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Cop Your XXL Merch Now For decades, Virginia lyricist Mad Skillz has been a ghostwriter for some of your favorite MCs. While he keeps his clients close to the vest, he has a lot to say about the taboo topic. The rapper opens up to XXL about the stigma surrounding writing for other rappers, what the new generation thinks and the leaks that get people talking. I got into [ghostwriting] by accident. So, I can’t really speak for anybody else’s journey of how they end up in these sessions with these well-known rappers. Sometimes, it might be somebody hearing a song or hearing a few things. You migh...
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Rescuers arriving with the patient at the veterinarian. (Photo by Landy Rodríguez Acosta, used with permission.) This article was written by Landy Rodríguez Acosta for Periodismo de Barrio, then edited and republished in Global Voices under a media agreement. In November 2019, a community support group emerged via WhatsApp to protect the health and well-being of stray animals in Artemisa, western Cuba. Without an official name and administrator's profile, their actions were little known. They met occasionally and organized themselves as best they could. By the end of 2020, they were already kn...
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Viktor and Nadiia with their granddaughter Alina at their home in Hirnyk, Donetsk region. Photo courtesy of Ryan Carter. Used with permission Sirens, shelling, tears, destruction — these are the realities of an average day in a frontline area in the East of Ukraine. Donetsk region, more than half of which is currently occupied by Russia, is shelled 1,500–2,500 times almost daily. Much of this shelling targets residential buildings and critical infrastructure, such as water and electricity supply. Still, for many leaving their homes is not an option. While many do not leave out of necessity, fo...
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Collective fishing mission near Masinloc, Zambales. Photo by John Carlo Magallon. Source: Altermidya, used with permission Several groups led by Filipino fishers organized a sail mission towards the South China Sea (known locally as West Philippine Sea) on May 30 and 31 to challenge China’s four-month fishing ban. The annual fishing moratorium took effect on May 1 as China issued a warning that it will detain “trespassers” and other ships intruding on its maritime territories. According to Chinese state media outlets, the 3.5-month yearly fishing ban, which started in 1999, is an effort to “pr...
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Montage of a photo of Claudia Sheimbaum, President-elect of Mexico. Image via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). At some point, we have all wondered about the day after tomorrow. That day after all the commercial, media, and marketing paraphernalia, when the campaigns are over, when people are kept up at night checking the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP), by means of which the election results are confirmed, for the trauma or pleasure of the voters. The day after tomorrow came and we met it calmly. The main news story became a reality: #HabemusPresidenta, with all the implications ...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now BlakeIANA enters hip-hop with a true hustler’s ambition and the essence of a star. She fed her entrepreneurial spirit with her own eyelash extension business while still in high school. From there, modeling and social media content creation led to her first-ever studio sessions in 2022. The result of being in the booth was her debut single, “Bing Bong,” which was released last June. The flossy, braggadocious track immediately raked in millions of TikTok views and garnered praise from rhymers like GloRilla and JT. “Bing Bong” also caught the attention of Murda Beatz, who ...
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By Artist Cheamcharoenpornkul หลังจากในบทความก่อน 90MIN พาทุกท่านไปชมเหล่าบรรดานักเตะตัวชูโรงของแต่ละทีมใน กรุ๊ป เอ และ บี ของฟุตบอล ยูโร 2024 ไปแล้ว วันนี้ถึงคิวของทีมในกรุ๊ป ซี และ ดี ซึ่งประกอบไปด้วยสองตัวเต็งแชมป์อย่าง อังกฤษ และ ฝรั่งเศส รวมถึงอีก 6 ทีมในแต่ละกลุ่มที่เราจะประมาทพวกเขาไม่ได้เด็ดขาด โดยนักเตะคนสำคัญของพวกเขามีใครบ้างไปดูกัน กลุ่ม ซี \- สโลวีเนีย\- เดนมาร์ก\- เซอร์เบีย\- อังกฤษ กลุ่ม ดี \- โปแลนด์\- เนเธอแลนด์\- ออสเตรีย\- ฝรั่งเศส แข้งที่น่าจับตามองจาก กลุ่ม ซี1. เบนจามิน เซสโก้ (สโลวีเนีย)ศูนย์หน้าสุดร้อนแรงผู้มีข่าวกับ อาร์เซน่อล และ เชลซี อยู่ ณ ปัจจุบัน ด้วยอายุเพียง 21...
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Illustration by Melissa Vida for Global Voices depicting the symbol of Guatemala, the quetzal bird, and the symbol of Palestine, the watermelon. symbol of Palestine, the watermelon. This article was written by Sussan García on ContraCorriente. It has been republished and edited on Global Voices under a media agreement. These past months have further exposed the farce of the “Western” world order we live in. The State of Israel has killed over 30,000 Palestinians, with the backing of North American and European “democracies,” while people all over the world bear witness to endless massacres and...
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Illustration by Melissa Vida for Global Voices On May 10, 2024, one hundred years on from the decriminalization of homosexuality in Peru, the government officially categorized trans, intersex, and non-binary people as “mentally ill” by presidential decree. This decree, which President and Minister of Health and Economy Dina Boluarte signed, defines “transsexualism” and “gender identity disorders in childhood” as mental illnesses. “Dual-role transvestism,” “fetishistic transvestism,” and “other gender identity disorders” are also included in this category. What’s more, this decree refers to hom...
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Chow Hang-tung at the Victoria Park in 2019. Photo from Chow's Club on Facebook Hong Kong Human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung, 39, along with five of her supporters, were arrested and imprisoned on May 28, 2024, for publishing seditious posts on social media that allegedly incited hatred against both Hong Kong and mainland Chinese governments. The arrests marked the first application of the newly enacted domestic security law, dubbed Article 23. Chow was the vice-chair of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HK Alliance), the host behind th...
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