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☆ WATCH: Kamala Harris dances to Q-Tip's 'Vivrant Thing' as she hosts a celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of hip-hop
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The vice president was seen enjoying the scene and dancing to Q-Tip's 1990s classic "Vivrant Thing." "Hip-hop is the ultimate American art form," Harris said in her remarks to guests at the event. The lyrics flowed: "Imprinted on my mind every minute / Make my plans and you always in it / It's such a vivrant thing / Vivrant thing, a vivrant thing / And even though we both fly / Give each other space and not the evil eye." Advertisement Advertisement Watch:"Hip-hop is the ultimate American art form," Harris said in her remarks, per a pool report. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Every day, Vice President Harris is fighting for the people," Harvey Mason, Jr., chief executive of The Recording Academy, said at the event.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday hosted a celebration of hip-hop's 50th anniversary with appearances by some of the music genre's pioneers and stars. Common, Jeezy, MC Lyte and Roxanne Shante were among the hip-hop artists invited to join Harris for the party at the vice presidential residence. Harris said hip-hop is “the ultimate American art form” that “shapes every aspect of America’s popular culture.”“Hip-hop culture is American culture,” she told the crowd. Saturday's celebration was a collaboration with Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Live Nation Urban. “This is a hip-hop household!” Emhoff said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Jeezy, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante, Harris, Clive Campbell, Kool Herc, deejayed, ”, Chuck D, Doug Emhoff, ” Emhoff Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Saturday, CNN Locations: Bronx, New York City

[1/5] Oze Makvala, 19, a homeless teenager who has slept rough on the streets for years, sings at the studio of Mokili Na Poche cultural centre, a Congolese arts refuge that helps street children, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo September 5, 2023. "It really makes me happy when I sing," said 19-year-old Osé Mavakala, who has slept on the streets for years like more than 20,000 other homeless children in Kinshasa, according to U.N. agency UNICEF. Other teens looked on with pride as Mavakala rapped intently into the microphone at a session in late August. Founder Cedrick Tshimbalanga hopes these skills and the routine will help the children find their feet and their voices. Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Aurora Ellis and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Makvala, Justin Makangara, Mavakala, Lil Wayne, Fally, Cedrick Tshimbalanga, Tshimbalanga, Alessandra Prentice, Aurora Ellis, Emelia Organizations: Democratic, REUTERS, Rights, UNICEF, Thomson Locations: Congolese, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rights KINSHASA

☆ How Pop Stars Turned NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’ Into Authenticity Theater
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Adlan Jackson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Tiny Desk series became a prime venue for artists seeking an authenticity baptism. But for pop artists, it has become a tool with a very specific utility: demonstrating in-the-room chops. You don’t have to perform with acoustic instruments on Tiny Desk, but musicians often choose to. But Tiny Desk offers the perfect venue to present himself as a genre-transcending renegade. But Fred Gibson aimed his music at a Tiny Desk funnel, performing alone at a piano amid a nest of samplers and synthesizers.

Persons: MTV’s, ”, Post Malone, There’s, Usher, Anderson, Paak, Malone, Fred Again, Fred Gibson, Gibson Organizations: Post, NPR, Las Locations: Las Vegas, British

☆ George Santos' ex-spokeswoman says she was 'one of the most ridiculed communications staffers on the Hill'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Naysa Woomer served as Rep. George Santos' communications director until she resigned in May. She said that she was "ridiculed" in her job and opened up about the day Santos was arraigned. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. "I was one of the most ridiculed communications staffers on the Hill," said Woomer, referring to Capitol Hill. Santos, who has struggled to attract legislative allies due to his poor reputation and fabrications about his past, has continued to mount a re-election campaign.

Persons: Naysa Woomer, George Santos, Santos, Johanna Maska, —, Woomer, Nicki Minaj, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: Service, Republican Rep Locations: Wall, Silicon, George Santos of New York, New York

☆ 5 steps for building a 'set it and forget it' printables side hustle, according to mom who makes 6 figures doing it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It all depends on what pockets of time you have available and what you're interested in doing. One particular side hustle that people have found to be lucrative and not too hard to dive into is selling printables on marketplaces like Etsy and Shopify. "I highly recommend that people start with selling on a platform like Etsy that already has buyers," says Julie Berninger, who makes about $10,000 per year selling printables on Etsy and who teaches a printables course herself. Here's how to start a printables side hustle on Etsy according to experts. For "hanukkah card," for example, Ubersuggest lists "happy hanukkah card," "hanukkah card greetings" and "funny hanukkah card."

