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Hawaii 2022 Travel Report Part III
May 4, 2022
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Tags: culture, Food, Hawaii, Hawaii 2022, Waikiki | 
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The First Ever NFL Draft In Las Vegas 2022 – JAYFORCE.COM
May 1, 2022
The JAYFORCE.COM team headed out to Las Vegas, which is the new home of the Raiders, for the first ever NFL Draft in Sin City. Here at JAYFORCE.COM we wanted to get a few interviews if possible, but most importantly cover the NFL Fan experience. Check out the following videos & captions about the experience over the weekend through the lenses of JAYFORCE.COM
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State Of The Culture: Season 2, Episode 11 (Video)
February 20, 2020
You know what. There is some good, DOPE media being made out here nowadays. Not huge in scale, so some (read: many) might miss it. But I am watching, and highlighting it as I come across it. Much richer than a ‘Black Entertainment Tonight’… This episode of State Of The Culture is epic. Plus, the eye candy on the bookends (Eboni K. Williams & Remy Ma though… mm mm MM)!
On the 11th episode of Season 2, Joe Budden and co-hosts Remy Ma, Jinx & Eboni K. Williams sound off on the following topics: Kobe Bryant’s Legacy (6:42), Wendy Williams (34:19), Community heroes (39:20), Oscar’s diversity (40:45), Janet Jackson (50:40), Lil Wayne’s album ‘Funeral’ (54:12), Drake (56:32), Quentin Miller (59:58), Lil Pump retiring (1:04:37), Jussie Smollett being indicted (1:05:11), Who Said That? (1:10:51), 20 Years Since Big Pun’s Passing (1:21:00).
– REVOLT TV
– @ojones1
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RIP Kobe Bryant (Video)
January 27, 2020
I found out at work, working overtime, when my boss announced to the room: “This is going to be sad news for basketball fans. Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash just a few hours ago…”
She said some other stuff after that. I wasn’t really pay attention. I really wasn’t even trying to ‘confirm’ the story (my brother BoneBreaker Jones did moments later, with a “No-noooo-nooooo, man! RIP Kobe“). I was just numb for a bit, and I was not going to try to ‘snap out of it.’ This loss is WAY more than a ‘hit to the basketball world’…
Think about a multi-lingual Black kid that goes to prom with Brandy, a teen R&B idol of his and millions of fans…who goes to the NBA as a teen and becomes a multi-million dollar superstar, all-star, champion, Olympic gold medal winner…embroiled in extra-marital scandal, beefing with one of the greatest impact players in NBA history (Shaq)…who knuckled down and got back to winning on- and off-court, saving a marriage and staying with his wife, having four daughters, finding ‘new careers’ after NBA retirement – coaching his girl’s ball team and giving motivational speeches (to Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide among others, because champions NEED to FEED on the energy of champions) AND winning an Academy Award (yeah, an Oscar!)…
Look. Kobe Bryant was just 41, and he managed to squeeze in more life in half a lifetime than many of us will if we get to live twice as long. And I could go on, but nah. I’m done. I’m not even a basketball fan like that, but I am done AND undone at the same DAMN time. Give me a long minute. Past a moment of silence. Because, among other reasons, his daughter Gigi was on that helicopter.
Dammit.
May Kobe, his baby Gigi, and the other three passengers on that fateful flight, Rest In Peace.
MORE: KOBE BRYANT, DAUGHTER GIANNA DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH (ESPN)
– @ojones1
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RIP Popa Wu
December 18, 2019
UPDATE 03/10/2020: Props to @theparkerazzi for this perfect parting shot #RIPPopaWu
Shout to my longtime friend (and megaton bomb azz professional photographer himself) ML Sanders aka @MLSandersFotos for hipping me to the news on this; albeit sad news. Rest In Power, Grand Elder. Regards and condolences to the entire Wu-Tang Clan and affiliates family.
Popa Wu, the longtime Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and spiritual mentor to the group, has died, a representative for the Wu-Tang Clan confirmed to Rolling Stone. While no cause of death was given, according to The Source, Popa Wu — who was also known as Freedum Allah — died at his home in Brooklyn. He was 63.
– Rolling Stone
READ: POPA WU DEAD AT 63 (ROLLINGSTONE.COM)
– @ojones1
RIP Juice WRLD
December 10, 2019
Got wind of this from Sam Peezy aka Tony Factory who hit my inbox. So very sad. Details on the death of Juice WRLD (born Jarad A. Higgins, of Homewood, Illinois, USA) in The New York Times write-up were scarce, but a really good article nonetheless.
Seems like he was just getting into the swing and doing his thing (like here with Funk Flex). But now gone.
RIP young brother.
READ: JUICE WRLD, RISING RAP ARTIST, DIES AT 21 (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
– @ojones1
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Politics: Wondering “Who is Richard Spencer?” Talib Kweli Explains (Video)
November 25, 2019
The father of Alt-Right, the term and the movement. Don’t know what that means? Worry not… well not about not knowing, because Talib Kweli narrates an explanatory clip above on that. But DO worry about this RACIST’S rise to power and his continued influence!
