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Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud, May 21, 1952), is an American actor. He is known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III. He is also known for his distinctive hairstyle inspired by Mandinka warriors in West Africa, his copious gold jewelry, his tough-guy persona and his catchphrase "I pity the fool!", first uttered as Clubber Lang in Rocky III, then turned into a trademark used in slogans or titles, like the reality show I Pity the Fool in 2006.

Mr. T was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest son in a family with twelve children. After his father left, he shortened his name to Lawrence Tero. In 1970, he legally changed his last name to T. His new name, Mr. T., was based upon his childhood impressions regarding the lack of respect from white people for his family:

"I think about my father being called 'boy', my uncle being called 'boy', my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called 'boy'. So I questioned myself: "What does a black man have to do before he's given respect as a man?" So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T, so the first word out of everybody's mouth is "Mr.""

Tureaud attended Dunbar Vocational High School, where he played football, wrestled, and studied martial arts. While at Dunbar he became the citywide wrestling champion two years in a row. He won a football scholarship to Prairie View A&M University, where he majored in mathematics, but was expelled after his first year.

He then enlisted in the United States Army in 1975 and served in the Military Police Corps. After his discharge in the late 1970s, he tried out for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League, but failed to make the team due to a knee injury.

Tureaud next worked as a bouncer at the Rush Street club Dingbats Discotheque. It was at this time that he created the persona of Mr. T. His wearing of gold neck chains and other jewelry was the result of customers losing the items or leaving them behind at the night club after a fight. A banned customer, or one reluctant to risk a confrontation by going back inside, could return to claim his property from Mr. T wearing it conspicuously right out front.

He eventually parlayed his job as a bouncer into a career as a bodyguard that lasted almost ten years. As his reputation grew, he was contracted to guard, among others, clothes designers, models, judges, politicians, athletes and millionaires. His clients included celebrities such as Steve McQueen, Michael Jackson, LeVar Burton, and Diana Ross, and boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and Leon Spinks.

While reading National Geographic, Mr. T first noticed the unusual hairstyle for which he is now famous, on a Mandinka warrior. He decided that adoption of the style would be a powerful statement about his African origin.

In 1980, Mr. T was spotted by Sylvester Stallone while taking part in NBC's "America's Toughest Bouncer" competition, a segment of NBC's Games People Play. Although his role in Rocky III was originally intended as just a few lines, Mr. T was eventually cast as Clubber Lang, the primary antagonist. His catchphrase "I pity the fool!" comes from the film; when asked if he hates Rocky, Lang replies, "No, I don't hate Balboa, but I pity the fool." He subsequently appeared in another boxing film, Penitentiary 2, and on an episode of the Canadian sketch comedy series Bizarre, where he fights and eats Super Dave Osborne, before accepting a television series role on The A-Team. He also appeared in an episode of Silver Spoons, reprising his old role as bodyguard to the character Ricky Stratton (played by Ricky Schroder). In the episode, he explains his name as "First name: Mister; middle name: period; last name T."

In The A-Team, he played Sergeant Bosco "B. A." Baracus, an ex-Army commando on the run with three other members from the United States government "for a crime they didn't commit." His role in The A-Team led to him making an appearance in the long-running sit-com Diff'rent Strokes in the sixth season opener "Mr. T and Mr. t" (1983).

Mr. T entered the world of professional wrestling in 1985. He was Hulk Hogan's tag-team partner at the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) WrestleMania I which he won.

In 1995, he was diagnosed with a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, or mycosis fungoides. Once in remission, he joked about the coincidence: "Can you imagine that? Cancer with my name on it — personalized cancer! " He wrote an as-yet unpublished book on this experience, called Cancer Saved My Life (Cancer Ain't For No Wimps). He made a direct reference to it as he performed a waltz to the song Amazing Grace in Dancing with the Stars.

He stopped wearing virtually all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said, "As a Christian, when I saw other people lose their lives and lose their land and property ... I felt that it would be a sin before God for me to continue wearing my gold. I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectful to the people who lost everything, so I stopped wearing my gold."

