for ladies.
“Mariska beat me but she’s an actress,” Ice-T told Entertainment Tonight. “You’ve gotta be on the show that stays on the longest–(Law and Order) is the longest-running show, so to get that title you’ve to be on–it’s all consecutive.”
At 64, the West Coast rapper has had a lengthy acting profession with roles in 1980’s Breakin’ and the sequel of the identical name 4 years later, 1991’s Latest Jack City, and the long-lasting recurring role on SVU’s producer Dick Wolf’s earlier series, Latest York Undercover.
The husband and father of three took to Twitter to boast his accomplishment, writing, “Longest running male actor in TV History. Don’t tell me what CANT be done.”
Coach Prime Is Still A Defender
Jackson State University football head coach Deion “Prime Time” Sanders proved he cares about his players’ on and off the sector.
Following the fatal shooting of hip hop star Takeoff on Nov. 1, the two-sport athlete addressed the Tigers football team ahead of a highly anticipated match against Texas Southern University.
In a video shared by Sports Illustrated, Sanders prohibited his players from leaving their hotel to avoid being within the improper place on the improper time.
“In order that eliminates all y’all leaving the hotel,” the previous NFL star said, “since it ain’t happening until I give you extra notice.”
He encouraged the team to raise themselves and sever ties with destructive people and places. The sentiment has been shared in lots of conversations since reports of the Migos rapper’s premature death.
“You can’t kick it with the identical dudes you kicked it with,” Sanders said. “You can’t kick it with the multitude of girls that you just kicked it with. You can’t associate in the identical realm that you just once related to. You’re going to need to change when you expect change.”
Takeoff, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was dead on the scene after an argument led to gunfire from a minimum of two weapons, the Houston Police Department said, in line with The Latest York Times. The shooting occurred while a gaggle of about 40 people gathered near the front door of the bowling alley after a non-public party.
Sue-chella
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is suing Ghana’s Afrochella for trademark infringement, Rolling Stone reports.
Filed in a California federal court in October, the lawsuit stated that Afrochella organizers were knowingly “trading on the goodwill” of Coachella and its affiliate events. The corporate, Goldenvoice, that owns Coachella, first warned the organizers in 2016 that it didn’t want festival goers to imagine that Afrochella is “authorized by, affiliated with, AEG or Coachella.”
It has been alleged that the team behind Afrochella “admitted” that its name and event were “inspired by Coachella.” Documents, obtained by Pitchfork, stated that Coachella organizers had reached out to the Afrochella team multiple times to make adjustments, but were allegedly ignored.
Like Coachella and most music festivals, Afrocella postponed its event plans in 2020 attributable to the pandemic. Nevertheless, by 2021, the organizers went ahead with the festival in Accra, Ghana.
Afrochella is scheduled to happen this 12 months on December 28 and 29.
Presently, there are plans for Afrochella to expand to South Africa later in November. Afrochella organizers have shared aspirations to host the festival within the U.S. in the longer term.
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