Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole?

 

The Wrap Up Magazine is back with another round of Celebrity Match Ups. This time they return with a versus between Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole. Who would you pick as the best artist?

Jay-Z Inducted Into Rock Hall Of Fame

 

An emotional Jay-Z joked that the tributes at the ceremony were “trying to make me cry in front of all these white people."

“Brooklyn’s finest,” Jay-Z, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday night among a class that included The Go-Go’s, Carole King, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, and Foo Fighters.

Barack Obama Joins NBA Africa

 

Former President Barack Obama has plans to take the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) presence in Africa to the next level.

According to an announcement from the NBA, Obama is officially a minority owner and strategic partner in NBA Africa’s business, where he hopes to advance the league’s social responsibility efforts across the continent.

Jay-Z, Drake, Rihanna, And More Appear On Barack Obama’s 2021 Summer Playlist

 

Barack Obama has been very open about his musical taste. Year after year, he’s shared playlists of favorite songs, both old and new. On Saturday he continued that trend. He dropped his 2021 summer playlist on Instagram, and it’s comprised of 38 songs featuring some of the biggest names of today and yesterday.

Barack Obama Makes A Surprise Visit

 

The Chicago Southside Wolfpack youth football team got a surprise visitor to their practice that they’ll never forget –

former president Barack Obama.

“I told you I was coming by, coach! You didn’t believe me!” the former president and sports fan said, laughing.

Who Wore It Better? Jennifer Lopez or Alicia Keys?

I don't what it is about celebrities wearing yellow dresses, but stars love dressing up to show off at the Golden Globe and award shows. For another round of Celebrity Match Ups it's iconic yellow dress round with Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keys.

Alicia Keys slipped out of her stunning lavender gown to change into an equally vibrant yellow dress for the Vanity Fair Oscar party while J.Lo brightened up the red carpet in a vibrant yellow ensemble, a blonde bob cut and fresh dewy makeup.

Here is a little about the two and why they like yellow.

A-Rod & J.Lo Photoshoot At Biden’s Inauguration

 

The stars are coming out for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will be at the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

So will former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his fiancée Jennifer Lopez. Lopez arrived in D.C. on Thursday and showed her appreciation for the troops.

#Throwback Jay-Z and Timbaland In The Studio

 

Dirt Off Your Shoulder is one of many amazing songs made by JAY Z and Timbaland. "Dirt off Your Shoulder" is the second single released from Jay-Z's 2003 album The Black Album.

In 2004, the song was combined with the Linkin Park single "Lying from You" and released as a single for the mash-up album Collision Course. On April 17, 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama referenced the song in gesture, in response to sharp attacks from his then-rival Hillary Clinton.

What Roc Nation And The NFL Is Doing For Hadiya Pendleton

It's a good thing how Jay-Z is getting involved in our African American culture. It's time we slow down gun violence in our black communities. He is really using his voice to stand out behind his music while having the NFL to back him up.

Jay-Z's Team Roc and the NFL debuted a public service announcement that honors the life of Hadiya Pendleton, a young girl who was fatally shot in Chicago in 2013.

Hadiya Pendleton's family has continued to keep her legacy alive. The Chicago teen is the subject of Team Roc's latest PSA about putting an end to gun violence.

Pendleton is one of many stories of kids being killed by gun violence from all over the world. Pendleton was gunned down as she was spending time with friends at the city's Harsh Park.

The video titled "Hadiya's Promise" is narrated by her mother Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, who shared her daughter's hopes and dreams as well as her own efforts at social justice in her young years.

Barack Obama Talks Why U.S. Can't Make Any Progress

Barack Obama recently spoke at his Obama Foundation Summit this past Monday, and held no punches about the United States’ leadership without mentioning Trump specifically by name.

The former president noted that the U.S. has yet to make progress and solve problems the country and the world face “because we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism, mommy issues.”

Hillary Clinton May Run For President In 2020

Hillary Clinton

Is the world ready for the next Presidential running. Hillary Clinton gave a possible hint about maybe emarking on another presidential run. On behalf of America, I am answering. Hillary Rodham Clinton, I beg you: Please run again.

This prohibits former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama from being elected president again. However, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush (both nonagenarians ), having each served a single term as president, are not constitutionally prohibited from being elected to another term in the 2020 election.

