On January 26, 2020, a helicopter crash taking the lives of 9 people, amongst them was Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant. Their death sends shockwaves throughout the media. Millions who were inspired by the NBA legend send their wishes all through social media. After a private funeral, the world gathered on February 24, 2020, at the Staples Center. Surrounded by fans, family, and streamed across multiple platforms, the world was able to give one final goodbye to Kobe Bryant.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_2Ji_Bj6M/
To honor the legend and his daughter the stadium displayed both Kobe’s number (24) and Gianna’s number (2). Jimmy Kimmel opened, reminding us that we are not only gathering to honor the death of one man, but we are also here to honor the lives of the nine people that died on the day. “Today we are joined by Kobe’s teammates and rivals alike, his friends his family, his fans as we try to make sense of what happened to these nine beautiful people who were… so full of life who left behind parents, friends, co-workers, classmates, siblings, and children.” Kimmel continued, “All we could do is be grateful for the time we had with them and for the time we have left with each other.” The audience joined Kimmel in a moment of peace with everybody hugging and shaking hands with each other.
Michael Jordan was among the guest that honored Bryant. Bryant played against his childhood hero at the age of 18, even though they were competing, Bryant still asked Jordan for advice. “We talked about business we talked about family we talked about everything and he was just trying to be a better person.” Kobe and Jordan’s relationship went above mentor-mentee and became a deep friendship. “His attitude to compete and play against someone he felt like he can enhance and improved his game that what I loved about the kid, absolutely loved about the kid no matter where he saw me it was a challenge and I admired him because his passion you rarely see someone who’s looking and trying to improve each and every day not just in sports but as a parent as a husband, I am inspired by what he’s done and shared with Vanessa and what he shared with his kids.”
Kobe and Shaquille O’Neal careers will always be linked, and during the memoriam O’Neal was able to honor their long friendship. “What fill Kobe’s heart with the most pride was his role as loving husband to Venessa, a daddy to GG and Natalya Bianca and baby Capri and a loving son and brother. Kobe was a true friend and a true renaissance man.” O’Neal continued, “Kobe and I pushed one another to play some of the greatest basketball of all time, and I proud that no other team has accomplished what the three-peat Lakers have done since the Shaq and Kobe Lakers did it.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_wdPuAZ9Y/
Throughout the night we were reminded of the life of Kobe Bryant, he wasn’t just an NBA legend who will be remembered as one of the best of all time. Kobe Bryant was also an amazing father, and his legacy will serve as a perfect example of what happens when you chase your dream and never give up.
It’s been almost four years since Frank Ocean released his album Blonde, and visual album Endless. Since 2016, Frank has released an array of singles, and we may be getting a new one sometime soon.
Last year, Frank launched a preorder for a 7″ vinyl edition of an unreleased Acra remix featuring Skepta, called “Little Demon.” Those who purchased the 7″ received an email from Blonded.co this morning, that “Little Demon” will no longer be on the record. Instead, fans will be receiving another “new, unreleased Frank Ocean song.”
The email didn’t provide any further information as to what the song is, or when the 7″ will be shipped. We can only hope that the song will be released some time soon.
Image via @TeamFrankDaily on Twitter.
The new single will follow a number of singles that Frank released in tandem with his PrEP+ club nights during 2019, including “DHL” and “In my Room.” Frank will be headlining Coachella this April along with Travis Scott and Rage Against the Machine.
Miley Cyrus joins Lil Nas X, The Veronicas, and DJ Seb as a headliner for the World Tour Bushfire Relief, a concert being held on Friday, March 13, at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourn.
Just announced! @MileyCyrus will headline the @worldtour Bushfire Relief charity concert to benefit Australian fire relief efforts on Friday 13 March at Lakeside Stadium. This is a separately ticketed event to the #AusGP 2020. https://t.co/fV1uS4yd15
The concert is a partnership effort by Jada Pickett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Inc, with Apollo World Touring, TEG Dainty and AgBioEN. All proceeds will go to multiple Australian Charities to help restore burned homes and the wildlife that were effect by the wildfire.