Persons: Julie Berninger, Rachel Jimenez, who's, Jimenez, Say, Berninger, you've, Peruse Etsy Locations: Etsy

But now, three powerhouses —the NFL, Interscope Geffen A&M Records and Electronic Arts Sports — have partnered to empower players to pursue their music dreams. It’s the first-time music made by NFL players appears in the video game franchise, now in its 35th year. “These dudes can rap,” said Bas, a Grammy-nominated rapper who shared his musical expertise during the players recording sessions. People see like these big NFL players and they say ‘Do your one job, tackle somebody or run that route.’ But creativity is part of a healthy life. It’s humbling to watch.”Many of the songs featured on “Crowd Control” were conceived in a songwriting session at Interscope this summer where NFL players worked with producers and artists.

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☆ Remember when Will Smith’s ‘Fresh Prince’ wardrobe broke boundaries?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Hanna Phifer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

(CNN) — Upon reflection, the odd couple sensibilities that captivated viewers of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” were in place even before the cameras started rolling. Smith's "Fresh Prince" fashions captured, and curated, the visual aesthetic of hip-hop culture. Uncle Phil, conversely, stuck closely to upper middle-class regalia, with suits, sweater vests, and golf polos. “You wore a dashiki and an afro.”Uncle Phil and Smith face off in a scene from the "Fresh Prince" episode "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." As DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Jeff Townes and Will Smith perform with backing dancers at the 1993 American Music Awards.

Persons: Bel, Will Smith, James Avery, ”, Smith, Avery, Philip Banks, Phil, Elena Romero, Chris Haston, Uncle Phil, ” Smith, “, Joseph Del Valle, ” Romero, Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Jeff Townes, Banks Organizations: CNN, ”, NBC, Civil, Black, Museum, FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology, Getty, Black American, ” Entertainment, ABC, Smith Locations: West Philadelphia, California, United States, New York, America

On July 26, as a military coup was underway in the West African nation of Niger, the airwaves of Télé Sahel, the state television station, filled with upbeat music videos praising the military. Some of these videos had been circulating for years, but since a group of generals toppled the democratically elected president in July, Niger has witnessed a revival of both old and new military propaganda, now remixed for the TikTok era. Fear and respect toward the military are also deeply entrenched within the society, analysts said. It is not clear how many Nigeriens support the military takeover. Among throngs of men assembled in front of the country’s national assembly, the green and orange Nigerien flags, raised fists and defiant messages against Western countries provided an ideal backdrop for their new song, “Niger Guida,” or “Niger My Home” in the Hausa language.

Persons: —, insurgencies, Zabeirou Barké, Niger, Nigeriens, ” Organizations: Nigerien Locations: West African, Niger, Sahel, West, Nigeriens, Niamey

☆ The Folk Implosion’s Music From ‘Kids’ Is Returning. The Band Is, Too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jeremy Gordon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But now, the Folk Implosion’s contributions to that soundtrack will be reissued on Sept. 8 via Domino Records as “Music for Kids.” It contains all the original compositions the band made for the movie, many of which have never been available on streaming, as well as a grab bag of sonically similar Folk Implosion recordings from subsequent albums. “Music for Kids” also doubles as a flagship release for the duo’s reunion. Davis left the band in 1999 on unfavorable terms; today, they’re working on new Folk Implosion recordings, and making plans to perform together. “Him being a fan of my work really made me feel safe — that I could just start talking.”Their mutual openness led the Folk Implosion in a very different direction. Contrary to Dinosaur Jr.’s grungy guitar heroics, or Sebadoh’s homespun singer-songwriter recordings, Davis was more comfortable pushing Barlow to experiment with rap and R&B production methods.

Persons: ”, Davis, “, ” Davis, Barlow, “ John, he’s, ” Barlow Organizations: Domino Records Locations: Westfield, Mass, Sebadoh, Davis

☆ Anger gets a bad rap, but it can be an asset, experts say. Here’s what to do with it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It might be an unpleasant emotion to experience, and it might be culturally discouraged, but we need anger, she added. While many people may feel the need to resist or hide their anger, these mental health experts are urging the opposite. Anger, they say, is an important tool we should better learn to wield in a kind, healthy and productive way. That is often tied to rage — not anger, Ashway said. But in those cases, “we’re talking about the outcome of unprocessed anger, not anger in and of itself.”Rage, she said, is old, unprocessed anger.

