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The City College stampede was a crowd crush event on December 28, 1991, in the City College of New York gymnasium during a charity basketball game organized and promoted by hip hop celebrities P. Diddy and Heavy D. Nearly 5,000 people tried to pack into the gymnasium, which could fit 2,730 people. [1]
As of December 2016, the album had sold 1.24 million copies in the United States. [63] 2014 Forest Hills Drive won Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards. [85] The album was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album.
Reckoning with what you’ve pulled from his latest album should lead you to understand why Lamar is a pioneering hip hop figure." [ 52 ] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times praised how Lamar blended the "meditative" songs on his recent studio album with the "rowdy old bangers" present in his previous works , which "served to demonstrate the ...
Francis has ventured into several entrepreneurial projects, including a construction company, boxing promotions, a barbershop and clothing line (We R One), as well as a hip-hop record label, Mazerati Music. [37] After Francis left professional basketball and his stepfather committed suicide, he began drinking heavily. [5]
Baggy shorts, also a symbol of hip hop culture, were banned by the league as well, which instituted a rule on the length of players' shorts while playing. [17] Tights, which players started to wear under their shorts in the 2005–06 season (though not a symbol of hip hop culture) were banned as well. No players were fined for dress code ...
The 3x3 International Cup is coming to Sacramento for the second year in a row, bringing a free, fast-paced, family event back to Golden 1 Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.. Hosted by the ...
The NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is an annual exhibition basketball game hosted by the National Basketball Association as it takes place during the NBA All-Star Weekend and features retired NBA players, WNBA players, actors, musicians and athletes from sports other than basketball.
Tripp was born in Utah and spent his formative and teenage years playing competitive basketball. [14] At 13 years old, he was chosen as of one of 10 participants across the United States to participate in Shaquille O'Neal's Hot Shots Camp. [15] In high school, Tripp finished his prep career as one of the top leading scorers in the state of Utah.