Doja cat

Update – Music

Doja Cat Starts A New Challenge For Lil Wayne & Lil Uzi Vert Multiple Flows, Calls Wayne A Top 3 Best Rapper

Doja Cat recently went on Instagram Live to play her favorite song from the deluxe edition of Lil Wayne‘s Funeral album (minus “Shimmy” with herself) – “Multiple Flows” featuring Lil Uzi Vert.

While playing the song, Doja challenged everyone to try a new challenge that consists of not frowning and bobbing your head to “Multiple Flows” at the same time.

The Los Angeles music artist also had to replay a certain part of Wayne‘s verse and Google the lyrics before calling Weezy one of the “top 3 best rappers in the entire planet… he is snug in the top 3”. Check it all out below!

THE DRAKE X NIKE COLLABORATIONS WE NEED TO SEE

Update – Footwear

Drake is finally getting his own Nike sneaker! After years of lyrical innuendo and a speculative move to adidas busted-up by Pusha-T, Drizzy’s debut Swoosh silhouette is tentatively scheduled for Spring, 2021.

So, what should we expect from the 6 God?

From the opulent Air Force 1 ‘Manor House’ to the cozy boy ‘Toosie Slide’, these are the Nike x Drake collaborations we need to see.

Nike Air Force 1 'Manor House'

Nike Air Force 1 ‘Manor House’

Worth a humble $100 million, the inside of Drizzy’s jaw-dropping 4,650-square-metre luxury estate was famously teased back in April for the ‘Toosie Slide’ music video. Dubbed ‘The Embassy’, the Toronto mansion features a 20,000-piece Swarovski crystal chandelier, a bespoke concert grand piano, and the ‘OVO center’ – a custom NBA regulation-sized basketball court.

Rest assured, our Air Force 1 is as close as you’re going to get to Manor House without someone calling the cops.

Constructed with gold and frosted marble midsoles, the luxurious Air Force 1 features fur tongues and reflective mirrors on the toe and heel cap. Takahashi Murakami flowers bloom on the print Swoosh, while KAWS’ signature ‘XX’ is emblazoned on the lateral side.

No matter where you’ve quarantined, we can all take a piece of The Embassy below the ankles.

Toosie Slides

‘It go left foot up, left foot slide / right foot up, right foot slide.’

Look, it may not have the lyrical resonance of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN, but Drake’s ‘Toosie Slide’ has been keeping all the celebs entertained while locked in their billion-dollar ‘prisons’.

We thought we’d offer them a little extra padding to cry into with the Toosie Slide, a luxury patent leather build with the kind of incredulous, wide-eyed OWL logos that really capture the sentiments of the rest of us.

With OVO monograms on the footbed, the Toosie Slide also comes with added massage nubs for comfort, helping to alleviate any self-loathing you feel from questionable DMs the morning after.

Keen to see more wild Nike collaborations? Check out Carole Baskin’s Air Max 95! 

Trump Administration Claims Huawei Is Owned And Controlled By Chinese Military

New Huawei Global Flagship Store To Open In Shanghai

he Trump administration has for the first time made public a list 20 companies officials say are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, which includes blacklisted firms Huawei and Hikvision, in a move that paves the way for further sanctions on some of China’s biggest tech companies.

The Department of Defense list, published by Axios, features 20 firms that Trump officials claim are backed by the Chinese military, operating in the U.S. and ranges from telecoms firms, aerospace and aviation, to shipbuilding and construction.

It also includes CRRC, the world’s largest passenger train manufacturer, which has contracts in major U.S. cities including Chicago and Los Angeles, Reuters reports.

Businesses on the list face potential sanctions, under the 1999 National Defense Authorization Act which the list was drawn up under.

Hikvision, China’s video surveillance giant, is battling to be removed from the list, Reuters reports, while the firm denied being a military company, adding that the allegations were “baseless.”

Publication of the list follows months of pressure from top Republicans asking Defense Secretary Mark Esper to “update and release” the list, amid heightened trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

China’s tech industry is in the frontline of the trade war between the United States and China. Companies like Huawei, Hikvision, and CRRC have exploded on the global stage and are now challenging and beating international competitors in their home markets despite long-running concerns about their ties with the Chinese government, and potential security concerns.

On Thursday, Huawei lost out on building Singapore’s 5G infrastructure to Nokia and Ericsson, but Singapore’s ministry for communications and information denied excluding Huawei from its networks. Minister S. Iswaran told CNBC: “As we look ahead, our 5G ecosystem will continue to evolve and there will be more opportunities for various technology players to participate.”

source forbes

Takashi Murakami Takes the Mask Game to the Next Level

Update – TAKASHI MURAKAMI TAKES THE MASK GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Takashi Murakami attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2019-2020 show

Takashi Murakami is once again pushing the boundaries of conventional design, this time with his eccentric take on the traditional face mask.

After releasing masks with his signature flower print in May, the Japanese designer has now presented a new design, which flips the script on the conventional face masks we have all come to know as a part of our “new normal.” Murakami takes protective gear to protective new heights.

A post on Murakami’s Instagram yesterday shows the non-conventional face mask modeled by Takeshi “Cherry” Ishida of Cherry Fukuoka. The pleated olive-green mask covers the entire face, save for a narrow slit for the eyes to peer through.

Although it is unclear if the mask is part of a larger art piece or collection, the photo’s backdrop reveals that Murakami is in the research and development stages of his project.

Check out the mask in greater detail below.

source hypebeast