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during an event over the weekend left the door open to a possible 2020 run, saying that even though she doesn't want to run, "I'd like to be president."

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Clinton went on to say that "there’s going to be so much work to be done" after a Democrat "hopefully" wins the next presidential election.

"The work would be work that I feel very well prepared for having been in the Senate for eight years, having been a diplomat in the State Department," she said, listing off the qualifications that she often touted during her previous run.

She added that she's not going to think about a possible run until after the upcoming midterm elections. Hillary loss the previous race to Donald Trump.

Barack Obama Talks Donald Trump Publicly For First Time

Barack Obama

President Barack Obama is making his return to the political arena to help embattled Democrats win in November’s midterm elections. And for the first time, Obama publicly called out President Donald Trump by name.

During a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday, Obama said the country is in a “backlash” moment.

While Obama has in the past blasted Trump and his policies, this was the first speech in which he used his successor’s name.

Obama also addressed Trump’s tone-deaf comments last year, when the president claimed that there were “some very fine people on both sides” during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that saw white supremacists squaring off against anti-racism protesters. Paralegal Heather Heyer, 32, was killed during the protest when a white supremacist struck her with his car.

The former president also applauded the women who have taken a stand in the Me Too movement, and the teens of Parkland, Florida, who are standing up to gun violence and the National Rifle Association. That’s how real change starts, Obama said. But nothing will get done if this generation doesn’t vote, he added.

A Dozen Arrested Protesting Trump

A crowd of over 1,000 amassed outside of New York's Trump International Hotel and Tower to show their resistance of the President's administration on Wednesday, March 8. They were organized in solidarity with demonstrations that took place in more than 50 countries, as the world celebrated International Women's Day. Here in the U.S., many of the thousands who congregated in cities across the nation did so under a general strike promoted as a "Day Without a Woman."

School districts in such cities as Virginia and North Carolina were forced to shut down due to the limited staffing the exodus of workers caused. And while the numbers for Wednesday's events didn't come close to the droves who took to the streets the day after Trump's inauguration, the message was as loud and militant as it has been from some vowing to keep women's rights a priority of the administration, and others calling for an ouster of the Commander In Chief. "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" echoed from the scores of women packing Columbus Circle. Outside of Trump Tower alone, 13 women were arrested, including the march's co-founder Linda Sarsour, for reportedly refusing to clear the street.

Later on in the evening, over 2,000 people were estimated to have come together downtown in Washington Square Park. A projector shined the phrase "Women's Strike!" onto the arch raising over the park's entrance. Participants held up signs and took in the messages of speakers blaring from a megaphone.

Despite the hostility espoused against him, the President would take to Twitter to honor the occasion, writing, “tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy.” Former President Barack Obama also shared words of solidarity, releasing a statement that read: "On International Women’s Day, @MichelleObama and I are inspired by all of you who embrace your power to drive change."

Obama Ranked As The 12th Greatest President

The results of a survey compiling the input of 91 presidential historians, places Barack Obama as the 12th greatest U.S. President, C-SPAN reports.

Obama took office as the nation's 44th President in 2009. At 47-years-old he was the 5th youngest man to ever become Commander-In-Chief, and although his experience in government was not as expansive as many who had held the job before him, his strong conviction, communication and organizing skills helped him lead through two terms in Washington. No President has been as highly recognized by C-SPAN's panel of historians as Obama has since Ronald Reagan, who is slotted at number 9 in the new survey.

Among the attributes Obama scored highly for were his pursuit of equality, management of the economy, public persuasion and moral authority. “That Obama came in at number 12 his first time out is quite impressive," said survey shepherd Douglas Brinkley of Rice University.

Coming in at #1 is Abraham Lincoln, who regularly tops the list. He is recognized of course for abolishing slavery, ordering the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, and saving the Union after the Civil War. The Presidents universally regarded among historians as the "big three" remains unchanged, with George Washington following Lincoln, and FDR coming in at third. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson makes the top 10, but was beat out by Theodore Roosevelt (4), Dwight Eisenhower (5) and Harry Truman (6), having been placed as the 7th greatest President. The top 10 rounds out with JFK (8) coming between Jefferson and Reagan, and Lyndon B. Johnson being named the 10th greatest.

