Daily 30: Fri 12.19.2014

Must Watch! 3mo
Azealia Banks on TI, Iggy, & Black Music

4 Azealia Banks on TI, Iggy, & Black Music HOT 97

If you're looking for an unhibited, no holds barred, speak your mind kind of interview, you've found it here. Azealia Banks is a passionate young lady with an even more passionate opinions on society & the depiction of black people in America. This passion brought her to tears quite a few times in this sit down. But what takes the cake in this interview were her feelings on the Grand Hustle family, T.I and Iggy Azalea in particular. Get ready to watch an explosive chat and you might wanna grab your popcorn while you're at it:
The Biggest Collaboration Ever!! 3mo

The Rap Monument Noisey Raps

Thirty-minutes of pure rap bliss from three of sessions held in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New York. The Rap Monument features white-hot beats coproduced by Hudson Mohawke, Nick Hook and S-Type. This epic beat was then rapped over by the likes of Push T, Action Bronson, Young Thug, Danny Brown, Raekwon, Prodigy and many more. Sit back and enjoy.
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#AskACop Couldn't Have Gone Any Worse

11 #AskACop Couldn't Have Gone Any Worse Complex

CNN should’ve known its #AskACop was set for social media failure. Lest it forgot the #MyNYPD Twitter debacle. The news channel tweeted that they put together a police panel for their “Cops Under Fire” segment, which will air later tonight, and proceeded to ask Twitter users: What would you #AskACop? The results weren’t pretty and reflected the country’s state of turmoil against police officers in light of no indictment charges in the Mike Brown and Eric Garner cases among other systemic injustices. Here are some of the tweets.
SMH 3mo
Trademark Eric Garner's Dying Words

17 Trademark Eric Garner's Dying Words The Smoking Gun

An Illinois woman is seeking to trademark the dying last words of the New York City man who gasped “I can’t breathe” while being arrested by NYPD cops for selling loose cigarettes. In a December 13 application, Catherine Crump petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register the phrase for use on hoodies and t-shirts for men, women, boys, girls, and infants. The 57-year-old Crump, who lives in Waukegan, a city 40 miles north of Chicago, contends that she has been using “I can’t breathe” for commercial purposes since “at least as early” as August 18, one month after Eric Garner, 43, died following a confrontation with police on Staten Island. A video of the encounter captured Garner repeatedly saying, “I can’t breathe” as Officer Daniel Pantaleo wrapped his arm around the 350-pound suspect’s neck. Other officers sought to pin Garner to the sidewalk so he could be handcuffed. A Staten Island grand jury earlier this month declined to indict Pantaleo in connection with Garner’s death. During nationwide marches, participants have chanted “I can’t breathe” as part of protests against police brutality. In an interview, Crump said that she had “nothing to do with the Garner family,” and had not spoken to them about her trademark bid. While claiming that her purpose for marketing “I can’t breathe” garments was not to make money, she declined to disclose what other reason there was for her trademark filing (which cost $325). Three similar entrepreneurs have filed to trademark the phrase “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” for use on clothing items. Each of those USPTO applications was filed within three weeks of the August 9 death of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was shot to death by a cop in Ferguson, Missouri.
From The Classic Album! 5mo
Illmatic Live

18 Illmatic Live Nas

The 20th anniversary tour for Nas' classic Illmatic album
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KATTPACALYPSE

19 KATTPACALYPSE Katt Williams

Katt Williams ushers in Kattpacalypse, with an explosive New Year's Eve performance filmed live in front of 7,000 screaming fans at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre.
Dope Sh!t 4mo
Color Outside the Lines

20 Color Outside the Lines Artemus Jenkins

Struggle, Joy, Failure, Success; words like these could serve as the backdrop for the next big hollywood blockbuster, or as a description of a tattoo artists life. Color Outside the Lines is the first film that provides a deep look into the history, culture and lives of the world's top black tattoo artists. Creating a film that would accurately tell the stories of these amazing artists, was initially a dream that manifested into a reality when world renowned tattoo artist, Miya Bailey linked with burgeoning filmmaker Artemus Jenkins. After three years of filming and tattooing everywhere from Atlanta to Amsterdam, this film is here to make sure the story and legacies of these artists will live on forever.
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Daymond John on "Shark Tank"

