"Port of Miami" is the debut studio album by #Miami rapper #RickRoss.
Originally titled Career Criminal, the album was renamed, in reference to Miami being a major arrival destination for cocaine shipments to America.
Production was handled by a variety of individuals including J.R. Rotem, Cool & Dre, The Runners, #DJKhaled, and others.
Guest appearances included #Akon, #LilWayne, #YoungJeezy, and Dre.
The album was released August 8, 2006, on Poe Boy Entertainment, Slip-n-Slide Records and #DefJam Recordings.

Trinidad and Tobago remove a statue of Christopher Columbus

According to Port-of-Spain Corporation the statue was removed on August 6th 2025.

This follows extensive discussions and technical assessment.

The process commenced at approximately 10pm in Independence Square in the capital city.

Special shout out to the Rastaman (pictured) who had the task of taking down the Columbus statue. ✊🏾

The statue will now be placed in National Museum and Art Gallery.

The controversial statue has had red paint thrown over it, had its hands removed and even had a bag placed over its head - as a growing number of citizens in the twin-island nation believe Columbus should not be glorified.

Earlier this year, Trinidad and Tobago also removed three Columbus ships from its Coat of Arms and replaced them with an image of the iconic Steelpan - an instrument invented in Trinidad and Tobago. ✊🏾

: Port of Spain City Corporation

#ChristopherColumbus #Trinidadandtobago #caribbean #decolonization #Caribbeanhistory #rastafari

When Tupac died in 1996, it shook a lot of people, but for Treach, it broke something deep inside. This wasn’t just a friend or collaborator. Pac was like family.

They came up together from the very bottom, just two kids grinding in the shadows. Treach was rolling with Queen Latifah’s camp, Pac with Digital Underground. Before the stages and cameras, they were carrying bags and setting up shows. Treach would always say, “Pac had that fire even then, you knew he was gonna be a star.”

So when Pac was murdered in Vegas, Treach didn’t head to the studio right away. He sat in silence, looked at old photos, played Pac’s verses over and over. He didn’t want to make a “song” he wanted to write a letter. Something that would speak to Pac’s spirit. That’s how “Mourn You Til I Join You” was born.

This wasn’t about charts or radio plays. It was Treach pouring every memory and every ounce of pain into a mic. He didn’t hold back, he rapped about the wild nights, the prison letters, the phone calls full of laughter and rage. He talked about seeing Pac laid out in a casket, and the gut-punch of losing someone who was supposed to be untouchable.

“Even all the prayers can't bring you back to us / I’ll mourn you til I join you ‘cause I’ll keep in touch.”

That wasn’t just a hook. That was a promise.

Every June 16th, Treach still celebrates Pac’s birthday. He plays his music loud, tells stories, laughs, and sometimes tears up. That’s the kind of bond they had—ride or die in life, and still loyal in death.

So when you listen to “Mourn You Til I Join You,” you're not hearing a rapper rap. You're hearing a man speak to his brother. One last message across the divide. And for Treach, it’ll never be the last.

Flattening hills to build Seattle, 1905-1930.

Between 1905 and 1930, Seattle underwent one of the most ambitious urban engineering projects in American history: the regrading of its hills. The city’s steep terrain, while scenic, was seen as a barrier to economic growth and expansion.

In response, entire hillsides (like Denny Hill, shown in this photo) were systematically flattened using sluicing, where high-pressure water cannons eroded the soil and sent it through massive flumes. The displaced earth was often used to fill in tide flats and create new, flatter land for development.

What you see in this image are the final remnants of Denny Hill, isolated towers of earth known as “spite mounds,” left standing amid the newly carved landscape.

The scale of the project was massive, moving millions of cubic yards of earth and permanently reshaping the city.

Today, much of downtown Seattle sits on land that was once underwater or high above sea level, testament to a bold, if brutal, vision of progress.

Fun Fact: To flatten Denny Hill, workers used high-powered water jets called "hydraulic monitors”, the same technology used during the California Gold Rush to blast through mountains in search of gold.

In total, they moved enough earth to fill over 100,000 modern dump trucks. The sheer amount of mud and sediment caused issues too, at one point, streets were left suspended in midair as the ground beneath them was washed away faster than the infrastructure could be updated. Seattle locals joked they needed ladders just to reach their front doors!

"Ridin' Dirty" is the 3rd studio album by #Texas based hip-hop duo #UGK.
It was released on July 30, 1996, by Jive Records.
Featured production work primarily from: #PimpC with tracks also from N.O. Joe, Mr. 3-2, Sergio
Features guest appearances from: Mr. 3-2,
Ronnie Spencer, Smoke D, C-Note (of Botany Boyz) Big Smokin' Mitch, N.O. Joe.
The album became one of the most influential albums in Southern hip-hop, especially the #Houston hip-hop scene. Prior to his murder in 1996, West Coast rapper #TupacShakur listened to the album after being introduced to the group by Houston rapper #Scarface. Shakur would go on to praise the album.

In the Philippines, an inspiring wave of sustainable housing is taking shape — literally — with walls made from plastic soda bottles. These discarded bottles are packed tightly with mud, sand, or trash to form “eco-bricks,” which are then stacked like traditional bricks and cemented in place to build sturdy, affordable homes.

This method not only recycles non-biodegradable waste but also cuts construction costs significantly, offering low-income communities a way to build durable shelters using easily available materials. The bottles provide excellent insulation and resilience against weather, making them ideal for tropical climates.

Beyond individual homes, schools and community centers have also been built using these eco-bricks, often by local volunteers. It’s a creative, grassroots solution that addresses both the housing crisis and the mounting problem of plastic waste — proving that what’s thrown away can become the foundation for a better future.

#EcoBrickHomes #TrashToShelter #SustainablePhilippines

Any person who can be manipulated by others to go against you should never be around you ever, I don’t care who it is.

They don’t talk about how you really lost a lot helping ungrateful people that did nothing but lie, and throw dirt on your name to make you look bad because you couldn’t keep carrying their weight, and yours!!!

People don't want to understand you - they want to label you. You speak up and suddenly you're "too emotional." You stay quiet and now you've "changed." You set boundaries and somehow, you become the villain. People rarely listen to hear you - they listen to judge you. And no matter how carefully you try to explain yourself, they'll still twist your words to fit the version of you they've already created in their heads. So stop breaking yourself just to be understood. Let them misunderstand you.

If you make $20/hr:
- The new iPhone isn’t $1,099. It’s 55 hours.
- Your vacation isn’t $1,500. It’s 75 hours.
- That new car isn’t $47,000. It’s 2,350 hours.
- That new TV isn’t $700. It’s 35 hours.
- That fancy dinner isn’t $200. It’s 10 hours.

Think in terms of true cost.

It’ll change your life.