#no wonder these are all mass attacks Ovo

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Final part of this year's Art Fight highlights <3333 A bunch of mass attacks <3333

This is gonna be a longer list of credits, so i'll leave them under the cut

Mad Rat and Heart belong to @threehorncircus

Rat God (left) belongs to @lion-buddy

Rat God (right) belongs to @mini-moonn

Mimolette belongs to @swingstep

Scratch belongs to @frostbite-the-bat

Flip belongs to @whipped-bean

Tiera belongs to @ripplefields

Mimi belongs to ComyetAni (on Art Fight)

Drex belongs to @rouxipanda

Video belongs to @cherybeee

Ama belongs to @berylanisoptera

Laz and Candy belong to @clockworkcat99

Sage belongs to Hypotenuse_Leg (on Art Fight)

Iris belongs to penguincove (on Art Fight)

Esis belongs to @werewolfsister

Kalash belongs to OctoAito (on Art Fight)

Leatari belongs to @digihopeheart

Violett belongs to Idakatta (on Art Fight)

Olivian belongs to @grapeyvscanvas

Maileen belongs to @crimsxnyiga

Rosé belongs to @just-illegal

Jazmin belongs to artisticyona (on Art Fight)

Astral belongs to DeeKay (on Art Fight)

Kupkake belongs to Nobassnoid (on Art Fight)

Peni belongs to @flowerhays

Hebi belongs to @rande-eznutz

AJ belongs to @helixphobia

Griffin belongs to @mossdoesartshit

[traceecalifornia]

Was The Pusha T & Drake Beef Really Just A Battle Of Hip-Hop vs. Rap?

With the previous Pusha T & Drake beef controlling the air we breathed, food we ate, and entertainment we desperately sought, one could’ve easily drew up a few inquiries based on the situation formerly at hand, and we surely did. Amidst the anxiety we heaped on ourselves while awaiting a humerus-filled closet of a response from Drake, we couldn’t help but wonder what made this latest battle so different from the rest.

Initially, many fans of the controversy between the two rappers were inclined to believe that King Push aimed his shots too close to Aubrey’s heart, but isn’t that what you’re supposed to do? Then, chatter increased in volume when the former Clipse member was accused of being too ruthless when he mentioned OVO 40’s multiple sclerosis, but then everyone remembered that time Drake cheaply zoned-in on Kid Cudi’s mental illness back in 2016.

So, why did this beef feel like a public beheading? While lyrical and beef battles are common, and an integral part of any great rap career, I’d like to propose another possible option. Could what we were seeing and painfully experiencing here really just have been a battle between hip-hop and rap?

Let’s take this slow. We’ll start by breaking down what we mean by hip-hop and rap, and also how they differ from one another. Hip-hop is typically associated with rappers who base their craft on the art of storytelling in order to publicize an often critical message. Their songs are designed to connect with people who are in need of a voice to speak their truth. If you’re not in the position they rap about, or lack understanding of the struggle, you may miss the message. Like Pusha T said, “If you know you know.” On the other hand, rap is a term used to describe the act of putting words together in a clever and rhythmical way.

Rap is something you do, Hip-Hop is something you live.

–– KRS One

Now that we’ve defined the two categories, let’s provide some context as to which one each rapper may fall under starting with Canada’s own, Drizzy. Since his induction in the music industry, Drake’s been popularly known for his delivery of quick-witted lyrics. His talent in fusing rap and R&B has always been apparent in the music he produces. As a singer and rapper, the Toronto native has consistently remained true to generalized themes for his songs, which are usually women and wealth or sometimes a combination of the two. This type of music is commonly associated with clubs and other dance venues because the lyrics typically depend on a stylish delivery and rhythmic beat.

With that being said, if we’ve decided that these attributes are found in someone who makes rap music, it may be easier to see why we’d then think of Pusha T as a hip-hop artist. When his tracks come to mind, some (specifically Drake stans) might say he only raps about drugs and drug dealing. While he undoubtedly tends to chronicle his past illegalities more often than not, his truth happens to resonate with a group of people who feel misunderstood and misrepresented. He also raps about things that go on in neglected neighborhoods, which in turn gives a voice to the like minded.