On April 5, 2014, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Mr. T was inducted by Gene Okerlund into the WWE Hall of Fame's celebrity wing.

Happy Birthday to Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One ("Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from The Bronx. He rose to prominence as part of the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s. KRS-One is known for his songs "Sound of da Police", "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)", and "My Philosophy". Boogie Down Productions received numerous awards and critical acclaim in their early years. Following the release of the group's debut album, Criminal Minded, fellow artist Scott La Rock was shot and killed, but KRS-One continued the group, effectively as a solo project. He began releasing records under his own name in 1993. He is politically active, having started the Stop the Violence Movement after La Rock's death. He is also a vegan activist, expressed in songs such as "Beef". He is widely considered an influence on many hip-hop artists.
Lawrence Parker was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn in 1965 to an American mother. His biological father, who was not involved in his upbringing, was from the Caribbean island of Barbados. He had a troubled childhood, suffering severe beatings from his American stepfather John Parker when the family lived in Harlem, New York. When his mother left the marriage both he and his younger brother Kenny moved with her to the Bronx, before again moving a year later to Brooklyn. Home life continued to be difficult, including further physical abuse at the hands of his mother's new Jamaican partner, and he ran away from home several times.

Happy Birthday to Christopher Lawrence Williams (born August 22, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Williams, who emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist for Geffen Records, has scored many R&B hit singles, notably "Talk to Myself" (1989), "I'm Dreamin'" (1991) and "Every Little Thing U Do" (1993).

The single "I'm Dreamin'", from the New Jack City soundtrack, became a No. 1 single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. After a six-year hiatus from recording music, he returned to the scene with Real Men Do on the indie label Renegade, in 2001. It received a glowing, flattering review in Ebony Magazine that summer. In between solo pursuits, he has been a contributor to Alex Bugnon's "As Promised", with a smooth-jazz version of Mary J. Blige's "All That I Can Say", featured on "In Your World" with Twista & The Speedknot Mobstas, a very up-tempo track on the soundtrack of "Doctor Dolittle", and on the Cafe Soul All-Stars CD with a single titled "Used to Be". Other soundtrack contributions include: "Tha 2 of Us" from the film Bulletproof, "Superhero" from the film Butter, "Boom and the Bang" (featuring R&B singer Monifah) and "I'm Yours" from the soundtrack of the stage play Men Cry in the Dark, and "Stranger in My Life" from the film Gunmen. Additional collaborations throughout his career include: "Round and Round" and "No Sunshine" from the CD Phuture Flava, "Love You More Than Words Can Say" from the CD Soul Blitz Allstars, "I Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (a duet with Miki Howard), "You Are So Fine" (a duet with Shae), "Can't-Wait to Be with You" from the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince release Code Red, "I Wanna B Ure Lover" from the F.S. Effect release So Deep It's Bottomless, and "Sexual Healing" (a duet with reggae dancehall queen Patra). At the end of 1994, Williams was also part of the group Black Men United for the hit single "U Will Know" for the film Jason's Lyric and its movie's soundtrack album, along with El DeBarge, Al B. Sure!, Gerald Levert and others.

Williams appeared in the 1991 film New Jack City in the role of Kareem Akbar, one of Nino Brown's assistants. He also had a cameo appearance in the 1990s police drama New York Undercover as "the singer", performing "Stranger in My Life", in the episode titled "The Shooter". He had another cameo in Gunmen, starring Christopher Lambert and Mario Van Peebles, singing a song titled "Stranger in My Life". Williams has also starred or co-starred in several successful off-Broadway theatre productions during the 2000s, including A Good Man Is Hard to Find, A House Is Not a Home, Men Cry in the Dark, The Love You Save, and The Man He Used to Be. Recently, Williams played a main character in the stage play The Clean-up Woman, written by JD Lawrence, alongside actresses Telma Hopkins and Jackée. Williams also appeared in the stage plays Guilty Until Proven Innocent starring K-Ci & JoJo, and The Man of Her Dreams starring Shirley Murdock and Dave Hollister of Blackstreet fame. Williams also played the role of "Ned" in the Reuben Rox 2002 B movie comedy/horror/thriller film Revenge of the Unhappy Campers (bootleg alternate title Night of the Unhappy Campers). This particular work has not been released to DVD for sale, though it can be rented in some larger markets.

