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6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This rapper was last in KC for Kelce Jam. He's coming back on tour this summer
After nearly 30 years in the music industry, hip-hop artist Lil Wayne is regarded as one of the most influential performers of his generation. The New Orleans-born star is celebrating his newest album, 'Tha Carter VI,' the latest in the 20-year 'Tha Carter' series, with a national tour kicking off Friday, June 6, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. KC fans of the five-time Grammy Award winner who want to see him this summer are in luck. Kansas City is one of the 34 cities he'll travel to in 2025. T-Mobile Center announced Lil Wayne will bring his 'Tha Carter VI' Tour to the arena Tuesday, Aug. 26. He'll be joined by artists Tyga and Belly Gang Kushington. The rapper is a frequent visitor to Kansas City, having last performed at Azura Amphitheater for 2024's Kelce Jam. He has played multiple shows in the area at venues like T-Mobile Center and Starlight Theatre. Lil Wayne will play some of his greatest hits throughout his career on this tour, like 'Tha Block Is Hot,' 'Go DJ,' 'A Milli,' 'Lollipop,' '6 Foot 7 Foot,' songs from his upcoming album and snippets from popular songs he was featured on. Tickets for his show go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, June 6 on Ticketmaster. Fans can sign up for presale access on the artist's website, and these tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 4. A Rolling Loud presale can also be accessed at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 5 using the code 'ROLLINGLOUD.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by T-Mobile Center (@tmobilecenter)
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
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This rapper was last in KC for Kelce Jam. He's coming back on tour this summer
After nearly 30 years in the music industry, hip-hop artist Lil Wayne is regarded as one of the most influential performers of his generation. The New Orleans-born star is celebrating his newest album, 'Tha Carter VI,' the latest in the 20-year 'Tha Carter' series, with a national tour kicking off Friday, June 6, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. KC fans of the five-time Grammy Award winner who want to see him this summer are in luck. Kansas City is one of the 34 cities he'll travel to in 2025. T-Mobile Center announced Lil Wayne will bring his 'Tha Carter VI' Tour to the arena Tuesday, Aug. 26. He'll be joined by artists Tyga and Belly Gang Kushington. The rapper is a frequent visitor to Kansas City, having last performed at Azura Amphitheater for 2024's Kelce Jam. He has played multiple shows in the area at venues like T-Mobile Center and Starlight Theatre. Lil Wayne will play some of his greatest hits throughout his career on this tour, like 'Tha Block Is Hot,' 'Go DJ,' 'A Milli,' 'Lollipop,' '6 Foot 7 Foot,' songs from his upcoming album and snippets from popular songs he was featured on. Tickets for his show go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, June 6 on Ticketmaster. Fans can sign up for presale access on the artist's website, and these tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 4. A Rolling Loud presale can also be accessed at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 5 using the code 'ROLLINGLOUD.'
Daily Mail
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Antiques Roadshow shocks Baltimore widower with value of late wife's 1970's painting
When PBS's iconic ' Antiques Roadshow ' set up shop at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore last June, collectors and fans arrived with hopes their cherished items might hold hidden value. For one widower, the real surprise wasn't a family heirloom, but a painting from his late wife's beloved art collection—revealed to be a rare and valuable work by an acclaimed artist. 'My wife passed away in 2019, and she was a collector of all kinds of art but particularly African American artists,' the owner told appraiser Myrtis Bedolla of Galerie Myrtis. Clutched in his hands was a striking painting by Ed Clark, complete with a handwritten inscription dating it to April 1976. Bedolla immediately recognized the treasure before her. 'Ed Clark was a very important African American artist. 