Now, let’s dive into the reasons why we believe the beef between Pusha T and Drake could be a battle between hip-hop and rap beginning with October’s Very Own.

While there’s absolutely no denying Drake’s star power, one claim other rappers have made over the years is that he has enlisted the aid of a ghostwriter. An accusation like this can severely damage a rapper’s credibility if you’re being held to the standards of a hip-hop artist, which he may have been able to escape if it wasn’t for his tendency to come after other lyricists who represent the culture. Acts like Meek Mill, Joe Budden, and Kid Cudi have all experienced a lashing from someone they claim needed assistance in order to intensely deliver the blows. For this reason, they believe he is less than deserving of the respect he receives. Additionally, his lyrics don’t take a stand, but rather keep him neutral on important causes. Again, there’s nothing wrong with being this type of artist, as long as said artist stay’s in his lane. Unfortunately, a number of rappers felt like he was overstepping his boundaries and attempted to put him in his place, but it wasn’t until King Push ferociously tore into his legitimacy that people began to see the cracks in his exterior when it came to realizing his position in the music industry.

If we take a look at rap beefs of the past, we’ll find the legendary Mr. Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, explicitly using his alleged affair with the mother of Nas’ daughter in an attempt to end his opponent in the diss track, “Super Ugly.” The late great Tupac Shakur also referenced another emcee’s lady when he claimed to have slept with singer Faith Evans in the song “Hit Em Up,” during his beef with the late great Notorious B.I.G. In the same song, Pac mocked Prodigy’s sickle cell anemia in a vicious attack on Mobb Deep, in addition to many others. This style of no holds barred competitiveness is what birthed the Pusha T’s of the world, so it’s safe to say that not only is he a patron of the technique, but a vendor as well.

Once more, it had always been an acceptable approach in the hip-hop community, mostly frequented by street and gangster rappers, but nonetheless, was always handled with a lyrical comeback, until now. Instead of unleashing a venomous response, Drizzy felt it necessary to release a statement addressing the claims against him because today’s rap music places much more significance on the cleanliness of their image than they do the content of their craft. While Pusha T and Drake’s beef may have bubbled over due to casual subliminals through the years, the place they’ve reached now could appear to be destiny fulfilling a prophecy for anyone who foresaw a clash between hip-hop artists and rap artists. Let’s put it this way, there will always be smoke between the unequally yoked.

Music in the rap genre is currently being mass produced by a number of artists, and a lot of it is definitely just as lit as it claims to be, but the standards for what constitutes a rapper and a hip-hop artist should be acknowledged in order to keep the peace. While most people feel there is a HUGE difference between hip-hop and rap, and there certainly seems to be, there’s no reason why both skill sets can’t coexist, as long as the artist’s are aware, themselves, that there is, indeed, a clear distinction between the two.

[countrymadefoods]

""An ovo-pollo-lacto-flexitarian what?" you wonder after reading the latest on vegetarian diets...Broadly speaking, a vegetarian diet is an eating pattern that includes plant-based foods, including grains, fruits, veggies, legumes, pulses, nuts and seeds, but omits meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or by-products of animal slaughter.However, there are certain levels of vegetarianism, as some followers pick and choose allowable animal products in their diet. This tends to spark prospective followers and outlookers to wonder, "What do you call a vegetarian that eats fish?” or “Do vegetarians eat eggs?"

1. Lacto-ovo Vegetarian...consume dairy and egg products

2. Lacto Vegetarian...consume dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt.

3. Ovo Vegetarian...consume egg products”

“4. Flexitarian...semi-vegetarians, focus primarily consume a plant-based diet though enjoys meat on occasion. 

5.Pollotarian...semi-vegetarian diet in which someone chooses to eat chicken and other poultry

6. Pescatarian...also considered a flexitarian and semi-vegetarian diet. Pescatarians eat fish and shellfish

7. Vegan...unlike vegetarians that may enjoy a more liberal diet, going vegan is going without all animal products, even in the forms of honey, gelatin, wool, leather, and other animal by-product ingredients or products. Vegans typically do not use animal products such as silk, leather and wool, as well."

