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JID to release a new album after his “The Forever Story” tour.

Dreamville Records’ artist, JID has just disclosed that he would be releasing a new project before the year ends. Presently on a world tour after the success of his 2022 album, “The Forever Story” which housed the hit song, “Surround Sound”. After his show in Saudi Arabia, the rapper took to instagram to announce this amazing news to his fans. He wrote, “finally back from Saudi Arabia and I’m just here to say it’s so much behind the scenes/ in front of the scenes work that goes in to each step of this shit and I am truly humbled under God (Free Thug) for the people that help contribute to executing this amazing event. A n***a was 100 feet in the air tapping bout some n***a shit. Hip hop is alive and well (album after tour). His tour is scheduled to end on June 15th.

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First look at Dwayne Johnson in upcoming film, “The Smashing Machine”.

In newly released photos, Dwayne Johnson looks very different ahead of his upcoming A24 movie, “The Smashing Machine”. The movie, directed by Benny Safdie, is a biopic of MMA fighter, Mark Kerr who battled with addiction and his marriage crisis while being an icon of the game. Along with Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt will also star in this film, as Kerr’s wife. The film is presently still in production and will mark Benny’s solo directorial debut.

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Scarlett Johansson reacts to OpenAI copying her voice for ChatGPT.

Despite the advantages of Artificial Intelligence, the backside that it poses has been very disastrous. After Taylor Swift’s doctored photos, Hollywood star, Scarlett Johansson has become another victim of artificial intelligence. The actress has claimed that her voice is being copied to be the voice of AI with really close similarities that her friends cannot even tell the difference. She is now threatening to sue Sam Altman, the owner of OpenAI and the company for using her voice without her permission. In Scarlett’s statement, she revealed that she had declined offers from the company to be the voice of AI systems. Sam Altman has since denied copying the actress’ voice.

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Tekno joins Mr. Eazi’s company, Empawa Africa as investor and partner.

Empawa has been one of the biggest creative hubs in the African entertainment space. The company, founded by Mr. Eazi has delved into different segments including music and sport. In a new development, Nigerian music star, Tekno has joined Empawa Africa as an investor and major partner. This news was disclosed on the company’s Instagram page and this collaboration is predicted to foster more growth among African artists in understanding the ramifications of the music business.

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X confirms that it is planning to make likes private for all its users.

Popular social media platform, X has confirmed that it is planning to put an end to the publicization of the users’ likes. Many users have complained about this feature, noting that it goes against the privacy guidelines that the app promotes. In a new statement from X, “public likes are incentivizing the wrong behaviour. For example, many people feel discouraged from liking content that might be edgy in fear of retaliation from trolls, or to protect their public images.” X users have noted their contentment with privatizing their likes, praising the platform for looking out for the users’ privacies.

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