The continent desperately needs more power but it also wants to avoid damaging the environment.
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Monday, February 24, 2020
Dwyane Wade Still Worries About Being Broke
There is one thing that retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade should never have to worry about and that is financial ineptitude. Despite making millions and primed to make several more, the former Miami Heat superstar has a fear of not having money.
“It takes moments sometimes when I’m like, ‘Huh, that’s what I got in the bank, OK.’ But I still live with that mentality [of not having money] like literally, I have one car. And I have an Audi Q8,” Wade told Yahoo! Finance.
Not including his endorsements, Wade earned more than $120 million in a successful 16-year NBA career with the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers. In addition, he inked a comprehensive, multiyear agreement with WarnerMedia, released a new sneaker with Rick Ross to continue his Way of Wade sneaker line. His fashionable sock line, PKWY, founded in 2013, is available nationwide at Target stores. Chinese consumer electronics brand Hisense recently inked Wade as its first U.S. brand ambassador. Wade also has a lucrative lifetime contract with the Chinese sneaker brand Li-Ning.
Wade was a three-time NBA Champion (2006, 2012, and 2013) and 13-time All-Star selection. In 2006, three years after first joining the Heat as the No. 5 overall draft pick, he led the Miami Heat to its first-ever NBA Championship and was named MVP of the Finals. In 2004, he created the Wade’s World Foundation, which provides support to various educational, health, and family service programs, in particular, those that benefit underserved communities in Miami and his hometown of Chicago.
In 2011, Wade was appointed to President Obama’s Fatherhood Task Force. In September 2012, he became a New York Times best-selling author, with the release of his first book, A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball.
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Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson of ‘Hidden Figures’ fame has died at 101
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died.
In a Monday morning tweet, the space agency said it celebrates her 101 years of life and her legacy of excellence and breaking down racial and social barriers.
Johnson was one of the so-called “computers” who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits by hand during NASA’s early years.
Until 1958, Johnson and other black women worked in a racially segregated computing unit at what is now called Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Their work was the focus of the Oscar-nominated 2016 film.
In 1961, Johnson worked on the first mission to carry an American into space. In 1962, she verified computer calculations that plotted John Glenn’s earth orbits.
At age 97, Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Johnson focused on airplanes and other research at first. But her work at NASA’s Langley Research Center eventually shifted to Project Mercury, the nation’s first human space program.
“Our office computed all the (rocket) trajectories,” Johnson told The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in 2012. “You tell me when and where you want it to come down, and I will tell you where and when and how to launch it.”
In 1961, Johnson did trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 Mission, the first to carry an American into space. The next year, she manually verified the calculations of a nascent NASA computer, an IBM 7090, which plotted John Glenn’s orbits around the planet.
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The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation Donates $5 Million to New Jersey After-School Program
The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation has given a $5 million donation to Pathways to College, a Newark, New Jersey-based and nationally-operated after school program that helps prepare students of color for a college education, according to NJ.com.
The program aims to expand the pipeline to college in underserved communities. The program also works toward:
- Creating a nationwide, networked community of high-achieving primarily minority children.
- Assisting these students, with their families, to become knowledgeable, attractive college applicants, students, and successful graduates.
- Partnering with colleges, schools, and communities to provide ongoing, consistent encouragement and support to these children.
- Building on the examples our students and teachers set, helping foster and support a school-wide cultural change that emphasizes academic and career achievement.
The founder of Pathways to College, Judith Griffin, received that important phone call last September from then-president of the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, Rebecca Sykes.
$5M Grant just announced to @PwaysToCollege from @Oprah. Grateful beyond words for this investment in the lives of “Our Children”!#EdLeaders #Education #College pic.twitter.com/Ekpn7hutue
— Pathways To College (@PwaysToCollege) February 20, 2020
“Words cannot express how grateful we are for Ms. Winfrey’s support of Pathways to College,” Griffin said in a statement. “Ms. Winfrey’s extraordinary generosity will help us partner with an increasing number of schools that want our help and set in place the necessary plans to inform and involve local donors to help supply funding beyond what is possible for schools to absorb. We are deeply grateful to her.”