The Woman Known For Racist Social Media Posts

The hiring of former field organizer Teresa UnRue was officially announced through an email that acting Secretary Phil Rosenfelt dispensed to Education Department employees this week. UnRue was blasted in the media over the summer when a series of offensive Facebook posts were exposed by the media.

Back in June, UnRue shared a post that read "We Need Islam Control, Not Gun Control." Two months later she circulated a meme that poked fun at Mexicans for their accent. They were among several Facebook postings that reflected an insensitivity towards minority voters. Included among them was a viral video of an African-American man eating chicken while mocking his own race for a number of children they have and for still lamenting over slavery. "Had me crack'n up!! Thank you! Please share this with people," UnRue captioned.

The Huffington Post unveiled that it had traced back to discover posts that were hostile towards Barack Obama during his presidency. One such message accused the former President of treason and called him a "terrorist." At the time, the promotion of such propaganda was not uncommon for the Tea Party types who would eventually comprise Trump's base. However, now that he has taken an oath to serve all Americans while occupying the nation's highest office, his continued association with, much less his appointment of such divisive figures to his cabinet, may present a challenge to his reputation going forward.

The memo which names UnRue a new member of the administration does not specify what her job would be in the department.

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See What Barack Obama Thinks About African-Americans

Last week, as a part of a series of conversations, President Barack Obama spoke to author Ta-Nehisi Coates about a variety of topics, with one of them being reparations for African-Americans. Many African-Americans have voiced their opinion about the idea of reparations being given to their people, especially considering the lasting impact of the Jim Crow era and slavery on the community. During the interview, Barack Obama mentioned that he felt African-Americans deserved reparations, but that he did not think it would be politically achievable. Obama said that wrongs done to the black community should be acknowledged, and that "society has a moral obligation to make a large, aggressive investment, even if it’s not in the form of individual reparations checks, but in the form of a Marshall Plan, in order to close those gaps [of wealth and education]."

Obama kept it real about getting support from Congress for reparations, saying, "I’m not so optimistic as to think that you would ever be able to garner a majority of an American Congress that would make those kinds of investments above and beyond the kinds of investments that could be made in a progressive program for lifting up all people." He then went on to put his entire idea into a clear perspective, saying, "I have much more confidence in my ability, or any president or any leader’s ability, to mobilize the American people around a multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment to help every child in poverty in this country than I am in being able to mobilize the country around providing a benefit specific to African Americans as a consequence of slavery and Jim Crow."

Would Obama Have Beaten Trump?

Fair Game Is That, Donald is a straight up kind of guy, He speaks strait out of his mind without thinking. Look at the picture above, it tells a'lot. For Trump, Obama was to look him in the eye during the shake, to Donald, since he did not, Trump wish's he would have ran against Obama instead of Romney.

In an interview with David Axelrod released yesterday, December 26th, President Obama claimed that he would have defeated Donald Trump had he been allowed to run for a third term. "I'm confident that if I — if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could've mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it," Mr. Obama said.

President-elect responded on Twitter with a firm denial that Obama could have beaten him.

It's an interesting debate: President Obama won the popular vote in both the 2008 and 2012 election, while Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 but did not defeat Hillary Clinton in the popular vote.

Obama stressed his admiration for Clinton and said she had been the victim of unfair attacks. But, as he has in other exit interviews, he insisted that her defeat was not a rejection of the eight years of his presidency. To the contrary, he argued that he had put together a winning coalition that stretched across the country but that the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign had failed to follow through on it.

 "Look, the Affordable Care Act benefits a huge number of Trump voters. There are a lot of folks in places like West Virginia or Kentucky who didn't vote for Hillary, didn't vote for me, but are being helped by this . . . The problem is, is that we're not there on the ground communicating not only the dry policy aspects of this, but that we care about these communities, that we're bleeding for these communities."

Nonetheless, the president, who has done relatively few interviews with mainstream media organisations, repeated his long-stated complaint that the media has filtered his message and that he is subject to unfair criticism by outlets such as Fox News.

 Donald Trump responded to Barack Obama on Monday after the president claimed he could have won a third term in the White House if he had been the Democratic nominee instead of Hillary Clinton.

"President Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me," the president-elect tweeted. "He should say that but I say NO WAY! - jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc."

