When I was laid off in January, I had no idea what was next for me. There was an overwhelming amount of support that I didn’t anticipate from people I knew and those I weren’t aware knew of me.
You all said I’d land on my feet.
I did at
@espn
Thank you.
“I told Brandi one time that I don’t see color and she said ‘well, then you don’t see my experience,’” -
@CodyRhodes
on how being in an interracial marriage has helped with diversity in
@AEWrestling
and why diversity will be a way of life and not a publicity stunt.
This is becoming obtuse. Drake isn’t being dissed for being mixed. That is NOT what’s happening. He’s being questioned about how he’s wearing different elements of Blackness (accents included) as a costume for acceptance.
How did we get to this weird colorism dialog?
Cam'ron calls out Kendrick Lamar for attacking Drake for being mixed race in the diss song "Euphoria," despite Kendrick Lamar's own wife being half white.
Also, Mase accuses Cam'ron of trying to give Drake ammo.
(🎥It is What It is/YouTube)
“If he wasn’t dissin then we wouldn’t be discussing him” - 7 Minute Drill (4/5/24)
“Is it K Dot? Is it Aubrey or me? We the Big 3 like we started a league.” - First Person Shooter (10/6/23)
It always feel like white America celebrates MLK Day with some arbitrary quote and then ignore the fact that he was assassinated for speaking out on the very things they condemn Kaepernick, LeBron, Abrams, Ta-Nehisi, Jemele Hill, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida and others for today.
Good, f*ck all 57 of them. At least I know which side they are on. Replace them with 57 officers who won't support police brutality and shoving old people.
According to multiple reports, all 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team have resigned from the team as a show of support for the two officers who were suspended last night.
This is the Dana White video in question for those who missed it. Pick an athlete, owner or coach in ANY other sport that could be caught on video slapping their wife and it just kinda goes away.
Myself and the
@sportingnews
team put a lot of work into turning this around. Thank you to everyone who shared their reaction videos with us. This is special so please share
WWE fans react to
@TrueKofi
becoming the first African-born
@WWE
champion in the history of the company.
Kendrick Lamar had the Pop Out concert on Juneteenth where they danced on his grave.
He drops the “Not Like Us” video on Independence Day.
Drake will never know freedom.
@stoolpresidente
What we not gonna do is call a Black woman who isn’t of legal drinking age a “classless piece of shit” for some routine trash talk. Not today. Not never.
Aye man, CM Punk really came back. We all knew it and it still felt incredibly epic. When done right, pro wrestling is absolutely beautiful and an emotional escape.
This was one of those moments.
@AEW
hit all the notes did it right.
I find it hilarious that the same people that said Kendrick Lamar didn’t have any hits are now complaining that his biggest song is inescapable and becoming played out. You know, like a hit song usually is.
The TOTAL combined payout for every fighter
#UFC270
was $1.8 million.
Fury made $30 million in his third fight against Wilder.
Wilder made $20 million.
Fury and Wilder made 25x more than all the UFC 270 fighters COMBINED.
Tell me that UFC fighter pay isn’t an issue.
Oblivious white privilege exists everywhere...especially in pro wrestling. In this video you’ll find the following:
- The invisible package of advantages
- Victim blaming
- The “I went through it too” and “just work hard” arguments
- Ignoring hurdles
This man is not mentally fit to be running for president. You want to help Kanye, don't vote for him or support his campaign events. Advocate for him to get help. He needs help. Not the spotlight. Help.
I told y’all I wouldn’t stay silent on Colby Covington’s dangerous game of promoting outright racism and xenophobia in MMA, the UFC’s complicity and the media’s silence. It’s not okay even if you think it’s an act (it’s not).
My column:
Aljamain Sterling did EVERYTHING the UFC asked him to do. Quick turnaround, fight in hostile territory, routinely be treated as the b-side and still accepted defeat with humility. It's impressive and should be appreciated by the promotion (and I hope they compensate him for it).
Kinda gross seeing some of y’all defend the UFC. The UFC and Crypto just entered a deal for $175 million. UFC PPVs just increased in price again. And you’re gonna say it’s okay that Moreno and Figueiredo made $350k combined for a championship fight?
