Did American rapper really cut off his dreads?

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  245 words  |  Kelle Repass

On his Instagram account yesterday, Sunday, July 23, 2017, Wale shared a photo of a barber about to cut his locks. Wale had a blank face in the picture. "Man idk what I'm doin but I know I need to make changes .. find my happiness , could this be phase one?" he wrote in the caption. Wale also signified that he might be leaving social media for a while. [Read More]

DJ OBI headlines Apple Music's 'Africa Now DJ Mix'

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  416 words  |  Patria Henriques

Born and raised in Lagos, DJ OBI had his heart set on working in the entertainment industry from a young age, influenced heavily by his father who worked in TV and radio. After attending one of DJ Jimmy Jatt’s events where he was mesmerised by the way Nigeria's pioneering DJ controlled the music and the crowd, DJ OBI knew that he needed to learn how to do exactly that. [Read More]

Do White Noise Machines Really Work to Help You Sleep?

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  724 words  |  Tandra Barner

For those in search of safe, non-drug sleep aids, sound machines are a popular choice. A National Sleep Foundation poll from 2012 found that 5% of Americans sleep with a “sound conditioner,” which is a catchall term for a fan, phone app, or other noise-producing device. Michael Grandner, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, says the “blanket of sound” these create is a lifesaver if you live on a busy street or anywhere else where loud nighttime noise is common. [Read More]

Erik Barmack Sets Up Wild Sheep Latin America, Launches New Film Fund with Paulina Goto Rom-Co

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1549 words  |  Billy Koelling

Driving ever more into Latin America, Wild Sheep Content, the L.A.-based label of former Netflix head of international original series Erik Barmack, has launched the Mexico City-based Wild Sheep Latin America as well as a dedicated film completion finance-distribution fund targeting five-to-eight investments a year in the region. [Read More]

Gunna (Rapper) - On This Day

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  168 words  |  Patria Henriques

Full Name: Sergio Giavanni Kitchens Profession: Rapper Biography: Gunna is an American rapper who first came to fame with his 2018 mixtape, Drip Season 3. He followed this with a mixtape collaboration with Lil Baby, Drip Harder (2018), from which the single "Drip Too Hard" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100. These mixtapes were followed by debut studio album, Drip or Drown 2 (2019), and his second album, Wunna (2020). [Read More]

Hardwork can beat talent, Christiano Ronaldo is proof

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  702 words  |  Kelle Repass

While these two qualities are known to propel man towards success, people have had to debate on which one of the two is more important in the course of success. Is hard work a better recipe for success than talent or is talent more important in becoming successful? On this topic, some people have talked about talent as the most important element a man should possess to be successful. [Read More]

How Diane von Furstenberg's Wrap Dress Made Fashion History

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1121 words  |  Martina Birk

It’s fitting that the first scene of Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, the new Hulu documentary about the fashion designer, opens with an archival clip of David Letterman introducing her as “the woman who reinvented the dress.” For the majority of her career, von Furstenburg, colloquially referred to as DVF, has been synonymous with the wrap dress, a garment she designed 50 years ago that’s become an iconic emblem of women’s empowerment. [Read More]

How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You, According to Experts

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1373 words  |  Tandra Barner

It’s fortunate that liars’ pants don’t really catch on fire. If they did, much of the world’s population would be ablaze at any given moment. “People lie most days,” says Kevin Colwell, a professor of psychology at Southern Connecticut State University who researches deception. The majority of fibs are the sorts of harmless white lies that don’t hurt anyone. (You don’t actually like Aunt Mildred’s new haircut? She’s not going to be any worse off believing otherwise. [Read More]

Igbo-Ora: Why does the twin capital of the world have so many twins?

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  553 words  |  Tandra Barner

Igbo-Ora is one of the most extraordinary discoveries in Nigeria. While Europe boasts of about 16 twins for every 1,000 births and the United States about 33 for every 1,000 births, statistics from a study by British gynaecologist, Patrick Nylander, between 1972 and 1982, recorded an average of 45 to 50 sets of twins per 1000 live births in the southwest. The town, a small 80 kilometers from Lagos, is a sleepy town in Oyo state with a simple way of life, made up of mostly farmers and traders. [Read More]