Ludacris talks about creating kid-accommodating music recordings to empower youths

by Jonathan P-Wright | Aug 19, 2020 | Worldwide News | 0 comments

Ludacris talks about creating kid-accommodating music recordings to empower youths

“I just want to help kids grow up to be better adults,” the rapper explained.

Ludacris is putting forth an attempt to empower today’s youth.

Kidnation, the rapper’s new initiative, will fortify positive messages through child friendly music recordings. The objective of the exertion is to make “a fun, safe, and educational media platform” for kids. During an ongoing discussion with the Huffington Post, the Atlanta-based artist talked authentically about his choice to empower youngsters using education.

“It’s geared toward trying to enrich and empower the next generation, influenced by my own children and wanting them to live in a better world than we live in,” Ludacris said. “I want to reinforce the positive morals and teachings as a parent, especially during a time where there’s more home-schooling going on. To condense it, I just want to help kids grow up to be better adults.”

The dad of four clarified that he utilized his family as energetic test subjects to perceive what children inclined toward. “We have a song about doing your chores and getting rewarded afterward,” he said. “My youngest daughter watched it one time and pulled a stool up to the sink and started washing the dishes. I asked, ‘What are you doing?’ And she said, ‘My birthday is coming up, and I want to be able to get a reward for doing my chores as well.’ That’s a perfect example of music and influence turning to action.”

Notwithstanding his new activity, Ludacris is likewise taking a shot at new music. During his Verzuz fight with Nelly in May, Luda previewed a track named “Silence of the Lambs.” After fans communicated that they weren’t feeling a specific verse, he addressed the controversy in an interview with Big Tigger.

“Sometimes when you speak on records, you speakin’ like it’s just me and you having a conversation as friends,” he said. “But, you just speaking and just being honest. I saw that a lot of people kind of misconstrued or didn’t really understand what it was that I was saying.”

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Beyoncé uncovers new visual for “ALREADY”

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Beyoncé uncovers new visual for “ALREADY”

The track highlights assistance from Shatta Wale and Major Lazer.

Today observes the debut of Beyoncé’s profoundly foreseen Black Is King, a visual collection that was propelled by a year ago’s The Lion King: The Gift. What’s more, one of the standouts from The Gift, the Shatta Wale and Major Lazer-helped “ALREADY,” gets an astonishing music video to go with the music release. The visual clip is brimming with dancing and upper echelon, with Beyoncé being found in an assortment of dynamic locations, paying tribute to African culture and, as the tune’s verses involve, the Black kings worldwide:

“Long live the king, you a king, you know it, king already, already, you know it, top everything, everything, you know it, king already, already, you know it/

Mind, body, soul, got a king body…/”

Ghanian star Shatta Wale likewise shows up in the video clip, having his place both alongside Beyoncé and in front of his people to continue to king mantra.

The R&B icon likewise released a special version of The Gift, which removes the interludes from the original in place for three extra tracks. Numerous others can be seen in various worldwide areas participate on the high-vitality movement that the visual clip depicts.

The Lion King: The Gift was released back in July and concurred with the photorealistic remake of The Lion King, which Beyoncé featured as Simba’s partner Nala. The soundtrack album ends up being effective, arriving at the number two spot on the Billboard 200 much thanks to 54,000 album proportional units sold during its first seven day stretch of release. In a public statement, she clarified her aims behind the calculated venture:

“This is sonic cinema. This is a new experience of storytelling. I wanted to do more than find a collection of songs that were inspired by the film. ... It was important that the music was not only performed by the most interesting and talented artists but also produced by the best African producers.”

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How Google is making it simpler to recognize Black-owned organizations

by Jonathan P-Wright | Aug 19, 2020 | Worldwide News | 0 comments

How Google is making it simpler to recognize Black-owned organizations

Google CEO Sundar Pichai as of late swore $175 million toward supporting Black organizations.

It just got simpler to look and discover Black-OWNED organizations on Google.

The tech monster’s most recent element will take into account American-based Black entrepreneurs to make it noticeably known through Google Maps and Google’s search engine with the arrangement of an orange-striped identification with a dark heart in the middle.

To apply for the identification, Black entrepreneurs must verify their company via mail, telephone, or email. Right now, it’s unclear how Google will confirm whether the business is really Black owned.

In an organization with Google, U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) will help achieve brand awareness surrounding the badges and will likewise provide training on how Black-led organizations can expand their online presence using Google My Business and Google Analytics.

