Caribbean Fever's Blog – August 2021 Archive (93)

'The virus will find you and infect you': Expert's dire warning to unvaccinated Americans as COVID cases increase 277% in weeks and average daily deaths surpass 400 for first time since June

• The US is now averaging 100,000 new infections a day - up from about 11,000 cases a day in late June   …

Last night’s Verzuz battle took place live from the Hulu Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York City in front of a packed house.

Two of the area’s greatest rap crews, the Lox and Dipset, faced off in a battle where the only winner worth naming was New York itself. And the battle nearly broke out into a FIGHT.

At one point Styles P grabbed Camron…

Last night’s Verzuz battle took place live from the Hulu Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York City in front of a packed house.

Two of the area’s greatest rap crews, the Lox and Dipset, faced off in a battle where the only winner worth naming was New York itself. And the battle nearly broke out into a FIGHT.

At one point Styles P grabbed Camron…

Henry Darby

As principal of North Charleston High School in South Carolina, an area where 20 percent of residents live in poverty, Henry Darby was used to seeing students in need.

“There were some kids who, when I went to their homes, their mother wouldn’t let me in, but I could see that the home was dark — they had no electricity. Or you could see that they were sleeping on…

“I’m going to be homeless, all because of this pandemic,” one tenant said. “I feel helpless, like I can’t do anything even though I work and I got a full-time job.”

Gabe Imondi, a 74-year-old landlord from Rhode Island, had come to court hoping to get his apartment back. He was tired of waiting for federal rental assistance and wondered aloud “what they’re doing with that money?”…

Simone Biles with Bronze medal at 2021 Olympics

Simone Biles made her Olympic return Tuesday and bagged a bronze medal in the balance beam event.

Biles has been catching heat for nearly a week after withdrawing from the team competition late last month. She subsequently pulled out of most individual events, citing a case of “the Twisties,” common among gymnasts in which “you…

After over 10 years away from the United Kingdom, Beenie Man has made his return and maintains that he was never prohibited from entering the country, despite years of speculations.

DaBaby, taken off Lollapalooza lineup after telling Madonna 'don't shake up dem t***ies!' after she fact checked his 'homophobic' remarks about people 'dying from AIDS in two weeks'

DaBaby (Instagram)

Hmm, it looks like DaBaby is tired of all that concert appearance money NOT coming his way after his now infamous homophobic rant.

While performing at Rolling Loud in Miami, …

Alfonso Ribeiro has opened up about feeling like an outsider with the Black community.

Atlanta Black Star recently published an interview they conducted with Alfonso Ribeiro, who’s most known for playing Carlton Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In his interview, the actor spoke on how he feels judged by and ousted from the Black community because he is married to a white woman, Angela Ribeiro.…