Williams was born August 22, 1967, in Bronx, New York. Williams is the nephew of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. He attended Purchase College; now known as the State University of New York in Harrison, New York.

No other coach in NFL history has won more games (347) than Don Shula. In 1963, he was hired as the head coach of the Baltimore Colts. At the time, he was the youngest coach in the NFL at age 33. From 1963 to 1969, Shula compiled a record of 73-26-4 in Baltimore and led the Colts to Super Bowl III. But after an upset loss to the Jets, his relationship with then Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom soured. When Dolphins owner Joe Robbie offered him the head coaching job in Miami, he immediately jumped at the opportunity.

Before he ever coached a game for the Dolphins, Shula was already respected in the coaching community. But his stint in Miami ultimately made him a football legend. He inherited a Dolphins team that was a struggling expansion franchise in the old AFL and turned them into an NFL juggernaut. The Dolphins went from 3-10-1 under then-head coach George Wilson in 1969 to a 10-4 playoff team under Shula in 1970. It ranks as one of the great turnarounds in NFL history. From 1971 to 1973, the Dolphins won three consecutive AFC titles, including back-to-back Super Bowl titles. The 1972 team remains the only undefeated team in NFL history. The Dolphins won 31 consecutive regular-season and postseason games at the Orange Bowl from 1971 to 1974.

But Shula's success is not just limited to the early 70s. His teams were remarkably consistent and disciplined. The Dolphins ranked consistently among the least penalized teams in the league. He added two more AFC titles in 1982 and 1984, giving him six total Super Bowl appearances. What separated Shula from his peers was his ability to adapt with the times. During the early 70s, the Dolphins were a power-running team with Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Mercury Morris. By the 1980s, they had one of the most prolific passing attacks with quarterback Dan Marino.

To put Shula's greatness into perspective, a coach averaging 12 wins per season would have to spend 29 years on the job to eclipse 347 career victories. Shula's coaching career (1963-1995) spanned over the administrations of eight different U.S. Presidents. He has coached against Paul Brown, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, George Halas, John Madden, Hank Stram, Bud Grant, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, Marv Levy, Bill Parcells, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Cowher, Bill Belichick, and beaten them all at least once. Keep in mind, the NFL didn't go to a 16-game schedule until 1978, Shula's 16th year as a head coach. Shula also had two seasons (1982 and 1987) shortened by player strikes.

Don Shula passed away on May 4, 2020. He was 90 years old.

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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign announced a ‘Vultures Listening Experience’ event in Taiwan late last month, but now it appears not to be happening.

Reports of the event, scheduled for Sunday (August 25), being canceled have appeared in the Taiwan Newsand Mirror Media, and have also been featured on the Ye fan account Ye Fanatics.

Mirror Media says: “[I]t was reported that the organizer informed the manufacturers that ‘the event is cancelled,’ but no official cancellation announcement has been made yet.”

As of this writing, the ticketing webpage for Sunday’s event, billed as a “listening and fashion party” and “not a ‘regular concert’,” does not list any cancelation. The most recent event update on the page is from August 10, and has to do with stage design and VIP seating.

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Ty Dolla $ign’s Instagram page does not have any updates either.

Another ‘Vultures Listening Experience’ event, scheduled to take place in Korea on Friday (August 23), does appear to be proceeding as scheduled.

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Meanwhile, another aspect of the ‘Vultures’ experience, namely West and Ty’s new album Vultures 2, is also ever-changing.