Young M.A. - Eat

Young M.A comes back with the music video for 'EAT.' Do you want to acquire the mental image of Young M.A having a threesome with a chick. Breakout 2016 star Young M.A is back with "EAT," a tight five-minute freestyle addressing her mom, her money, and her haters.

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Treaty Between Morocco And The United States

(The Wrap-Up Magazine) Morocco and the United States signed in Washington a bilateral agreement on trade facilitation to promote trade between the two countries, particularly through the simplification of customs and administrative procedures, according to MAP. The agreement was signed in the context of the official visit of of King Mohammed VI in the United States at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

Morocco is the “the first country in the region to conclude a bilateral agreement on trade facilitation” with the United States of America and to endorse the ” joint principles on investment ” and “trade in services related to technology information and communication,” according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative .

Treaty of Peace & Friendship Treaty of Peace & Friendship

1787

Between Morocco and The United States 

ARTICLE 1

We declare that both Parties have agreed that this Treaty consisting of twenty five Articles shall be inserted

in this Book and delivered to the Honorable Thomas Barclay, the Agent of the United States now

at our Court, with whose Approbation it has been made and who is duly authorized on their part, to treat

with us concerning all the matters contained therein.

ARTICLE 2

If either of the parties shall be at war with any nation whatever, the other party shall not take a commission

from the enemy nor fight under their colors.

ARTICLE 3

If either of the parties shall be at war with any nation whatever and take a prize belonging to that nation,

and there shall be found on board subjects or effects belonging to either of the parties, the subjects shall be

set at liberty and the effect returned to the owners. And if any goods belonging to any nation, with whom

either the parties shall be at war, shall be loaded on vessels belonging to the other party, they shall pass free

and unmolested without any attempt being made to take or detain them.

ARTICLE 4

A signal or pass shall be given to all vessels belonging to both parties, by which they are to be known when

they meet at sea, and if the commander of a ship of war of either party shall have other ships under his

convoy, the Declaration of the commander shall alone be sufficient to exempt any of them from examination.

ARTICLE 5

If either of the parties shall be at war, and shall meet a vessel at sea, belonging to the other, it is agreed that

if an examination is to be made, it shall be done by sending a boat with two or three men only, and if any

gun shall be bread and injury done without reason, the offending party shall make good all damages.

ARTICLE 6

If any Moor shall bring citizens of the United States or their effects to His Majesty, the citizens shall immediately

be set at liberty and the effects restored, and in like manner, if any Moor not a subject of the dominions

shall make prize of any of the citizens of America or their effects and bring them into any of the

ports of His Majesty, they shall be immediately released, as they will be considered as under His Majesty’s

Protection.

ARTICLE 7

If any vessel of either party shall put into a port of the other and have occasion for provisions or other supplies,

they shall be furnished without any interruption or molestation.

ARTICLE 8

If any vessel of the United States shall meet with a disaster at sea and put into one of our ports to repairs,

she shall be at liberty to land and reload her cargo, without paying any duty whatever.

ARTICLE 9

If any Vessel of the Untied States shall be cast on Shore on any Part of our Coasts, she shall remain at the

disposition of the Owners and no one shall attempt going near her without their Approbation, as she is

then considered particularly under our Protection; and if any Vessel of the United States shall be forced to

put in to our Ports, by Stress of weather or otherwise, she shall not be compelled to land her Cargo, but

shall remain in tranquility until the Commander shall think proper to proceed on his Voyage. 

ARTICLE 10

If any Vessel of either of the Parties shall have an engagement with a Vessel belonging to any of the Christian

Powers within gunshot of the Forts of the other, the Vessel so engaged shall be defended and protected

as much as possible until she is in safety; and if any American Vessel shall be cast on shore on the

Coast of Wadnoon or any Coast thereabout, the People to her shall be protected, and assisted until by

the help of God, they shall be sent to their Country.

ARTICLE 11

If we shall be at War with any Christian Power and any of our Vessels sail from the Ports of the United

States, no Vessel belonging to the enemy shall follow until twenty four hours after the Departure of our

Vessels; and the same Regulation shall be observed towards the American Vessels sailing from our Ports—

be the enemies Moors or Christians.