In a video, Winfrey said: “I celebrate and honor the work Pathways to College does in securing futures for young people who want to go to college. I am proud to sponsor and support all of these young people and their dreams for a better life through education.”
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Will Laila Ali come out of retirement to fight Claressa Shields?
For the past several days, Laila Ali and Claressa Shields have traded smack talk about a potential fight between the retired heavyweight and the current female boxing champ.
Ali says if the money is right, she will fight.
READ MORE: Laila Ali talks about her boxing legacy and her secrets to maintaining a peaceful family home
“It would be my absolute pleasure for the right amount of money to come back” Ali told ESPN‘s First Take.
“We want to see women grow and continue to inspire other people, right? And she has been calling me out, and she has taken offense to some things that I have said in the past that had nothing to do with her. And people have asked me, would you come back? Well, I have to be inspired by the opponent, I have to be inspired by the ‘purse’ because I have multiple things going on and multiple streams of income I don’t need to do it and I have to want to do it.”
Ali has been retired for over a decade, but she tells First Take she has maintained her health and fitness and could get the job done.
Shields said she is ready and willing to fight Muhammad Ali’s daughter, anytime, anywhere, and that she will knock her out if given the opportunity.
“Absolutely. I have no problem with that,” Shields responding when ESPN’s Myron Medcalf asked her if she would fight Ali. “I feel like I’m the greatest woman of all time. I cannot be beat, not by a champion right now, a former world champion, a champion who’s bigger, stronger, faster, whatever you want to say. All these fighters have to prove it to me. And when she gets inside the ring, I have a game plan for everybody who I step in the ring with. And the fact that she’s going to bring out that 100% in me, you’re going to see a whole different Claressa Shields. And it’s going to be a war.”
And Shields, 24, wants Ali to leave the excuses at home.
“Let’s not talk about age. You can’t say in one sentence, ‘Oh, I’m gonna knock Claressa Shields out, I’m a better fighter, I’m gonna come out of retirement and I’m gonna do this, but I’ve been retired 13 years.’ Take the 13 years out of it, or you can’t say, ‘but I’m 42.’ She’s making excuses already. ‘Oh I’ve been retired 13 years. Oh, I’m 42,’” Shields said. “If you really feel like you’re the baddest, you’re either going to come out of retirement and beat me at the age you’re at, or you’re going to leave boxing alone.”
Further, Shields said an unnamed person has already put up $15 million for the two to fight, with $5 million going to the loser and $10 million being paid out to the winner.
Many on social media seemed excited about the prospect of a bout.
Laila Ali said she hasn’t fought in 13 years, but she’ll knock a bitch out for the right price! And she was not playin!!!! 24-0 and 21 knockouts! Shiiiitttttt…..
— BIG MAMA🍯 (@heLUVZkeke) February 21, 2020
“Laila Ali said she hasn’t fought in 13 years, but she’ll knock a bitch out for the right price! And she was not playin!!!! 24-0 and 21 knockouts! Shiiiitttttt,” Big Mama tweeted.
Laila Ali out here talkin shit like her daddy. pic.twitter.com/0kgGAYjR2m
— Izzy OldSoul (@Izzy_OldSoul) February 21, 2020
READ MORE: Laila Ali accidentally hits elderly pedestrian with her car
“Laila Ali out her talkin’ shit like her daddy,” tweeted Izzy OldSoul.
Laila Ali basically said: Since homegirl keeps calling me out & no female boxer has ever made a million. I’ll come out of retirement if the bag is right, just to knock a bitch head off.
— 8:24 (@KingLetty_) February 21, 2020
@KingLetty_ said “Laila Ali basically said: “Since homegirl keeps calling me out & no female boxer has ever made a million. I’ll come out of retirement if the bag is right, just to knock a bitch head off.”
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Black Twitter responds to Red Table Talk promo clip of Snoop Dogg episode
A Red Table Talk promo clip with Jada Pinkett Smith telling Snoop Dogg that his profanity-laced Instagram video skewing Gayle King actually insulted all Black women was met with scorn and agreement by Black Twitter.