The World Tour was created in order to “build a new model of music tour, inspiring global music fans to play their part in accelerating the transition to a climate friendly, sustainable future,” according to a news release.
Back in June 2019, Australia’s fire season began with droughts affecting 95% of the state, followed by dry and warm winds. This combination would lead to an increase in bushfires (both through human error and natural). Despite being common during that time of year, it is the increase of climate change that has had a drastic impact on the situation with the fires becoming even more severe, with a wider reach. With a reported, more than 20% of Australia’s forest burned during the summer season. The cost of the damages is expected to surpass $4.4 billion.
If you want to buy tickets for the event you can visit the ticket site: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/ Tickets go on sale February 25, 2020.
Justin Bieber made history at age 25, becoming the youngest artist to have seven albums reach the top of the Billboard 200, with the release of his seventh album Changes.
Changes released on February 14, 2020, and quickly climbed the ranks of the Billboard Top 200, eventually topping the charts becoming the number one album in the US. Not only becoming Bieber’s seventh album to accomplish this, with Changes’ success, Justin Bieber also beat the record for the youngest artist to have seven albums reach the top of the charts. A record held for 59 years by Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley released his seventh album Blue Hawaii back in 1961 at age 26.
Super grateful for this past week with #changes. This week is the big finale of #JustinBieberSeasons and another music video from changes on @AppleMusic and I think I might give you a visual album 🤔
Justin Bieber has been busy with cataloging his journey in the Youtube TV documentary series Seasons. A ten-episode documentary that gives the viewer an inside look at Justin Bieber’s life and music-making progress through the eyes of Bieber himself. The documentary series helped Bieber gain momentum ahead of the release of Changes, his first album in five years. The documentary also tackles Justin Bieber’s history of reckless behavior and substance abuse. Along with his marriage to Hailey Rhode Bieber.
Seasons and Changes serve as a redemption story for the 25-year-old artist. With a career of ups and downs it is inspiring to see Justin defeat his demons. Despite the newfound success Justin still manages to keep himself busy recently appearing in one of Kayne West’s Sunday Service Choir.
SZA has announced that she’s done doing videos, interviews, and photoshoots. She took to Twitter yesterday to express her change of heart, but has yet to give an explanation as to why. She tweeted: “Not doing any videos interviews or photos for the rest of my life lol don’t ask.”
Not doing any videos Interviews or photos for the rest of my life lol don’t ask .👍🏾
The tweet was posted hours after Rolling Stone unveiled the cover for its upcoming second annual Women Shaping the Future issue. The timing between the tweet and the unveiling has fans suspecting there maybe a correlation between the two. The cover also features Megan Thee Stallion and Normani. Normani and Megan have shared the issues on their social medias, but SZA has yet to do so.
The TDE singer quickly assured everyone that her issues had nothing to do with Normani or Megan. In fact, she tweeted about her love and respect for the two women.
S/o Normani and meg tho . My sisters who I love very much and respect deeply . Honored to be apart of ANYTHING w the two of those BLACK QUEENS . 🥺❤️🙏🏾👑
Her next tweet leads us to believe that the singer is dealing with her own personal demons, as she speaks out about mental health and her on-going battle with anxiety. She says her struggles have less to do with outside sources than they do with her own personal thoughts.
My anxiety has .03% to do w outside opinion . I was bullied all through high school I could care less . It’s my OWN THOUGHTS THAT HIT DIFFERENT 🥴
Tyler, the Creator won the trophy for Best International Male Artist this Tuesday at the 2020 Brit Awards. During his acceptance speech he gave a special shout out to former U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May.
In 2015, May, who was Home Secretary at the time, banned Tyler from entering the country, forcing him to cancel his tour dates there. Tyler was banned on the grounds that his music “encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality” and his lyrics “foster hatred with views that seek to provoke others to terrorists acts.”
In his speech Tyler said: “I want to give a special shout out to someone who I hold dear to my heart, who made it where I couldn’t come to this country five years ago. I know she’s at home pissed off. Thank you Theresa May.”