‘Hail Trump!’ — Richard Spencer is the unapologetic White supremacist who you probably watched get punched in the head. He’s also the man who coined the term ‘alt-right’ and planned the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in Heather Heyer’s death.
So how did this Pepe-The-Frog meme incarnate become the flag-bearer of American racism?
– NowThis News
And now he doesn’t think President Trump has gone far enough? Wow.
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RIP John Witherspoon (Video)
October 31, 2019
Sad news. The world of comedy, and the world at-large, lost another great one this week.
Announced yesterday by surviving family members, stand-up comedian and comedic/voice actor John Witherspoon has died. We will certainly miss the man most knew as ‘Pops’ (from ‘Boomerang,’ the ‘Friday’ movie franchise, and ‘The Wayans Bros.’ TV series).
John ‘Pops’ Witherspoon aka Comedy’s Favorite Dad has passed at the age of 77.
– Comedy Hype
With the slick ‘hood wit, silliness, and boisterousness of that made him perfect to play that dad (or Granddad, a la ‘Boondocks’), it was like Witherspoon was born to bring belly-laughs to us; whether lounging in our theater seats or living room love seats.
Rest In Peace, ‘Pops.’
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Cover Story, News, Videos | Tags: John Weatherspoon, John Witherspoon, RIP John Witherspoon | No Comments »
Sports: NBA To Crack Down On Verbally Abusive Fans (Video)
October 30, 2019
Okay. I’m for this. I mean, I would hear the old argument, “That’s what they get paid millions for… to put up with fans’ outbursts.” But I was ALSO a proponent of once your mouth ‘writes that check’ that 6’7″ brother you slurred should get to ‘cash you out court side’ (fines issued on a case-by-case basis, of course). I mean, hey, ALL speech is free… but no one is free from the consequences (just saying).
Nowadays, though, why don’t we just mandate some decorum on both sides. If you don’t think your seat was worth what you paid for it, don’t feel like you can “get your money’s worth” with hateful heckling. Nah, son. That day is done.
I especially like that even a ‘borrowed’ season ticket seat can be lost if the borrower acts out of pocket.
Only potentials issue I see: No ‘instant replay’ in the stands. A lifelong fan losing that season ticket seat for a ‘misheard statement’… well, taking that L would hurt a fan working for $50K a year way more than that athlete who earned $5MIL last year.
Let’s see how this plays out. Let those players play in [relative] peace from now on.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, News, Progressive, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: Fans, Free Speech, Hecklers, Heckling, NBA Cracks Down On Hecklers And Fans, Rick Strom, The Young Turks, TYT, TYT Sports | No Comments »
Sports: Ex-Raider Marshawn Lynch To Be Co-Founder Of The Oakland Panthers Indoor Football Franchise (Video)
September 11, 2019
Ah. So Beast Mode is called it a career and is officially retired (again). Now he can get into football (wait what??!)! However, he will NOT be going to Vegas with the Raiders franchise. Marshawn Lynch is getting into Indoor Football!
Don Ford reports on Indoor Football League franchise founded in part by NFL great and Oakland native Marshawn Lynch.
– KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
And how dope it is that Lynch’s new team is named in honor of the Black Panthers important players in the history of Oakland, the United States and the world as we know it!
Hit the jump to check out the press conference for the Oakland Panthers joining the Indoor Football League.
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Sports: LSU Freshman Breaks An NCAA Track Record (Video)
June 13, 2019
GeeeeYOTdam!!!
She blazed that race like a video game voice should yell, “SHE’S ON FIRE!” So… now I’m a Sha’Carri Richardson fan (hella cute, too).
LSU Freshman Sha’Carri Richardson hit the gas 🔥
10.75 in the women’s 100 meters to break the collegiate record
– SportsCenter
Can I say that her ‘gram game is on FIRE, too? Too late!
MORE SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON ON INSTAGRAM
– @ojones1
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Jon Stewart & First Responders Testify Before Congress To Fight For Continued Funding (Video)
June 12, 2019
Dear famous people: THIS is how you use your platform! Stand up for those who stood tall and ran toward the danger we tried to escape… for ours and our families’ & friends’ sake.
Jon Stewart was not the only one to get a standing ovation in a House hearing room today. 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez got a standing ovation too, the day before his 69th chemotherapy treatment.
– MSNBC
Grab a tissue. You’ll cry. And the tears (of pride, sorrow, righteous anger) will be heated.
– @ojones1
RIP Bushwick Bill (Video)
June 11, 2019
There was a lot of back-and-forth, is he or isn’t he? But later on into Sunday we got news we were not ready to hear…
Sad to report it when we got final confirmation, but relieved that the brother’s suffering has ended. Our deepest condolences to his family and our thanks, as part of a Hip-Hop Nation that was blessed by his light. Check out the video montage showing some of Bill’s brilliance above. He will be missed.