READ MORE: Snoop Dogg set to appear on ‘Red Table Talk’
In the clip, Pinkett Smith tells Snoop that she was shocked when she first heard his comment.
In the spirit of healing ❤️✨@snoopdogg pic.twitter.com/PwXaqFmFbw
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) February 23, 2020
“When you first came out and you said what you said in regards to Gayle, my heart dropped,” Pinkett Smith. “I felt like not only were you talking to Gayle, but you were talking to me… I was like, ‘Not Snoop.’ And so that’s one of the reasons why I felt like I really wanted to have this conversation with you in the spirit of healing.”
Black Twitter had a lot to say about the clip. Many backed Snoop and said King deserved to be cussed out. Some slammed Red Table Talk for seemingly siding with King. Others thought the rapper took it too far.
“Is @RedTableTalk the new sunken place? @SnoopDogg RUN RUN RUN RUN and never return unc!!!!!!! You did the right thing by calling out YEARS of hack journalism and disrespect, please run from this table and never look back,” tweeted Regina&Roger.
Is @RedTableTalk the new sunken place?@SnoopDogg RUN RUN RUN RUN and never return unc!!!!!!! You did the right thing by calling out YEARS of hack journalism and disrespect, please run from this table and never look back pic.twitter.com/NbFqT1F7qP
— Regina&Roger (@RogerStan123) February 23, 2020
“@jadapsmith you know good and well that @SnoopDogg wasn’t talking about you. He was talking to @GayleKing because she deserved it. She was wrong for that insensitive interview with Lisa Leslie. @SnoopDogg don’t keep apologizing. You were right,” wrote Keisha W.
@jadapsmith you know good and well that @SnoopDogg wasn’t talking about you.🙄 He was talking to @GayleKing because she deserved it. She was wrong for that insensitive interview with Lisa Leslie.@SnoopDogg don’t keep apologizing. You were right.
— Keisha W. (@Taurus510W) February 23, 2020
“When is Gayle coming on to apologize for her tasteless conduct,” added OurStory.
When is Gayle coming on to apologize for her tasteless conduct?
— OurStory (@OurStor21136994) February 23, 2020
About a week after Kobe Bryant died last month in a helicopter crash, King did an interview with his longtime friend, former WNBA star Lisa Leslie, and among the questions she asked Leslie, she brought up Bryant’s 2003 rape case.
“It’s been said that his legacy is complicated because of a sexual assault charge, which was dismissed in 2003, 2004. Is it complicated for you as a woman, as a WNBA player?” King asked Leslie during the interview.
“It’s not complicated for me at all,” Leslie responded.
King asked Leslie whether she thought it was fair to bring up the rape charge and Leslie responded that the rape case was dismissed so she thinks it’s time for the media to stop asking about it, particularly since reporters had the opportunity to address it while Kobe was still alive, but didn’t.
The questions pissed off a lot of people, Snoop included. He, along with several other rappers, including Boosie Badazz and 50 Cent, blasted King for the interview.
Still, while some people questioned King’s motive or need to ask the question, they thought Snoop was wrong in his approach.
“Every woman in this comment section that thinks what Snoop said was acceptable is a disgrace,” tweeted Necole Kane. “He would never to Martha Stewart but again, the black woman is the most disrespected woman in America.”
Every woman in this comment section that thinks what Snoop said was acceptable is a disgrace. He would never to Martha Stewart but again, the black woman is the most disrespected woman in America. Couldn’t have said it better than this https://t.co/iWTcKFehbW
— Necole Kane (@hellonecole) February 23, 2020
Snoop later issued an apology to King.
“Two wrongs don’t make no right. When you’re wrong, you gotta fix it,” Snoop, whose birth name is Calvin Broadus, Jr., said in an IG video. “So with that being said, Gayle King: I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner based off of emotions. Me being angry at questions that you asked …overreacted. I should have handled it way different than that.”
“I would like to apologize to you publicly for the language that I used and calling you out of your name and just being disrespectful,” the Los Angeles rapper added.
