MEGAN THEE STALLION: Highest Rated SNL Premiere in Years
Men lie and women lie, but numbers don’t. And according to the stats, Megan Thee Stallion & Chris Rock are the best thing to happen to SNL in a long time.
Thee Stallion appeared as musical guest over the weekend, helping the season premiere earn the highest ratings in four years. Meg and host Chris Rock, with a little help from all-star drop-ins by Alec Baldwin, Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph, wound up getting almost 8 million viewers Saturday night. It’s also the second most-watched episode of the show in over three years, behind the Eddie Murphy episode from last December which featured musical guest Lizzo.
In addition to the standard two song performances, she popped up in two sketches…
Meg’s on-stage activism in the form of a “Savage” remix and visuals calling out Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron and telling viewers to “protect Black women”…
No pun intended, but that’s SAVAGE!
BEYONCE: Adidas Partnership Grants $10 Million Funding Black Businesses
Beyonce's has teamed up with Adidas and NAACP to commit $10 million to fund social impact programs for the next three years.
Her BeyGood foundation posted on Instagram Friday, "Of the adidas $10MM commitment to BeyGOOD over the next three years, $2MM will be immediately disbursed to support Black-owned small businesses."
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME: Paging Dr. Flocka
Next time you see Waka Flocka Flame, put some respect on the man’s name -- that’s Doctor Waka Flocka Flame, to you.
Flocka was awarded with an honorary doctorate degree in philanthropy and humanitarianism on Saturday night in New York City. Flocka wore the traditional graduation cap and gown to receive the honor. Check out a video of Doctor Waka over on The Shade Room.