'He reached a level of prominence later in his career,' she explained, referencing the New Orleans-born artist whose work now hangs in institutions like the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 'Something that is indicative of his work are the bands of color that is signature to his style,' Bedolla added, pointing out the vibrant, sweeping hues that mark Clark's distinct visual language. 'The artist's work has become highly sought after in recent years.' After a close inspection, Bedolla stunned the owner with her verdict: the Ed Clark painting could fetch between $50,000 and $65,000 at auction. 'You have a really beautiful piece here by Clark, and it's quite a gem,' she told him, visibly moved. For the widower, the appraisal was more than just a financial windfall—it was a touching tribute to his wife's lifelong passion for collecting, and a reminder that her discerning eye continues to leave its mark. The Baltimore episodes of 'Antiques Roadshow' have been airing Mondays throughout April on PBS, with the final episode—featuring moments like this—airing Monday at 8 p.m. The same episode also featured another remarkable discovery: two oil paintings by Lynne Drexler, created in 1959 and 1961. The guest who brought them inherited the pieces from a great aunt who lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and was herself an artist with a storied past. 'My great aunt was an artist, and she studied under Hans Hofmann and wound up becoming friends with several of the other artists that studied along with him, and one of them was a woman named Lynne Drexler,' she told appraiser Aaron Payne of Aaron Payne Fine Art. 'I've always loved them.' Payne described Drexler, who died in 1999, as an abstract expressionist whose work has only recently received overdue recognition. 'These are great examples of her work,' he said about the oils on canvas, which are both signed and dated on the back. Payne noted that for years, many women artists of this period were overlooked. 'But in recent years, there have been several books written, and there been several exhibitions really focusing on the women abstract artists of that period,' he said. The market for Drexler's work 'has really shifted,' he added, mentioning major shows at galleries in New York and London. 'So they've started moving into major collections, and they've also done very well at auction.' The owner's reaction to the appraisal—between $350,000 and $570,000 for the pair—was one of pure shock. 'Oh, my goodness, I'm speechless. … I would have never imagined. That's fantastic.' Baltimore's 'Antiques Roadshow' episodes have been airing Mondays throughout April on PBS, with the final hour—showcasing discoveries like these—airing Monday at 8 p.m.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Judge Demands Answers in 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen's Deportation
A federal judge has ordered a hearing to determine whether the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen with 'no meaningful process.' U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty set the date of May 16 to resolve the matter of the New Orleans-born child who, he said, appears to be in Honduras with her mother. The issue, as Politico reported Friday, stemmed from the deportation of the child's Honduras-born mother. Trump administration officials claimed in court that the woman had told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials that she wanted to bring her 2-year-old with her. They offered a handwritten letter in Spanish purportedly from the mother saying as much. 'The government contends that this is all okay because the mother wishes that the child be deported with her,' Doughty wrote. 'But the Court doesn't know that.' Also a factor is how the child's father had been asking the courts to allow her to stay in the U.S. Family lawyers filed an emergency petition Thursday in the Western District of Louisiana demanding her release. The petition said that ICE officials denied the father an appropriate amount of time to speak to the mother over the phone about their child—only about one minute on Tuesday. Doughty, a Trump appointee, said he tried to get to the bottom of things Friday by seeking to talk to the mother on the phone. But government lawyers replied that it wouldn't be possible since she was in Honduras. Therefore, Doughty set next month's hearing 'in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.'