King accepted his apology.
READ MORE: How Jada Pinkett Smith schooled an ‘incredibly apologetic’ T.I. during a candid ‘Red Table Talk’
Now Snoop will appear on Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk, alongside Jada, Willow and Adrienne, this Wednesday.
“@snoopdogg is coming to @redtabletalk Wednesday, February 26th to have an in-depth and insightful conversation about The Culture of Disrespect Between Black Men and Black Women. Join us” Pinkett Smith captioned her Instagram post about the upcoming show.
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FreakNik To Return This Summer As 3-Day Festival Called Freak World
Get ready for it. FreakNik is returning. This summer. The legendary Black Spring Break event in Atlanta, Georgia, will return as a three-day festival called Freak World. It will feature more than 40 artists performing during the weekend.
Freak World will run June 19-21 at the Cascade Driving Range in southwest Atlanta.
Carlos Neal, of Atlanta-based promotion company After 9, decided last year to bring back the infamous Atlanta event “with a daylong concert at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood. A lineup featuring Project Pat, Uncle Luke, Da Brat, Foxy Brown, and many more nearly sold out the venue and attracted an adult audience old enough to remember the rambunctious Freakniks of the past, but young enough to still party responsibly,” WSBTV reported.
“For everyone who said, ‘This isn’t the Freaknik of the ‘90s,’ I’m like, look, we’re older now and most people got that and still had fun,” Neal told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This year’s event will be for 18 years and older.
The 2020 festival has been expanded to three days.
“I wanted to do it in a community where people embraced this event. I chose the community where I grew up because I wanted the dollars to impact that community,” he said. “So I wanted to do it in a predominantly African-American neighborhood.”
Nealis also working with Atlanta festival promoter Eric Barnes and they also plan to feature more than 100 vendors and schedule about 40-50 acts. Nealis expects the three-day event to attract more than 10,000 fans per day.
Freaknik originally started in 1983 as a small gathering but by the ’90s, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the event. It was during this time then-Mayor Bill Campbell’s staff decided to stop Freaknik, as the community thought it had gotten out of control. Freaknik was initially conceived at Spelman College by club president Skyla Goodson. And at first, attracted HBCU students on spring break, eventually, people from all over the country began attending.
By 2010, then-Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed banned any Freaknik-related activities.
There’s even a podcast reminiscing about the early days of Freaknik called “Freaknik: A Discourse on a Paradise.”
Some don’t seem happy to see Freaknik return in any form. While some people tweeted about the chaos and potential crime the event could bring to the area, others tweeted that the culture has changed too much to revisit the event. As one person tweeted: “As much as I love the effort… The social environment that made freaknik legendary doesn’t exist anymore tbh.”
As much as I love the effort… The social environment that made freaknik legendary doesn’t exist anymore tbh. https://t.co/TKWLRqxbuF
— Solar Return Mar7 (@DaddyShiva) February 15, 2020
This article was written by Ann Brown for The Moguldom Nation.
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Dr Nikki Bell, aka The Lip Doctor, Builds Two Cosmetic Practices in NYC
Long Island native Dr. Nikki Bell, also known as “The Lip Doctor” is not your traditional dentist. As a result of fusing dentistry and advanced esthetics, she has risen to great heights and is currently operating two medical practices.
Bell attended Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, on a full academic scholarship and soon after her dental pursuits began with studies at Meharry Medical College. She received a degree as a doctor of dental surgery in 2001 and then went on to complete a dental graduate-level residency program. Shortly thereafter Bell began her quest to develop a private practice.
Currently, Bell shares two New York locations, in Freeport and downtown Brooklyn, where, as a cosmetic dentist she is certified to treat with lasers and performs most procedures without the use of a drill or anesthetic. This specialization makes her techniques cutting edge and in high demand. She treats all phases with specialized services in dental implants and facial esthetics.
Black Enterprise had the opportunity to speak with The Lip Doctor about her passion for cosmetic dentistry, the business of building a practice, and how healthcare providers can expand their practices and services.
