0xCyborg

Human.

[Denzel Curry @denzelcurry]

The MCU owes everything to Blade

[music is the cure @musicisthecur3]

Cordae - Two Tens (feat. Anderson .Paak)

[Rob Markman 💭 @RobMarkman]

Friday 10am ET
Rapsody
The Best Interview Ever

[CardiovascularCorner @TrackYourHeart]

Most likely cause of syncope here:
A. Arrhythmia
B. Hypoglycemia
C. Valsalva-induced reflex
D. Seizure

[(st_ides) @benjamins_st]

Fat Joe (Joseph Antonio Cartagena) is a Black Latino man of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent whose African ancestry, Bronx upbringing, and lifelong immersion in hip-hop culture make him an authentic representative of Black culture within the genre‼️.

He has repeatedly affirmed this identity, including in conversations with Charlamagne tha God, and his body of work demonstrates concrete contributions that helped shape and expand hip-hop‼️.

Puerto Rican and Cuban populations have significant African ancestry from the transatlantic slave trade; genetic studies and historical records show substantial West African admixture in both groups‼️. Fat Joe has publicly discussed his roots in these terms‼️. In appearances and discussions with Charlamagne (including Breakfast Club and related platforms), he has spoken about growing up in the South Bronx as a product of that mixed heritage‼️emphasizing the Black and Latino realities of the neighborhood that produced early hip-hop‼️. He has rejected attempts to erase the African component of his background, framing his origin as inseparable from the same street, cultural, and musical environment that Black Americans and Afro-Latinos shared in New York‼️. This is not performative; it aligns with how many Afro-Puerto Ricans and Afro-Cubans understand their identity: Black by blood and experience while also Latino by language, family, and nationality‼️.

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx among Black and Puerto Rican youth‼️. Fat Joe came of age in that exact milieu in the 1980s–90s‼️. He did not enter the culture as an outsider; he was formed by it‼️block parties, battles, the same parks and projects that produced the foundational generation‼️. His accent, slang, fashion, swagger, and lyrical references have always been those of Bronx street culture, which is Black American at its core with heavy Afro-Latino participation‼️. He has consistently centered that shared experience rather than distancing himself from it‼️. Claiming otherwise ignores both genetics and the lived history of the genre’s birthplace‼️.

Concrete Contributions to Hip-Hop
Artist and label builder⁉️: As a solo artist and founder of Terror Squad, he gave platforms to artists (including Big Pun, who was also Puerto Rican with African ancestry) and helped keep hardcore East Coast street rap commercially viable in the late ’90s and early 2000s‼️.
Hits that crossed over while staying rooted: “Lean Back,” “What’s Luv⁉️” (with Ashanti), “Make It Rain,” and collaborations with artists across the spectrum moved units and radio while retaining the aggressive, street-oriented sound associated with Black hip-hop of the era‼️.
Cultural bridge without dilution⁉️: He brought Latino presence into mainstream hip-hop conversations without soft-pedaling the genre’s Black foundations‼️. His work with producers, rappers, and DJs from the core hip-hop community reinforced rather than diluted the culture‼️.

Decades of consistent output, features, and public advocacy for the art form have kept him an active elder statesman who still speaks the language of the streets that created hip-hop‼️.

When Fat Joe discusses his origins with Charlamagne, he is describing the same Bronx Black/Latino continuum that produced hip-hop itself‼️. His African ancestry is real, his cultural formation is real, and his contributions are measurable in records sold, artists launched, and the continued visibility of that New York street sound‼️. Attempts to separate him from Black culture require ignoring both genetics and the actual history of the genre he helped carry forward‼️.

[Watch LFC @Watch_LFC]

This is a really cool and novel football media concept. Football meets cinema.

More clubs should realise this kind of content is the future of football media *cough* LFC please start doing cool things *cough*

[Joe and Jada @JoeAndJada]

This is where bars are 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗‼️

Rapsody came thru and played an absolute SMOKER 🔥🔥

[Lucas Martinic @lucas_martinic]

Skill issue
https://t.co/KPkNabPoo8

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Emmanouil Karalis 🇬🇷 over 6.16m in the Pole Vault at the Lausanne Diamond League!

Becoming the 2nd highest Pole Vaulter ever outdoors.

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Blood clot removed from brain (subacute subdural hematoma) literally brain washing

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

This will be an excellent advert. LOL!!!

[Atlético Stats Out Of Context @atletistats_ooc]

NECESITAMOS QUE ESTO LE LLEGUE AL ATLETI

MrMarko x Kang-in Lee

[GT Atas @GodstimeAtas]

Money can buy you ten beautiful wives, what money cannot get you is a virtuous woman.

[BOB ♠️ @BobMfonmma]

She participated in 7 WAFCONs, she won 5.

She scored 4 goals in the final against Cameroon in 2004. She was the highest goal scorer in that tournament with 9 goals.

She was voted African Women’s Player of the Year 4x

Oh she was a midfielder 😂

[Ray @SirayahShiraz]

Asked Xabi Alonso what position is Reece James primarily going to play under his management @premierleague

[POOJA!!! @PoojaMedia]

Eden Hazard disguised to see if he won't be recognised by visiting Chelsea's mega store at Stamford Bridge ❤️

[valking ♔ @_VALKlNG]

Buried my dad today, he was a good man ❤️

[Youth in Process @Youthinprocess]

The moment Gen. Ibrahim Babangida started interviewing his interviewer.

And shook her hands for belonging to a recognised family.

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Outrage As Police Officers Force Woman To Station

A viral video showing alleged police officers entering a Lagos woman’s compound and demanding she go to the Langbasa Police Station has sparked widespread scrutiny and outrage.

While the police have yet to officially respond, questions are mounting over the men’s identities after their paper ID cards appeared to lack names or force numbers.

@anieosakwe

[Dre @dre_yusuf]

Plugs be tripping.