Netflix To Premier New Selena Series

Jennifer Lopez, who played Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in a 1997 movie, said she was "so excited" when she heard about the new Netflix series. Jennifer Lopez is reflecting on her breakout film role in Selena as she passes the baton to a new cast bringing the late singer's life to the small screen.

On Tuesday, the Instagram account for the upcoming Netflix drama Selena: The Series, which gives fans a closer look at the life of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, posted a special video of Lopez expressing her excitement for the new series.

"Guys, I don't know if you've heard about this new Selena series on Netflix," Lopez, who portrayed Quintanilla-Pérez in the 1997 film, began the clip. "Playing Selena was kind of a landmark moment in my career. And I was so excited when I saw the trailer and heard about it."

Lopez, 51, said she believes the two-part series will be a "great way for this generation to get to know Selena."

Beyoncé Endorses Joe Biden

 

Beyoncé officially declared her support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Instagram on Monday, a day before the 2020 election.

The pop star posted a Boomerang clip of herself in a head-to-toe Balmain ensemble with a Biden and Harris mask and “I voted” sticker — which she placed atop her hat.

“Come thru, Texas! #vote,” wrote the singer, a shout-out to her home state, which is one of a handful of critical swing states that could help determine the election.

Mariah Carey or Beyonce?

 

Celebrity Match Up's is back with another installment for member engagement. This time they want to know who fans would first out of Beyonce or Mariah Carey in this topic.

From whether it's the way the dress, there dance style, or the music that they make, which female artist would you say entertain you the most?

Beyonce Knowles Epic Biography

She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. In 2014, she became the highest-paid black musician in history and was listed among Time's 100 most influential people in the world for a second year in a row.

American singer, songwriter and producer Beyoncé has achieved 22 number-one songs on the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, and ranks 4th among the top 100 Dance Club Songs artists.

Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez

Celebrity Match Up is back with another article fans cant help but to engage in. This time we want to know who is your favorite out of Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez? Both of these women are powerhouses in the industry of not just performances, but also on the movie screen.

Understand Whitney Houston And Dolly Parton Hit Song "I Will Always Love You"

Most fans of Whitney Houston today never knew she was connected to country music singer Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston will undoubtedly remain connected through their smash hit song “I Will Always Love You.”

"I Will Always Love You" was the second of five consecutive #1 Country hits that Parton had after establishing herself as a solo artist. Parton later recorded a second version of this song for the 1982 film The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, which she starred in along with Burt Reynolds. The second version not only became a #1 Country hit (like the first version), but also became a crossover hit, reaching #53 on the Hot 100.

When this song was chosen for the 1992 film The Bodyguard, it proved to be a huge benefit for both Parton and Whitney Houston. For Houston, it provided her signature song, showcasing her otherworldly talents as a singer. Her version became a worldwide success in pop music, earning huge royalties for both artists. Dolly Parton's country ballad was now familiar to audiences of pop, soul, and adult contemporary.

Name Your Favorite Song Starring Beyonce

For years now, fans have selected Beyoncé "Best Thing I Never Had" song as the number one favorite track since 2011. Now the Wrap-Up Magazine is hitting the streets to find out what has changed since then.

Beyoncé Knowles is recognized as a soul/pop vocalist, trendsetting music video performer, multiple Grammy Award winner and film star. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child.

What Happened To Lil Flip?

Texas had a big impact on the music scene in the mid 2000's and Lil Flip was a big part of the movement. Lil’ Flip these days is perhaps most well known for his feud with fellow rapper T.I.

Flip started rapping for Suckafree Records out of Houston, Texas, when he was 18, in 1999. He released his first album, The Leprechaun, the next year. Eventually selling more than 200,000 copies, it featured the hit single “I Can Do Dat.”

The single, “The Way We Ball,” helped propel Lil’ Flip into the national spotlight. The rapper was also able to work with Yung Wun, Ludacris, and Three 6 Mafia that year. This gave him the clout necessary to create U Gotta Feel Me, a double-disc album released in 2004, distributed by Sony Urban Music.

Lil Flip went on to start his own record label, which he named Clover G Records, after Cloverland, Lil’ Flip’s home neighborhood in Houston.

While T.I. was incarcerated for parole violations, Lil’ Flip used the opportunity to object to T.I. calling himself “King of the South.” The heavily publicized feud led to T.I. going to Cloverland, to expose Lil’ Flip as a fraud. When T.I. arrived in the neighborhood with his crew, Lil’ Flip approached him with his respective crew.

Facebook To Financing A Massive Solar Farm

Facebook is investing heavily in a massive solar farm in Texas as it rumbles towards its goal of running entirely on renewable energy by the end of next year.

Longroad plans to have the farm up and running next year, and it's expected to have a capacity of 379 megawatts, which would be enough to power almost 300,000 homes.

