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Driving While Black from PRX
One evening in 2015, Montrealer Kenrick McRae was pulled over by police. The officer told him his license plate lights weren t bright enough. So after having the dealership verify his lights were, in fact, working fine, Kenrick got another light and mounted it himself to make sure he would never be given the same reason again. But he still was.
Hong Kong singer and actor Keung To breaks Canto-pop records
1:01am, 17 Jan, 2021
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The 21-year-old is the youngest person to win the Favourite Male Singer and Favourite Song awards at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation
His single Saying I Love You With My Mouth Covered talks about the difficulties we face staying connected during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Keung To received the “My Favourite Male Singer Award” and “My Favourite Song Award” at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, becoming the youngest person to win the prizes. Photo: YouTube
On the first day of 2021, a 21-year-old artist broke two amazing records in the Canto-pop industry.
Watch The Weeknd surprise a security guard in new Super Bowl advert
The Canadian R&B star will headline the popular sporting event next month
The Weeknd in Pepsi s new Super Bowl commercial. CREDIT: YouTube/Pepsi
A new advert promoting The Weeknd‘s upcoming Super Bowl halftime show has been released – watch it below.
CBS from Raymond James Stadium in Florida on February 7.
The minute-long ad sees people from all walks of life humming, singing and dancing along to the Canadian R&B star’s global smash ‘Blinding Lights’, including a security guard outside the Florida stadium where the Super Bowl will be held.
The Weeknd. CREDIT: Getty Images
The Weeknd‘s fans have suggested that the singer is throwing subtle shade at the Grammys in his new ‘Save Your Tears‘ video after he failed to secure a single nomination at this year’s awards.
The singer’s omission for his 2020 album ‘After Hours’ proved to be one of the major talking points following the nominations announcement last November, with both Drake and Elton John questioning the singer’s absence.
And in the bizarre new clip for the singer’s latest single, he continues the storyline set out by previous videos from ‘After Hours’.
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