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Tems Talks About Writing Rihanna's New Song Dedicated To Chadwick Boseman
Tems is having the best year of her career thus far. After collaborating with Wizkid, Drake and Future, the Nigerian singer can now add Rihanna to her growing résumé. On Saturday, October 29, the "Higher" crooner hit the stage at Powerhouse NYC. While she was in the building, Tems sat down with Power 105.1's Gabe Pabon to talk about her recent work on Rihanna's new single "Lift Me Up." The song, which debuted last Friday, was co-written by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler and Rihanna. It serves as a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, who passed away following his battle with colon cancer.
Elon Musk With Twitter Changes...Getting ready to Charge for Blue Check
Elon Musk is already causing some issues at Twitter. Well, he may think these issues are good, but we know otherwise. He has basically opened Twitter up to what he calls "free speech" and that will just open the floodgates to hate tweets and more. But now, Elon has come into Twitter and fired top executives. But that's not all because heads could roll again if staffers don't get the ball rolling with trying to charge for that blue check. That blue check is a verified check and Elon wants to start charging users about $20 a month for that verification, according to The Daily Mail. According to a report, Elon said that if the new scheme is not up-and-running by November 7, the team charged with the project will be fired. Does this change the way you look at and used your Twitter, with a blue check or not?
Kanye West Finally Apologizes to the Black Community
Just when we thought we would start the week Ye' free, nope. Kanye West is still out here doing the most. But one thing Ye' did this weekend, was apologize to the Black community. On Friday, Ye' issued an apology over his statements about George Floyd. We don't know what his wake up call was but Ye' actually realized what he said about Floyd was wrong. He said, “It hurt my people, it hurt the Black people." And of course Ye' will make it about himself and his issues, because he continued, “So I want to apologize to hurting them, because right now God is showing me by what Adidas is doing and by what the media is doing — I know how it feels to have a knee on my neck now.” Basically, he is realizing that with all of those companies dropping him and turning their backs as well as his fans, Ye' knows he messed up. But even after that apology, he hopped on social media calling the family of George Floyd greedy in a post. That post has since been deleted. Check out his apology and tell us what you think about it.
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