(via The 7 Types of Vegetarian Diets | BistroMD)

Better than veggie: Eat chicken to fight climate change

"You could say that chicken is like an electrical car - it is a better alternative, yet still very similar to what we are accustomed to."

In fact the environment benefits in switching from cattle to poultry were even greater than a switch from poultry to vegan. He also predicted that if more consumers ditched beef and dairy en masse, food manufacturers would respond with substitute products.”

(via Better than veggie: Eat chicken to fight climate change | Food Navigator)

What is a pescatarian diet?

“In the pescatarian diet, a person's main source of animal protein comes from fish and other seafood, such as shrimp.Eating a diet consisting mainly of plant-based foods has a variety of health benefits, which the addition of fish and fish products may enhance.However, some types of fish may absorb mercury from their environment, so certain people may need to limit their intake...

Eating fish, especially fatty fish, provides increased long-chain omega-3 fatty acid intake. An omega-3 fatty acid is an unsaturated fat that can be beneficial to people, and some omega-3s are integral for healthy living.

People who eat fish have lower blood pressure, a lower risk of abnormal heart rhythms, and fewer fatal heart attacks than those who do not include fish in their diet.”

”Some people choose vegetarian diets because they disagree with factory farming practices or killing animals for food.

For people concerned about animal welfare, the pescatarian diet may be a little more suitable. This is because some scientists argue that fish cannot feel pain. A 2015 study concluded that although fish can experience psychological stress, they lack the neural network necessary to experience pain.”

”Heavy metal and pollutants in marine fish is a global issue. With 92 percent of fish consumed by humans being marine fish, mostly from coastal fisheries, there is a risk of contamination.

Mercury is present in the atmosphere and bodies of water and, because of this, nearly all fish may be a source of mercury.

For most people, the mercury present in fish is not a risk, explain the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

However, they advise women considering becoming pregnant, women who are pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children not to eat specific fish.”

(via What is a pescatarian diet? | Medical News Today)

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‘Why did your father die?': Serbia's COVID-19 chaos spills onto Belgrade's streets

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‘Why did your father die?': Serbia's COVID-19 chaos spills onto Belgrade's streets

Responding to a pandemic is tough. Putting down a protest with force is a reflex.

Protesters in front of Serbian parliament in Belgrade on July 8, 2020. Signs read “All join the strike,” “Health system is not SMS nor SNS” [acronym of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party], “I don't want to get treated via SMS,” “I am not even allowed to get sick.” Photo by Zoran Torbica, used with permission.

Social networks in Serbia were still raw on July 8 after police and so-called plainclothes officers used force to put down a rally against the government's pandemic policies. The police dispersed protesters who gathered outside the parliament building in Belgrade using teargas, batons, armored vehicles, attack dogs and horses. At one point during the demonstration, protesters pushed their way into the parliament, but they were quickly repulsed by police. Some journalists witnessing the dramatic events said it brought back memories of chaotic post-election demonstrations in 2000.

Mass protests of mostly angry youth, clashes, teargas, and stampedes in Belgrade tonight. Tasted like 2000 way too much. Vučić simply refuses responsibility for disastrous measures during the pandemic, at the cost of social unrest. Peak impunity, and the outcome we all feared.

— Vujo Ilić (@vujoilic) July 7, 2020

The protests began on the evening of July 7 after the government announced a weekend curfew in Belgrade in response to a surge of COVID-19 cases across the country. Protesters took to the streets to decry the way the authorities have mishandled the pandemic response and rail against corruption.

