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Beats Officially Unveils Its New Wireless Studio Buds

Jun 15, 2021 5:56pm

Source: Beats / Beats By Dre Wireless Studio Buds
The cat is officially out of the bag. Beats new wireless earbuds are here.
Back in May, the king, LeBron James, stunted all of us when he seemingly unveiled Beats’ newest product while showing off his pre-game drip and grill. Finally, the now Apple-owned company officially revealed the new Beats Studio Wireless Buds do, in fact, exist, and they will be arriving in three colors.
Source: Beats / Beats By Dre Wireless Studio Buds
The Beats Studio Wireless Buds are the follow-up to the impressive Powerbeats Pro, with Beats continuing to keep that high-quality sound experience energy by providing its Beats users a new sleek, lightweight, and comfortable experience with Beats Studio Wireless Buds. In addition, the company boasts its latest wireless audio accessory will have 24-hour battery life, are sweat and water-resistant, noise cancellation and, a transparency mode, a first for a Beats product that allows you to hear the world around you without taking the buds out of your ears.
Source: Beats / Beats By Dre Wireless Studio Buds
The Studio Buds are also the first Beats product to support both FindMy in iOS and Find My Device on Android to help you locate your buds via BlueTooth after you pair them to your device via one-touch pairing to both Apple and Android devices.
Beats Studio Buds will come in three colors red, black, and white, and are available to order starting today (Jun.15) for $149.99 on apple.com, with shipping beginning June 24.
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Photo: Beats / Beats By Dre Wireless Studio Buds
Post Malone Drops $1.6 Million On Diamond Teeth

Jun 15, 2021 4:18pm

Source: Adam Bielawski/WENN.com / WENN
Post Malone lives a life. He recently dropped a million dollars to add some color, cut and clarity to his smile.
As spotted on TMZ the Grapevine, Texas native paid a visit to his dentist and apparently dropped off a very big bag for the work in question. According to the celebrity gossip site the “Rockstar” performer paid a cool 1.6 million dollars on a new grill. The set in question gives him all natural porcelain veneers to chew with. On top of that he added two diamond studded fangs to each of his top row cuspids (aka the canine tooth). He enlisted the help of cosmetic dentist Naoki Hayashi and Thomas Connelly, DDS, the self-proclaimed father of diamond dentistry, for the unique refresh.
His mouth will now hold over 28 units of ceramics and 2 pear shaped diamonds totaling a whopping 12 carats. The size of the stones gives his pearly whites a considerable point of difference when you consider the status quo on white ice. In the United States, for example, the national average for an engagement ring is around one carat so this a major flex.
You can see the mold below.
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Virgil Abloh To Drop 50 “Different” Off-White Nike Dunks

Jun 15, 2021 2:55pm

Source: Nike / NIke
Looks like sneakerheads are about to take all the L’s they can get as Nike and Virgil Abloh plan on dropping 50 pairs of Off-White low top Nike Dunks in the coming months.

That’s right. 50. Maybe it’s to commemorate the $50 that Virgil donated to the Protest Bail funds last summer during the Black Lives Matter movement that saw countless protestors arrested for marching during the George Floyd protests. We kid we kid. Don’t blacklist us from the SNKRS app, Nike, please. Well, we lowkey kinda feel that way ever since the “Draw” system took over the app. Thanks a bunch, Joe Hebert. SMH.
Back to the kicks.
Dubbed the “Dear Summer” collection, each sneaker feature the same white and grey color bock for the base, each pair will feature different colored over laces, tongues, sock-liners, zip ties, and “air bubbles.” There is a single black pair in the collection that will no doubt be the most sought after pair of the bunch.
With that many pairs set to drop, does that mean more W’s for customers or is there going to be like 50 pairs of each colorway available? Y’all know Nike be on some next ish when it comes to exclusiveness.
No word on when the collection will drop or the number of pairs that will be available, but if history has taught us anything it’s that L’s will definitely be in abundance in the coming months.
What do y’all think of the new 50? Will you be trying your luck? Any particular colorway catch your eye? Let us know in the comments section.
Source: Nike / NIke
Damn Shawty: FreakNik Is Returning To Atlanta In October

