October | 2014 | MCFAT WAS HERE

Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones have been banned from being on camera during any NFL broadcast. This information is according to a new deal between the league and Beats rival Bose. The NFL confirmed that Bose received a set of rights that allow it to prevent players and coaches from wearing other manufacturer’s headphones during televised interviews during preseason, practice, and game day. Beats issued a statement in response to the agreement between the league and Bose and argued their headphones are apart of many athlete’s rituals and how music can have a significant positive effect on an athlete’s focus. Beats by Dre makes up 61 percent of the premium headphone market in the U.S. while Bose has a distant 22 percent.

Bone Crusher thinks his hometown’s new emcees are garbage. Bone considers himself one of Atlanta’s leaders in the crunk era. The era of crunk is sometimes called by critics a mainstream downfall of lyricism in rap music, but according to Bone today’s music is getting worse. One of his points was music is not about money but instead about doing something you enjoy. He feels rappers should learn basic principles of how to make a record and it’s not all about money. If you enjoy your craft the money will come in abundance.

Drake has created his own Instagram award show called “Hood Grammys.” The only awards given were Vocal Performance of the Year which went to Bobby Shmurda with “Hot Nigga”, Mixtape of the Year went to PARTYNEXTDOOR, Best Latin Club Anthem went to iLOVEMAKONNEN with “Tuesday”, Best All Around Turn Up went to OG Maco “U Guessed It” and Best Performance by a Group or Duo went to Rae Sremmurd for No Flex Zone and Rich Gang feat Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug with “Lifestyle.” Now Drake might have ben a little bias with his choice for mixtape of the year and best latin anthem because those are his artists. What do you think?

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Floyd Mayweather might not be as famous as he thinks he is! A Jamaican woman told him straight up that she has no idea who he is. Floyd was getting his hair cut in Brixton, UK when the lady told him to his face she does not have a clue as to who he is. Floyd went off and asked her if she has a TV and how she should google him. The lady said she does know who Usain Bolt is though but Floyd said he doesn’t know who Usain is! Usain Bolt got on twitter and weighed in on the video and said “I had to laugh..well I should take comfort in the fact that she knows Usain Bolt..lol.” To see the video click HERE!

Snoop Dogg is an investor in the website Reddit. The company has raised $50 million dollars in outside funding and Snoop was one of the contributors with actor Jared Leto and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Reddit is planning to use the money to hire more staff for product development, expand their community and management team, build better moderation and community tools, and many other things it takes to support a growing global internet community. Sounds like Reddit is on to something.

Remember Jordan Davis? The 17 year old who was shot by a man for his music being too loud? His killer Michael Dunn was found guilty of first degree murder on Wednesday. The 47 year old took the stand in his own defense in the case. The closing arguments of the case by prosecutor Erin Wolfson pretty much did it for Dunn. Wolfson and other prosecutors proved Michael Dunn shot with the purpose to kill when he fired 10 rounds into the SUV that Jordan Davis and three of his friends were in.

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