C’mon…
You know what I find interesting? CM Punk and Bryan Danielson changed the perception of what a successful WWE Superstar looked like. As soon as both were gone, Vince went back to his old vision. Don't believe me? Check the dates and how they coincide.
Yo
@theblogera
podcast reminded me of a LOT of things from my past when I was at HipHopDX and BET. But here's a fun story about
@NICKIMINAJ
and BET...
🧵
There was a time where a majority of the locker room was overly protective about their spot on the roster.
Sasha Banks is 0-6 at WrestleMania.
And she could care less because she's enjoying someone else's success.
That's a beautiful thing.
WE have been shot for much, much, much less.
WE have protested over the murder of our brothers and sisters by those sworn to protect us.
THIS?
THIS isn't protesting.
THIS is sour grapes over losing an election.
THIS is white privilege.
THIS is motherfucking terrorism.
I want to see something: Black people, when was the exact moment you realized that your skin color was the reason you were treated different and your innocence was ripped away? How confused and hurt were you?
It sucks that it’s come to this.
My brother deserves to be valued.
He’s gone above and beyond with his reign in the spotlight.
Period.
Still MY (and many others) champion
@WWEBigE
Fix it
@WWE
I don't want the Kanye West story to end in a tragedy but we're trending in the wrong direction. You keep feeding the monster and the monster never realizes what made him a monster in the first place.
Sorry, my blackness comes before everything so excuse me while I post this picture that encapsulates my joy.
This one is titled "Death To MAGA (One Black Power Fist At A Time)" by
@USMAN84kg
#UFC245
My brutha
@WWEBigE
makes history once again as the first African American to have the WWE championship in the barber chair while getting faded up. Legend.
For those who don't want to click the link in my previous thread, this is the video blog I spoke of that
@NICKIMINAJ
edited herself for me when I worked at BET. For the full story full of shenanigans and how this all happened, go to my thread.
As much of that fire is meant for Pusha T, you had better believe that he's been waiting to unleash this fury at Kanye. There's a lot of "y'all" throughout the Duppy Freestyle.
This is what I’d like to call “hoe shit” from Sean Strickland. But, there’s a whole ass MMA community that will applaud his behavior. Something has to change.
No matter how this turns out, I'm going to be disappointed in how many people in this country cast their ballot for incompetence, greed and hate.
#Election2020
You could see Kamaru Usman clench his jaw before firing that right hand that downed MAGA Covington and I could hear our ancestors shouting "There it is!!!!!!!"
I don’t want to say that this is the moment that Caleb bent the knee but it was when he realized he was wrong when he said Canelo’s opponents have a losing mentality before the fight starts. Nah, they try to win. They just can’t.
The top 2
@AEW
execs are brown (me & Megha)!! Jade, Bowens, Caster, Dante, Nyla, Isiah & Marq Quen all won on tv this month. The TBS Title Tournament has been very diverse. I let Swole’s contract expire as I felt her wrestling wasn’t good enough.
#AEWRampage
Street Fight TONIGHT!
Guys, do you understand what just happened??? A Mexican has NEVER been a heavyweight champion. Ruiz was ridiculed all week for his body type and just went out there and shocked the gotdamn world.
Dana White posted a video patting himself on the back for running UFC events during a pandemic and criticized journalists who were rightfully skeptical of risking fighters lives with a virus that was unpredictable.
This is where the gimmick becomes extremely dangerous. Covington calls Black people “lifelong criminals.” Keep living the gimmick and the gimmick is going to get you f*cked up outside the Octagon. Fighting for equal rights and social justice isn’t a game.
"Black Lives Matter is a complete sham. It's a joke. They're taking people that are complete terrorists. These are bad people… [Tyron Woodley] is a communist. He's a Marxist. He hates America." -
@ColbyCovMMA
Watch full video:
I’ve got a question for y’all:
What is diversity in pro wrestling?
Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen people crush both AEW and WWE for their treatment of minorities and then pick sides on who is doing diversity better.
Detractors on both sides are missing the mark.