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[Mark Farina @djmarkfarina]

Sony, 1974.

[THE TRUTH PANTHER 🇿🇦 @TheTruthPanther]

South Africa’s State Security Service was allegedly attacked by MI6 and the CIA. According to the SSA, they believe they were attacked by Britain’s MI6 and the US CIA, with insiders claiming sensitive and damaging information was accessed.

https://t.co/7EeYBWOmAG

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🔴⚪️ Zlatan Ibrahimovic on decision to reject Arsenal trial when he was 17: "Wenger invited me but I didn't go to Arsenal. I don't do trials".

"No no, you don't understand... I don't do trials. I am the best; f**k the rest", told @piersmorgan.

[ROYKA @ROYCO4921]

@ThabisoMishack Chiefs Is A Finished Club👎🏿

[Cristiano Ronaldo @Cristiano]

Into the semi-finals💪🏼
Great feeling to keep scoring and helping the team to move forward in the competition!⚽️💛💙

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Making money is not a thing that you do - it's a skill that you learn."

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[DR22 Ω 🪬🎭 @DejaRu22]

“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.”

—Sun Tzu

[Jetski Grizzly @Jetskigrizzly]

Still the greatest to ever do it. John McAfee's resume is absolutely insane 🤯

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille, in front of the Sphinx, Egypt, 1961.

Happy Birthday to the late great Louis Armstrong!

—Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was a jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance.

With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).

Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing,

Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general.

Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis.

His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man.

ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM:
The house where Louis Armstrong lived for close to 28 years was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and is now a museum.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum, at 34-56 107th Street (between 34th and 37th Avenues) in Corona, Queens, presents concerts and educational programs, operates as a historic house museum and makes materials in its archives of writings, books, recordings and memorabilia available to the public for research.

The museum is operated by the City University of New York's Queens College, following the dictates of Lucille Armstrong's will.

The museum opened to the public on October 15, 2003. A new visitors center is planned.

LEGACY:
🎺The influence of Armstrong on the development of jazz is virtually immeasurable. Yet, his irrepressible personality both as a performer, and as a public figure later in his career, was so strong that to some it sometimes overshadowed his contributions as a musician and singer.

🎺As a virtuoso trumpet player, Armstrong had a unique tone and an extraordinary talent for melodic improvisation. Through his playing, the trumpet emerged as a solo instrument in jazz and is used widely today.

🎺He was a masterful accompanist and ensemble player in addition to his extraordinary skills as a soloist. With his innovations, he raised the bar musically for all who came after him.Though Armstrong is widely recognized as a pioneer of scat singing, Ethel Waters precedes his scatting on record in the 1930s according to Gary Giddins and others.

🎺Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra are just two singers who were greatly indebted to him. Holiday said that she always wanted Bessie Smith's 'big' sound and Armstrong's feeling in her singing.

🎺Even special musicians like Duke Ellington have praised Armstrong through strong testimonials. Duke Ellington said, "If anybody was a master, it was Louis Armstrong."

🎺In 1950, Bing Crosby, the most successful vocalist of the first half of the 20th century, said, "He is the beginning and the end of music in America."

🎺On August 4, 2001, the centennial of Armstrong's birth, New Orleans's airport was renamed Louis Armstrong International Airport in his honor.

🎺In 2002, the Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings (1925–1928) are preserved in the United States National Recording Registry, a registry of recordings selected yearly by theNational Recording Preservation Board for preservation…

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"If you don’t care to be liked, they can’t touch you."

@naval

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"If you need a degree to do it, it’s not going to make you wealthy."

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[Andrew Petcash @AndrewPetcash]

If Anthony Davis played for the...

• Miami Heat
• Orlando Magic
• Dallas Mavericks
• Houston Rockets
• Memphis Grizzlies
• San Antonio Spurs

He would 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 nearly ~$20M in taxes over the rest of his contract. 👀

Why?

[ROYKA @ROYCO4921]

Yoohh😫😫😫👎🏿

[Andrew Petcash @AndrewPetcash]

Anthony Davis just signed the NBA's richest annual extension (3 years $186 million).

And the 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴 will be steep playing in LA: 🥴

$62M: Salary
-
$22.9M: Federal Tax
$6M: NBA Escrow
$4.1M: Cali Tax
$1.8M: Agent Fee
$1.8M: Jock Tax
$1.4M: FICA/Medicare
=
$24M: Net Income

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Study physics, mathematics, computers, microeconomics, game theory, and persuasion."

@naval

[Mamelodi Sundowns FC @Masandawana]

G🤩🤩D M🤩RNING YELLOW NATION 👆

How are we feeling this morning after yesterday's opening day win? 

#Sundowns #DStvPrem

[ROYKA @ROYCO4921]

@DailyLoud RAPSODY COULD END HER CAREER WITH A SINGLE VERSE

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"You make your own luck if you stay at it long enough."

@naval

[ROYKA @ROYCO4921]

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