How were you able to transition your cosmetic dental practice into a cosmetic dental medi/spa?
As a doctor of dentistry, I traditionally deal with the head and neck so there was somewhat of a natural progression. I was specializing in reconstructive procedures but there were some things that I could not address when a patient had an asymmetry or deficiency. The lasers I invested in, along with fillers, Botox, and my injectables, provided me the ability to do more. I then incorporated skincare and the spa element for the health benefits.
What differentiates your personal brand and the brand of your practice from others?
My ability to incorporate many different services allows us to achieve the best results for my patients. I quickly became obsessed with being able to utilize my devices along with my skill level to help my patients. Once my patients saw the results, they began to trust me as more than just their doctor, and my patient base grew organically. I believe that this trust factor, along with having a high skill level with a wider spectrum of procedures, is what separates me from others in my field.
Is there a lack of representation of people of color in your profession?
I do not see a lot of people in my profession who look like me, and I emphasize that because there is a broad spectrum of people that I treat who may not receive the care they need. As a doctor, there is a lot of pride that I feel in my services and products because I truly want people to feel like their skin matters. I developed a product line about a year ago beginning with a lip plumper. The product line has now expanded into a makeup line, lipstick line, along with face care products.
What one piece of advice do you have for young women and men of color building their career in the esthetics industry?
It is critical that we understand the importance of us being in this field and to take it seriously. Studying and staying abreast of new technology as it comes out is important. There is neglect for those within our community. Just like we have limited resources in our community we also have limited services in respect to our health whether it is skincare or cosmetic dentistry.
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Birdman talks new Cash Money docuseries and squashing beef with Lil Wayne
Birdman dropped by Everyday Struggle to promote his upcoming Cash Money docuseries, New Cash Order.
The new Spotify docuseries recently premiered and it follows Cash Money from its beginning stages in New Orleans to how it grew to become one of the biggest rap labels to ever exist. The series includes never before seen interviews and also archival footage offering a behind the scenes look at the players behind the label, according to Complex.
READ MORE: Birdman says he’s finally ready to get his face tattoos removed
During the visit, Birdman also dished on his relationship with Drake, Lil Wayne, and Nicki Minaj, all of whom were once on the Cash Money Label.
“I got a great relationship with Drake, I got a great relationship with my son Wayne, always looked at Nicki as a little sister,” Birdman said in the interview, reported Complex. “Everybody in a good space, we put the past behind us and we’re moving forward.”
When probed deeper as to whether Birdman still worked with the three performers, he said: “Of course, I’m forever in business with them. As long as they in that building over there, I’m forever in business with them.” Nicki is still signed to Cash Money, however, Drake and Lil Wayne’s most recent albums came out on OVO/Republic and Young Money/Republic respectively, according to Complex.
Birdman and Wayne had beef in the past, but that’s been squashed according to Birdman.
“We happy as a motherf*cker, man, we came up,” Birdman said during the interview. “That sh*t forever behind us, I gave him whatever he want.”
Weezy performed at the recent All-Star game, after which Birdman said he spoke with him and he claims Wayne told him that he “couldn’t have done it” without him. Birdman said he responded to Wayne: “I’m really proud of you, bruh, like for real for real.”
Birdman said while things are good with Cash Money artists, he’s not sure where things stand with Rick Ross.
“I haven’t seen this man. I don’t put no energy into that,” he told Everyday Struggle. “I’m trying to get billions of dollars in this sh*t, I ain’t ever put no energy to no other n***a. I hear that sh*t and I keep it moving, but when we do see each other we’ll see how that turn out.”
In addition to the New Cash Order docuseries, Birdman said he’s also executive-producing She Ball, the new movie that Nick Cannon wrote, directed and is starring in.
READ MORE: New year, new break-up? Toni Braxton and Birdman reportedly call it quits
“That’s why we’re on the west coast now, we doing movies,” Birdman said, according to Complex. “I’m tapping into the movie side, but music is always first.”
The film is expected to drop in May and also features Chris Brown, Cedric the Entertainer, and Rebecca De Mornay.
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