It's the first time Facebook has invested directly in a renewable energy project. It's not clear exactly how much of the $416 million financing package Facebook covered, but it said it's contributing a "significant" portion of the total costs.

As of last year, 75 percent of Facebook's business runs on renewable energy. Other tech major companies already run on renewable energy or plan to do so.

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Cardi B Rants Off After Loosing Millions

Cardi B underwent liposuction following the birth of her daughter Kulture. Last week (May 21), the Bronx native postponed her performance in Baltimore, Maryland due to complications with her recovery process. Earlier this month, the rapper also pushed back her El Paso, Texas concert, which did not go over well with her excited fans.

Cardi B is not a happy camper at the moment. The rapper recently took to Instagram Live on Monday (May 27) to reveal that she lost millions of dollars due to complications with her plastic surgery.

#NewMusic #NowPlaying Freake - Flip @iamfreake

Houston, Texas rapper Freake releases new music titled "Flip." "Flip" is the club banger to have playing if you really want to get the party started.

Critics are saying:

Anyone that truly knows music... aside the obvious... song is catchy, can hear and understand ALL THE LYRICS... and distinct voice.... the production and lil nuances are top notch on this one so I 100% am in your corner and would love to have you do a track for me and perhaps another WITH me for my highly anticipated album OPERATION BROKEASS! Let's make 2019 the year that RELATABLE and UNDERSTANDABLE LYRICS, and Unique tracks and production that isn't the dame old same.

Hot track! Get this one to the DJs. This is great for the club.

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Will Food Stamps Get A Ban On Junk Food?

Republicans are looking to ban Food Stamp users from being able to buy soda and candy. According to a study conducted on a US grocery retailer released by USDA in 2011, 20 cents of every dollar in food stamps was spent on candy, sugar, sweetened beverages, salty snacks, and desserts. 

 Now, governors in Maine, Tennessee, and Arkansas are looking to get the Trump Administration on board with the potential restriction of food stamp purchases. The Secretary of Agriculture under the Trump Administration has already given support for restructuring SNAP benefits for 44 million recipients.

Not everyone is in support of the potential regulation, as an executive director of the Cumberland County Food Security Council in Maine has spoken out against his governor's idea. 

The director said, "It seems very contradictory to, on one hand, limit people's access to foods that have negative nutrition content and then to limit access to information to support them to make better choices about nutrition."

Update:

Texas bill would ban food stamp recipients from buying junk food, soda

House Bill 4364, filed by Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain in March, would make food items such as candy and energy drinks ineligible to buy with food stamps.

The bill defines an energy drink as a beverage containing at least 65 milligrams of caffeine per eight fluid ounces and is advertised as "being specifically designed to provide metabolic stimulation or an increase to the consumer's mental or physical energy." Coffee or coffee-based beverages are not grouped in with this definition, according to the bill.

Sweetened beverages — meaning non-alcoholic drinks added with natural or artificial sweeteners such as soft drinks, fruits and vegetable juice and other flavored beverages — would also be included in the ban.

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Why Is Alexis Texas Being Introduced To Our Hip-Hop Generation

Can someone pause for a second and let me know why Alexis Texas is being mentioned in the hip-hop industry? It is extremely rare to hear a rapper say “I’m fuckin' on pornstars” or something of the sort.

Rappers these days will talk about having sex with anyone. They rap about fucking models, foreign women, random hoes, YOUR bitch, and even in Future’s case, a district attorney.

Alexis Texas is an American pornographic actress, director, and featured dancer, so why is the hip-hop community talking about her? Are we sure this is what we want to teach our kids?

Just think of how many teens will google Alexis Texas name! This is not what I want my kids to learn through music. Just saying!

Soupmakesitbetter (@SoupMakesBetter) - "Ambitions of My High Thoughts"

Texas based artist SoupMakesItBetter releases his new visual for Ambitions of My High Thoughts. Shot by Mntl and edited by Soup, the video puts you in a daze with its multi colored effects and smooth camera work. The video ties the previously released song; produced by Tmathh, together into a dreamy representation of an afternoon with soup. Make sure to look out for more visuals from these two as they have more projects lined up.

#NewVideo Greese - Up Na #NowPlaying

Arlington, Texas artist Greese is gearing up for his upcoming project "Gambling With The Truth" with new video titled "Up Na." Greese new album drops April 20th on all digital platforms.

"My video is authentic. Every word of it. I have a true passion for the music not the game. Not in it for the flash. I'm a businessman who is good with wordplay and have the biggest heart you can find."

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Half-naked Woman Caught Masturbating In Restaurant And Squad Car

I guess this lady was tired of all the guys hitting on her! The general manager of a JW Marriott Hotel reportedly notified staff members that he spotted Nickels “with her legs straight up in the air, spread open” and pleasuring herself with a silver object.

