Deborah Dean rubs her arms for warmth and shakes her head. The gunshots still echo; the memory of panicked footsteps raises the hair on her arms. “Deborah, call an ambulance!” her nephew had cried. And then she saw her husband standing over the body of her daughter Shavon, 14. “My 12-year-old had to call the ambulance. I just collapsed.” The family had been in the middle of an evening barbecue at their home in the Roseland section of Chicago when gunfire from what was believed to be a gang-initiation rite sent the fatal bullet into Shavon.
Is somebody gonna match my freak?
It’s the question that’s been on everyone’s mind since R&B singer Tinashe posed it in her song “Nasty,” which has gone viral since its release in April. While we’re all just trying to find someone who will, in fact, match our nasty, it’s not just the relatability of Tinashe’s lyrics that has found “Nasty” such a large audience. The song has gone viral thanks in part to a guy named Nate.
In 2010, I was watching a documentary of St. Louis rapper, Nelly. While speaking about his diamond-selling debut album, Country Grammar, he said something along the lines of, 'You have your whole life to make your debut album, that's why sophomore albums make artists nervous.' Whatever the case might be, quality debut albums need appreciation - especially in Nigerian Hip-Hop. Here are our choices of the 10 best debut albums in Nigerian Hip-Hop since 1999.
Let's explore five ways to achieve this. 1. Quality time Sure, being around is important, but quality time is about really giving your partner your full attention. This means putting away your phone, turning off the TV, and focusing on her. Listen to what she has to say, and try to see things from her perspective. It's about making her feel like she's the most important thing in the world to you, at least for a little while.
As we've mentioned in the recent past, most of these stereotypes exist to enable us to consider and respect cultural and tribal sensitivities. Yet, sometimes they are excessively simplistic, and they fail to offer a full view of a tribe's origins, practices and biases, cultural and otherwise. Perhaps no tribe is more affected by this than the Yoruba. ADVERTISEMENT
Among the many you must have heard, here are five popular stereotypes about the Yoruba people.
This is the result of a partnership between filmmaker and producer, Damilola Orimogunje, and popular TV personality and media entrepreneur, Chude Jideonwo. ShockNG reports that the project will go beyond the headlines into the unknown depths of his life while looking at cannibalism in Nigeria at large. ADVERTISEMENT
Describing the project, he said, "The more time we spent over the past few months researching and writing this story, the more it became apparent that this was deeper, much deeper than the tragic cannibalism that captured the attention of Nigerians.
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Will Ferrell and his celebrity twin, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, finally gave us the drum-off/cowbell-off they promised on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. The geniuses of this video began with Ferrell’s participation in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit where a fan noted Ferrell’s resemblance to drummer Chad Smith.
In response Ferrell stated, “A lot of people think that it’s me playing for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Bill Lawrence has a type. In his Apple TV+ era, the Ted Lasso creator, who became a brand name in the aughts with his surreal medical comedy Scrubs, has favored a particular kind of protagonist. A single, middle-aged guy (whose whiteness and straightness almost go without saying) with decades’ worth of baggage, usually of the romantic variety, this character uses a quippy persona to hide his fundamental sadness. He cracks jokes, does impressions, self-deprecates, dispenses cultural references, and generally behaves like he’s hosting a talk show, even when he’s having what is supposed to be an intimate conversation.
Movie-after-movie, these actors interpreted characters that eventually branded them pop culture icons, making them the most popular pairs in Nollywood. Pulse Movies is taking a look at the five most famous Nollywood movie couples of the 90s and 2000s, or probably, ever. Here we go; ADVERTISEMENT
1. Ramsey Nouah and Genevieve Nnaji This duo surpasses all others on this list. They made tons of films together that their names became synonymous with romance films.
Today, Monday, September 21, 2015 is the birthday of the talented Nigerian filmmaker, and Pulse Nigeria is listing five of our favourite movies, featuring the actress. Here we go; ADVERTISEMENT
Mbong Amata made her debut as a producer with the movie Darima's Dilemma,' which tells the story of a young lady Darima who is happily married to her husband but harbours a secret that could destroy the marriage. The actress starred as Darima alongside Majid Michel, IK Ogbonna and others.