Last week, Kanye West added a new verse to album cut “Forever,” as they continue updating the project.

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West has been tinkering with the project, which, as of Friday (August 16), now includes an added verse. While the first part of the verse is taken from the original version, the updated track features West adding onto the song and exploring the concept of our time on Earth.

On the new version, Yeezy raps: “Just to cope, just a possible word of hope, like/ Maybe, possibly, if, time didn’t exist/ Four billion years in this bitch/ These lifetimes, blips.”

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The updated Vultures 2 came with plenty of surprises.

On Friday, (August 16), Ye and Ty added an extra four songs to their second collaborative project that feature some high-profile guests. Kid Cudi pops up on the previously heard “Gun to My Head” and Travis Scott guests on “Can U Be;” while “Drunk” features both Kodak Black and Latin superstar Peso Pluma.

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Each of the songs are on separate digital deluxe versions of the album.

Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) head honcho Terrence “Punch” Henderson revealed a “special” contribution he made to Kendrick Lamar‘s seminal 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly.

The label boss took to Instagram on Wednesday (August 21) to remember his involvement in the album’s closing track, the 12 minute “Mortal Man.”

At the end of the track, K.Dot refers to some words ” a good friend had wrote describing” his “world.” Punch revealed that those words were his.

Alongside an illustrated video of the note, Punch wrote: “We were coming close to the end of making ‘to pimp a butterfly’, we may have been about 70% done. I remember Kdot was feeling a bit lost in the concept, it happens sometimes when your in the thick of the battle, it’s easy to kind of lose sight of the original purpose as new ideas and thought enter in. He hit me and asked if I could write something to sum up the album and where we were going.

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“So I thought about it and wrote some words and sent it to him. He said ‘thanks’ and we kept moving with business as usual. A few months later we were done, and we listened to the album for a final time right before release and I hear something new on the end of ‘mortal man’ that I hadn’t heard. Then I realized these were the words that I sent Dot months before! I had no idea he was using it for the album. Even when we played it back during the process he never played that section. This will always be a special moment for me, because of our connection and understanding and also being apart of that masterpiece in that way. [prayer hands emoji].”

Check out the full clip below.

Last we heard from Punch was back in April when he and TDE artist Reason offered some thoughts on a fan’s ranking of [most of] the Top Dawg Entertainment roster.

The list began circulating, which found the artists on the Los Angeles-based record label ranked as follows:

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1. Isaiah Rashad; 2. ScHoolboy Q; 3. SiR; 4. SZA; 5. Ab Soul; 6. Jay Rock; 7. Daylyt; 8. Ray Vaughn; 9. Lance Skiiiwalker; 10. Zacari; 11. Punch; 12. Reason.

Having landed at the bottom of the list, Reason took issue with the placement – but only because Doechii was left out and not put before him.

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“See man this isn’t fair and I have a problem with this immensely!!! Smh,” he joked on Twitter/X. “Like this just proves yall pay no attention to music and what’s going on and I hate it! Smh I SHOULD BE 13! WHERE IS DOECHII??? [laughing emoji]”

Punch, who also raps, had a much shorter reply, simply writing: “11 is crazy smh. lol”

Dame Dash has taunted longtime rival JAY-Z ahead of the sale of his one-third ownership in Roc-A-Fella Records.

Speaking on Instagram Live on Tuesday (August 20), the embatttled mogul spoke about the upcoming auction and said he’s curious to find out just how “deep” the Brooklyn billionaire’s pockets really are given Hov has right of first refusal as the company’s co-founder.

“I don’t expect anyone, just some average person, to come buy it — or a third of it, my third. I don’t wanna get sued again,” he said. “I know, for some reason, nobody wants me to sell it, but I’m ready to just move on, do my thing.

“I had a lawsuit, I had a judgement, and I’m like, ‘Yo, that’s 800 grand. Go get it from over there. They not paying me neither!'” he added, referencing the $823,000 he owes movie producer Josh Weber who successfully sued him for copyright infringement and defamation over the 2016 film Dear Frank.

