Entertainment – Afrobeats And Afrobeat: The Real Difference In The Genres
Afrobeat and Afrobeats may sound alike, but there are two different genres of music. Although the disparity, the salient influences are conspicuous. Afrobeats vs Afrobeat: Many people think Afrobeat and Afrobeats are the same, especially with the dissemination of African music to new listeners beyond the shores of the continent in recent times. Music from […]
Entertainment – BIG ONE! Fireboy DML & Rema Honored By America’s Music Certification Board, RIAA
For their accomplishments in 2022, Fireboy DML and Rema have each received awards from the RIAA, the United States’ music certification organization. Fireboy DML and Rema have received recognition and acclaim from the RIAA, America’s music certification body, for their accomplishments in 2022. The musicians were listed in the RIAA class of 2022, a group […]
Facts – Keeping Milks Fresh With Frogs
Long before modern refrigeration, people in Russia and Finland reportedly placed living Russian brown frogs in milk to keep it fresh. It turns out the curious practice has a basis in science: Recent research on the amphibians’ skin secretions led by Moscow State University organic chemist A.T. Lebedev shows they’re loaded with peptides, antimicrobial compounds as […]
Facts – “Buttload” Is A Measurement Of Volume
Buttload is a regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons. The Old French “bot” referred to a barrel or wineskin (same origin as bottle—a small bot), and was itself derived from the Latin “buttis” or cask. A standard butt held two […]
Facts – Tupac was born in Harlem,New York
Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, in Harlem, New York. He was an American rapper and actor who came to embody the 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic, and who in death became an icon symbolizing noble struggle. His mother, Afeni, was raising two children on her own and struggled for money. The family moved homes often, […]