That manager told police “he could hear Nickels making moaning noises as if she was having an orgasm.” Police arrived on the scene where it appeared the 26-year-old woman was still getting it on.

Source: A Texas woman arrested for public masturbation

Police put Nickels in handcuffs and placed her in the back of a squad car, where she “began to repeatedly rub her groin back and forth on the plastic seat, moaning.” It was the arresting officers’ opinion that even without the use of her hands, Nickels was still trying to gratify herself.

Arresting officers did not recover the silver object reportedly seen by the hotel manager who first witnessed Nickels’ night out.

Did Lil Uzi Vert Quit Because He Is Gay?

What! Lil Uzi Vert's been preparing for the album's release throughout 2018. The rapper announced his departure from the rap game via instagram saying "I'm done with music I deleted everything I wanna be normal". He added at the bottom of that post, "You are free."

Vert gained attention after appearing on Migos’ song “Bad and Boujee,” which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 2017. That same year, in June, his song “XO Tour Llif3” peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song went quadruple platinum, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. His debut studio album, Luv Is Rage 2, premiered at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

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Lil Uzi was Soundcloud’s most followed artist of 2016. In 2017, he made Forbes’ list of Hip Hop cash princes. The following year, he made the magazines’ list of 30 Under 30 in music. So far, the rapper has been nominated for two Grammy awards.

Lil Uzi Vert was reportedly fined $30,000 after a promoter says the rapper missed a 2017 show and then didn’t respond to a lawsuit. Promoter VelleBe says Lil Uzi was paid $40,000 to perform at a March 25, 2017 show at Clayton’s Beach Bar in South Padre Island, Texas, but was a no-show.

In January 2019, Lil Uzi alarmed fans when he announced he was quitting music and deleting all his songs. Apparently, the rapper was overwhelmed with his career choice and decided it was time to go back to his life before the fame. This is the message he wrote to fans on Instagram stories account: “I wanna take the time out to say I thank each and every one of my supporters, but I’m done with Music. I deleted everything. I wanna be normal… I wanna wake up in 2013. You are free.”

Lil Uzi Vert has collaborated with artists including Mac Miller, Migos, and Post Malone. He also makes money from touring and album sales. The rapper earns roughly $60,000 per show. Lil Uzi Vert has a net worth of $17 million according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Apple Set To Build New Headquarters In Texas

Apple Inc said on Thursday it would spend $1 billion to build a second campus in Austin, Texas that will house as many as 15,000 workers, amid a broader push by many U.S. companies to create more jobs at home.

The iPhone maker had announced at the start of the year it would invest $30 billion in the United States, taking advantage of a tax windfall stemming from U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax reforms.

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The 133-acre campus in Austin will employ workers across various functions including engineering, R&D, operations and finance. The city is already home to the second largest number of Apple employees outside its headquarters in Cupertino, California.


Apple will also set up sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California and hire over 1,000 employees each in these locations, while also expanding operations in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, Colorado over the next three years.

Many American multinationals have been facing political pressure to ramp up investments at home as part of Trump's "America First" policies, which have left the United States embroiled in a bitter trade war with China. The president has also warned of tariffs on iPhones and other Apple products imported from China.

Apple's technology rival Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) last month ended a months-long search for its second headquarters, picking New York City and an area just outside Washington, D.C. for massive new offices, with plans to create thousands of jobs.

The new Austin campus will be located less than a mile away from Apple's existing facilities, and will first house 5,000 new employees with the capacity to expand to 15,000.

Megan Thee Stallion Top 5 Hottest Photos

Megan Thee Stallion has just signed a new deal with 300 Entertainment and with that being said, the Wrap-Up Magazine has released the Top 5 hottest photos of Megan Stallion herself. Megan Thee Stallion , born February 15, 1995, is a female rap artist from Houston, Texas. The seductive femcee is a full-time college student, as well as a choreographed dancer and model.

Take a look at Megan Thee Stallion in a way you never have. Let us know if you think we have chosen the best of her to display. The daughter of a rapper, Houston's own Megan Thee Stallion has a love for the genre that comes from the heart.

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Top 5 Music Videos Starring Usher

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To help Usher celebrate his 40th birthday, The Wrap-Up Magazine has released the Top 5 best music videos from R&B singer Usher!

If fans know anything about Usher, it's that he has had a long music career. So of course you know this Top 5 selection will not be easy for The Wrap-Up Magazine at all. When it comes to Usher and the music that he makes, their is no doubt he has fitting into today's culture from the beginning of his time.

Usher Raymond IV is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. He was born in Dallas, Texas. At the age of 12, his mother put him in local singing competitions, before catching the attention of a music A&R from LaFace Records.

Take a quick pick at which music videos we chose as Usher Top 5 best of all time. If you feel there was a video left out, then please feel free to comment your thoughts below. These videos are in no order. The videos chosen are some of Usher's most entertaining moments in music.