Megan Thee Stallion has inked an exclusive first look partnership with the streaming giant. Under the terms of the deal, the “Savage” rapper will create and executive produce new series and other projects for Netflix.
“I’ve always had a passion for telling creative and entertaining stories, so I’m thrilled about this partnership with Netflix,” Megan said in a statement. “Venturing into production is the next step in my journey as an entrepreneur and I can’t wait to bring all my ideas to life and for my Hotties to watch.”
Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed on Saturday night (Dec. 18) during an altercation at a Los Angeles concert. He was 28.
The West Coast rapper, whose real name was Darrell Caldwell, was scheduled to perform at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival at 8:30 p.m. local time. Paramedics responded to a call about a stabbing near the Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park around 8:40 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A publicist for the rapper, Scott Jawson, confirmed his death to The New York Times on Sunday.
Drakeo was rushed to the hospital where he died from his injuries. There are unconfirmed reports he was stabbed in the neck.
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The altercation happened in the “roadway backstage” of the venue. Festival organizers ended the show early before headliners 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and the Isley Brothers took the stage.
The LAPD is investigating the stabbing and it’s unclear whether any arrests have been made.
In February, Drakeo released his biggest album to date, The Truth Hurts, featuring a collaboration with Drake. Earlier this month, he dropped his latest mixtape So Cold I Do Em 2.
The hip-hop community is mourning the loss including Drake. “Nah man this sh*t isn’t right for real wtf are we doing
The Chicago rapper is engaged after proposing to his longtime girlfriend India Royale in front of a packed crowd in his hometown on Saturday night (Dec. 18).
During his performance at WGCI’s Big Jam concert at the United Center, Durk brought the mother of his child on stage before getting down on one knee and presenting her with a ring.
Lil Durk just proposed to India! Congrats @lildurk and @indiaroyaletv
AURORA is a singer and songwriter from Norway, who released her first EP in 2015, when she was 19 years old. It featured this song, “Runaway” and after it came out Aurora went on to win Norwegian Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Pop Artist. And she played the voice of the North Wind in Disney’s Frozen 2. This year, six years after that debut EP came out, Aurora’s song “Runaway” became a huge hit on TikTok. At the time this episode was recorded, between YouTube and Spotify, “Runaway” has been streamed over half a billion times. For this episode, Aurora looked back at how the song first began, and how it evolved over time, from the demo to the final version.
Apple has announced the latest generation of its in-house M1 silicon, the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips that both build on the original chip and dramatically expand their power across multiple categories.
Apple says that it scaled up the performance of the original M1 to offer greater power along with what it calls industry-leading power efficiency. The CPU in M1 Pro and M1 Max delivers up to 70 percent faster CPU performance than M1 and the GPU in M1 Pro is up to two times faster than M1, while M1 Max is up to four times faster than M1.
The M1 Pro and M1 Max introduce a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture to pro systems for the first time and feature unified memory, what Apple claims is industry-leading performance per watt, top-tier power efficiency, and increased memory and bandwidth capability. M1 Pro offers up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth with support for up to 32GB of unified memory. M1 Max delivers up to 400GB/s of memory bandwidth — twice that of M1 Pro and nearly six times that of M1 — and support for up to 64GB of unified memory.
Multiple times Apple pointed out that the latest PC laptops top out at 16GB of graphics memory, and the new M1 Pro and Max chips significantly outpace that. Apple says that the efficient architecture of M1 Pro and M1 Max means they deliver the same level of performance whether MacBook Pro is plugged in or using the battery. M1 Pro and M1 Max also feature enhanced media engines with dedicated ProRes accelerators specifically for pro video processing.
M1 Pro
M1 Pro uses a five-nanometer process technology with 33.7 billion transistors, which is more than double that of the M1. It features a new 10-core CPU, including eight high-performance cores and two high-efficiency cores and is up to 70 percent faster than M1. Compared with the latest 8-core PC laptop chip, M1 Pro delivers up to 1.7 times more CPU performance at the same power level and achieves the PC chip’s peak performance using up to 70 percent less power.
M1 Pro has an up-to-16-core GPU that is up to two times faster than M1 and up to seven times faster than the integrated graphics on the latest 8-core PC laptop chip. M1 Pro can be configured with up to 32GB of fast unified memory.
M1 Max
M1 Max uses the same 10-core CPU as the M1 Pro but adds a 32-core GPU for up to four times faster graphics performance than M1. With 57 billion transistors — 70 percent more than M1 Pro and 3.5 times more than M1 — M1 Max is the largest chip Apple has ever built. It achieves these performance benchmarks while uses up to 40 percent less power: it has the performance of the highest end GPU in the largest PC laptops while using 100 watts less power.
A powerful display engine in M1 Pro and M1 Max drive multiple external displays, while additional Thunderbolt controllers deliver more I/O bandwidth.
A Complete Pro System
Apple bills both the M1 Pro and M1 Max as designed specifically for pro workflows. They feaure a 16-core Neural Engine for on-device machine learning acceleration and improved camera performance, a new display engine drives multiple external displays, additional integrated Thunderbolt 4 controllers for even more I/O bandwidth, Apple’s custom image signal processor, and Apple’s Secure Enclave.
“The Mac is now one year into its two-year transition to Apple silicon, and M1 Pro and M1 Max represent another huge step forward,” Apple says. “These are the most powerful and capable chips Apple has ever created, and together with M1, they form a family of chips that lead the industry in performance, custom technologies, and power efficiency.”