22 Daymond John on "Shark Tank" Complex

"Right now, I get an average of 20 pitches per day." - Daymond John Complex sits down with Daymond John to get to know the Shark Tank star and fashion mogul.
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Nicki Minaj celebrates "Pinkprint"

23 Nicki Minaj celebrates "Pinkprint" HOT 97

Ebro throws a celebration for Nicki and the release of her new album, the "Pinkprint." Nicki talks about her recent breakup, Meek Mill, Drake and the possibility of working with both Rihanna and Beyonce.
Beyond The Headlines! 3mo
December 19, 2014

24 December 19, 2014 Vice News

Today: Kenyan lawmakers approve controversial anti-terror legislation but not without a fight, PETA uncovers shocking dog skin trade in China, U.S. Navy shows off a drone that looks like it belongs in 'Jaws', and deadly fighting between vigilante groups in western Mexico.
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Obama: Sony 'Made A Mistake'

25 Obama: Sony 'Made A Mistake' Huffington Post

President Barack Obama spoke Friday afternoon on the recent hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the FBI attributed to North Korea in a press release earlier on Friday. During a year-end press conference, Obama said Sony made a mistake by canceling the premiere of the film "The Interview," a comedy about an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. "I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced," Obama said. "Having said all that, yes, I think they made a mistake." "I wish they'd spoken to me first [before canceling the release of the film]," Obama said later. Anonymous hackers breached Sony's servers in November, leaking sensitive emails and documents. Some of the leaked emails included exchanges between the Sony Pictures co-chair and a producer working with the company making racially charged comments about the president's taste in films. The cyberattack was believed to be in retaliation to the release of "The Interview." On Dec. 17, Sony canceled plans to release the film -- originally slated to be released Dec. 25 -- after the hackers issued threats to anyone who saw "The Interview." The hackers' message said "the world will be full of fear" and invoked the Sept. 11 attacks. But Obama said the company shouldn't have been swayed by the likes of Kim Jong Un. "We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States," Obama said. "If somebody's able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary they don't like, or news reports they don't like. Or even worse, imagine if producers and distributors and others start engaging in self-censorship because they don't want to offend the sensibilities of someone whose sensibilities probably need to be offended." Obama said there was "no indication" North Korea worked with another country to implement the cyberattack. The FBI said it is "deeply concerned about the destructive nature" of the cyberattack. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said national security leaders are considering "a proportional response."
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No Black Reporters

26 No Black Reporters Huffington Post

Following this week's layoffs at The New York Times there is not a single black reporter or editor on staff at the newspaper's culture section, Journal-isms reported Wednesday. Felicia R. Lee, previously the only black reporter at the section, has been laid off, and Fletcher Roberts, the paper's pop music editor, took a buyout. According to Journal-isms, other journalists of color are also being affected by the recent cuts. Metro reporter Kia Gregory has been laid off and senior food editor Maria Newman is accepting a buyout. The news comes only a few months after The Times drew criticism for a lack of diversity in its newsroom. In September, television critic Alessandra Stanley penned a review of Shonda Rhimes' legal drama "How To Get Away with Murder," which some readers felt reinforced pernicious racial stereotypes about black women. In an article about the controversy, executive editor Dean Baquet told public editor Margaret Sullivan that he "sees a problem with diversity in some areas of the newsroom, including among the 20 cultural critics, where there are only two persons of color -- the chief book critic, Michiko Kakutani, and a TV critic, Mike Hale -- and no black critics." “I would criticize us for that,” Baquet continued. “I would love to diversify that area.” Though reporters of color are indeed leaving the paper, a spokesperson for The New York Times said Friday in an email to The Huffington Post that it is too early to tell how the departures will affect specific sections. "In the wake of our staff reductions, heading into the New Year we will undertake the process of rebalancing the newsroom talent. It's too soon to know what the diversity makeup will look like in any one department," the email read. "A diverse newsroom remains a priority for us."
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Annie

27 Annie Columbia Pictures

Wealthy businessman Benjamin Stacks comes to the aid of a young girl living in an orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan.
Powerful! 4mo

Selma Paramount

Martin Luther King, Lyndon Baines Johnson and the civil rights marches that changed America.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service

29 Kingsman: The Secret Service Marv Films

Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
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Terminator Genisys

30 Terminator Genisys Paramount

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.