Persons: CNN —, wrathful, ”, Brett Ford, Jaime Mahler, “, Ford, ” Ford, Deborah Ashway, ” Ashway, “ Anger, ‘ something’s, Mahler, Ashway, it’s, ” Mahler, that’s Organizations: CNN, University of Toronto, Toxic Locations: New York, New Bern , North Carolina

☆ Eminem is teaching Vivek Ramaswamy not to mess with the real Slim Shady, sending a cease-and-desist letter to get the presidential candidate to stop rapping his music on the campaign trail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy's days as a rapping presidential candidate may be over. Ramaswamy's campaign received a request from rap star Eminem to stop using his music. Tricia McLaughlin, Ramaswamy's campaign spokesperson, told CNN they will comply with Eminem's request to stop using his music. @Eminem," Ramaswamy quipped in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. Representatives for Eminem, Ramaswamy, and BMI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ You can shop Drake's virtual $100 million mansion for everything from a $3,000 robe to a $69 Hotline Bling pool float
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Dominick Reuter | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fans can explore and buy exclusive products through a digital rendering of Drake's Toronto mansion. Shopify's latest tool allows the rap star to partner with other brands for unique merch drops. True to form, his approach has been a bit unconventional, with a flagship e-commerce site modeled off his $100 million Toronto mansion, The Embassy. Rather than scroll through the same-old grid of product listings, fans can explore various virtual rooms strewn about with items to buy, all powered by Shopify's e-commerce platform. Shopify Collective is one of several new business-to-business initiatives the company has announced recently, and on the earnings call Finkelstein highlighted the launch of dozens of new B2B features in the last year alone.

Persons: Drake, Everette Taylor, Harley Finkelstein, Finkelstein Organizations: Service, Shopify's Locations: Toronto, Wall, Silicon, Canadian, Embassy

☆ Eminem Tells Vivek Ramaswamy to Stop Rapping His Songs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As it turned out, Vivek Ramaswamy only got one shot to lose himself in the music. Marshall B. Mathers III, better known as the rapper Eminem, has told Mr. Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, that he is no longer to use Eminem music on the campaign trail, just weeks after Mr. Ramaswamy broke into an impromptu version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair. At the fair, Mr. Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old political newcomer, had told Gov. “Vivek just got on the stage and cut loose,” his campaign spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, said on Monday. “To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady,” another of Mr. Mathers’s nom de plumes.

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P01135809, according to Fulton County Jail records - was captured glaring at the camera in the mug shot. His campaign website featured the mug shot along with a message from Trump defending his actions and asking for donations. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4 but moved it up for Chesebro after he asked that his trial start by October. In the Georgia case, Willis has requested that arraignments begin the week of Sept. 5, though defendants in Georgia are permitted to waive those appearances and plead not guilty via court filing. Trump agreed to post $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his co-defendants in the Georgia case.

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☆ Triller has pitched its app as a TikTok replacement, but says it won't try to generate revenue directly from its namesake product
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Triller said it won't try to generate revenue directly in the short-video app it was named after. The company does not perceive the Triller app as core to how it makes money, Green told Insider. Triller will therefore book costs tied to the Triller app as sales, marketing, general, or administrative expenses rather than as a cost of revenue, it wrote in its securities filing. These costs could include paying talent and influencers to drive adoption of the Triller app, or paying to license music for the app as a brand-building tool, it wrote. In 2022, Triller said it grew overall revenue by roughly 80% year over year to $47.7 million.

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That trial date will not necessarily apply to Trump or the other 17 defendants. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was stone-faced in his mug shot while lawyer Jenna Ellis smiled. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4, but moved it up after Chesebro asked that his trial start by October. Trump is due to enter a plea on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

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It will be a more popular image than the Mona Lisa," said Laura Loomer, 30, a Republican former congressional candidate who mingled with other Trump supporters outside the jail on Thursday morning. In the Georgia case, Trump faces 13 felony counts including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss and setting up an illegitimate slate of electors to undermine the formal congressional certification of Biden's victory. Trump, 77, is due to enter a plea in the Georgia case on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. Trump has agreed to post $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case. 'I'M APPALLED'About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

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Trump, 77, has denied wrongdoing and attacked the case as politically motivated. Trump's lead in opinion polls has widened since his first indictment, and his supporters say they believe the charges are politically motivated. In Georgia, Trump is accused of pressuring state officials and setting up a slate of illegitimate electors to reverse his 2020 defeat. He is due to enter a plea in the Georgia case on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three cases. Nine of Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case, including his former lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, have surrendered to authorities.