All about the vote

The Serbian right-wing populist government promoted a return-to-normal narrative in order to conduct parliamentary elections. In a controversial move, Belgrade declared 4,000 persons who had previously tested positive to COVID-19 as “healed” on June 7, reducing the official number of active infections by about 10 times. Epidemiologist Zoran Radovanović complained at the time that the patients had been “written off by an act of the quill, it was an administrative decision.” When the election was eventually held on June 21, the ruling SNS party won an overwhelming majority of seats. Opposition parties boycotted the vote, arguing that neither the government nor the pandemic had allowed conditions for a free and fair vote. The protesters included a wide range of citizens, from left-wing students to right-wing groups, who coalesced without prior organization in front of the parliament.

za slučaj da se neko pitao koliko ljudi ima pic.twitter.com/ooHhsCjKVt — Pru (@jprusina) July 7, 2020

In case anyone wonders how many people are there…

‘Why did your father die?’

In true populist fashion, Serbian government officials at first ridiculed the virus and repeatedly minimized its danger. Then, after backtracking and imposing strict quarantine measures in April, they completely relaxed those measures in the buildup to the vote. A report by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) published on June 22 indicated that the government covered up COVID-19 deaths. President Aleksandar Vučić dismissed the report, but few are convinced by his position. Meanwhile, the southwestern provincial town of Novi Pazar has become a virus flashpoint due to a spike in cases and a shortage of medical supplies. Only a few TV networks — N1 TV, Al Jazeera Balkans and Nova S — provided live coverage of the protests. The soundbite “Dad, this is for you” (Ćale, ovo je za tebe) from an interview on N1 TV became a slogan of the protests.

Snimak koji je obeležio večerašnji protest: “Ćale, ovo je za tebe…” pic.twitter.com/kpEK5T8dhj — TV N1 Beograd (@N1infoBG) July 8, 2020

Protester: Tear gas, live rounds, batons, everything against barehanded youth. Dad, this is for you, who died while there were no ventilators… Dad I love you very much, I do this for you and for my recently born son. Journalist: Why did your father die? Protester: Because there were no ventilators. To this day I haven't received his tests, the paperwork said that he died from the corona [virus]. No ventilators were available in the hospital in Zemun. That's according to the official report. While they [the government] were bragging that we donate ventilators abroad. Dad, this is for you, daddy! I know you would have been proud!

The following day, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić denied the claim that the protester's father, painter Ljubiša Đurić (71), died due to lack of ventilators. In response, the protester published his father's medical history report, that indeed admits “lack of free places.” He has demanded an apology from the president. Protesters and TV crews documented some of the most poignant scenes from the evening:

noćas su ispalili suzavac na mene, a ja sam ga sačekao na volej i vratio nazad na muriju izgleda da je neko iz mase to snimio i evo https://t.co/KvYrorOJIM — иван__дамн (@ivan__damn) July 8, 2020

Today the cops shot a can of tear gas at me, and I responded with a volley kick and gave it back to them. Another protester filmed that and here I am…

Konjica pic.twitter.com/5xJWsZTncK — Zoran Torbica (@torbica) July 7, 2020

Here comes the cavalry.

Policija gubi kontrolu i prebija ljude! pic.twitter.com/J7JIyCrBi1 — Ne davimo Beograd (@nedavimobgd) July 7, 2020

The police is losing control and is beating people up.

Some Belgrade riot police seem to be beating people completely unprovoked. These three men are sitting on a bench as a column of police walk by. Some police break off from the group and beat them. The men don't fight back, they attempt to retreat, but the police continue beating. pic.twitter.com/ankJg5IkTt — Tucker Jones (@tuckcomatus) July 7, 2020

At around 3 AM on July 8, the police dispersed the protest, although some demonstrators remained in the vicinity of the building, broadcasting what they had just seen and experienced.

pic.twitter.com/rDfHaxmrKJ — Zeljko Kisa (@ZeljkoKisa) July 7, 2020

I think that the state has to truthfully inform its citizens. If the state doesn't want to, then we have to force it to do it. That's it. That's our role in this society… I am a father of two small kids and I hope my children will live in a better state than the one I grew up in. That is my wish and my goal. This is what I'm fighting for. And that's the end. Good bye and thank you.

According to data provided by the Serbian government to the World Health Organization and compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of July 8, the country had 16,719 confirmed cases and 330 deaths from coronavirus.

Written by Filip Stojanovski · comments (0) Donate · Share this: twitter facebook reddit