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“So, they went and did the work for me [to] paid that debt and I’ll be able to sell it. It all worked out for me. I’m sure there’s a little twist they put on things. I don’t know why. I do know why, but I don’t know why. I don’t know why about one thing, but I do know why about the other.”

Dame then turned his attention to his former business partner, saying: “They had some bum-ass board meeting and all of a sudden he gets first right of refusal. I don’t really care. It don’t slow nothing down for me.

“Now I don’t know how deep homie’s pockets is. I’m curious if he’s gonna match that. I put an offer on the table, lemme see if he’ll match it. But it was from other people.”

The sale of Dame Dash’s Roc-A-Fella shares hasn’t helped mend any fences between him and JAY-Z.

Earlier this month, Hov made a legal filing alerting potential buyers that the copyright ownership of his debut album Reasonable Doubt reverts back to him in 2031, regardless of who owns the label at that point.

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Dame hit back at the move, writing on Instagram: “They can say what they want, this s**t is still for sale. You’re not buying a copyright, you’re buying a piece of a company ROC A FELLA INC. Please only serious inquiries only!”

JAY-Z and fellow Roc-A-Fella co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke also previously objected to the public auction, claiming it went against the company’s bylaws.

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Dame’s shares will be auctioned off by the federal government on August 29 to satisfy his six-figure debt to Weber. The minimum bid cannot be less than $1.2 million in order to cover this amount and then some.

In recent days, Dash has attempted to up the ante by offering the winning bidder an original Roc-A-Fella chain — but only if they cough up more than $10 million for his shares.

Machine Gun Kelly has revealed the “heartbreaking” conversation he had with his daughter that led him to kick his drug habit.

Appearing on Gillie Da Kid and Wallo’s Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, the rapper and singer recalled what his teenage daughter Casie said to him that inspired him to get sober.

“It started with my daughter saying, ‘Dad, you know I can tell when you’re high?’ It broke my heart. It was like… the ultimate letdown,” he said, adding that his daughter was just 11 or 12 years old at the time.

“It took me a while afterwards because obviously, you know, drugs have a vice grip on you. Also, I grew up in a house where being somebody else was beaten into me […] because you aren’t who your father wants you to be, and really that’s a reflection of him not being who he wanted to be.”

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He added: “That was step one for me. As a father and as a man, to be the father I wish my dad would have been, I have to break this generational curse for my kid.”

Check out his comments at the 13:00 mark below.

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It was earlier this month that Machine Gun Kelly revealed that he quietly checked himself into rehab in 2023 and had since celebrated a year of sobriety.

“I’m completely sober from everything. I don’t drink anymore. I haven’t drank since last August,” he said on Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde podcast.

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He added: “I didn’t tell anybody outside of the [people] closest to me. That was my first time I ever went to rehab. I’m really happy when I’m clear and me and my daughter are having our conversations and I’m coming from a place of being centered and holding space for what a child needs from their parent. Both of my feet are on the ground and I’m unstoppable.

“I’m just happy that I’m able to start to be comfortable enough to show people who I am because I kind of depended on my art to do that.”

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In addition to alcohol, MGK said he also used to “abuse” w**d, used hydrocodone and Percocet, and “loved snorting Vyvans.”

He also revealed that rehab has helped him in other ways as well: “I learned so many ways to operate my body and show where my anger is coming from and the methods to quell it.”

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Ice Spice has hit back at people who have been commenting on her alleged weight loss.

In recent weeks, the Bronx rapper has shown off a notably slimmer figure, leading to rumors that she has been taking the weight loss drug Ozempic.

Speaking on X Spaces on Monday (August 19), Spice addressed those who have been speculating about her body.

“I actually came on here to talk about that real quick. I wish y’all never learned the word Ozempic,” she said. “That’s one thing I wish. Oh my God! Like, what even is Ozempic? What the f**k is that? Genuinely, what is that?