Jun 15, 2021 2:47pm

Source: FreakNik / Freaknik
One of the most beloved cultural moments in the south is returning. FreakNik is officially coming back to Atlanta this year.
As spotted on The Grio the legendary event series will live again. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is reporting that FreakNik will occur over a span of three days in Atlanta, Georgia during the fall. Already confirmed for the festivities are the likes of Adina Howard, Project Pat, Lil Scrappy, Ray J, Pastor Troy, JT Money, Paul Wall, 95 South, DJ Unk, Field Mob and 8Ball & MJG.
Commonly referred to as the “Black Spring Break”, FreakNik was originally started in the late 80’s as an informal celebration for college students throughout the area. It quickly grew year over year and reportedly drew up to 200,000 people for the 1994 edition. Naturally the festivities landed on the radar of Atlanta city officials. In 2010 then Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed banned the event due to city expenses and public perception.
“I say it’s a cultural phenomenon where we had a group of 200,000 plus at one time, African-American youth in the city for a fun, leisure and entertainment weekend,” former Underground Atlanta General Manager George Hawthorne said in 2019 about the impact of the Freaknik festival. “I think the Freaknik name as you know is a brand that is recognizable across the country.”
FreakNik 2021 will take place at Morris Brown College on Oct. 8-10. You can purchase tickets here.

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Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine Teaming With LAUSD To Open Possibly The “Coolest High School In America”

Jun 15, 2021 2:31pm

Source: Jason LaVeris / Getty
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are backing up the Brink’s Truck to help Black and Latino teenagers get a good education in South LA.
Monday (Jun.14), L.A. Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner and Beats By Dre founders Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, a Compton native, and Jimmy Iovine, announced they are teaming up to launch what could be “the coolest high school in America.”
The school, currently known as Regional High School .1 until it is formally named, will help develop young leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs by offering students a unique curriculum of multidisciplinary, hands-on learning, with a strong emphasis on real-world projects with top companies and non-profits that is based on the USC Iovine and Young Academy’s approach to teaching students.
The USC Academy’s level of graduating talent currently attracts innovative companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, DreamWorks, and Sony. It also births students who have launched successful startup companies that have garnered over $120 million in seeding money. The high school will mirror the Academy’s program and successfully groom future innovators and young entrepreneurs.
“This new partnership with Jimmy, Dr. Dre, and the USC Iovine and Young Academy will help open the doors of opportunity for students, in particular, Black and Latino children, from communities which have been historically underserved,” Beutner stated.
“Much like the work of the Academy, this effort will help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators,” he further added.
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, newly-single Dr. Dre revealed he wants to reach “the inner-city kid, the younger me,” the student who doesn’t really care for school by giving them “a place that you can go where there’s something that you can learn that you’re really interested in.”
“This is for kids who want to go out and start their own company or go work at a place… like Marvel or Apple or companies like that,” Iovine added while also pointing out that “This is nowhere near a music school.”
Dre also opened up about his health. The 56-year-old legendary music producer suffered a reported brain aneurysm earlier this year.
“It’s a really weird thing,” he told the publication. “I’ve never had high blood pressure. And I’ve always been a person that has always taken care of my health. But there’s something that happens for some reason with Black men and high blood pressure, and I never saw that coming. But I’m taking care of myself. And I think every Black man should just check that out and make sure things are OK with the blood pressure. And I’m going to move on and, hopefully, live a long and healthy life. I’m feeling fantastic.”
Dr. Dre and Iovine will also be sparing no expense to make sure this school is successful. The two reported billionaires said they would do and spend whatever it takes to get the school built. The school, which is set to open in Fall 2022, will be co-located on the Audubon Middle School campus and serve up to 124 students and will expand to accommodate 250 students, according to the LAUSD.
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Photo: Jason LaVeris / Getty

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