ARTICLE 12

If any ship of war belonging to the United States shall put into any of our ports, she shall not be examined

on any pretense whatever, even though she should have fugitive slaves on board, nor shall the governor or

commander of the place compel them to be brought on shore on any pretext, nor require any payment

for them.

ARTICLE 13

If a ship of war of either party shall put into a port of the other and salute, it shall be returned from the

fort with an equal number of guns, not with more or less.

ARTICLE 14

The commerce with the United States shall be on the same footing as is the commerce with Spain, or as

that with the most favored nation for the time being; and their citizens shall be respected and esteemed,

and have full liberty to pass and repass our country and seaports whenever they please, without interruption.

ARTICLE 15

Merchants of both countries shall employ only such interpreters, and such other persons to assist them in

their business, as they shall think proper. No commander of a vessel shall transport his cargo on board

another vessel; he shall not be detained in port longer than he may think proper; and all persons employed

in loading or unloading goods, or in any labor whatever, shall be paid at the customary rates, not

more and not less.

ARTICLE 16

In case of a war between the parties, the prisoners are not to be made slaves, but to be exchanged one for

another, captain for captain, officer for officer, and one private man for another; and if there shall prove a

deficiency on either side, it shall be made up by the payment of one hundred Mexican dollars for each

person wanting. And it is agreed that all prisoners shall be exchanged in twelve months from the time of

their being taken, and that this exchange may be effected by a merchant or any other person authorized of

by either of the parties.

ARTICLE 17

Merchants shall not be compelled to buy or sell any kind of goods but such as they shall think proper;

and may buy and sell all sorts of merchandize but such as are prohibited to the other Christian nations.

ARTICLE 18

All goods shall be weighed and examined before they are sent on board , and to avoid all detention of

vessels, no examination shall afterwards be made, unless it shall first be proved that contraband goods

have been sent on board, in which case, the persons who took the contraband goods on board, shall be punished according to the usage and custom of the country, and no other person whatever shall be injured,

nor shall the ship or cargo incur any penalty or damage whatever.

ARTICLE 19

No vessel shall be detained import on any pretense whatever, nor be obliged to take on board on any articles

without the consent of the commander, who shall be at full liberty to agree for the freight of any goods

he takes on board.

ARTICLE 20

If any of the citizens of the Untied States, or any persons under their protection, shall have any disputes

with each other, the consul shall decide between the parties, and whenever the consul shall require any aid

or assistance from our government, to enforce his decisions, it shall be immediately granted to him.

ARTICLE 21

If any citizen of the Untied States should kill or wound a Moor, or, on the contrary, if a Moor shall kill or

wound a citizen of the United States, the law of the country shall take place, and equal justice shall be rendered,

the consul assisting at the trial; and if any delinquent shall make his escape, the consul shall not be

answerable for him in any manner whatever.

ARTICLE 22

If an American citizen shall die in our country, and no will shall appear, the consul shall take possession of

hi affects; and if there shall be no consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of some person worthy

of trust, until the party shall appear, who has right to demand them; but if the heir to the person deceased

be present, the property shall be delivered to him without interruptions; and if a will shall appear,

the property shall descend agreeable to that will as soon as the consul shall declare the validity thereof.

ARTICLE 23

The consuls of the United States of America, shall reside in any port of our dominions that they shall

think proper; and they shall be respected, and enjoy all the privileges which the consuls of any other nation

enjoy; and if any of the citizens of the United States shall contract any debts or engagements, the consul

shall not be in any manner accountable for them, unless he shall have given a promise in writing for the

payment or fulfilling thereof, without which promise in writing, no application to him for any redress shall

be made.

ARTICLE 24

If any differences shall arise by either party infringing on any of the articles of this treaty, peace and harmony

shall remain notwwithstanding, in the fullest force, until a friendly application shall be made for an

arrangement, and until that application shall be rejected, no appeal shall be made to arms. And if a war

shall break out between the parties nine months shall be granted to all the subjects of both parties, to dispose

of their effects and retire with their property. And it is further declared, that whatever indulgences, in

trade or otherwise, shall be granted to any of the Christian Powers, the citizens of the United States shall

be equally entitled to them.

ARTICLE 25

This treaty shall continue in full force, with the help of God, for fifty years. We delivered this book into

the hands of the before mentioned Thomas Barclay, on the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan, in

the year one thousand two hundred.

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