“You lazy-ass bi***es never heard of a gym? It’s called the gym, it’s called eating healthy, it’s called being on tour. Like, what the hell? Maybe if I was sitting at home all f**king day, it’d be easier to stay big.”

Sexyy Red previously came to Ice Spice’s defense after people started commenting on her apparent weight loss.

Addressing the rumors that Spice was taking weight loss medication, Sexyy remarked: “Y’all act like people can’t b stressed or not eat as much and she still look good so next…”

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Despite the speculation over her appearance, fans have still been enjoying Ice Spice’s social media thirst traps.

She recently shared a dump of pictures on Instagram, with one of the photos showing a sweaty bum outline on the seat of a gym machine — proof that Spice has indeed been putting in work in the gym lately.

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Another slide found the “Munch” star flaunting her famous derrière in a revealing thong bikini, soundtracked by a her recently released “Did It First” collaboration with Central Cee.

The post arrived amid rumors about the young rap stars being in a romantic relationship after the duo were spotted shopping together in London.

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Footage that surfaced in early July showed Spice and Cench leaving a high-end fashion store in the English capital, accompanied by bodyguards. The “Deli” and “Doja” hitmakers were also seen chatting and sharing a laugh while shopping for jewelry and riding in a white Lamborghini SUV.

Ice Spice has since denied that she and Central Cee are an item, clarifying that they are strictly friends — or “twins,” as she termed it.

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Spice previously confirmed last year that she was “dating someone,” although she declined to reveal the identity of her partner, saying she wanted fans to “keep their focus on what I’m here for, which is music.”

will.i.am is launching a new radio service that will allow listeners to interact with AI-powered DJs and customize their entire listening experience.

Built under his tech company FYI and titled RAiDiO.FYI, the service will go beyond music and allow for conversations about news, sports, weather and more. People can already start listening for free with the FYI app on all smartphones.

Talking to Billboard about the new venture, will said: “The request line has always been always been awesome for radio with when the callers get to call in and talk to the DJ or talk to the guests, but they’re limited to one person at a time. And then after the broadcast you couldn’t talk the host.”

He continued: “This is an infotainment revolution where you can go back and forth with information in a deep way, and I’m so excited to be launching that with FYI, and to all the folks out there listening.”

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Still in its early stages, future plans include partnering with real content creators to make their own dedicated stations across a multitude of genres and niches like terrestrial radio.

Ever the innovator, will.i.am recently revealed how he made millions from Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones after being involved with the company from the beginning.

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Talking exclusively to HipHopDX in March, the Black Eyed Peas legend discussed how Beats By Dre came to be and recalled an initial conversation with Interscope Records founder Jimmy Iovine.

“I come home from tour one day and I’m like, ‘Yo Jimmy, these brands are pimping us, using our reach to sell their product. We need to make our own product, our own hardware,’” he said. “So Jimmy classically says, ‘You know why they call it hardware, Will? ‘Cause it’s hard.’”

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The rapper and producer then proposed to Iovine that they should sell their own equipment and market it using themselves. While doing a spot-on impression of the record executive, Will recalled Jimmy asking him be a part of the company.

“So then a year later, he’s like, ‘I was talking to Dre and Dre was walking down the beach with his manager, and his manager told him he should sell sneakers.’ And I remembered our conversation and I told Dre, ‘F**k sneakers; let’s sell speakers!’ You wanna be a part of it?’” he continued.

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“[Jimmy’s like], ‘With your ideas and Dre’s Dre-ness, we could do something.’ So I was a part of Beats. No one knew it. I was just an equity shareholder. My contribution was to think and brainstorm and see around corners.”

“One of the first commercials for Beats was ‘Boom Boom Pow’,” he added, referencing the Black Eyed Peas song which namedropped the brand and prominently featured its headphones in the music video.

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“You don’t always have to be the dude in the front — no, you just want to be a player that adds points on the board, whether you’re doing it invisibly or visibly. Actually, being invisible is where it’s at at.”