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Former President Donald J. Trump surrendered at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta on Thursday and was booked on 13 felony charges for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss in Georgia. It was an extraordinary scene: a former U.S. president who flew on his own jet to Atlanta and surrendered at a jail compound surrounded by concertina wire and signs that directed visitors to the “prisoner intake” area. As Mr. Trump’s motorcade of black S.U.V.s drove to the jail through cleared streets, preceded by more than a dozen police motorcycles — a trip captured by news helicopters and broadcast live on national television — two worlds collided in ways never before seen in American political history. The nation’s former commander in chief walked into a notorious jail, one that has been cited in rap lyrics and is the subject of a Department of Justice investigation into unsanitary and unsafe conditions, including allegations that an “incarcerated person died covered in insects and filth.”The case is the fourth brought against Mr. Trump this year, but Thursday was the first time that he was booked at a jail.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, S.U.V.s Organizations: Department of Justice, Mr Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy, an 'anti-woke' biotech millionaire and former Harvard rapper running against Trump, is outperforming expectations in the 2024 GOP race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Vivek Ramaswamy announced his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination in February 2023. The biotech entrepreneur, who is the son of Indian immigrants, was Harvard and Yale-educated. He became a conservative firebrand after writing anti-woke books and regularly appearing on Fox News. Though his campaign is picking up a little steam, he's still a longshot for the GOP nomination. But the conservative firebrand says he has big plans to start a "cultural movement."

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ramaswamy Organizations: Harvard, Yale, Fox News, Service, South Carolina Gov, Republican, GOP, firebrand Locations: Wall, Silicon, India

☆ Factbox: Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican presidential hopeful?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Aug 23 (Reuters) - Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, has a chance to build on the attention he has been getting in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at Wednesday night's debate. Ramaswamy says he voted for a libertarian in the 2004 presidential election, but did not vote in 2008, 2012 or 2016. The book raised Ramaswamy's profile among conservatives, and he began his rapid ascension as a right-wing star. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNRamaswamy declared his campaign for president in February, at a time when his bid looked like a long shot. Although a Hindu, Ramaswamy has been telling voters that the U.S. is based on "Christian values" and "Judeo-Christian values" and has described himself as an American nationalist.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump, Tim Reid, Ross Colvin, Andy Sullivan Organizations: MIDWEST Ramaswamy, Harvard University, Yale Law School, Yale, Roivant Sciences, Forbes, Harvard, Republican, Democratic, Inc, REPUBLICAN, FBI, Department of Education, Service, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Ohio, India, Iowa, Florida, American, Kiev, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Opinion | How Hip-Hop Became America’s Poetry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

As a kid in the 1970s, even one attending private schools, I was directed to drive by poetry slowly now and then, but rarely to actually stop and take it in deeply. Today, while vanishingly few people are up for reciting poems such as Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees” or Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” vast numbers can eagerly and effortlessly recite hip-hop lyrics. But true verse of the kind featured in hip-hop — poetry that does not rely on melody or harmony — centers the word alone. In contrast to the synergy of song and word, verse is an especially heightened form of language alone. Rap is verse poetry, in all of its verbal richness and rhythmic variety, a deft stylization of speech into art.

Persons: ’, doughty, W.E.B, Du Bois, Louis Untermeyer’s, Gioia, Pushkin, “ Oppenheimer, Barbie, Joyce Kilmer’s Organizations: ., America, Light Brigade

☆ Gen Z eats fast food like no other generation. From a love for spicy food to constant snacking, these are 8 traits that define their dining habits.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rebhun said that El Pollo Loco's work with influencers "without a doubt" drove customers to the brand. Dickey said that Dickey's work with influencers – in particular those involved with food and sport – was "directly in response to millennial and Gen Z." "Any lingering traditional media that we do," like TV commercials, radio spots, and out-of-home ads, is "all for boomers and Gen X," she added. Execs told Insider it was "leveraging youth culture," including music, sport, influencers, and TikTok, to create an image of a "Gen Z-esque aspirational lifestyle." Wendy's has also been working with sports, gaming, and music companies to lure in Gen Zers, Loredo said.

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☆ Trump in the Middle
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Lisa Lerer | More About Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Two days later, Trump dominated the news again with the spectacle of his fourth indictment. This time, the setting was Georgia, where Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, charged Trump with trying to reverse the state’s 2020 election results. And there’s little sign that the Trump show is ending soon. But this year, the only thing people seem to be talking about is whether Trump will attend. Trump is the first former president to face criminal charges, never mind the first major party candidate to run with a lengthy rap sheet.

Persons: Trump, Fani Willis Organizations: Trump, Republican, Trump Republicans Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Iowa

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