The worthwhile move comes after CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai made a guarantee to provide more support towards the Black Community in the midst of Black Lives Matter protests following the police slaughtering of George Floyd. The good-faith initiative incorporates a promise of $175 million toward financing more Black organizations. Pichai likewise made a guarantee to build Black representation in leadership.

Google reports “a flood in online looks for Black-claimed organizations” as overall protests in the battle for social equality advances.

“It’s been inspiring to witness so many people look for ways to invest in the Black community,” Head of Google for Startups Jewel Burks Solomon said in a blog post. “With this attribute, our goal is to make Search and Maps more inclusive and help support Black-owned businesses when they need it most.”

In 2018, Google made a comparative move by making identifications for female owned organizations and organizations that are well disposed towards the LGBTQ+ people group.

As per The Verge, Yelp presented its own Black-claimed symbol as of late in the wake of seeing an uptick in more than 2.5 million looks for Black-possessed organizations among May and July.

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LeBron James and multiple NBA players kneel for National Anthem

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LeBron James and multiple NBA players kneel for National Anthem

“I hope we continue to make Colin [Kaepernick] proud,” the Los Angeles Lakers player said.

On Thursday (July 30), LeBron James and a few different players took a knee during the singing of the National Anthem.

During the anthem, a portion of the players bolted arms while they took a knee. James and a few others rocked Black Lives Matter shirts before the game began. The kneeling was done to say something about racial inequality in the midst of the continuous protests in America.

While tending to the political statement, James clarified that it wasn’t done as a type of diversion. “The game of basketball has always been bigger than just a ball and a rim and 10 guys on the floor, four referees,” he explained. “We used this platform to spread a lot of positive, a lot of love throughout the course of the whole world.”

James added that he needed to make Colin Kaepernick, the previous quarterback for the 49ers, proud for his ceaseless endeavors to challenge police brutality and bigotry. “I hope we continue to make [Kaepernick] proud,” the power forward said. “Every single day I hope I make him proud of how I live my life, not only on the basketball floor, but off the floor. I want to always speak out about things that I feel like are unjust. I always want to be educated on things and always go about it that way.”

“[Kapernick] was someone who stood up when times weren’t comfortable, when people didn’t understand, people refused to listen to what he was saying,” James continued. “If you go back and go look at any of his postgame interviews when he was talking about why he was kneeling, it had absolutely nothing to do about the flag. It had absolutely nothing to do with the soldiers, the men and women that keep our land free.”

All the more as of late, news broke that the LeBron James Family Foundation will offer lodging for disadvantaged families. The high rise is furnished with a pantry, supply room, open air physical territory, study room and nursery.

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Twitter delivers a lifetime ban for white supremacist David Duke

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Twitter delivers a lifetime ban for white supremacist David Duke

The former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard’s account has been permanently suspended for “hateful conduct.”

Racial oppressor and previous great wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke has at long last been restricted from Twitter. The social media platform suspended Duke’s record on Friday (July 31) for over and again disregarding their principles about “hateful conduct.”

“[The account] has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct,” a spokesperson confirmed to The Independent. “This enforcement action is in line with our recently-updated guidance on harmful links.”

Back in March, Twitter changed its arrangement to forbid clients from sharing connects to articles that incorporate “hateful” content or prompt violence. The Independent reports that Duke had a background marked by sharing tweets that advanced or undermined violence against individuals dependent on their race or religion.

As per BBC, Duke’s last tweet presented a connection on a meeting among himself and Germar Rudolf, who was recently sentenced for Holocaust refusal in Germany — where it is a criminal offense. The Anti-Defamation League has additionally named Duke as “maybe America’s most notable racist and anti-Semite.”

Different tweets paving the way to his perpetual suspension additionally supposedly included vows to uncover the “fundamental racist lie,” allegations against Jewish media experts and bogus cases about the Coronavirus pandemic. Duke additionally supported Donald Trump’s presidential re-appointment by means of Twitter toward the start of July.

A month ago, Duke was additionally prohibited from YouTube for repeatedly disregarding the social network’s standards against hate discourse. In a similar breadth, disabled the accounts of neo-Nazi conspiracy theorist Richard Spencer and Canadian white supremacist Stefan Molyneux.

“We have strict policies prohibiting hate speech on YouTube and terminate any channel that repeatedly or egregiously violates those policies,” the company said in a statement at the time. “After updating our guidelines to better address supremacist content, we saw a 5x spike in video removals and have terminated over 25,000 channels for violating our hate speech policies.”