USA Today
05-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Who is Mercy Miller? Master P's son plays guard for Houston's 2025 Final Four team
Who is Mercy Miller? Master P's son plays guard for Houston's 2025 Final Four team Show Caption Hide Caption Duke coach Jon Scheyer previews Houston matchup in March Madness Duke plays Houston in the Final Four of March Madness. Here's what Jon Scheyer had to say Thursday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Though it lacks much of the obvious starpower of Duke — its opponent in the Final Four — Houston has been one of the central characters of the 2024-25 men's college basketball season. The Cougars — the program of Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and the Phi Slamma Jama teams of yore — have enjoyed a rebirth under coach Kelvin Sampson, making the NCAA Tournament each of the past seven years it was held after missing it all but one year from 1993-2017. In recent years, they've been dominant, going 159-23 since the start of the 2020-21 season, a stretch highlighted by a pair of Final Four appearances. This season has been perhaps their best yet, with a 34-4 record and Big 12 regular season and tournament championships. A number of players have made those achievements possible, from All-American guard LJ Cryer to bruising big man J'Wan Roberts. REQUIRED READING: Kelvin Sampson heads to Final Four having rebuilt Houston basketball and coaching career The notable names on the Cougars' roster hardly end there. There's another Houston player that, based on his name and appearance, might make a hip-hop-inclined viewer say 'Hmm.' Mercy Miller is a freshman guard for Sampson's squad who has been a contributor off the bench for much of the season, having appeared in 22 of the team's 38 games. To at least a portion of the millions of viewers who will be tuning into the Cougars' Final Four matchup Saturday against Duke at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Miller is known for reasons that go beyond basketball — he's the son of hip-hop artist, producer and mogul Master P. Here's a closer look at Miller, including his career and his famous family: Master P son Houston basketball Long before his Houston team reached the Final Four, Miller was used to the spotlight. If anything, he was born into it. Miller is the son of Percy Miller, better known as Master P, a New Orleans-born rapper, producer, record company executive and entrepreneur who gained fame in the 1990s as the founder of No Limit Records. Though he'd already compiled an impressive discography by that point, both as a solo artist and a member of the hip-hop group TRU, Master P became a global superstar with the release of his 1997 album 'Ghetto D,' which included the popular singles 'I Miss My Homies' and 'Make 'Em Say Uhh!' The latter of those songs is his most famous to date, in part because of a music video featuring Miller and others on the track taking part in a basketball game that included Shaquille O'Neal and a gold-plated tank. Master P's basketball connections don't stop there. No Limit Records collaborated with his hometown New Orleans Pelicans on a jersey and other clothing. He was named the President of Basketball Operations for the New Orleans Privateers, and has alluded to wanting to be on the bench for the Pelicans at some point. Fittingly, his family found its way into the sport, as well. Master P himself as a basketball player growing up and even earned a scholarship to Houston before dropping out months into his freshman year. Mercy, the youngest of nine children, is one of a handful of Miller siblings who have competed at the Division I level. His oldest brother, Romeo — best known as Lil' Romeo, whose self-titled 2001 album went gold — played for two seasons at USC from 2008-10. Another one of his brothers, Hercy, wrapped up his senior season last month at Southern Utah after previous stops at Tennessee State and Louisville. Master P has been an active presence in his sons' basketball careers. "He's super present," Mercy Miller said to the Indianapolis Star last week. "He gives me a whole bunch of advice. ... The biggest thing with him is about your mindset. He just wants me to have confidence in everything I do, knowing how much work I put in and just telling me to remain humble. At the end of the day, God blessed me with everything we have, so just remain humble, give God the glory and be confident that you put in the work." Mercy Miller has interests beyond the court, as well. He has shown his father's entrepreneurial spirit through various NIL arrangements, including a $1.4 million deal with frozen Greek yogurt company Sweetkiwi. In November 2022, he started the Lord Have Mercy Foundation, which helps underprivileged children and their families. He was compelled to start the organization as a way to give back after an affluent upbringing in Los Angeles (in contrast to his father's early life in the projects of New Orleans). "It's super important to give back to the community to people who don't have as much as I've been blessed to have," Miller said to the Indianapolis Star. "That's just been something that's instilled in me. Seeing my dad, seeing his family and a lot of people that come from places where they weren't blessed with much. So, just trying to give people the opportunity to see different things in life. That's what I want to do." Mercy Miller stats Miller has been a role player off the bench for Houston this season. As a freshman, the 6-foot-4 guard is averaging 2.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 0.3 steals per game while shooting 25.4% from the field and 17.9% from 3-point range in 8.5 minutes per game. He had a career-high 12 points and four steals in his second game of the season, a 91-45 victory against Louisiana on Nov. 13. He has played sparingly of late and hasn't appeared in a game since the Cougars' first-round NCAA Tournament victory against SIU Edwardsville. Mercy Miller 247 Though his contributions as a freshman have been limited, Miller arrived at Houston with an impressive profile. Miller was a four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class, with 247Sports' composite ranking having him as the No. 83 player nationally. He committed to Houston in August 2021 after also being recruited by Minnesota and Missouri. As a senior at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California, he averaged 29.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game while shooting 51% from the field. He set a school single-game record with 68 points in a win against Oakwood High School, draining 28 of his 38 shots.