#RIPBushwickBill
– @ojones1
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Principal Akbar Cook Is Still Taking Care Of His ‘Babies’ With His ‘Lights On’ Program (Video)
May 27, 2019
First, a spot on Ellen (see our post here). Now, CNN is covering the Newark (New Jersey, USA) principal. This brother Akbar Cook and his amazing work should keep getting the spotlight on big awesome platforms as an example of what normal people who dare to show extraordinary care can do to make this world a better place!
“When it all gets down to it, we’re saving lives,” says Akbar Cook, the principal of West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Cook founded and directs, a program that gives students a safe place to go on Friday nights, when crime and gun violence are prevalent. In the past three years, Cook says, West Side hasn’t lost any students to gun violence.
– CNN
– @ojones1
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Eboni K. Williams Speaks On Stepping Away From Fox News Without A Firm Notion Of What She Was Stepping Toward Next (Video)
April 19, 2019
I really like this. Watch through to the end. The genuine sweetness Eboni doles out to the Breakfast Club trio is Black love AND a celebration of Black excellence. Nah, she could NOT stay at Fox News and stay Black like that.
(Oh, and she addresses why she was there on that channel for as long as she was; and why she feels there should always be one of us on there.)
Eboni K. Williams, who used to be a co-host on Fox News, explains her experiences working at the conservative news network. Williams also talked about her times as a lawyer in the courtroom and how it relates to working in media now.
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
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RIP Nipsey Hussle (Video)
April 1, 2019
I hoped against all hope that it was not true, but CNN and major news and online reporting outlets confirm that Nipsey Hussle died tragically, the result of a shooting near his clothing store, in the area of Crenshaw and Slauson. Born Ermias Davidson Asghedom, he was 33 years old.
Beyond the obvious, what is really saddening is that while Nip lived a lifetime in his short years, he had so much more to live for. He was fresh off a well-deserved Grammy nomination and consistently recognized for his solid body of work in rap, his noteworthy successes in business, and his neighborhood activism in keeping with global thinking and local action. But he was due for more: J. Cole and Drake both shared that they were set to do songs with him and would miss his presence. He was in the final stages of buying up the block [where his business operates] and bringing peace & brotherhood to his hood. And we just posted on the committed relationship and family life he had built with Lauren London on here.
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle died after a shooting in Los Angeles near a clothing store he owned, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official with the Los Angeles Police Department. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin discusses with DJ HeadKrack.
– CNN
Such a loss for us all. In time, we will heal. But for now, we will mourn. Rest In Peace, Neighborhood Nip.
– @ojones1
The Homeless In Washington DC Can Eat At Sakina Halal Grill… FREE (Video)
March 26, 2019
I’m trying to worship our Creator through food.
Maaaan, this might hoke you up. Delicious FREE food for the homeless… that will feed YOUR soul!
This immigrant-owned restaurant in Washington, D.C. just blocks from the White House feeds the homeless and poor every single day as if they were full paying customers, no questions asked.
– ABC 7 News – WJLA
Respek on the name Kazi Mannan!
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Food, Human Interest, News, Videos | Tags: ABC 7 News, feed the homeless, Fight hunger, Kazi Mannan, Sakina Halal Grill, Washington DC, WJLA | No Comments »
Watch This Clip On A “Labor Camp” In Belle Glade, Florida, In 1960 (Mini-Documentary)
March 18, 2019
My Dad saw a similar story on TV in the mid-1980s and it prompted him to go looking for his older brother. They’d only been in sparse contact with each other, but Dad knew Uncle DeWitt was in Florida working on a farm similar to their sharecropping days. It turns out that Uncle DeWitt was caught up at a place like this.
Check out this footage of these kids and their mother at a “labor camp” in Belle Glade, FL in 1960. Gotta see it to believe it.
– UNSTRIPPED VOICE
We got him out of there. But places like that even existing in the 20th century. Makes me feel a way. Watch and you’ll likely feel it, too.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, History, Interview, Investigation, News, Television, Videos | Tags: Belle Glade, florida, indentured servitude, labor camp, migrant farmers, Modern Day Slavery, Okeechobee, Quasi-Slavery | No Comments »
News: Flint Residents Can Now Get Some Clean Water From The ‘Water Box’ (Video)
March 6, 2019
Dope! Good look for the youth, for Hip-Hop & ministry, for our people, and for humanity! Shout to Jada Pinkett Smith, Just, First Trinity, & Jaden Smith and The Water Box for doing this (respek on their names) and to the Reupspot on Facebook for the scoop.
FULL STORY: JADEN SMITH IN FLINT, WATER BOX (FOX 2 DETROIT)
– @ojones1
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What Are Full-Time Rideshare Drivers Making Yearly? (Video)
February 14, 2019
This New Yorker makes up to $540 a day driving for Uber, Juno and Lyft from CNBC.
Knowing folks who drive for companies like Uber and Lyft (like we all do at this point), does anybody know if the fares are really fattening pockets out here in these streets though?
Watch and learn.
Posted in Business, Human Interest, Investigation, News, Videos | Tags: Al Castillo, CNBC, earnings, grinding, Hustling, income, Juno, Kathleen Elkins, Lyft, Make It, NEW YORK CITY, Rideshare, Rideshare Drivers, Uber | No Comments »
